1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,370 Yared Nuguse: The whole thing, it feels like a general fog over 2 00:00:02,370 --> 00:00:04,860 Yared Nuguse: it, but it's like there's these moments. And there's another 3 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:07,230 Yared Nuguse: moment where I'm just like, "Oh, I can do more." And 4 00:00:07,230 --> 00:00:09,810 Yared Nuguse: I think I have another surge where I almost get to 5 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:12,539 Yared Nuguse: silver, but I didn't quite make it. But I still felt 6 00:00:12,539 --> 00:00:15,330 Yared Nuguse: like that was a race where I left everything out there and 7 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:17,220 Yared Nuguse: was really happy about that. 8 00:00:21,390 --> 00:00:24,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hey everybody, and welcome to Set the Pace, the official 9 00:00:24,690 --> 00:00:29,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: podcast of New York Roadrunners, presented by Peloton. I'm your 10 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:33,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: host and the CEO of New York Roadrunners, Rob Simmelkjaer. And 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: I am pleased to be joined in person with a 12 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:42,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: live studio audience here at the New York Roadrunners Run 13 00:00:42,540 --> 00:00:46,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: Center featuring the New Balance Run Hub. And so that 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: means I get to be in the same room as 15 00:00:47,940 --> 00:00:52,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: my amazing, talented and lovely co- host, Becs Gentry from 16 00:00:52,350 --> 00:00:55,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: Peloton. Hello Becs. 17 00:00:55,410 --> 00:00:58,230 Becs Gentry: Hi. Hi everyone. It is so wonderful to be here. 18 00:00:58,230 --> 00:01:01,320 Becs Gentry: I love these in- person events. I missed one. I 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,420 Becs Gentry: missed almost previous one- 20 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:04,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes. 21 00:01:04,020 --> 00:01:04,410 Becs Gentry: as well. 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: You were laid up, but you feeling better now, right? 23 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:07,709 Becs Gentry: She's out of the boot. 24 00:01:07,770 --> 00:01:10,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: You're moving great. You look great. So, things are going well? 25 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:11,730 Becs Gentry: Running around again, yes. 26 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:12,331 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, we like that. 27 00:01:12,331 --> 00:01:16,830 Becs Gentry: Feet you, anyone who's had an injury knows what I mean. Frustrated. 28 00:01:16,890 --> 00:01:19,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's kind of important for you, because if I get 29 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: an injury, that stinks from me. I'm running races and 30 00:01:23,970 --> 00:01:26,459 Rob Simmelkjaer: trying to run, as you know, Chicago Marathon, but I'm 31 00:01:26,459 --> 00:01:29,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: doing that for fun. I mean, I work in running, 32 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: but running isn't actually my job, thank God, by the 33 00:01:32,370 --> 00:01:34,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: way, that it's not my actual job. But in your 34 00:01:34,830 --> 00:01:39,811 Rob Simmelkjaer: case, you have to be able to run. So, this is no joke when you get an injury. 35 00:01:39,811 --> 00:01:43,170 Becs Gentry: Yeah, yeah. It was tough. And I'm also a stubborn 36 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:47,040 Becs Gentry: Aries, so anyone who's an Aries, you know, we do 37 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,279 Becs Gentry: not take advice well. So, being told to sit on my behind 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,310 Becs Gentry: and do nothing, it's not something I do ever. But 39 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:55,020 Becs Gentry: I did, I did. I binge- watched a lot of 40 00:01:55,020 --> 00:01:55,650 Becs Gentry: TV shows. 41 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's a good excuse- 42 00:01:59,100 --> 00:01:59,881 Becs Gentry: And I read a book. 43 00:01:59,880 --> 00:01:59,882 Rob Simmelkjaer: ... to binge-watch. You read a book. 44 00:01:59,881 --> 00:02:02,310 Becs Gentry: I read a book that wasn't like a ... I was going to go straight in 45 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:05,401 Becs Gentry: with a self- help book. You know what I mean? Like a growth book. 46 00:02:05,401 --> 00:02:08,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: Was it a novel? Was it fiction? What did you read? 47 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:09,720 Becs Gentry: Pure fiction. 48 00:02:10,410 --> 00:02:14,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: Was it like a romance kind of book? Was it something like that? 49 00:02:14,250 --> 00:02:14,731 Becs Gentry: Marian Keyes. It was Marian Keyes. 50 00:02:14,730 --> 00:02:15,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Okay, okay. 51 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,210 Becs Gentry: I was so, I loved it. I literally was like, " 52 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:21,630 Becs Gentry: This is amazing." I read it in a second. I wish I 53 00:02:21,630 --> 00:02:24,899 Becs Gentry: could read the growth educational self- help books that quickly. 54 00:02:24,959 --> 00:02:27,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: Sometimes you just need a little brain candy. 55 00:02:27,660 --> 00:02:27,661 Becs Gentry: You do. 56 00:02:27,661 --> 00:02:28,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: I get it. I totally get it. 57 00:02:28,950 --> 00:02:31,230 Becs Gentry: Brain candy. That's such a good way of saying it. 58 00:02:31,230 --> 00:02:31,680 Becs Gentry: Brain candy. 59 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, I'm glad you had a little break. I'm glad 60 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're back at it. And by the way, we want 61 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:41,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: to thank everybody listening to the show this week on 62 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:44,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: 710 WOR Radio here in New York. We've loved being 63 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:47,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: on WOR over the last couple of months, and stay 64 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:50,669 Rob Simmelkjaer: tuned, because directly after the show we're going to be 65 00:02:50,669 --> 00:02:54,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: going to live coverage of the 2025 New Balance 5th 66 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:57,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: Avenue Mile. Who's running the 5th Avenue Mile here? Anybody? Make 67 00:02:57,990 --> 00:02:59,639 Rob Simmelkjaer: some noise. Make some noise. 68 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:00,301 Becs Gentry: Amazing. 69 00:03:00,301 --> 00:03:02,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, we got some people, as we record this 70 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:05,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: podcast, just to set the scene for you, if you're 71 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:07,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: listening, we got people walking in and out of the 72 00:03:07,650 --> 00:03:11,668 Rob Simmelkjaer: run center getting their bibs for either the 5th Avenue Mile 73 00:03:11,790 --> 00:03:14,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: or the Bronx 10 Miler, which is next week. We 74 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:17,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: got a lot of big races coming up and it's a 75 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: very exciting time at New York Roadrunners. So, we're excited for what's 76 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:22,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: to come. 77 00:03:22,410 --> 00:03:24,930 Becs Gentry: I get to interview you on Sunday. I'm part of 78 00:03:24,930 --> 00:03:27,810 Becs Gentry: the broadcast team for the 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday at night. 79 00:03:27,810 --> 00:03:27,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: Which we're so excited about. 80 00:03:28,950 --> 00:03:32,850 Becs Gentry: So excited. But I get to interview him, actually, actually 81 00:03:32,850 --> 00:03:36,630 Becs Gentry: interview him, not just chat. I actually get to ask 82 00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:37,410 Becs Gentry: the questions. 83 00:03:37,470 --> 00:03:39,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: Take it easy on me. I hope you'll take it 84 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: easy on me. No hard questions. The broadcast, by the 85 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: way, in case you're not able to be there live 86 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: on Fifth Avenue, we're going to be live on Channel 87 00:03:46,290 --> 00:03:50,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: 7 in New York, WABC, as well as nationally on 88 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:54,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: ESPN+. So, you can check out that broadcast anywhere. And 89 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: it should be an incredible 5th Avenue Mile, which we'll 90 00:03:57,450 --> 00:04:03,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk about in a second. But Becs, we have to 91 00:04:03,780 --> 00:04:07,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: do our little annual check- in on my Chicago Marathon training. 92 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,002 Becs Gentry: Quickly. Let's not make this annual, otherwise I'm a really (inaudible) . 93 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:13,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, did I say weekly? Exactly. I want to give you 94 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: an update on how things are going. First of all, 95 00:04:16,230 --> 00:04:17,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: I feel good. 96 00:04:17,550 --> 00:04:17,790 Becs Gentry: Good. 97 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:21,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: Things are going well. I texted Becs on Monday. I 98 00:04:21,270 --> 00:04:24,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: ran a new race on Monday. It was in New 99 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,159 Rob Simmelkjaer: Haven, Connecticut. There's a very pretty famous 20K. It's actually 100 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: the National Championship 20K race up in New Haven. They 101 00:04:33,450 --> 00:04:35,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: added a little bit on to make a half- marathon 102 00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:38,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: for folks like me who want to run the 13.1. 103 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:40,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: So, I ran the New Haven half Marathon on Labor Day. 104 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:41,370 Becs Gentry: Congratulations. 105 00:04:41,370 --> 00:04:46,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: It was a beautiful day, beautiful course too. It was pretty 106 00:04:46,110 --> 00:04:49,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: flat. Like you're going all through downtown New Haven, Connecticut, 107 00:04:49,710 --> 00:04:53,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: past Yale and all this historic stuff. It was a 108 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: very nice course. 109 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:54,659 Becs Gentry: Fancy. 110 00:04:54,810 --> 00:04:59,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: It was. It was fancy, and I really enjoyed it and had a 111 00:04:59,610 --> 00:05:02,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: good time. I mean, one thing that really has happened 112 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:05,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: this year with my training, Becs, is you have pushed me 113 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:08,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: to really push myself during the long runs in a 114 00:05:08,910 --> 00:05:10,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: way that I really never had before. I had always 115 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:13,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: looked at a long run as just cover the distance 116 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:17,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: and you'll be fine. And that is fine and that's 117 00:05:17,370 --> 00:05:20,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: how most people approach long runs. But I've really started 118 00:05:20,370 --> 00:05:24,779 Rob Simmelkjaer: pushing myself to run the marathon pace or better in 119 00:05:24,779 --> 00:05:26,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: a lot of these long runs. And I have to 120 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: say, I feel like it is paying dividends for me, because I ran a 1. 121 00:05:29,910 --> 00:05:33,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: 37 in the half in New Haven and that was 122 00:05:33,450 --> 00:05:38,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: miles five through 17 or 18 of my long run, so I 123 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,729 Rob Simmelkjaer: had some tired legs. And it felt pretty good. I 124 00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:43,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: feel like things are going okay. 125 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:46,860 Becs Gentry: That is music to my ears. And it is slightly 126 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:49,500 Becs Gentry: controversial, but every coach is different, and that's why everybody 127 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:53,190 Becs Gentry: has different coaches. I do push people a little harder, 128 00:05:53,190 --> 00:05:54,990 Becs Gentry: and if you take my personal classes, I guess you 129 00:05:54,990 --> 00:05:59,430 Becs Gentry: know that. But I do subscribe to the belief that 130 00:05:59,430 --> 00:06:02,400 Becs Gentry: most long runs should be marathon pace. If you have 131 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,500 Becs Gentry: a goal, if you have a goal. If you don't 132 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,810 Becs Gentry: have a goal, feel free. Run at whatever pace you 133 00:06:06,810 --> 00:06:08,700 Becs Gentry: want to run at, forward is a pace, I say 134 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:12,750 Becs Gentry: that. But marathon pace, you're crushing it, dude, you're going 135 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:13,320 Becs Gentry: to be amazing. 136 00:06:13,589 --> 00:06:17,159 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think I'll feel more confident showing up at the starting 137 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: line knowing that I've run this pace for some long 138 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:21,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: stretches of time, instead of trying to do it the key for the first time on race day. 139 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:26,279 Becs Gentry: That's the key. I feel so bad, because it happened 140 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,919 Becs Gentry: to me. I showed up on race day, and I 141 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,190 Becs Gentry: had no idea how my race pace should feel. And 142 00:06:32,190 --> 00:06:35,220 Becs Gentry: that is miserable, because it can suck. It can really 143 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:37,289 Becs Gentry: suck. So, you should know how your race pace feels. 144 00:06:38,010 --> 00:06:40,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, the two highlights of the New Haven race for 145 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:43,349 Rob Simmelkjaer: me were first of all, at about mile seven I 146 00:06:43,350 --> 00:06:46,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: look up and I see a familiar face, a guy standing 147 00:06:46,050 --> 00:06:49,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: on the sideline of the race. And I'm getting closer 148 00:06:49,260 --> 00:06:51,539 Rob Simmelkjaer: and closer and I'm like, " Is that who I think 149 00:06:51,540 --> 00:06:54,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: it is?" And it's Jack Fleming, the CEO of the Boston 150 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon happened to be in New Haven and he had 151 00:06:58,020 --> 00:07:00,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: a little bit of a, he got a little confused. 