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The Running Public

Episode 65: Nicholas Ryker

The Running Public

Kirk Dewindt & Brakken Kraker

Sports:running, Running, Sports, Health & Fitness, Fitness

5691 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Three months ago, Nick was preparing to prove his ranking as one of the most promising young racers in North America. Then, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. The toll it immediately took on his body has been severe, and he is actively fighting to regain control of his dreams of being a professional athlete. This interview will leave you rooting for Nick while realizing how lucky we are to be able to run in the first place.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the running public.

0:13.2

From marathoners to mud runners, we all have the same goal.

0:16.5

Get to the finish line faster.

0:18.3

That's right.

0:19.0

This podcast is for you guys, the running public.

0:30.5

Nick, you can't be taking phone calls on our time, man. No, man. My boss calls said if I wanted

0:35.4

to play spike ball, I need to do it now. I said, can't do it.

0:39.1

Unprofessional. Yeah. Yeah. And obviously, we're oozing profession over here, aren't we?

0:44.3

Aren't we backing? Yes, we are. Nick, where are you at these days? What kind of room are you in right now?

0:50.6

I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. I'm at my place of business I work at the gym, D1

0:56.3

training, just in an office here talking to you guys. But yeah, right outside of Nashville and

1:00.9

Franklin, actually. Okay. So you're full-time training right now? No, I'm actually outbound sales.

1:08.2

So I'm trying to recruit people, recruit like teams, like high schools

1:12.3

to take part of our training. So that's kind of, I just jumped it to that role. So that's what

1:16.5

I'm doing. Because you're a smooth talker. I am a smooth talker and a good head, get a good,

1:20.8

bald head for it. Good. Does that play well on phone calls? No, it doesn't actually. People think I'm older because of it, but that's

1:30.3

about it. Wow. So you, Nick, looking at you, I can tell that you've lost a little weight, brother.

1:36.9

About 20 pounds, yeah. That's what you're down, huh? Yeah, down to my college cross-country days.

1:43.7

You know, we're going to start off with what you got going on recently, but you remember,

1:48.4

I'm not going to compare you to Lance Armstrong, but I'm going to compare you to Lance Armstrong right now.

1:54.0

You remember when Lance Armstrong got cancer, because Lance Armstrong was a sprinter on the bike.

2:00.2

He was considered a mussely bike rider.

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