Today in Running History
While there is no shortage of podcasts that focus on the mechanics of running, I was surprised to find very little that looks at the history of our sport. I created the daily podcast “Today In Running History” to fill this space. In eight minutes or less, listeners will learn the backstories and lasting impact of some of the biggest names and milestones in running history, plus some they might not know about yet. Like the sport itself, Today In Running History is for all of us, from passionate and facts-obsessed sports-history geeks to the most casual of newbies.
Episodes
Today is Saturday, February 28th, 2026 and this month in 2014, Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald won the USA national 3000m indoor championship while in active treatment for the cancer she had first been diagnosed with nearly 5 years earlier.
I am privileged to be speaking with Justin Grunewald today, who completed every step of Gabe’s journey with her, until it ended when she took her last breath in June of 2019.
Today is Friday, February 27th, 2026 and at the Katy Half Marathon this month in 2016, Calum Neff bested by more than 2 minutes the Guinness World Record for the fastest half marathon while pushing a stroller, in what would be only the first of many such feats.
I’m excited to share my in...
Today is Friday, January 30th, and on this day in 1976, 19yo American middle-distance runner Jan Merrill became the winner of the first-ever women’s Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games, marking the fall of yet another gender barrier to collapse in the 1970s.
In this episode, we'll meet J...
Today is Tuesday, January 26th, 2026 and this month in 1939, Nina Kuscsik, a pioneering advocate for gender equality in running, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Kuscsik’s successful lobbying of the AAU in 1971 resulted in immediate changes to the rules governing women’s running, and to the Boston Marathon’s first fully legit women’s race the following year.
Today is Friday, January 16th, 2026 and this week in 1980, 34-year-old Jeff Galloway finished third in the Houston Marathon by using the Run-Walk-Run method he had pioneered six years earlier, and which remains one of the things this icon of the running world, now 80, is known for today.
I’m ecstatic to bring you my recent interview with Jeff Galloway, whose contributions to the sp...
Today is Tuesday, December 30th, 2025, and 50 years ago this month, Jacqueline Hansen set a course record and logged her fifth marathon win in 3 years in the third-ever Honolulu Marathon.
In this episode, I sit down with Hansen to hear about that memorable 1975 victory, which became one ...
It is December in northern Maine, and today’s race marks the 10-year anniversary of the first Millinocket Marathon, held on December 12, 2015, to provide a boon to an area especially hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis.
In this episode, I sit down with founder, race director, and nativ...
Today is Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 and this week in 1993, Adam Goucher of Colorado Springs won the Foot Locker XC National Championships in San Diego in a time of 14:41, defeating by 12 seconds the hometown favorite, one Meb Keflezighi, and achieving a time that still remains tied for the 6th fastest in the event’s 47-year history.
In this episode we’ll sit down with Goucher hims...
Today is Friday, November 21st, 2025 and this month in 2007, British marathoner Paula Radcliffe clenched her second of four NYC Marathon victories, just 10 months after becoming a mother.
In this episode, I sit down with Paula herself to discuss motherhood, marathoning, her 23-year journ...
Today is Tuesday, November 11th, and this week in 1957, Peter O’Connor, the man known as the “Irish Antelope” and the first-ever Olympic political protester died at 85 at his home in Waterford, halfway between Dublin and Cork, on the eastern coast of Ireland.
In this episode, we'll learn more about the forgotten 1906 Olympics in Athens, ...
Today is Friday, November 7th, and this week in 2009, Meb Keflegzighi won the NYC Marathon on his fifth try, becoming the first American man to claim that title in 27 years, and doing so in a personal best of 2:09:15.
In this episode, I’ll be joined by Meb himself to hear all about that historic November day in New York.
It is #FueledFriday, which mean's that today's episode is spo...
Today is Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 and this week in 1979, American Bill Rodgers became the New York City Marathon champion for the fourth consecutive time.
To this day, Bill remains the only man to have ever won the NYC Marathon on 4 occasions. In this episode, we’ll sit down with Rodg...
Today is Friday, October 10th, 2025, and this month in 1964, after 2 lackluster Olympic performances, American Bill Dellinger came out of retirement at the geriatric age of 30 to win a bronze medal in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics.
In this episode, we will learn more about Dellinger’s...
Today is Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 and this week in 1988, Ahmed Salah won a bronze medal in the men’s marathon at the Olympics in Seoul, which was the first and only Olympic medal ever won by the country of Djibouti.
In this episode, we'll learn more about Salah, his country, and why tha...
Today is Friday, October 3rd, 2025 and this week in 2016, legendary runner and writer Hal Higdon published his book “Run Fast,” a comprehensive guide for runners looking to improve their speed and reach new PRs.
In this episode, I sit down with Higdon himself to discuss a few of the incr...
Today is Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 and on this day 3 months ago, I launched this podcast. In this episode, I will tell you what I have learned since launching on July 1st, and where we go from here.
Today is September 28, 2025 and on this day in 1997, Irish runner Catherina McKiernan won the 24th annual Berlin Marathon in what was both a course and national record, as well as the fastest marathon debut by a woman in history at that time.
In this episode, we’ll sit down with Catherin...
Today is Saturday, September 20, 2025, and on this day in 1942, Dutch phenom Fanny Blankers-Koen set her first world record since becoming a mom 13 months earlier on her way to becoming the Female Athlete of the Century.
In this episode we'll learn more about Blankers-Koen, the only woman...
Today is Friday, September 19, 2025, and on this day in 1896, the very first marathon in North America was put on by New York’s Knickerbocker Athletic Club.
It is #FueledFriday, which mean's that today's episode is sponsored by Fuel Goods! This is the sports nutrition marketplace and mon...
Today is Thursday, September 18, and on this day in 1960, the first Paralympic Games were held in Rome.
As a reminder, the Paralympic World Championships are taking place from September 27th to October 1st in New Delhi, and I highly encourage all of y’all to check them out.
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