NYC Marathon's New Lottery, Stroller Mile Record & Cambridge Professor's Running Claims Unravel

This week on The Running Story, Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth break down the five biggest stories in the running world. The New York Road Runners have quietly added a new lottery to their guaranteed-entry 9+1 program, making it even harder to get a guaranteed bib into the New York City Marathon. Grand Slam Track founder Michael Johnson breaks his silence for the first time since the league collapsed into bankruptcy, giving his first interview since GST folded owing athletes and creditors millions of dollars.

Plus: a runner just set the fastest stroller mile in history on the Guardian Mile course, a viral video shows a Mexico City Marathon bandit runner being tackled by a race official, and Cambridge sociology professor Jason Arday's wild endurance-running claims are being called into question as his academic record comes under fire.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:14 NYRR adds a new lottery to the 9+1 guaranteed-entry program for the NYC Marathon
09:29 Michael Johnson breaks his silence on Grand Slam Track's bankruptcy and collapse
17:55 New world record: the fastest mile ever run while pushing a stroller (4:17)
21:46 Viral video: Mexico City Marathon bandit runner tackled by a race official
25:39 Cambridge professor Jason Arday's wild running claims come under scrutiny
38:57 Outro

Article links:
marathonhandbook.com/nyrr-9plus1-eligibility-drawing-nyc-marathon
marathonhandbook.com/michael-johnson-grand-slam-track-collapse
marathonhandbook.com/biebelhausen-4-17-stroller-mile
marathonhandbook.com/runner-knocked-down-mexico-city-marathon

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