Running In Circles

Today I’m joined by Nick Hauger!

Nick is a marathoner for Hoka’s NAZ Elite team and will be running in the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Orlando, Florida on February 3rd. He has a personal best of 2:12:59 which he ran in his debut but since then he’s struggled with injuries and hasn’t been able to race too much. But he persevered through it and at the 2023 CIM marathon he ran 2:16:02 which will give him the opportunity to race at the trials. In this episode we discuss how he got through injury, his support system, the feeling when he crossed the line at CIM, and more.

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Today I’m joined by Elise Cranny! Elise is a 4 time U.S. Champion and represented the U.S. in the 2020 Olympics in the 5k. She also became the second woman ever to complete the double win with the 5k/10k at USA’s in 2023. But she’s also seen a lot of success in the mile/1500, last year she set her personal best of 4:16 in the mile at the Monaco Diamond league. She attended Stanford for her college career and had been with the Bowerman Track Club ever since she turned pro up until a couple of months ago when she parted ways with them and Joined Team Boss in Colorado. In this episode we talk about how the team transition has been for her so far, the different coaching styles of the two teams, how she pulled off the 10k/5k double at USA’s, how she’s hoping to achieve big things in this Olympic year and more.

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Today I’m joined by Brock Kelly!

Brock is a runner for Mississippi College where he has helped the team win their indoor conference and compete well in the post season. He is also very passionate about videography and storytelling. Recently he’s become a viral sensation with his video series “The Daily Mile”. The idea of the series is that he posts a short 60 second reel everyday documenting his comeback to running from injury along with the rest of his day. As I am writing this down he’s currently at episode 67. In this episode we talk about how it all started and how he almost stopped making the Daily Mile videos because of how much time it takes to edit and film but shortly after deciding to keep going a video blew up. We also go over topics such as how college runners can cultivate good culture and community on their team and how he has matured as a runner through the years. This is definitely one of my all time favorite episodes that I’ve ever recorded and I hope that when you listen the things he says resonate with you as much as they did with me.

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Today I’m joined by Adam Spencer! Adam runs for the University of Wisconsin where he specializes in the 1500, which he has a personal best of 3:31 in. Last year he finished 3rd in the 1500 at NCAA outdoor nationals and at the world championships when representing Australia, he made it all the way to the semis before getting eliminated. In this conversation we discuss his least favorite class at Wisconsin, the ups and downs of his cross country season, his breakout race in the London Diamond league last year and more.

This episode was super fun to record as Adam shared some super interesting insights into his life as one of the best runners in the NCAA and beyond!

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Today I’m joined by Paul Stafford! Paul is a very accomplished runner having run for Florida state University and after his graduation he transferred to The University of Colorado in the fall to further his academic and running pursuits. He earned All-American honors in 2019 cross country and has a personal best of 23:20 in the cross country 8k (5 miles). One thing that Paul is passionate about is coaching and helping people get better in the sport of running. He’s launching his new coaching agency called Blue Collar Endurance Training soon which we discuss in this episode. We also take a deep dive into his time in the NCAA, his training philosophy’s, advice for the off-season and more.

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On Today’s episode of the podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with JoJo Jourdon! JoJo just won Nike cross nationals and is committed to run and study engineering at Wake Forest next fall. He holds personal best of 4:06 (1600), 8:46 (3200), and 14:51 (cross country 5k). In this conversation he breaks down his win at NXN, we discuss his love for fishing, his potential Nesquik sponsorship, Mario kart and more.

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Casey Comber, John Renweiki, Alec Basten, and Ryan Adams. All of them run for UA mission Run Baltimore Distance and when this was recorded they were up in Flagstaff at training camp. I would give you a description of some of their accomplishments and personal bests but I think the list would be too long, so just know that these guys have represented team USA, ran in the Olympic trials and more. To hear more about all of that make sure you tune into the episode! First they give themselves a short introduction and then We jump into a variety of topics including why they choose to run at sound running cross champs, their travel essentials and more.

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Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Sam Bush! Sam is an extremely accomplished runner and played a crucial role in NC state’s team cross country national title in November where they beat Northern Arizona university by just one point to accomplish the three-peat. Along with that Sam also played a crucial role in the other two team titles. She was also the ACC outdoor 5000 meter champion in 2022 and has many All-American honors. On this episode we discuss how she executed such a good race at nationals despite struggling with injury during the regular season, her aspiration of starting a coffee shop and more.

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Today I’m joined by Coach Cory Leslie! Cory is currently the head coach of UA mission Run Baltimore Distance and has seen the sport from many different perspectives, as he was a professional runner before moving to the coaching side of things. He had a very impressive career that included a 7th place finish in the steeplechase at the 2016 Olympic trials and he represented the US on several different occasions! In this episode we discuss what makes a good coach, Cory’s first experiences with the sport, how to become better at running by doing things other than just running and more.

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Today Harvard’s Graham blanks joins me for the 2nd time on the podcast. Graham is having himself an incredible fall season as he’s gone undefeated so far, winning races such as the prestigious Nuttycomb invitational, the Ivy League championship, and his regional race and next up is the National championship in Charlottesville Virginia on November 18th where he’s going for the win. This conversation was a good one as we discuss the ups and downs of his fantasy football team so far, various team traditions on harvards team like the slushie machine that has been rotating through team members for over ten years and he breaks down his win at Nuttycomb.

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