152 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:02,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: He mentioned to run the half- marathon. He accidentally ran the 153 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: 5K. It's actually kind of a funny story. He probably 154 00:07:05,610 --> 00:07:08,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: would not like me telling this story, but he accidentally 155 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:10,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: ran the 5K. So he was done and he knew 156 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:13,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: I was running, because he follows me on Strava. So, 157 00:07:13,110 --> 00:07:15,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: he went to find me, found me on the course, 158 00:07:15,660 --> 00:07:17,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: and we ran the second half of the half- marathon 159 00:07:17,850 --> 00:07:21,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: together, which was really awesome. Jack is a very fast 160 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: man, so he pushed me pretty hard in that race. 161 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: And then the second highlight for me was, does anyone 162 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: know about New Haven Pizza? Because New Haven, I mean, 163 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:32,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: we've got great pizza in New York. Of course, Chicago's 164 00:07:32,460 --> 00:07:36,241 Rob Simmelkjaer: got their deep dish, New Haven, Connecticut is famous for pizza. 165 00:07:36,241 --> 00:07:36,781 Becs Gentry: Really? 166 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:39,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: And they have a style of pizza in New Haven, 167 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: which I call, it's written Apizza, like A-P-I-Z-Z- A. 168 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:44,880 Becs Gentry: Oh, that's why you went after. 169 00:07:45,540 --> 00:07:48,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes. I don't think it's pronounced Apizza. There's some better 170 00:07:48,270 --> 00:07:50,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: way to pronounce it, but there are a few really 171 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:53,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: famous places. And I went to a place called Sally's, 172 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: which is one of the OG. I see some people 173 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: giving thumbs up in the audience. It's one of the OG pizza places 174 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:03,179 Rob Simmelkjaer: in New Haven, and it was an hour wait, and 175 00:08:03,180 --> 00:08:04,681 Rob Simmelkjaer: half the people there had just run the half. 176 00:08:04,681 --> 00:08:05,101 Becs Gentry: I was going to say- 177 00:08:05,550 --> 00:08:07,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: So, they were all kind of waiting for this pizza, 178 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:11,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: but oh my God, Becs, this was worth every minute 179 00:08:11,370 --> 00:08:12,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: of that wait. It is this brick oven- 180 00:08:12,031 --> 00:08:12,032 Becs Gentry: You're not just saying that because you have 19 miles in you. 181 00:08:12,032 --> 00:08:18,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, and there's nothing better after a long run than pizza, 182 00:08:18,030 --> 00:08:21,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: let's be honest. Pizza and beer. But it was just 183 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: an incredible pie. It was amazing pizza. That made it 184 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:28,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: an incredible Labor Day for me in New Haven, Connecticut. 185 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,270 Becs Gentry: That sounds so nice, and it sounds like I really 186 00:08:30,270 --> 00:08:31,980 Becs Gentry: should get myself to Connecticut. 187 00:08:32,730 --> 00:08:35,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: I recommend this race for anybody who wants to run 188 00:08:35,010 --> 00:08:37,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: a fun race, the Labor Day race in New Haven, 189 00:08:37,230 --> 00:08:39,809 Rob Simmelkjaer: Connecticut, the half of the 20K or whatever. By the 190 00:08:39,809 --> 00:08:43,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: way, Conner Mantz ran the 20K and won up in New Haven, 191 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:45,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: so they had some real pros running this race, and 192 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,481 Rob Simmelkjaer: our friend Conner Mantz was the men's winner of the 20K. 193 00:08:48,481 --> 00:08:49,021 Becs Gentry: This year? 194 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, on Monday. He was there. He was in New 195 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: Haven and he won this thing. So, it's a big 196 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: race. It was a lot of fun. All right, well, 197 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: we've talked enough about me and my running, but it 198 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:00,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: was a good day in New Haven. Let's talk about 199 00:09:00,420 --> 00:09:03,329 Rob Simmelkjaer: some actual fast runners for a second. We've got the 200 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:06,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: New Balance 5th Avenue Mile coming up and Becs, we 201 00:09:06,390 --> 00:09:10,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: have a loaded professional field in this year's 5th Avenue 202 00:09:10,590 --> 00:09:13,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mile, which is not easy, because the world championships are 203 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:16,679 Rob Simmelkjaer: coming up in Tokyo very soon. So, there's a lot 204 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: of people obviously who are keeping their powder dry for 205 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: Tokyo, but our incredible pro athletes team, Sam Grotewold and 206 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:27,929 Rob Simmelkjaer: Dorian Kail and Christine Burke have assembled an amazing team, 207 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:33,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: including 11 Olympians and many of the fastest athletes in 208 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:37,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: the world. On the women's side, defending champion Karissa Schweizer 209 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: will return to defend her title. We're excited to see 210 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:43,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: her. You might remember Carissa tied the event record and 211 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: winning in her debut last year. 212 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:46,559 Becs Gentry: Yeah last year. 213 00:09:46,950 --> 00:09:49,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: And she says she's coming back to take another crack 214 00:09:49,170 --> 00:09:52,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: at breaking the record in that race. She's a 5, 000- meter 215 00:09:52,770 --> 00:09:57,179 Rob Simmelkjaer: specialist. She will have some pretty stiff competition, 800 meter 216 00:09:57,179 --> 00:10:02,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: standout. Raevyn Rogers, who is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist. Olympic 217 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:08,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: steeplechaser, Courtney Wayment and Olympian Heather MacLean, who is the American Indoor 1, 218 00:10:08,370 --> 00:10:11,069 Rob Simmelkjaer: 500 meter record holder. So that's going to be a 219 00:10:11,070 --> 00:10:12,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: great race on the women's side. 220 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,120 Becs Gentry: I remember last year, because it was following the Olympics 221 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,250 Becs Gentry: last year, so I feel like we've always got something 222 00:10:17,309 --> 00:10:20,160 Becs Gentry: where people are either warmed up or warming up in 223 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,121 Becs Gentry: between this race. Oh, it's going to be so fantastic. And the weather's looking good. 224 00:10:24,121 --> 00:10:28,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: It looks good, so hopefully the rain stays away. We've had some 225 00:10:28,470 --> 00:10:30,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: rainy days in the past for this race, but it's 226 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: looking good, so fingers crossed. 227 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:35,490 Becs Gentry: I mean, obviously for spectators, a little bit of rain, not 228 00:10:35,490 --> 00:10:39,570 Becs Gentry: great, but for the people at home spectating a bit 229 00:10:39,570 --> 00:10:42,450 Becs Gentry: of rain is exciting. Like Formula 1, when it rains, 230 00:10:42,450 --> 00:10:42,540 Becs Gentry: you're like, "Yes." 231 00:10:42,540 --> 00:10:42,541 Rob Simmelkjaer: A little rain. A little rain is fine, not a monsoon. We've had some monsoons at race. We don't like that. 232 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:49,350 Becs Gentry: I feel like it adds some current. 233 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes, I agree with you on that. Well, on the 234 00:10:51,630 --> 00:10:55,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: men's side, we're very excited to announce our guest today 235 00:10:55,830 --> 00:11:00,809 Rob Simmelkjaer: on Set the Pace is the current North American indoor 236 00:11:00,809 --> 00:11:06,329 Rob Simmelkjaer: and outdoor mile record holder and Olympic 1, 500 meter 237 00:11:06,330 --> 00:11:09,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: bronze medalist Yared Nuguse, who is going to join us here 238 00:11:10,140 --> 00:11:12,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: on Set the Pace, and we are so excited to 239 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:17,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: have Yared leading an incredible field in the 5th Avenue Mile. 240 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:19,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's also going to include last year's runner up, Josh 241 00:11:19,770 --> 00:11:23,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hoey, plus Hobbs Kessler, Sam Prakel. It's going to be 242 00:11:23,970 --> 00:11:27,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: a great field. And how cool is it to have Yared coming 243 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:30,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: in to run the 5th Avenue Mile? He's first time ever 244 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:32,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: running any New York Road Runners race. 245 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:33,689 Becs Gentry: What? 246 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:34,199 Rob Simmelkjaer: For real. 247 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:36,030 Becs Gentry: That just stopped me in my tracks. 248 00:11:36,030 --> 00:11:36,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: I know. 249 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,230 Becs Gentry: Like, wow, okay, we just had a really interesting conversation in 250 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:42,300 Becs Gentry: the green room there. I feel like I learned a 251 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:45,570 Becs Gentry: lot about Yared in the past five minutes or 10 minutes I had to 252 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:48,150 Becs Gentry: chat, so I'm really excited to keep this conversation going. 253 00:11:48,179 --> 00:11:50,040 Becs Gentry: He is amazing. 254 00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:52,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes, Yared is an incredible guy, a great story. So he's going 255 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:52,949 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be out here in a second. 256 00:11:52,950 --> 00:11:57,210 Becs Gentry: He's going to come on in a second, but we have so much other stuff going on this weekend, especially 257 00:11:57,210 --> 00:11:59,130 Becs Gentry: if you listened to the podcast last week. 258 00:11:59,460 --> 00:12:02,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's true. It's true. We've got some celebrities who are 259 00:12:02,730 --> 00:12:06,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: running the mile. We've got the first ever Broadway mile 260 00:12:06,570 --> 00:12:07,079 Rob Simmelkjaer: happening on Sunday. 261 00:12:07,079 --> 00:12:07,080 Becs Gentry: Do we have any Broadway fans in here? Yeah- 262 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: Musical fans, of course, it's New York, you've got to have some Broadway 263 00:12:11,670 --> 00:12:13,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: fans. So this is a Broadway mile. We're going to 264 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: have stars of the stage from all kinds of shows 265 00:12:17,850 --> 00:12:20,579 Rob Simmelkjaer: all up and down Broadway, some off- Broadway folks as 266 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:23,309 Rob Simmelkjaer: well who are going to be running down Fifth Avenue 267 00:12:23,370 --> 00:12:26,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: from theaters and productions all over the city, which we're 268 00:12:26,550 --> 00:12:29,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: very excited about. And we've also got a number of 269 00:12:29,970 --> 00:12:32,819 Rob Simmelkjaer: other kind of showdown races as part of the 5th Avenue 270 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:36,959 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mile. We've got the NYPD and the FTNY. They will face off as 271 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: they love to do and so many of our races 272 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: and of course we've got another eight- five- hundred or 273 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:46,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: so runners from ages two to 90 because we've got 274 00:12:46,590 --> 00:12:47,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: kids races as well. 275 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,559 Becs Gentry: I need to sign Talula up. This should be her first race. 276 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,021 Rob Simmelkjaer: I actually thought this was going to be Talula's first race. 277 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:52,021 Becs Gentry: It was supposed to be. 278 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:53,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: But what happened? 279 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,500 Becs Gentry: Mom hasn't signed her up yet. Can I get her in? 280 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:58,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh mom, what happened? I think we can, can we 281 00:12:58,830 --> 00:13:01,949 Rob Simmelkjaer: get Talula signed up for this race? We're going to 282 00:13:01,950 --> 00:13:03,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: see. You may have to- 283 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:03,691 Becs Gentry: She's real fast. 284 00:13:03,691 --> 00:13:08,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: ... pull some strings, but I think we can get your daughter in, because she's- 285 00:13:08,010 --> 00:13:10,380 Becs Gentry: She pull the elbows though. We may have to ... She's 286 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:11,611 Becs Gentry: a bit of a Jostle runner. 