3.43. The Last (Running) Hoorah of 2025
Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara
Chris McClung
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This isn't the final episode of 2025 for Des and Kara, but this is the last episode of the year with a long list of running results to discuss. Listen in because there was A LOT of running action this past weekend from XC to the indoor track to the marathon.
Des and Kara start with updates on their recent travels - Des to Shanghai and Seoul, Kara to snowy Wisconsin. As highlights, we learn Des's nickname in China and get an update on Colt's race at Brooks XC regionals in proper blizzard conditions.
Then, they turn to this past weekend's results, starting with Nike NXN and the US XC Champs in Portland. Who showed up and showed out to earn spots on the World XC team for the US?
Plus, holy Hedengren(!) as Jane H ran 14:44 to break the collegiate indoor and outdoor 5K record at BU. That's also the 2nd fastest time ever by an American indoors. She is only 19, but it seems like she is making it look too easy! The sky is the limit for her.
Finally, they drill in on the US Marathon Champs at CIM (including Courtney D's near OTQ) and some fast times at the Valencia Marathon in Spain as the fall marathon season finally wraps up.
Thanks to Lever Movement for sponsoring the very uplifting Top 5 this week. For 20% off on your Lever system, use code NOBODYASKEDUS at levermovement.com.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to another episode of Nobody Ask Us with Des and Kara presented by Brooks |
| 0:16.4 | Running. |
| 0:16.9 | We had a week off, but we are back. |
| 0:19.5 | We are back. |
| 0:23.9 | We are back. Chuckles over here. |
| 0:30.6 | I just got, feel like I just got in trouble. Chris was like, last time I had to edit out your giggling. So please don't do that again and ruin the intro. Then you're like library, Kara, |
| 0:36.5 | enthusiastic Kara. |
| 0:38.3 | I was enthusiastic. |
| 0:39.3 | That was good. |
| 0:40.3 | I would give it, ooh, let's rate it. |
| 0:43.3 | I would give it a 7.2. |
| 0:46.3 | You've had much better ones, but you're like trying to be like profesh. |
| 0:50.3 | Perfesh, yeah, trying to be profus. |
| 0:52.3 | We'll lose it as this conversation goes on. Okay. You have not been in the United States. Wait, did you say the whole presented by? Did you do all of that? I so did. Oh, nice. Okay. I have been gone. I've jet lags, so. I know. So you're just fighting in and out were just fighting the jet like, but you were in, |
| 1:11.9 | well, you flew to China. And how long were you gotten? When did you get back? I got back |
| 1:18.0 | Friday, Friday night. Okay, so you're still in the thick of trying to get over it. Yeah, |
| 1:22.9 | yeah. We stayed up to like three in the morning yesterday watching TV. |
| 1:28.8 | What were you watching? |
| 1:32.8 | Have you heard of this show, The Staircase? |
| 1:36.7 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:37.8 | It's new on Netflix. |
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