Beers and Miles

We're back with episode 2 of Beers and Miles The Elite Files with our guest Alex Burks! For this week's episode we take a journey through Alex's post collegiate running career. We cover some major points in Burks' early road racing, from half marathon debuts, a happenstance marathon. We have plenty of wild stories including the 2020 time trials, Orchard Street Runners, and capping it off with the...

For this week’s episode of Beers and Miles The Elite Files, we are joined by special guest Alex Burks! We had a ton of fun recording with Alex and as such had way too much content for one episode so we’re cutting it into a multi-episode series! Our first episode focuses primarily on Alex’s journey into running, high school running at Mamaroneck High School, and caps off with his collegiate career...

We're back with an episode to kick off the new year (yes we know it's already half way through January). Cris, Keen, and Nicole are back in virtual form to give you updates from the last couple months! We talk about Boston, Wine Glass, and other races throughout the fall. We talk goals for 2022 and Nicole and Keen introduce Cris to the craziness that is the mobile game Big Farm. Lots of jokes, som...

On this week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast, we welcome Brian Free, founder of the Short North Running Club to discuss the creation of a successful running club. Short North Running Club was started in 2013 and has maintained its status as one of the strongest and consistent year around running clubs in Columbus. Brian tells us about the founding of the club, how it's developed over the...

We're back for episode 2 of our conversation with The Oval and Philly Runner's own Ethan Herman! This episode we focused on the creation of The Oval as well as some conversations regarding grassroots content and running culture in general. We also finish off the episode with some listener questions as well so if you're trying to know what pizza place is best in Pittsburgh, listen and find out!&nbs...

This week we're excited to welcome The Oval's Editor in Chief and Philly Runner Track Club's own Ethan Herman to the podcast! Ethan's story is unlike what we typically see from most. While some make the jump to collegiate running following a success high school career, Ethan chose an academic institution without a track and field or cross county program. While this would typically mark the end of...

Zach Ornelas joins us for part 2 of our Boston Marathon Podcast special! For part we focus on those that have come to Boston to race. We talk about our mistakes, the lessons we learned over our setbacks, and even break down key parts of the course you need to keep in mind when racing Boston. One of us have conquered Boston, hopefully this can help others too. Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spoti...

Ahead of the Boston Marathon craziness we have a two parter for your listening pleasure! Join Cris, Keen, and Nicole for part 1 of our Boston Marathon weekend special. Part one focuses on our experiences qualifying, Boston in general, and tips on things to do that weekend. Don't mind the audio issues early on, we get them figured out later! Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and A...

For this installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files, we have a special guest that has had a history of competing at the highest level. Our guest this week is Stanford star and now recent Puma signee, Steven Fahy! From winning Age Group Nationals as a 10 year old to winning the 2019 NCAA National Title in the Steeplechase, Steven provides an inside baseball look into the mindset that comes wit...

Hi everyone! Well a hello from the crew. Cris, Nicole, and Brent are back to fill ya'll in on the goings on of our running lives. Major life changes, running updates, race recaps, and some wild references that don't make sense. We had a ton of fun catching up and hopefully you have a good time listening! 

Welcome to the first episode of Track Talk with Cris & Evan (Name Pending). We kick off this series by recapping the major highlights of the track meets following the US Olympic Trials. Just because the US has picked their team, doesn't mean the track world has stopped! Highlights:  Kate Grace begins her revenge tour through Europe.  Karsten Warholm says, anything you can do I can do...

After an exciting Olympic Trials, the boys return back to where it all began, Derek's Backyard, to recap a wild week of events. We go through almost every event of the trials, digging deep into the distances. We go through heartbreaks, breakthroughs, and Breydon's hot takes while trying to keep the ship afloat. And of course we'll jump off topic, because of course we do.  Now available on App...

