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Olympian John Gay joins Jacob and Rory to discuss the Ottawa Marathon and various running topics.

Olympian John Gay, host of the Shakeout Podcast, joins Jacob and Rory one week out from the Ottawa Marathon where John ran 2:14 in his debut and Rory ran 2:09 for third place to close out his spring season. They break down both races, talk conditions, pacing strategy gone wrong, a certain Prime Minister phone call, and a lot more. Also on the docket: the Bolder Boulder DQ situation, Parker Valby's return at Track Fest, Kipchoge's continental tour, the new World Athletics qualifying standards, and the US World Half Marathon team announcement. Stay connected with John: The Shakeout Podcast John on Instagram Meteo Pace: Be prepared for race day by getting 20% off MeteoPace Pro at ⁠https://www.meteopace.com/redeem⁠ Code: OUTANDBACK ⁠https://app.meteopace.com/redeem?code=OUTANDBACK ⁠ Join our newsletter ⁠ ⁠⁠ Join our Strava group ⁠⁠ Follow us: ⁠Jacob’s YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠Rory’s YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Out And Back YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠Rory’s Strava⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Jacob’s Strava⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rory’s Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Jacob’s Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠Jacob’s Coaching Website⁠ ⁠Rory's Coaching Website⁠ ⁠SandyBoy Productions Timestamps 0:00 -- Intro 2:00 -- Ottawa recap, John's debut 8:00 -- Race conditions and why times were slower 14:00 -- Rory's…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Thomson, Rory Linkletter

Guest: John Gay

Topics covered

• Ottawa Marathon recap
• race conditions
• pacing strategy
• Bolder Boulder DQ
• Kipchoge's tour
• World Athletics standards
• US World Half Marathon team

Keywords

• Ottawa Marathon
• John Gay
• Rory Linkletter
• Bolder Boulder
• Kipchoge
• World Athletics
• marathon strategy
• running conditions
• Shakeout Podcast

Sponsors

MeteoPace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shakeout Podcast, World Athletics, SandyBoy Productions

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