Karen Merlin the Marketing and Communication manager for UTMB and Steve Doolan, VP of Global Commercial Strategy/Sports Marketing at Hoka join Farley for this weeks episode of Pace The Nation.  We start with Karen to talk about the amazing week that was UTMB in Chamonix, France.  Farley and Karen talk about his experience (as a spectator) and what to expect from UTMB for the other races they have on their calendar.   We also talk about the partnership with UTMB and Hoka.

Next, Farley talks with Steve Doolan from Hoka.  Steve dives in further with us about the partnership with UTMB and Hoka.  We also talk about his role at the brand and how Hoka as seen incredible growth over the past few years.  We end the conversation with Farley being fascinated with Steves ability to speak fluent French.

Ep 278 - UTMB (Karen Merlin & Steve Doolan)

This week Farley is back in Studio 1A and he is joined by Arlingtonian Ultra marathoning legend Mike Wardian.

Chris is Mike reminisce about the good old days of the Pacers Racing team in the late 90s and Mike's journey to join the team.  We spend the bulk of the interview talking about Mikes Run across America this past summer.  A run that was inspired by the Movie Forrest Gump.  Mike raised over $100,000 for World Vision!

We end the show talking about the DC Half marathon and what an amazing experience it was.

Ep 279 - The Filler - Mike Wardian

Julie is back!  We quickly catch up with the co-host who has been away from the show for a month.  After getting reacquainted, we set the stage for our guest running videographer, Johnny Pace.   Johnny joins us to talk about his new short film that he did for Pacers Running, Cooper.   We discuss how both Julie and Chris got to know Johnny.  We talk about the story of Pace Photo, the business he is growing in this running space.  Johnny also talks about balancing a full time job while doing content creation all over the country.  We discuss how he is a professional with a nomadic life that is possible now in the world we live in.  Julie and Chris throughout the interview fight over who was more meaningful to Johnny's development.

We close the show with a family story that might be more typical than it should be in the Farley household.

PTN Ep 280 Who Was More Influential? (Johnny Pace)

This week Farley is on location at the Georgetown Pacers Running store interviewing Author and Running Influencer, Alison Desir!  Alison starts the show by reading a chapter from her new book: Running While Black.  She tells a story of running from Harlem to Washington DC for the Women's March in 2017.  
Throughout the conversation we tease stories from her new book.  In addition, we talk about the issues in running for minorities.  The lack of diversity in running has been overlooked for years.  Alison is leading the way in trying to change that.  Its a lively discussion that ends with audience questions.

Ep 281 - Running While Black (Alison Desir)

PTN is back!  Finally.  Julie and Chris record from Clarendon for the 1st podcast of 2023.  The hosts talk about where they have been, what they've been doing, and why it's taken so long to get back to recording a show.

They are joined in studio by Tinoda Matsatsa, a High School star runner.  Tinoda was the first African American runner to break 4 minutes in the mile.  He also holds the 3rd fastest 800m time ever in the history of High School Running.

Julie and Chris talk to Tinoda about his upcoming U20 national meet that is happening in Eugene Oregon. 

They close the show with the results from that race and a promise to be back in 2 weeks.

Ep 283 Season 2, Episode 1 (Tinoda Matsatsa)

Julie and Chris are back in studio for another episode of PTN!  This week the hosts dive back into some hard hitting personal life discussions (Chris can't wait for the kids to go back to school, Julie does all the planning around the house) - and Chris continues to be amazed how much work there is to do to just get the kids organized for their activities.  Typical...

They are joined this week by the new head coach of the Atlanta Track Clubs elite team, Tommy Nohilly!  Tommy is a New Yorker that is heading down south to run the mid distance track program for the club.  

Julie and Chris go down memory lane with Nohilly, talking to him about his career as a runner and all the coaching stops he's had along the way - including being a coach for Julie at the NJNY Track club in the 2010's.  

They finish the show with some optimism that the podcast is, in fact, back!!

Ep 284 - Recording In An Airstream (Tommy Nohilly)

This week Farley is flying solo.  The opening conversation focuses on 2 running news stories that made mainstream headlines.  First the story of Noah Lyles calling out the NBA for calling their NBA Finals the "World Champs".  Then the talk is of the marathon in Mexico City that DQ'ed 11,000 runners for cutting the course.

