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. This week, in the kick, the best foods for time-crunched runners, and the foot fails, your podiatrist really wishes you would avoid.

But first, the latest on Nike's Breaking 2 project.

The company's quest to help three of the world's best athletes run a sub two-hour marathon,

which has never been done.

A lot happened this week.

Nike released details about the location of the sub two attempt and about the innovative shoes that

the three marathoners will be wearing and that will inform shoes that maybe you will be wearing

soon. They also held a test run of sorts with the three marathoners, a halfway simulation.

It's exciting stuff, and we are looking forward to updating you on this project.

So thanks for joining us and stick around.

If you have been listening to the show, you may remember that after more than two years of

research, preparation, and testing, Nike announced its Breaking Two project in early December.

Their goal is to break the two-hour mark in the marathon. Since then, three Nike-backed athletes, Elliot Kipchogi of Kenya,

Lalissa de Sisa of Ethiopia, and Xerzene Tresi of Eritrea, have been training at their

individual camps to prepare for this audacious

goal. On Tuesday, the Nike team released details on exactly where this sub-two attempt would take

place at a racetrack in Italy, and also revealed details on the gear, specifically the shoes

that the athletes would be wearing. A few hours later, the three runners met for a dry run of sorts.

Nike called it a simulation run, to get familiar with the track and the surroundings

and the hydration strategy and the pacing tactics and to do a lot of fine-tuning.

Throughout this journey, Runners World has had exclusive access to the team

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