Beers and Miles

2:15:49. Alex Burks is a two time Olympic Trials Qualifier. That's right, he's back. Alex Burks is our guest for this episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast. We've cataloged his post collegiate journey throughout the history of this podcast so it's time to check in on how he's been doing. Alex takes us through his preparation for the 2024 Olympic Trials, where he placed Top 50....

We're back with another episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast. On this episode we interviewed David Nguyen, the man behind some of your favorite running media of emerging starts in our sport. David takes us through his journey to running, creating a place for himself in the media space and highlights along the way. Now available on all podcast platforms. Want to follow David? Give him a follo...

We're back with another episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast. On this episode we interview Andrew Ye! Hot off of his 2:18:07 at the Houston Marathon, we chat through his journey to get there. From a 19 minute 5k time trial in 2020 to ripping sub 5 miles down the streets of Houston, Andrew provides us with insight on how he found his footing in this sport and his trials along the way. Andrew...

We’re kicking off the year with one of our favorite returning guests, Zach Ornelas. Zach is a 2:16:01 marathoner, 2x time Olympic trials marathon qualifier and the Elite Coordinator for the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Zach and I got to chat while we were in Austin for the Spurs Austin International Half Marathon last weekend. Our conversation today focuses on curating the elite athlete experience...

It's the same old story, Cris is back after a long hiatus and well there's some new things in the works. Background Music Credit: DELOSound

Last week the USATF announced the Men's and Women's Olympic Trials Marathon Standards. The 2028 Olympic Trials Standards are 2:16:00 and 2:37:00. With this news breaking, Cris is joined by fellow trials chaser, Rose City Track Club's own Lauren Ross! Join Lauren and Cris as they discuss the new Olympic Trials Standard, their feeling about the news, and their opinions on the standard's effects on r...

We're back with another installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Joining us today is Rose City Track Club's own, Lauren Ross! For episode one, we focus a bit on Lauren's introduction to the sport. From downhill skiing and running as form of fitness activity to chasing an Olympic Trials Standard years later, Lauren takes us through her journey in the sport. She provides a very r...

We're turning it around for another special podcast just in time for the Olympic Trials! Joining Witty, Mike, and Cris is the University of Michigan and Novi's own Joost Plaetinck! Joost takes us through his decision to debut at the marathon distance, his workouts along the way, and the race itself where he punched his ticket to the Olympic Trials in just his first marathon! Mike and Joost...

Almost two months later, we're finally talking about it. The boys come together to recap the 2023 California International Marathon. The boys have a lot to talk about and thankfully we have one of the British citizens of Albion, Adam Ditri to moderate and keep us on topic. Join Cris, Witty, and new special guest Mike Blaszczyk as they take you through their experiences leading up to the 2023 C...

In Spring of 2021, Alex had a breakthrough performance at the first McKirdy Micro Marathon. He ran 2:16:51, destroying his personal best and running a time that would be under the eventual Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 2:18:00. The problem? The standard window hadn't started. Over the next two years he would take multiple shots at the standard and would come up short on the day. After...

Josh Peterson joins us for part two of our two parter! Josh hosts his own podcast, Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious. For episode two we focus on the big one. Breaking three hours for the first time and running under the Boston Qualifier. Josh takes through setting new, aggressive goals during he build up to...

Josh Peterson joins us for the first of a great two part series! Josh hosts his own podcast, Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious. We talk with Josh, the week before his big Fall race at the Des Moines Marathon. We start the podcast with his origin story, from running in high school to walking away from it to p...

We're back with another installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Joining us today is Pittsburgh Track Club's own, Colin Martin! Fresh off of his Olympic Trials Qualifier at Grandmas Marathon this past June, Colin joins us to chat about his running journey. We join Colin in part 2 of this series as he talks about his introduction to the Pittsburgh Track Club. We discuss his build up...

We're back with another installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Joining us today is Pittsburgh Track Club's own, Colin Martin! Fresh off of his Olympic Trials Qualifier at Grandmas Marathon this past June, Colin joins us to chat about his running journey. Part one features his origin story, from Fox Chapel and breaking 9 in the two mile to his collegiate journey and finding the lo...

This episode series started with a prompt, “were you a head case or over-obsessed with running in college? Do you have a healthy relationship with it now? Let’s chat about it.” For episode 2 of our series, I’m joined by Josh behuniak! Josh, brings to us a great story of just what can happen with just plain ol hard work and consistency. But the story does not come without some challenges. In this e...

This episode series started with a prompt, “were you a head case or over-obsessed with running in college? Do you have a healthy relationship with it now? Let’s chat about it.” And for our first guest on this series I’m joined by TJ Morales. TJ, a graduate of High Point University was fortunate to have found a knowledgeable and positive community when he began to run in high School and for the ear...

We have a fun podcast on deck for all of you fellow track nerds. With the NBA Trade Deadline just ending, Fahy came to us with an idea... What if all of the major US Distance groups had their own trade deadline. So we did it. On this week's episode Cris is joined by Fahy, Ditri (for a second), and Witty as we go through all of the major US groups and facilitate trades. We got package deals, on...

On this week's episode of the Beers and Miles podcast Cris and Brent are joined by one of our favorite reoccurring guest, one of the British citizens of Albion, Adam Ditri. We catch up on running and then jump right into our main topic brought to us by Nicky B. The topic for discussion is: how do you deal with running anxiety? We follow up the main running topic with our fun topic of the week: Wha...

We've finally made it to part three! After an hour recording and a couple drinks, the boys get to talking about the future. In the third part of our multipart series, we welcome back Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland as they discuss their race schedules for 2023 and goals for the year. And as we do with every episode, we finish off with som...

The transition to competing post collegiately is often one that is not as straightforward as we believe it would be before graduation. In the second part of our multipart series, we welcome back Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland to discuss the paths they took to running competitively again following graduation. Each speaks about their path...

The motivation to continue competing post college is built in the months or even years prior to graduation. In our first of our multipart series we welcome Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland. In this episode each speaks on their experience at their respective colleges and their final races. We touch briefly on the transition post college bef...

This week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast began with a hypothetical thrown out by Nicole. Take the 2022 NFL Starting Quarterbacks and assign them a track event. For this episode we dialed up a favorite past guest that we knew would be up for the challenge, Steven Fahy! Join us as we go through this year's quarterbacks and try and figure out where they would fit in on your high school trac...

We're back with two of our favorite guests, Alex Burks and Zach Ornelas! Alex and Zach take us through this past training block heading into their big race, Grandma's Marathon where they will look to qualify for the United States Olympic Marathon Trials! After going through their training blocks, the boys discuss their experiences running and ultimately winning The Speed Project! We had a ton of f...

This week's podcast was recorded the week before the Boston Marathon and Glass City. Join Cris, Keen, and Brent as we talk about the lead up to our peak races for the spring. While Nicole is not on this episode, she makes her presence known throughout the episode with random questions. We each talk about our own build ups, with Brent speaking on his first marathon build, Keen talking about a build...

We're back with Episode 3 of Beers and Miles The Elite Files with our guest Alex Burks! After a couple hours recording a couple brews, this episode is full of randomness. We got your hard hitting questions here including, what is BQ and why is it not BBQ? As we all of our lightning round question segments, this is as off the rails as you can imagine. Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitc...