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Welcome to the Runner's World Show, where each week we entertain you, inspire you, and inform you about all things

running. I'm David Willie, editor-in-chief of Runner's World. It's great to be back from our two-week

break. And this week, in the kick, we've got the tale of two very different ultra-record attempts.

It's also BQ season, so we're going to talk about the time you really had to run to get

into next year's Boston Marathon. And we have the story of an alleged thief who picked

the wrong people to mess with, otherwise known as a cross-country team. We also bring you the final

episode of Project Build Strength, otherwise known as executive editor Tish Hamilton's quest

to run less and cross-train more over the summer.

But first, my interview with writer, runner, mother,

and student, Kristen Armstrong.

She talks about how running helped her

through the pain and stress of her divorce in 2003

from cyclist Lance

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