287 00:13:11,611 --> 00:13:15,179 Rob Simmelkjaer: She's going to throw some elbows in the race, knock some kids 288 00:13:15,179 --> 00:13:17,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: over just to get to that finish line. I like 289 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: the competition, I like that competitive spirit. But let's get 290 00:13:20,130 --> 00:13:24,929 Rob Simmelkjaer: this done. We got to have Talula's debut at the 5th Avenue Mile. 291 00:13:24,929 --> 00:13:27,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: So again, come on out to check it out. It's 292 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:30,089 Rob Simmelkjaer: a great thing to watch in- person if you come 293 00:13:30,090 --> 00:13:32,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: out. I like to hang out on the lower end 294 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:35,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: of the course. 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Yeah. 320 00:15:03,391 --> 00:15:06,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: And not only does he run but off the track, 321 00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:10,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: he makes art on Instagram, and he's obviously one of 322 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:13,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: the world's best milers. He took the Olympic bronze medal 323 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the 1500 meters in Paris and opened this year 324 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:21,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: by setting the indoor mile world record of 3: 46:63 325 00:15:21,660 --> 00:15:24,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: right here in New York City at the Middle Rose games up at 326 00:15:24,540 --> 00:15:27,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Armory, and that was his third straight New York 327 00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:31,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: Roadrunners Wanamaker Mile title after a packed spring and summer 328 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: competing in both Grand Slam track event and the Diamond 329 00:15:34,650 --> 00:15:38,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: League. He's making his debut at the fifth ... The New 330 00:15:38,580 --> 00:15:41,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: Balance 5th Avenue Mile this Sunday. So let's give it 331 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:53,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: up for Yared Naguse. Welcome to Set the Pace. This 332 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: is a treat. 333 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:56,790 Yared Nuguse: Oh yeah, no, thank you guys for having me on. 334 00:15:56,790 --> 00:15:58,920 Becs Gentry: We are so honored to have you here. I just 335 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,020 Becs Gentry: got stopped in my tracks, because I realized that it 336 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:03,330 Becs Gentry: was your first New York Roadrunners race ever. 337 00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:06,450 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, that's right. I think I've always seen Fifth Avenue 338 00:16:06,450 --> 00:16:08,760 Yared Nuguse: and always kind the idea of coming out and doing 339 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,220 Yared Nuguse: it, but never really worked out with my last two 340 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:12,781 Yared Nuguse: seasons, so glad it could work out. 341 00:16:12,781 --> 00:16:16,020 Becs Gentry: You've had a pretty busy past two seasons, which we're definitely going 342 00:16:16,020 --> 00:16:17,880 Becs Gentry: to get into, but we are so happy that you 343 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,200 Becs Gentry: are here to do it this year. 344 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:19,201 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, thank you guys. 345 00:16:19,201 --> 00:16:26,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yared, I have been very lucky to be right there in the flesh 346 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: for some incredible moments recently in your career. I was 347 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:33,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: in Paris in the stadium at the Stade de France 348 00:16:33,990 --> 00:16:40,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: for that incredible 1, 500 meter race that you obviously finished 349 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:44,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: third. Of course, your teammate Mr. Hawker had that incredible 350 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:48,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: day winning gold. You won bronze, so that was obviously 351 00:16:48,630 --> 00:16:51,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: a day that you'll never forget. I want to talk 352 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:53,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: about that for a minute before we get on to 353 00:16:53,970 --> 00:16:56,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: what's been happening more recently and that race. And for 354 00:16:56,970 --> 00:17:00,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: those who haven't seen it, I recommend everybody go back, 355 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: find it on YouTube or NBC Olympics or whatever it 356 00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:07,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: is. It is one of the most thrilling moments that 357 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: you'll ever see. And the Mile to me Yared is after 358 00:17:11,609 --> 00:17:14,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: maybe the 100 meters and the 200 meters, which are 359 00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:17,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: those incredible surges of adrenaline that you get as a 360 00:17:17,609 --> 00:17:20,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: fan. You just seeing those runners out of the block, 361 00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:23,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: the mile is so exciting, especially as you see them 362 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:26,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: come around that final lap. Walk me through that race 363 00:17:26,820 --> 00:17:29,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: just a little bit from your, I'm sure you've done 364 00:17:29,070 --> 00:17:31,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: this only a couple of thousand times. But I want 365 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:34,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: to just from this distance now over a year away, 366 00:17:35,310 --> 00:17:39,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: how shocking or fulfilling is it still for you, the 367 00:17:39,930 --> 00:17:41,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: way that race ended up playing out? 368 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,510 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, no, it was really crazy, honestly, I think coming 369 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:49,260 Yared Nuguse: into Paris, I hadn't really had an outdoor world medal 370 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:52,109 Yared Nuguse: at that point. And I think with the competition that 371 00:17:52,109 --> 00:17:56,460 Yared Nuguse: was there, I felt a little intimidated, but also strong 372 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:59,280 Yared Nuguse: enough that I definitely could get one if the race 373 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,330 Yared Nuguse: was right. Coming into it, I definitely was more anxious than I 374 00:18:03,330 --> 00:18:06,840 Yared Nuguse: felt for any race I've ever done, which makes sense, 375 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,270 Yared Nuguse: Olympic finals. But I think even just every race, every 376 00:18:12,270 --> 00:18:16,260 Yared Nuguse: heat I had in that stadium was just so much fun 377 00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:19,380 Yared Nuguse: and so exciting. And getting to that last one I 378 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:22,379 Yared Nuguse: remember I was obviously a little nervous but trying to 379 00:18:22,530 --> 00:18:25,439 Yared Nuguse: calm my nerves and stuff. And they have us doing 380 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,540 Yared Nuguse: intros, which they hadn't done for any of the other 381 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:30,090 Yared Nuguse: races and I've never done an actual intro where it's 382 00:18:30,090 --> 00:18:32,550 Yared Nuguse: like you stand there for a minute and then go 383 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:34,560 Yared Nuguse: and I was just like, " Oh God, what am I 384 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,990 Yared Nuguse: going to do?" And then I spent the whole pre- 385 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:39,720 Yared Nuguse: intro period thinking I got to think of something to do for this intro 386 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:41,730 Yared Nuguse: right now, otherwise I'm going to look stupid. 387 00:18:43,740 --> 00:18:46,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's so interesting that that's the kind of thing that 388 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: ends up in your head when you're on a stage 389 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's bigger than any stage you've ever been on. 390 00:18:52,050 --> 00:18:54,119 Yared Nuguse: Honestly, I think it was a distraction. I was just 391 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,639 Yared Nuguse: latching onto anything to make me not think about the 392 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,000 Yared Nuguse: race for a moment. We do our introductions, we get 393 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,040 Yared Nuguse: out there and we're on the track and it kind 394 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,619 Yared Nuguse: of feels like a " I'm ready for it," sort of 395 00:19:04,619 --> 00:19:07,500 Yared Nuguse: moment. And the gun goes off and it's hot right 396 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,840 Yared Nuguse: from the start. I think Jakob really just wanted to 397 00:19:10,050 --> 00:19:10,680 Yared Nuguse: run that race- 398 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: Jakob Ingebrigtsen of course. 399 00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:15,869 Yared Nuguse: And I think a lot of it just kind of 400 00:19:15,869 --> 00:19:18,810 Yared Nuguse: felt like, " Okay, just stay in it." And a race that 401 00:19:18,810 --> 00:19:21,090 Yared Nuguse: fast, all you can really do is just stick where 402 00:19:21,090 --> 00:19:23,220 Yared Nuguse: you are and then wait until that last lap to 403 00:19:23,220 --> 00:19:27,390 Yared Nuguse: kind of do something. And then that last lap comes 404 00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:30,240 Yared Nuguse: and it's just like, I feel really good. I think you kind of 405 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,770 Yared Nuguse: know how your race is going to go by that 406 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:34,740 Yared Nuguse: last lap. And I think in that race I felt like, 407 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:39,869 Yared Nuguse: okay, I'm feeling really good. I can do this. 300 408 00:19:39,869 --> 00:19:43,169 Yared Nuguse: to go kind of Cole starts passing me around and 409 00:19:43,170 --> 00:19:45,900 Yared Nuguse: I try to hold that off a little bit, but he 410 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:48,209 Yared Nuguse: gets around me and then we both get around Timothy 411 00:19:48,210 --> 00:19:51,869 Yared Nuguse: Cheruiyot and then it's the four of us, Jakob and 412 00:19:51,869 --> 00:19:55,740 Yared Nuguse: Josh who been obviously hyped up the entire year, and 413 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:59,730 Yared Nuguse: then Cole and me. And I think at that moment I 414 00:19:59,730 --> 00:20:02,010 Yared Nuguse: just was like that 200 to go moment, that's where it 415 00:20:02,010 --> 00:20:05,820 Yared Nuguse: really felt like, okay, we're really here. That's when the 416 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:09,060 Yared Nuguse: tension builds and everything just kind of locks into place 417 00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:10,740 Yared Nuguse: and I feel like I'm more in the zone than anything. 418 00:20:10,859 --> 00:20:15,660 Yared Nuguse: But I definitely remember that last 100 meters. I go 419 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:18,000 Yared Nuguse: really wide just like I need the space and it 420 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,859 Yared Nuguse: looks crazy crowded in there and I remember everyone's passing 421 00:20:22,859 --> 00:20:25,530 Yared Nuguse: Jakob and I get into that bronze position and I'm 422 00:20:25,530 --> 00:20:27,810 Yared Nuguse: just like, there's a moment where it's just like, " Oh 423 00:20:27,810 --> 00:20:32,340 Yared Nuguse: my God, I'm here." And they're still a race to go, so I'm still just like, " 424 00:20:32,369 --> 00:20:33,930 Yared Nuguse: Okay, we got to hold him off." I don't know 425 00:20:33,930 --> 00:20:36,629 Yared Nuguse: if he's going to have another kick or something, but 426 00:20:37,050 --> 00:20:40,260 Yared Nuguse: there was another moment. This is very obviously quick. 427 00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:42,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. I love this. Yeah, they're brief moments, 428 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: but there are moments we're never going to forget. 429 00:20:44,250 --> 00:20:48,690 Yared Nuguse: But they're very clearly I can remember, although the whole 430 00:20:48,690 --> 00:20:50,459 Yared Nuguse: thing, it feels like a general fog over it, but 431 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:52,709 Yared Nuguse: it's kind of like there's these moments. And there was 432 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:54,810 Yared Nuguse: another moment where I'm just like, " Oh, I can do 433 00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:57,810 Yared Nuguse: more." And I think I had another surge where I almost get 434 00:20:57,810 --> 00:21:01,020 Yared Nuguse: to silver, but I don't quite make it. But I 435 00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:03,270 Yared Nuguse: still felt like that was a race where I left 436 00:21:03,270 --> 00:21:06,179 Yared Nuguse: everything out there and was really happy about that. 437 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:10,050 Becs Gentry: Oh my gosh, I can't even imagine that feeling of 438 00:21:10,050 --> 00:21:13,980 Becs Gentry: going from the nerves of the intro moment to going ... 439 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,190 Becs Gentry: I can see you making that move. I can still 440 00:21:17,190 --> 00:21:19,170 Becs Gentry: see it in my mind watching you do that that 441 00:21:19,170 --> 00:21:21,780 Becs Gentry: day. And just being like, " Oh my goodness, this is 442 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:26,790 Becs Gentry: actually happening. There we go." Massive congratulations. 443 00:21:27,450 --> 00:21:27,659 Yared Nuguse: Thank you. 444 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:32,100 Becs Gentry: Forever. Let's take it back to how running started for 445 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:36,600 Becs Gentry: you. Because you weren't always super into running as a 446 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,530 Becs Gentry: child. And it was only apparently your PE teacher who 447 00:21:40,530 --> 00:21:45,330 Becs Gentry: noticed that your mile time was pretty quick. How old 448 00:21:45,330 --> 00:21:46,980 Becs Gentry: were you when they noticed that? 449 00:21:47,310 --> 00:21:49,530 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, so it was my freshman year of high school, 450 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:55,080 Yared Nuguse: so I was 14. Yeah, 14. And I think at the 451 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,040 Yared Nuguse: time I wasn't even a sporty person in general, very 452 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,659 Yared Nuguse: nerdy, still am. 453 00:22:00,660 --> 00:22:02,580 Becs Gentry: We love the mix though. 454 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:08,609 Yared Nuguse: Yes. But yeah, in PE we had these required miles 455 00:22:08,609 --> 00:22:10,680 Yared Nuguse: that we would run for a grade, and I'm not 456 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,530 Yared Nuguse: going to get a B in PE, so it was just like. 457 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,320 Yared Nuguse: But more than that, it was pretty easy to get 458 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,369 Yared Nuguse: an A. But I was still just was like, "If I'm 459 00:22:20,369 --> 00:22:21,570 Yared Nuguse: going to run a mile, I'm just going to run 460 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:24,000 Yared Nuguse: it as fast as I can, who cares?" And then 461 00:22:24,570 --> 00:22:26,850 Yared Nuguse: get to this McDonald's that we'd go to before everyone 462 00:22:26,850 --> 00:22:27,389 Yared Nuguse: else did. 463 00:22:29,010 --> 00:22:29,609 Becs Gentry: The rewards. 