1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,640 You're listening to episode 220 of the Marathon Running Podcast. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,800 In this episode, we're going to talk about the running events of 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:18,640 the Olympics 2024. This is the Marathon Running 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,200 podcast by Letty and Ryan from We Got the Runs. 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,560 Join us in our running community for weekly content that is 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,360 motivational, educational, and inspirational, and let the 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,200 Marathon Running podcast take you from the starting line to 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:39,560 the finish line and beyond. Hey runners, and welcome to the 9 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,920 Marathon Running Podcast. My name is Letty. 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,320 My name is Ryan. And we are finally back on 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,200 American soil, recording this podcast #220. 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,080 Yes. So you were in Germany for a 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,600 while. I did visit you for the last 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,120 week, but is you happy to be back home? 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,480 I'm happy to be back, but at the same time I know I'm going to 16 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,600 miss a bunch of things from Germany over there. 17 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,360 It's been so much fun, and you and I were talking about it 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,240 earlier, how ideally it'd be great to have the best of all 19 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,600 worlds squeezed into one. Yes, but then maybe it would be 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,480 boring because anywhere you you wouldn't ever want to travel 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,040 because everything you had was right home. 22 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,560 And the rent would be super expensive, would be paying a lot 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,120 for having the perfect running weather. 24 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:25,800 Having all the mountains but all the water, all the seasons is 25 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,720 just too much, right? Would be a lot, yeah. 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,840 Might be worth it though. Exactly. 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,680 How is running in Germany compared to your usual Florida 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,080 running? It was a lot Hillier, Ryan. 29 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:42,920 It was a lot less humid. All in all, it was interesting 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,200 because I grew up in Germany and everything seemed to be so far 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,240 away. But then again, I was a kid and 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,520 now coming back, I am able to run through my hometown within 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,160 probably 3 miles. And then if I wanted to do 34 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,120 anything longer, I had to go like to neighboring villages and 35 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,120 stuff like that. So you know. 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,440 I did always find that interesting too. 37 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,920 When I went back to childhood places that I thought were 38 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,000 really big, they ended up being quite small. 39 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,039 Yeah, that that was kind of interesting and cool and it 40 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,800 brought its own challenges. All in all, I'm not complaining 41 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,240 because where we live in Florida, it's super, super safe. 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,040 At the same time, it can be very, very boring. 43 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,080 But if you run at 5:00 in the morning before it gets light 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,200 outside, you don't see where you're running anyway, so that's 45 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,440 kind of a perk. Yeah, I think there it's really 46 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,040 neat. I really, what I liked about 47 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Germany, I was there for that last week, is all the trails 48 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,080 they have, you know, here if I find a trail that leads 49 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,240 somewhere like to commute, I'm excited. 50 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,360 I'm like, oh wow, that's really cool. 51 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,760 Like a trail that you can only bike or run and stuff like that 52 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,160 on. But in Germany they're just 53 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,760 everywhere. So that to me is amazing and a 54 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,760 lot of fun. So you training for a marathon? 55 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,960 I am. Tour. 56 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,880 Well, he's having a laughter breakdown right now. 57 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,880 We'll be back to their regular scheduled program in just a 58 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,800 minute. So Letty, are you training for 59 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,360 anything? I was supposed to. 60 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:18,560 There is a marathon last month next month that I'm signed up 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,600 for and it's called the Tunnel Light Marathon taking place in 62 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,960 North Bend, WA. The marathon takes place 63 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,640 September 8th. If you are running it too, let 64 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:31,080 us know and maybe we can do a little meet up, but it's a 65 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,640 fairly small marathon. Washington State. 66 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,520 Washington State. So that name intrigues me. 67 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Is there anything interesting about that marathon? 68 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,640 So yeah, it runs through a tunnel. 69 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,240 The first I think 2 miles or three I haven't really 70 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,280 researched are running through a tunnel. 