THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Today on the podcast is Carter Solomon.  If you're not familiar with Carter, he is an accomplished long-distance runner who has achieved significant success in both cross country and track. He is the 2023 ACC Outdoor Champion in the 10,000 meters and the 2022 ACC Cross Country Champion in the 8K. He has qualified for NCAA championships multiple times in both cross-country and track events. In...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the fastest junior in the country, Owen Powell! Owen is one of the fastest high school boys in the country, and he's only a junior. He holds PRs of 49.38 (400m), 1:50.72 (800m), 2:23.22 (1000), 4:02.04 (Mile), 8:41.03 (3200m), and 14:46 on the grass. He's the Washington 3A XC State Champion as well as the reigning State Champion in the...

Today on the podcast is the Katie Sutton, President of Festival of Miles.  The Festival of Miles Foundation’s mission is to promote the sport of track and field and give back to athletes in need. HOKA Festival of Miles is a charity track meet featuring 3 hours of non-stop action with youth and middle school races, high school races showcasing some of the nation’s top talent, and pro races featurin...

THE KING OF IOWA RETURNS TO THE PODCAST  After his Freshman year at Duke, Jackson Heidesch sits down with me to recap his past year of ups and downs.  In high school, Jackson was the most accomplished track athlete to ever come out of the University of Iowa. If you've been living under a rock the past year, let me refresh you. Jackson ran 3:59.08 in the mile in high school to become the 10th f...

Today on the podcast is Marta Pen Freitas!  Marta runs for Brooks Running's Brooks Beast Track Club and represents her home country, Portugal, on the global stage.  She is a 2x Olympian and is currently working on her 3rd Olympic qualification. She's run 2:00.9 in the 800m, 4:03 in the 1500m, 4:22 in the Mile, and 8:47 in the 3k.  In today's conversation, Marta takes me through her beg...

Today on the podcast is Sam Prakel! Sam holds PRs of 13:15.96 (5k), 7:41.17 (3k), 3:50.94 (Mile), 3:34.63 (1500m), and 1:46.39 (800m).  Sam is a 4xUS Champion, the 2023 World Road Running Championship Bronze Medalist in the Mile, has made 6 consecutive USA 1500m finals, has had 9 consecutive years of sub 4:00 in the Mile, while at Oregon, he was the PAC-12 Champion in the 1500m, 5x NCAA All-Americ...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is National Record Holder Sadie Engelhardt!  Sadie recently took down the high school national outdoor mile national record at the 64th Annual Mt. SAC Relays, running her way to a new best of 4:31.72! If you've listened to my podcasts with Sadie in the past, you know this result has been a long time in the making. Sadie has been on fire all y...

Back on the podcast is NCAA stud Parker Wolfe! Since I last talked with Parker in September, he placed 9th at the 2023 NCAA XC National Championships, set a bunch of new PRs, and placed 2nd in both the 5k and 3k at the 2024 NCAA Indoor National Championships.  In addition to these recent accomplishments, Parker was first-team All-America status in three sports during the 2022-23 academic year: cro...

Less than 400 people have ever completed the Transcontinental Run across the United States.  Recently, Paul Johnson became one of those people, and one of the fastest to ever do it, completing the trek in 52 days and averaging 59 miles a day (yes, you read that right.) Paul is passionate about inspiring others to get up, engage in physical activity, and find their own positive outlets. Paul discov...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the Patrick Hilby!  If you're not familar with Patrick, he has run 11.03 (100m), 22.05 (200m), 48.11 (400m), 1:48.47 (800m), 4:10.10 (Mile) 9:44 (3200m), and 15:03 (3 mile XC). He's the New Balance Indoor National Champion in the 800m, and has run the 5th fastest indoor 800 of all time for a high schooler.  Patrick is entered in the 80...

Today's podcast is an exploration into the world of mental performance and simple practical ways in which you can improve it to ultimately improve yourself as a runner and in everyday life. We go through this exploration with the one and only Shannon Thompson, MAPP, NCCP. This conversation particularly centers around how to get the most out of your training and racing through simply mental per...

