6. Fast Times and Shoe Tech
Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara
Chris McClung
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Des and Kara give their reactions on the indoor track season including the NB Indoor Grand Prix, Millrose Games, and the US Championships in Albuquerque. They talk about the implications of recent mind-blowing times on the future of the sport, thanks in large part to super-shoe technology coming to the track. Is it good for the sport and will there be a return to an emphasis on pure racing in the near future?
Then, they go back in time to talk about the history of super shoes on the roads and their personal experiences during that transition in 2016-2018, including discussions of how marathon-racing is permanently changed. In particular, Des talks about how her training and racing have changed (or not) since wearing the shoes herself and gives tips on how you might use them as well.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, nobody asked us if doesn't Kara is back for episode number six. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Kara Goucher and I'm joined by Desiree Linden, Des, how are you today? |
| 0:20.8 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:21.8 | That was a great intro. |
| 0:22.8 | Are we going to keep numbering these as we go or like when's that going to fall off? |
| 0:27.2 | I'm curious. |
| 0:28.2 | When we get to 100 or something, I don't know. |
| 0:31.6 | Yeah, I do feel like that was probably my best intro yet. |
| 0:35.0 | Nice work. |
| 0:36.0 | Solid progress. |
| 0:37.0 | Today, we're going to talk about some current events and lead us into a topic that a lot |
| 0:40.5 | of people want to know our opinion on. |
| 0:42.7 | But first things first, how is the Boston prep going? |
| 0:47.2 | You're about two months out, little less. |
| 0:50.1 | How's it going? |
| 0:52.7 | It's going well. |
| 0:54.0 | I feel like it's going well. |
| 0:57.6 | I said that before New York, though, and then I just tanked, so I'm cautiously optimistic. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm going to do New York half as a tune up race, so that'll be fun just to bust some rust |
| 1:10.9 | and see where we're at. |
| 1:12.4 | I think before New York, I didn't want to race because I was just head down, prepare, |
| 1:17.0 | do all the things correctly, eyes on the big prize. |
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