464 00:22:29,670 --> 00:22:32,520 Yared Nuguse: And so yeah, I'd run 5: 40 or something, which 465 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,369 Yared Nuguse: is pretty fast for someone who doesn't run at all. 466 00:22:36,719 --> 00:22:38,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: Was that the first time you'd ever really run a 467 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:39,959 Rob Simmelkjaer: mile or run for speed? 468 00:22:40,260 --> 00:22:43,890 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, I think that was the first time I'd been timed at 469 00:22:43,890 --> 00:22:49,260 Yared Nuguse: least. And so, I do it and I just go 470 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:51,690 Yared Nuguse: about my day after that and just be like, " Cool. Totally 471 00:22:51,690 --> 00:22:55,830 Yared Nuguse: dusted everyone, nailed it." And then my PE teacher sees 472 00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:58,800 Yared Nuguse: this and he tells the cross country and track coach, 473 00:22:59,580 --> 00:23:02,130 Yared Nuguse: who approaches me in the middle of my AP human 474 00:23:02,130 --> 00:23:07,169 Yared Nuguse: Geography class I remember. And he just takes me outside 475 00:23:07,170 --> 00:23:10,170 Yared Nuguse: and he's just like, " Hey, I heard you run really 476 00:23:10,170 --> 00:23:12,119 Yared Nuguse: fast in the mile on PE, you should join the 477 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:17,340 Yared Nuguse: track team." And I was like, " No, that sounds hard and 478 00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:19,679 Yared Nuguse: I don't want to do that." And he's like, " No, 479 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,910 Yared Nuguse: but really, you should really." He was really persuasive. And 480 00:23:23,910 --> 00:23:26,910 Yared Nuguse: I was kind of just like, " Okay, I'll give it a try 481 00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:28,320 Yared Nuguse: just to see what happens." 482 00:23:28,619 --> 00:23:30,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: Had anybody, I'm curious, in your family been a runner? 483 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,869 Rob Simmelkjaer: Did you have any of this in your world? 484 00:23:34,140 --> 00:23:37,200 Yared Nuguse: No. No, no. One in my family did running and 485 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,410 Yared Nuguse: my brother did a little basketball, but he didn't really ... 486 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:45,300 Yared Nuguse: None of us were really athletes. And so, it felt 487 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,600 Yared Nuguse: weird to go out and do that, but I remember 488 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,410 Yared Nuguse: just how quickly I fell in love with it. My 489 00:23:52,410 --> 00:23:54,689 Yared Nuguse: first race, I remember I didn't know what spikes were 490 00:23:54,750 --> 00:23:57,000 Yared Nuguse: or any kind of fancy shoe thing, so I ran 491 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,520 Yared Nuguse: it in my worn down tennis shoes that I wear 492 00:23:59,670 --> 00:24:00,660 Yared Nuguse: every day to class. 493 00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:01,410 Becs Gentry: Even more impressive. 494 00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:05,160 Yared Nuguse: I ended up running, it was a two- mile indoors, 495 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:08,760 Yared Nuguse: I remember, because I ran 11 something minutes and one of 496 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,550 Yared Nuguse: my shoes fell off halfway through, because someone with spikes 497 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,950 Yared Nuguse: stepped on the back of it, it just slipped off. And 498 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:17,310 Yared Nuguse: then I drank too much water at the end, because 499 00:24:17,310 --> 00:24:18,840 Yared Nuguse: no one told me that if you drink a lot 500 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,609 Yared Nuguse: of water right after your race, you're going to throw 501 00:24:20,609 --> 00:24:21,929 Yared Nuguse: up, so I threw up. 502 00:24:23,970 --> 00:24:25,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: All the rookie mistakes. 503 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,570 Yared Nuguse: But I kind of loved it. I think it just felt so different from 504 00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:34,350 Yared Nuguse: everything else I did. There's just this moment of just 505 00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:39,960 Yared Nuguse: competition and just putting it into a small moment of 11 506 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,570 Yared Nuguse: minutes in this case, and just racing as fast as 507 00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:45,690 Yared Nuguse: you could felt really, really good. And I think I got 508 00:24:45,690 --> 00:24:47,580 Yared Nuguse: really good really quickly, made a lot of friends really 509 00:24:47,580 --> 00:24:50,190 Yared Nuguse: quickly, and then decided to keep on doing it. 510 00:24:50,670 --> 00:24:54,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: And all of that success in high school puts you 511 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,879 Rob Simmelkjaer: on a path for Notre Dame, a pretty good place 512 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: in sports I've heard. From time to time they've had 513 00:24:58,890 --> 00:25:01,919 Rob Simmelkjaer: a good team here and there. And you ran there 514 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: as well. And talk about the experience of running at 515 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:08,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: Notre Dame. Obviously, it's a school known for football and 516 00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:11,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: other sports, but what was it like being a running 517 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: star there? And I want to talk about your academic side as well. 518 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,369 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, no, I loved it. I think I didn't even 519 00:25:17,369 --> 00:25:20,310 Yared Nuguse: know what Notre Dame was before they contacted me, fun 520 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:24,390 Yared Nuguse: fact. They had contacted me the fall of my senior 521 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:27,270 Yared Nuguse: year in high school and the coach was just like, 522 00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:31,290 Yared Nuguse: he had just become coach last year, so he was just 523 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:35,640 Yared Nuguse: recruiting everyone he could. But I went on my visit 524 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,350 Yared Nuguse: and I fell in love with it really, really quickly. 525 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:40,859 Yared Nuguse: And I feel like throughout my time there just felt 526 00:25:40,859 --> 00:25:45,060 Yared Nuguse: like there was just a lot of really good team camaraderie, 527 00:25:45,060 --> 00:25:47,070 Yared Nuguse: which I think was what I wanted the most. And 528 00:25:47,070 --> 00:25:52,050 Yared Nuguse: my coach was just really focused on building this really great, 529 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,720 Yared Nuguse: in his case, cross country team. But have good track 530 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,369 Yared Nuguse: athletes too. But I think it was really fun, because 531 00:25:59,490 --> 00:26:04,740 Yared Nuguse: we were really bad at first. My first year, my 532 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:08,940 Yared Nuguse: freshman year we didn't even make it to nationals. But 533 00:26:10,350 --> 00:26:12,359 Yared Nuguse: over the course of it we would end up, our 534 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,790 Yared Nuguse: highest finish would be second place at NCAAs, which I 535 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:17,850 Yared Nuguse: think was just a really huge moment for our team. 536 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,780 Yared Nuguse: And I think there was just so much at Notre Dame that I think 537 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,270 Yared Nuguse: I really appreciate and I felt like I really came 538 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:28,140 Yared Nuguse: into my own person as well. So really, really grateful for 539 00:26:28,140 --> 00:26:30,960 Yared Nuguse: that, and just everything Notre Dame gave to me. 540 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:34,230 Becs Gentry: Wow. I still struggle. I've been here eight years from 541 00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:39,119 Becs Gentry: the UK originally, and I still struggle to understand how 542 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:43,679 Becs Gentry: Americans seem to excel at two things when they're at 543 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,939 Becs Gentry: University College. Because in the UK it's very much like 544 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:53,130 Becs Gentry: you pick academia or sport. And here it's like you 545 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,679 Becs Gentry: did, and I'm going to read this to get it 546 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,490 Becs Gentry: right, okay, you had a degree in biochemistry whilst you were 547 00:26:59,490 --> 00:27:03,960 Becs Gentry: doing this incredible rise to excellence on the Notre Dame 548 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,700 Becs Gentry: track team. That to me is like, " How? Are you Beyonce? 549 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:14,401 Becs Gentry: Do you have that many hours in the day?" It's unreal, but- 550 00:27:14,401 --> 00:27:17,879 Rob Simmelkjaer: I bet that's the first time someone's asked you if you're Beyonce. 551 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,580 Yared Nuguse: That's a crazy comparison, but I love it. 552 00:27:23,070 --> 00:27:24,148 Becs Gentry: I'm taking that with me. 553 00:27:25,619 --> 00:27:28,590 Yared Nuguse: But yeah, no, I think one of the reasons I 554 00:27:28,590 --> 00:27:32,280 Yared Nuguse: chose Notre Dame was because I wanted this academic- athletic 555 00:27:32,310 --> 00:27:35,220 Yared Nuguse: balance, that I didn't really see at a lot of other schools 556 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:38,340 Yared Nuguse: I was looking at. And because academics was the most 557 00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:42,149 Yared Nuguse: important thing in my head anyway. And making sure I 558 00:27:42,150 --> 00:27:43,920 Yared Nuguse: go to a good college and do really well so 559 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,439 Yared Nuguse: I can go to dental school and do really well 560 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,820 Yared Nuguse: and yada, yada, yada. I had this plan. 561 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:49,438 Becs Gentry: You were still on the dental school path at this 562 00:27:49,439 --> 00:27:51,148 Becs Gentry: point? Running was just a bit of fun. 563 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,659 Yared Nuguse: No, yeah, running was just a great extracurricular. It's going 564 00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:57,000 Yared Nuguse: to look great on my applications, I'm sure, especially if 565 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,359 Yared Nuguse: I'm really good at it. So, I remember I had 566 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,540 Yared Nuguse: a couple of conversations with my coach Carlson. He was 567 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:08,190 Yared Nuguse: just like, " There's easier ways, there's easier majors. You don't 568 00:28:08,190 --> 00:28:12,119 Yared Nuguse: have to do biochemistry," which I actually only started doing 569 00:28:12,150 --> 00:28:13,770 Yared Nuguse: because I thought that was the only way you could 570 00:28:13,770 --> 00:28:18,060 Yared Nuguse: take biology and chemistry, which is not true. But no 571 00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:20,460 Yared Nuguse: one told me that, so I majored in biochemistry. But 572 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:22,560 Yared Nuguse: I ended up really loving it. I think biochemistry and 573 00:28:22,619 --> 00:28:25,859 Yared Nuguse: chemistry in general, I feel like I was just, I 574 00:28:25,859 --> 00:28:27,840 Yared Nuguse: don't know, I just loved it, honestly. It was hard 575 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,379 Yared Nuguse: and it was annoying and obviously also hard to juggle 576 00:28:31,380 --> 00:28:35,490 Yared Nuguse: it with running, but it was kind of easy for 577 00:28:35,490 --> 00:28:39,450 Yared Nuguse: me to separate the two. I always saw running as 578 00:28:39,450 --> 00:28:42,360 Yared Nuguse: more of like, oh, my enjoyment and break between all 579 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,680 Yared Nuguse: this hard studying I did, versus stressing out about school 580 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,560 Yared Nuguse: and then stressing out about running. I didn't need more 581 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,870 Yared Nuguse: stressors in my life obviously. And it was tough, I 582 00:28:51,870 --> 00:28:54,900 Yared Nuguse: think, especially my freshman year, but I think I found 583 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:56,760 Yared Nuguse: a good rhythm for my sophomore year and the rest of 584 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,080 Yared Nuguse: the time I had there. 585 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:58,980 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. 586 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: And you mentioned the dental interest and that wasn't just 587 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: a college thing, we were talking before the show, you 588 00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:08,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: are still on the dental track, you are still focused 589 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: on becoming an orthodontist when you're running career is over. 590 00:29:12,930 --> 00:29:15,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: Where did that come from? Where was the, no one 591 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: in your family's an orthodontist. Where did this interest come from? 592 00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:21,540 Yared Nuguse: So yeah, I think really I attribute it all to 593 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:24,990 Yared Nuguse: my orthodontist when I was a kid. Dr. Woods, shout out. 594 00:29:26,010 --> 00:29:28,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: You all know Dr. Woods, I'm sure we all know 595 00:29:28,020 --> 00:29:31,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: Dr. Woods out there. You guys mentioned running podcasts all 596 00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:31,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: the time. 597 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:40,230 Yared Nuguse: But I had a terrible mouth situation. It was scary. 598 00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:42,210 Yared Nuguse: I feel like I didn't care. I thought it looked 599 00:29:42,270 --> 00:29:45,570 Yared Nuguse: cool, but I think to everyone, it was like my 600 00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:48,630 Yared Nuguse: lateral and sizes are just the side front teeth behind 601 00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:51,209 Yared Nuguse: my front teeth and everything else was crooked and I 602 00:29:51,210 --> 00:29:56,820 Yared Nuguse: just looked like a shark basically. But through Dr. Woods 603 00:29:56,820 --> 00:30:01,470 Yared Nuguse: and my braces treatment, I eventually got really straight teeth 604 00:30:01,470 --> 00:30:05,850 Yared Nuguse: over a long time. But I always loved, loved, loved, 605 00:30:05,850 --> 00:30:09,450 Yared Nuguse: love coming in to do our monthly checkups and whatnot. 