Rory Linkletter
Canada
Personal Bests
Half Marathon
1:00:57
2/2/2025
10 Kilometres Road
28:39
5/25/2024
Marathon
2:08:01
2/18/2024
Half Marathon
1:01:02
1/14/2024
Mile
3:59.05
12/2/2023
Canada
Half Marathon
1:00:57
2/2/2025
10 Kilometres Road
28:39
5/25/2024
Marathon
2:08:01
2/18/2024
Half Marathon
1:01:02
1/14/2024
Mile
3:59.05
12/2/2023
“I tangoed way too much in the first half and didn’t have enough left to do it again when it counted. The marathoner who dances smart wins. I danced too early.”
My guest for today’s episode is Rory Linkletter: a Canadian Olympian, co-host of the Out and Back Podcast, and one of the most analytically sharp pro voices in the sport right now. At the 2026 Boston Marathon, he ran 2:06:04 for 14th place overall and the second-fastest marathon in Canadian history. He came in with the best build of his career — two sub-60-minute halves, workouts that never said no — and went out with the lead pack convinced that anything was possible. Then the bill came due.
In this conversation, Rory walks us through the moment the race turned, the internal negotiation of the final nine miles, the hamstring that seized on Boylston, and what he took from watching Clayton Young and Ryan Ford fly past him on Commonwealth Avenue.
But we also get Rory in full pundit mode: how to actually read the Boston results in the context of 2028, why he thinks Zouhair Talbi was operating on a different level than everyone around him, his declaration that John Korir is the best in the world right now, his take on the Scott Fauble super shoe debate, the Emma Bates sponsorship controversy, and why he thinks the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be the craziest in modern history.
He also previews Ottawa in five weeks, where he goes in with a simple mandate: run less with the heart, more with the head.
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Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez
Guest: Rory Linkletter | @rory_linkletter
Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr
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We have a brand new show joining the Sandy Boy Productions podcast network, and I am so excited about it!
It’s called Out and Back, hosted by professional runners Rory Linkletter and Jacob Thomson. They train in Flagstaff, they are chasing big goals on the roads, and they bring you straight into the behind the scenes of the marathon lifestyle. This show is training talk with a few detours, and it is exactly the kind of perspective I love adding to the network.
What I love about Rory and Jacob is how curious they are. They are not here for surface level conversations. They want the real details. The stuff you actually want to know if you care about performance, training, racing, and the mental side of showing up when it matters. If you are someone chasing a BQ, an OTQ, or you just want to understand how the pros think about the marathon, you are going to love this podcast.
In this intro episode, I sit down with Rory and Jacob to talk about why they started Out and Back, what they want the show to be, and why they think there has been a gap in marathon specific podcasting. We also get into what it looks like to promote yourself as a professional runner, how they balance training with content, and what success looks like for both of them as they head toward Boston.
I cannot wait for you to hear more from these two, and I am really proud to welcome Out and Back to the Sandy Boy Productions family. Please take one minute right now, go hit subscribe wherever you listen, and then send this to a friend who loves marathon training talk.
Elite marathoner Rory Linkletter discusses his historic sub-60 half marathon at Houston, training philosophy changes, and preparation for upcoming races. Rory is coming off a big year, where he placed sixth at Boston in 2:07:02, second at Ottawa in 2:08:31 (winner recently provisionally suspended for doping), ninth at Chicago in 2:06:49.
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After setting the fastest time of all Canadians ever in New York, Rory Linkletter returns to the podcast to talk about his race, the Olympics, a coaching change, and where he stands in the rankings of Fastest Marathon YouTubers.
0:00 intro
1:35 a new tattoo
2:16 Olympic performance
4:13 coaching change
9:08 which shoes does Rory use?
10:33 pacing duties in Chicago
13:39 New York pre-race
17:26 who’s watching the kids
18:03 NY Marathon, before Queensboro Bridge
21:46 NY Marathon, after the bridge
25:15 what is Rory most proud of in New York
26:48 what’s next
29:30 Fastest Marathon YouTuber
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Perfect weather conditions led to an exciting race for the men, with Abdi Nageeye finally gets his NY win, beating Evans Chebet (2022 champion), Albert Korir (2021 champion), Tamirat Tola (2023 champion), and Geoffrey Kamworor (2017 and 2019 champion). Americans had a good showing with three in the top ten (Conner Mantz 6, Clayton Young 7, CJ Albertson 10). Rory Linkletter led the charge for the Canadians with a 15th overall finish . 📹Kofuzi, @chaseflemingphoto
On today’s Bonus Episode, we have Lindsay Flanagan, who ran a marathon PB of 2:23:31 to finish as second American and ninth overall at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. We talked about how Chicago is a homecoming for her, the prototype shoes she ran in, her race/pacing plan, her nutrition, and how (even though she ran a PB) she really should have run 1 second faster.
0:00 intro
0:50 Chicago homecoming
3:19 Race week shoes
6:22 race plan
9:40 pre-race vibes
11:35 Gabby Rooker is so nice
11:50 Rory Linkletter chatty on the long run
12:15 Centro Runs a Marathon
13:26 race nutrition plan
16:03 Lindsay’s favorite part of the course
16:44 Lindsay’s splits
17:47 wind and temps
19:35 World Championships Standard
Rory Linkletter has had a banner 2024 so far: a half marathon personal best of 1:01:02 at the Houston Half Marathon in January, followed by a personal best of 2:08:01 at the Seville Marathon in February that helped him qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He is the second fastest Canadian male of all time over the marathon distance, but he is much more that his performances. On this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, Rory and host John Shep chat about his hopes and dreams for the Paris 2024 Olympics along with all the other things (coffee, kids, tattoos!!) that make Rory an amazing and interesting athlete.
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Rory Linkletter is a Canadian Marathon Athlete sponsored by Puma. He recently clocked a 2:08:01 marathon, which falls 9 seconds under the standard required to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Per the Canadian selections process, it is unlikely his time of 2:08 will not grant him a spot on their team. In this episode, we discussed his path to 2:08, his training under the guidance of American distance great Ryan Hall, his and others decision to go straight to the marathon after college, training insight, fueling and hydration targets, why some athletes favor certain super shoes, and much more!
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Rory Linkletter is a Canadian marathoner for PUMA. He just ran 2:08:01 at the Seville Marathon to get under the Olympic qualifying standard. He is in a good position to get selected by Athletics Canada for Paris. Canadian record holder Cam Levins has already been selected for the team and assuming no one else runs faster than Rory in the next two months, he’ll be set to go to his first Olympics.
Rory was a standout runner at BYU and then turned professional in 2019. He spent some time with HOKA NAZ Elite before choosing to leave the team in 2022 and has been working with Ryan Hall in Flagstaff, Arizona. In this episode, you’ll hear all about why the training has worked so well. He shares a bit about Ryan’s coaching and training philosophy. Plus, I try to start some trash talk between Rory and Conner Mantz or Clayton Young – his former teammates.
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Guest: Rory Linkletter | @rory_linkletter on Instagram
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Rory Linkletter is a pro marathoner for Puma and just ran one of the best races of his life in Budapest at the World Championships Marathon. We sat down to break down the race, reviewed his Puma running shoe rotation in the buildup, and looked ahead to his chase of the Olympic 2:08 standard for Paris 2024.
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