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Jacob Thomson and Rory Linkletter
EN93 episodes
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Rory Linkletter and Jacob Thomson are professional marathoners chasing fast times and big goals on the roads. Training out of Flagstaff, Arizona, they’ve got plenty of stories from the grind of big mileage, the chaos of race travel, the highs and lows of racing on the world stage and the random stuff that happens between workouts. With a passion for storytelling, running culture, and building community, Rory and Jacob bring listeners behind the scenes of the marathon lifestyle. Training talk wit...
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Episodes (93)
#53 - Jess McClain Is Thinking Bigger: Boston, World Champs & NYC
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Sep 6, 20261:11:15pending
#52 - Mailbag Episode: Yomif's World Record, World Ultimate Wild Cards, and List...
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Aug 30, 20261:08:20pending
#51 - Between Reps: NYC Fields, Edmonton Half, European Champs, Race Schedule Up...
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Aug 23, 20261:12:24pending
#50: The Call-In Show: Hot Takes, Marathon Relay Drafts, and Desert Island Train...
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Aug 16, 20261:21:00pending
#49 Truett Hanes on Chasing the OTQ and Going All In on a Goal That Scares You
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Aug 9, 20261:09:10pending
#48 Vincent Ciattei on Winning the US 5000m Title, Training as a Miler at Altitu...
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Jul 30, 20261:06:07pending
#47 Between Reps: Josh Kerr's Record, USAs, and Training Updates
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Jul 26, 20261:04:38pending
#46 Madey Dickson on Running 2:28 at Boston, Working Full Time as a Nurse, and C...
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Jul 19, 202658:41pending
#45 Between Reps - Summer Heat Training, Josh Kerr's World Record Attempt, and F...
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Jul 12, 20261:03:47pending
#44 NAZ Elite Coach Jack Mullaney on Building Team Culture, Alex Masai's Breakou...
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Jul 5, 20261:13:49pending
#43 Steph Bruce on 20 Years as a Pro, Founding Picky Bars, the Stamata Project,...
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Jun 28, 202659:03pending
#42 Listener Q & A - Broken Arrow & MRI Update
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Jun 21, 20261:18:05pending
#41 Brady Holmer - High Carb Evidence, Ketone, and How to Actually Sleep Before...
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Jun 14, 20261:20:09pending
#40 David Roche - The Rules of High Carb Training, How to Train the Gut, Fatigue...
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Jun 7, 20261:16:22pending
#39 Between Reps - Ottawa Marathon Edition
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May 31, 20261:12:12pending
#38 Vinny Mauri - Untold Stories from a 2:05 Marathon Debut + Training with the...
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May 24, 20261:08:18pending
#37 Molly Seidel - Marathons to Trails, Western States 100 miler, How to keep ru...
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May 17, 20261:08:44pending
#36 - How to taper for a Marathon and How to Recover After | Shakeout Podcast wi...
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May 10, 202647:45pending
#35 Between Reps - London Marathon, 2:05 in Ohio, Has the marathon changed forev...
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May 3, 20261:10:50pending
#34 Between Reps - Boston Marathon Reflection after running 2:06 and 2:09, What...
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Apr 23, 202654:43pending
#33 Ben Rosario - Running Industry Insider, Professional Coach and Founder of NA...
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Apr 19, 20261:03:04pending
#32 Between Reps - Boston Marathon Edition, Deep Dive into our Boston Builds, Wi...
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Apr 12, 202657:24failed
#31 - Listener Call In Show, We answer your marathon questions and discuss all t...
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Apr 5, 20261:24:47failed
#30 Ed Eyestone - From being an Olympian to Coaching Them, Elite Marathon Traini...
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Mar 29, 20261:19:14failed
#29 Phil Sesemann - London Marathon Training, Linking up with Alex Yee and Emile...
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Mar 22, 20261:21:11failed
#28 Conner Mantz - Lessons from Injury, Boston Build, Training Insights
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Mar 15, 20261:04:11failed
#27 Between Reps - Ethan Shuley's Training Deep Dive, Grant Fisher’s Half Debut,...
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Mar 8, 20261:18:00failed
#26 Dakotah Popehn - Boston Marathon, Minnesota Distance Elite, Overdistance Lon...
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Mar 1, 202650:36pending
#25 Jess Tonn McClain - Boston Marathon, Marathon Fueling, Bicarb for Long Races...
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Feb 22, 202649:46pending
#24 Between Reps - Pacing the AR attempt, Upcoming races, Marathon Myths, Does t...
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Feb 14, 20261:03:51pending
#23 Brady Holmer - What really matters when it comes to sleep, caffeine, ketones...
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Feb 8, 20261:18:03pending
#22 - Mailbag, Boston Marathon Fields, Training Updates
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Feb 1, 202648:25pending
#21 Eric Floberg - Floberg Runs, Dad Strength, Discipline, Authenticity in Conte...
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Jan 25, 202655:30pending
#20 Josh Hoey - Indoor 600 World Record, New Training, New Balance Grand Prix, W...
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Jan 18, 202640:59pending
#19 - Canadian Record, Rory runs 59:49 at the Houston Half Marathon
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Jan 13, 202642:33pending
#18 - Houston Marathon Preview, What's in & What's out for 2026
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Jan 8, 202657:01pending
#17 JP Flavin - Marathon Project Champion, Brooks Hansons Distance Project, in c...
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Jan 2, 202645:05pending
#16 Between Reps with Chris - Training Updates, most Overrated, Underrated, and...
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Dec 21, 20251:09:53pending
#15 Joe Whelan - 6 marathons in 1 year, 2:09 at CIM
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Dec 14, 202543:56pending
#14 Johannes Motschmann - 140 mile weeks, 2:10 Marathon, Best Training Camps
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Dec 9, 202557:46pending
#13 - CIM & US Champs Preview, Taper Time, Key Workouts in the Build, Fuel Plan
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Dec 1, 202533:39pending
#12 Mica Rivera Wood - Building Instagram and Youtube to 100k, Marathon Debut, T...
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Nov 23, 202546:27pending
#11 Brady Holmer - Vo2 Max, How to Increase Volume Safely, Heat Training for Per...
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Nov 17, 202552:10pending
#10 Ran to Japan - Why is Japan so deep in the marathon? Running Youtube, 2:38 t...
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Nov 9, 202554:06pending
#9 - Biya Simbassa, 2:06 Marathoner, Top American Seed at New York City Marathon
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Nov 1, 202537:59pending
#8 - Reed Fischer - Tinman Elite's new focus, New York City Marathon, World Cham...
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Oct 26, 202552:14pending
#7 - Chicago Marathon War Stories, Rory runs 2:06, Way to early 2028 Olympic Tri...
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Oct 15, 202548:33pending
#6 - Chicago Marathon Preview, The Record Chase is ON, Your guide to race day!
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Oct 9, 202549:09pending
#5 Mike Arishita - CEO & Founder of Blanks Nutrition, How to fuel for a marathon
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Oct 1, 202545:36pending
#4 Julia Paternain - World Championship Medalist, Phone calls from Paula Radclif...
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Sep 26, 202547:15pending