Farley is then joined by Hilary Biggs the Race Director for the DC Half.  The DC Half Marathon is September 17th, and has had record sign ups.  Hilary talks about her journey from working in Sports in DC 20+ years ago to now where she is putting on one of the largest Half Marathons in the DC area. 

In her first ever podcast, Hilary nails it!

Ep 285 - DC Half (Hilary Biggs)

Julie and Chris are both back in studio for the first EVER collaboration podcast with "Be the Impact" Podcast.

Before they get to their guest, they start the show talking about Julie's triumphant Half Marathon effort at the DC Half.  You be the judge if she feels good about it or not.  Chris and Julie agree that the race was an amazing experience and a great day for runners in DC.

The guest this week is Bill Johnston, the Co-Founder and President of Recover Brands.  Recover Brands is a unique apparel brand from North Carolina that manufactures apparel out of 100% recycled materials.  Recover is also a partner in this years Marine Corps Marathon. 

Julie, Chris, and Bill talk about Recover Brands humble beginnings in 2010 to now in 2023 where they are sponsoring and building apparel for one of the country's largest marathons.

Bill explains the process of making the apparel and shares his mission driven approach to business.

The podcast ends with a random Zodiac signs reference and Julie and Chris teasing their next show.

Ep 286 - Pacers + Recover Brands (Bill Johnston)

This week on Pace The Nation: a remote broadcast from Relay!  Chris and Julie sit down with Patton Gleason the CEO and founder of Relay.  

Relay is a new company that repurposes shoes that are returns or excess inventory.  Patton and Julie talk to Chris about how Relay works with both the vendor and retail partners - explaining the benefits and wins for everyone involved.

This podcast is on location at the Relay Shoe Lab in Richmond VA!

Ep 287 - Relay (Patton Gleason)

Its another Remote broadcast for Pace The Nation!  This week Chris is on site at the expo for the Marine Corps Marathon.  Its the day before race day, and Chris is on the expo floor with 2 ultra marathoning professional athletes:  Kyle Curtin and JP Giblin.  Kyle an Army Veteran and JP a Navy Veteran currently run for Altra on their elite ultra marathoning team.  Kyle and JP are in town to promote Altra as the footwear brand is in its first year of sponsorship of the Marine Corps Marathon.

Chris talks to the guys about their weekend in DC and all the running around (literally) they've been doing.  They also both talk about their path into Ultra running and the successes they've had over the years.  Kyle a top 10 finish at Western States and JP winning the 2023 Leadville 100.

The show finishes talking about the great partnership they have with Altra and their love/respect for all the Military (and other runners!) who are participating in MCM this weekend.

Ep 288 - Altra At The MCM Expo

Joanna is back in the studio and recaps the Major Race in a miner town, reflects about life on the island, opens the mailbag to discuss summer running gear, Docs tries to get Joanna and Farley to name running pet peeves, we get an update on Farleys injury training, Todds 2 mile time trial and the Clarendon Construction update.

Pace the Nation - Episode 10

The podcast stops by to talk with two time World Championship Medalist and Olympian Matthew Centrowitz JR about his career, Jordans, missing ipods, candy, his car and more.  Also this week in tweets and blisters.

Pace the Nation - Episode 25 (Matthew Centrowitz Jr)

The delayed release of a double tweets episode, just like that.

Season Three

Double Tweets up to Ep 94

Ep 109 (Ellie)

Big talk in Oslo and then we discuss the sound levels while Docs was out of town.  At (7:26), We are joined by Matt Long, author of the Long Run, who tells us about an accident that nearly took his life and the journey to regain the life he had before and the role that running played in his recovery.  Matt will be our guest at the Pacers Running Summer Book Club June 24th.  At (49:35)Docs talks about his trip to Canada, (56:22) Joanna talks about her living situation, (56:10) we pause to describe the scene on the street and (58:20) Farley takes another flight with James.  Finally at (1:03:30) we bring in new super hero Brandon Boucher who describes his two latest saves.

