4.6 • 931 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2016
⏱️ 74 minutes
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If you’ve been listening for a while, then you know there’s someone very specific I’ve been working on bringing to the show: Meb Keflezighi. I love hearing his stories, and it seems like everyone always has something positive to say about him.
Today was no exception — I had the pleasure of speaking with his longtime coach and mentor, Bob Larsen. He has coached at almost every level of the sport, all the way from high school students to olympians. He is also the founder of the Mammoth Track Club, where both Meb and Deena Kastor led the way.
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1:00.0 | If you missed it, be sure to go back and check it out. Now, if you've been |
1:04.9 | listening for a while, you know that there is one guest in particular who I've |
1:08.5 | been working on trying to bring on the show. I do love hearing his stories and |
1:12.4 | it seems every person I talk to who knows him just |
1:15.0 | keeps reinforcing how great of a person he is. Well today we got to hear from his longtime |
1:19.8 | coach and |
1:25.0 | he has coached at almost every level of the sport from high school all the way up to working with professionals |
1:28.0 | and he also set up the Mammoth Track Club |
1:30.0 | where both Mebb and Dina, |
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