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TFS Running Podcast:
Nick Symmonds Tribute to Coach Frank “Gags” Gagliano
Posted October 31st, 2008 at 5:59 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Welcome to another installment of TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America. I’m your host, Jimmie Markham. In this episode, US. 800 meter runner and Olympian Nick Symmonds pays tribute to his coach Frank Gagliano, affectionately known as “Gags” to his athletes and in the running community. Nick talks about his coach’s retirement, how he came to be coached by Gags, whether or not being coached by Gags altered his training in any way, He also discusses what sort of legacy Gags will leave on the sport of track & field.
Download the podcast to hear Nick do his impression of Gags as he relates a story or two about the man and mentor who made him the runner he is today. Finally he touches on how his training is going and when we can expect to see him race next.
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Host: Jimmie Markham | Guest: Nick Symmonds
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 15.1 MB | Length: 00:21:59
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TFS Running Podcast: Marathoner Peter Gilmore on How the Economic Crisis Affects Elite U.S. Runners
Posted October 31st, 2008 at 9:29 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Road Racing
Today I’m joined by Peter Gilmore; a well respected U.S. marathoner who runs for Team MarathonGuide.com. Gilmore, who has a marathon PR of 2:12:45 (Boston, 2006), has been struggling with injuries of late, but seemes headed back on track. Last year, he won the Surf City USA Half-Marathon in Huntington Beach, CA and set a new course record of 1:03:53. He was also the top American at the 2007 Boston Marathon and 2006 ING New York City Marathon,.
In the interview, he discusses the current economic crisis, offering his unique perspective as both an elite runner and as someone who holds a masters degree in finance. Gilmore talks about how how the current economic crisis is affecting him, personally, as well as other elite runners, how this downturn might actually be good for the sport in the United States and offers steps that professional and other runners can take to weather the storm.
Download the podcast to here Gilmore go into these topics, as well as, his recent injury, progress made in rehab, and when and where he hopes to return to racing. In addition, he offers his predictions and thoughts on this weekend’s NYC marathon!
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Host: Jimmie Markham | Guest: Peter Gilmore
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 15.1 MB | Length: 00:21:59
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TFS Running Podcast:
NYC Marathon Teleconference with Kara Goucher and Abdi Abdirahman
Posted October 30th, 2008 at 12:17 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Welcome to a special episode of TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast featuring the 2008 ING New York City Marathon. Today we present a teleconference interview (courtesy of the New York Road Runners) with Kara Goucher and Abdi Abdirahman, along with New York Road Runners President Mary Wittenberg and PR Director Richard Finn, as well as several members of the media, including John Elliott of MarathonGuide.com and Peter Gambaccini of Runners World.
During this episode Abdi and Kara talk about their preparations and expectations for the race as well as their goals for the 2009 season. In addition, Kara talks about training under the tutelage of Alberto Salazar (the last American to win the New York City Marathon) and Mary discusses the recent controversy in the Chicago Marathon and the Nike Women’s Marathon over “gun” times trumping “chip” times, and much more!
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Host: NYRR, Jimmie Markham | Guest: Abdi Abdirahman, Kara Goucher
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 33.6 MB | Length: 00:36:47
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TFS ElectionCast 2008:
USA Track & Field Presidential Candidate DEE JENSEN
Posted October 9th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Drugs In Sports, Trail / Ultra, Masters, Road Racing
Welcome to the third and final episode in TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast’s special-edition series: “TFS ElectionCast 2008: Interviews With The USATF Presidential Candidates”. This series will introduce you to the candidates for president of the governing body of track & field in the United States: USA Track & Field (USATF).
Today’s interview is with Dee Jensen, who is the current vice-president of USATF and treasurer of the Dakotas Association. She also has experience as a coach and official.
You can find our interview with Bob Bowman here and our interview with Stephanie Hightower here. You can also subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified when these interviews, as well as, all of our other articles and podcasts are published.
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Dee Jensen
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 15.6 MB | Length: 00:22:49
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TFS ElectionCast 2008:
USATF Presidential Candidate STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER
Posted October 8th, 2008 at 11:44 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Drugs In Sports, Trail / Ultra, Masters, Road Racing
Welcome to the second of three episodes in TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast’s special-edition series: “TFS ElectionCast 2008: Interviews With The USATF Presidential Candidates”. This series will introduce you to the candidates for president of the governing body of track & field in the United States: USA Track & Field (USATF).
Today’s interview is with Stephanie Hightower, who is the current chair of the women’s track & field committee of the High Performance Division of USATF. She also competed as an athlete in the hurdles, was an Olympian and still holds the indoor world record in the 60 yard hurdles.
Our interview with Bob Bowman here and you can find our interview with Dee Jensen here. You can also subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified when these interviews, as well as, all of our other articles and podcasts are published.
