Dauwalter’s Brutal Hardrock Win, Kipchoge in Brazil, and Why Messi Never Runs
Courtney Dauwalter breaks her own Hardrock 100 course record while sick on the trail, and Ludo Pommeret wins his third straight at age 50. Eliud Kipchoge’s seven continent world tour rolls through Brazil. Emmanuel Wanyonyi breaks a 1K world record that stood since 1999. Barkley founder Laz Lake voids two backyard ultra world records. And Jessy went down a Strava rabbit hole to find out which Tour de France riders and World Cup players actually run, including one stat about Lionel Messi that will change how you watch him. Drop your prediction in the comments: Jessy is running an all-out 1K this week. Guess her time! Chapters: 00:00 This week’s stories snapshot 03:40 Hardrock 100: two course records and a brutal day for Dauwalter 08:50 Kipchoge’s world tour stops in Brazil 14:31 A 1K world record falls after 27 years 18:41 Laz Lake voids the backyard ultra world records 22:50 Do Tour de France riders and World Cup players actually run? 26:43 The Messi stat 30:33 Big announcement: a second episode every week Read Jessy’s reporting on all of this week’s stories at marathonhandbook.com Articles referenced: https://marathonhandbook.com/kipchoge... https://marathonhandbook.com/how-fifa... https://marathonhandbook.com/world-cu... https://marathonhandbook.com/tour-de-... https://marathonhandbook.com/pommeret... https://marathonhandbook.com/wanyonyi... https://marathonhandbook.com/running-... Subscribe to The Running Story podcast feed on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and leave us a five star rating and review!

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