2020 Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta with Rich Kenah
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🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Olympic Marathon Trials
There are few things more exciting than watching those who are the best of the best perform. Whether it's sports, music, theatre, comedy, or anything else. And it's a rare occasion that amateurs can compete along with them.
On February 29, 2020 (Leap Day), over 750 of the best American Marathoners will compete in Atlanta, Georgia for a select number of spots to represent Team USA in Tokyo this summer.
The Atlanta Track Club has the distinguished honor and responsibility of hosting the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2020. In this episode, we talk with Rich Kenah, Executive Director of the ATC, who shares some of the history of the Club, his own history as a high level competitive runner and lots of details about the upcoming Olympic Marathon Trials.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | The first two loops are eight miles and the last loop has a little two mile addition onto it. |
| 0:11.0 | So you're experiencing these elevation changes |
| 0:13.7 | essentially three times, you're subtle. |
| 0:16.3 | So it's the kind of course that's going to creep up on you. |
| 0:18.9 | It's going to beat you up a little bit. |
| 0:20.6 | It's honest and we'll see a true race rather than a time trial. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast from Runners Connect, |
| 0:29.0 | where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie Kay Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier Coach and host for the Run to the |
| 0:52.0 | Top Podcast. In 2020 the Atlanta Track Club |
| 0:56.4 | will host the Olympic Marathon Trials. This is a huge honor and a big |
| 1:01.1 | responsibility. Today on Run to the Top we will talk with Rich |
| 1:05.4 | Kenna Executive Director of the ATC who will share some of the history of the club, |
| 1:10.8 | his own history as a high-level competitive runner, and details, lots of details |
| 1:16.6 | about the Olympic Marathon Trials held in Atlanta coming up in February 2020. We'll be talking about who will be there, how they qualified |
| 1:26.0 | for the trials, course details, tickets, volunteering, who qualifies for the |
| 1:31.4 | actual Olympics and more. |
| 1:33.4 | Thanks for joining us today, Rich. |
| 1:35.4 | Thanks for having me, Stephanie. |
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