Ep 223 - Trials Fever (Charlie Ban)

Pace the Nation

We open up with some Valentine Day stories before we are joined at (9:50) by the editor of Run Washingon Charlie Ban. We start off with the origin story of Charlies last name and another origin story about Pace the Nation. At (13:20) we talk 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials Fever, a series of stories available on RunWashington.com highlighting the 32 Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers with local DC area ties. We wrap up the interview at (51:31) and thank three behind the scenes PTN contributors. At (53:00) Farley has a celebrity sighting at the Clarendon store. At (58:56) we have a airline travel Docs ROW (rant of the week), Farley does an ad read and then at (1:04:45) we circle back to more airline travel Docs Row. At (1:05:49) Kristina Schou Madsen becomes the first female outright winner of the seven marathons in seven continents in seven days. At (1:07:57) Chinese distance runner Pan Shancu runs 6000 laps on an 8 meter track that he set up in his apartment while his town is stuck indoors under a coronavirus quarantine. The conversation leads to a throw back story where both Docs and Farley were quarantined in college.