606 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,140 Yared Nuguse: And just having the chance to talk to him, and he 607 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:15,000 Yared Nuguse: was just so much fun to talk to me. I 608 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,640 Yared Nuguse: was just like, just this grown man who's just like, 609 00:30:18,210 --> 00:30:19,980 Yared Nuguse: I don't know, I don't know why he's so much more fun 610 00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:22,170 Yared Nuguse: to talk up to than most adults are at that 611 00:30:22,170 --> 00:30:27,300 Yared Nuguse: age. And I feel like, I remember specifically I had 612 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:29,790 Yared Nuguse: this one conversation with him where I'm just like, I 613 00:30:29,790 --> 00:30:31,950 Yared Nuguse: know I want to be in some kind of science 614 00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:35,670 Yared Nuguse: thing, maybe a doctor, but there's so many different doctor 615 00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:38,940 Yared Nuguse: paths that you can do and I don't know which one's for me. And 616 00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:41,400 Yared Nuguse: he's like, " You should just be an orthodontist." And I 617 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,200 Yared Nuguse: was like, " You're so right." And then- 618 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:43,201 Rob Simmelkjaer: Sign me up. 619 00:30:43,201 --> 00:30:50,430 Yared Nuguse: And I would eventually look more into it, and I 620 00:30:50,430 --> 00:30:52,470 Yared Nuguse: saw a lot of things that I really enjoyed about 621 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:54,840 Yared Nuguse: it that kind of drew me to it. I think 622 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,020 Yared Nuguse: I really like the idea of working with younger children or 623 00:30:58,020 --> 00:31:01,740 Yared Nuguse: the teenager age and whatnot. I really like the idea of 624 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:05,460 Yared Nuguse: just doing something that kind of sticks. I think in 625 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:08,490 Yared Nuguse: dentistry you're kind of just always fixing people and whatnot, 626 00:31:08,490 --> 00:31:12,990 Yared Nuguse: but orthodontics, you do something in it should stick if 627 00:31:12,990 --> 00:31:15,780 Yared Nuguse: they're doing their retainers and whatnot. I think I want to have 628 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:21,120 Yared Nuguse: a permanent lasting impact on the people who come to 629 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,910 Yared Nuguse: see me. And I also didn't want to have anyone's 630 00:31:23,910 --> 00:31:25,920 Yared Nuguse: lives in my hand. I don't think I would be 631 00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:28,740 Yared Nuguse: okay if I was a surgeon or something and someone 632 00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:33,390 Yared Nuguse: died. But yeah, I think the orthodontist encapsulates all of that really 633 00:31:33,390 --> 00:31:35,340 Yared Nuguse: well, and I think that's what I want to do. 634 00:31:35,910 --> 00:31:38,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: It makes sense. And we talked about the Invisalign. You've 635 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: got Invisalign right now, so you're still a patient I 636 00:31:42,930 --> 00:31:45,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: guess as well, which is great. Well, you know what 637 00:31:45,210 --> 00:31:48,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: backs, I've never met an out- of- work orthodontist in 638 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: my life, so I think it's a good career. There's always 639 00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:54,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: business for an orthodontist, right? 640 00:31:54,690 --> 00:31:56,370 Yared Nuguse: Oh yeah. I think people say as long as people 641 00:31:56,370 --> 00:31:59,340 Yared Nuguse: have teeth there's going to be dentists and orthodontists and whatnot. 642 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:02,220 Becs Gentry: And it's very cool now for grown- ups to get 643 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:06,570 Becs Gentry: braces and all sorts. So okay. You said something when 644 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:12,810 Becs Gentry: we were talking about you changing from studying, being more 645 00:32:12,810 --> 00:32:16,260 Becs Gentry: on the academia side, to running. That kind of just 646 00:32:16,260 --> 00:32:24,120 Becs Gentry: pinged in my head competition side. As you were, your 647 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:28,980 Becs Gentry: words, very nerdy, very geeky, very good at it, very, 648 00:32:29,070 --> 00:32:33,540 Becs Gentry: very clever. And then running came along. Was that, do 649 00:32:33,540 --> 00:32:37,470 Becs Gentry: you think the start of your passion to want to 650 00:32:37,470 --> 00:32:43,050 Becs Gentry: build your competitive side on the running alongside obviously what 651 00:32:43,050 --> 00:32:46,950 Becs Gentry: you were doing in the classroom? You were the best at your in sciences 652 00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:49,980 Becs Gentry: and you were on track to be very, very good there, 653 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:52,350 Becs Gentry: but then running came along and was like, ooh, this 654 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:56,040 Becs Gentry: is a new competition to be the best at whatever 655 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,630 Becs Gentry: distance you wanted to be. 656 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:05,280 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, I think running just provided another more clear outlet for my 657 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,180 Yared Nuguse: competitiveness. Because I think I've always been very competitive. I 658 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:12,180 Yared Nuguse: grew up with five siblings, so it's just obviously- 659 00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:14,070 Becs Gentry: And you're pretty much in the middle, right? 660 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:21,240 Yared Nuguse: Yeah. I'm like four. And so, for me it was, in school it was just like, " 661 00:33:21,270 --> 00:33:23,850 Yared Nuguse: Oh, I got to be the best in school so 662 00:33:23,850 --> 00:33:25,979 Yared Nuguse: I can get a better report card than all my 663 00:33:25,980 --> 00:33:30,150 Yared Nuguse: siblings or something." Or even whether it was beating everyone 664 00:33:30,150 --> 00:33:32,940 Yared Nuguse: in my class or doing everything I could, just be 665 00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:35,400 Yared Nuguse: at the top. I think that I always had that in 666 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,350 Yared Nuguse: me and that's why I worked so hard in those 667 00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:40,920 Yared Nuguse: things. And then running comes along and it's like, oh, 668 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,160 Yared Nuguse: well now it's a very more clearly a competition because it's 669 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,290 Yared Nuguse: just like, it's literally you're competing. But it was different. 670 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,830 Yared Nuguse: You're not doing competition of your mind. Well, part mind 671 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:57,180 Yared Nuguse: I would say. But you're just having just a pressurized 672 00:33:57,180 --> 00:34:00,120 Yared Nuguse: moment of just adrenaline, just leaving it all out on 673 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:00,570 Yared Nuguse: the track. 674 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,611 Becs Gentry: Yeah, yeah in that stage. 675 00:34:02,611 --> 00:34:06,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. I mean, I'm curious, you mentioned no one else was really 676 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:10,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: athletic in your family as you've gone on to have 677 00:34:10,860 --> 00:34:13,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: all this success as an athlete, which we're going to 678 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:15,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk more about in a little bit. But how has your 679 00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:19,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: family reacted to that? I don't know if your siblings 680 00:34:19,890 --> 00:34:22,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: or your parents, are they into this, or are they like, " 681 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:25,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: What is he doing again? He's in the Olympics, he's 682 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: doing this, he's doing that." What is it like being 683 00:34:27,930 --> 00:34:31,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: really the only athlete in a family and doing it at 684 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:32,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: the level that you're doing it? 685 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:36,360 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, I mean, they're definitely supportive, but it's not like 686 00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:39,810 Yared Nuguse: their knowledge of running has grown exponentially since I've been 687 00:34:39,810 --> 00:34:43,650 Yared Nuguse: competing. I think they know what they know and they'll 688 00:34:43,650 --> 00:34:46,320 Yared Nuguse: watch the races, but they are not going to watch 689 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,420 Yared Nuguse: the entire track meet. They don't care about what's going 690 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:51,810 Yared Nuguse: on. They just care about me and what I'm doing and 691 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,350 Yared Nuguse: that's it. And I've kind of enjoyed that. I think 692 00:34:55,350 --> 00:34:58,320 Yared Nuguse: the idea of parents who knew a lot about track 693 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,219 Yared Nuguse: and being a little overbearing, I think that would've kind 694 00:35:02,219 --> 00:35:06,000 Yared Nuguse: of pushed me away a little bit. But it is just 695 00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:08,790 Yared Nuguse: kind of nice. They support in their own weird way. 696 00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:11,790 Yared Nuguse: I will say they're kind of just like, " Oh wow, 697 00:35:11,790 --> 00:35:14,310 Yared Nuguse: you killed it, as expected. That's what you should be doing." 698 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:17,371 Becs Gentry: Always expecting you to be at the top. 699 00:35:17,371 --> 00:35:22,321 Yared Nuguse: Or just like, " Oh, you lost, loser. What?" So, they can be grounded. 700 00:35:22,321 --> 00:35:30,390 Becs Gentry: Okay. Talking of not losing, but after the games you had, it 701 00:35:30,390 --> 00:35:32,250 Becs Gentry: was a quad injury right? 702 00:35:32,250 --> 00:35:34,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: This is back in '21, you qualified- 703 00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:35,009 Becs Gentry: You started the Olympic trial. 704 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,569 Rob Simmelkjaer: This was when you were in college, right? 705 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:36,719 Yared Nuguse: It was. 706 00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:38,911 Rob Simmelkjaer: You qualified for those Olympic trials. 707 00:35:38,910 --> 00:35:41,310 Becs Gentry: That was a 1, 500. 708 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:41,640 Yared Nuguse: Yes. 709 00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:45,660 Becs Gentry: What was it like for you? You coping with missing 710 00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:49,350 Becs Gentry: out on Tokyo and being you qualify, you were at 711 00:35:49,350 --> 00:35:52,140 Becs Gentry: the trials, it was there for the taking to be 712 00:35:52,890 --> 00:35:54,180 Becs Gentry: the leader of the classroom. 713 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:57,779 Yared Nuguse: Oh yeah. I mean, that was always a really tough 714 00:35:57,780 --> 00:36:00,420 Yared Nuguse: moment for me, because I think coming into those trials, 715 00:36:00,420 --> 00:36:02,910 Yared Nuguse: I wasn't expecting to make the team. I was kind 716 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:04,469 Yared Nuguse: of just like, I'm going to go out here and 717 00:36:04,469 --> 00:36:07,200 Yared Nuguse: try my best, but I don't know if I'm good 718 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,570 Yared Nuguse: enough to be top three in the USA right now. 719 00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:13,650 Yared Nuguse: And then that race happens and I do end up 720 00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:16,710 Yared Nuguse: coming in third and obviously I'm super excited and very 721 00:36:16,710 --> 00:36:19,920 Yared Nuguse: shocked and then very nervous. Because I was like, how 722 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,290 Yared Nuguse: am I going to compete on the world stage? I 723 00:36:22,290 --> 00:36:25,860 Yared Nuguse: was definitely very, very nervous going into that race. And 724 00:36:25,860 --> 00:36:29,160 Yared Nuguse: then I got a quad injury right after I got 725 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,610 Yared Nuguse: there to Tokyo, and I think that was really hard 726 00:36:32,610 --> 00:36:36,180 Yared Nuguse: because I'd just never really been actually injured before. And 727 00:36:36,180 --> 00:36:39,060 Yared Nuguse: so just trying to get better as fast as I 728 00:36:39,060 --> 00:36:40,950 Yared Nuguse: could and just make it so that I could at 729 00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:44,160 Yared Nuguse: least get to the line was really hard. And I 730 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,310 Yared Nuguse: think it just sat in the back of my head, I 731 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:50,010 Yared Nuguse: feel until Paris happened, where it was just like I didn't 732 00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:52,860 Yared Nuguse: really compete at the Olympics. I was there, I'm Olympian, 733 00:36:52,860 --> 00:36:56,130 Yared Nuguse: but I didn't even get to race on that track 734 00:36:56,219 --> 00:36:59,009 Yared Nuguse: even once, because I actually just could not run fast 735 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:02,219 Yared Nuguse: at all. And I wasn't just going to go out 736 00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:03,931 Yared Nuguse: there and run five minutes for 1, 500. 737 00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:06,211 Becs Gentry: Yeah, no one qualify a 3: 36? 738 00:37:06,210 --> 00:37:06,212 Yared Nuguse: Yeah. 739 00:37:06,211 --> 00:37:08,759 Becs Gentry: Mm-hmm, okay. 740 00:37:09,810 --> 00:37:11,430 Yared Nuguse: So, that was really hard, but I feel like in 741 00:37:11,430 --> 00:37:15,000 Yared Nuguse: a lot of ways I feel like Paris released me 742 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,969 Yared Nuguse: from that race, and just what happened there. I think 743 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,790 Yared Nuguse: I was able to be like, all right, not only, 744 00:37:21,270 --> 00:37:24,180 Yared Nuguse: I probably would not have medaled in Tokyo, realistically, I 745 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:25,980 Yared Nuguse: was not at that point in my career where I 746 00:37:25,980 --> 00:37:31,200 Yared Nuguse: am now. But now it's like, " Oh, I've done it. 747 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,700 Yared Nuguse: I've made it there at that stage." 748 00:37:33,180 --> 00:37:34,290 Becs Gentry: Yeah. Oh my gosh. 749 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:38,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: How has the medal in Paris changed your life? Do 750 00:37:38,610 --> 00:37:43,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: you feel you're seen differently? I'm sure when you show 751 00:37:43,170 --> 00:37:46,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: up to track meets it's very different, right? I mean, what 752 00:37:46,410 --> 00:37:49,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: is it like now for you and how different is 753 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: it for you day- to- day as an Olympic medalist? 754 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:54,930 Yared Nuguse: I mean, the day- to- day is honestly more similar 755 00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:57,540 Yared Nuguse: than you'd expect. I just kind of go about my 756 00:37:57,540 --> 00:38:01,500 Yared Nuguse: normal life as normal. It's just I will get recognized 757 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,710 Yared Nuguse: more often than I used to before the medal, especially 758 00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:06,360 Yared Nuguse: here in New York. I've been on a couple runs 759 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,630 Yared Nuguse: at Central Park and it's like I'm 100% chance going 760 00:38:09,630 --> 00:38:11,040 Yared Nuguse: to get recognized by someone. 