Eric's Solo Episode (Late Due To Skinny Margaritas on the Beach Yesterday)

Eric Jenkins is alone. Aisha is somewhere in Europe. He had a beach day yesterday with skinny margaritas, which pushed the recording to Monday morning, and is now having a conversation with himself that you are all privy to. Some people genuinely have no voice in their heads. Eric has multiple voices running simultaneous dialogues all day. This episode is basically that, out loud, for an hour.

– Big Oyster's PR: The snot rocket of the ocean convinced an entire generation it's an aphrodisiac, high-class, and date food.

– Paris Diamond League — the meet that almost got canceled

– Men's 100: Trayvon Bromell, 30 years old, two Achilles surgeries, lane eight, beats Noah Lyles.

– Men's 400: Collen Kebinatshipi runs 43.5 — a Diamond League record, breaking Jeremy Warner's 2008 mark that had stood for eighteen years.

– Men's 5K: Grant Fisher's first-ever Diamond League win in 12:54 under brutal conditions.

– Men's 1500: Cam Myers, 3:28, Australian record, #12 all-time performance. Front the whole way, just stretched it when the pacer dropped.

– Women's 1500: Georgia Hunter-Bell, 3:55 season's best. Cannot lose right now. With Faith Kipyegon absent from the 1500 circuit — for reasons that remain unclear (Eric speculates she may simply be bored of winning) — Georgia is the top athlete in the event and it's not particularly close at the moment.

– Men's 800: Marco Arop, 1:41.8, world lead, dominant wire to wire. This is the world-beating Marco we saw a couple of years ago. He's back.

– Women's 800: Audrey Werro, Diamond League record, meet record, world lead, national record. Femke Bol runs 1:55 in her fourth-ever 800m

– The London Marathon is going on for two days: Eric does not like it. He understands the business reasons (more entries, more money) but does not want sloppy seconds on the marathon.

– New NCAA age-eligibility rule: Once an athlete graduates high school or turns 19, a five-year eligibility clock starts. Eric likes it as a step in the right direction.

– Western States 100: Eric did not watch fifteen hours of it. He had a beach day. He checked in periodically.

Voicemails include: Rucky Chucky clarification attempt; is there anything wrong with split shorts after retirement; audiobook narration; how to run a hard 5K; the 1.99-mile debate; hard efforts post-retirement; Mondo's music vs. Rebecca Black; astrology and Enneagram; bouncing back from a bad race at nationals

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