71 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,160 So just the beginning and then it goes. 72 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:49,960 Yeah, just the beginning. And you're supposed to wear like 73 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,920 headlamps and all that. Two miles I guess is long enough 74 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,400 where it would get dark inside. Yeah. 75 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,480 And I'm assuming, I mean it starts obviously in the morning, 76 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,120 so it's going to be dark and the tunnel darkness. 77 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,360 So how's the training? Going, I didn't get as much 78 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,400 running in as I wanted to, but it's all good. 79 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,120 I'm sure muscle memory will kick in and I'll be able to run it 80 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,240 and complete it at least. Just, you know, have 81 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,200 expectations accordingly changed? 82 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:16,839 Yeah, I think it'll still be fun. 83 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:22,480 Yeah, I'm sure it will be. And on that note, if you guys 84 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,360 don't know yet, we do have a YouTube channel and you can find 85 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,000 it simply by going to our link or going to at Running Podcast 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,920 in YouTube in the search bar. And we did a video on the best 87 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,680 19 destination marathons. Destination marathons as in a 88 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,680 purely fun destination, you know, it's scenic and all that 89 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,360 stuff, not necessarily APR course. 90 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,000 So I think that video was pretty cool and I also link it in the 91 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,960 show notes. And let us know what you like or 92 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,360 don't like and we'll try to make better videos for you. 93 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,000 Exactly. All right, So speaking about 94 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,720 worldly things, Ryan, today we're going to talk about the 95 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,160 running events of the Summer Olympics 2024. 96 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,680 We're going to talk about the Olympics and running events in 97 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,720 general, maybe a little history. Then we're going to talk about 98 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,400 some disciplines, and then we're going to hop into the athletics 99 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,440 and within the athletics, what running events there are. 100 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,760 And then, of course, we're going to talk about the marathon. 101 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,200 Which hasn't happened yet as of recording. 102 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,280 Exactly, and by the time this episode airs, it's already going 103 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,880 to be August 5th. That gives us the opportunity 104 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,360 for you to make some predictions and see whether they come true. 105 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,760 At least for the marathon part. Yeah, for the marathon. 106 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,800 Exactly, because that's obviously the part that this 107 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,840 podcast, Marathon Running podcast, is mostly concerned 108 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,520 with. So All in all, there are 32 109 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,120 different sports in these 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. 110 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,440 They are Aquatics which includes all the swimming and diving, 111 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:57,400 archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, 112 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,680 cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, 113 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,080 handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathon, rowing, rugby, 114 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,520 sailing, shooting, skateboarding, sports, climbing, 115 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,280 surfing, table tennis, Taekwondo, tennis, triathlons, 116 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:15,560 volleyball and wrestling, weightlifting and I think that's 117 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,560 it. Didn't I do a good job, Ryan, 118 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,680 memorizing all these sports? I. 119 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,360 Think you missed breaking? Yeah, so that's a ton of 120 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,320 different sports that we have, but obviously as the running 121 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,560 podcast, we're only going to focus on the 1st and most 122 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,920 important. I'm doing air quotes because I'm 123 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,240 joking. Important one, which is 124 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,880 athletics, which includes the sport of running. 125 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,120 So within athletic there are the Sprint distances, middle 126 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,480 distances, long distances, hurdles and other events. 127 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,200 As we're watching these Olympic Games, there are a couple that 128 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,240 I've never really learned anything about. 129 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,120 So did you know that there is a 20K race walking? 130 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:57,760 I didn't know about race walking. 131 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,800 I didn't know the distance. I didn't, I don't know if it was 132 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,560 one of the previous events or during it, but I saw one person 133 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,120 that it was like race walking but got disqualified because 134 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,080 they were more, they weren't holding their technique well 135 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:12,640 enough. I guess. 136 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,120 I don't know, you know, walking compared to running. 137 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,000 I guess 2 feet have to be on the ground. 138 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,600 The key characteristic of race walking's are that you have to 139 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,680 continuously maintain contact with the ground. 140 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:25,960 One foot must always be in contact with the ground. 141 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,240 The leading leg must be straightened from the knee down 142 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,880 when the foot touches the ground. 