Speaker 1: Thank you, New York. Today, we're reminded of the power
Speaker 1: of community and the power of coming together. Athletes, on
Speaker 1: your mark.
Speaker 2: The first woman to finish for the second straight year
Speaker 2: here in the New York City Marathon is Miki Gorman, a smiling
Speaker 2: Miki Gorman. And why not? 2: 29:30 the time for (inaudible)
Speaker 3: Look at the emotion of Shalane Flanagan as she comes to
Speaker 3: the line. Pointing to his chest, pointing to the USA he
Speaker 3: so proudly wears across his chest. A great day for Meb Keflezighi.
Speaker 4: All right, Annie, another title right here in New York
Speaker 4: City. Let's talk about it. Tell me a little bit
Speaker 4: about the race.
Speaker 5: Yeah. It went out quick, but I was kind of
Speaker 5: hoping that would happen. I felt like there's a lot
Speaker 5: of people who had heavy legs training for marathons, just
Speaker 5: coming from marathons and I thought, okay, 5K on the roads.
Speaker 5: There's no one in this field that I feel like
Speaker 5: is more suited for this than me. And obviously that
Speaker 5: doesn't mean you're going to win. People can be in
Speaker 5: really good shape, but I was like, this is my
Speaker 5: strength right here. And so I tried to really capitalize
Speaker 5: on that. I knew I needed the race to be
Speaker 5: fast in the beginning to burn people's legs up a
Speaker 5: little bit and to scare people a little bit into
Speaker 5: not going with us. And then Emma Grace pushed at
Speaker 5: mile two. And I didn't feel super great, but I
Speaker 5: tried to rely on a lot of the times in middle
Speaker 5: of the races, I don't feel good, and so I
Speaker 5: just have to kind of keep believing in my strength
Speaker 5: and keep pushing. And then yeah, kind of just made
Speaker 5: a move and tried to push, not look back.
Speaker 4: That was a big move, though. It was on the
Speaker 4: turn, so you kind of cut in on the inside.
Speaker 4: Tell me a little bit about that. Because then it
Speaker 4: wasn't just the move. There was a surge after that
Speaker 4: really broke it apart.
Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, I feel strongly that in races, if you're
Speaker 5: going to take the lead, not in the first half,
Speaker 5: because you can't do anything, but if you're going to
Speaker 5: take the lead, you need to make an actual move,
Speaker 5: especially on the roads. On the track, maybe there's a reason
Speaker 5: for it. But on the roads, if you're going to
Speaker 5: make a move, you better let go. So I wanted
Speaker 5: to kind of... Yeah, if people went with me that
Speaker 5: was fine, but I wanted to test where they were
Speaker 5: at, and you can kind of tell how people respond.
Speaker 5: And I think for a while, I don't know, but
Speaker 5: it sounded like they were still kind of with me.
Speaker 5: And so I was a little nervous that it was
Speaker 5: a little early, especially with the hill, but I just
Speaker 5: kept trying to push and I could tell. About 400
Speaker 5: meters, I could tell that they had dropped off enough
Speaker 5: that I know that if I was in their position,
Speaker 5: it'd be very hard to come back.
Speaker 4: There's confidence right now. I can feel it and I
Speaker 4: can hear it, but I know that there's been change
Speaker 4: for you. You are now coaching yourself. So let's talk
Speaker 4: about that. Where does this confidence come from. And it's
Speaker 4: showing. You're running that way.
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think it was... Yeah, it's hard. I've done
Speaker 5: a lot more training on my own this fall, and
Speaker 5: that's been definitely draining at points, but I did Cow
Speaker 5: Harbor at the beginning of the year, and that was
Speaker 5: kind of rough. And I was like, oh, I don't
Speaker 5: know if I am doing the right training, if I'm doing a
Speaker 5: great job at this. And then I ran the Boston
Speaker 5: Women's 10K and just ran faster than I did last
Speaker 5: year, and I think that really... I got a lot
Speaker 5: of confidence from that because I knew Erica was in
Speaker 5: great shape. I got second to her, but held on
Speaker 5: as long as I possibly could. And I think that
Speaker 5: was like, no, I'm doing what I need to be
Speaker 5: doing. And it's a road 5K. Like I said, I
Speaker 5: just feel confident, especially in this field. It was such
Speaker 5: a good field, but I felt like I was the
Speaker 5: only one who kind of specialized in this.
