3.2. Behind the Scenes of the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston

Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara

Chris McClung

Running, Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

What a race weekend in Houston! Des and Kara were so happy to be a part of it, including our largest live show yet with 500 people in attendance on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who came out for the show and to Brooks Running and the Houston Marathon team for the hospitality all weekend.

In this episode, Des and Kara give you predictions for the races in Houston, which are even more fun now that we know the actual results. Then, they go behind the scenes of the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, where Des and Kara made the Olympic team together. They walk you through what they were thinking at each point in the race that day and how it felt for Kara to make her second team and Des her first. Note: you will have to watch the YouTube to see the pics that they reference.

We close with a Q&A from the audience (with great audio this time!), and of course, a Top 5. Stay for their big annoucement near the end and for the hilarious banter throughout.

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0:00.0	A banger of an intro song. How do we like that? Welcome, Houston. Thanks for coming out tonight.
0:23.6	I guess it feels like night. We've been inside this dark room for a while now, but I guess it's evening, huh?
0:31.6	I actually can't see anyone because the lights are so bright. I mean, that's fine. Do your thing. But nice to see you guys.
0:41.0	How many people are racing this weekend?
0:44.7	Hands up.
0:46.2	Woo-hoo.
0:47.9	Full marathoners, hands up.
0:51.2	Nice.
0:51.9	Half.
0:52.9	And first timers. Any distance? All right. Oh, good luck. Good luck with that. Now, Houston's been awesome to us. We're super excited to be here. I think we're going to go a little bit down memory lane in a bit. Hopefully in that conversation
1:11.6	give you all some tips and tricks. I'm just settling right in to the y'alls.
1:16.2	Dude, put your hand down. It's so right. It's bothering me. Put your hand on. I should get my
1:24.6	sunglasses. Would that be better? So elite. So elite.
1:29.0	The obvious hat on. That would work too.
1:32.7	Oh, look, I think they made an adjustment.
1:34.7	Yeah, that's better. Thank you so much.
1:36.4	Thanks.
1:37.7	Well, thanks for joining us. We're super excited to be here.
1:40.0	We're excited to talk about our history in Houston, but also some really amazing races coming up.
1:44.5	But first, Kara Goucher, what's up? How are you doing?
1:48.1	I'm doing great. I feel like we just recorded a pod, so not much has changed in my life since then.
1:53.9	You haven't watched any new TV shows? We had like a really good conversation about this.
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