Today on the podcast is the unbelievably insightful and wise Milo McCloud!  Milo is a man of many talents.  Milo is the first person in history to compete in a Men's Physique Contest and run a marathon in the same day. Milo is also the Founder of the Revive Hybrid Society, which is one of the fastest-growing Hyrox's Community's,  In today's conversation, Milo takes me through his a...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the Brooks NIL athlete, Shawnti Jackson!  Shawnti is a freshman at The University of Arkansas, where she competes as a Track & Field athlete.  Shawnti is originally from Creedmoor, North Carolina, and has achieved remarkable things in the sport thus far. She was named the 2023 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year and garnered significant accola...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the champ, Drew Griffith! Drew won the 2023 HOKA Foot Locker National Meet in dominant fashion, winning by over six seconds in a time of 15:06.90. This comes after placing 8th at the meet the year prior. Drew also had an incredible season, winning his first XC State Title in the great state of Pennsylvania. He also ran 14:21 on the grass, maki...

Today on the podcast is Oregon Duck, Maddy Elmore! Maddy has quickly established herself over the past year as one of the top runners in the NCAA. She's run three school records over the past few months. In December she broke the indoor mark in the 3,000 with her time of 8:50.43. She then anchored the distance medley relay to a time of 10:47.50 during the Razorback Invitational in January. And...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the legendary Ali Ince! Ali has been dominant since stepping onto the track as a freshman in high school. Just at the Brooks PR meet alone, she's won THREE YEARS IN A ROW. She'll look to make history as she goes for a fourth title this June 12, being the first athlete in history to win an event four years in a row.  She's run 54.91...

Back on the podcast for her third appearance is the wise Vanessa Fraser!  A lot has happened in the past year for Vanessa and we break it all down in today's conversation.  Many professional runners talk about the importance of vulnerability in sharing the tougher moments of their careers, but very, very few do it. Vanessa is one of the few I know who is completely open about her full journey,...

Today on the podcast is Julian Florez, Assistant Coach of the Brooks Beasts Track Club.  Coach Florez began running at the age of thirteen, eventually becoming a first-generation student-athlete at Adams State University, where he was part of a NCAA DII national championship team. He then competed for University of New Mexico, earning All-American honors. After graduating, he moved up in distance,...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the most underrated boy in the country, Riley Smith.  Y'all ask, we deliver. After months of requests to get this guy on, we're making it happen.  I'm going to be honest, I hadn't heard Riley's name until a few months ago, but already in the first few weeks of the track season, he's made a name for himself and is lookin...

Today on the podcast is the one and only Tommie Runz! "Tommie Runz" was born in New York in August 1984. Growing up, Tommie was raised in Detroit and Southfield, Michigan. In 1993, at the age of 8, he lost his father to a stroke, leaving his mother with the burden of raising him and his sister alone. Tommie's mother made things work and raised them in a loving and hardworking home. H...

Today on the podcast is the Founder & CEO of Soul Focus Sports & Run Local Ventures, JT Service.  JT is one of the kindest and most fired-up individuals I've ever met. I've had the privilege of working with him at a few events last year, and this guy is next level.  Soul Focus specializes in event production and experiential for numerous clients as well as developing our proprietar...

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is record-breaker Jane Hedengren! Jane won last year's Brooks PR Girl's Mile title in a Meet Record time of 4:35.69! This time was also the fourth fastest outdoor time in US high school history for the mile. Jane also has run 9:49 in the 2-Mile, and 2:09 in the 800. She's won state titles, national titles, and has the meet record at the Woodbridge Invitiat...

Today on the podcast are two of the greatest coaches in NCAA History, Coach Chris Miltenberg & Coach Mike Smith.  Coach Chris Miltenberg is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at University Of North Carolina.  Coach Mike Smith is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at Northern Arizona University. During his tenure at NAU, Coach Smith has earned 23 Big Sky Coach...

Today on the podcast are the fastest twins in the country, Olivia & Andrea Markezich!  Olivia placed 3rd at the 2023 NCAA XC Championships in Charlotte, Virginia, a few months ago. That incredible performance led her team to a 4th place finish! This was also one week after coming down with sickness. A few week short weeks later, she opened up the indoor season with a time of 8:40.42 in the 3k,...

Today on the podcast is Owen Slacker! Olin opened up his 2024 season with a new PB at 5,000 meters (13:08.76) indoors at the BU Terrier Classic. A month later he ran a fantastic race to finish second at the USATF Indoor Championships over 3,000 meters, earning a spot on Team USA at the World Indoor Championships. At Worlds, he ran valiantly over the final two laps…eventually finishing in fifth pla...