The XLR8 Performance Lab Podcast

Coach Cunningham is an assistant boys track and field coach for the West Des Moines Valley Tigers. They have won 3 consecutive state titles and were gunning for a 4th prior to the shutdown of the sea…

Harris was a high-performing distance runner for Math and Science Academy, a charter school in the South St. Paul area of the Twin Cities. He talks about his plans on competing for St. Thomas as they…

Gabe is an outstanding distance runner for the Ankeny Centennial Jaguars. He is getting a jump start on his training for this fall cross country season in order to give himself the best shot possible…

Drew is the US high school record holder in the indoor mile and former record holder for 3000 meters indoors. Her currently competes for Tinman Elite, an Adidas group based out of Boulder, CO. In his…

Tierney is a US Marathon Trials competitor will still just a high schooler. She also holds the Nike Heartland XC course record. Her Twin Cities Marathon race where she set an age group world record w…

Shelby is an Olympian who hails from Sioux City East HS in Iowa. At one time she held the state records at 800 and 1500 meters, and is the current American Record Holder in the 1500 and 5000 meters o…

Lauren runs track and field for Valley High School in West Des Moines. She has personal best time of 4:51 and 10:26 for 1500 and 3000 meters. She talks about what she had hoped to run this spring and…

Karissa is the American Record holder for 3000 meters indoors. She is one of the fastest American women's distance runners of all time and is a graduate of Dowling Catholic HS in West Des Moines, IA.…

Brandon is an elite distance runner for Perham HS in Minnesota. His team has won 3 consecutive state cross country titles in the small school class. Even though he can't break 60 in the quarter we wi…

Charlie is a sprinter from St. Edmond HS in Fort Dodge, IA. He has been on numerous elite relays for the school and will be attending the University of Iowa in the fall. Hear his take on being an eli…

Anna is a superstar runner for Farmington HS in Minnesota. The junior has been a 4 consecutive year qualifier for the Nike Cross National Championship race in Portland, Oregon. One of the best distan…

Camille Jackson is a distance runner for Ames High School in Iowa. She was the state 4A cross country champion, setting a new course record in route to the title. She recently signed to attend the Un…

Alan Webb is the American record-holder in the mile with a time of 3:46. But before he set that record he was a high school phenom, breaking Jim Ryun's high school mile record with a stunning 3:53 at…

The first episode of our new series, "Tilus and Trey", drops with the news of Dathan Ritzenhein retiring. the 3x Olympian also won 2 Foot Locker HS National XC titles, and an NCAA XC title, in additi…

Noah Kohut-Jackson announces his college decision. He has recently run time trials of 4:16 for 1600 meters and 9:06 for 3200. His final choices were: Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Tulsa, and Bradley. …

Ashlyn Keeney is one of the best young middle distance and distance runners in the entire country.  The sophomore from Iowa City Liberty HS ran 9:39 at the Drake Relays last spring to capture the tit…

Bennett Heisterkamp finished 4th in the state cross country meet last fall for St. Albert HS in southwest Iowa. Bennett talks about how a concussion turned him into a runner, but may also have saved …

Taylor McCreedy is one of the best distance runners in Iowa.  She finished in the Top-10 (6th) in the state cross country meet her sophomore year before dealing with lower leg injuries the past year.…

Noah Jorgenson is a standout middle distance and distance runner from Class 1A, Sidney, IA.  Noah finished as the runner-up in the state cross country meet this past fall and is also a sub-2:00 800 m…