21. Chicago Preview and Podcast Smorgasbord

Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara

Chris McClung

Running, Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This episode is the runner's equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet. There's a little bit of everything, just please go easy on the corn and tomatoes.

Des and Kara start with a recap of the Diamond League Final at the Prefontaine Classic, covering the highlights with behind-the-scenes stories from Kara who was on the call with NBC. They share their favorite moments and try to put some of the mind-blowing results in context.

Then, they step into a full Chicago Marathon preview starting with the inside scoop on Des's training, key workouts, and her goals for the big day and ending with a breakdown of the elite fields on both sides, including some intel Des has collected on a few of the top American contenders.

Finally, Kara talks about Colt's middle school cross country season and how she's supporting his interest in the sport as a parent. At the same time, she and Des reflect on their own journeys to fall in love with the sport. Plus, you get plenty of pet and life updates with the Top Five to end the show!

Thank you to TCS for sponsoring this podcast as well as being the technology partner for the Chicago Marathon and the Chicago Marathon app. Download it today to track and support all of your favorite runners on October 8th.

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0:00.0	I'm doing great. Thank you for that awesome intro. So good to hear your voice. You had the
0:25.8	announced revive going, which has been your thing as of late. Let's talk about the pre-fantane race
0:32.8	calls, the weekend in general. That was just unreal. How those races bonkers. Yeah. Okay. So like when I
0:40.7	was a track athlete, it wasn't called the Diamond League circuit. I can't remember if I was like the
0:44.5	Grand Prix final or what it was called. But the races at the end of the year were super slow and
0:50.6	tactical because everyone was tired. Yeah. And so we headed into pre and people were like, I
0:56.9	think I got to see the pace request. And I was like, what are these people thinking? You know,
1:01.5	not only is it the end of the year, but it's even later than normal. And then
1:07.0	my mind got blown because people showed up and it was so it was wild. Yeah. I mean, the times
1:15.0	are incredible. I think it's some of it's like off-distant stuff. So like you don't get it, you
1:19.1	don't get to run a mile often. So you want to blow it out of the water, three, three thousand
1:22.9	meters, usually five Ks. So that's part of it. But man, I was just surprised by the energy that
1:31.6	time in the year. So I saw a thing on Instagram and Grant Fisher was like, it was so packed with
1:39.5	enthusiasm and energy. And the two days were just wilds. Like, imagine if worlds were packed into
1:46.5	two days. I know. I have to say it was the best track meet that I have ever watched because it was
1:53.2	like all the events, but no prelims, no heats, all of the favorites in like, I mean, Paul Swangard
2:00.6	kept saying like a bite-sized world championship, but it actually was the perfect description.
2:04.8	This is a two hour track meet the first day, a three hour track meet the second day.
2:09.6	Every heavy hitter was there. Everyone was going for these crazy times. And I don't know what
2:16.3	it was about being in the booth, but we were all just like laughing and Paul just like really let
2:20.6	me in a lot more than he probably should have professionally on the call. But it was just like a crazy
2:27.1	track meet. And like, we were feeling in the booth. I know, you know, I wish that the stands had been
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