If you are unfamiliar with the Millrose Games, it can be best described as the Indoor "Super Bowl" for Track & Field. The best of the best, most prestigious, and most anticipated are safe descriptions of this event. It was once held in Madison Square Garden and has found its home in the historic New York Armory. This year's event will be literally for the record books as owner/host of the podcast Josh Kerr goes after a World Record!
The 2024 Milrose Games is shaping up to be one of the best in history as multiple world records will be attempted. Josh Kerr is in the two-mile, and Yared Nuguse is in the one-mile. The day will be full of nonstop action, ultimately allowing this preview to be an hour long. This episode of Sit & Kick covers this weekend's meet, events, and athletes in play. The two hosts, Erik Sowinksi and David Ribich draft their teams and pick their favorites ahead of the most anticipated indoor track and field weekend. This is the first real weekend of Track & Field, where Olympic Champion hopefuls begin to line up against one another to kick off their season.
Millrose Games / February 11th 2024
Schedule of events:
Women's 60m Hurdles 10:03 AM
Men's 60m Hurdles 10:10
Women's 60m 10:17
Men's 60m 10:22
Mike FrankfurtMen's 800m 10:31
Women's 2 Mile 10:38
Dr. Sander Men's 2 Mile 11:02
The Stern FamilyWomen's 800m 11:27
NYRR Women's Wanamaker Mile 11:42
NYRRMen's Wanamaker Mile 11:53
Death, Taxes, and Boston University putting on one of the fastest meets in the world.
This meet is notorious for its resume of records broken. From 800 m to 5000 m, Erik Sowinski and David Ribich talk about all things distance running ahead of the weekend. This is the first weekend of proper pacing and racing of 2024, so tune in to this episode before this weekend of racing (or after)!
Good luck to all those athletes competing this weekend and thanks to all the listeners for tuning in!
Performance list:
https://goterriers.com/sports/2023/7/20/2023-24-home-meet-information.aspx
Schedule of Events:
https://lancertiming.com/BU/BU_John_Thomas_Terrier_Classic_Final_Schedule.pdf
Watch live:
https://www.flotrack.org/signup?redirect=%2Flive%2F49108-2023-bu-john-thomas-terrier-classic
Simone Plourde may be new to the professional scene, but how she races and handles everything running would make you think she has been in the sport for decades.
Simone Plourde rose to recognition quickly in the NCAA while at the University of Utah. She finished 4th in the 3000m at NCAA Indoors, Pac-12 champion over 1500m, and earned All-American honors in the outdoor 5000m. It wasn't a perfect final year for the NCAA, but it was a perfect year for her to transition into the professional ranks, signing with Nike and UAC.
Her summer consisted of a podium finish at the Canadian Championships and representing Team Canada in Budapest at the World Championships. Even after the long year, she lowered her 1500m PR to 4:06.
Simone is well-spoken and articulate in how she talks about running, but not in the way you might think. She is a refreshing listen and we are sure her mindset and monologues will make you a fan of hers ahead of the Paris 2024.
Topics of the Episode include:
- Introduction to running and NCAA system/transfering Universities
- Decision to leave NCAA early
- Exceeding all expectations in 2023
- First World Championship experience
- Nike/UAC
- Fan Submitted
- BanterBowl
Disclaimer: Audio quality is lower than in previous episodes as Dave forgot his microphone cord and headphones but ordered a new set that will be ready for the next episode. Enjoy!
Welcome back to the better host, Josh Kerr!
Enjoy the return of Josh in the host seat, or more like a hot seat, as he comes out swinging in the most banterish way possible. Josh is not shy to speak his mind, but this is the most authentic podcast he has had in months: In-depth analysis of the SD Half Marathon run of 61:51, how training is leading into a world record attempt, and all the Ins & Outs of 2024.
When he and Dave get behind the mic, banter, and laughs will be had. Also, candid conversations and fan-submitted questions will be answered honestly and in-depth.
This episode bounces around from conversations like training for the "downhill" half marathon, executing a race plan, off-seasons, how to deal with goal setting and burnout, focuses for 2024 & more.
LIKE, SUBSCRIBE AND COMMENT YOUR INS & OUTS FOR 2024!
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Isaiah Harris is not only a fan favorite for podcast guests but also one of our favorites for the 2024 Olympic team. Zay has nearly a decade of dominance under his belt for 800m, from winning NCAA titles with Penn State to representing his first US Senior team in 2017, 2022(i), and 2023. Zay has shown that experience is everything in the 800m, and he has what it takes to compete for the 2024 Olympic Team. In this episode, expect some high-quality banter and deep-dive conversations as two friends tackle various topics like professionals. Dave and Zay were teammates for one year but have known each other for some time. Topics covered include: - Dream 4x800m team to take down the WR of 7:02 by Kenya - Placing 4th in the 2021 Tokyo Trials - winning a diamond league two weeks later - What it takes to make the 2024 Team - I experienced another World Championship while watching a friend become a World Champion. - What Josh Kerr brings as a teammate - Zay is challenging Dave over 1000m for $1000! - & so much more! DISCLAIMER: This video and audio have been edited to eliminate a few minutes where Isaiah's microphone was not picking up sound. With that said, the 3-minute opening dialogue by Dave is due to that edit.
