EDP66: Double Race Recap - Eoin's 5000m / Ryan's HBF / Xiamen Diamond League / LA Track Festival + more

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Eoin and Ryan recap their recent races, discussing tactics and performances in various events including the Diamond League and LA Track Festival.

🇧🇪 Eoin gives a full on-the-ground recap from the IFAM meet in Brussels after running a 14:15 track PB over 5000m in one of Europe’s famously stacked midnight races. We discuss the chaos of heat allocations, racing at midnight, navigating massive fields and what it’s actually like trying to race hard in the middle of a European heatwave. 🇦🇺 Back home in Perth, Ryan breaks down his 4th place finish at the HBF Run 12k in 38:21 after throwing himself into the race from the gun in pursuit of the win. We discuss race tactics, tunnel surges, weaving through thousands of runners, heart rate paranoia, nitrate timing and why racing on feel might still trump all the sports science. Before we started, we also shared our thoughts and condolences to the friends and family of the runner who tragically lost their life at HBF Run yesterday. Incredibly sad news. 🇨🇳 Over in China, we unpack another huge Diamond League: • Abby Caldwell wins again in the women’s 1500m • Jess Hull, Claudia Hollingsworth and Sarah Billings continue the Commonwealth Games selection headache • Sub-13 performances continue in brutal heat and humidity • Andreas Almgren records a DNF after his huge 3k opener 🇺🇸 At…

People in this episode

Guests: Eoin, Ryan

Topics covered

• race recap
• 5000m
• HBF Run
• Diamond League
• LA Track Festival
• race tactics
• global distance running

Keywords

• 5000m
• HBF Run
• Diamond League
• LA Track Festival
• race tactics
• distance running
• European heatwave

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IFAM

Places: Brussels, Perth, China

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