143 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,120 So what I find really interesting about this whole 144 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,920 race walking thing is that the entire time you're running. 145 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,320 You are. Being watched, right? 146 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,400 Because when you're running a marathon, if you're walking for 147 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,320 a minute, it doesn't matter. Nobody cares. 148 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,280 You're just hurting yourself by running slower. 149 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,520 When you're changing your gait and your posture, it's 150 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,000 completely OK because you're just running. 151 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,880 But with this, somebody's to constantly watch you. 152 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,760 And on top top of that, those race walkers, I was looking at 153 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,160 what type of pace they're going. The winning man runs 20 154 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,240 kilometers in an hour and 18 minutes in some seconds. 155 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:10,560 And that pace comes down to A to a 627 minute per mile or 3.9 156 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,200 minutes per kilometer, which is kind of fascinating, How fast? 157 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,640 So technically they're walking, not running, right? 158 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,520 Yeah, no, that's what I meant. Yeah, that I didn't think about 159 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,400 that, but yeah, you're right. I guess someone has to be 160 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:27,200 constantly watching to make sure that the form is is maintained, 161 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:32,360 which unfortunately adds some subjectivity to the judging, 162 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,360 which is one thing that is unavoidable. 163 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,880 But I dislike a little bit about the Olympics is the subjective 164 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 events. You know, a lot of them are 165 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,960 gymnastics and things like that are well known, or diving. 166 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,240 Because when you have someone judging, there's an opinion in 167 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,760 there. Whereas like a lot of the other 168 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:57,480 running events that we're used to is just based on time. 169 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,000 So there's really no subjectivity, it's just whoever 170 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,200 crosses the fastest. No, I agree. 171 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,160 I completely agree with you. And who knows, maybe at this 172 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,960 point they're using artificial intelligence to analyze the 173 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,000 gates and see if what happens and if a leg is straight and all 174 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,520 that stuff all. Right, so since this is a 175 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,640 running podcast, why don't we move on to the running end? 176 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,440 Yes, yes. So before we get into running 177 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,000 though, there is another new event at this Olympics which is 178 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,680 going to take place on August 7th. 179 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,320 So depending on when you listen to this podcast, it might have 180 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,440 already happened or not. It's the marathon race, walk, 181 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,040 mixed relay. It is composed. 182 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,280 By a. Male and a female. 183 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,200 So the format of this race is that the teammates alternate 184 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,040 between walking sections covering the entire marathon 185 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,720 distance, so each of them does a little bit more than a 10K until 186 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,200 they switch for the other person. 187 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,200 Is there a requirement as to how far they can run each each leg? 188 00:09:54,640 --> 00:10:00,200 Yeah, I mean each leg is approximately 10K and the first 189 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,920 leg is completed by the male athlete, second one female, 190 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,640 third one male, and 4th 1 by the female. 191 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:07,880 Interesting. I was thinking for the Olympics 192 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,080 2028 if you're free. We could walk it. 193 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,880 Yeah, base. Walk it together as a team. 194 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,280 All right, so enough about walking. 195 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,840 What are the events you excited about to watch other than the 196 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,200 marathon? I like watching the sprints just 197 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,000 like you. Those are also kind of the glory 198 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,480 ones, I guess in a way, you know, they're the ones that get 199 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,800 a lot of attention because you're the fastest sprinters or 200 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,080 so I think a lot of the middle distance events probably get a 201 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,960 little bit less attention. Yeah. 202 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,680 And just to give you the definitions, sprinting distances 203 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:46,840 are the 102 hundred, 400 meters. Middle distances considered are 204 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,120 800 meters and then 1500 meters and then long distance. 