433: The 2026 United Airlines NYC Half Winners

C Tolle Run

Sports, Fitness, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Every March, New York City buzzes with energy for both St. Patrick's Day and the iconic United Airlines NYC Half Marathon. With more than 30,000 runners racing through Times Square and Central Park, unforgettable moments are guaranteed, and this year delivered in a big way! After providing the race-day commentary Carrie joined the Set The Pace Podcast team for exclusive, post-race interviews with the day’s champions. This week on C Tolle Run, we’re bringing you those finish-line conversations. Hear from champions Hellen Obiri, who set a blazing course record of 1:06:33, Adriaan Wildschutt, and wheelchair race winners Daniel Romanchuk and Eden Rainbow-Cooper. Each shares an inside look at their race, just moments after crossing the finish line. Carrie was there to capture it all and now you get to experience it too!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Olympian Carrie Talifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast.
0:11.9	Today's episode is a fun one because I'm bringing you not one, not two, not three, but four amazing guests from one of my favorite race weekends of the entire year.
0:22.9	Every year right around St. Patrick's Day, New York City comes alive for the United Airlines
0:28.6	NYC half. It's so much fun. And I've been lucky enough to do the race commentary for probably
0:33.6	like 15 years now, working many of the elite races with New York Roadowners.
0:38.0	And let me tell you, this year's race weekend was one to remember. After the race, I got
0:43.0	the chance to jump on over to the New York Roadrunner, Set the Pace podcast, and sit down with
0:48.2	the winners for the post-race interviews. This time, I had some help from Sidious Meg, and the
0:53.7	always fun and awesome Kyle Murber.
0:56.9	Kyle and I dove right in, breaking down how these races were won.
1:00.9	We talked strategy, race tactics, training, gear, celebrations, what's next for the athletes?
1:06.1	And yes, we even found out what Helen O'Berry eats on her pizza.
1:10.7	You're going to hear from the four incredible champions,
1:13.9	Daniel Romanchuk, Eden Rainbow Cooper, Adrian Wilskut, and Helen O'Berry.
1:20.2	It was a blast getting to hear their stories right after they crossed the finish line,
1:24.0	and now you get to hear all about it too.
1:26.5	So let's get after it.
1:30.2	Hey, everybody. I'm Olympian Kerry, Tullifson alongside Kyle Murber. And we are so excited to
1:35.2	have the post-race interviews on Set the Pace podcast. And also today, we're just celebrating this
1:41.5	awesome event that we had, the United Airlines, NYC, have 30,000 people through the streets of New York.
1:47.5	Kyle, you live right here. You know how big of a deal it is. I mean, if you're going to come out and get early in the morning, you might as well have a shutdown time square to run through.
1:56.8	Exactly. That's the best way to do it. Go over Brooklyn Bridge, do all the cool things. I mean, the thing I just love about this course and this version of it is you really just see the whole city. Yeah. Like it is and everyone's out watching. We had, I would say, solid weather today. We could deal with it. You know, some fans out there was, there was no rain. Right. in New York we're going to take as a big win. Yeah, it was chilly. There was some wind. A lot of people said on the FDR, there was, there was
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