Keitany Retires, Suspicious Sprint Times, Flojo, Bekele in Berlin, Super Shoe Study, Jordan Hasay, and the Guy Trying to Make Running Shoes in France
We take you around the running world and then talk to Florent Beng (65:35), the co-founder of Relance, the running shoe company actually making a running shoe in France. (It’s super stylish, has red, white and blue colors, and its kickstarter is here). Review of shoe by Japan Running here.
Trayvon Bromell and Ferdinand Omanyala ran fast in Kenya and that got us into some Omanyala, Marcell Jacobs, and Flojo talk. Then we turned to marathon news and the retirement of legend Mary Keitany, before discussing Kenenisa Bekele’s chances in Berlin this weekend. Then a little Jordan Hasay and Boston talk, a New York update and our talk with Florent Beng.
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- Show notes and links:
- 4:42 Trayvon Bromell 9.76, Ferdinand Omanyala 9.77
- 8:00 Marcell Jacobs and Omanyala in 2022?
- 13:31 Flojo and what Rojo learned on the forums this week Thread: Hasn’t Bobby Kersee been thought to drug his athletes in the past? If so, why are we giving Syd a pass?
- 22:29 Marathon legend Mary Keitany retires
- 31:05 Could Babe Ruth hit today?
- 33:29 Shalane Flanagan running all 6 WMM
- 37:08 Berlin Marathon this week: Can Bekele challenge WR
- 45:50 New super shoe study shows not all super shoes are equal (graphics here)
- 57:20 Jordan Hasay trying to get in shape and the LetsRun doubters
- 63:17 Fanny packs at NYC Maratho
- 65:35 Florent Beng co-founder of Relance, the running shoe company making a (super stylish) running shoe in France. Kickstarter here
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