In Boulder, You Are Not a Dog Owner. You Are A Dog Guardian

Both hosts just off planes. Aisha has a girls' weekend voice situation — no sexy raspy, just middle school puberty cracking. Eric went to Athlos London for 48 hours, did not walk the red carpet, and ate approximately four bacon sandwiches.

Discussed in this episode:

– Eric at Athlos London — the full debrief: 48 hours. Tate Modern Museum. Saint Paul's Cathedral (almost broke down from the beauty). Camden neighborhood. No red carpet — didn't have the right fit, a decision Aisha processes audibly in real time. 

– Athlos race highlights: Sha'Carri Richardson, women's 100m, 10.8; Keely Hodgkinson wins the women's 800m in 1:56 in a Nike speed suit (the big fashion moment of the meet); Claudia Kązmierska wins the women's mile for three big ones in a row + more

– Chris and Kari are having a baby: The CITIUS MAG overlords are growing by one. Both hosts are genuinely thrilled and genuinely aware that as soon as this baby talks, their jobs are in jeopardy. A baby with Chris Chavez's curiosity and Kari's musical ability and on the CITIUS MAG mic within six months: they are cooked.

– The Emmys: Drama series: The Pit wins big. The Diplomat is one of Aisha's favorite shows ever. Comedy: Widows Bay wins — Eric has seen it, recommends it, it's on Apple TV.

– Mitch McConnell memes

– Boulder dog guardianship law: In Boulder, you are not an owner of a dog. You are a dog guardian. City ordinance.

– Marathon training — Eric's update: Calves at approximately 82%. Running is scheduled for this week. He will be the most undertrained person on the start line of the New York City Marathon.

– World Road Running Championships, Copenhagen:

• Agnes Ngetich — new women's half marathon world record, 65:15

• Andreas Almgren — men's half marathon win, European record 58:06

• Men's road mile — Robert Farken’s biggest win

• Women's road mile — Agathe Guillemot of France wins

• Men's 5K — Jakob Ingebrigtsen gets upset

• Women's 5K —Likina Amebaw with three consecutive major wins to end the season

• American women's half — Emma Grace Hurley, Weini Kelati, Jess McLean go 5-6-7: First time three Americans have broken 67 minutes in the same race. Emma Grace moves to approximately third on the US all-time list.

• The World Athletics website replay package: Aisha watched the whole thing at 2x speed on the plane and notes that World Athletics has a clean, well-curated replay package on their website that goes: full race, a bit of the celebration, interview with the winner, next race. Tight and polished. Nobody needs to hunt for bootleg streams.

– The Nike Elite camp story: Content warning: This story involves an allegation of sexual assault at the Nike Elite camp on Fourth of July weekend, involving two high school athletes.

– Off the Rails Live, Chicago — October 9th: Free tickets drop Thursday, September 24th at noon Eastern. Set an alarm.

– Voicemails: Non-runner filing whereabouts for their sport wants to know how to handle camping and backpacking; Jess from Arizona on Keely doing Femke's makeup in the call room and Rai and Dos Santos doing rock-paper-scissors in the semis to determine the finish order; Michaela from Brooklyn who ran a group long run with her run club, slowly realized a woman who looked familiar was someone who had ghosted her cold on Hinge.
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