Beers and Miles

In Spring of 2021, Alex had a breakthrough performance at the first McKirdy Micro Marathon. He ran 2:16:51, destroying his personal best and running a time that would be under the eventual Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 2:18:00. The problem? The standard window hadn't started. Over the next two years he would take multiple shots at the standard and would come up short on the day. After four attempts at it, he would line up for his last shot this past October, less than two months before the window closed.

Alex takes us through his journey, going into detail on his mentality, the adjustments he made, and everything that led to his last shot back at Rockland State Park, back to where it all started those few short years ago. We talk about his build, adjusting to altitude, race day, qualifying for the Olympic Trials, and about his preparations for his next race, the Olympic Trials Marathon this February. And of course we have to end out the podcast as we always do, with off the wall questions.

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Josh Peterson joins us for part two of our two parter! Josh hosts his own podcast, Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious.

For episode two we focus on the big one. Breaking three hours for the first time and running under the Boston Qualifier. Josh takes through setting new, aggressive goals during he build up to the 2022 Chicago Marathon. Following Chicago, he would find out a year later that he would be on the wrong side of the Boston Marathon cutoff time. Josh provides us with a refreshing perspective on how to stay positive and ready for the next race despite the bad news.

Now available wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Have questions for the podcasts, guest recommendations, or topic ideas? Send them to beersandmiles@gmail.com. Want to follow Josh? Follow him on Instagram at @joshtweeterson. Want to check out Chasing Three Hours? Follow the podcast at @chasingthreehours. Want to follow Cris? Follow him at @beersandmiles.

Josh Peterson joins us for the first of a great two part series! Josh hosts his own podcast, Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious.

We talk with Josh, the week before his big Fall race at the Des Moines Marathon. We start the podcast with his origin story, from running in high school to walking away from it to pursue other passions, and then finding it once again as an adult. We talk motivations to keep doing it, setbacks in those early years, and about finding a way to have running as a positive outlet. We close out part one on a high note, with a special race that got him to start thinking about what was possible.

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We're back with another installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Joining us today is Pittsburgh Track Club's own, Colin Martin! Fresh off of his Olympic Trials Qualifier at Grandmas Marathon this past June, Colin joins us to chat about his running journey. We join Colin in part 2 of this series as he talks about his introduction to the Pittsburgh Track Club. We discuss his build up to Grandmas Marathon and finally what we all came to hear, his OTQ. We couldn't let Colin off that easy though, we had to hit em with our classic series of unhinged questions.

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We're back with another installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Joining us today is Pittsburgh Track Club's own, Colin Martin! Fresh off of his Olympic Trials Qualifier at Grandmas Marathon this past June, Colin joins us to chat about his running journey. Part one features his origin story, from Fox Chapel and breaking 9 in the two mile to his collegiate journey and finding the love for running again. We're sure you'll have as much time listening as we had recording this one, with plenty of laughs and awws to be had in this first episode! 

Now available wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Have questions for the podcasts, guest recommendations, or topic ideas? Send them to beersandmiles@gmail.com. Want to follow Colin? Follow him on Instagram at @ctmartin_ptc. Want to follow Cris? Follow him at @beersandmiles. We'll be back with episode two next week! 

This episode series started with a prompt, “were you a head case or over-obsessed with running in college? Do you have a healthy relationship with it now? Let’s chat about it.”

For episode 2 of our series, I’m joined by Josh behuniak! Josh, brings to us a great story of just what can happen with just plain ol hard work and consistency. But the story does not come without some challenges. In this episode Josh talks us through his growth as a runner, digging into the highs and lows of his experience. He speaks about finding finding himself crossing the line into obsession during the beginning of the pandemic, moving his life to a city hours away, and finally his journey into the marathon. We’re just scratching the surface here with Josh as he has some exciting goals coming over the next year. 

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This episode series started with a prompt, “were you a head case or over-obsessed with running in college? Do you have a healthy relationship with it now? Let’s chat about it.” And for our first guest on this series I’m joined by TJ Morales. TJ, a graduate of High Point University was fortunate to have found a knowledgeable and positive community when he began to run in high School and for the early part of college. But what happens when those positive influences are no longer around and you’re left with an environment not conducive to growth in the sport? On this episode TJ takes us through his story of carving his own path in the sport and the barriers and breakthroughs he found. TJ has continued to improvement post college despite an extremely busy life outside of running. I really enjoyed talking to TJ and much of his attitude toward running is something that others can take away as well.

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We have a fun podcast on deck for all of you fellow track nerds. With the NBA Trade Deadline just ending, Fahy came to us with an idea... What if all of the major US Distance groups had their own trade deadline. So we did it. On this week's episode Cris is joined by Fahy, Ditri (for a second), and Witty as we go through all of the major US groups and facilitate trades. We got package deals, one for ones, and maybe even some extras tossed in to make up for cap space. We hit almost every group here and then discuss who would be every group's franchise player that would never be traded. And of course we finish it off with some fun questions to cap it all off.

