The Run Around Iowa

Mike comes on the show to talk about his victory the day before in an 800 meters at the University of Iowa. He also chats about running the No. 2 effort all-time in the 600 meters in Davenport the week before that clinched USTFCCA national athlete of the week honors. Mike details his wrestling background that included an appearance at state and injuries that derailed several of his seasons. He tal...

The podcast opens with news on a new Iowa State assistant track and field coaching hire. Then, former Center Point-Urbana prep standout Josh Yeager comes on to provide his progress from a stress reaction in his leg. The Minnesota Distance Elite athlete tell of his adjustment to using a product called LightSpeed Lift, which reduced his body weight by 25 pounds while running on a treadmill. Josh als...

Dan talks about a move back to the Eastern time zone, to Vermont/New Hampshire, during the pandemic to train with longtime American standout Ben True. He goes into detail what working with Ben has meant to him. Dan also describes how his interest in mountain/elevation running got started. He talks about his time in Ames and how team tactics were used in many championship races. He also gives his v...

The podcast starts with a few news items involving track teams in Iowa. The top audio segments from 2022 are introduced, in chronological order. They include stories and conversation from former Davenport Assumption a d Iowa athlete Mallory King; former Marion and Mount Mercy prep Annie Ertz; former Cedar Falls prep and current Northwest Missouri State athlete Caroline Cunningham; Des Moines marat...

Jeremy comes on to talk about his fourth consecutive National Christian College Athletic Association Division II cross country title won last month in Missouri while running for Maranatha Baptist on Wisconsin. Jeremy chats about pursuing a master's of divinity degree and about his marriage to Maddy. He describes how he wants to dedicate time in the future toward a professional running career, with...

Andrea comes on the show to talk about her marathon debut, a 3:02 at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon last month in challenging conditions. She tells if she has gotten the marathon bug or if this dare from her friends has been completed. Andrea, a former Hamline University all-conference runner and coach, tells how she ended up as the marketing and events coordinator at Mill City Running in th...

The podcast opens with a tribute to Bill Bergan, the Iowa State men cross country and track coach who died on November 22. Lance details Bergan's tremendous impact on the program, including two NCAA team titles and 25 Big 8 titles. Lance talks about Ironman's change with its signature Ironman World Championship in 2023 and gives a possible solution in place of a split event. Lance then recaps the...

The podcast opens with Dordt University men's cross country team's first NAIA team championship. It's also the first NAIA championship of any kind in school history. Coach Nate Wolf also talks about the historic victory. In the NCAA Division III nationals meet, the Wartburg men took second nationally and the women were third. Hear how their finishes came about. Loras College's Kassie Parker became...

Kyle comes on the podcast to talk about the top seniors who ran recently at the Iowa state cross country meet. The three-time state qualifier at Central Elkader and former Loras College captain also describes some of the top underclassmen who should be on the radar of Iowa's top college programs. Kyle, the director of corporate communications at the Iowa Sports Foundation, is asked by Lance to giv...

The show leads off with the Iowa Central men's performance at NJCAA nationals in Tallahassee. The Tritons finished national runner-up, their ninth top-two finish at nationals in 10 years. Lance them breaks down the top performances in NCAA Division I regionals Friday. They include four Iowa State runners and one Drake Bulldog qualifying for rhe meet in Stillwater, as well as Iowans on the Arkansas...

Josh recaps his performance at the USA 10-mile Championships in the Twin Cities in early October. The former Center Point-Urbana prep finds some positives with his race. Josh talks about the differences in his racing schedule now as compared to college. He also chats about the benefits of taking rest at the pro level (something he will be doing now).

Lance opens the podcast by offering some highlights of Iow collegians during a busy weekend of NCAA Division I and III conference and NJCAA regional meets. He attended the American Rivers Conference meet in Indianola on Saturday and provides interviews with Loras College Conference champion Kassie Parker, Wartburg College ARC champion Christopher Collet, runner-up Aubrie Fisher and Knights coach R...

Hillary talks about his recent USA 10-mile Championships victory in the Twin Cities when he survived a bloody fall. Hillary mentions how much longer he plans to run the 3,000 steeplechase before he goes full-time to the roads. He talks about his days in Ames and his favorite things to do as a student there about a decade ago. Hillary also says he remains a big fan of Cyclone sports teams.. He desc...

