EPISODE 62: Track is Back kinda + What Will Racing Look Like in The Fall?

Author: Sandyboy Productions
Published: Tue 28 Apr 2020
Episode Link: https://blubrry.com/uprunningpodcast/59562734/episode-62-track-is-back-kinda-what-will-racing-look-like-in-the-fall/

On this episode Lauren + Abby chat about the running news from the past week, including the USATF's release of 2018 tax information and the running community's response to CEO Max Siegel's $4M+ salary, how some races are getting creative by going virtual or to a showcase format + when the return to racing will happen in the coming months and what races may look like in the fall when/if they do happen.

Things We Talked About In This Episode

- Read more about USATF release of 2018 tax information from Runner's World here and The Washington Post here

- See Lauren Fleshman's response to the above here // See Emma Coburn's response here

- USATF layoffs + CEO's pay cut

- Mike Wardian runs an FKT on the Mount Vernon Trail

- European Athletics Championships Cancelled

- Pittsburgh Marathon is going virtual this weekend

- Olympic Track Trials have an official date for summer 2021

- Berlin Marathon announcement

- NYT article about the return of sports

- Runners World article on the return to racing

- The Impossible Games in Oslo