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Stephanie Hightower
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 28.8 MB | Length: 00:41:58
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TFS ElectionCast 2008:
USA Track & Field Presidential Candidate BOB BOWMAN
Posted October 7th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Drugs In Sports, Trail / Ultra, Masters, Road Racing
Welcome to the first episode in TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast’s special-edition series: “TFS ElectionCast 2008: Interviews With The USATF Presidential Candidates”. This series will introduce you to the candidates for president of the governing body of track & field in the United States: USA Track & Field (USATF). Today’s episode is the first of three that be published one per day on consecutive days and will feature interviews with all three candidates: Bob Bowman, Stephanie Hightower and Dee Jensen.
Today’s interview is with Bob Bowman, who is a past vice president of USATF and is involved with the Pacific Association. He also competed as an athlete in race walking and long-distance running and is a former American record holder.
Check back on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 for our interview with Stephanie Hightower and on Thursday, October 9, 2008 for our conversation with Dee Jensen. You can also subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified when these interviews, as well as, all of our other articles and podcasts are published.
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Bob Bowman
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 19.0 MB | Length: 00:27:48
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TFS Running Podcast: Insights Into the Life of Sports Agent Hawi Keflezighi
Posted October 6th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Today’s podcast gives listeners a unique look into the life of sports agent Merhawi “Hawi” Keflezighi of HAWI Sports Management, who happens to be the brother of none other than 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi. Hawi discusses Team Meb’s recent involvement with Nike+ Human Race. He also talks about what inspired him to become a sports agent and how he was able to use his platform in professional sports to get involved with various charitable causes while he and Meb were students at UCLA as well as throughout his career. He discusses the philosophy behind his agency’s motto (”Handling Adversity With Integrity”) and how it epitomizes what he and his athletes do, both as professional athletes and as humanitarians.
Download the podcast to listen to Hawi discuss the recent performances of his elite clients, which include his brother Meb as well as middle and long-distance runners Peter Gilmore, Jon Rankin and Jacques Sallberg. He also provides TFS listeners with insights into the inner workings of his own career as a Running/Track & Field sports agent, including how he conducts his business (and his life), how he views the USATF Olympic selection process, his view of global athletics as someone of Eritrean heritage, the challenges of being both brother and agent to Meb Keflezighi and much, much more!
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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Merhawi “Hawi” Keflezighi
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 29.9 MB | Length: 00:43:39
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TFS Running Podcast: Jordan Hasay on How To Deal with Success at a Young Age
Posted September 29th, 2008 at 11:31 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Running & Training, Cross Country, Track & Field, Training Tips, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, College, High School
Today I’m joined by high school running phenom Jordan Hasay, who competed this past summer as a 16 year old in the US Olympic Track & Field Trials, breaking the national high school record in the 1500m in the process. She joins me today to discuss her outstanding 2008 track season as well as her goals for the 2008 cross county season, the 2009 track season and beyond. She touches on her training, the mental attitude she feels is essential to having success, especially as a young athlete and how she puts it all, including her already-considerable accomplishments, into perspective.
Download the podcast to hear Jordan discuss her plans for college and what she does in her spare time. You can also listen to her thoughts about the negativity of many on the running message boards, her thoughts about turning pro and much, much more!
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Jordan Hasay
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 13.0 MB | Length: 00:19:04
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TFS Running Podcast: Arkansas Head Coach Chris Bucknam: Following a Legend
Posted September 18th, 2008 at 2:09 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Today I got to chat with Chris Bucknam, the head track & field and cross-country coach of the men’s program at the University of Arkansas. Coach Bucknam has taken the helm of a program that was led to unparalleled success in the NCAA by the legendary John McDonnell.
I asked him what it was like to follow in the footsteps of a legend and what it takes to make that transition from Northern Iowa to Arkansas. We also discussed the challenges of having athletes who can balance competing for the NCAA as well as trying to go after the conflicting goal of making an Olympic team. Download the podcast to hear Coach Bucknam talk about his 2008 cross-country schedule as well as some of his goals for track season. He even talks about career he would have pursued had he not been a track coach!
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Coach Chris Bucknam
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 4.79 MB | Length: 00:33:34
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TFS Running Podcast: Lindsey Anderson on the State of the Women’s Steeplechase
Posted September 12th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Road Racing
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with American steeplechaser Lindsey Anderson who over the past couple of seasons has become one of the best runners in the United States. She had a breakthrough season in 2007, finishing 2nd in the NCAA Championships steeplechase and then finishing 3rd at the US Outdoor Championships to earn a trip to Osaka. In 2008, she finished 2nd at the US Olympic Trails while setting a PR of 9:30.75, thus becoming the 5th fastest American steeplechaser of all time and earning a trip to the inaugural Olympic women’s 3000 meter Steeplechase. I caught up to Lindsey after her return from France where she ran a time of 9:45.28 to win the steeplechase in the DecaNation meet in Paris, France on September 6th, 2008.
Download the podcast to listen to Lindsey talk about her Olympic experience, her thoughts about the improvement in the women’s steeplechase, her role as assistant coach at Weber (pronounced “wee-ber”) State and how that helps her as an athlete, her plans for 2009 and the 2012 Olympics. Listen as Lindsey discusses the reality of competing as a clean athlete against possible cheaters, her plans to compete in road races over the next couple of months and much, much more!
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Host: Jimmie R. Markham | Guest: Lindsey Anderson
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 22.9 MB | Length: 00:33:26
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