Ep 111 - Moving to Oslo (Matt Long)

We open the show with a quick Arlington Geography discussion.  It would not be a summer PTN episode if we did not discuss the weather, and at (6:22) we talk running in the heat and what you can do to improve the experience.  At (14:45) we are joined by our baking phenom guest Simply Eves, who brings in five different types of cookies for the first ever PTN bake off cookie rankings.  We also discuss the Pacers 14th street fun runs, a little podcast called Pace the Nation, and running relays.  At (38:53) we veer out of our lane to talk about real current events, as we discuss the tragic Otto Warmbier news.  At (48:00) Farley changes gears and talks about the boomerang social media trend, after which Farley is challenged to give up social media for the next week.  Editors note, I wonder if he even managed to make it to the show posting.  At (51:26) we talk Fathers Day, where Farley wishes that we could turn back the dial on social progress, Joanna and PBR celebrate with their fathers day tradition by running in the Major Race in a Miner Town, and Docs also celebrates fathers day.  At (59:24) Farley makes an interesting observation while travelling to North Carolina.  At (1:01:24) We touch on the USATF championships getting ready to start in Sac-town.  At (1:12:20) A surprise guest crashes the podcast with our favorite kind of thing, a gift and at (1:14:13) we have a follow-up on some recent guests performances at high school nationals.  We close out the show at 1:17:30, and if you keep listening you might hear some PTN Easter Eggs.

Ep 112 - It Passes the Time (Simply Eves)

Alan Webbs 10 year anniversary of his American Record in the Mile.
Docs is out of town so Farley and Joanna lead the in studio discussion – except for the part where Docs applauds Strava and talks about his race in Tahoe.  Its hard to explain, you will just have to listen.  We are joined in studio by the American record holder in the mile, Alan Webb.  It is exactly 10 years since he set the record.  His younger brother Chris tags along too.  We talk about Alans life after professional running.  His new business, Elite Onsite Fleet Services.    Next we cover the fact that he was also the best miler ever in High School and all the pressure that came along with that.  There is a brother therapy session, we talk about Alan becoming a professional and some of the ups and downs of his career.  We recap the mile that broke Steve Scott’s 25 year old record – the record that has stood for 10 years now.  Finally, we play some Alan Webb trivia to see if he can name his top 5 races of all time.  Farley and Joanna do some promotion of next weeks show, and Farley puts in a Easter Egg for the first time of any of the shows he has edited.

Ep 115 - (Alan Webb)

Joanna and Farley are in the studio sans Docs again.  They talk about an adventure in Farleys parenting.  Joanna shares are similar story that ends in her scaling a roof.  The 2 hosts are joined on the phone by Gabe Grunewald.  She is a professional track runner in the middle distances who has cancer.  She suffers from a rare form of cancer - Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC).  She competed in the 2017 US track championships while she was on chemo.  She tells her story - the history of the cancer and gives updates on her progress while she is at Sloan Kettering in NY City.  
Her honesty and positivity inspire the hosts throughout the interview.
We close the show with talk of Joanna's CC Twilighter 5k and her upcoming trip to Maine.

Ep 116 - (Gabe Grunewald)

Docs is on an extended vacation, so we have Senior Editor of Run Washington, Dickson Mercer, in studio to guest host.  Joanna helps Farley remember a New Jersey song.  Farley and Dickson compare notes about their sons who are a week apart.
We are joined in studio by 2 time Marine Corps Marathon champion Darrell General.  The local running DC legend has also qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials a record tying 5 times.   Dickson has a surprising connection to one of Darrell's best races he ever ran.   That race took place in, you guessed it, New Jersey.
Later in the show Farley and Joanna talk tipping on Square.  Joanna mostly aces Farley's trivia question.  And Dickson and Joanna talk about what they are looking forward to in the upcoming World Champs in London.  We close the show talking about a week off next week and of course, the New Jersey marathon.

Ep 117 - New Jersey connections (Darrell General)

We start off the show (5:53) discussing a recent Judge Judy transaction and take a deep dive into a recent court case that centered around a dog.  Continuing the dog discussion, at (13:13) Farley crowbars a self proclaimed good deed dog story into the show.  And if that is not enough dog talk, at (17:20) we promote National Dog Day and an upcoming virtual 5k.  At (18:01) we try to find out where in the world Docs has been.  (19:21) Docs recaps his Ragnar Trail Relay and (28:58) a beach vacation, where the co-hosts discuss running while at the beach and what to do if you do not have a GPS watch.  At (32:36) we talk about the Track and Field World Championships, looking at former PTN guest performances as well as recapping our favorite distance races. At (45:47) Docs touches on the Duck Tales premiere and polls the Pace the Nation Nation for their feedback and provides an employment update.  At (48:07) we plug Pacers and upcoming events.  We close out (49:02) with a preview of next weeks guest.

