Podcast: RIP Peter Snell, Foot Lockers, Alberto Salazar, The 2010-2019 Decade
By LetsRun.com
December 18, 2019
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Olympic and New Zealand legend Peter Snell has died. Kiwi Running Show podcast host Hayden Shearman joins us (51:36) to give his insight on Snell, the athlete of the last century in New Zealand.
We discuss the Foot Locker high school national cross country championships and debate Zofia Dudek vs Kately Tuohy, give praise to podcast listener Josh Methner for his run away victory. Alberto Salazar = the possible person of the decade? Des Linden running Olympic Trials and Boston, + club nats and Tuohy, Mary Cain, and Tinman elite, race of decade, and threads of week. Full notes below.
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Show notes: (click to start listening there)
[spp-timestamp time=”0:00″] Peter Snell
[spp-timestamp time=”8:36″] Foot Lockers
[spp-timestamp time=”21:05″] Weekly Vaporfly Segment / David Graham won’t be doing Marathon World Rankings because of shoes
[spp-timestamp time=”31:46″] Alberto Salazar segment of week / Person of the decade?
[spp-timestamp time=”39:48″] Who is the father, son and holy spirit of LetsRun podcast?
[spp-timestamp time=”43:04″] Des Linden Olympic Trials/ Boston double
[spp-timestamp time=”51:36″] Hayden Shearman of Kiwi Running Show podcast on Peter Snell
[spp-timestamp time=”69:34″] Race of Decade
[spp-timestamp time=”78:51″] Threads of Week (click for each) / Katelyn Tuohy/ Mary Cain/ Morgan Pearson/ Tinman Elite at Club Nats / Jim Walmsley’s training week / Cheaterfly’s & Rupp
[spp-timestamp time=”87:57″] In which pro sport is an amateur exposed the quickest?
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