Our podcast is moving here: https://pinecast.com/feed/letsrun Please update your feedThere was a ton to talk about this week as the Diamond League has returned and Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s unbeaten streak has passed the two year mark. We spend a ton of time talking about how exciting and wide-open Worlds are going to be this year with few huge mid-d or distance favorites. Plus Craig Engels may miss the DL final because he has to go to a wedding, Max Burgin gets rave reviews for bombing in Birmingham, an American man has won the Falmouth Road Race for the 1st time since 1988, Nike says it won’t reduce a woman’s sponsorship deal for 8 months before giving birth and 10 months after, the Kenyan 10,000 Trials are in the books, and will Alexa Efraimson finally PR in 2020? And even a little ultra talk at the end.https://pinecast.com/feed/letsrun
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Show notes: 2:30 Jonathan Gault responds to being called a “doping apologist” and talks about his Jarrion Lawson article 7:20 Birmingham DL talk as Jonathan reveals an exclusive that the IAAF told him about Shaunae Miller-Uibo 23:00 Jonathan talks about Craig Engels potentially missing the DL finale as he is serving as the best man in a wedding 27:50 We talk about how exciting and wide open the mid-d and distance races will be at Worlds as there aren’t really many big favorites like Mo Farah, David Rudisha, etc. We break down all of the events one by one. 52:30 We talk about the 2019 Falmouth Road Race and Miles. 59:30 We talk about Nike’s new child-birth policy regarding women’s sponsorships. 61:50 We apologize to the people of Aarhus for Donald Trump cancelling his visit to Denmark, before going to talk about the 10 year anniversary of Usain Bolt’s 9.58