205 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:54,800 We're talking anything above 5000 meters, which is 5 206 00:10:54,800 --> 00:11:00,960 kilometers or 3.2 miles, which for us marathon is kind of funny 207 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,000 because you don't think of a 5K as a long distance run. 208 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,520 Yeah. And then all the other track and 209 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,360 field events are pretty fun then too, but. 210 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,840 What's interesting about the middle to longer distances is 211 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,160 that it's more about strategy. And I think on the Sprint 212 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,720 distances, it's kind of basically who's the fastest, 213 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,160 just run full out. But as you get the longer 214 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,320 distances, you see how all the races kind of unfold 215 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,240 differently. You know, they have little 216 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,320 packs, they follow each other for a little bit, one might pass 217 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,840 or then someone breaks out and they got to chase them down. 218 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,000 Or you have to strategize as to maybe you're not as fast of a 219 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,800 runner and so you're worried about someone that sprints to 220 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,680 the finish. So you got to get ahead before 221 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:47,720 they get their Sprint in or something. 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,360 So that's interesting, interesting stuff. 223 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,040 I like when they have commentators that are like 224 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,040 educated and and discuss this stuff. 225 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,760 I agree. I think it's also interesting to 226 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,280 think about how those athletes train, right? 227 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:06,880 I met Sean Bailey, who is a 400 meter Olympic runner from 228 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,360 Jamaica at the airport while we had a layover in Atlanta. 229 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,280 And I talked to him for quite a while about his training in the 230 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,160 regimen. And I know that the runners that 231 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,080 run long distance quote, UN quote, which again, it means 232 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,560 over 5K, they run quite a bit of miles, right? 233 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,800 Some of them run 80 or more miles per week. 234 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 And since he's a 400 meter guy, I asked him how many miles a 235 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:35,200 week he runs and he told me he doesn't even run a mile, that 236 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,600 their training is just completely different because 237 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,520 obviously you're using different type of muscles and they focus 238 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,440 on different things. So I thought that was quite 239 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,520 interesting. Now you know him because you met 240 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,120 him at the airport. Exactly. 241 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,200 And we're going to cheer for him. 242 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,080 Yeah. I think in the case of 243 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:54,520 sprinting, it's probably more training strength and fast 244 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,480 twitch. So you probably don't need the 245 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,200 like endurance that you do as the long distance runners do. 246 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,920 Yeah, they probably do a lot of 100 meter sprints and stuff like 247 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,880 that, so. Yeah, so why don't you get into 248 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,360 the marathon your favorite? Yes, and I have a lot to say 249 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,280 about that one. All right, so for the marathon 250 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,160 event, the men will be running on August 10th at 8:00 AM Paris 251 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,200 time, which is 2:00 AM New York time. 252 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,080 And the women will do the same on Sunday, 8:00 AM Paris time, 253 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,720 2:00 AM Eastern Time, New York time. 254 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,760 And I guess we'll be waking up for that, right? 255 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,800 Ryan, You will. Right now there's 81 men listed 256 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:37,840 on the Olympic website and 92 females on the men's side of the 257 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,120 field. From the United States of 258 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,560 America, we have Leonard Career, Clayton Young and Connor Muntz. 259 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,800 Out of the American athletes, Connor Muntz is ranked 82 in the 260 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,600 world according to World Athletics, which displays only 261 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,720 the top 100. And Kinchobe is. 262 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,280 Kipchoge is at this point rated 13th in the world. 263 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,120 Yeah. So it's interesting because some 264 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,680 of that can be deceiving because a lot of it has to do with 265 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:06,200 strategy in terms of when they race and how many races they 266 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,240 race. And the ranking comes from not 267 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,400 only where how their time is, but like how many events they 268 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,160 participate in and stuff too right? 269 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,800 That's exactly right. So Kiptogi at one point was 270 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,720 obviously ranked higher, but in the last year he hasn't been 271 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,880 ranked so high because he hasn't finished podium in all of his 272 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,520 races. Benson Kipruto on the other 273 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,080 hand, who at this point is a friend of us 'cause we've seen 274 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,400 him at a bunch of the events and we messaged with him. 275 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,840 He is of Kenya and he's ranked currently number one in the 276 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,840 world. Benson Kipruto has done his 277 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,840 fastest marathon at A2216IN Toki recently. 278 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,920 But also, I think he's kind of fallen under the radar a lot 279 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,080 because everyone always focuses on Kiptogi and then Kelvin 280 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,880 Kiptim, while Benson Caputo has won a bunch of marathons and 281 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,800 also he podiums quite a lot. Yeah, it'll be interesting to 282 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,200 see. I wonder if one of those little 283 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,800 guys will win. Exactly. 