761 00:38:12,270 --> 00:38:13,500 Becs Gentry: We're pretty into running here in New York. 762 00:38:13,830 --> 00:38:13,831 Yared Nuguse: Yes. 763 00:38:13,831 --> 00:38:17,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: In Central Park there are a lot of hardcore running 764 00:38:17,219 --> 00:38:19,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: fans, so that's the place to get recognized. 765 00:38:20,790 --> 00:38:24,960 Yared Nuguse: But no, I think for me personally, just kind of instill 766 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,540 Yared Nuguse: a lot of confidence. I think you come out of 767 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:30,300 Yared Nuguse: a race like that where it's just like everyone's so 768 00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:32,730 Yared Nuguse: good and everyone's at their best and coming away with 769 00:38:32,730 --> 00:38:36,090 Yared Nuguse: a bronze medal there just feels like you are one 770 00:38:36,090 --> 00:38:38,489 Yared Nuguse: of those people and you're always going to belong in 771 00:38:38,489 --> 00:38:41,730 Yared Nuguse: that kind of group. And so, it gives you a 772 00:38:41,730 --> 00:38:44,219 Yared Nuguse: lot of confidence into your race. It's just how you 773 00:38:44,219 --> 00:38:45,090 Yared Nuguse: want to perform there. 774 00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:49,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: Have you and Cole Hocker talked about the race since 775 00:38:49,770 --> 00:38:53,009 Rob Simmelkjaer: Paris? Have you sat down and walked through it from 776 00:38:53,010 --> 00:38:54,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: each of your perspectives, I'm curious? 777 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,480 Yared Nuguse: After the race we did when we were kind of 778 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,170 Yared Nuguse: set around for press conferences and meet medal, actually getting 779 00:39:01,170 --> 00:39:04,380 Yared Nuguse: the medal and all that crap. But not really after 780 00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:09,360 Yared Nuguse: that. No, I think, yeah, no, we just haven't really 781 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,390 Yared Nuguse: had a moment. We're just like, " Let's just talk about 782 00:39:12,390 --> 00:39:14,430 Yared Nuguse: this race from over a year ago now." 783 00:39:15,989 --> 00:39:18,870 Becs Gentry: Had enough time to just both debrief in your own 784 00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:20,339 Becs Gentry: way and now come together. 785 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:25,500 Yared Nuguse: I'm sure the POV is very similar. The race was fast 786 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:28,739 Yared Nuguse: to hanging on and then, I mean for him it 787 00:39:28,739 --> 00:39:30,840 Yared Nuguse: just opened up on the inside, which I'm sure felt 788 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:33,690 Yared Nuguse: a relief to him just after being blocked in. But 789 00:39:34,469 --> 00:39:37,710 Yared Nuguse: no, yeah, I haven't really sat down and talked about it. So yeah. 790 00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:42,510 Becs Gentry: Keep us posted on that one. Okay, so let's move 791 00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:46,980 Becs Gentry: to indoor. Well, I mean they're kind of both. I mean, Paris is indoor. outdoor. 792 00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:49,081 Rob Simmelkjaer: It was outdoor, but it was kind of a roof. 793 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,960 Becs Gentry: Outdoor kind of feel. Yeah, it's like the tennis, it's indoor outdoor. 794 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:58,469 Becs Gentry: Anyway, I digress. In February you ran a 3: 46:63 795 00:39:58,770 --> 00:40:02,670 Becs Gentry: indoors at the Millrose Games to set the World Mile record. 796 00:40:02,730 --> 00:40:05,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: And that was the other place that I was close 797 00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:06,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: to your achievement because- 798 00:40:07,620 --> 00:40:08,790 Becs Gentry: Basically he's trying to say that he's your good luck charm. 799 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:12,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: I would like to think so, which means you should have a good day on Sunday, because I'm going 800 00:40:12,540 --> 00:40:15,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be there. But no, I was actually, I'm sure you remember 801 00:40:15,660 --> 00:40:18,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: this like it was yesterday, holding the tape when you 802 00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:21,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: broke that record at the Millrose Games. Nnenna Lynch, our 803 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: chair and I were holding that tape, and it was 804 00:40:24,270 --> 00:40:27,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: an incredible experience just to see you come down that 805 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,439 Rob Simmelkjaer: stretch and hit that tape in time to break that 806 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:36,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: indoor record on that brand new Millrose Games track up 807 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:36,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: at the Armory. 808 00:40:37,590 --> 00:40:37,591 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 809 00:40:37,591 --> 00:40:40,680 Yared Nuguse: Oh yeah. Honestly, that race was, it was like my first race of 810 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,440 Yared Nuguse: the season too, I think. And I think just, I 811 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,170 Yared Nuguse: had always come so close to that mile record and 812 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:50,070 Yared Nuguse: it just felt like, " Oh, come on. Third time's got 813 00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:52,980 Yared Nuguse: to be a charm at this point." And just to 814 00:40:52,980 --> 00:40:56,340 Yared Nuguse: see it finally come together and finally get my first 815 00:40:56,340 --> 00:41:00,060 Yared Nuguse: world record was just such a crazy great experience for 816 00:41:00,060 --> 00:41:02,340 Yared Nuguse: me. I think there, I had a lot of people there too, 817 00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:05,489 Yared Nuguse: and so it was just really fun celebrating that afterwards. 818 00:41:05,489 --> 00:41:08,940 Yared Nuguse: But yeah, no, I think that race also just feels like 819 00:41:08,940 --> 00:41:11,819 Yared Nuguse: a blur, honestly. It's just kind of like was run, 820 00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:13,620 Yared Nuguse: run, run, run, run. And then, okay, we're at the 821 00:41:13,620 --> 00:41:15,300 Yared Nuguse: finish line. Great. That was it. 822 00:41:16,860 --> 00:41:20,940 Becs Gentry: We were just talking about indoor versus outdoor distances back in 823 00:41:20,940 --> 00:41:22,229 Becs Gentry: the green room and I was like, what do you 824 00:41:22,229 --> 00:41:26,520 Becs Gentry: prefer? Laps or a point to point? And his first question was like, " What 825 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:32,010 Becs Gentry: pace?" I'm like, " Oh, okay, here we go." But the 826 00:41:32,010 --> 00:41:35,520 Becs Gentry: countdown of the laps is something that we were talking 827 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:41,940 Becs Gentry: about. And when you are running that fast, how do you keep, 828 00:41:42,150 --> 00:41:47,310 Becs Gentry: A, calm, and, B, consistency to just stick with it 829 00:41:47,610 --> 00:41:48,270 Becs Gentry: and keep going? 830 00:41:49,020 --> 00:41:53,370 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, I think the 1,500 is really interesting because there's not a 831 00:41:53,370 --> 00:41:56,640 Yared Nuguse: ton of time to think or do other things. But there's 832 00:41:57,180 --> 00:42:00,989 Yared Nuguse: still enough time to just at least make a couple 833 00:42:00,989 --> 00:42:04,980 Yared Nuguse: moves. And I feel like a lot of the 800 is just 834 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:10,620 Yared Nuguse: stay relaxed, stay in it, and just find a comfortable 835 00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:14,400 Yared Nuguse: but fast position for the first 800 meters. And then 836 00:42:15,030 --> 00:42:17,310 Yared Nuguse: just making sure you're where you need to be for 837 00:42:17,489 --> 00:42:20,280 Yared Nuguse: that last lap or that last 200. And I think 838 00:42:21,090 --> 00:42:24,900 Yared Nuguse: I've run so many 1, 500s at this point that it 839 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:28,859 Yared Nuguse: all just kind of becomes second nature of just where 840 00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:31,140 Yared Nuguse: I'm at and what I want to do at certain 841 00:42:31,140 --> 00:42:33,390 Yared Nuguse: phases. I know every time I hear that bell, there's 842 00:42:33,390 --> 00:42:37,470 Yared Nuguse: just a moment of just like, go, now we're doing it. 843 00:42:37,469 --> 00:42:37,529 Becs Gentry: This is it. 844 00:42:39,180 --> 00:42:43,140 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, so it's always been really exciting I think just 845 00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:48,151 Yared Nuguse: to, I don't know, especially that last 200, it's just, it's always great when I get there. 846 00:42:48,151 --> 00:42:50,040 Becs Gentry: Do you feel the nerves bubble up when you got 847 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,080 Becs Gentry: that last 200 of like, oh? 848 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:56,760 Yared Nuguse: No. I think after the race starts there's no more nerves. It's 849 00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:00,150 Yared Nuguse: just like it's happening, we're in it. And I think 850 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,710 Yared Nuguse: the excitement bubbles up, and getting to really go all out 851 00:43:04,710 --> 00:43:07,500 Yared Nuguse: basically at that last 200 is always just a really 852 00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:08,310 Yared Nuguse: great experience. 853 00:43:08,340 --> 00:43:08,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, it is- 854 00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:11,580 Becs Gentry: I think that mentality is happening. It's happening. Just go 855 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:11,910 Becs Gentry: with it. 856 00:43:12,330 --> 00:43:16,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: There's just a certain Built- in drama to the last 857 00:43:16,770 --> 00:43:21,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: 200 of a mile or a 1, 500. Not every marathon gets 858 00:43:21,660 --> 00:43:25,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. We don't typically get a lot of scintillating, super 859 00:43:25,650 --> 00:43:29,879 Rob Simmelkjaer: close finishes at marathons obviously, but at that distance there's 860 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: just something really dramatic about it. Having run a few 861 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: when I was in high school myself, it just felt 862 00:43:35,219 --> 00:43:39,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: dramatic. Right. Do you love that moment of like, okay, 863 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: now it's on, you get to that bell lap, there's 864 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: last 200 meters. Do you have a sense in most of 865 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: your races of what everybody on the track might have 866 00:43:49,110 --> 00:43:51,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: left or is it really focused more on what you 867 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:52,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: think you've got left? 868 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,520 Yared Nuguse: Oh yeah. It's definitely just what I'm doing and what 869 00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,480 Yared Nuguse: I can do. I've always been good just focusing on 870 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,180 Yared Nuguse: myself in general, but I think you get to the 871 00:44:03,180 --> 00:44:06,180 Yared Nuguse: end of those races and it's just like, it doesn't matter what everyone else 872 00:44:06,180 --> 00:44:09,390 Yared Nuguse: is doing. I need to just sprint as fast as 873 00:44:09,390 --> 00:44:12,810 Yared Nuguse: I can. And I think we all love competing. I 874 00:44:12,810 --> 00:44:16,080 Yared Nuguse: think all professional runners in general and all runners, period. 875 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:23,280 Yared Nuguse: But there's something, I don't know, something about finishing a 876 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,250 Yared Nuguse: fast race that I just really love doing. 877 00:44:27,780 --> 00:44:31,649 Rob Simmelkjaer: Were you bummed when Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke your record like 878 00:44:31,650 --> 00:44:35,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: five days later? I mean you didn't get to hold that indoor record 879 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: for very long. I remember thinking, oh man, what a 880 00:44:38,430 --> 00:44:40,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: bummer. I saw that record and now it's already been 881 00:44:40,710 --> 00:44:43,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: broken. What was it like when you got the news 882 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:44,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: from Europe that he'd broken the record? 883 00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:46,860 Yared Nuguse: No, I remember watching it. I was kind of just 884 00:44:46,860 --> 00:44:49,710 Yared Nuguse: like, honestly, we were like, " What are the odds?" And 885 00:44:49,710 --> 00:44:52,290 Yared Nuguse: I feel like we were probably pretty high. I don't 886 00:44:52,290 --> 00:44:59,100 Yared Nuguse: know. Knowing him if he's fit, he probably could. I 887 00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:01,140 Yared Nuguse: wasn't that bummed. I was a little bummed. I was kind of just 888 00:45:01,140 --> 00:45:04,469 Yared Nuguse: like, I had it, I got it. And I always be like, "No, 889 00:45:04,980 --> 00:45:06,270 Yared Nuguse: I was always first, so." 890 00:45:07,259 --> 00:45:10,440 Becs Gentry: You set the record, he just broke it, that's different. 