Running In Circles

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Makenzie Steele! Makenzie has over 30,000 followers on her instagram account where she shares things about her running journey and easy and healthy recipes for people to try out. Makenzie runs for the university of Clemson and is currently a sophomore so has a bright future ahead of her. Throughout this episode Makenzie shares how she got the idea to start her instagram account, when she started running, her dream vacation, answers some funny would you rather questions, and more! If you enjoy the episode please leave a five star review on Spotify and follow the podcast so you don’t miss out on any future episodes!

Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Cade Flatt! Cade is currently a freshman at the university of Mississippi and already has quite the resume. While in highschool he became the 2nd fastest 800 meter runner on the high school all time list by running 1:46.48 coming just .03 off of the national record of 1.46.45! Cade also won new balance nationals for indoor and outdoor last year, and even competed in the USATF championships in Eugene Oregon. Cade recently ran the Millrose games and had a bit of a disappointing race due to an ankle injury prior to the race but Cade still came on the podcast and made no excuses and was very transparent and honest about his race and I think that says a lot about his character so I hope you enjoy listening to the episode as much as I did making it!

Throughout this episode Cade discusses his tough race at Millrose, updates us on his ankle injury, his mindset, how he’s liking Ole Miss so far, his opinion on “The Batman”, answers some funny would you rather questions and more!

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Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Connor Burns! Connor broke 4 minutes in the mile last year as a jr. In high school running 3:58 and now has his eyes set on some high school national records! Throughout this conversation Connor discusses his recruiting story and why he chose Oregon, his season opener at the new balance Grand Prix, his pingpong skills and much more! Connor is a great guy and I can’t wait to see what he does in the future so I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed making it!🎧

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Today I’m joined by the Co-founder of the 💔Heartbreak💔 Hill running company Dan Fitzgerald! Heartbreak was created in 2009 but is currently having a surge in popularity and is only getting bigger from here. Heartbreak is currently doing an incredible job elevating the sport of running by creating a community through free public training sessions, pre race events, and more! Throughout this episode Dan discusses his first experience in the sport, the beginning of heartbreak, his time in the surfing industry, how he met his co-founder Justin, if he would knock out Justin in a boxing match, how to be a good coach, and more!

Dan also shares a little bit about Heartbreaks new original clothing line “temporary euphoria” and how he wants to see heartbreak grow in the future!

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Sophia Kennedy! Sophia is committed to run at Stanford in the fall and placed 7th at Nike cross nationals last year. Throughout this episode Sophia discusses why she made the decision to commit to Stanford, her Appendix bursting on a college visit, how she bounced back mentally after ending her cross country season with an injury and more!

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On this episode of running in circles I’m joined by Marathoner Rory Linkletter! Rory is currently training under American running legend Ryan Hall and he most recently placed 20th at the 2022 world athletics championships with a time of 2:10:24. The weekend after this podcast was recorded he ran the Arizona Rock’N’Roll half marathon where he placed 2nd overall with a time of 1:05:28. Throughout this episode Rory discusses his experience at world champs, the most electrifying crowd he’s ever been in front of, how he manages being a Father and a professional runner, when we will see the return of his podcast and more!

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Today on the podcast I’m joined by Jordan Anthony! Jordan runs track and is also a wide receiver for the university of Kentucky. He just opened up his season with a 6.57 in the 60 meter dash at Kentucky’s home meet off of 2 days of training due to playing football. A week later he ran 6.55, got the dub, and broke his own UK freshman record! Despite being a duel athlete Jordan is quickly becoming one of the fastest sprinters in the NCAA and is only a freshman!

Throughout this episode Jordan recaps his season opener, discusses being a duel athlete, his cooking skills, why he chose UK, and more!

Today I’m joined by Mia Barnett! Mai has run for Virginia the past 2 years but recently announced that she is transferring to UCLA for the spring semester and for the remainder of her college career. Mia is a 4:33 miler and placed 44th at the NCAA cross country national meet last year so she is going to be a big asset to UCLA as they try to become a distance running powerhouse.

Throughout this episode Mia discusses why she is transferring, her favorite memories from Virginia, her goals for track, reflects on her cross country season and more!

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Today I’m joined by Frank Lara! Frank runs for the roots running project group based in Boulder, Colorado and specializes in the 5k-marathon. His next race is the Houston half marathon this Sunday on January 15th. The field is absolutely stacked but Frank hopes to put himself in a position to win and give it all he’s got.

🗣️”I am feeling very excited! The Houston half marathon, I’ve run it once before and that went super well. It was one of the examples where I surpassed my coaches prediction for me pretty heavily… all that to say it’s a race that I’m very familiar with... This is a race that I wanna put myself in contention to win for and I think it’s gonna be tough and it’s gonna be a fast race.”

Throughout this episode Frank discusses how he’s feeling going into the Houston half marathon, why he joined the roots running project, his race at the Chicago marathon and some funny would you rather questions as always! Also Frank shares with us that he has a black belt, is a retired French horn player and joins me for the draft segment of the show! Check out the episode to hear from about Frank and to learn how he’s feeling about the upcoming Houston half!

Today I’m joined by Devan Kipyego! Devan most recently placed 15th at Nike Cross Nationals and after this podcast was recorded he opened up his indoor season with a 4:07 mile. Devan holds a pr of four flat in the mile so he’s really hoping to go sub four this year and even says that he wants to go for the National record in this episode.

🗣️”I think I have so much room to improve in the mile since last year was the first real year of my training and I went four flat so thinking off of that like okay two years of training. How much more? How much faster can I get? So I wanna get both the indoor And outdoor record for the mile”

Throughout the episode Devan gives us a breakdown of his NXN race, tells us what went into his decision to committing to Iowa state, who would be the last man standing if there was a zombie apocalypse at NXN, and more!