Blood Doping in 2026, Wiz Khalifa Is Running and Merch Is Finally Live

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including blood doping, running culture, and personal journeys of athletes and celebrities.

One of the longest episodes in Off the Rails history and one of the most eventful. Discussed in this episode: – Eric vs. the bike: Three rides in. Main problems: sweating while commuting and not wanting to wear shorts. – Pre-race rituals: In response to a voicemail from Jean Nicole, a theology professor who uses athletic analogies in teaching monastic practices. – Freddie Crittenden is a middle school math teacher: Retired at USAs. Now posting the most wholesome content on Instagram — previewing his classroom, talking through the transition. – Wiz Khalifa is running: The touchstone that running has arrived in culture. He got called slow at a nine-minute pace, went out and ran fast to prove people wrong. Shame on anyone who shamed him for his pace. – AOC's egg-freezing journey: Aisha opens up for the first time publicly about being almost two years into an IVF journey that hasn't been going great. The power of seeing someone do this in real time (not at the end of the story when everything is resolved) is felt. – Brad Pitt is drinking again: Seven years sober. Now not. All his kids have dropped his last name. He owns a vineyard. The comment section is on fire. He's in the Leo/Pitt…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric, Aisha

Topics covered

• blood doping
• running culture
• pre-race rituals
• IVF journey
• athlete training intensity
• celebrity news

Keywords

• blood doping
• Wiz Khalifa
• IVF
• Brad Pitt
• Freddie Crittenden
• Bill Aris
• running
• pre-race rituals

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