891 00:45:12,330 --> 00:45:15,239 Yared Nuguse: But no, I had good fun about it. And I 892 00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:20,040 Yared Nuguse: think I've never really liked the idea of record really, 893 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,590 Yared Nuguse: really old records. I think I never would want a 894 00:45:22,590 --> 00:45:26,879 Yared Nuguse: record that lasted for 30, 40, 50 years or whatever because then 895 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,759 Yared Nuguse: it feels like, what is track doing right now? Why 896 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,790 Yared Nuguse: aren't people running fast? But these days it feels like 897 00:45:32,790 --> 00:45:34,950 Yared Nuguse: everyone's getting faster and it's really, really good. 898 00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:37,950 Becs Gentry: Yeah, absolutely they are. All right, let's talk about the 899 00:45:37,950 --> 00:45:42,750 Becs Gentry: Bauman. Bauman, spectacular. The Bauman Mile. Okay, so you were 900 00:45:42,750 --> 00:45:47,759 Becs Gentry: out leaned by Neil. I always say Larios, that's a 901 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,360 Becs Gentry: whole different runner, right? Okay, but you lost by one 902 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:55,680 Becs Gentry: 100th of a second. I don't even know what that 903 00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:01,290 Becs Gentry: is. Obviously, we look on our watches, but how do 904 00:46:01,290 --> 00:46:08,820 Becs Gentry: finishes like that teach you to finish differently? We all 905 00:46:08,820 --> 00:46:10,290 Becs Gentry: think of, most of us here are kind of more 906 00:46:10,290 --> 00:46:13,500 Becs Gentry: long distance runners. We don't have to think about really how 907 00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:15,719 Becs Gentry: we come over the finish line, other than hopefully standing 908 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:21,600 Becs Gentry: up. But on the track, and for you, there's tactics 909 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,900 Becs Gentry: to how far you lean. How did that change your 910 00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:26,730 Becs Gentry: trajectory of how you finish a race? 911 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,120 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, no, I think from that race specifically, it's a unique 912 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:35,040 Yared Nuguse: race because also I was just going after a record 913 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:38,400 Yared Nuguse: essentially and just seeing how fast I could run, and 914 00:46:38,460 --> 00:46:43,380 Yared Nuguse: just dive really, really hard. But I think a lot 915 00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:49,560 Yared Nuguse: of times when you're finishing a race and you feel 916 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,780 Yared Nuguse: good finishing a race, like I did in like Paris 917 00:46:51,780 --> 00:46:54,870 Yared Nuguse: or most of my races. Then there is more of 918 00:46:55,170 --> 00:46:58,739 Yared Nuguse: that lean factor. And I think I've always been, I've 919 00:46:58,739 --> 00:47:00,660 Yared Nuguse: just, I usually do have a good lean. It was really 920 00:47:00,660 --> 00:47:05,669 Yared Nuguse: just that race where I didn't. But honestly, I think I still 921 00:47:05,670 --> 00:47:07,980 Yared Nuguse: ran the race I wanted to run and still had a 922 00:47:07,980 --> 00:47:11,790 Yared Nuguse: really good race. That I've beaten people by a hundredth 923 00:47:11,790 --> 00:47:13,590 Yared Nuguse: of a second before, less than a hundredth of a 924 00:47:13,590 --> 00:47:19,980 Yared Nuguse: second before. And it's always crazy. It's always like, " Oh 925 00:47:19,980 --> 00:47:24,480 Yared Nuguse: my God, did I actually get that?" But I think it 926 00:47:24,870 --> 00:47:28,380 Yared Nuguse: still doesn't take away. When they're both that close, you 927 00:47:28,380 --> 00:47:31,800 Yared Nuguse: both kind of know it feels like a fractional thing 928 00:47:31,980 --> 00:47:36,270 Yared Nuguse: on any other day. It could have been totally different. But yeah. 929 00:47:37,050 --> 00:47:39,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: So we're so thrilled to have you in New York 930 00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: this weekend. It's going to be a great moment for the 931 00:47:43,140 --> 00:47:45,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: New Balance 5th Avenue Mile to have you as a 932 00:47:45,090 --> 00:47:48,779 Rob Simmelkjaer: part of this race. I know Yared, that this was probably 933 00:47:48,780 --> 00:47:53,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: not where you planned to be this part of your 934 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:57,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: season. Obviously, we've got a world championships happening in Tokyo. 935 00:47:57,989 --> 00:48:01,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: You didn't end up getting through in Eugene, Oregon to 936 00:48:01,350 --> 00:48:04,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: qualify for the world championships. And then I know you 937 00:48:04,260 --> 00:48:07,379 Rob Simmelkjaer: had a shot in Zurich to qualify and things didn't 938 00:48:07,380 --> 00:48:10,379 Rob Simmelkjaer: quite work out for you. I know you had some health issues there. 939 00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:13,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: So, can you reflect a little bit on, you've had 940 00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:16,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: such an incredible last year and a half, so it'd 941 00:48:16,590 --> 00:48:20,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: be hard for you to be disappointed about much in the way that your 942 00:48:20,550 --> 00:48:23,009 Rob Simmelkjaer: last year and a half has gone. But how do you 943 00:48:23,010 --> 00:48:26,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: feel about not going to Tokyo, and how are you going 944 00:48:26,610 --> 00:48:29,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: to take that and hopefully turn it into something great 945 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:30,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: in New York this weekend? 946 00:48:31,140 --> 00:48:35,160 Yared Nuguse: Yeah, no, it's definitely tough, because I think I've expected 947 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,310 Yared Nuguse: a certain amount from myself, and at the very least, 948 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,850 Yared Nuguse: making it to Tokyo, if not hopefully meddling there again. 949 00:48:42,150 --> 00:48:45,270 Yared Nuguse: And it was hard. I feel like mostly after, I 950 00:48:45,270 --> 00:48:47,730 Yared Nuguse: think after USA is, it was really hard, because I didn't really 951 00:48:47,730 --> 00:48:50,190 Yared Nuguse: know about the whole Zurich thing until, I don't know, 952 00:48:50,370 --> 00:48:57,090 Yared Nuguse: an hour later. But it felt like at the point 953 00:48:57,090 --> 00:48:59,550 Yared Nuguse: where I was and it was just like I still 954 00:48:59,550 --> 00:49:03,150 Yared Nuguse: ran the best race I could at USA's and if 955 00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,100 Yared Nuguse: I didn't make it, then it's like I hope that 956 00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:07,290 Yared Nuguse: the guys that we're sending are going to really kill 957 00:49:07,290 --> 00:49:10,290 Yared Nuguse: it there when they get there. But it's definitely hard. 958 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,330 Yared Nuguse: I feel like we're going to have these moments in 959 00:49:12,330 --> 00:49:15,510 Yared Nuguse: your career at least if you have a decently long 960 00:49:15,510 --> 00:49:18,360 Yared Nuguse: one where you're not going to perform as well as 961 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,370 Yared Nuguse: you want to, where you're not going to get to 962 00:49:20,370 --> 00:49:23,880 Yared Nuguse: where you want to get to. But it's not like 963 00:49:24,570 --> 00:49:28,109 Yared Nuguse: I was doing that all year. I think I took 964 00:49:28,110 --> 00:49:29,969 Yared Nuguse: it all into perspective and I was just like, I'm 965 00:49:29,969 --> 00:49:32,850 Yared Nuguse: not really going to let one or two bad races 966 00:49:32,850 --> 00:49:37,919 Yared Nuguse: define my whole season. And even though I really wanted 967 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,440 Yared Nuguse: to be there and I'm really jealous everyone was going, I also just 968 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:44,549 Yared Nuguse: love Tokyo as a place. I'm still just going to 969 00:49:45,930 --> 00:49:48,480 Yared Nuguse: keep my head up and I feel like just really 970 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:50,489 Yared Nuguse: lock in for next year. There's no worlds next year, 971 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:55,530 Yared Nuguse: so there's less you got to do for that, but I still really 972 00:49:55,530 --> 00:49:59,520 Yared Nuguse: want to have a good 2026. And I feel like I'm going 973 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,200 Yared Nuguse: to do everything I can to make that happen. 974 00:50:01,590 --> 00:50:05,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: We talk about how fast these miles go by. And 975 00:50:06,090 --> 00:50:08,339 Rob Simmelkjaer: that can be a positive when you have a day, 976 00:50:08,670 --> 00:50:10,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: the one you had in Paris. And it can also 977 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: go by really quickly on the negative side. When you 978 00:50:13,710 --> 00:50:17,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: think about what happened in the race in Eugene, was 979 00:50:17,010 --> 00:50:19,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: it, you didn't run the race that you think you 980 00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:22,049 Rob Simmelkjaer: could have run? Or did a few other guys just 981 00:50:22,050 --> 00:50:24,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: have incredible days and they were just better than you 982 00:50:24,660 --> 00:50:25,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: that day? 983 00:50:25,860 --> 00:50:27,270 Yared Nuguse: Kind of felt like a little bit of both. I 984 00:50:27,270 --> 00:50:30,840 Yared Nuguse: feel like seeing that many guys run that fast at 985 00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:36,450 Yared Nuguse: USAs was really crazy and surprising. But also I think 986 00:50:37,350 --> 00:50:41,009 Yared Nuguse: just with, I thought I'd have a little stronger of 987 00:50:41,010 --> 00:50:43,980 Yared Nuguse: a kick. I know leading races is very hard, obviously, 988 00:50:44,250 --> 00:50:47,040 Yared Nuguse: and so maybe I shouldn't have led the entire thing 989 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:51,330 Yared Nuguse: or just 800 of it or something. But I talked 990 00:50:51,330 --> 00:50:54,960 Yared Nuguse: to my coach about it and I think we just 991 00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:59,010 Yared Nuguse: kind of agree that it's just the circumstances of what 992 00:50:59,010 --> 00:51:02,250 Yared Nuguse: was happening around me, but also just could tweak some 993 00:51:02,250 --> 00:51:05,939 Yared Nuguse: things like race strategy wise to make sure that you 994 00:51:05,940 --> 00:51:11,790 Yared Nuguse: secure that top three position. But yeah, no, I think USA's 995 00:51:11,790 --> 00:51:15,570 Yared Nuguse: at a really good spot right now. I think after 996 00:51:15,570 --> 00:51:19,380 Yared Nuguse: Paris, that was very evident. And I think it's really, 997 00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:22,380 Yared Nuguse: really exciting to be in an era where not just 998 00:51:22,380 --> 00:51:25,350 Yared Nuguse: the world is good, but also like USA is really, 999 00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:27,569 Yared Nuguse: really good. So I'm really, really excited for those guys. 1000 00:51:27,570 --> 00:51:29,520 Yared Nuguse: They better kill it there, I must say, but. 1001 00:51:30,780 --> 00:51:33,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, Tokyo's loss is our gain here in New York. 1002 00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,450 Becs Gentry: Exactly. When we get you here in New York. We 1003 00:51:36,450 --> 00:51:37,739 Becs Gentry: have a couple of things I think a lot of 1004 00:51:37,739 --> 00:51:40,799 Becs Gentry: people want to talk about that is not necessarily running 1005 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,990 Becs Gentry: related. My favorite one being your amazing pet. 1006 00:51:46,650 --> 00:51:46,860 Yared Nuguse: Yes. 1007 00:51:47,130 --> 00:51:47,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: Tyrone. 1008 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:47,911 Becs Gentry: It's Tyrone. 1009 00:51:47,911 --> 00:51:48,331 Rob Simmelkjaer: Tyrone, the turtle. 1010 00:51:48,331 --> 00:51:59,430 Becs Gentry: I was like, "Can Tyrone come as well, please?" That was my request. But you seem to just 1011 00:51:59,430 --> 00:52:01,980 Becs Gentry: have, earlier this year you announced that you're in a 1012 00:52:01,980 --> 00:52:06,089 Becs Gentry: relationship with your partner, Julian, and there seems like there's 1013 00:52:06,090 --> 00:52:08,850 Becs Gentry: a lot of wonderful things going on for you outside 1014 00:52:08,850 --> 00:52:12,690 Becs Gentry: of running, as your heart's getting full in those other 1015 00:52:12,690 --> 00:52:16,830 Becs Gentry: things. Is that setting you up you think for even 1016 00:52:16,830 --> 00:52:19,530 Becs Gentry: more success as you said, for a great 2026 and 1017 00:52:19,530 --> 00:52:21,120 Becs Gentry: whatever may come thereafter? 1018 00:52:21,810 --> 00:52:24,540 Yared Nuguse: No, 100%. I mean, I think just this year I 1019 00:52:24,540 --> 00:52:30,660 Yared Nuguse: felt it's been just more okay to just be myself 1020 00:52:30,660 --> 00:52:34,530 Yared Nuguse: in a lot of ways. And just do things that I 1021 00:52:34,530 --> 00:52:39,180 Yared Nuguse: might have been worried about doing before. And I think 1022 00:52:39,180 --> 00:52:41,790 Yared Nuguse: that's just really important. You want to have a really 1023 00:52:41,790 --> 00:52:48,120 Yared Nuguse: strong base behind your running. Running is obviously just a 1024 00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,160 Yared Nuguse: lot of training and putting in the work and all 1025 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:55,109 Yared Nuguse: that stuff. But I think especially now where it's like 1026 00:52:55,110 --> 00:52:56,700 Yared Nuguse: I might not have the year that I've wanted to 1027 00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:59,850 Yared Nuguse: have. You want to have people that you can trust 1028 00:52:59,850 --> 00:53:03,180 Yared Nuguse: and fall back on. And having Julian to help me 1029 00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:06,480 Yared Nuguse: through it has been amazing. I still haven't gone to 1030 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,880 Yared Nuguse: see my tortoise yet since I've been out way in 1031 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,420 Yared Nuguse: Europe, but I will see him again soon after this. 1032 00:53:13,350 --> 00:53:14,191 Becs Gentry: Is he hibernating? No, not yet. 1033 00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:17,610 Yared Nuguse: No, not yet. Not yet. He'll be in Thanksgiving or 1034 00:53:17,610 --> 00:53:18,000 Yared Nuguse: something like that. 1035 00:53:18,030 --> 00:53:18,870 Becs Gentry: Okay, so you've got some time? 1036 00:53:18,930 --> 00:53:20,969 Yared Nuguse: Yes. Yeah, we'll get some time together, but he just 1037 00:53:20,969 --> 00:53:23,040 Yared Nuguse: kind of winds down in the fall, so it's like, but. 1038 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: I just have to ask, why? Why a tortoise? 1039 00:53:28,260 --> 00:53:28,410 Becs Gentry: Why not? 1040 00:53:29,370 --> 00:53:32,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: I see irony in this. Is this meant to be 1041 00:53:32,430 --> 00:53:35,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: ironic? You're kind of the hare in this relationship. Is that 1042 00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:39,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: how this goes, or what drove you to get the 1043 00:53:39,210 --> 00:53:42,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: slowest animal on earth as your pet? 1044 00:53:42,989 --> 00:53:44,970 Yared Nuguse: Okay, surely the snail is slower, because- 1045 00:53:46,650 --> 00:53:47,700 Becs Gentry: My brain won that too. So, thank you for correcting him. Snails are actually slower. 1046 00:53:52,170 --> 00:53:54,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: Fine. Fair enough. Fair enough. 1047 00:53:54,300 --> 00:53:55,861 Becs Gentry: Took me to a closest owner of someone who has a tattoo on their arm. Come on. 1048 00:53:55,861 --> 00:54:03,600 Yared Nuguse: No. Yeah, so I got him in COVID during 2020 as a lot 1049 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:08,460 Yared Nuguse: of people got pets. And originally my plan was, " Oh, 1050 00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,339 Yared Nuguse: I'll have this pet and he'll be a team pet 1051 00:54:11,340 --> 00:54:15,000 Yared Nuguse: and I'll just pass him on to generations of senior 1052 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:20,130 Yared Nuguse: teams, cross- country teams at Notre Dame." But then I 1053 00:54:20,130 --> 00:54:22,860 Yared Nuguse: ended up doing a fifth year and then I got 1054 00:54:23,010 --> 00:54:26,219 Yared Nuguse: really, really attached. So, I was just like, also I 1055 00:54:26,219 --> 00:54:28,379 Yared Nuguse: just didn't trust anyone to take care of him. So, 1056 00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:31,500 Yared Nuguse: I was kind of just like, " Actually I'm just going to go 1057 00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:32,700 Yared Nuguse: to Boulder and take him with me." 1058 00:54:32,700 --> 00:54:36,060 Becs Gentry: Did he have to acclimatize to altitude? 1059 00:54:36,870 --> 00:54:38,880 Yared Nuguse: No, but he did have to fly, which was probably 1060 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:42,750 Yared Nuguse: his worst experience, probably second to him flying over to 1061 00:54:42,750 --> 00:54:48,000 Yared Nuguse: get to me in the first place. But I did, because 1062 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,460 Yared Nuguse: he was sort of hibernating already at that point when 1063 00:54:50,460 --> 00:54:51,180 Yared Nuguse: I moved. So it was- 1064 00:54:51,180 --> 00:54:51,451 Becs Gentry: Go get on the plane. 1065 00:54:51,450 --> 00:54:54,495 Yared Nuguse: ... mostly easy, but I think he kind of woke 1066 00:54:54,495 --> 00:54:56,370 Yared Nuguse: up. I was just like, " What is going on?" 1067 00:54:57,390 --> 00:54:59,611 Rob Simmelkjaer: Can the turtle fly in the cabin with you? 1068 00:54:59,611 --> 00:54:59,612 Yared Nuguse: Yes. 1069 00:54:59,612 --> 00:55:01,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: Like you can bring it with you, right? 1070 00:55:01,290 --> 00:55:03,330 Yared Nuguse: I literally just brought him through security and I was like, " 1071 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,090 Yared Nuguse: This is my tortoise." And they just swabbed him and 1072 00:55:06,090 --> 00:55:07,020 Yared Nuguse: then let him pass through. 