Running In Circles

Today I’m joined by the one and only Kieran Lumb. Kirerian just signed a professional contract with ON running and before that he attended the university of Washington where he had tremendous success. Some of his accomplishments while there include running a 3:53 mile, a 28:11 10k, and a 9:16 DMR as the 1600 leg, which is the 2nd fastest DMR ever ran. Also he placed 4th with his team at the last i...

Today I’m joined by university of Mississippi Athlete Baylor Franklin. Baylor primarily runs the 800 meters and holds a pr of 1:45.65. He finished 6th at the 2023 indoor NCAA championships in the 800 and 4th at outdoor USA’s in 2022 just barely missing out on a world championship team spot. Throughout this episode Baylor and I discuss the NBA playoffs, how his training is going right now, how he h...

Today I’m joined by the legendary Christian Harrison! Christian is a professional runner for adidas and holds a personal best of 1:46.6! During this episode we discuss his college days when he attended the university of Georgia, his first experience with the sport of running. His funny race recap videos that he makes on instagram and of course wrap the conversation up with some would you rather qu...

Today I’m joined by the one and only Oussama El Bouchayby! Oussama currently runs for Angelo state university and just opened up his outdoor season with a huge race! He ran a personal best of 1:45.31 to win the Texas relays 800 and beat Olympian Bryce Hoppel and the indoor d1 800 champion in the process. The time he ran was also the second fastest 800 ever ran by a d2 runner. During this conversat...

Today on the podcast I have the honor of speaking with British champion Neil Gourley. Neil had some remarkable races in the indoor season including placing 2nd at the Millrose games Wanamaker mile with a pr of 3:49, a 13:16 5k pr, and finishing 2nd in the European indoor 1500 only behind Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Right now he’s gearing up for a big outdoor season and is hoping to make h...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by someone who’s name I think we are going to be hearing for many years to come, the one and only Dylan Jacobs! Dylan is a graduate student at the university of Tennessee and this season he has been on an absolute tear! Dylan most recently won the NCAA 5k at indoors and placed 6th in the 3k for the double. Before that he won both the DMR and 3k at SEC’s, placed 7th...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with the head distance coach of Florida university, Will Palmer. Will just recently became a coach at Florida after coaching the Alabama woman’s team for five years. Over the years Will has coached many runners to first team all Americans, NCAA qualifiers, SEC medals and NCAA championship medals. This conversation was a good one as Will and I discuss his appro...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by professional 800 meter runner Tess Kirsopp-Cole! Tess qualified for the world championships last year in Eugene Oregon and holds a pr of 2:01.4 in the 800 meters. She is also a part of the professional running group On athletics club Oceania (OAC) in Australia that just launched a few weeks ago! The other OAC groups based in Boulder, Colorado and Europe have seen...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Brian Barazza! Brian is a part of the professional running group Tinman Elite and primarily runs the 3k steeple chase. Last year at The USA outdoor championships he made it to the final and finished 9th. His fastest time last year in the steeplechase was 8:19 and with the the world standard being 8:15 this year he said that he’s hoping to get tha...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Makenzie Steele! Makenzie has over 30,000 followers on her instagram account where she shares things about her running journey and easy and healthy recipes for people to try out. Makenzie runs for the university of Clemson and is currently a sophomore so has a bright future ahead of her. Throughout this episode Makenzie shares how she got the idea to start her in...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Cade Flatt! Cade is currently a freshman at the university of Mississippi and already has quite the resume. While in highschool he became the 2nd fastest 800 meter runner on the high school all time list by running 1:46.48 coming just .03 off of the national record of 1.46.45! Cade also won new balance nationals for indoor and outdoor last year,...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by the one and only Connor Burns! Connor broke 4 minutes in the mile last year as a jr. In high school running 3:58 and now has his eyes set on some high school national records! Throughout this conversation Connor discusses his recruiting story and why he chose Oregon, his season opener at the new balance Grand Prix, his pingpong skills and much more! Connor is a g...

Today I’m joined by the Co-founder of the 💔Heartbreak💔 Hill running company Dan Fitzgerald! Heartbreak was created in 2009 but is currently having a surge in popularity and is only getting bigger from here. Heartbreak is currently doing an incredible job elevating the sport of running by creating a community through free public training sessions, pre race events, and more! Throughout this episod...

