Zouhair Talbi - America's Newest 2:05 Guy

Mica Rivera Wood 2:31:35 debut marathon

Today, I'm talking with Mica Rivera Wood, who recently ran her debut of 2:31:35 at the Marathon Project at the end of 2025. I've been following both Mica and her husband, Adam Wood, on social media, and I've had the pleasure of crossing paths with them in a variety of cities around the world on media trips. In this episode, we talk about Mica's marathon debut, running for Peru, and joining the Eyestone Elite group in Utah. We also go over where her 2:31 performance puts her on my Fastest Known Youtubers list and my Fastest Know Marathon Couples list. 0:00 intro 1:48 kiss marry kill 3:45 joining eyestone elite 6:10 so many recent PRs 10:24 running for peru 14:59 do peruvians love adam 16:52 having an audience that includes younger runners 21:28 mica's high school PRs 26:20 fastest known youtubers 28:59 fastest marathon couples follow Mica's running on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKv8bGnFm0eaXkoxtxzUWYg follow Mica on IG: https://www.instagram.com/micariverawoodfollow the Woods on IG:https://www.instagram.com/thewoodsrun

Zouhair Talbi - America's Newest 2:05 Guy

Zouhair Talbi is a professional marathoner for ASICS who has been a 2:06 guy for the last two years when he first won the Houston Marathon and set the course record. This year, he returned to Houston to set break his own course record and bring home both the win and a shiny new PB of 2:05:45. In this bonus episode, I talk with Zouhair about moving from Morocco to Northwest Kansas, the shoes he's been training and racing in, his also very fast marathoner wife, and where he stands on the Fastest Known YouTubers: Mens Marathon List0:00 intro0:42 from Moroccoa to Northwest Kansas5:20 what did Zouhair eat when he was feeling homesick in the early years7:09 citizenship through service10:56 Zouhair's shoe rotation13:31 race day shoe15:16 wife's OTQ15:42 fastest marathon couples17:26 fastest known youtubers21:49 training in Morocco24:54 what's the plan now?27:56 chasing 2:04?32:35 no gels, only fluidsfollow Zouhair on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@UC81tNdvRP6EqX4jDaA0PLrQ Zouhair on IG: https://www.instagram.com/zouhairathle/Zouhair's wife on IG: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethtalbi/

Protect the Good Day. Adam Woods Runs a PB at CIM 2025

Adam Woods is an unsponsored marathoner who recently ran a PB of 2:16:58 at CIM. I've known Adam and his wife, Mica, (both runners) as they have a very popular joint IG account theWoodsRun, and I've attended media events with them in their capacity as new media or "influencers" like me. But I've been following their running journeys even before we met in person, so I was excited to see Adam perform well at CIM, especially considering Adam had a health scare earlier in the year that put his running career in jeopardy. 00:00 INTRO 02:48 Fastest Known YouTubers 05:26 Secret Sauce Training In Utah 07:54 Race Breakdown and Analysis 16:13 Time in Hospital 20:10 The Training 24:52 Let's Talk About Shoes 26:12 Pacing Arizona with Mica and Recording / Content Juggling 33:26 Creating Content 35:03 Let's talk about Mica Adam on IG https://www.instagram.com/adammwoodd/ Adam and Mica on IG https://www.instagram.com/thewoodsrun/ Adam on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@AdamWoodRuns

Joel Reichow, Top American New York Marathon 2025

Joel Reichow is an unsponsored marathoner who's been running with Minnesota Distance Elite for a while now, but he's finally had that breakout year, winning Grandma's Marathon (to go along with his prior Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon at Grandma's win in 2023) and also coming in 6th in New York with a sub 2:10 time. In this Bonus Episode! I talk with Joel about his race day, the shoes he's been training and racing in as a free agent, and I also do a quick check on just how Minnesota Runner this Minnesota native is. 00:00 INTRO 00:51 Interview Start 01:39 Kiss, Marry, Kill 02:37 Result in NYC 05:03 Any time goals? 05:38 Race recap, breakdown 10:52 Race Day Shoes 12:40 What other shoes are you running in? 14:13 Getting ready for New York 15:34 What are you doing with your hair? 18:36 Interaction with Annie 20:13 Inside Minnesota Elite 21:48 How Minnesota Runner Are You? Follow Minnesota Distance Elite on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@MinnesotaDistanceElite Follow Joel on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joelreichow/?hl=en

Dakotah Popehn after Chicago Marathon 2025

Dakotah Popehn is a professional marathoner for Puma who just finished 7th overall in Chicago, running a PB of 2:24:20 and finishing as second American. But Dakotah was a bit disappointed overall in her performance. In this bonus episode, we'll go over what her goals were, where things went awry, and whether her choice of the Fast R3 was the best choice (Dakotah once told me that that they'd basically have to fight her if they ever tried to take her away her Deviate Nitro Elite 3, which is another shoe that is made by her sponsor) 00:00: INTRO 00:40: Interview Start 01:23: Kiss, Marry, Kill 02:05: Training leading up to Chicago 04:12: Press Conference 05:30: Do you have a favorite marathon indicator workout? 06:50: Start of the Race 09:24: Mile 9 10:19: Nutrition on course 11:20: Mile 19 13:21: Finish 14:16: Fast R 3 or Deviate Elite? 16:58: Shoe’s worn during training rotation. 18:27: Heat Training, Double Training and Nutrition Training 19:19: Looking Forward, What’s Next? 21:33: What Lagoon animal are you? 21:53: What headphones does Dakotah use? 23:09: Inside Minnesota Distance Elite Follow Dakotah on IG https://www.instagram.com/dakotahlindwurm/ Follow Minnesota Distance Elite on YT https://www.youtube.com/@MinnesotaDistanceElite