1073 00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:11,399 Becs Gentry: Oh, my gosh. My daughter is getting a tortoise. 1074 00:55:11,399 --> 00:55:11,400 Yared Nuguse: Yeah. 1075 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:16,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: And how do you know it was a bad experience for him? Was he in his shell 1076 00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:20,611 Rob Simmelkjaer: the whole flight? How did you get the emotional temperature there? 1077 00:55:20,611 --> 00:55:24,780 Yared Nuguse: He just peed himself twice. That's usually how you know, 1078 00:55:24,780 --> 00:55:27,840 Yared Nuguse: if they're defecating or urinating, then they're not having a 1079 00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:28,380 Yared Nuguse: good time. 1080 00:55:28,380 --> 00:55:28,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. 1081 00:55:30,150 --> 00:55:31,650 Yared Nuguse: But no, yes- 1082 00:55:32,430 --> 00:55:33,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: That would be a tell, yes. That would definitely be a tell. 1083 00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:37,170 Yared Nuguse: But yeah, I just love the idea. I wanted an 1084 00:55:37,170 --> 00:55:40,320 Yared Nuguse: easy pet. I feel like I didn't think I had, 1085 00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:42,450 Yared Nuguse: especially with my pro career and stuff, I couldn't. At 1086 00:55:42,450 --> 00:55:44,670 Yared Nuguse: least some people manage it well, but I couldn't really 1087 00:55:44,730 --> 00:55:48,510 Yared Nuguse: handle a dog or a cat. And a tortoise just 1088 00:55:48,510 --> 00:55:51,660 Yared Nuguse: seemed so cool too. I was just like, "It's just so 1089 00:55:51,660 --> 00:55:54,480 Yared Nuguse: sick." He just hangs out there and does his own 1090 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,400 Yared Nuguse: thing, which is what I do most of the time. Because I'm just 1091 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,969 Yared Nuguse: keep to myself too. So I think I just related 1092 00:55:59,969 --> 00:56:02,520 Yared Nuguse: a lot with him just and then the irony of 1093 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:05,968 Yared Nuguse: the slow tortoise fast person, but he's awfully fast when 1094 00:56:05,969 --> 00:56:10,500 Yared Nuguse: he's motivated, I will say. He will move, especially if 1095 00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:13,770 Yared Nuguse: he's just like, if he's on carpet or something, I 1096 00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:16,170 Yared Nuguse: feel like if he's outside he'll be pretty chill. But 1097 00:56:16,410 --> 00:56:18,600 Yared Nuguse: when he's inside and I just let him have some 1098 00:56:18,660 --> 00:56:22,590 Yared Nuguse: living room time or whatever, he just goes crazy. He's like, " 1099 00:56:22,650 --> 00:56:25,020 Yared Nuguse: Oh my god, a toe, I'm going to go bite 1100 00:56:25,020 --> 00:56:28,650 Yared Nuguse: this." And I'm just like, " Stop." He just basically tries to 1101 00:56:28,650 --> 00:56:31,710 Yared Nuguse: eat everything that isn't food, so yeah. 1102 00:56:31,710 --> 00:56:34,440 Becs Gentry: This is all the content we need. We need more Tyrone. 1103 00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:34,501 Yared Nuguse: Yeah. 1104 00:56:34,501 --> 00:56:37,200 Becs Gentry: Tyrone running around your carpet content. 1105 00:56:37,290 --> 00:56:40,979 Yared Nuguse: No, people always want more Tyrone content. And it's like if I was 1106 00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:43,500 Yared Nuguse: more into social media, I'd probably give it to them. But 1107 00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:45,961 Yared Nuguse: I maintain some at least. 1108 00:56:45,961 --> 00:56:51,060 Becs Gentry: And the professional runner element as well. Can we talk 1109 00:56:51,060 --> 00:56:55,140 Becs Gentry: New York food while you're here? Are you a foodie? Are you interested in? 1110 00:56:55,620 --> 00:56:59,730 Yared Nuguse: I love food. Don't know if I'm a foodie. I 1111 00:56:59,730 --> 00:57:01,020 Yared Nuguse: think I just love eating, honestly. 1112 00:57:01,739 --> 00:57:03,780 Becs Gentry: Well, let's not talk pre- race, because I know you 1113 00:57:03,780 --> 00:57:06,779 Becs Gentry: probably have your specifics for your pre- race, but is 1114 00:57:06,780 --> 00:57:09,420 Becs Gentry: there anything that you have come to New York and 1115 00:57:09,420 --> 00:57:11,550 Becs Gentry: you're here for this race that you're like, " I cannot 1116 00:57:11,550 --> 00:57:13,200 Becs Gentry: wait to go and eat that?" 1117 00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:17,669 Yared Nuguse: Honestly, it feels like just generally New York pizza. I've 1118 00:57:17,669 --> 00:57:22,470 Yared Nuguse: had a lot of really good New York pizza after races. But 1119 00:57:22,470 --> 00:57:27,180 Yared Nuguse: I'm just like, I've had so many honestly different places 1120 00:57:27,330 --> 00:57:29,910 Yared Nuguse: right after my races. I haven't had one specific place that we 1121 00:57:30,060 --> 00:57:33,900 Yared Nuguse: go to, but there's just so many good ones. I 1122 00:57:33,900 --> 00:57:35,430 Yared Nuguse: just love pizza generally. 1123 00:57:35,490 --> 00:57:35,581 Becs Gentry: There we go. 1124 00:57:35,581 --> 00:57:40,920 Yared Nuguse: I think just having a really, especially if it's really greasy or something. I'm just psyche 1125 00:57:41,250 --> 00:57:41,760 Yared Nuguse: about that. 1126 00:57:42,450 --> 00:57:45,060 Becs Gentry: All right. Okay. Rob will be dragging you to Connecticut. 1127 00:57:45,540 --> 00:57:48,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, there's good pizza up there, but you can't go 1128 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:51,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: wrong in New York City, it's everywhere. All right, so 1129 00:57:51,450 --> 00:57:55,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've fed yourself, you've fueled up, you're towing this starting 1130 00:57:55,380 --> 00:57:58,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: line of the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile this Sunday. How 1131 00:57:58,950 --> 00:58:01,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: do you approach this kind of a race? I don't 1132 00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: know how many road miles you've done. Do you have a 1133 00:58:04,170 --> 00:58:05,669 Rob Simmelkjaer: lot of experience doing road miles? 1134 00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:06,990 Becs Gentry: No. Can we play the game? 1135 00:58:06,990 --> 00:58:06,991 Yared Nuguse: Two. 1136 00:58:06,991 --> 00:58:07,351 Rob Simmelkjaer: Two. 1137 00:58:08,130 --> 00:58:09,750 Becs Gentry: Can we ask him the question that I asked you? 1138 00:58:09,750 --> 00:58:09,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. 1139 00:58:11,190 --> 00:58:15,330 Becs Gentry: How far do you think Jared's long runs are? 1140 00:58:15,810 --> 00:58:17,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, that's a good question. To get ready for a mile? 1141 00:58:19,770 --> 00:58:22,770 Yared Nuguse: Throughout the season. Oh gosh, two miles? 1142 00:58:22,770 --> 00:58:23,010 Becs Gentry: Insulting. 1143 00:58:23,010 --> 00:58:28,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: You go long, you go really long getting ready for 1144 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: miles. I guess it would make sense. I don't even 1145 00:58:30,570 --> 00:58:32,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: know. How far do you go? 1146 00:58:32,250 --> 00:58:34,470 Yared Nuguse: Like 17. 1147 00:58:34,710 --> 00:58:36,121 Rob Simmelkjaer: You go 17 miles? 1148 00:58:36,121 --> 00:58:37,890 Yared Nuguse: I have done 17 miles. 1149 00:58:37,950 --> 00:58:41,670 Becs Gentry: Who else sounds like they go (inaudible) . I'm like, " 1150 00:58:42,150 --> 00:58:44,970 Becs Gentry: So should for a marathon, should we be running like 50 miles?" 1151 00:58:46,710 --> 00:58:50,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's fascinating to me. I mean, I assume most milers do 1152 00:58:50,250 --> 00:58:52,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. What is that doing? It's just an endurance game. 1153 00:58:52,830 --> 00:58:55,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's just simply building the VO two max. 1154 00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:56,610 Becs Gentry: His pace was like 6: 10. 1155 00:58:56,820 --> 00:59:00,450 Yared Nuguse: I think a lot of people, it's coach dependent for 1156 00:59:00,450 --> 00:59:03,030 Yared Nuguse: sure. And I think my coach just is very distance 1157 00:59:03,030 --> 00:59:07,170 Yared Nuguse: heavy and strength is speed sort of guy. And so 1158 00:59:07,170 --> 00:59:09,000 Yared Nuguse: to do that it's like we all got to go on 1159 00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,000 Yared Nuguse: these long runs and just hammer sometimes we don't always 1160 00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:13,500 Yared Nuguse: hammer the long runs, but- 1161 00:59:14,370 --> 00:59:15,000 Becs Gentry: But you can. 1162 00:59:15,630 --> 00:59:18,630 Yared Nuguse: We could. I usually get dropped on almost all of 1163 00:59:18,630 --> 00:59:21,690 Yared Nuguse: these long runs. Also, I think I'm going fast and they're 1164 00:59:21,690 --> 00:59:25,290 Yared Nuguse: just going way faster because they're just way more distance- 1165 00:59:25,290 --> 00:59:27,480 Yared Nuguse: y than I am. But yeah, no. 1166 00:59:28,050 --> 00:59:30,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: So you're used to running obviously on the track. You 1167 00:59:30,870 --> 00:59:34,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: said you've done two road miles before. What's the mentality? 1168 00:59:34,590 --> 00:59:37,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: How do you approach a point- to- point straight line 1169 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: mile, like you're going to get out on Fifth Avenue Sunday? 1170 00:59:41,970 --> 00:59:44,010 Yared Nuguse: I mean, I've heard that it can be very deceiving 1171 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:45,870 Yared Nuguse: how close the finish line is, so I will be 1172 00:59:45,870 --> 00:59:50,370 Yared Nuguse: watching out for that. But I think road miles are 1173 00:59:50,370 --> 00:59:53,850 Yared Nuguse: a little weird. Because you kind of just go at 1174 00:59:53,850 --> 00:59:55,890 Yared Nuguse: a certain point, I'm assuming, and that's what I've done 1175 00:59:55,890 --> 00:59:58,950 Yared Nuguse: in my road miles in the past. Whereas in the 1176 00:59:58,950 --> 01:00:01,200 Yared Nuguse: track you kind of know where you are. In the 1177 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,380 Yared Nuguse: road mile, I'm sure there'll be quarter mile markers or 1178 01:00:04,380 --> 01:00:07,200 Yared Nuguse: something, but I'm not really going to know. I don't know 1179 01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,940 Yared Nuguse: when 200 meters to go is. I'm just going to have to 1180 01:00:08,940 --> 01:00:11,130 Yared Nuguse: guess and be like, all right, this seems like a 1181 01:00:11,130 --> 01:00:13,320 Yared Nuguse: good enough place to really put in a good kick 1182 01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:14,850 Yared Nuguse: and hopefully I don't die by the time I get 1183 01:00:14,850 --> 01:00:20,280 Yared Nuguse: there. So yeah, there's a few little different things, but I think I've 1184 01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:22,680 Yared Nuguse: heard it's very downhill too, so I think that'll be nice. 1185 01:00:23,070 --> 01:00:24,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: There's a bit of an up and there's a bit of a down. 1186 01:00:25,470 --> 01:00:27,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, so you get a little undulation. This may be 1187 01:00:27,660 --> 01:00:30,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: the only time I'm ever able to give someone as 1188 01:00:30,510 --> 01:00:32,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: fast as you any kind of a tip when it 1189 01:00:32,610 --> 01:00:35,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: comes to running. But this is my moment right now. 1190 01:00:35,310 --> 01:00:37,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: You're running down Fifth Avenue. What you should do is 1191 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:41,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: go out there tomorrow or Saturday and look at the 1192 01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:44,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: street signs and you'll be able to see what street 1193 01:00:44,310 --> 01:00:47,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're on as you go down Fifth Avenue. And as 1194 01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:50,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: the street numbers go down, you'll know how close you 1195 01:00:50,190 --> 01:00:51,451 Rob Simmelkjaer: are to the finish line. 1196 01:00:51,451 --> 01:00:51,452 Becs Gentry: It's a good one. 1197 01:00:51,452 --> 01:00:56,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: So, that is a pretty good way to demark it. And I've run this 1198 01:00:56,730 --> 01:00:59,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: once or twice, and that's what I do is just count 1199 01:00:59,220 --> 01:01:04,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: down the blocks. That's a little pro- tip from a non- 1200 01:01:04,470 --> 01:01:07,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: pro on running the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile. 1201 01:01:08,100 --> 01:01:09,630 Yared Nuguse: That's good to know. I'll check them out. I think 1202 01:01:09,630 --> 01:01:12,960 Yared Nuguse: that at least I can get an I idea of where I am versus 1203 01:01:13,530 --> 01:01:14,820 Yared Nuguse: just running blindly. 1204 01:01:15,330 --> 01:01:16,320 Becs Gentry: And the potholes. 1205 01:01:16,770 --> 01:01:18,900 Yared Nuguse: And the potholes. There are potholes. I didn't know that. 1206 01:01:18,900 --> 01:01:20,250 Becs Gentry: No, no- 1207 01:01:20,250 --> 01:01:23,371 Rob Simmelkjaer: There are no potholes on New York City streets. Absolutely not. Never. 1208 01:01:23,371 --> 01:01:23,760 Yared Nuguse: Never. 1209 01:01:24,090 --> 01:01:27,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: There's never been a single pothole. Our friends in the 1210 01:01:27,420 --> 01:01:30,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: Department of Transportation ask me to say that, absolutely. No, 1211 01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:35,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'm sure it'll be in great shape on Sunday. And 1212 01:01:35,070 --> 01:01:37,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: we're thrilled to have you as a part of this 1213 01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:39,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: race. Can't wait to see what you do. We know 1214 01:01:39,990 --> 01:01:41,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: it's going to be great. It's going to be special 1215 01:01:42,180 --> 01:01:45,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: for us, for all of our runners. The 8, 500 runners 1216 01:01:45,690 --> 01:01:48,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: coming behind you on Sunday as well at the New 1217 01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:51,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: Balance 5th Avenue Mile. So, have a great couple of 1218 01:01:51,210 --> 01:01:53,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: days getting ready for it, and we will see you 1219 01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:55,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: on Fifth Avenue. 1220 01:01:55,740 --> 01:01:56,671 Yared Nuguse: Thank you guys, I can't wait. 1221 01:01:56,671 --> 01:02:06,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yared Nuguse, the one and only. 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Becs, it was great 1230 01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:39,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: to see you. Thanks to all of you for coming 1231 01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:42,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: out here to the Run Center, and we'll see so 1232 01:02:42,060 --> 01:02:44,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: many of you out there this weekend. If you're out 1233 01:02:44,310 --> 01:02:47,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: there listening to the podcast, make sure you rate it, 1234 01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:50,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: send us a question, we'll answer it live, and give 1235 01:02:50,100 --> 01:02:52,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: us five stars out there. And good luck to everybody 1236 01:02:52,650 --> 01:02:55,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: training, whether it's for Fifth Avenue or the Bronx. Enjoy 1237 01:02:55,410 --> 01:02:56,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: the miles. We'll see you next week.