284 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,920 Also participating in this marathon is obviously also of 285 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,800 Ethiopia, Sisse Lemma, who is currently ranked #2 in the world 286 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,560 with a PR of 20148. And then Kenencia Bekele of 287 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Ethiopia, who's number seven in the world. 288 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,640 And he's also likable to me personally because he's in his 289 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,520 40s as he runs his marathon. Two other marathoners I want to 290 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,360 point out is Alexander Munayo, also of Kenya. 291 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,760 He's podiumed a lot as well. And then one that we personally 292 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,440 met is Gabriel Gay of Tanzania. He's the fastest man in 293 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,040 Tanzania. He currently has a little bit of 294 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:43,440 an injury, so nevertheless we'll be watching him because it's 295 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,080 kind of cool to know these athletes a little bit more on a 296 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,120 personal level and then watching them perform. 297 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,640 I think that's going to be super exciting. 298 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,640 Yeah, that is really cool. So how about the females? 299 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,960 So in the female field, you have Tegus Asafa of Ethiopia, the 300 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,120 current world record holder of a marathon done in 2-2 minutes. 301 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,440 I'm sorry, two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds. 302 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,600 And then Hassan Hassan Sifan of the Netherlands, who has a 303 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,800 current PR of two, 1344, also Amaner Shankoule of Ethiopia. 304 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,080 Perez. Yep, cheer, cheer also of 305 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,200 Ethiopia. And then you have the Americans, 306 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,160 Dakota Lindworm, Emily Susan and Fiona Akifi, who all qualified 307 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,120 at the trials. You remember the trials in 308 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Orlando that we went to? So that was cool to see them run 309 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,640 in there and now they're going to be watched again on 310 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,800 television. It's cool. 311 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,720 Totally cool. 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And then it goes back up to 172 358 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,960 meters. Then it drops between the 30K 359 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:23,400 and the 32 1/2 K from that 172 meters to less than 50 meters. 360 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:28,240 So I mean, to say that this course is comparable to Boston 361 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,680 is not even fair. I think it's, I think I read 362 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:35,000 somewhere that it's six times as bad as Boston. 363 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,200 And for you guys that you know, the meters don't say a lot to 364 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,880 you. The climb is nearly equal to the 365 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,360 height of the Washington Monument, which is 555 feet 366 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,680 compressed into just 3.8 miles. So put that into perspective. 367 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,920 Does sound challenging. So lady, you have some history 368 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:55,920 and how they pick the course, huh? 369 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,800 I do so I guess they picked this course because. 370 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,720 Because this root is a key moment from the French 371 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:07,240 Revolutions, the Women's March on Versailles on October 5th, 372 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,360 1789, where market women, shopkeepers and workers from the 373 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:15,080 quarters gathered in the front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris 374 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:19,080 to demand bread and arms. Then between 6007, thousand 375 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,960 Parisian women, joined by men, marched through the Paris, 376 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,240 marched through Paris to reside, to bring the King back to 377 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,120 Tilares. On that day, Lewis the 16th 378 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,400 finally agreed to ratify the Universal Declaration of Rights 379 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,280 of Men and Citizens. So that's the history behind 380 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,920 this. Interesting. 381 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,720 Yeah, but at the same time, a super challenging course for our 382 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,120 marathoners. And in my personal opinion, I 383 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:46,600 feel like it's almost unfair. I don't know. 384 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,560 I'm kind of intrigued as to who's going to win. 385 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,600 I wonder if it's like, you know, certain racers will do better at 386 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,560 challenging courses. I was talking to a. 387 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,680 Friend, our friend Martin about this and he was saying that 388 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,960 maybe the ones that I've built a little bit more muscular, right, 389 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:07,280 because the running of all these hills probably puts a puts a 390 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,440 demand on different types of muscles. 391 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,600 Yeah, I don't. Know, you know, it's difficult 392 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,080 because you still have a long distance. 393 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:17,680 So definitely that. But I think when a marathon 394 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,160 distance, efficiency is still a huge factor. 