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Podcast 36: Interview with Olympic steeplechaser Anthony Famiglietti

Posted April 8th, 2007 at 5:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 36 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with Olympic steeplechaser Anthony “Fam” Famiglietti; one of the most exciting, unique, and passionate runners in the world.

On March 18th, Fam continued his momentum from 2006, a year when he was able to new PR’s in both the 1,500 and 10,000 meter, with an impressive win at the USA Men’s 8k Championships.

Download the podcast to hear Fam discuss the 8k champs, training with Dr. Jack Daniels at the Center for High Altitude Training, his “colorful” reputation, goals for 2007 and beyond, the incredibly motivating “Run Like Hell” DVD, and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Anthony Famiglietti
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 14.7 MB
Length: 00:21:30

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Famiglietti wins U.S. 8-K title

Posted March 19th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results

Steeplechaser Anthony Famiglietti won today’s U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship in Central Park, his first victory at this event.

The 28 year-old New Yorker covered the three-loop criterium course in 22:35, six seconds ahead of second place Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz. Bolota Asmerom of Oakland was third in 22:48.

Famiglietti, an Olympian, won $11,000 including a $1000 prime for being one of the top-3 athletes at the 5-K mark.
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Weather Forces Postponement of U.S. 8-K

Posted March 17th, 2007 at 1:05 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

A late winter storm which dumped several inches of wet snow here last night forced the postponement of the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship until tomorrow morning.

Event organizers, the New York Road Runners, had no choice but to move the race until tomorrow because of the snow and ice which covered the course in Central Park.

Race director and NYRR president and CEO, Mary Wittenberg, decided with her event team to use a different course tomorrow, confining the race the the “lower loop” of the park which is approximately 2.7 km.
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Abdi, Torres, Famiglietti Headling US 8k Champs

Posted March 15th, 2007 at 4:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results

The 2005 USA 8K and 2006 USA 10,000 meter champion Jorge Torres from Boulder, Colo. leads the field for the USA Men’s 8K Championship in New York City’s Central Park on Saturday, March 17.

Torres, 26, who ran 22 minutes, 47 seconds to win the U.S. title two years ago, will face formidable competition including 2004 Olympians Abdi Abdirahman and Anthony Famiglietti and rising stars Max King, Matt Gabrielson, Fernando Cabada, Ed Moran and Rod Koborsi. Olympians Dathan Ritzenhein and Adam Goucher recently withdrew from the race because of injury and illness respectively.
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Goucher withdraws from 8-K Championship with illness

Posted March 7th, 2007 at 4:14 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Adam Goucher, who had hoped to challenge his coach’s national 8-K record at the U.S. 8-K Championship in New York City in ten days time, has been forced to withdraw from the race due to illness.

“He’s got pneumonia and he’s been sick for over ten days,” said Goucher’s coach, Alberto Salazar, in an e-mail message sent to race organizers, the New York Road Runners. “He’s under orders of no running for five days. Obviously the 8-K race is out of question at this point.”

Both Goucher, and his wife Kara, were stricken. Kara was forced to miss the U.S. Indoor Championships late last month where she was a contender to win the 3000m.
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Dusen hopes to score one for working man at US 8k Champs

Posted February 27th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results

Karl Dusen isn’t much different from the other former Ivy League students who flock here, degrees in hand, to land a job in New York’s giant financial sector.

After earning his economics degree from Columbia in 2005, he found a job as a financial analyst with A.I.G.’s Global Investment Group. Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and blue patterned tie while lunching in a midtown restaurant today with a few reporters, he certainly looked as if he was ready to take over Wall Street.

But beneath that dark suit beats the heart of an athlete who is still trying to discover how good he really might be. In 2005 he broke the Columbia University record for 10,000m at the Cardinal invitational, clocking 29:00.45, still his personal best. A journeyman’s time or a sign that he has the potential to go faster?

“I’m still running because I’m continuing to get better,” said Dusen over a plate of cannelloni with a sweet red sauce. He added: “Leaving college I didn’t feel I maxed out my potential.”
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Ritzenhein headed to New York For 8-K Championship

Posted February 22nd, 2007 at 8:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Lured by the chance to compete against a top-notch field and possibly break one of the longest-standing U.S. road running records, Dathan Ritzenhein is headed here to contest the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship next month. The nearly-five mile race in Central Park will utilize the same course which will form the heart of the U.S. Men’s Olympic Marathon Trials Marathon slated for Saturday, Nov. 3.

“We’re kicking off our Olympic Trials year with the U.S. 8-K on March 17,” New York Road Runners President and CEO Mary Wittenberg told the New York Track Writers who had gathered for their weekly luncheon at a mid-town restaurant. She added: “Dathan is a race-maker. He’s always in the mix.”
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Goucher looks to break coach’s record in New York

Posted February 14th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country

When Adam Goucher lines up for the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship on Saturday, March 17 in New York City’s Central Park, he’ll not only be trying to win his second national road racing title, but also knock off one of the country’s oldest national records, which happens to be held by his coach: marathon legend Alberto Salazar.

“It would mean a lot,” said Goucher yesterday of breaking Salazar’s record. “I’d like to have an American record.”

Salazar set the U.S. 8-K record of 22 minutes and four seconds over 26 years ago in Los Altos, Calif., in a race held at night. He recalled that it was hard to judge his speed in the darkness, and that for a few years he doubted the legitimacy of his own mark.
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