A few days out from Boston and one week out from London, so of course the taper crazies are coming on strong, as well as a well-timed viral infection. Meg lays low while Thomas and Robbe take the reins in recounting a trip abroad, the comeback of the receding hairline (thanks White Lotus), the joys of driving a manual car, and more. We also cover the Puma Fast-R 3, the first shoe since the Nike Vaporfly to show independent lab studies of 3% performance gains when compared against competitors. Wild times

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We sit down with Dr. Desmond Wilson, Eternal’s Chief Medical Officer. He’s a doctor, avid trail runner, and talks to us about aging as an athlete. Eternal is a new healthcare service tailored to performance for athletes, which just launched in San Francisco and New York. Eternal provides a proactive, science-backed approach to help athletes better understand their changing bodies, optimize peak performance, and continue excelling as they age.

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The boys are back in town, except now Robbe has ventured off to Spain. But that’s okay, as Karl joins Thomas and Meg in front of the camera this week to recap their adventure in Kenya with Kiprun to unveil their new race shoe, the KD900X LAB – a 5K/10K racer, which seems pretty promising. Plus, Meg recaps her time in D.C. for the start of the Asics Move Her Mind Event Series as well as racing the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. This episode is a pretty long one, so hopefully you’re running enough miles out there to cover the entire thing.

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We got Erin Azar back on the show, even though she’s officially too cool for us. This time, she’s talking casual convos with NFL players, her marathon training for London (using the Galloway method), and her very chill philosophy on doing less. Erin is down-to-earth and effortlessly funny and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

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We’re great at talking on a podcast, but when it comes to running, sometimes we shut up. Or we talk like we’re drunk. We talk today, though, covering the Nike Vaporfly and petitioning some brand, somewhere, to take us up on our offer to have a real-life unicorn in Boston. Robbe also gives us his review of the King of Moab, a trail running documentary that– spoiler alert– is pretty great. There’s also a lot of shoe talk at the end, so stick around for that.

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Thomas spoke with Kyle Awtry, founder of Sauri Running—a niche running brand based out of LA.

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If you’ve ever looked a Canadian goose in the eye, well, you know you’ve seen pure evil. Today on the podcast, we talk about encounters with geese, jury duty in Baltimore, shark cages, and Karl’s latest emo hit titled “Heartbreak Hill.” We also talk about a few other shoes, including more experiences in the Tracksmith Eliot Racer and the Veja Condor 3 Advanced.

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One of the most fascinating athletes in the marathon scene right now, CJ Albertson is doing it his way and succeeding at every step of the way. From racking up ultra high mileage weeks to dropping it down to almost nothing in between cycles, to juggling running and a full-time job as a professor, coach and dad, all while managing to come out with top-10 finishes at the Olympic Trials, NYC Marathon, Boston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, and CIM. And that was just in 2024. This was such a great look inside the training and accomplishments of one of the best American marathoners right now.

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Spring means one thing: the reemergence of snot slugs on the faces of marathoners. Just like this podcast, running ain’t pretty, but we’re good about putting lipstick on a pig, so we try to do it here by throwing in some talk about the LA Marathon and NYC Half Marathon. Also, let’s say it for the record: don’t take NSAIDs before or during a race. But DO take Zbiotics* afterwards. *Does not constitute as medical advice; consult your doctor before and after listening to The Drop or celebrating St. Paddy’s with Karl

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In-studio guests are always the best, and since Speedland is always doing their best to be the best, it only made sense that they’d come to Baltimore to hang out. Robbe talks with founders Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon about upcoming 2025 models, including the RX:FPY, the brand’s first-ever road shoe (now available for pre-order). This is a great episode for all you industry folks and shoe nerds, to see what goes into getting a small footwear brand off the ground.

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