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On this week's episode of the Beers and Miles podcast Cris and Brent are joined by one of our favorite reoccurring guest, one of the British citizens of Albion, Adam Ditri. We catch up on running and then jump right into our main topic brought to us by Nicky B. The topic for discussion is: how do you deal with running anxiety? We follow up the main running topic with our fun topic of the week: What are your no skips albums. Finally, we wrapped things up with our usual random questions at the end of the show. As always beers and consumed and we may have some hot takes at the ready. 

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We've finally made it to part three! After an hour recording and a couple drinks, the boys get to talking about the future. In the third part of our multipart series, we welcome back Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland as they discuss their race schedules for 2023 and goals for the year. And as we do with every episode, we finish off with some random questions. What kind of madness have the cohosts texted in for the episode? Well you'll need to listen to find out! 

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The transition to competing post collegiately is often one that is not as straightforward as we believe it would be before graduation. In the second part of our multipart series, we welcome back Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland to discuss the paths they took to running competitively again following graduation. Each speaks about their path to finding a coach and finding a healthy balance for themselves while still staying motivated to continue competing. Our original recording went extremely long so expect a part three episode sooner rather than later! 

Look out for Part 3 coming to you soon! 

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The motivation to continue competing post college is built in the months or even years prior to graduation. In our first of our multipart series we welcome Otterbein's University's Max Hoffman, and Albion College's Adam Ditri & Andrew Wittland. In this episode each speaks on their experience at their respective colleges and their final races. We touch briefly on the transition post college before jumping into our usual shenanigans of random questions. 

We had a great time chatting with the boys and can't wait to have them back on for Part 2! 

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This week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast began with a hypothetical thrown out by Nicole. Take the 2022 NFL Starting Quarterbacks and assign them a track event. For this episode we dialed up a favorite past guest that we knew would be up for the challenge, Steven Fahy! Join us as we go through this year's quarterbacks and try and figure out where they would fit in on your high school track team. 

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We're back with two of our favorite guests, Alex Burks and Zach Ornelas! Alex and Zach take us through this past training block heading into their big race, Grandma's Marathon where they will look to qualify for the United States Olympic Marathon Trials! After going through their training blocks, the boys discuss their experiences running and ultimately winning The Speed Project! We had a ton of fun chatting with them again and we're excited to see how they do at Grandmas! 

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Notes:
Alex's Reddit TSP Recap: https://www.reddit.com/r/AdvancedRunning/comments/tweonj/race_report_the_speed_project_og_chasing_records/

This week's podcast was recorded the week before the Boston Marathon and Glass City. Join Cris, Keen, and Brent as we talk about the lead up to our peak races for the spring. While Nicole is not on this episode, she makes her presence known throughout the episode with random questions. We each talk about our own build ups, with Brent speaking on his first marathon build, Keen talking about a buildup that didn't go exactly to plan, and Cris recapping his first healthy training block without setbacks. We'll be back soon for an episode recapping our races! 

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We're back with Episode 3 of Beers and Miles The Elite Files with our guest Alex Burks! After a couple hours recording a couple brews, this episode is full of randomness. We got your hard hitting questions here including, what is BQ and why is it not BBQ? As we all of our lightning round question segments, this is as off the rails as you can imagine.

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We're back with episode 2 of Beers and Miles The Elite Files with our guest Alex Burks! For this week's episode we take a journey through Alex's post collegiate running career. We cover some major points in Burks' early road racing, from half marathon debuts, a happenstance marathon. We have plenty of wild stories including the 2020 time trials, Orchard Street Runners, and capping it off with the breakthroughs that led him to this point. We ask the important questions and definitely fall off topic more than we should but that's showbiz baby! We loved having Alex on for this episode and we're sure you're going to enjoy listening. Watch out for part 3 coming soon!

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We're back with an episode to kick off the new year (yes we know it's already half way through January). Cris, Keen, and Nicole are back in virtual form to give you updates from the last couple months! We talk about Boston, Wine Glass, and other races throughout the fall. We talk goals for 2022 and Nicole and Keen introduce Cris to the craziness that is the mobile game Big Farm. Lots of jokes, some out of tune singing, and random references to come! 

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On this week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast, we welcome Brian Free, founder of the Short North Running Club to discuss the creation of a successful running club. Short North Running Club was started in 2013 and has maintained its status as one of the strongest and consistent year around running clubs in Columbus. Brian tells us about the founding of the club, how it's developed over the years, and fond memories along the way. Brian is a wealth of knowledge and provides great insight for anyone looking to create a running club in their area. 

