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TFS Podcast 133: Pre-London Marathon Teleconference with Ryan Hall & David Bedford

Posted April 10th, 2008 at 6:35 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Ryan Hall Before 2008 Flora London Marathon by London Bridge Episode 133 of The Final Sprint Podcast features a teleconference interview with Ryan Hall and David Bedford prior to the 2008 Flora London Marathon.

The teleconference was hosted by the London Marathon and was promoted by USA Track and Field (USATF) & the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

In the teleconference Hall and Bedford, the London race director, respond to questions from the international running media and from a select panel that included Race Result Weekly’s David Monti onsite in London.

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Host: London Marathon | Guest: Ryan Hall
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 21.8 MB | Length: 00:31:50

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Remembering Ryan Shay

Posted November 11th, 2007 at 9:45 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, SPOTLIGHT

Shay_Ryan_Monti_David_Falmouth_2007 Today in East Jordan, Mich., a funeral was held for Ryan Shay, the 2003 USA marathon champion who collapsed and died at the USA Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon on Nov. 3, in New York City. He was 28 years-old and had been married only for four months to the former Alicia Craig, the Stanford University star who won the NCAA 10,000m title in 2003 and 2004.

The exact cause of Ryan’s death is still unknown, but it is clear that his heart abruptly stopped at about the 9 km mark of the Trials and, despite heroic and immediate medical intervention, he died before reaching Lennox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

I knew Ryan both through my role as a journalist and a race organizer. It would be a stretch to say were close, but we were certainly friendly and shared a passion for the sport. I recruited Ryan to run the 2004 ING New York City Marathon where he set his personal best time of 2:14:08, cracking the top-10 in ninth place. It didn’t surprise me that Ryan would run his best marathon in New York, despite the difficulty of the course. He was so strong and so tough, the kind of runner who was well suited to the hills of the Five Borough Classic. Ryan really had heart.
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Podcast 54: DAVID MONTI
Editor and Publisher of
Race Results Weekly (RRW)

Posted June 1st, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 54 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with Race Results Weekly’s (RRW) David Monti.

David serves as both the Editor and Publisher of RRW, is a professional athletes consultant, and a highly respected member of the running community. He has also been published in Runner’s World and Running Times, does consulting for the NYRR and has similarly assisted NBC Sports and several marathon race directors, worked with NBC Sports on their broadcasting efforts at the 1996, 2000 and 2004
Olympics, and used to compete as a NCAA Division I Gymnast.

In the interview David talks about how RRW got started and evolved, what the service offers, and his decision to take a tremendous (but ultimately worthwhile) risk and quit his job as V.P. at Citibank to run RRW full-time.

Download the podcast to hear David discuss these topics, as well as, the greatest moments that he has experienced and observed during his career as a running journalist, funny stories from his personal interaction with elite athletes, and the importance of loving your job and pursuing your dreams.

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: David Monti
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 15.0 MB
Length: 21:58