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E56 | No chafing, one brewery, three out-and-backs, and a hundred miles

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At mile 60, Pope realizes he is about four miles ahead and still holding pace.

1. The Hobby Jogger Podcast focuses on Jeremy Pope’s run at the Canal Corridor 100 in Akron, Ohio. 2. Casey Koza and Rob Myers host Jeremy Pope, who returns as their most frequent guest and is the local runner they call “the Pope himself.” 3. The episode asks what it takes to race a 100-mile course when a summer of injuries, biking, and life stress has made training inconsistent. 4. Pope says his knee “blew up” after a good block for Laurel Highlands 70 miles and that he spent the summer on the bike. 5. He describes joining a local bike group in Worcester and says the rides became competitive enough to feel like a race. 6. Pope says he wanted “to get back to a state of just feeling healthy” before Canal Corridor. 7. He also says the goal was to “get to the dance” and finish fast enough to earn a Western States qualifier for the year. 8. Rob notes that Pope still beat second-place Edward by about 45 minutes despite not having a perfect buildup. 9. Casey and Rob explain that the original Canal Corridor route was changed after permits were pulled during the government shutdown. 10. The new course became a set of out-and-backs through Akron and Barberton instead of the original Akron-to-Cleveland design. 11. Pope says the repeated out-and-backs made it easier to break the race into pieces and see other runners all day. 12. He says the south stretch felt like “20 miles down and 20 miles back,” even though he estimates it was about 8.6 miles each way. 13. Rob points out that the race still covered the big hill three times, which changed the feel of the flat course. 14. Pope says the best part of the setup was seeing people all day, especially runners like Grant who passed each other multiple times. 15. He says Missing Falls Brewery made the finish area feel different because spectators there did not know what a 100-mile race meant. 16. Pope says many bar patrons reacted with surprise when they learned people were running to Cleveland and back for hours. 17. The conversation stays loose and conversational, with Casey and Rob joking about gear, beer, pacers, and the impossibly high price of refurbished Satisfye shirts. 18. Pope’s tone is calm and matter-of-fact even when he describes pace control, stomach issues, and the last 15 miles without food. 19. Listeners who like Ohio ultrarunning, race logistics, and honest pacing talk will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a compact, nontechnical running chat may be able to skip it.

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