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Chris Chavez and Matthew Luke Meyer catch up from New Jersey and Montana to unpack the biggest storylines in the sport for Aprl 2020. With races and events cancelled through most of the summer, the sport has gotten creative with virtual races, time trials, backyard ultra marathons and pole vault competitions. This is how we're staying active and entertained amid a pandemic. 

We did our best to not say the c*********s word in the podcast.

Among notable news from the month of April:

World Athletics says that no performance between April 2020 and November 30, 2020 will count toward Tokyo qualification. The new window will run from Dec. 1 to May 31 for the marathon and then through June 29 for all other events.  Some athletes were a bit upset by this blanket suspension.

The Berlin Marathon was the first major marathon to be affected by the pandemic and gathering limits. It will be postponed or scaled down to an extent. The re-scheduled Boston is scheduled to take place two weeks before that. 

No Diamond League Meets through June but Oslo will be putting on The Impossible Games. 

Oregon 2021 becomes Oregon 2022 with the world championships being held from July 15 to July 24 at the new Hayward Field. The meet is early and will be held before Commonwealth Games and European Championships oddly enough.

'Dopers Gonna Dope' with Asbel Kiprop still saying he's innocent, Daniel Wanjiru getting busted for a biological passport violation and athletes recording whereabouts failures.

Bad news: Coogan's, the popular track and field NYC bar by The Armory, has closed for good.

Good news: Shalane adopted a baby!

What's the most impressive run we've seen on Strava since quarantine?

All that and more on the latest episode.

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Nick Willis sits down in New York City for a long-awaited conversation to look back at his remarkable career thus far. In this episode, we'll go through everything from growing up in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and his start in athletics with his brother, Steve, to his recent streak of 18 consecutive years of breaking four minutes for the mile.

More in this episode:

• Nick's early interest in skateboarding and then finally turning the page to track and field
• Arriving at Michigan after the Alan Webb hype and the start of his relationship with coach Ron Warhurst
• His wife's development as a coach
• Breaking the New Zealand 1,500 meter record in 2005 and the start of his professional career
• Losing his passport and rookie mistakes of his first professional year
• Being a student of the sport even now by reading about track and field greats
• Get in Nick's shoes for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic 1,500-meter final
• Thoughts on Rashid Ramzi, Asbel Kiprop and competing against dirty athletes
• Drowning out the skepticism and dark cloud of the sport's problems of doping
• Theory of longevity (via Spikes Mag): Sleep, Patience and Having his family with him
• 2020 and how much longer he could keep going

Lots of wisdom shared in this episode. Enjoy.

Recommended reading: "Longevity" by Nick Willis | SPIKES

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Chris Chavez and Kevin Liao look back at the best of 2018 by handing out awards, titles and superlatives. From Des Linden's win in Boston to Asbel Kiprop's strange defense of his positive test for EPO, we review all the moments that wow'ed us and also left us scratching our heads. Awards Include: Comeback Runner of the Year Breakout Runner of the Year Inspiration of the Year Strangest Thing of the Year Finish of the Year Performance of the Year Most Entertaining Runner of the Year Female Athlete of the Year Men’s Athlete of the Year

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