Podcast Episodes

Edwin Moses Interview

In this episode, hosts Amby Burfoot and George Hirsch talk with Edwin Moses, a legendary figure in track and field. During his competitive career, he won 122 consecutive 400 meter hurdles races--a st…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Susanna Sullivan Interview

In this conversation, Susanna Sullivan reviews the highs and lows of her running in 2024. This includes missing the Olympic Marathon Trials in February due to an injury and Covid ... then bouncing ba…

Published on 1 year ago

Daniel Romanchuk Interview

Daniel Romanchuk is one of the world's top wheelchair racers. This fall, he won the New York City Marathon and, a week later, the BAA Boston Half Marathon. He set a course record in the latter event.…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Ted Metellus, NYC Marathon race director

Ted Metellus is race director of the TCS New York City Marathon. In many ways, he’s a miracle maker. How else do you get 50,000+ runners from midtown Manhattan to Staten Island, and then back again (…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Jessica McClain Interview

Some think Jessica McClain was the "tough luck kid" of 2024. After all, she finished 4th in both the Olympic Marathon Trials and the Olympic Track Trials 10,000. And fourth is the worst position, rig…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Carey Pinkowski Chicago Marathon Interview

Carey Pinkowski is the longest serving race director of a World Marathon Major race, having taken the helm at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon way back in 1990. Before that, he was an elite runne…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Mike Scannell Interview (Grant Fisher's coach)

Mike Scannell coached Grant Fisher to two bronze medals (5000 and 10,000 meters) in the Paris Olympics--a feat no American runner had achieved previously. Which brings up a good question: Who is Mike…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Paris Olympics Review

It was an amazing Paris Olympics on the track and roads, and George Hirsch and Amby Burfoot discuss all the highlights here in this Paris Review podcast. 

We start with our two favorite races--the wo…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Chris Lundstrom Interview

Chris Lundstrom is coach of the Minnesota Distance Elite team that includes female marathon ace Dakotah Lindwurm, who's running the Paris Olympic Marathon on August 11. Lundstrom himself has a marath…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Ed Eyestone Interview

Ed Eyestone has been close to the center of USA distance running for nearly 4 decades, and never more than now. He's coach to American Olympic marathoners Conner Mantz and Clayton Young, and also the…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago