Running In Circles

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Casey Comber, John Renweiki, Alec Basten, and Ryan Adams. All of them run for UA mission Run Baltimore Distance and when this was recorded they were up in Flagstaff at training camp. I would give you a description of some of their accomplishments and personal bests but I think the list would be too long, so just know that these guys have represented team...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Sam Bush! Sam is an extremely accomplished runner and played a crucial role in NC state’s team cross country national title in November where they beat Northern Arizona university by just one point to accomplish the three-peat. Along with that Sam also played a crucial role in the other two team titles. She was also the ACC outdoor 5000 meter cha...

Today I’m joined by Coach Cory Leslie! Cory is currently the head coach of UA mission Run Baltimore Distance and has seen the sport from many different perspectives, as he was a professional runner before moving to the coaching side of things. He had a very impressive career that included a 7th place finish in the steeplechase at the 2016 Olympic trials and he represented the US on several differe...

Today Harvard’s Graham blanks joins me for the 2nd time on the podcast. Graham is having himself an incredible fall season as he’s gone undefeated so far, winning races such as the prestigious Nuttycomb invitational, the Ivy League championship, and his regional race and next up is the National championship in Charlottesville Virginia on November 18th where he’s going for the win. This conversatio...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with the freshman phenom from Wake Forest, Rocky Hansen. So far this cross country season Rocky has been tearing up the course with a 5th place finish at his first meet and a 6th place finish at the Nuttycomb invitational where he competed against the likes of Ky Robinson, Parker Wolfe, Drew Bosley, and other national contenders at the collegiate level. When I...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Taylor Rohatinsky! Taylor is currently a sophomore at BYU and is looking to do some big things as a team and individually at cross nationals on November 18th. She holds personal best of 4:33 in the mile and 20:48 in the cross country 6k. In this conversation we talk about how her Coach has impacted her so far at BYU, how she broke her back while sledding,...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Valery Tobias. Valery recently graduated from the university of Texas and joined the professional running team “the brooks beasts”. She specializes in the 800 where she holds a personal best of 2:00.31 but she also dabbles in the 400 and the 1500. Back in high school she was a three time state champion and most recently she finished 6th at the 2023 NCAA o...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by one of the most talented cross country runners in the nation, Bethany Michalak! Bethany just finished 6th at the Woodbridge classic where there was an incredibly deep field. In 2022 she finished 3rd at the cross country national meet and with both the people ahead of her having graduated she hopes to earn herself a national title. However it won’t be easy, becaus...

You’re not gonna wanna miss this one… Today I’m joined by one the most inspiring and hard working runners on the distance scene, Yaseen Abdalla. In today’s conversation Yaseen and I discuss his trip to Kenya that helped him reset his mind, how his mentality has grown/changed over the years, all of the times he’s fallen in a race and more. He’s currently in his last year of college at Tennessee whe...

Today I’m joined by one of the most prestigious runners in recent high school history, Aaron Sahlman! If you have been living under a rock the past couple years and don’t know who Aaron is, he won the 2022 Nike cross Nationals individually and as a team with Newbury park and he holds personal best of 1:48.91 (800), 4:00 (mile), 8:48 (3200), 8:01 (indoor 3k), and 14:14 (xc 5k). Throughout his high...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Alyssa Hendrix! Alyssa is currently a senior at North Carolina state where she runs cross country and track and is working towards becoming a physical therapist. NC state has won back to back team titles at cross nationals and is looking to threepeat this fall! In this conversation Alyssa takes me through her day to day life and training, we do a draft segment, d...

Today I’m joined by Will conway! Will is commited to run at the university of Tennessee next year where he hopes to be a national contender both individually and as a team. He holds Personal bests of 4:05 (1600), 8:57 (3200), and 15:06 (xc 5k). On this episode we discuss how he’s feeling about his season after going undefeated in his first two races and discuss his goals for the post season. As we...