Speaker 4: It's so fun.
Speaker 5: So it helps a lot.
Speaker 4: It's so fun to see you and hear you. Last year,
Speaker 4: you were excited and you were confident, but this year,
Speaker 4: it's a different level.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 4: What are you going to do to celebrate this? We're
Speaker 4: here in one of the greatest cities of the world,
Speaker 4: if not the greatest city. Tell me what you do
Speaker 4: to celebrate this way.
Speaker 5: I don't know. Honestly, socialize. I feel like all I've
Speaker 5: been doing is socializing with people. Yesterday, I sat down,
Speaker 5: I was like... I don't think I've sat in my
Speaker 5: hotel room all day. And I'm here alone, so I'm
Speaker 5: just seeking out people like, " Hey, how are you doing?"
Speaker 5: It's just great to see people. I have no idea.
Speaker 5: Yeah, to be determined.
Speaker 4: It's been such, not stressful. Well, it is stressful, the year
Speaker 4: of the Olympics, but it's a heaviness that now you
Speaker 4: feel a sense of lightness. I'm assuming that. We have
Speaker 4: a world championship this summer, but the Olympics are gone
Speaker 4: now. We can worry about that in 2028.
Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, you still always
Speaker 5: think about the upcoming next championship. One of my main
Speaker 5: goals in running is to make a team, any team.
Speaker 5: And obviously everyone wants that to be the Olympic team,
Speaker 5: and it's such a hard thing because you kind of
Speaker 5: have to go into it and believe you can make
Speaker 5: the team. Even if that's delusional, as a professional runner,
Speaker 5: you have to go and be like, I can make
Speaker 5: that team. And so the truth is most people walk
Speaker 5: away and don't make that team, and that's very hard
Speaker 5: to deal with that someone who is very competitive and
Speaker 5: I want to win everything. I think anyone who's out
Speaker 5: here and doesn't want to win is crazy. I love
Speaker 5: running, but I also love to compete and win. And
Speaker 5: so yeah, it takes a few months to get over
Speaker 5: it, I think, and just get back into training and
Speaker 5: enjoy it again. So-
Speaker 4: Well, keep building that confidence and keep wearing that smile.
Speaker 4: And we know we'll see you with the red, white
Speaker 4: and blue on congratulations.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Carrie.
Speaker 4: Yeah. Ahmed. Okay, so technically second USATF Championship, but first
Speaker 4: here on the streets in New York City.
Speaker 6: Yes.
Speaker 4: That had to have been really cool.
Speaker 6: Absolutely. Absolutely. It started right in front of the UN.
Speaker 6: And I'm international affairs major, so this has always been
Speaker 6: something I've gotten excited about in this race. I don't
Speaker 6: think I'll miss it in the future. For as long
Speaker 6: as Sam is trying to be willing to have me
Speaker 6: here, I'm back every year.
Speaker 4: Yeah. So let's talk about the race a little bit.
Speaker 4: You are in that pack for the first, what, mile
Speaker 4: or so. Then you push, and you push hard. You
Speaker 4: get a pretty big lead, and then they start to
Speaker 4: reel you back in. Talk us through it a little bit.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I wanted to make sure that it didn't come
Speaker 6: down to kick. Like I said, I think kick can
Speaker 6: be anybody's race at any given day. And I've been
Speaker 6: building way too much strength, and I've been now three
Speaker 6: and a half months almost since my last race, and
Speaker 6: so I wanted to see if what we've been doing
Speaker 6: differently will work. And that's one of the things I'm
Speaker 6: working on this year, is just building the strength and being a
Speaker 6: lot stronger, especially the latter races of the parts of
Speaker 6: the race. And I wanted to make sure that the
Speaker 6: kickers, I take the speed out of them.
