The Run Around Iowa

Lance Bergeson
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The Run Around Iowa

The podcast dedicated to interviews and insights on the individuals who are making headlines in distance running and triathlons in our great state. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Season 4, Episode 28: A conversation with former Iowa State standout Titus Winders

    Titus comes on the podcast just three days after finishing 15th at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in Washington. The former Iowa State All-Big 12 runner talks about his performance and preparation for the event. Titus comes from a family of runners and he discusses their influence on him. Titus, a Tennessee state champion as a senior, goes into detail about how timing of his signing with NCAA Division II Southern Indiana was fated. The current Minnesota Distance Elite runner describes how Iowa State and assistant coach Cale Wallace impressed him after he went into the transfer portal. Titus speaks about his final college season as a Cyclone and his ups and down in Ames. He tells of putting too much pressure on himself last summer trying to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Titus talks about his weakness for junk food and splurging after club cross country. He also tells of adapting to winter running in Minnesota, his first name, picking up a skill as a boy and a new, groovy song he listens to before races. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    1h 12m

  2. NOV 28

    Season 4, Episode 27: A conversation with UNI senior and former Tipton Community runner Caleb Shumaker

    The podcast opens with Lance taking a look back at the highlights from last weekend's NCAA cross country championship races. Then, Northern Iowa 8K record holder Caleb Shumaker comes on to talk about his historic final cross country season in Cedar Falls. Caleb tells about running for head cross country coach Alexina Teubel and the lessons he's learned from the multi-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier. Caleb looks ahead to the indoor track season and a new goal he has set for himself. He also dives into his passion and how it all started. He and Lance also discuss a passion of Caleb's that started in school at Tipton. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    58 min

  3. NOV 14

    Season 4, Episode 26: A conversation with former Cedar Rapids Prairie prep and Iowa Hawkeye Jack Pendergast

    The podcast opens with Lance telling about an impressive performance by Iowa teams at the recent NJCAA National Cross Country Championships. Then, former Cedar Rapids Prairie prep star Jack Pendergast comes on the show to talk about the reasons he left to run at the University of Kentucky after graduating from Iowa. Jack describes the limited recruiting process that led him to Lexington. He also details a few of the improvements that have helped him stay healthy and post big personal-best times this fall. Jack tells of the goals the Wildcats have at Friday's Southeast Regional in South Carolina. He also describes some of his favorite places he's visited during his college career and his hope to return to the Drake Relays one final time. He also talks about a skill he has learned and one that he hasn't full developed while at Kentucky. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    44 min

  4. OCT 29

    Season 4, Episode 25: A conversation with former Loras College and Davenport Central star Mason Tope

    Mason opens the conversation, recorded on Oct. 17, by talking about his move to Las Vegas and lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle since graduating from Loras in 2018. Mason tells about a conversation that sparked his return to running competitively in early 2023. The former Loras College conference champion relives a race on the track during his comeback where he competed with a bit of a handicap. Mason talks about a turning point his freshman year of college where he knew had a lot of potential. He goes into detail about the running philosophy at Loras under former coach Bob Schultz. Mason talks about a sickness that partially derailed his senior season at Loras and about a track where he never fulfilled his potential. He tells why he has never run a marathon or half marathon and why he is inclined not to join a running club. Mason looks ahead to his 2025 schedule and mentions two of his passions outside of running. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    1h 4m

  5. OCT 22

    Season 4, Episode 24: Interviews with 3 champions at the 2024 IMT Des Moines Marathon

    The podcast begins with Lance highlighting some of the college cross country performances over the weekend that stood out to him. He also looks ahead at a couple of conference championships coming up. The focus turns to Sunday's IMT Des Moines Marathon, where former Central College star Angela Chaney talks about her first marathon victory and surviving a warm second half of the race. Former Hansons-Brooks runner Danna Herrick, the women's half marathon champion, details her impressive year of running that culminated in her first IMT title. Men's half marathon champion Cody Baele shares his thoughts on repeating as champion and when he knew he had the win in the bag. Men's marathon runner-up Ryan Root, a former Iowa resident, tells how his race went and one reason why he's glad he traveled from Colorado for this race. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    42 min

  6. OCT 15

    Season 4, Episode 23: A look back at the record-breaking Blazing 5K and one of Iowa's all-time running greats

    Lance starts off the podcast with the news of Iowa State hosting the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional in 2026. Then, he pays tribute to former Big Ten Conference champion Diane Nukuri, who concluded her professional career at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The three-time Olympian for Burundi owns many incredible accomplishments, including several University of Iowa records. Lance details them all. He also picks out some notable accomplishments on both the roads and cross country since his last podcast. He closes out the show by looking back at the Blazing 5K, where former Loras College seven-time champion Kassie Parker blew away a strong field. He also looks back at what picks went well and which ones failed on the preview podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    44 min

  7. SEP 26

    Season 4, Episode 22: A conversation with former Grand View University runner Seth Kilborn

    Seth is the new coordinator for the Fitness Sports Distance Project and the former East Marshall prep outlines his goals for the team, which includes top former collegians as well as casual runners. Seth talks about his close relationship with Fitness Sports co-owners Jordan and Lindsay Andrews that goes back to his college career at Grand View. It led to him taking over the new store in Ames a year ago. Seth also looks back at improvement with his running he has made since high school and some key changes he has made. He also looks ahead to the IMT Des Moines Marathon, where he hopes to improve on his sixth-place finish from a year ago. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    50 min

  8. SEP 10

    Season 4, Episode 21: Interviews with Jeremy Sudbury, Janette Schraft and Cailie Logue from Cyclone Preview

    Lance interviews some of the top runners at the Aug. 31 meet in Ames, including women's 5K runner-up Bella Heikes of Iowa State, 10th-place finisher Emma Hoins of Northern Iowa and Panther senior Caleb Shumaker, who finished eighth in the men's 6K race. Iowa State director of track and cross country Jeremy Sudbury talks about the departure of Amy Rudolph to Tennessee, the target that is on his fifth-ranked Cyclone team and his strategy to get his team to peak in November. Former Cyclone Janette Schraft, seventh in the women's race, tells what she is up to now. Another former Iowa State great, Cailie Logue, talks about her move to the Minnesota Distance Elite team and her future event in distance running. Lance finishes the podcast with his opinion on the IMT Des Moines Marathon's decision to drop prize money for elite runners. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

    54 min
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The podcast dedicated to interviews and insights on the individuals who are making headlines in distance running and triathlons in our great state. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lance-bergeson8/support

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  • Creator
    Lance Bergeson
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    189
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Lance Bergeson
  • Show Website
    The Run Around Iowa

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