The Run Around Iowa

The podcast begins with the Drake University men's historic Missouri Valley Conference title, their first since 1999. The Bulldogs dominated on the wet course in Normal, Ill., with the top three runners. Lance takes a closer look at Iowa State's runner-up finishes to host Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Championships. The Cyclones' Wesley Kiptoo repeated as conference champion, but senior Cailie Logue did not. An Iowan, Abby Kohut-Jackson, helped the Minnesota women to their third Big Ten title in State College, Pa., while former Dowling Catholic prep Matthew Carmody helped Notre Dame repeat as ACC champion. A former Linn-Mar prep, Ryan Murphy, celebrated an SEC team championship with Arkansas. The Wartburg College teams dominated at the America Rivers Conference meet in Decorah, but Loras star Kassie Parker broke up the Knight women's bid for a perfect score with a 6K course record time. The podcast ends with the Iowa Central teams continuing their reign over Region XI teams in the NJCAA meet in Waterloo.

Biya talks about his improvement from not making an NCAA meet to winning two USATF Running Circuit championships, including the USA 25K title on Oct. 23 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He talks about his workouts in his adopted home of Flagstaff, Arizona and living with 2012 U.S. Olympian Janet Cherobon-Bawcom and her husband, Jay. Biya is also asked about his unique haircut and whether it will catch on with his 2021 success. He also answers a question about what his plans are for Halloween.

The podcast opens with Sioux City native Biya Simbassa's win at the USA 25K Championships in Michigan, along with a seventh from former Boone and Drake star Brogan Austin. The college cross country report starts with three Iowa natives and a former Iowa Central star finishing in top 10 at the NCAA Division II MIAA meet and continues with former Iowa Central stars winning Lone Star Conference titles for West Texas A&M. Grand View's strong men's team finish at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge is highlighted with another school record falling. The Dordt College men exhibited perfection at the Mount Marty Invitational in South Dakota, with the Defender women also cruising to the team title. The podcast also includes a historical look back at a central Iowa race that featured many fast runners before going away in 2016. Several Runablaze Iowa athletes also are mentioned after taking wins at weekend Iowa road and trail races.

Lance opens a busy podcast with reports of national awards for six Iowa collegians. He then delves into the race report from the IMT Des Moinea Marathon, where former Iowa State All-American David Too won in his marathon debut. Hear from Too, women's marathon runner-up Emma Hudton and half marathon winners Mason Frank and Samantha Wingert. The report moves to the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitationa, where Wesley Kiptoo lead Iowa State's team victory over 26 other ranked teams. The Cyclone women also finished 9th behind standout Cailie Logue's seventh-place finish. Former Cyclone standout Abby Caldwell comes on the show to talk about the meet. The Iowa women finished runner-up at the Bradley Pink Claasic and a former Johnston prep led the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeye men were fourth in the team race while Drake's Adam Fogg made his season debut with a third-place finish. The top-ranked Wartburg men knocked off No. 2 Pomona-Pitzer and Holy Cross native Joe Freiburger was the champion. The Wartburg women were second in the team race behind a former St. Edmond prep. Loras' Kassie Rosenbum knocked off a quality field with several Division I runners in Oregon on her way to another school record. The Loras men finished fourth with the help of two Iowa natives. The Iowa Central men finished 1-2 in a meet in Wisconsin, with a Simpson runner fourth. The race report ends with dominant performances by the Iowa Western teams at the Indian Hills Invitational.

Lance gives an update on his final marathon in Boston on Monday. Then he talks about the standout performance by former Drake University runner Reed Fischer as well a near top-10 finish from former Iowa runner Diane Nukuri at the Chicago Marathon. The college cross country report starts with Caroline Cunningham's win at the Fort Hays State meet, followed by the Dordt men's dominant performance at their home meet. It ends with the Gramd View men topping the field at the Mount Mercy Seminole Valley Stampede on Saturday that also featured another good battle between the top runners from St. Ambrose and the Vikings. A Grand View runner also claims the title in the women's 5K in historic fashion. The podcast ends with a look ahead to a busy weekend of racing for Iowans and Iowa teams.

Chris shares his optimism for the 20th annual race after the 2020 event became a virtual competition. He also gives highlights for the upcoming race weekend October 16 and 17, which includes appearances by esteemed running coach Jeff Galloway and his daughter, Carissa Galloway, a top health and fitness expert who will serve as emcee. Chris also provides details about what runners can expect for current safety protocols at the expo and on race site.

Lance opens the show by chatting about Iowa State's 2021-22 indoor and outdoor track and field schedule. He jumps into the meet report with the Joe Paine Invitational in South Bend, Indiana, and the Gans Creek Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, where the Iowa women were third and a Drake University runner was the top female from Iowa colleges. He talks about a former Sioux City North prep's win at the Briar Cliff Invitational on Friday and a record-setting day by a Loras College runner in Rock Island, Illinois. He closes the report with a dominant performance by the Wartburg College teams at their Huston Invitational in Waverly on Saturday.

Matt talks about organizing the annual ARC Oktoberfest 6K and Kids Pumpkin Dash coming up on Saturday, October 2. The conversation turns to the challenge Matt created for himself when he ran every street in Des Moines from May of 2020 to February of 2021. He also chats about his consecutive days running streak that started on November 13th of 2015. Matt also talks about the running club's future goals and how he has designed a course in Altoona that he says would make a perfect 5K route.

Lance highlights the win by Iowa State senior Cailie Logue at Griak, as well as the team and individual battle between BYU and Connor Mantz and the Cyclones and Wesley Kiptoo. He brings on former All-Big 12 runner Abby Caldwell to talk about the encouraging performance by Iowa State. The race results also feature great head-to-head battles between the Runablaze and new Running Wild races at the Quad Cities Marathon half marathon and 5K races. An Iowa-heavy group of runners from host Grand View, St. Ambrose and Indian Hills led the way at Saturday's Viking Invitational.

Lance talks about pro triathlete Matt Hanson's surgery before going into race results led by former Iowa All-American Erik Sowinski in Kenya and the Iowa women's cross country team's win at the Greeno/Dirksen meet in Lincoln. Iowa Western and Iowa Central runners were dominant in Nebraska. Two former Tritons also starred at the Southern Stampede in Missouri. He also talks about a Drake runner's high finish at the Redbird Invitational and a former Pleasant Valley prep grabbing a runner-up finish at a meet in Nashville. He closes with Ironman 70.3 and road racing highlights.