In a minimally edited episode, Your Host David Ribich and Craig Engels have a candid discussion of everything and anything involving Track & Field, while spicing in a bit of life updates along the way. Craig Engels is a household name in the sport and most definitely a fan favorite. Engels is a 1500m US Champion, World Finalist, and Olympic contender for 2024. If you're looking for an athlete to follow for the upcoming year, look no further than Mr. Craig "Your Moms Favorite Runner" Engels. Special thanks to Craig who committed to this episode in record time. Show some love back and give this episode a FIVE star review and a thumbs up on Youtube to thank him. Video available here on Youtube, audio on all podcast platforms
What to expect:
- Previous Olympic Trials Chat
- 2024 Olympic Trials chat
- Training Groups and Changes
- Social Media in Sport
- Fan Submitted & Banter Boql Segment
(if you're wondering where the intro/outro are we removed them to adjust audio levels of sound track for future episodes.)
Next Weeks Guest: Isaiah Harris
Cheers!
In classic Sit & Kick fashion, the podcast returned with the most talked about duo in the NCAA. Nico Young & Drew Bosley! The pair of NAU Lumberjacks join the show after a busy few weeks of racing. The pair finished 5th & 6th individually at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (leading their team to a 2nd place finish) and then two weeks later, they ran the best 3k/5k double on the same day, ever?
Each of them posted marks under 7:45 for 3000m and then a few hours later ran sub 13:30 for 5000m
The return episode of S&K covered a few podcast updates. Then it transitioned to deep diving NAU, the professional scene of Flagstaff, and Coach Mike Smith's mentality that he bestows upon his athletes for racing. From there, the podcast dived into the ever-famous banter bowl.
Enjoy this hour-long episode, it is good to be back! Rate 5-star wherever you listen!!!
We've lost track of the season... so welcome to SEASON 6
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The title of this episode is all the description you need to click play and kick back. However, if you still need convincing, this episode is the most in-depth Josh Kerr has gone in his build-up to the World Championships in Budapest, where he went on to win his first world title over 1500m. If you have listened to this podcast through the years you know David and Josh operate in a candid format. The episodes are less of an interview and more of a conversation between friends. This episode just so happens to be a very candid convo about rivals in Budapest, Josh's life and diet structure leading into the championships, a year's worth of races, and more. Enjoy this episode after the biggest win of Josh's career (so far).
JOSH KERR YOUR 2023 WORLD CHAMPION
Episode Graphic made by the talented: Natalia Salivia
we appreciate all the messages and DMs for this episode. We believe Sit & Kick is a very young podcast and we hope to grow it for years to come. Thank you everyone! Please rate us 5 stars wherever you listen!
The past eight weeks have been full of talkable topics from Dave getting engaged to Josh getting a bit enraged at people boasting their opinions on athletes. A full circle of conversations beginning with the NCAA Division DII Record falling to Christian Noble this past weekend and ending with a no-skin-the-game discussion on the 4xMile relay banter. Between the two topics were a variety of great chat deep diving Daves experience in Ireland and both hosts prepping for a blistering 5k on May 6th.
This is the first episode back after an eight week mid-season break. As your hosts push closer to championship season they will still be releasing episodes frequently but the upmost importance and focus your hosts is to make their individual teams for Eugene 2022
Notable moments:
On February 27th, 2022. Your Hosts Josh Kerr and Dave Ribich had one mission in mind: set some records. Commonwealth, European, British & Personal Records were absolutely smashed. This podcast episode gives you the recap of Josh's #3 All-Time race and Daves insight into the indoor season. It was real, it was personal and although not a whole lot of banter was had, it was wholesome.
Notable Convos:
What It Takes To Run 3:48 for the Mile
Indoor Season / Why Athletes Pass on World Indoors
Brooks Running Wire 8 Spike Chat
At 19, Keely Hodgkinson is already one of the most decorated female middle distance athletes in UK history. However just because she is the Olympic Silver Medalist, dosent mean she can escape the banter. If anything this episode gives incredible reason to root for Keely. She is genuine, fierce and an absolute tornado on the track (this will make sense, we promise). With her Olympic medal comes her British outdoor 800m record and as of yesterday (Feb 19 2022) she became the British indoor record holder over 800m.
If you want to hear USA vs UK relay banter, what it takes mentally to go from U20 champ to olympic runner-up then give this a play, subscribe and tell your friends.
"During the editing phase I forgot I was even doing my job, I simply was enjoying the banter, conversations and genuine outlook Keely brings to the sport. This episode is an all-time for me, hopefully we can bring her back after more medals and records find their place with Keely." - Dave
"Do Track Differently" has been and will forever be the motto for your hosts. From roundtable talks with rising stars to paying their guest, your hosts are doing it differently. This is the first athlete paid appearance made from your hosts and they decided to have a little fun, maybe too much fun as it costed them nearly four figures. Thats alright, its all part of the banter! Cole Hocker, Cooper Teare and Charlie Hunter are household names for University of Oregon fans and need to be household names for any track fan alike. On the rise, these three former ducks have recently signed their professional contracts with Nike and look to make a return back to Hayward Field for the 2022 World Championships.
