About this episode
Aisha and Eric discuss a big week in track and field, Olympic events, and listener interactions.
Aisha and Eric are back for another wide-ranging Sunday session covering a big week in track and field, Olympic fever, winter training confessions, and plenty of listener voicemails. Strap in because this one's a long one. In this episode: 🏒 Olympic Fever: The episode kicks off with the hosts riding the high of a dramatic US men's hockey gold medal win over Canada in overtime — the country's first since the famous 1980 "Miracle on Ice." Aisha managed to jog and return just in time to catch the game-winning goal. Eric reflects on his childhood hockey days. 🎿 Winter Olympics Obsession: Aisha dives deep into her love for Nordic skiing and speed skating relays, pitching a fun hypothetical: what if track and field had a relay format like speed skating, with athletes subbing in and out across many legs? The hosts also discuss Johannes Hösflot Klæbo tying Michael Phelps' record of 10 Olympic gold medals, and get into a rabbit hole on VO2 max numbers from cyclists to Nordic skiers to Aisha's own testing in the 60s. 🏃 Track & Field Results Roundup: Keely Hodgkinson shatters the 800m world record with a stunning 1:54.87, breaking Jarmila Kratochvílová's 2002 mark by nearly…
People in this episode
Hosts: Aisha, Eric
Topics covered
- Olympic sports
- track and field
- hockey
- winter training
- listener voicemails
- world records
Keywords
- Olympic Fever
- Keely Hodgkinson
- world record
- hockey gold medal
- winter training
- VO2 max
- Nordic skiing
- speed skating
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