Speaker 4: You were talking to me after the race and you
Speaker 4: said you kind of wanted this race to be not
Speaker 4: a warning. That wasn't the word that you said, but
Speaker 4: you wanted to show people what you can do.
Speaker 6: Absolutely. I think I've always... The reality of where I
Speaker 6: was and what I believed I could do a lot
Speaker 6: of times didn't align, and I feel like sometimes that
Speaker 6: could create a little bit of disappointment. And I think
Speaker 6: it had a lot to do for me. We've learned
Speaker 6: we needed to work more on the strength side of
Speaker 6: things because I'm, I think in my opinion, a good
Speaker 6: hybrid athlete where I could alternate between the track and
Speaker 6: the road. I ran a 3K in 7: 40, and then
Speaker 6: within five days, I came back to run the 8K and won the 8K
Speaker 6: US Road Champs in Tennessee. And so I know I'm
Speaker 6: a hybrid athlete. I know I could be a great
Speaker 6: 10 K runner right now where I'm at. And I
Speaker 6: think in order to show that to the world and
Speaker 6: to my competitors, I had to build the strength right
Speaker 6: now, and obviously we're going to start continue building that.
Speaker 6: And so today it was like, let's see if we
Speaker 6: could do what we thought we could do and finally
Speaker 6: it kind of stick.
Speaker 4: Well, you're in this young professional career of yours. You're
Speaker 4: just sort of getting going. Is the 10K the event for
Speaker 4: you, or are you excited to see this long one
Speaker 4: tomorrow, the 26. 2 mile race that happens here?
Speaker 6: I think I've been telling a lot of my friends
Speaker 6: and teammates that this weekend is, especially if you're running
Speaker 6: the 5K, it's a cheat code to experience the whole
Speaker 6: full marathon of New York City but not run 26
Speaker 6: miles. The longest I ran was this fall one go,
Speaker 6: and that was 20 miles two weekends ago. First time
Speaker 6: ever running 20 miles. I've done 18 before a couple
Speaker 6: times, but we've been building, like I said, the strength.
Speaker 6: But I am not excited to race 26 miles, but
Speaker 6: I'm very excited to watch it. And I have four
Speaker 6: teammates that last night, we met as a team and
Speaker 6: our coaches were talking to us about just making sure
Speaker 6: that we're warming up the course for them and telling them, "
Speaker 6: Hey, we believe in you." And I am really excited
Speaker 6: for my four teammates that are racing tomorrow, Kellen, Aliphine
Speaker 6: and Futsum, and Wesley. So I want them to be out
Speaker 6: there, and I'll be cheering them on. And I have
Speaker 6: my beautiful wife here as well, and so it's a
Speaker 6: great weekend here.
Speaker 4: I know that you got a big check here to
Speaker 4: finish that race, so what are you going to do
Speaker 4: for your wife? It's all about making sure you two
Speaker 4: go out and celebrate. So what's the plan?
Speaker 6: Well, we were already planning on our honeymoon in about
Speaker 6: a month, and so we're going to East Africa for
Speaker 6: a little bit, for a month or so. So this
Speaker 6: whole build up this fall was more about just really
Speaker 6: try to build that strength, and then take a little
Speaker 6: bit of downtime, and then come back and build more
Speaker 6: strength. And we'll do the tanking on the track and
Speaker 6: all of that, but yeah, she's been a good charm
Speaker 6: for me. Since we've gotten married, I've PRed in almost
Speaker 6: all of my events and I've gotten two national titles,
Speaker 6: and so we'll make sure we treat her right. I
Speaker 6: won't get paid from New York until probably January or
Speaker 6: February, but it's something we know is coming eventually. It's
Speaker 6: a good payday with the road circuit. I think I'll
Speaker 6: be moving up to third as well on that. And yeah, with
Speaker 6: a little bit more bonuses along the way, I think
Speaker 6: it's a great, great payday.
