EPISODE 21: Will the Vaporflys be Banned?, USATF XC Championships, Houston Half + Full Marathon

FAST FACTS

- Kipchoge and Bekele to go head-to-head at the London Marathon in April

- Will Nike's Vaporfly's be banned? [link]

- Lauren Paquette joins HOKA NazElite [see announcement here]

- Shalane Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky announce 3rd Cookbook coming later this year -> Rise and Run: Recipes, Rituals, and Runs to Jumpstart Your Day.

- Former World Record Holder in the marathon, Wilson Kipsang, was “provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering” [read article here]

RESULTS

USATF Cross Country Championships - results here

- Congratulations to previous podcast guest, Paige Stoner, on her second place finish and making her first US Team! You can listen to Paige's episode here

Houston Marathon + Half Marathon - results here

- See Malindi Elmore's post-race interview here

Rock N Roll Phoenix - results here

Congrats to another previous podcast guest, Kaitlin Gregg-Goodman on her first place finish and 1:13:51 PR at the Naples Daily News Half Marathon in Florida! You can listen to Kaitlin's episode here.

This week's hand-off -- CTolle Run, Episode 107 from January 2019 with Malindi Elmore. Find the episode here

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