Today Nathan Green joins the Running in Circles podcast! Nathan has had an incredible year with some of his accomplishments including winning the NCAA 1500 and having his teammate finish right behind him in 2nd, placing 7th in the US 1500 meter final, setting personal best of 1:46.99 (800), 3:36.29 (1500), and 3:52 (mile) and being apart of a historic year for the mile distance. Throughout this ep...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Isaac Updike! Isaac just qualified for the world championship in Budapest by placing 3rd at the 2023 US championships in the steeplechase and is currently in St. Moritz making sure that he’s in peak fitness for worlds. In this episode we break down his race in the U.S. final, discuss his love for taking things apart and putting them back together, his big...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Colorado native and future Duke athlete Ella Johns! Ella has personal best of 4:48 in the mile, 10:27 in the 3200 and 17:15 in the 5k. Throughout this episode we discuss her favorite high school memories, her experience growing up in Colorado, her future aspirations at Duke, and more. You can listen and download the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, goo...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Harvard’s Graham Blanks! Graham is an upcoming jr. And is looking to do some big things this year with his team, as they bring back all their major scorers in cross country and track. Graham placed 2nd in the 5k and 6th in the 10k at the 2023 NCAA outdoor national championship and 5th at cross country Nationals in the fall of 2022. In this episode Graham...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Emily Venters! Emily just wrapped up her collegiate career at the university of Utah with a 2nd place finish in the 10k and a 3rd place finish in the 5k at outdoor nationals. She followed this up with a 7th place finish in the 10k at the USATF national championship last week and is hoping to continue pursuing her dream of running outside of college while...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with 2021 Tokyo Olympian and 7X NCAA champion Jasmine Moore! Jasmine is an incredibly gifted long Jumper and Triple Jump as she just graduated from the University of Florida with 11 SEC titles, 7 NCAA titles, multiple collegiate records and even set the American record in the triple Jump indoors earlier this year with a jump of 15.12 meters! After the recordin...

Today I have the pleasure of having a conversation with Georgia’s Freshman phenom Will Sumner! Will just ran out of his mind in the NCAA’s 800, running a negative split of 53:51 to win his first NCAA title and run the US lead 1:44. This year he also won the SEC 800 indoors and outdoors, SEC freshman runner of the year and the South Region men’s track athlete of the year. This conversation was tons...

Today I’m joined by 1500 meter runner Sam Prakel. Sam attended Oregon from 2013-2018 where he was a five time all American. He currently holds personal best of 3:50 in the mile and 3:34 in the 1500. This past indoor season Sam completed the double win at the indoor US championships by winning both the 1500 and 3000. This year he’s hoping to make the US outdoor 1500 meter team and with how fearless...

Have you ever seen someone in a professional race go out fastest than everyone else to the front and then drop out of the race? Well this is a job called a pacer and today I have the pleasure of speaking with one of the best pacers in the world if not the best pacer in the world Erik Sowinski! Erik attended Iowa for college and went on to become a three time U.S. Champion. But a few years ago he d...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with the newest sub four high school miler, Jackson Heidesch! Jackson is an extremely accomplished high school senior and is headed to Duke next year to continue his academic and athletic career. He just ran 3:59 in the mile to become the 20th high schooler to ever break four minutes and was a part of history as four high schoolers including himself went under...

Today Rachel McArthur returns to the podcast. If you aren’t familiar with Rachel she ran at Colorado University where she was a multi time All American and set Personal best of 4:33 in the mile and 4:13 in the 1500. On this episode Rachel gives a little bit of a life and racing update as we discuss her new pet rabbit, her modeling career and much more. If you enjoy the episode and the podcast in g...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Alex Phillip, AKA the kid from Akron! Alex grew up in Akron Ohio and even went to the same high school as LeBron James so that basically already makes him the goat of running. But Alex is also a very accomplished D3 runner as he already has 5 National titles including 2 cross country titles and 3 track titles. With outdoor track Nationals coming up he’s hoping to...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Conner Mantz! Conner most recently ran the Boston Marathon and is already excited to get back on the roads to try and change a few things up so he can hopefully be battling for the win at the finish next time as he says on this episode. But he raced gutsy and still had an impressive performance finishing 11th overall with a time of 2:10:25. To list just a few of...