The Run Around Iowa

Read about Items on Abby Kohut- Jackson, Kassie Parker, Jenoah McIver, Myles Bach, Reece Smith and many more Iowa runners.

The podcast starts with Cailie Logue's stellar performance in the women's 3,000 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the Cyclone senior jumped up to No. 2 all-time in Iowa State history. Lance also talks about a great run by Iowa State's Thomas Pollard, a former Gilbert High great, in the men's 3,000. Iowa's effort is led by a win in the men's 600 meters. Lance also breaks down the performances by ISU's Wesley Kiptoo and Drake's Adam Fogg at the Millrose Games in New York. Former Cyclone Abby Caldwell comes on to the show to talk about they Cyclones' performances over the past two weekends. Wartburg College, Northern Iow and Central College performances are highlighted at the Friday Night Lights event in Waverly. South Dakota and South Dakota State picked up wins from Iowans at the Adidas Classic in Lincoln, Nebraska. Grand View set a few NAIA indoor qualifying marks at St. Ambrose and Dordt College did the same at Mount Marty in Yankton, South Dakota. Indian Hills, Loras College and Iowa Western also produced several great school and facility records at their meets.

Alexina Teubel talks about jumping in to a mile race at last weekend's Larry Wieczorek Invitational and setting a new facility record and why she didn't even have time for a victory lap. The former Mount Vernon/Lisbon prep star chats about her next possible facility record after now owning records at the UNI-Dome and Iowa's recreation center. Alexina looks back at each of the races where she set PRs, from the 800 all the way to 5 kilometers, during her brilliant 2021 season. She talks recruiting and how the process has changed since the start of the pandemic and losing a top runner to a rival school. Alexina discusses her typical workout schedule while balancing her coaching duties. She also gives details on some of the top Panther distance runners this track season and also her wedding to former Iowa All-American Will Teubel on November 27.

Possibly the greatest weekend in Iowa indoor track and field distance running includes a report on Drake University star Adam Fogg's Lied Center record in the men's mile in Ames. The Cyclone Open also had a pair of wins from former Ballard prep Abby Kohut-Jackson and school-record runs by a pair of Indian Hills runners. In Iowa City, Iowa freshman Jenoah McInerney took down Erik Sowinski's facility and meet record with a 1:16.08 effort in the 600 meters. Sowinski was second. Alexina Teubel set a facility record the next day in the women's mile of 4:35.48. At South Dakota State University, former Jack's runner Josh Yeager set a facility record by running 7:54.86 for 3,000. Former Cedar Falls prep Caroline Cunningham set a meet record at the Northwest Open of 5:02.95 in the mile. Iowans Myles Bach and Trevor Albert also set school records in the 3,000 at the meet in Maryville, Missouri. In Nebraska, a Simpson College school record that had stood since 1990 went down. And Loras College star Kassie Parker broke her school record by more than eight seconds in the mile at a meet in Wisconsin.

Lance starts the podcast by talking about several standout performances by former Iowa collegians and Iowa residents at the Houston Marathon and half marathon races. He starts the indoor track report with two national leading times by Indian Hills runners in the 600 and wins by Iowans Emma Gordon and Grace Bookin-Nosbisch for the host Hawkeyes at the Hawkeye Invitational. Former Center Point-Urbana runner Myles Bach's school record and win in the 3,000 leads off the report at the Graduate Classic in Lincoln Nebraska. Iowa Western's Yonas Mogos also set a school record in the 1,000. Former Iowa State All-Big 12 runner Abby Caldwell comes on for a segment to talk about the Cyclones' indoor season so far, including at Lincoln. Grand View and Loras battled at St. Ambrose, with the Vikings' Isaiah Wittrick winning and setting a new school record in the 1,000 while Loras' Carter Oberfoell also set a school record in third place. Meet records were set by Wartburg College's Riley Mayer and Christopher Collet in Waverly. In Sioux Center, several runners for host Dordt College racked up race wins.

Cody talks about leaving a job with the city in his hometown of Annawan, Illinois, last summer to come to Des Moinea and work at Fitness Sports. He goes into detail about growing up in a small town and when he knew it was time to switch away from playing football. He chats about his days of competing first at Iowa Central and then Illinois State and running at the Drake Relays. He talks about hia future that could include a career as a policeman. He also opens up about letting loose after leading the Runablaze team at USATF Club Cross Country last month and the proper pronunciation of his last name and one side benefit when it is said wrong.

Lance starts the brief show talking about additions to the Runablaze team, a change for former Iowa State star Annie Frisbie and new additions to the Iowa road racing records. The race report includes items on former Center Point-Urbana prep Josh Yeager and former Johnston prep Tyson Wieland at the Minnesota Open mile and finishes with results from former Valley prep Daniel Soto and former Johnston prep Obsie Birru at the USATF 10K Cross Country Championships.

The news segment includes items on Iowa native and Olympian Jenny Simpsonn whose house in rural Marshall, Colorado, escaped burning down during wildfires before New Year's. The newa also includes changes for former Northern Iowa runner Brette Jensen and former Iowa All-American Diane Nukuri, a health update from former Iowa State great Katy Jermann and an update on another former UNI great. The podcast concludes with some of the best sound bites compiled by Lance from his 26 interviews with runners and coaches during 2021.

Daniel reminisces about his school record that still stands at Valley, winning a repeat Big Ten track and field team championship, repairing his once-rocky relationship with assistant coach Randy Hasenbank, the benefits of competing only against Big Ten foes this past track season, his toughest workout at Iowa, his dog Sandy, winning an elusive Drake Relays flag and his days of miming at Valley.

John on January 1 will complete running at least one mile every day for the past 45 years. That streak moves the longtime DMACC professor into very rare territory worldwide. In this interview from December 20, John talks about his seven years as race director of Midnight Madness during the race's formative years and all of the great runners he met and called friends. He talks about how a rugby injury led him into a lifelong passion for running that has included his family. John chats about keeping the streak alive by running on a Mercy hospital floor when he was a patient for heart arrhythmia. He talks about one of his favorite places to run in northeast Iowa when he and his wife owned a former rural schoolhouse. John also details other close calls he had with bad weather and the workouts he does now at age 76. He also tells what the streak means to him and how long he thinks it will last.