D3 Glory Days Podcast

"I definitely started getting to the point where I thought maybe I'm just a 2:34 guy. I'm just a high 15 5k guy and I'm okay with it."

Ryan Jara left Hope College as a 15:54 5ker. He enjoyed running …

Happy New Year!

We kick off 2024 with Holly Clarke - a Johns Hopkins grad.

Holly is gearing up for her 2nd Olympic Trials next month and is excited to bringing more experience and miles to the line w…

Our last episode of 2023. Noah and Stu sit down to discuss Noah's OTQ at CIM. With surgery earlier in the year, Noah completed the couch to OTQ training plan.

He dives into how he handled the build u…

“My mentality that day was, I wanted to improve my tombstone.”

The Olympic Marathon Trials is February 3rd and we plan to tell tales of D3 grads that hit will be in Orlando.

Today, we bring you the s…

“I was absolutely not expecting any of them to come. And so, I think just over the mile mark, I heard they're distinct cheering and saw them on the side and I don't really smile during races, but the…

“I’m just so grateful for those guys. They're the whole reason I'm here, they're the reason I'm pushing, they're the reason I race like that. And damn, I just love them. I love them to death and I'm …

“You can anticipate something like that all season. Like in theory, we knew we could do it. But actually seeing that [the scoreboard with Carleton #1] and knowing that we did it was just a completel…

“And to think, not what if it goes wrong, what if it goes really well, it's just super empowering.”

What a weekend for D3 Cross Country. We begin telling the stories of the weekend with Lucas Florshe…

We sit down with 6 coaches to review their seasons and what they're excited for the D3 Cross Country National Championship.

They all bring a unique perspective to their situation and provide valuable…

The interregional weekend proved to be an exciting weekend. With strong performances all over the country, we’re highlight two pairs that ran well together and for their team. Two Pocket Aces Awards …

Teams from all over the country traveled to Pennsylvania to get a look at the National Meet course.

Typically the Pre-National meet is circled on the calendar and produces great performances.

The CMS…

The D3 Cross Country season is heating up. The big meets are approaching and the performances are taking it up a notch.

For Week 5, we’re bring back the Pocket Aces award and recognizing someone who …

As we enter the busy part of the XC season, we award the next batch of D3 Glory Days Runner of the Week Awards. For the first time in this young award, the runners hail from the same college. Week 4 …

A new week brings a new set of Runners of the Week.

We honor James Settles and Olivia Pisacano as the Week 3 D3 Glory Days Runners of the Week!

James Settles won his race out in Denver in 24:50. The …

We're on to week 2 of the Runner of the Week Awards.

This week we came across a duo from UW-Whitewater that crossed the finish line at basically the same time. Gunner Schlender and Christian Patzka o…

We’re excited to bring you something new this season. In an effort to continue to support and grow D3XCTF, we felt the next best step would be to bring weekly awards.

Introducing the D3 Glory Days Ru…

Emily Richards comes back to D3 Glory Days as a guest.

She gives us an update on her post collegiate running. The 9x D3 Champ had a contract with Hoka but lost the contract during COVID. She now runs…

"I had such a low opinion of myself after going through the addiction that I thought, 'I am not going to be mediocre at anything that I do in my life.'"

The endurance athlete masters' superstar, Ken …

2x Shot Put champion Roger Steen joins D3 Glory Days to recap his meet out at USAs, his time at UW-Eau Claire, and how coaching has been so impactful to his own throwing.

Roger went to UW-Eau Claire …

When Annika Urban stepped off the track for the final time in Rochester, NY, she would move on from a D3 career as a two time national champion.

It’s an incredible story of determination and falling …