630. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Track & Field, with Kyle Merber

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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"This is not an easy question for many reasons!"

Welcome back to “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know!” I’ve worked in the running industry in some capacity for roughly a decade now, and as much as I’ve immersed myself, there’s still so much I don’t know or understand. So if I, a relative industry insider, am still confused about things like shoe contracts, drug testing, waterfall starts on the track, and the Diamond Leagues, surely I’m not alone. I put out the ask — What’s something you don’t understand or have always wanted to ask about the running industry? — and the responses came pouring in with great questions.

So today, former professional runner and founder of The Lap Count (and track and field’s biggest fan and hype guy) Kyle Merber is here to answer all of your questions about the track, the roads, the big leagues, and more. Lane assignments and Olympic standards and “Why are there so many U.S. National Championships?” and world rankings, oh my! (Listen to part one of this series — all about the business of running — here.)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.6	I'm your host Allie Feller and today's episode is another fun one.
0:11.0	It's part two of everything you've ever wanted to ask about Track & Field with our resident
0:16.9	expert, former professional myeller and founder of the Lab Count newsletter, Kyle Merber.
0:22.8	The last episode in this series was all about the business of professional running and
0:28.1	it was a huge hit.
0:29.8	I learned a lot, you learned a lot, we all learned a lot and we definitely enjoyed some
0:35.2	laughs along the way, so thank you, Kyle, for that.
0:38.9	Today we are focusing on the track for a bit, things like Power Lane Assignments decided
0:44.2	on the track, and why do we sometimes call it the 5,000 meters and other times refer to
0:49.2	what is seemingly the same race as the 5K?
0:52.5	Then we're talking about the big leagues, the world marathon majors, the diamond leagues,
0:58.0	and why are there so many USATF national championships?
1:02.1	Alright, are you ready to learn and be entertained?
1:05.1	Great, please welcome Kyle Merber back to the Alley on the Run Show to answer all of your
1:09.9	questions about Track & Field, about marathons, about negative splits, Olympic standards, and
1:15.8	so much more.
1:24.5	We are back, Kyle Merber returns to the Alley on the Run Show yet again because we need
1:30.8	answers, Kyle.
1:32.4	Thank you so much for being here.
1:33.8	Everything you need to know about last time we covered the business of this sport, now
1:38.6	we're getting into some of the nitty-gritty, Track & Field, Lane Assignments, all kinds
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