Undefeated Benji Anderson Shares His Passion For Trails, Track, & Going Out With A Bang For His Senior Year

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Undefeated Benji Anderson hops on the podcast today!

Benji is one of the top boys in the class of 2025 and recently commited to run for the University of Notre Dame.

Benji holds PRs of 1:54.05 (800m), 4:15.26 (1600m), 8:52.12 (3200m), and 14:48 (5k).

Benji is a 2023 Footlocker All-American, and the #3 returner in 2024. He's a 3xState-Runner Up. He's a 2x4x800m state record-holder and state champion. He also is a 2xColorado State classification record-holder (freshman and sophomore5k).

Benji also excels on the trails, where he is the National High School Trail Running Champion.

In today's conversation, Benji takes me through his career, his undefeated season thus far, his ambitions for the rest of the year, being one of the first HOKA NIL athletes, his passion for the trails and so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to episode two of the callroom Road to Balboa presented by Hoka.
0:06.7	Today, I have the great privilege of speaking with the one and only Benji Anderson out of the great state of Colorado.
0:11.7	If you're not familiar with Benji, he holds PRs of 154 in the 800, 415 and the 1600, 852 in the 3,200, and 1448 in the 5K. Benji is a 2023 foot locker
0:24.3	All-American and is the number three returner in 2024. He's a three-time state runner-up and a two-time
0:31.7	Colorado state classification record holder in the freshman and sophomore 5K. Benji also excels on the trails where he is a national
0:39.6	high school trail running champion. Benji also is an NIL athlete for Hoka, and he has committed to
0:45.9	run for the University of Notre Dame next fall. Today's conversation is a deep dive into, I guess,
0:51.5	the career of Benji Anderson, his training, his mindset, all things leading
0:55.3	up to the road to Foot Locker, December 14th in San Diego, where Benji will look to win his
1:00.9	first national title on the grass. Really enjoyed this one. Benji shares a lot of insights
1:04.9	in regards to his training, his life, and how he's gotten this far in sport. I think you guys
1:10.4	are going to enjoy this
1:11.6	one. And if you do, please consider sharing it with a friend, someone who you think would find
1:15.6	value and benefit from it. Also, if you want to help the podcast out, takes five to 10 seconds to
1:20.2	do, please consider giving us a follow and a five-star review. If you've already done so, I
1:24.8	apologize. I say that every episode and you're probably annoyed with me saying it.
1:27.8	But new people listen to the podcast every week. So, yeah, if you're new here and you have not done those two things, takes five to ten seconds to do those two things. Without further ado, I hope you all enjoy my conversation with the man, the myth, the legend, Benji Anderson.
1:43.8	Benji Anderson, welcome to the call room, Roda Balboa.
1:47.0	Episode two, how are you doing, man?
1:48.6	I'm good. How are you?
1:50.2	Doing really good.
1:51.2	You are willing and gracious enough to record this before school, and you were telling me
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