Runners Who Read EP 9: The Longest Race by Kara Goucher

For the 9th installment of the Runners Who Read Podcast, Olivia sits down with Kara Goucher, the best-selling author of The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team. In addition to being an author, she is also a 2x Olympian, analyst for NBC, and co-host on multiple podcasts. During her collegiate running career at the University of Colorado Boulder, she was a 3xNCAA Champion. She then went on in her professional career to win a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 10,000m, record podium finishes in the Boston and New York Marathons, and compete in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Off the track, she cohosts the hit running commentary podcast Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara, as well as the Clean Sport Collective podcast, promoting fair play in sports. She has also established herself as a top running analyst for NBC, regularly providing on-air commentary at many of the biggest events throughout the track and field season.

 

In this conversation from June, 2023 between two seasoned veterans of the professional track and field world, we discuss all things elite athletics and no topic is off limits. From healthy eating to clean sport, Kara's experience with the Nike Oregon Project, and the state of track and field today, Kara holds nothing back. Does she believe that justice was served by the dissolution of the Oregon Project? What is her relationship with running like today? How is she working to ensure the track and field is a clean sport going forward? The answers to these questions and more are addressed in this important discussion.

 

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Instagram: @karagoucher

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