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Sophia Kennedy! Sophia is committed to run at Stanford in the fall and placed 7th at Nike cross nationals last year. Throughout this episode Sophia discusses why she made the decision to commit to Stanford, her Appendix bursting on a college visit, how she bounced back mentally after ending her cross country season with an injury and more! You can listen...

On this episode of running in circles I’m joined by Marathoner Rory Linkletter! Rory is currently training under American running legend Ryan Hall and he most recently placed 20th at the 2022 world athletics championships with a time of 2:10:24. The weekend after this podcast was recorded he ran the Arizona Rock’N’Roll half marathon where he placed 2nd overall with a time of 1:05:28. Throughout th...

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Jordan Anthony! Jordan runs track and is also a wide receiver for the university of Kentucky. He just opened up his season with a 6.57 in the 60 meter dash at Kentucky’s home meet off of 2 days of training due to playing football. A week later he ran 6.55, got the dub, and broke his own UK freshman record! Despite being a duel athlete Jordan is quickly becoming o...

Today I’m joined by Mia Barnett! Mai has run for Virginia the past 2 years but recently announced that she is transferring to UCLA for the spring semester and for the remainder of her college career. Mia is a 4:33 miler and placed 44th at the NCAA cross country national meet last year so she is going to be a big asset to UCLA as they try to become a distance running powerhouse. Throughout this epi...

Today I’m joined by Frank Lara! Frank runs for the roots running project group based in Boulder, Colorado and specializes in the 5k-marathon. His next race is the Houston half marathon this Sunday on January 15th. The field is absolutely stacked but Frank hopes to put himself in a position to win and give it all he’s got. 🗣️”I am feeling very excited! The Houston half marathon, I’ve run it once be...

Today I’m joined by Devan Kipyego! Devan most recently placed 15th at Nike Cross Nationals and after this podcast was recorded he opened up his indoor season with a 4:07 mile. Devan holds a pr of four flat in the mile so he’s really hoping to go sub four this year and even says that he wants to go for the National record in this episode. 🗣️”I think I have so much room to improve in the mile since...

Today I’m joined by Matt Baxter! Matt attended NAU and placed 2nd at the 2017 NCAA cross country championships. He’s currently a part of NAZ elite and just ran the NYC marathon where he placed 12th overall. Also Matt is currently in the process of releasing a new book (running up the mountain) that covers NAU’s history and story which we discuss in this episode. We also discuss how it felt to watc...

Today I’m joined by Futsum Zienasellassie! Futsum just won the USATF marathon in 2 hours 11 minutes and it was his debut marathon! During college Futsum attended NAU where he was a cross country all American all four years and even led NAU to a cross country national title in 2016. Futsum currently runs for NAZ elite and he’s currently deciding if he wants to hop on the track this spring or go for...

Today I’m joined by Ryan Johnson! Ryan runs for the Air Force Academy and has become quite the impressive runner despite not having insane times in high school. Ryan’s personal records in high school were 4:26 in the 1600 and 9:21 in the 3200 and he’s now a cross country All American after finishing 28th at the NCAA cross country Championships this year. Throughout this episode Ryan discusses why...

Today I’m joined by Ryan Raff! Ryan recently capped off his collegiate career by helping NAU win their third cross country national title in a row! Throughout this episode Ryan discusses how he will be foregoing the rest of his indoor and outdoor track eligibility to pursue ultra running, how he balances life as a college student while being married and having a child, how it felt to win the natio...

Today I’m joined by Kole Mathison! Kole recently placed 4th at Nike cross Nationals for a time of 14:55 in the 5k. Kole is committed to run at Colorado University in the fall and as his last high school track season approaches he’s going to try to enjoy every last moment but he can’t wait to be running in the NCAA! Throughout this episode Kole discusses how he felt about his race at NXN, how he gi...

Today I’m joined by Parker Wolfe! Parker is currently a sophomore at the university of North Carolina where he runs cross country and track. Most recently Parker led UNC to the highest men’s finish at the NCAA cross country championship since 1985 placing 10th as a team and 9th individually to earn an All American title for the second straight time in NCAA cross country. Throughout the episode Par...