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We're back for episode 2 of our conversation with The Oval and Philly Runner's own Ethan Herman! This episode we focused on the creation of The Oval as well as some conversations regarding grassroots content and running culture in general. We also finish off the episode with some listener questions as well so if you're trying to know what pizza place is best in Pittsburgh, listen and find out! 

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For this installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files, we have a special guest that has had a history of competing at the highest level. Our guest this week is Stanford star and now recent Puma signee, Steven Fahy! From winning Age Group Nationals as a 10 year old to winning the 2019 NCAA National Title in the Steeplechase, Steven provides an inside baseball look into the mindset that comes with competing at the highest levels of our sport both as an individual and as a team. We got race replays, hot sports takes, and a bracket challenge for the ages! Buckle up cause this is a good one! 

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Hi everyone! Well a hello from the crew. Cris, Nicole, and Brent are back to fill ya'll in on the goings on of our running lives. Major life changes, running updates, race recaps, and some wild references that don't make sense. We had a ton of fun catching up and hopefully you have a good time listening! 

Welcome to the first episode of Track Talk with Cris & Evan (Name Pending). We kick off this series by recapping the major highlights of the track meets following the US Olympic Trials. Just because the US has picked their team, doesn't mean the track world has stopped!

Highlights: 

• Kate Grace begins her revenge tour through Europe. 
• Karsten Warholm says, anything you can do I can do better in the 400 Hurdles. 
• Timothy Cheruiyot tells Athletics Kenya: LET ME IN. 
• Mohamed Katir establishes himself as a medal threat. 
• Emma Coburn reminds us that Track and Field is a cruel cruel sport 
• Josette Norris and Colby Alexander bounce back and Colby is very good at Instagram 
• Centro has beef and he's gonna let you know about it
• Craig Engels is a good guy 
• Siffan Hassan's journey to immortality 
• Paul Chelimo is good at Twitter

All this and more in our first episode!

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After an exciting Olympic Trials, the boys return back to where it all began, Derek's Backyard, to recap a wild week of events. We go through almost every event of the trials, digging deep into the distances. We go through heartbreaks, breakthroughs, and Breydon's hot takes while trying to keep the ship afloat. And of course we'll jump off topic, because of course we do. 

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After a long hiatus (sorry life happened), we're back with a new episode! Join Cris, Derek, Evan, Max, and Jamie as we try to predict the distance events at the 2021 Olympic Track Trials. We obviously didn't do as much homework as we should've but you'll have fun laughing at our picks. Think you have better predictions than us? DM Cris or email him for a chance to win a prize I guess. 

Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Anchor. Be sure to like, share and subscribe! Have questions for the podcast or topic ideas? Shoot them out to Beersandmiles@gmail.com. Follow Cris at @beersandmiles, Nicole at @nicoletherunner, and Brent at @hunterrunner and Keen at @keen_forarun. Enjoyed our special guests? Give them a follow too: Derek (@dereknabe), Max (Max_Hoffman96), Evan (evanhatton), and Jamie (@reddragonxc)

We have an exciting guest for this installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! Hot off a scorching 2020/21 we have Keira D'Amato! During this episode we talk about her journey into competitive running, her hiatus from running entirely, and her comeback and breakthroughs over the last year. This episode is full of great insight about returning to running, and Keira offers a very refreshing approach to competition that is not often seen from runners at that level. We had a ton of fun with this one and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed talking! 

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The crew is back after a small hiatus! Join us this week as we give our running updates and generally jump off topic from the start. We then discuss our tips for adjusting to the weather change before we have a conversation regarding how our sport is represented to the public. As always, we close the show with some questions!

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We're back? Well kinda! Cris here to give some quick updates before we get back to our regular scheduled programming! Got some great episodes in the works but we'd also love your help on our reflection podcast that we have in the works!

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It's another one of our random monthly catchup episodes. Join Cris, Nicole, and Brent as we babble on for another about various topics. Running updates galore, with Cris talking about his recent 5K time trial. Main topic focuses on tips for traveling and Nicole tells you hacks that Big Suitcase doesn't want you to know! 

We're back with our second installment of our Elite Files series featuring Wyatt Baxter. In this episode pick right up on the COVID season cancellations and how he has adapted to training without knowing when his next race will be. We discuss motivations and his relationship with running. We also get an inside look into being a dog runner dad too. And as always, we cap it off with some goofy questions. We had a ton of fun with this episode, we hope you enjoy!

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We start 2021 with a new Beers and Miles: The Elite Files! For this installment of the series, we welcome Wyatt Baxter. Wyatt is a current athlete at Chico State where he's made quite a name for himself, already racking up two All-American awards in Cross Country. In this first part of our two part series we talk to Wyatt about his early days into running, start with running club. Wyatt talks about his early experience being known for being the "younger brother" before carving his own name for himself and running at an extremely high level in his own right before heading to Chico. We talk about his early experience at Chico and finish off with his season being cancelled due to COVID-19. As always, we jump off topic, get into some goofy questions, and we meet some pets! 