Speaker 4: Oh, congratulations on everything, the wedding, the win, all of
Speaker 4: it. Way to go.
Speaker 6: Thank you so much. It's been an incredible year, and it's also been
Speaker 6: a lot. I feel like a lot of things going
Speaker 6: around the world. As international affairs, there are a lot
Speaker 6: of issues that I've been speaking a lot about. And
Speaker 6: if you want to learn more about it, you could
Speaker 6: find me on Instagram or whatever, but I hope that
Speaker 6: there is the world peace in Sudan and in Gaza,
Speaker 6: what's happening and all of that. So I feel like
Speaker 6: the last three months have been very quiet for me,
Speaker 6: but I've been finding a lot of what's been around
Speaker 6: the world and the people of Gaza deserve freedom and
Speaker 6: people of Sudan deserve peace as well.
Speaker 4: Well, thanks for bringing joy today.
Speaker 6: Thank you so much. I appreciate you, Carrie. Thank you.
Speaker 4: All right, I'm here with Zariel Macchia. Zariel, three in a row
Speaker 4: winning the youth race. And we know you from running
Speaker 4: at the USA's and running in the World Cross, and
Speaker 4: running at Champs and in Footlocker, all the things, but this
Speaker 4: race keeps bringing you back.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's just a really exciting, fun environment. You go
Speaker 7: to the expo the day before and you just have
Speaker 7: a crowd down the whole course, and it's just impossible
Speaker 7: not to be really excited the whole time you're at
Speaker 7: this race. And it's just so much fun to be
Speaker 7: able to keep coming back here. And then you have
Speaker 7: the professional men and women racing too, and it is just a
Speaker 7: really, really exciting environment to be a part of.
Speaker 4: Tell me about today's race. When did you know you
Speaker 4: were going to win this race?
Speaker 7: Okay, so I actually had talked to Dylan beforehand, so
Speaker 7: we decided to wear USA uniforms together, and we're like
Speaker 7: we'll run together to two miles. And once we get
Speaker 7: into the park, we'll race, and whatever you want to
Speaker 7: do, go for it. So we were pushing each other
Speaker 7: and giving words of encouragement during the race. And then
Speaker 7: once we hit Central Park, it's like, all right, now
Speaker 7: let loose. And I felt pretty good, so I pulled
Speaker 7: away a little bit. And then we hit 800 together. And I was like,
Speaker 7: all right, I know Dylan loves 800, so I better
Speaker 7: pick it up here because I didn't know what she's
Speaker 7: going to come up with for this last eight. But
Speaker 7: yeah, it was really fun.
Speaker 4: I love it. You have been able to represent the
Speaker 4: US already at this young age, but being surrounded by
Speaker 4: all these great athletes that are also Olympians or US
Speaker 4: champions, it has to be pretty inspiring.
Speaker 7: Oh, 100%. Just getting to talk to them and getting
Speaker 7: to learn from them, it's just such a unique experience.
Speaker 7: And I think it really... For me personally, it kept me really
Speaker 7: excited to keep going. And just like to hear about
Speaker 7: their journeys and their love for the sport, it just
Speaker 7: makes me love it even more too.
Speaker 4: Well, your family loves this sport. Mom and dad, both
Speaker 4: runners. Your mom is a police officer, your dad is
Speaker 4: a teacher, and they just love going to all of
Speaker 4: the events. So thank you for keep on coming back
Speaker 4: to this race, and we'll see you in the future.
Speaker 7: Yes.
Speaker 4: You still have one more year of high school, right?
Speaker 7: Well, this is my last year of high school.
Speaker 4: Okay. Well, then we might see you as a professional
Speaker 4: here next year.
Speaker 7: Oh, maybe. I don't know. We'll see.
Speaker 4: All right, Zariel. Congratulations. Three- time winner. Awesome.