Ep 210 - Congregate (Tripp Southerland)

Pace the Nation

We start out talking about DC sports before at (11:07) we are joined by our local uncertified track and field expert Tripp Southerland, who joins us to discuss the USADA 4 year ban issued to Alberto Salazar. We start out discussing Tripps own coaching background and ask for his running credentials. At (16:10) we talk about the Alberto Salazar suspension at (18:27) we talk about some of the history. At (22:28) we discuss some of the difficulties with getting a ban in the sport. At (26:14) we talk about the allegations against Salazar that lead to the ban. At (32:00) we talk about the reaction from some of Salazars athletes and at (39:15) we talk about some of the former athletes who have spoken out. At (42:03) we play devils advocate and try to look at things through the athletes eyes. At (51:05) we talk about a couple of questionable performances in the sport and how they relate to coaches that have been popped. We are back at (58:21) to wrap up the interview and at (59:55) we have a great story about a meeting between a couple of listeners. At (1:01:22) we talk about former PTN guests in the news, (1:01:22) Keira Damato has a monster race in Berlin, (1:02:27) Jacob Frey is on the brunt end of a twitter storm and (1:04:55) Katie Kellner saves a man and a dog from drowning. Finally, at (1:07:26) Docs gets to crowbar the Wagatha Christie story into the show.