PTN 118 - Unemployed...In Greenland

The intro and table setting takes a little longer than normal.  We recorded the show on Sept 11, at (7:42) and our hosts reflect on that fateful day, where they were and remember the impact that it had on this country.  At (18:30) Runner's World columnist and Canadian author Alex Hutchinson calls in to discuss his writings, getting his PHD, running for Centro,  and a whole lot of running science.  At (51:56) we talk about the Northern Lights and rekindle talk about a podcast recording destination.  At (55:00) I amazed at our ability to talk about running through the medium of professional football, soccer, and baseball.  At (1:00:40) we have a PTN hoodie announcement.  At (1:01:27) Farley breaks down the end of his running career and Joanna gives an update on her running, and Docs has a lot of unsolicited advice for his cohosts.

Ep 122 - A Science Show (Alex Hutchinson)

Our hosts talk about the Expo floor and the running here at the Running Event.  We are then joined by the founder of Altra Running, Golden Harper.  We talk about what inspired him to start the company, how he got his start and what makes the brand different from other products on the market.

The Running Event 2017

TRE Ep 7 - Golden Harper from Altra

We spread our holiday cheer with our annual gift exchange, and Farley has some last minute gift ideas with the top running books of the year.  We are joined by Black Girls Run DC ambassador Adina Crawford who talks about her organization and her own journey into running.  Later, we talk a little bit of track and field, Docs has three random updates and we exchange our holiday gifts.  Kind of.  An updated show notes may be in the works later in the week, but right now Docs needs to get back to the egg nog.

Ep 135 - A Gift Exchange (Adina Crawford)

And we are back with Part Two of a very long tweets episode where we failed to catch all the way up but we made some more progress thanks to some bribing by Simply Eves.

Season Four

A Surprise Tweets Episode Part Two (Simply Eves)

At (3:38) we open the show with a bunch of excuses for why we did not record last week - Farley was sick, Joanna was traveling and Docs went missing.  At (6:45) our hosts break down Broadway.  At (14:48) Tammy Whyte of TW Training and Wellness joins us in studio to talk about spelling.  Luckily, we move on from that topic and get into the running discussion centered around Tammy coaching, her running and professional backgrounds and why she wanted to make the leap and go into coaching full time.  We also talk about how runners can find a coach and the additional benefits of being part of a running group.  At (23:53) we talk about the programs at TW Training including how they incorporate strength workouts into the training.  At (29:11) Tammy describes wellness programs and the growing trend and benefits of these programs.  At (30:48) Tammy talks about the process of becoming a certified running coach.  At (32:46) we talk about the importance of balancing the training and nutrition.  At (33:33) we talk about the expectations a new runner should have if they look into signing up for individual coaching.  At (39:45) Tammy talks about doing the 50 state challenge and how those experiences have been a great way to see the country.  We are back at (44:40) with a new segment called where is Docs.  We close out at (55:19) with the Super Bowl discussion which has not yet happened even though it has in your world and Farley refuses to root for Docs team even though Docs pulls for the Nats when the Phillies are not involved, yes that will come up in episode 141.  At (59:36) there is a running tie in, as the hosts discuss an article in Runners World about NFL players training to become faster runners.

Ep 140 - The Upside Down Episode (Tammy Whyte)

0:55 Joanna brings up the Royal Wedding 
3:43 Farley sets the scene for the show
5:45 Joanna and Farley tell the story of Mark Cucuzzella and his 30 years of sub 3 hour marathons
11:04 Ryan Hogan the Elite Coordinator of the Pittsburgh  joins Pace The Nation
12:30 Ryan talks about his Podcast from back in the day
16:00 Ryan lets the guys know what his job entails and what events he works on for P3R
18:45 Ryan talks about how he got into the job and his background  
22:05 Ryan is asked about a number of elite athletes who ran the US Champs in Pittsburgh 
 25:10 Ryan talks about being the USATF Half Marathon Championships  and the prize money
26:10 Ryan talks about logistics of the race start and how prize money is awarded 
28:30 Do runners have unreasonable requests from the Elite Coordinator
31:00 Farley angles to be invited to Ryans race
32:30 Why locals from DC should run the Pittsburgh Marathon Half Marathon and what is the course like
36:30 Some history of the Pittsburgh Marathon
38:40 What other events does P3R do
40:45 Ryan talks about the people who work for his team that are the crucial to the execution event
43:15 We close with Ryan 
44:45 Joanna compares notes for the NJ elite Marathon Half Marathon
45:35 Fittest Cities in America 
49:20 Arlnow did an story on Arlington being the Fittest City in America
50:10 Two former guests Sarah Sellers and Altra partner
51:16 Joanna does know what a phone is
52:08 Pacers Running has some great races coming up
54:09 Where are they now Tom Griffen is still walking across America
56:10 Farley talks about Sports Gambling 
58:32  Monmouth Race track will be one of the first places you can place sports bets

