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If ever there was an inspiring comeback story, we’ve got one in Nate Jenkins, who hopes to make a long-awaited return to the marathon in Boston on April 20. Years after fi…

Kim Conley’s decisive win at the US Half Marathon Championships in Houston served notice that the perpetually improving elite is as dangero…

Teen marathon sensation Alana Hadley and her father Mark Hadley join us in episode 33. Alana, who recently won the Indianapolis Marathon in 2:38:34, shares her plans for marathon running between no…

It isn’t often that a marathon is won by a grandmaster, but that’s just what happened when Lawrence Warriner descended from Toronto to break the tape at Brooklyn. In our interview, Warriner, 51, des…

We’re joined by Desiree Linden in episode 31, just days after her fifth place finish at the New York City Marathon. The uber-cool elite describes her windblown NYC race and outlines the Hansons-Broo…

In Episode 30, we preview the New York City marathon with a focus on Tatyana McFadden, the indomitable wheelchair athlete who is seeking a Grand Slam of four major …

Tyler Pennel, fresh off his U.S. Championships conquest at the Twin Cities Marathon, joins us in Episode 29 to detail his race and fill us in on where he’s going and where he’s been. Can you guess w…

In Episode 28, we digest the daylong street festival of running that is New York City’s 5th Avenue Mile. We’ve got post-race interviews with the pro race winners Jenny Simpson and Jordan McNamara, a…

In Episode 27 we chat with Becky Wade, a bright young star with a global perspective on the sport. Before her debut victory in 2:30:41 at the California International Marathon in December, Becky spe…

With his American record–tying run in the 25K and wins at Cherry Blossom and Peachtree, Christo Landry has vaulted to the top of the USARC leaderboard. In Episode 26, we ask Christo about his recent…

2:13 marathoner Craig Leon has notched three consecutive top-15 finishes at World Marathon Majors and this fall will run the Chicago Marathon, where he set his PR last year. Steady improvement is th…

Buzunesh Deba, coming off her scintillating, 2:19:59 runner-up performance at the Boston Marathon, is our featured guest on Episode 24. Buzu, who hails from Ethiopia, describes training and racing i…

Running 2:44:50 at the Pittsburgh Marathon, Jane Vongvorachoti of the Central Park Track Club smashed her PR by 15 minutes and nearly qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials and for Thailand’s Olympic…

It’s taper time for Boston marathoners, and Tyler McCandless makes a quick return to cloud259 with advice on how to spend the last week before a race. Elsewhere in episode 22, we ponder how Ryan Hal…

Ben True is set to make his 2014 racing debut on March 15 at the Gate River Run, and in Episode 21 he discusses the upcoming season, the possibility of running a marathon, and how to run a fast 5,00…

With a 2:25 personal best, Lisa Stublic has quietly become one of the fastest ever U.S.-born marathoners. In Episode 20, we hear the story of the Columbia grad’s move to Croatia, her breakthrough pe…

It’s dueling podcasts as in Episode 19, we welcome Martin Yelling and Tom Williams from the excellent British show Marathon Talk. Yelling and Williams discuss marathoning on the other side of the po…

There’s been a resurgence in the elite ranks of Canadian marathoning. Lanni Marchant set a new national women’s record at the Toronto Marathon this year, and in episode 18 Reid Coolsaet, one of the …

It’s refreshing to see an elite U.S. distance runner take a decidedly different approach when it comes to training and racing. In episode 17 we meet Tyler McCandless, who forgoes long tempo runs, ra…

Gregg details his race at the Bucks County Marathon in our third episode interlude. After a stomach bug derailed his race at Hartford on Oct. 12, Gregg salvaged his training for another shot at 26.2…