Is there anything Matt Tegenkamp can’t do? Here’s the first of what we hope will be many videos by him. Stockholm stadium footage, music selection and video editing by Matt; interview footage by Matt Taylor.
Richard Kiplagat and Fasil Bizuneh are among the elite field in Sunday’s NYC Half Marathon. Although he might not have the fastest half marathon personal best of the field, surely Richard will be the leading cat expert among the top finishers.
Matt Tegenkamp took second in tonight’s 5,000m final at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Chris Solinsky took fifth after seizing the lead off a sluggish pace with three laps to go. After leading early, Brent Vaughn took ninth.
We’ll be back on Tuesday with more words and some video. For now, results.
We might as well end our video series as we began it–by being very, very serious.
We hope you’ve been educated, entertained or at least distracted at work by the series. We’ll be in Eugene starting tomorrow and will have regular updates from there (including video, we hope, depending on the whims of those enforcing the meet’s Ceauşescuesque taping provisions).
Teg is brimming with good ideas about how to better promote the sport he loves. Networks, meet directors, federations, are you listening?
Tomorrow: The series finale. Will there be references to the last episode of The Sopranos, Seinfeld or any of the various Bob Newhart shows?
Everyone knows that at least a few runners take performance-enhancing drugs. How do clean athletes striving for excellence deal with that reality?
Tomorrow: Teg Talks: Marketing the Sport
Matt, Jonathon Riley and University of Wisconsin runner Christian Wagner do an 8-mile rhythm run in the Arboretum. We should all look so relaxed at 5:15 pace.
Music by Buildings Breeding.
Monday: Drugs in running.
Chris and Matt try their best to explain the esoteric way of tracking training known as “Badger miles.”
Tomorrow: Teg shows just how easy 5:15 pace can look.
Matt and Chris get weekly massages from Brian Blindt, a former collegiate volleyball player who now does triathlons. Fun fact: When Sting played Madison, Brian was his massage therapist.
Music by Tripsitter.
Tomorrow: Badger miles explained (sort of).
In this final drills video, Matt Tegenkamp and Jonathon Riley demonstrate how to develop dazzling foot speed. They did these drills after a 12-miler than included 8 miles at about 5:20 pace, as well as these exercises that you’ve no doubt already incorporated into your routine.
Music by Eric Reed.
Tomorrow: That’s the stuff (i.e., Teg gets a massage).
