About this episode

Jacob and Rory discuss recent races, including the Edmonton Half Marathon and European Championships, along with updates on upcoming events and a doping suspension.

Jacob is in Kelowna visiting John Gay, and Rory is back in Flagstaff holding it down after defending his Canadian Half Marathon championship in Edmonton, on a course that turned out to be too long. They break down the race, Rory's Tour de France style breakaway attack at 8K and the backwards finish line crossing. Then it's on to European Championships: Jakob's return after ten months away, Almgren lapping the field in the 10K and then announcing a surprise marathon debut at New York City, and Femke Bol continuing her 800 meter experiment with another PR. The crew runs a snake draft of the New York City pro marathon fields, Rory announces his Brussels hour run was canceled, Jacob confirms he's out of Chicago and headed to Valencia and CIM instead, and they close out with the Jonah Koech doping suspension: a US 1500 champion caught by the biological passport, quietly banned for a year before anyone said anything publicly. Support our Sponsors: 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 AquaOmega: For your daily dose of Omega-3’s, go to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Thomson, Rory Linkletter

Topics covered

• NYC Marathon
• European Championships
• Canadian Half Marathon
• Doping Suspension
• Race Schedule Updates

Keywords

• NYC Marathon
• European Championships
• Edmonton Half Marathon
• doping suspension
• race schedule

Sponsors

Meteo Pace, AquaOmega

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kelowna, Flagstaff, Edmonton, New York City, Brussels, Chicago, Valencia, CIM

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