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Its another Remote broadcast for Pace The Nation! This week Chris is on site at the expo for the Marine Corps Marathon. Its the day before race day, and Chris is on the expo floor with 2 ultra marathoning professional athletes: Kyle Curtin and JP Giblin. Kyle an Army Veteran and JP a Navy Veteran currently run for Altra on their elite ultra marathoning team. Kyle and JP are in town to promote Altra as the footwear brand is in its first year of sponsorship of the Marine Corps Marathon.

Chris talks to the guys about their weekend in DC and all the running around (literally) they've been doing. They also both talk about their path into Ultra running and the successes they've had over the years. Kyle a top 10 finish at Western States and JP winning the 2023 Leadville 100.

The show finishes talking about the great partnership they have with Altra and their love/respect for all the Military (and other runners!) who are participating in MCM this weekend.

This week on Pace The Nation: a remote broadcast from Relay! Chris and Julie sit down with Patton Gleason the CEO and founder of Relay.

Relay is a new company that repurposes shoes that are returns or excess inventory. Patton and Julie talk to Chris about how Relay works with both the vendor and retail partners - explaining the benefits and wins for everyone involved.

This podcast is on location at the Relay Shoe Lab in Richmond VA!

Julie and Chris are both back in studio for the first EVER collaboration podcast with "Be the Impact" Podcast.

Before they get to their guest, they start the show talking about Julie's triumphant Half Marathon effort at the DC Half. You be the judge if she feels good about it or not. Chris and Julie agree that the race was an amazing experience and a great day for runners in DC.

The guest this week is Bill Johnston, the Co-Founder and President of Recover Brands. Recover Brands is a unique apparel brand from North Carolina that manufactures apparel out of 100% recycled materials. Recover is also a partner in this years Marine Corps Marathon.

Julie, Chris, and Bill talk about Recover Brands humble beginnings in 2010 to now in 2023 where they are sponsoring and building apparel for one of the country's largest marathons.

Bill explains the process of making the apparel and shares his mission driven approach to business.

The podcast ends with a random Zodiac signs reference and Julie and Chris teasing their next show.

This week Farley is flying solo. The opening conversation focuses on 2 running news stories that made mainstream headlines. First the story of Noah Lyles calling out the NBA for calling their NBA Finals the "World Champs". Then the talk is of the marathon in Mexico City that DQ'ed 11,000 runners for cutting the course.

Farley is then joined by Hilary Biggs the Race Director for the DC Half. The DC Half Marathon is September 17th, and has had record sign ups. Hilary talks about her journey from working in Sports in DC 20+ years ago to now where she is putting on one of the largest Half Marathons in the DC area.

In her first ever podcast, Hilary nails it!

Julie and Chris are back in studio for another episode of PTN! This week the hosts dive back into some hard hitting personal life discussions (Chris can't wait for the kids to go back to school, Julie does all the planning around the house) - and Chris continues to be amazed how much work there is to do to just get the kids organized for their activities. Typical...

They are joined this week by the new head coach of the Atlanta Track Clubs elite team, Tommy Nohilly! Tommy is a New Yorker that is heading down south to run the mid distance track program for the club.

Julie and Chris go down memory lane with Nohilly, talking to him about his career as a runner and all the coaching stops he's had along the way - including being a coach for Julie at the NJNY Track club in the 2010's.

They finish the show with some optimism that the podcast is, in fact, back!!

PTN is back! Finally. Julie and Chris record from Clarendon for the 1st podcast of 2023. The hosts talk about where they have been, what they've been doing, and why it's taken so long to get back to recording a show.

They are joined in studio by Tinoda Matsatsa, a High School star runner. Tinoda was the first African American runner to break 4 minutes in the mile. He also holds the 3rd fastest 800m time ever in the history of High School Running.

Julie and Chris talk to Tinoda about his upcoming U20 national meet that is happening in Eugene Oregon.

They close the show with the results from that race and a promise to be back in 2 weeks.