395 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,840 And when you increase weight, it makes it with more muscles or 396 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,240 other things you're carrying around more weight too, which 397 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,040 makes it hard. And, you know, unlike sprinting 398 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,720 where you can be heavier because you just want power and speed, 399 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,760 You know, marathon, I feel like, is all about efficiency and 400 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,600 lightness. That's a good point too. 401 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,040 And also, I think I've told you about this, but on YouTube, I've 402 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,760 been watching the YouTube channel of Clayton Young, who is 403 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,640 one of the American runners and he's talking a little bit about 404 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,160 the type of weight training and stuff that he does preparing for 405 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,080 this marathon. I'm also following on Instagram 406 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,600 his physical therapist and his coach to kind of see what they 407 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,560 put the athletes through. But I mean, it's it's difficult, 408 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,760 right? Running as difficult as is now 409 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,840 you're adding these hills to it. That almost feels like there 410 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,400 should be a trail runners race. Yeah, I think it's. 411 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:16,000 Interesting point, seems valid. You know, trail running is more 412 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,960 hills in general, so maybe someone that's more used to 413 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,720 trail running could do better. I think trail running you also 414 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:26,720 have surface issues where you have to, you know, uneven 415 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,560 surfaces and other stuff that you're running over. 416 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,880 Whereas, you know, even though they're doing a marathon, it 417 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,920 should be or a hilly marathon, it should be relatively flat 418 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,480 surface they're running over. I don't know. 419 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,840 Yeah, I. Mean, give those runners some 420 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,320 walking sticks, right? Hiking. 421 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:42,840 Sticks. Hiking sticks, Yeah, and on. 422 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,160 Top of that, on top of everything, you're talking 423 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,240 August in Paris. So I think we're just at the 424 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,360 point where we're about a week away and we can start checking 425 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,880 the weather for it and see what these predictions say. 426 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,360 But I think it's going to be gruesome. 427 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,240 My own personal prediction, I actually don't have one. 428 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,440 I think it's going to be an underdog because this is not the 429 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,120 regular course and we're not going to see the regular 430 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,000 winners. Unfortunately, in my personal 431 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,680 opinion, I don't think it's going to be Kochogi. 432 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,440 As much as we want to see the GOAT do it over and over again, 433 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:12,800 I don't think that's what's going to happen. 434 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,920 Same for the women. I don't have a prediction, so 435 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,000 give. Me a predicted winning time. 436 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,360 OK, winning time, given that this course is so difficult, I'm 437 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:28,480 still going to be optimistic and say we're going to see someone 438 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,600 finish this course in two O 8 or two O 9. 439 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,440 And I'm saying that because we have some really strong athletes 440 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,160 that finish in the two O 2 range. 441 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,800 And given that this course is that much harder in the weather 442 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,320 and all that, I think two O 8, what about you? 443 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,520 So what about? For the females females I want. 444 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:51,440 To say, and I'm literally just pulling this out of my butt to 445 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,680 17 to 18. Interesting. 446 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,320 Yeah, I I have, I have no idea either. 447 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,240 I mean, I can guess, but it would be a complete guess. 448 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,160 It's just really. Hard to compare this race 449 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,600 because you haven't seen anything like that. 450 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,760 There's really no world marathon, even the hilly ones 451 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,280 that's as close Boston as the hilliest one in this frame. 452 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,040 Like I said that it's supposed to be 6 times as hilly as Boston 453 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,880 so that's it'll be. Interesting. 454 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,040 Yeah, it'll be interesting. And I'll definitely be up for 455 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,040 it. If you're up to then message me 456 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,040 on Instagram. I'll be awake and probably 457 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,560 chatting with all my friends about what's happening. 458 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,560 Anything else? I think that's. 459 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,560 Concluding our episode on all things Olympics and just running 460 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,960 events. Stay tuned for next week's 461 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,240 episode, which we haven't figured out yet, but we're kind 462 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,600 of rolling with the punches. Given that we just got back from 463 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,560 Europe, we'll think. Of something good as. 464 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,720 Always. And with that. 465 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,160 Have a great. Week of running. 466 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,880 Thanks for tuning in. 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