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The crew is back for this week's episode of The Beers and Miles Podcast. Cris, Keen, and Nicole give your usual running updates, including some Turkey Time Trials. We talk about winter running tips as well as give suggestions on some gear that's helping us survive these cold temps. Each of us also provide a Spotify recap with our top 5 songs of the year according to Spotify! As always, we finish off the pod with some questions from the audience. 

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We're back for this week's episode of the Beers and Miles Podcast. On this week's episode Nicole talks about her 10K time trial attempt and Keen recaps a successful first 50K! The main topic this week focuses on coaching experiences and the crew discusses the best and worst things that they have/have had happen to them in coaching. 

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This week's episode features a long time listener, first time caller, Ray "irun4pancakes" O'Donnell.  Nicole and Cris provide updates on their running endeavors. Keen recaps a successful Marathon a couple weeks before her target 50K. Ray takes us through his first trail 50K and oh boy is it full of twists, turns, and stumbles.  Beer is mentioned too because well it's always mentioned.

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We add a little something different for this week! A bonus episode! Cris is joined by Keen and past guest Brent Hunter! We answer random questions and chit chat for a bit. Big conversation topics this week are on running in the winter, preference in running time, and our experience with variations in training paces. 

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We got a doozy of an episode for you today! For this installment of The Elite Files, Cris and Nicole talk to multiple Justin Frick! Justin was a highly accomplished high jumper who competed at the highest level in both the NCAA and the United States. His career accomplishments include: 4x Heps Champion, 6x NCAA D1 Qualifier, D1 All American, and 5th and 10th at the United States Olympic Trials. We talk about his journey from high school to competing at both Princeton and Oregon, some highlights and experiences from college, and of course some great stories throughout the pod! Justin provides a fantastic look into what goes into jumping at the highest levels of the sport and eventually his decision to leave it as well. 

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We're back with part two of our series with Tyler Mayforth. For this episode we come off a successful half marathon where Tyler breaks 70 minutes in the half marathon. Ramping up into Boston 2020 Tyler faces a major setback that leaves him sidelines for the majority of the last couple months. We talk about the lead up to his injury, the healing process, and his return to running. Tyler provides a very honest view throughout the entire episode and we also discuss social media and motivations to keep getting back at it. 

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For this next installment of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files, we have Tyler Mayforth. Tyler was a former D1 college runner who after a 8 year hiatus from running found that spark again and found himself running competitively. Unlike most distance runners, Tyler lifts just as much as he runs and provides a very different perspective from most runners competing at a high level. He journey back to competition is filled with ups and downs and a very honest view of the journey. Enjoy this part one of this two part feature! 

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The crew is back and even more rowdy than ever. This week Nicole and Keen catch up us on their last couple months of life and running including a full recap of Keen’s virtual marathon. Our main topic focuses on the relationship between mental health and running. Larry is unhinged as always and there is a lot of yelling. A lot of yelling. We’re also sure that the questions this week were sent in to break us all apart.

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"While you're running it feels like home."

For this week's episode of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files, Collin takes us through his running journey from competing at the highest level in both high school and college to his return to running following having his colon removed in 2014. Now running with an Ostomy since 2015, Collin just came off a big personal best in early March running 67:15 in the half marathon. 

Now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Anchor. Be sure to like, share and subscribe! Have questions for the podcast or topic ideas? Shoot them out to Questions4Larry@gmail.com. Follow Cris at @beersandmiles, and Collin at @Collinjarvis

Zach joins the pod for part to of our Elite Files series! We talk about his transition to the longer distances as well as training specifics and answer questions. Things get a bit out of control when the pod gets split over some potato related controversy. 

Follow Zach at @zachornelas, Cris at @beersandmiles, Nicole at @nicoletherunner, and @keen_4arun. Got any questions for the pod? Shoot them to Questions4larry@gmail.com. 

For the second episode of Beers and Miles: The Elite Files, Larry, Nicole, and Cris interview Zach Ornelas. Zach ran for the University of Michigan where he specialized in the distances, running 5k, 10k and steeplechase. Post college he has made quite a name for himself in the ultra/trail running scene winning two US 50K titles, representing the US 4 times, one in the world mountain running championships, and 3 times in the 50k. And just to add a cherry on top he also qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon with a 2:17:24.

For the first part of this we discuss his years of running, high school, college, as well as the technology boom and training. Larry somehow finds a way to somehow mention Runescape again. 

We got another bonus episode for you folks! Tyler_Runs_Lifts and I jumped on an Instagram Live stream and we have the audio! We discuss our transition to the marathon, our experiences within the running community, and how we're adjusting to Boston being cancelled. It's a ton more on topic than the usual episodes and if you're looking for a more running centric one this will be right up your alley! 

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