The podcast opens with Lance's top thoughts on Sunday's IMT Des Moines Marathon. He turns to college cross country and answers the question if there should be panic with the Iowa State men. He also gives some praise to some smaller school performers over the weekend. The podcast concludes with audio from IMT winners Sammy Rotich and Blake Whalen, runners-up Cody Baele and Samantha Wingert, fourth-...

Listen to audio from men's winner and former Iowa State NCAA champion Edwin Kurgat, who set a new record at Water Works Park. Lance also interviews current Cyclone graduate students Ashley Tutt, the women's winner Sunday, and multi-time Big 12 champion Cailie Logue. Also interviewed is the top male from Iowa, Austin O'Brien and his Runablaze Iowa teammates Blake Whalen and Caleb Appleton. Former W...

The podcast starts with thoughts from Runablaze Iowa's Cody Baele on his win at the 39th Capital Pursuit races, where three state road racing records were set Sunday. Lance talks about his upcoming appearance as a guest on a different podcast and updates listeners on three new Runablaze and one new Running Wild Elite athletes. Josh Yeager then comes on to talk about his preparation and stepping up...

Merga comes on the podcast to talk about her performance last week at the Coaching Tree Invitational, where he finished 17th against a stellar field in Bloomington, Indiana. Merga chats about overcoming an injury last fall to become all-conference again. He describes coming to Iow from Ethiopia when he was 12 and the biggest adjustments he had to make. Merga also goes into the Coyotes' rivalry wit...

Lance introduces the listeners to Jess, who has been racking up wins in area running races the past couple years since moving to Iowa. Jess talks about her interest in triathlon that started as a strong youth swimmer in Kansas. She chats about her development as a triathlete in Texas and overcoming a rough leadup to win an age group world championship in Las Vegas. Jess talks about her early strug...

Josh comes on to tell about his running background, as a state runner-up to Thomas Pollard while running at Center Point-Urbana, an injury-plagued career at Drake University before a special final NCAA season at South Dakota State. Josh chats about his first season as a professional, which included several standout indoor races and his best moment outdoors: hint, it came in Iowa. He also chats abo...

Lance opens the podcast with news on former Drake assistant Lindsay Crevoiserat landing with the Wisconsin program. It includes news on former Iowa State All-American Hillary Bor, a death in the Northern Iowa running family and updates on rosters for Runablaze Iowa and the Running Wild Elite teams. Lance concludes the show by announcing an exciting new year-long project with former Center Point-Ur...

Adam is the first international guest on the podcast and he explains the decision to change his citizenship to Great Britain from Australia, where he ran during his formative years before going to Drake. Adam talks about the process of turning professional with the Under Armour Mission Run Baltimore team and his first races as a professional in Europe and then recently in Massachusetts. He chats a...

Ellie talks about her whirlwind engagement and upcoming wedding on August 13 to Ryan Hodge, a fellow runner at Baylor University. She chats about how the two met and also about going to seminary at Baylor a year ago to pursue a master's degree in the ministry. Ellie talks about a change in coaching at the Waco school as well as a knee injury that stalled her progress last season. The South Dakota...

Lance opens the podcast by giving his thoughts on the future of track and field in America after the thrilling 10 days of the World Athletics Championships. He also gives his favorite moment of the event at Hayward Field. He also delves into a newsy period in July that included a coaching change at NJCAA champion Iowa Western, a generous move by a former Iowa State great, a big change affecting th...

Ean talks about how jumping into Spartan obstacle races brought him back into running about eight years ago. It came after running sparingly and entering races infrequently after an All-American and Iowa Conference championship career in the 800 at Cornell College. Ean chats about starting his own construction business while at the Mount Vernon school. He talks about when he knew he was ready to t...

Lance opens the podcast by talking about a new head track and field coach at Drake who is familiar to Bulldogs fans. He also talks about former Bulldog great Adam Fogg signing with a pro team. Then the podcast shifts to three road races that Lance says are withering. He provides thoughts on how the three races can return to their glorious past.