Episode 473: The Trial of Miles Chasing Olympic Trials Marathon Peter Bromka
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter
4.8 • 622 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Peter Bromka is a 2:19 marathoner, acclaimed writer, and passionate voice in the running community. Peter transformed his marathon debut from 3:07 to 2:19, coming agonizingly close to the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard. Peter co-hosts the podcast, Road to the Olympic Trails, where collaborates with Lindsey Hein and Matt Chittim to uncover the stories behind the Olympic Marathon Trial Qualifiers.
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| 0:00.0 | That guy just could run the 218 marathon and go about his day. |
| 0:03.2 | And I was like, whoa, this is the sickest thing ever. I have like my two Boston Marathon bids with my name on it that I got to run with the pro field. And those were just like two of the sickest days of my running life. As my friend likes to say, without a goal, you can't score. And so you were like, I'm going for records. And I'm like, okay, now I'm interested because he could fail. |
| 0:23.1 | And with failure as a potential, then I'm intrigued. When they moved the standard to 216, I was like, |
| 0:30.7 | thank you. I'm out. I'm ready to go home. Running the clock does not care. It just doesn't matter. |
| 0:37.0 | Like, I grew up a soccer player |
| 0:39.0 | and we would like talk shit and try to get each other's heads and I loved that side of the sport |
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