How the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half Champions Conquered the Course

About this episode

Hosts interview the champions of the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half about their race experience.

In this special race-day episode of Set the Pace, hosts Olympian Carrie Tollefson and CITIUS MAG's Kyle Merber interview the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half champions—Eden Rainbow-Cooper, Daniel Romanchuk, Hellen Obiri, Adriaan Wildschutt, and Daniel Mata—who led more than 30,000 athletes from the start in Prospect Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through Manhattan, and to the finish in Central Park. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Carrie Tollefson, Kyle Merber

Guests: Eden Rainbow-Cooper, Daniel Romanchuk, Hellen Obiri, Adriaan Wildschutt, Daniel Mata

Topics covered

• NYC Half Marathon
• running
• athlete interviews
• race day
• sports

Keywords

• NYC Half
• running champions
• Carrie Tollefson
• Kyle Merber
• race day
• athletes
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Road Runners

Places: Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan, Central Park

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