Today on the podcast I’m joined by Alyssa Hendrix!

Alyssa is currently a senior at North Carolina state where she runs cross country and track and is working towards becoming a physical therapist. NC state has won back to back team titles at cross nationals and is looking to threepeat this fall! In this conversation Alyssa takes me through her day to day life and training, we do a draft segment, discuss how long she thinks it would take her to run a 5k if she she was hopping on one foot and more.

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Today I’m joined by Will conway! Will is commited to run at the university of Tennessee next year where he hopes to be a national contender both individually and as a team. He holds Personal bests of 4:05 (1600), 8:57 (3200), and 15:06 (xc 5k). On this episode we discuss how he’s feeling about his season after going undefeated in his first two races and discuss his goals for the post season. As well as how he got $75 to get a mullet and much more.

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Today Nathan Green joins the Running in Circles podcast!

Nathan has had an incredible year with some of his accomplishments including winning the NCAA 1500 and having his teammate finish right behind him in 2nd, placing 7th in the US 1500 meter final, setting personal best of 1:46.99 (800), 3:36.29 (1500), and 3:52 (mile) and being apart of a historic year for the mile distance.

Throughout this episode we discuss what stage of training he’s in right now, his race that won him NCAA’s, who he thinks will win the world championship 1500 meter and more. Nathan even switches it up and asks me a Would you rather question at the end of the conversation. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and google podcasts by searching “running in circles”! If you enjoy the episode please leave a five star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and text it to a friend or group chat who you think might enjoy it.

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Isaac Updike! Isaac just qualified for the world championship in Budapest by placing 3rd at the 2023 US championships in the steeplechase and is currently in St. Moritz making sure that he’s in peak fitness for worlds. In this episode we break down his race in the U.S. final, discuss his love for taking things apart and putting them back together, his biggest fall in the steeple and more. In a couple weeks he will head to budapest and represent team USA for the first time!

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Colorado native and future Duke athlete Ella Johns! Ella has personal best of 4:48 in the mile, 10:27 in the 3200 and 17:15 in the 5k. Throughout this episode we discuss her favorite high school memories, her experience growing up in Colorado, her future aspirations at Duke, and more.

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Harvard’s Graham Blanks! Graham is an upcoming jr. And is looking to do some big things this year with his team, as they bring back all their major scorers in cross country and track. Graham placed 2nd in the 5k and 6th in the 10k at the 2023 NCAA outdoor national championship and 5th at cross country Nationals in the fall of 2022. In this episode Graham and I discuss the in and outs of Harvard University, breakdown his championship races, and more.

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Emily Venters! Emily just wrapped up her collegiate career at the university of Utah with a 2nd place finish in the 10k and a 3rd place finish in the 5k at outdoor nationals. She followed this up with a 7th place finish in the 10k at the USATF national championship last week and is hoping to continue pursuing her dream of running outside of college while also pursuing her ambitions outside of running! In this conversation we discuss all of her thoughts and advice should would give about transferring schools, her dream concert to go to, some would you rathers as always and more.

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with 2021 Tokyo Olympian and 7X NCAA champion Jasmine Moore! Jasmine is an incredibly gifted long Jumper and Triple Jump as she just graduated from the University of Florida with 11 SEC titles, 7 NCAA titles, multiple collegiate records and even set the American record in the triple Jump indoors earlier this year with a jump of 15.12 meters! After the recording of this episode she was named a finalist for the prestigious Bowerman award and signed a pro deal with Puma so she’s clearly got her foot on the gas and isn’t taking it off as she heads into the USA championships this week with a goal make another U.S. team.

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Today I have the pleasure of having a conversation with Georgia’s Freshman phenom Will Sumner! Will just ran out of his mind in the NCAA’s 800, running a negative split of 53:51 to win his first NCAA title and run the US lead 1:44. This year he also won the SEC 800 indoors and outdoors, SEC freshman runner of the year and the South Region men’s track athlete of the year. This conversation was tons of fun as Will and I discuss everything from what changed from indoors where he finished last in the 800 final to his dominant win outdoors, to what character he plays as in Mario Cart. This podcast is filled with tons of interesting insights and story’s.

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Today I’m joined by 1500 meter runner Sam Prakel. Sam attended Oregon from 2013-2018 where he was a five time all American. He currently holds personal best of 3:50 in the mile and 3:34 in the 1500. This past indoor season Sam completed the double win at the indoor US championships by winning both the 1500 and 3000. This year he’s hoping to make the US outdoor 1500 meter team and with how fearlessly he’s racing right now don’t be surprised when you see him right up there in the mix in the US final. Throughout this episode we discuss what the best day of the week is, how he’s feeling going into USA’s, stories from his time at Oregon when they were completely dominating the NCAA and more.