The Franken Scooter, the Plantar, and the Man with Multiple Piercings in His Nether Regions

Eric Jenkins calls in from Whitefish, Montana dressed in wedding merch, planning a horse ride, slightly winded from a four-mile run. Aisha is home in Boulder, heading back to New York tomorrow, having been everywhere again this week.

Discussed in this week's episode:

- Montana wedding: Eric is going to ride a horse this afternoon for the first time since age
seven
- New York / West Side Highway: Aisha didn't know the West Side Highway was the place to run in New York when you're in Chelsea.
- World Cup and the World Cup hotties: Scotland has taken Boston and is drinking it dry.
- Jenny Simpson's cardiac event: While pacing a mile race at a community event in Raleigh associated with the Sir Walter Miler, Jenny Simpson crossed the finish line and collapsed a few minutes later.
- Ciara Mageean: European 1500m champion diagnosed with stage four cancer. Her attitude in public interviews has been remarkable - positive, fighting, and gracious.
- Long-term health of elite runners: Years of training stress, race stress, underfueling, and extreme cardiac demand - probably not ideal assessed by a doctor.
- Doha Diamond League: Postponed from its original slot due to the conflict in the Middle East and rescheduled into an awkward calendar position - long travel to Doha at a weird point in the season. Quiet meet overall.
- Ostrava Golden Spike: Everybody who skipped Doha showed up here.
- Sam Blaskowski and Sha'Carri Richardson at the Dennis Mitchell Invitational: Blaskowski runs 19.99 in the 200. Sha'Carri runs 10.77
- Kenyan Trials — men's 1500: Timothy Cheruiyot beats Reynold Cheruiyot in 3:32.28 in Nairobi (approximately 5,500 feet elevation)
- Josh Kerr's mile world record attempt on July 18th in London: Both hosts are fired up.
- Voicemails include: Rashad asks about the naked bike ride; Bill from San Francisco has bathroom emergencies on runs
- Aisha signing off for two weeks: She's heading to Monaco for a World Athletics governance meeting, then Barcelona for the Tour de France Grand Départ, then some actual vacation.

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