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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

2024 Paris Olympics Athletics Preview

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

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4.6931 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The Olympics is the biggest multi-sport competition in the world and perhaps the pinnacle of the sport for anyone in distance running. We gave you our picks for who would represent team USA before the Olympic trials and now we’re back to preview the big finale.

The Paris Olympics are sure to bring some interesting storylines featuring a huge depth of distance runners and some very hot conditions predicted. This is also the first time since 2016 that a full crowd will be hosted to watch these races since the last Olympics in Tokyo was run without spectators due to COVID-19 protocols at the time. The American team is stacked with talent this year and we’ll be covering how you can watch all of your favorite events and we’ll give you our bold predictions for some of the endurance races.

By the end of the show we’ll cover everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics including:

  • How to watch your favorite races
  • Who are the top Americans to watch out for at the Olympics
  • What are some of the most exciting storylines for the summer games
  • Bold predictions from the RC team for every endurance running event

Paris Olympics Schedule

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The last thing I'll say too is I think from the US perspective we're sending sort of a team that we might not have expected so I think it's going to be cool to see how that helps these athletes you know further into their career. This is going to be a huge

0:15.5

opportunity and a good catapult for them to get this experience and see what they can do with that.

0:21.1

The biggest multi-sport event on the planet is here,

0:24.5

with the Olympics officially kicking off July 26th.

0:27.5

We already gave you our predictions for who would make the U.S. team.

0:30.5

But now that the team is official,

0:32.0

I'm back with Andy and Michael, and it's time to look ahead to the big dance in Paris.

0:35.0

There's a ton of exciting events happening, but we're pretty biased to distance running,

0:40.0

so we're going to be focusing on running events from the 800 meters up to the marathon.

0:44.3

I apologize that we did run a little bit longer on time with this one but there's just

0:48.6

so many talented athletes this year and interesting storylines from Elliot Kibchez possible Final Olympics to

0:54.8

Safan Hassan competing in four different events. We wanted to make sure we covered

0:59.2

them all, but honestly we probably still left out some pretty incredible talents.

1:04.0

By the end of the show, you'll know who we think comes out on top in each event I mentioned

1:08.6

and how to watch the Olympics to make sure you don't miss out on any of the action. With that, let's get into it. Hello runners and welcome to the run to the run to the top podcast

1:26.7

where our goal is making you a better runner with each and every episode I'm your

1:31.5

showrunner Kory Nagler and I'm not an elite runner, but together we'll explore

1:35.4

new strategies and topics to take your running to the next level.

1:39.4

This podcast is created and produced by the expert team of coaches at runners connect

1:43.1

on net where you can find the best running information on the internet as well as

1:46.9

training plans to fit every runner and every budget. It feels like only yesterday that we were talking about the US trials, but already the Olympics are right around the corner, so ready to preview Paris.

2:00.0

Andy Michael, so happy to have you both back with me.

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