A big weekend in endurance sport sees us recap Western States, Ironman Frankfurt, the breaking of the backyard ultra world record and a quick discussion into East Africans in Trailrunning. We also touch on Sydney Marathon Elite fields and Challenge Roth drug testing age groupers.

Our guest is Robby Ketchell, a sports scientist and aerodynamics expert who helped engineer the Ineos 1:59 project with Eliud Kipchoge and more recently worked on the Sub 4 Project with Faith Kipyegon. He joins us to discuss the project.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:30) Medical Question

(03:53) David’s Update

(04:56) Xylon’s Update

(11:58) Community Shoutouts

(13:23) Correction

(15:03) Toulouse Win Top 14

(15:40) Backyard Ultra World Record Broken

(19:00) Tyreek Hill Runs 10.10

(20:22) IM Frankfurt

(23:32) Western States

(28:30) Marathon du Mont Blanc

(30:10) Will East Africans Start Dominating Trailrunning?

(32:20) Challenge Roth Drug Testing Age Groupers

(34:55) Sydney Marathon Elite Field

(37:01) Interview Starts

(39:01) How Were Things on the Ground?

(41:40) Did Robby Think Sub 4 was Possible?

(44:03) What Tradeoffs Needed to be Made?

(46:29) Where Else Could Things be Improved with Hindsight?

(49:42) Explaining the Pacing Formation

(55:13) Would Faith Have Been Better off Running Further Out?

(58:20) How Fast Could Faith Run in an Optimised Road Mile?

(1:01:25) What’s Next for Robby?

(1:03:30) Doctor’s Office - Vale Bill Dellinger

(1:05:11) What We’re Watching

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After some quick updates and community shoutouts we hear from previous guest Matt Marquardt about his IM Cairns win. Before discussing the Paris Diamond League, Tyreek Hill vs Noah Lyles and the value of running a hard mile for long distance runners.

Our guest is Colleen Quigley is a professional middle distance runner representing the USA in the Rio 2016 Olympics. She joins us to discuss Meridia, a new women-led, athlete-owned track team, based in Boulder. It’s focused on high-performance, strategic storytelling, and shoe brand-agnostic sponsorship opportunities for its athletes.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:18) Medical Question

(04:54) Xylon’s Update

(07:20) David’s Update

(10:42) Corrections

(11:58) Accuracy and Precision in Distance Measured in Running

(14:50) Community Shoutouts

(18:30) Update from Matt Marquardt

(28:11) Paris Diamond League

(44:17) Noah Lyles vs Tyreek Hill

(47:21) Value in Running a Mile

(50:13) Interview Starts

(51:40) What is the Origin of the name “Meridia”?

(53:08) Why Now?

(57:20) How was the Coaching Advisor Chosen?

(1:00:02) The Performance Environment

(1:05:02) How Do Pro Runners Make a Living?

(1:06:08) What is Collen’s Approach to Storytelling?

(1:10:10) Meridia Mile

(1:17:10) How Were the Founding Members Chosen?

(1:23:41) Adding Members to the Team

(1:26:58) Review

(1:29:08) What We’re Watching

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Colleen Website: https://www.colleenquigley.org/

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