Distance Daddies

Kyle Kastrup
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Three ex-collegiate runners trying to keep our running dreams alive and doing our best to keep other runners along for the ride by helping to keep them injury-free, provide training tips, and news of the sport and anything else that pops into our heads

  1. 19/11/2022

    Ep 19 | Interview with Pro Runner Grayson Murphy (@racin__grayson)

    On this episode we welcome former All-American at Utah, World Mountain Champ, and professional track, road, and trail runner Grayson Murphy (@racin__grayson) . We discuss her later start into running when she walked on to the cross country team in college, learning the sport and training along the way, and becoming one of the most successful runners to combo the different types of running in the sport like track where she got 6th at the Olympic Trials and trails where she is a world champ. We also discuss her training, motivation, and culture differences between trail and track/road running plus much more! We end with the Daddy Duos of best Thanksgiving dishes. Check out her training log and planner which you can purchase off her website: racin-grayson.com

    51 min

  2. 04/11/2022

    Ep 18 | Interview with Pro Runner Gabbi Jennings (@the__gabs)

    On this episode, we welcome 44 Louisiana state title winner, All-American at Furman, Team Boss member, and Professional Runner with Adidas, Gabbi Jennings (@the__gabs)! We talk about how she got into running growing up in Louisiana, having her dad as her coach, and emerging as a Louisiana legend before progressing that talent into running at Furman. We then talk about her pro career and training with Team Boss and end with the Daddy Duo of Most Awkward Situations and much more! An episode with a lot of laughs

    1h 10m

  3. 28/10/2022

    Ep 17 | Interview with Professional Runner Kim Conley (@kfconley)

    On today's episode we welcome 2x Olympian and professional runner with Nike, Kim Conley. We talk about her recent OTQ race at the Twin Cities Marathon where she and Eric actually both ran and were running together at times. We discuss how her training has changed as she moved up to the marathon distance, her exciting Olympic Trials race that she punched her ticket to the Olympics by hundredths of a second. We talk about her coaching and the Daddy Duo of best fall activities and more!

    43 min

  4. 21/10/2022

    Ep 16 | Interview with Pro Runner Krissy Gear (@krissygear13)

    On today's episode we welcome All-American at Arkansas and professional runner with Hoka NAZ Elite, Krissy Gear! We start with her journey into running influenced by her running family, how running has changed her life, and how she went from using it as a means to just get into college to finding amazing success all the way to the national stage. We also discuss the process of joining NAZ Elite, the transition to professional running, and her great team. We finish up with some talk about her unstoppable dog, Oats, and the Daddy Duos of best Halloween/Scary movies and much more!

    49 min

  5. 14/10/2022

    Ep 15 | Interview with Jeff Merrill of Tracklandia

    On this episode we welcome Jeff Merrill (@jedmerle) President of Portland Track (@pdxtrack) and founder and chief intern of Tracklandia (@tracklandia), a race streaming, broadcasting, and event coordinator for track races in Portland, Oregon. We discuss what Tracklandia is and all that it encompasses, how and why he started it with Andrew Wheating, and how it's changed. We also talk about their unique pay model compared to other track streaming services and their focus on making sure the athletes get paid first. We then get into how to make the sport more entertaining and capture an audience for years to come finishing up with our Daddy Duo of worst activities to leave your house for, unlike the meets that Tracklandia puts on and streams which everyone should go check it out and watch on tracklnd.com

    1h 2m

  6. 16/09/2022

    Ep 14| Interview with Pro Trail Runner Clare Gallagher

    On this episode, we welcome Clare Gallagher, a professional trail runner with Patagonia, 2 time Leadville 100 winner, Western States Winner and many more wins and records. We discuss how she got into trail running and doing ultra marathons, how her training looks for 100 mile races and her coach, David Roche's training philosophies, and how the recent Leadville 100 race went. We also discuss some fun facts about ultras and what inspired and continues to inspire Clare's love and appreciation for this type of racing. We then dive into Clare's environmental activism and how it pertains to runners with similar goals for the planet and how to take some time to slow down in your busy, consuming life and have more mindfulness about yourself and the world around you, as inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's writings. We finish off with the Daddy Duos of how the average person can enact the most environmental change. If you would like to learn more about Clare, her racing, and her environmentalism, check out her blog and website: Clare.run

    40 min

  7. 08/09/2022

    Ep 13 | Interview with 2x Olympian, author, and NBC broadcaster Kara Goucher (@karagoucher)

    We are joined by 2x Olympian Kara Goucher (@karagoucher) who has been involved in the sport since she was 6 years old and went from that first race with her Grandpa to a professional runner and now broadcaster for NBC. We discuss her career, how to help female runners struggling with the pressure to look a certain way to be faster, battling past negative thoughts and injuries to keep your drive, and making sure you maintain your true love and reasoning for running, not because you're running for somebody else. We also discuss her son's newfound love for the sport and her involvement with the Clean Sports Collective podcast, in the fight against doping in track and field and more!

    1h 1m

  8. 01/09/2022

    ep 12 | Pro Runner with On Running Ben Flanagan (@Ben_Flanagan)

    We are joined by 3 time Falmouth Road Race Winner, Canadian National Record Holder in the 10k, and professional runner with On, Ben Flanagan (@ben_flanagan). We talk about the recent Falmouth win, goals moving forward with the new Worlds Qualification Standards, how the transition to On and the Very Nice Track Club has been and go in depth on professional running contracts. We also give our daddy duos of nice things and more!

    53 min
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Three ex-collegiate runners trying to keep our running dreams alive and doing our best to keep other runners along for the ride by helping to keep them injury-free, provide training tips, and news of the sport and anything else that pops into our heads

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  • Creator
    Kyle Kastrup
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Kyle Kastrup
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    Distance Daddies