About this episode

The hosts discuss various topics including the declaration of Tamaki as the distance-running capital of Aotearoa and critique the actions of big companies in the running industry.

We’re not going to lie, there was a lot on the docket this week, and boy did Ali, Andrew, and Matt rip through it. We, the aforementioned, declare that Tamaki is now the distance-running capital of Aotearoa. And also that it is “mad nice” (Friedland, 2026). We charge that big companies should stop doing things that make them look like dicks, and that the Boston thing was sort of okay, and also we wonder if that dude that Jurek helped across the line at Western States ever got a sympathy...

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guests: Ali, Andrew

Topics covered

• distance running
• sports commentary
• running culture
• company ethics
• event discussions

Keywords

• Tamaki
• Aotearoa
• distance running
• Boston
• Western States
• running culture
• company ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tamaki, Aotearoa

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