If you combine all the accolades that these three accumulated, in the 2021 collegiate and olympic season; you would max out the character limit of Word.
Cole Hocker 1500m PR: 3:31.40
Charlie Hunter 800m PR: 1:44.21
Cooper Teare 5000m PR: 13:12.27
This bonus episode has all the holiday spirit in one. Love, banter and some absolutely serious conversations brought on by YOU. Your hosts took the day off from planning an episode and let the Sit & Kick Community steer the recording! Was this a good idea? probably not. Was this a good episode? absolutely.
Classic deep dive banter and all things serious (like doping in the sport) are covered in this 69 minute episode. Opening the floor to listeners to come on and control the show is a risk your hosts will always be willing to take. From your hosts "Thank you for over 100,000 listens, hours upon hours of banter and every second of pure joy."
For this episode all your hosts ask is to enjoy it, leave a review and get ready for an incredible 2022 of performances, guests and banter.
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Your hosts are back for another season of the Sit & Kick Podcast. This episode had a variety of alternative titles like:
- fall training as a pro runner
- how to bounce back from success
-how do professional athletes spend their off season
-where does our motivation come from?
-BEEF WITH OUR #1 REQUESTED GUEST
With all those titles considered....connect the headphones, tie those shoes and let us keep you company on a run! This is the first episode of the new season where the Tokyo Olympics are behind your hosts and they can begin to build the conversation around Eugene 2022. With an Olympic Medalist as your host & his obvious best friend, you know the banter & conversations are genuine and insightful. Your hosts decided to start the banter early when they discussed who the #1 requested guest was. lets just say it got a bit heated......
Enjoy your fav running podcast & of course leave a review wherever you listen!
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David & Josh
Your hosts have been waiting for this episode since the origin of the podcast. It is no secret what your hosts Josh Kerr and David Ribich are trying to achieve in the sport. At the young age of 23 Josh successfully won his first global medal, an Olympic Bronze in the fastest 1500m race in Olympic history. Josh Kerr now sits #2 all time on the British list for 1500m runners and you know he is going after that #1 spot.
Your hosts are as real as they come in this episode. Tears, laughs and a variety of emotions are displayed front and center in an episode that could be seen as a life time in the making. Dave did his usual Dave thing and brought on two secret guests to talk about what Josh's medal meant to them. Who are you they ask? non other than Josh Kerrs parents.
Enjoy the longest (90 min) Sit & Kick episode brought to you by your two favorite hosts that plan to do track differently & rewrite history.
Listen now!!
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J&D
Your solo host David Ribich takes you through, what sounds like a one-breath-journey, everything you need to know ahead of the most anticipated final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. To podium in the Mens 1500m will be capable for a majority of this field which makes for those three spots even more exciting. Dave goes one by one through the field listing PRs, history and bios that will put you ahead of the competition in knowing who to root for and why. The second host of this podcast, Josh Kerr representing United Kingdom, toes the line at 4:40am PST Saturday morning in the Olympic 1500m Final.
Stats:
3 UK athletes in the Mens 1500m Final
3 of the contenders (4 including your better host Josh Kerr) in this final have been on the Sit & Kick Podcast: Cole Hocker, Olli Hoare, Jake Wightman. (we own 25% of this field. kidding)
0 athletes in the Tokyo Final qualified for the 2016 Rio Final. For comparison in Rio 2016, 8 of the 12 finalists were also in the final for London 2012
11 of the 13 athletes in the final have 1500m Personal Bests in the year 2021
Kate & Dave set the scene for one of the most anticipated games in modern history. As a viewer you are prepared for a spectacle of an event. As a Sit & Kick fan you are in for a great episode that will make those moments as a viewer even better. Can you believe that?
Kate & Dave deep dive into the distance events and give you every reason to root for the people they mention. From women 800m to Mens 10,000 your hosts break down their favorites, their anticipation and their emotions before the oval takes over the Olympic Games.
Listen now to a one of a kind, super great episode of the Sit & Kick Podcast.
P.S if it sounds like Dave is in an empty room, he is....
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Your hosts couldn't stay away. Technically in their "podcasting off season", your hosts gear up for major championships & major opportunities though the summer. However, they needed to give the people (you) what they want by recapping the past trial experiences. Dave, the 5k guy himself, made the United States Olympic Trials Final over 1500m. Josh, the bad man himself, won the British Athletic Olympic Trials over 1500m. With the experience came emotions, gratitude & focus for whats ahead. Your hosts break down their individual championships & what went on in both the preparation for those moments & the moments themselves.
This bonus episode is one of a kind as both hosts are oddly kind to one another in honoring the hard work & tactics that it took to get to the point where they are at today. However don't be deceived, banter was surely had.
Key Notes:
Dave & a secret speedy co-host will come on to the podcast at the end of the month to build anticipation for the games.
An exclusive lawn chair shirt will drop very, VERY soon.
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J&D