American Record Holder & US Champion Josh Hoey Is Coming For It All: Why He Believes The US Is The Next Up In The 800m & What He Wants To Accomplish In His Career + Training Like Jakob Ingebrigtsen

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Adidas pro Josh Hoey joins us fresh off a scorching performance at the Indoor Championships in New York, kicking off his 2025 season in other-wordly fashion.

Josh broke his own American Indoor 800m record, winning his first national championship at the 2025 USATF Indoor Championships in Staten Island with a time of 1:43.24.

Josh also ran a blazing 1:43.9 in the 800m at the Millrose Games; prior to that he won the 1500m at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston with a time of 3:33.66, beating Olympian Grant Fisher.

In January of this year he set a new American record in the short track 1,000m with a time of 2:14.48–which is the second fastest time in indoor history. Josh finished fourth in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800m with a time of 1:44.12.

Josh went to Bishop Shanahan High School in Pennsylvania, where he set a U.S. high school national record in the 800m as a senior with a time of 1:47.67.

Josh has experienced a lot in his time as a competitive runner, having worked with six coaches over six years. While Josh's dad is his main collaborator when it comes to training, his current work with coach Justin Rinaldi–who leads the Fast8 Track Club–is bearing immediate dividends.

In today's conversation, Josh takes me through his mindset, why he has much bigger things on his mind than what he's accomplished so far in 2025, what he wants to do on the World Stage, the state of the US Men's 800m, why his faith is so important to him and much more.

This conversation was excellent in its ability to dive-deep into one of the biggest up-and-coming runners in the world.

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0:00.0	As that information gap goes down, like you're sort of seeing the U.S. capitalize on that a lot more than even some of the other countries are able to just from a resource standpoint.
0:11.6	And so I think that the U.S. has some of the hardest working toughest runners in the world.
0:16.8	And I know that a lot of Europeans don't see it that way.
0:19.5	And it's going to be a rude awakening
0:21.8	if they underestimate the U.S.
0:26.9	That was Josh Hoey today on the Running Effect podcast, and I'm your host, Dominic Schleader,
0:31.5	thrilled for this conversation and for you to listen to it with Josh.
0:34.6	It's a good one, it's a fun one.
0:36.5	Josh, honestly, I say this at the beginning
0:38.2	of the conversation, but Josh has been on a tear. I truly believe that 2025 is his year. He's done
0:43.6	remarkable things already, winning the Milrose Games, setting a national record in the indoor 1K,
0:48.8	so the American record in the indoor 800 meters. I don't know why I just said national record
0:53.5	and American record. They're the same thing for Josh. But yeah, why I just said national record and American record.
0:54.6	They're the same thing for Josh.
0:55.9	But yeah, he's been on an absolute tear this year.
0:58.1	And so I want to sit down with him, hear his story, hear insights in wisdom from his
1:02.8	journey back in the day in high school.
1:04.7	He set an indoor high school national record with a time of 147.
1:09.1	So he's been really good for a long time.
1:11.0	He's got fun stories with training with his brother growing up, training under his dad,
1:15.2	even how his dad influences his training in the current state of things.
1:19.8	Love this conversation with Josh.
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