Ep 155 - Subtle messaging to Joanna (Ryan Hogan)

We kick off the show and introduce our guest co-host Tess Stryk.  At 2:00 we talk about Joanna losing her keys at National Harbor. At 3:45 Farley sets the table for the show.  At 5:30 we Tess tells us her journey to working at Pacers Running. At 7:45 Tess talks about her recent trip to Germany. At 13:00 we welcome in Brian Danza of the DC Roadrunners.  At 14:53 Brian talks about his Bee Hives and how he got into bee keeping.  At 15:50 Brian tells us how and where he caught the swarm of bees.  At 19:00 we dive more into bee hives and Brian schools us on bees.  At 23:10 Brian talks about the history for the DC Roadrunners Track Championships. At 25:20 Brian tell Farley and Tess about the event and how you can still sign up.  At 26:46 we are joined on the phone by the Head Coach of the District Track Club Tom Brumlik.  At 27:27 Tom gives us some background on his involvement on the event and how he and Brian got connected.  At 29:36 Brian and Tom talk about adding the elite 800s to the event.  At 31:00 Tom talks about races here in the US versus going to Europe.  At 32:10 Tom tells the group who is going to be in the elite races.  At 35:00 Brian lets us know what the audience can expect if you show up as a spectator. At  36:30 Farley tries to convince Brian and Tom to race each other at the end of the night.  At 37:20 Tom talks about the District Track Club.  At 38:30 Tom talks about the DMV Meet of Champions that the District Track Club put on.  At 41:38 we dive into Brians Running and the Milan Marathon.  At 43:45 we talk to Brian about the DC Roadrunners Club and a number of the races they put on.  We let our guests go and at 49:00 Tess recalls her High School days and the bee hive at HB Woodlawn HS.  At 50:00 Farley and Tess talk about former guest and former Pacers Running employee Chris Kwiatkowski lands a job in Seattle at the University of Washington. At 52:50 Farley talks about his car troubles.  At 55:00 Farley talks about his trip to the Arlington Courthouse.  At 58:35 Tess talks about her Beer Mile team for the Pacers Beer Mile on August 11th.  At 59:40 Tess tells why she started listening to the show.  We close out the show thanking Tess and putting pressure on her to get us more social media followers.

Ep 162 - Bee Keeping (Brian Danza & Tom Brumlik)

We start off at (5:19) with a discussion about hitting the exact mileage on your GPS watch.  At (11:48) we welcome our guest Hiruni Wijerathna, where we start out working on our letters and at (13:20) some basic geography.  At (14:39) she tells us how she got from Sri Lanka to Herndon and how she got her start in running.  At (17:03) we talk about her high school coach, former guest Pete Sherry.  At (18:01) Hiruni talks about going to run at the University of Kentucky.  At (23:10) we talk about running post collegiately,   At (25:42) we talk about running for Sri Lanka.   At (34:31) Hiruni tells us about training in Boulder with Hudson Elite and at (36:44) her full time job at Run Coach.   We are back at (41:33) to wrap up the interview.  At (43:50) we discuss a tweet about James K Polk.  At (49:15) we fire up the rumor mill.  At (51:05) Rebook has a new professional running group in Charlottesville, VA.  At (54:19) UVA announces new cross country coaches.  At (59:09) we talk about the prime day and finally at (1:07:50) we have a transportation update on the vehicles from all three hosts.

Ep 163 - The Rumor Mill (Hiruni Wijerathna)

Despite Farley not setting the agenda we have a big show today.  You would think its because Docs tells the Eric Clapton story and we do not have a guest, but then we actually have a clap worthy announcement that we hope you clap along to from home.