After a long hiatus (sorry life happened), we're back with a new episode! Join Cris, Derek, Evan, Max, and Jamie as we try to predict the distance events at the 2021 Olympic Track Trials. We obviously didn't do as much homework as we should've but you'll have fun laughing at our picks. Think you have better predictions than us? DM Cris or email him for a chance to win a prize I guess.  Now av...

We have an exciting guest for this installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Hot off a scorching 2020/21 we have Keira D'Amato! During this episode we talk about her journey into competitive running, her hiatus from running entirely, and her comeback and breakthroughs over the last year. This episode is full of great insight about returning to running, and Keira offers a very refreshing app...

The crew is back after a small hiatus! Join us this week as we give our running updates and generally jump off topic from the start. We then discuss our tips for adjusting to the weather change before we have a conversation regarding how our sport is represented to the public. As always, we close the show with some questions! Follow us on Instagram! Cris at @beersandmiles, Keen at @keen_forarun, N...

We're back? Well kinda! Cris here to give some quick updates before we get back to our regular scheduled programming! Got some great episodes in the works but we'd also love your help on our reflection podcast that we have in the works! Follow us on Instagram! Cris at @beersandmiles, Keen at @keen_forarun, Nicole at @nicoletherunner, and Brent at @hunterrunner

It's another one of our random monthly catchup episodes. Join Cris, Nicole, and Brent as we babble on for another about various topics. Running updates galore, with Cris talking about his recent 5K time trial. Main topic focuses on tips for traveling and Nicole tells you hacks that Big Suitcase doesn't want you to know! 

We're back with our second installment of our Elite Files series featuring Wyatt Baxter. In this episode pick right up on the COVID season cancellations and how he has adapted to training without knowing when his next race will be. We discuss motivations and his relationship with running. We also get an inside look into being a dog runner dad too. And as always, we cap it off with some goofy quest...

We start 2021 with a new Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! For this installment of the series, we welcome Wyatt Baxter. Wyatt is a current athlete at Chico State where he's made quite a name for himself, already racking up two All-American awards in Cross Country. In this first part of our two part series we talk to Wyatt about his early days into running, start with running club. Wyatt talks abou...

We have a bonus episode for you folks during this Christmas break (don't tell anyone, Cris never got you anything...). We have a round table before we all went on holiday with special guests, Josh, Breydon, Gunner the Dog, and an unhinged Derek 3 days deep into his Bicentennial attempt. We got a lot of talking over each other so bare with us, it's a bonus episode anyways, but boy do we have a lot...

The crew is back for this week's episode of The Beers and Miles Podcast. Cris, Keen, and Nicole give your usual running updates, including some Turkey Time Trials. We talk about winter running tips as well as give suggestions on some gear that's helping us survive these cold temps. Each of us also provide a Spotify recap with our top 5 songs of the year according to Spotify! As always, we finish o...

We're back for this week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast. On this week's episode Nicole talks about her 10K time trial attempt and Keen recaps a successful first 50K! The main topic this week focuses on coaching experiences and the crew discusses the best and worst things that they have/have had happen to them in coaching.  Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Anch...

This week's episode features a long time listener, first time caller, Ray "irun4pancakes" O'Donnell.  Nicole and Cris provide updates on their running endeavors. Keen recaps a successful Marathon a couple weeks before her target 50K. Ray takes us through his first trail 50K and oh boy is it full of twists, turns, and stumbles.  Beer is mentioned too because well it's always mentioned. No...

We add a little something different for this week! A bonus episode! Cris is joined by Keen and past guest Brent Hunter! We answer random questions and chit chat for a bit. Big conversation topics this week are on running in the winter, preference in running time, and our experience with variations in training paces.  Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Anchor. Be sure to l...

We got a doozy of an episode for you today! For this installment of The Elite Files, Cris and Nicole talk to multiple Justin Frick! Justin was a highly accomplished high jumper who competed at the highest level in both the NCAA and the United States. His career accomplishments include: 4x Heps Champion, 6x NCAA D1 Qualifier, D1 All American, and 5th and 10th at the United States Olympic Trials. We...