Jess McClain On Signing With Brooks Running (Again) + Deciding To Return To The Track
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🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
“It’s just a really cool moment. You just never know what opportunities will arise and what full-circle moments will happen. I’m just happy that I took that tough call in 2019 to move back here and figure my life and self out to become the runner that I am today and to be welcomed back by Brooks. It’s a really cool opportunity. I’m stoked to be back.”
Jess McClain (née Tonn) has signed a professional contract with Brooks Running a month after finishing fourth at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in a personal best of 2:25:46.
McClain burst onto the marathoning scene winning the Mesa Marathon in Feb. 2022 and then securing a U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying mark of 2:29:25 at Grandma’s Marathon in June 2023. She has been coaching herself. Even after the signing, she will remain in Arizona and will still coach herself.
McClain is the Olympic team alternate, which means if O’Keeffe, Sisson or Lindwurm were to get injured and unable to race in Paris, she would be called in as the replacement.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Jess McClain | @jesstonn on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | Support for the City Smack Podcast comes from New Balance Running. I've been waiting a few |
| 0:04.8 | weeks to finally put this ad read together because I'm excited to share my review of the New Balance |
| 0:10.6 | SC Elite V4. It is the shoe that I wore to break three hours at the |
| 0:15.1 | Houston Marathon and now it could be yours. I had my first chance to try on a |
| 0:19.6 | pair with a secret all-white prototype at the New York City Marathon and I came away from that race a bit bumed about my time but with zero issues on my feet no hot spots or blisters and my legs weren't as beat up So while I could have opted for any other shoe I stuck with the |
| 0:36.0 | SC Elite V4s. It's got a new Piba Fuel Cell mid-sole and they updated the carbon fiber plate design to have a more four foot stiffness |
| 0:44.8 | so you get more pop than the other previous versions. |
| 0:47.8 | They also change the upper to phantom fit so it secures your foot down. |
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| 0:55.9 | So if you're looking for a race day shoe, my recommendation right now is the New Balance SCLE v4. |
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| 1:24.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the Citius Mag podcast. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Chris Chavez and this is my show where I get the chance to chat with some of the biggest names on the track on the roads within the coaching ranks and across the running industry. |
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