Ep 165 - Adieu

Our hosts are back for another episode, where we talk not politics with the presidential cell phone alert, the Clarendon day race, the Chicago marathon, bird scooters, Survivor and more.  Our guest this week is Survivor Hall of Famer Jonny Fairplay, who has experienced an extreme life pivot and is now an avid runner.

Ep 168 - Democracy is Broken (Jonny Fairplay)

We open with another bird scooter discussion before being joined on the phone by the global marketing manager for performance running at New Balance,  Keith Kelly.  We speak to Keith about an array of topics, the growth of New Balance, Sydney, soccer, biking and more.  Then, Farley was worried about Docs, we settle the Boston Song once and for all, Farley has a DVD, (1:05:55) a great Wisconsin airport story, top 5 baby and a surprise visit.

Ep 170 - Devious Plans (Keith Kelly)

An under the weather Docs talks about surprise parties and his trip to Arizona.  At (15:20) we are joined by West Springfield head coach and fellow under the weather guest Chris Pellegrini, who talks about the Spartan girls state championship and boys second place showing, his start in distance coaching, the evolution of the sport during his tenure and the storied program at WSHS.  We are back at (57:50) to wrap up the interview.  At (1:00:30)we discuss the Emily Scheck story, a college runner who was disowned by her family and then initially penalized by the NCAA.  At (1:04:52) we talk about Amazon coming to town and changing names.  At (1:09:48) we start our twitter feedback with our new favorite topic scooters.  At (1:18:30) we finally talk about Farleys Dancing with the Stars recap.

Ep 174 - State Champs (Chris Pellegrini)

1:00 We intro our fill in co-host and touch on bird scooters

3:00 Farley sets up the show and Charlie tells a story about our guest from the DCXC meet 

5:45 How was running in the snow this week 

10:00 Kate Murphy joins Pace The Nation 

10:52 How Kate has been adjusting to living in Oregon 

12:30 We talk about Kates HS Running

13:45 Kate tells us about running the 2016 Olympic Trials and making the world junior team that went to Poland

16:55 Was there pressure on Kate her senior year in HS after so much success 

18:50 Why did she decide to run at Oregon

20:20 Kate talks about her surgery and her injury issues in her HS senior year and into her college freshman year

24:10 Was it tough to move across the country to Oregon and what was the pressure like there

26:10 Kate talks about the adjustment with her life and running in Eugene

 27:30 Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

 29:00 Kate talks about retiring from running

 33:10 Kate is running again

35:25 How is running now for Kate

 36:00 how has she been spending time in college

38:45 Goal for Road race in July - Crystal City Twilighter

39:30 What is next for Kate

41:35 How much does she get back to Virginia 

42:35 What is in the water at Lake Braddock 

44:10 Kate is less stressed in Burke

45:10 Kate talks about being back in DC for the summer and exits the show 

47:00 Recapping the conversation with Kate

48:13 Tess posting on Instagram for Pace The Nation

51:25 A track club in Philly catch a thief 

53:12 Charlie talks about what is coming up in RunWashington

57:40 We close the show with an Instagram post from Gabe Grunewald

Ep 184 - (Kate Murphy)

After a quick intro, at (5:38) we find out where Docs has been, and then at (10:26) we throw some family members under the bus, but its ok.  At (12:50) we are joined by Sketchers National Sales Manager of Mens performance Dan Sullivan, who starts the interview off with some fond old school Patriots memories.  At (18:29) Dan tells us about making the jump from football to make his start in the running industry.  At (22:21) Dan tells us about his new role at Sketchers and how he fits into the direction of the company.  At (25:49) Chris asks Dan about the state of the running industry and what runners want to wear.  At (30:27) we get to the good stuff, as Dan tells us fun story from a Red Sox playoff game.  At (37:52) Farley is unsuccesful in another attempt to get a Bostonian to agree with his Boston play list.  At (41:40) we circle back to running talk and discuss the Just Blew It Sketchers ad.  
We are back at (45:00) to wrap up the interview, then at (47:43) Farley comes clean on a mistake on a list at the Pacers annual staff meeting.  At (50:34) we discuss the Bre Tiesi-Manzel half marathon cheating story.  At (1:00:13) we get the long anticipated update on the status of the door story from episode 182.  At (1:05:39) Chris gives us an update on some upcoming races including the Four Courts Four Miler and the St. Pats Double.  At (1:06:24) PTN marvels at the victory of Drew Hutner at indoor nationals and other race updates from across the nation.  At (1:12:49) we mention the Amy Cragg victory at the 2020 Marathon Trials test event and casually mention that we are open to sponsorship for the actual trials.  At (1:14:00) we close out another great episode and we will see you next week.

