Podcast: Foot Locker Champ Josh Methner, Pro Indoor Track is Back, Olympic Marathon Trials Set

By LetsRun.com
January 23, 2020

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2019 Foot Locker High School National Champ (and podcast listener) Josh Methner is our special guest. We’ve got the 15 minute highlights of our 1 hour talk with him at the end of the podcast and the full talk can be found as a Bonus Episode here.

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The Houston half marathon is in the books and the Olympic Marathon Trials window has closed and 2020 indoor pro track and field season is here. We take a look at everything Houston including the fast or deep times by the Americans, the USA XC Champs, the London and Boston Marathon fields and a look ahead to the Dr. Sander Invite and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Full show notes below.

Looking for a great race this winter? East coast: Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, March 1st – the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

West coast: Can Am Masters XC Race in Victoria, BC Feb 29: Beautiful course. Great city. Hoping to host world XC. More details here

Looking for a better pair of running shoes at a better price? We’ve got you covered here. https://www.letsrun.com/shoes

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**Show notes: **
Start: Houston Men: Fast times by Americans: Jared Ward, Sam Chelanga, Nicolas (Who?) Montanez and more.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:48″] Houston Women: The return of Hitomi NiiyaSara Hall over Molly Huddle, Malindi Elmore Canadian record
[spp-timestamp time=”33:35″] Jake Krolick 2:19:00.14
[spp-timestamp time=”37:22″] Men Trials Standards vs Women’s/ LRC Forums in Outside Magazine online
[spp-timestamp time=”45:45″] USA XC Champs: Guess Who Won?
[spp-timestamp time=”53:45″] 2020 London and Boston Marathon Fields
[spp-timestamp time=”58:30″] Pro Indoor Track is Back and the Return of Trayvon Bromell
[spp-timestamp time=”68:12″] Alberto Salazar Segment
[spp-timestamp time=”70:15″] Josh Methner highlights

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