I don't know about you guys, but I'm counting down the days until the 2019 Bank of America

Chicago Marathon. This year's elite field is shaping up to be one of the best Chicago has ever seen.

Be prepared for some fast times on October 13th. If you aren't running this year, you can catch

all the action live on NBCChicago or online at NBCChicago.com.

Watch me and my fellow expert analysts break down the race as the world's top athletes

take on 26.2 miles in Chicago.

Learn more about this year's race at chicagomarathon.com.

Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Talry-I-Run podcast. Today I caught up with American record holder and U.S. national champion Parker Stinson. In this episode, Parker and I

talk about the upcoming Bank of America Chicago Marathon,

the Olympic Trials, setting an American record, what it's like to have Dathan Ritzinheim as a coach,

how his wife is the fastest teacher in the U.S., and so much more.

So let's get after it.

All right, Parker, I have been so excited to have you on the show.

I mean, you used to train here, and I knew you were a character then, but you didn't train for very long here.

And it was, I think, right when the podcast was starting or even before the podcast.

So thanks so much for taking time to come on See Tali Ron.

Yeah, I'm super excited. I'm a big fan of you, the show, and all your stuff on NBC sports and everything like that. So I'm really

happy to be here. And yeah, I loved, I loved Minnesota in the Twin Cities area. It just didn't

really work out. But I was there in the fall, so I had all the pros and

none of the cons of that area. So pretty right now. I mean, it's actually kind of chilly. I don't

know what it's like in Boulder, but we wake up in the mornings. I'm like, do I need a long sleeve or not?

And there's still some humidity. So it's a perfect time to run. Yeah, I love like, it's, it's really hot in Boulder, actually. Is it? It's kind of great. It's been hot so summer. It's been making the training a little, it's been weird. But I, uh, that's my, my biggest bummer about running Chicago the last two years is it makes the 10 mile pretty much impossible. I mean, I guess not

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