What's a Major? Rules for Runners, Newbury Park, Backyard Ultra, and Guest Jordan Tropf

There were some really fast and deep times at the Amsterdam and Rotterdam marathons, we do a little Boston Marathon trivia, discuss what really is a World Marathon Major, have an email of the week, some rules for runners, a little Backyard ultra discussion, and of course Shalane Flanagan World Marathon Major talk.

We start with a voicemail from the Secret Service and end with an interview @ 56:12 with Jordan Tropf, the Baltimore orthopedic resident, who ran the Baltimore (2:27:23), Chicago (2:31:54), and Boston (2:32:13) marathons in 3 days, averaging an incredible 2:30:30.

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• Order of show (SC members get timestamps)
• No intro ads for SC members, but if you want to try DrinkLMNT do so here
• Secret Service Calls LetsRun.com
• Email of the Week: Did shoes cost CJ Albertson?
• Superfast and deep times in Amsterdam and Paris
• Boston Marathon Trivia / What makes a WMM / Field sizes
• Footlocker Nationals is now Eastbay Nationals
• Could Newbury Park qualify for NCAA's?
• Shalane Flanagan completes the virtual marathon (or does she?!)
• 43:36 Rules for Runners - Everyone faster than you is more talented, everyone slower doesn't work as hard
• World record at Backyard Ultra. Laz Lake article mentioned
• Thread:Big Dog's Backyard Ultra - 3 left, have gone 325 miles, running for 78 hours - can someone run until they die?
• 56:12 Jordan Tropf: Background article on him here

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