172: What Can We Learn from Elites & Why the Enhanced Games Failed

About this episode

The episode discusses lessons from elite runners and the failure of the Enhanced Games.

Andy and Rick are joined by Mark from The Running Channel to break down an extraordinary year for elite running. In April alone, five of the ten fastest men’s marathon times in history were recorded, while this year has also seen a new women’s-only marathon world record and a new indoor 800m World Record. In the trail world, Rachel Entrekin smashed the Cocodona 250 course record by an incredible seven hours. Clearly, the elites are getting something right... so what can the rest of us learn from them? The team also dives into the catastrophic failure of the Enhanced Games and why, in hindsight, it perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Running Channel Podcast tackles one big topic each episode, amongst helpful tips and light-hearted chat on the latest news in the running world. Hosted by Sarah Hartley (amateur runner) and Andy Baddeley (former pro runner) alongside Rick Kelsey (recovering runner), the TRC Podcast is friendly, jargon-free, and the perfect accompaniment to your runs. Join The Running Channel Club for exclusive additional podcast episodes, bite-sized courses, live Q&As and so much more! Head to The Running Channel Club For all enquiries contact…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Baddeley, Rick Kelsey

Guest: Mark

Topics covered

• elite running
• marathon records
• running tips
• Enhanced Games
• trail running
• world records

Keywords

• elite running
• marathon records
• Cocodona 250
• Enhanced Games
• world records
• running tips

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Organizations: The Running Channel

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