Season Five

Ep 185 - E2 (Dan Sullivan)

We open up celebrating West Virginia Day and the US Womens soccer victory over Sweden.  At (13:48) we are joined by viral superstar Laura Mazer, who tells us about her experience at the Pittsburgh Marathon that went viral.  At (14:49) We start out learning the unique story about how she got into running and why she started racing and the influence stickers have in her life.  At (23:44) we talk about the Pittsburgh Marathon and the story of finding her new friend Jessica in the middle of the race and how they motivated each other to the finish.  AT (33:03) we ask about how she found out that her experience went viral and her reaction to the attention.  At (40:25) Laura talks about her job in manufacturing, long hours and hot conditions.  We are back at (44:14) to wrap up the interview and then 
At (46:31) in our transportation update, Farely has some Arlington Scooter Statistics, we get an update on the status and PTN starts a twitter account for scooter shaming.  At (50:54) we stay on the transportation theme, as Farley grinds his gears over a unique car accessory and impresses us with his geography prowess.  At (55:09) we get back to the running stories with an ageless story which we attach an age to, Julia Hurricaine Hawkins, the 103 year old sprinter.  At (58:08) we talk about Mayor Jacob Frey declaring Gabe Grunewald day in Minneapolis.  At (1:02:05) the undefeated Yorktown Girls soccer team wins the state championship.

Ep 198 - Sticker Game (Laura Mazer)

Episode 209 was recorded a couple of weeks ahead of its release.  After we catch up with co-host Joanna e Russo, we are joined at (7:03) by Claire Wood, the (at the time) New Balance Business Unit Manager for Global Performance Running Footwear, who talks to us on her last day on the job.  We start out talking about her ten years eight months and twenty two days at New Balance and her history in the running community.  At (10:39) Claire talks about breaking into a male dominated industry, some of the challenges and more importantly the support along the journey.  We also attempt to make everyone in the room cry except Docs he does not have tear ducts.  At (15:03) we ask Claire why she is leaving New Balance, her move to Portland, Oregon, and her next stop at Sorel.  At (19:12) we circle back and talk more about Claires time at New Balance.  We are back at (25:09) to wrap up the interview.  At (27:38) Farley has a positive story about Docs beloved Philadelphia Eagles.  At (30:30) we kinda discuss the world championships and concede that the event will be over by the time this show posts.  At (34:55) we recap Running Night at Nats Park.

Ep 209 - Downton Clarendon (Claire Wood)

It doesnt take long in the opening for Docs to be his usual Debbie Downer, but as we discuss current news Docs and Julie have hope.  At (11:00) we are joined by our guest Alison Desir, a political activist, endurance athlete, mental health advocate and founder of Harlem Run.  We start off talking a little about New York and how having a ten month old has helped keep Alison present in the moment with everything going on.  At (14:30) we touch on current events, and then go back and talk about how she got her start in running and how it has integrated with social activism.  At (22:30) we ask Alison for advice on how to get Pacers to live For Every Run.  At (36:24) we talk about her article in Outside and then shift gears at (42:29) and ask if motherhood has influenced her activism.  At (44:20) we ask how we can move forward and then at (44:20) we circle back to her running.  We are back to wrap up the interview at (49:56) and offer some audio listening advice for Julie.  At (51:22) we talk about the world record jeans mile by Johnny Gregorek, the charity tie-in and weigh in on whether its a good bit, bad bit or a bit at all.  Then at (57:17) Docs wants to talk about some recent trail etiquette observations, surprisingly giving kudos, before at (1:01:41) we talk about the crazy incident on the capital crescent trail and how people on social media misidentified the aggressor.  We close out the show at (1:06:23) by admonishing Brown University for cutting its Mens Track program, and our story was clearly leaked because just before press time, Brown has reversed their decision most likely due to pending PTN pressure, however we will keep the segment in the show for future historians and people that want an extra fifteen minutes added onto their run.

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Ep 237 - Powdered Feet (Alison Desir)

Hosts Chris Farley and Julie Culley talk about things through a runner's lens.

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