COFFEE CLUB: a running podcast about nothing · Morgan McDonald

The Bankruptcy Files: what we heard & what we know

·1 hr 9 min·4 clips

Grand Slam owes about $3 million to the main broadcast company and $700,000 to graphics work.

1. COFFEE CLUB: a running podcast about nothing spends this episode moving from travel updates into the Grand Slam bankruptcy files. 2. George and Ollie host the conversation, with George fresh off a 6 a.m. Denver arrival and Ollie referenced as being in Australia on holiday. 3. The episode asks what the bankruptcy filings mean for Grand Slam athletes, vendors, and the sport's public image. 4. George says he landed at 5:30 a.m., had coffee and toast, and still made it to practice after an under-six-hour flight. 5. The hosts discuss a Christmas trip to Mexico, with Sayulita on the Pacific coast named as the destination. 6. Drew Hunter's Christmas party comes up, including the tuxedo, a mixologist, and the basement poker setup. 7. The show returns to training, where George describes a 90-mile week, double threshold sessions, and a long run delayed by a Christmas party. 8. George says he stopped during the long run to eat a bag of chips from a night market because he felt depleted. 9. The discussion moves to a 'dirty threshold day' with six-minute reps in the morning and hill work in the evening. 10. George says his hill sessions reached 3.6 lactate on the controlled reps and 8.5 on the faster reps. 11. Hawaii Mile coverage follows, including the beachfront hotel, the North Shore visit, and the race-day drone footage. 12. The hosts note the prize money, including $10,000 for the overall winner and a possible $10,000 world-record bonus. 13. George says the men's race was more condensed this year and that every man broke four minutes. 14. George says he ran a New Zealand record on the road, which he later realized had been his own mark from two years earlier. 15. Shoe choices become a topic, with George in Eco 3s, Ollie in Vaporfly 4s, and Yared in Strikes. 16. The hosts debate whether the perfect road-mile shoe is closer to a Nike 99 with a plate than a pure super-shoe. 17. Eurocross gets a brief look, including Jimmy Gressier's stumble before the finish and Tiari's win in Portugal. 18. The tone stays loose and conversational, with long back-and-forths, training detail, and side comments about clocks, pacers, and shoe models. 19. Listeners who follow elite running, training, and race gossip will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly edited news brief on bankruptcy law may skip it.

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