Personal Podiums
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe explore the defining gold, silver, and bronze moments of the world's best athletes & everyday runners. These stories help us make sense of who we are as people, and in turn, who we are as a sport.
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your next couch to 5k plan should start with watching The FX on Hulu series The Bear.
September 19, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 17.8 MBCoffee shops, yoga studios, and boutique donut spots are all usually signs of a shifting neighborhood. But that's not the case for Marcus, the fictional character on the FX on Hulu series The Bear, and Zedtiwu co owner of the Black-owned vegan donut shop Cloudy Donuts in Brooklyn, New York (with two additional locations in Baltimore, Maryland). Zewditu is living in the real life world we imagine Marcus's character could arrive in. We talk about reimagining narratives, digging deep...
Bonus Episode: Damian Warner — How a Mother's Influence Lead to a Meteoric Rise
May 08, 2022 17:54 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBDamian Warner, Olympic & World Champ, shares how his mom shaped his rise, and how Vince Carter got him into sport. Plus — his best advice for chasing greatness (or anything).
Behind the 2021 Trials with Clayton Murphy
April 11, 2022 00:30 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBClayton Murphy joins us to give the background story on the week leading up to his run at the 2021 Olympic Trials in the 800. We learn that there was so much behind the show stopping races that we didn’t know as fans.
Greece’s Greatest Olympic Athlete
April 11, 2022 00:30 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBKaterina Stefanidi is one of greatest Greek Olympic athletes of all time. She’s also a great storyteller. Kat shares her athletic journey and the big lessons learned along the way.
The Rookie and the Vet with Moh Ahmed and Grant Fisher
April 11, 2022 00:30 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBWhen Bowerman Track Club split into smaller groups in the early stages of the pandemic, Jerry Schumacher teamed his fittest, most experienced distance athletes, Moh Ahmed and Lopez Lomong with one of the team’s newest and most inexperienced members, Grant Fisher. What started as a lot of butt kicking ended with a magic and meteoric rise.
Change and Trust with Darrell Hill
April 11, 2022 00:29 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBOlympian Darrell Hill sits down with us to talk about big changes in life, technical changes in sport and the importance of trusting yourself and the people around you. Our hosts share big personal and professional moments of change and trust too.
100m Women with Javianne Oliver and Teahna Daniels
April 11, 2022 00:29 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBTwo of the fastest women in American history who shared an Olympic Silver medal in the 4x100 in Tokyo share their origin stories and focus on mental health. Marielle Hall shares context about what it means to be Black woman in sport with conversation inspired by a poem she shares.
Olympic Freshman with Grant Fisher and Chris Nilsen
April 11, 2022 00:29 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThe Olympic Games don’t technically have Freshman but if they did, they'd look a lot like Grant Fisher and Chris Nilsen in Tokyo. These two young athletes took the opportunity of a “gap year” in the form of additional time afforded by the circumstances of the pandemic it turned it into Olympic glory. Now, both are the best Americans ever in their respective disciplines (5000m/10000m and pole vault). We also talk to true freshman Ania Keenan who is moving from California to NYC to pu...
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Tatyana McFadden 3
October 09, 2021 19:46 - 3 minutes - 5.32 MBChicago Sprints | Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode Tatyana McFadden talks about the importance of storytelling/ how storytelling can help a stranger.
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Tatyana McFadden 1
October 09, 2021 19:46 - 4 minutes - 6.74 MBChicago Sprints | Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode Tatyana McFadden talks about embracing body differences & the elegance of disability.
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Tatyana McFadden 2
October 09, 2021 19:46 - 1 minute - 2.39 MBChicago Sprints | Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode Tatyana McFadden talks about managing expectations and combating perfectionism as an elite athlete.
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Galen Rupp 1
October 09, 2021 05:02 - 2 minutes - 3.54 MBChicago Sprints| Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode Galen Rupp talks about the power of positivity in performance.
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Galen Rupp 2
October 09, 2021 05:02 - 3 minutes - 4.66 MBChicago Sprints| Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode, Galen Rupp shares one of his formative competitive experiences and how the best race plans still need to be flexible.
Personal Podiums: Chicago Sprints with Galen Rupp 3
October 09, 2021 05:02 - 5 minutes - 7.66 MBChicago Sprints| Fast takes recorded race weekend. In this episode, Galen Rupp goes deep on his marathon strategy and why it's best to be a "ghost" (for a little while, at least).
Trailer
October 08, 2021 04:43 - 58 seconds - 1.38 MBComing soon. We explore the defining gold, silver, and bronze moments of the world's best athletes & everyday runners. These stories help us make sense of who we are as people, and in turn, who we are as a sport.