*intro volume levels fixed!* This week’s guest is Elle Purrier, a Vermont native and runner for New Balance who has rapidly become one of the best middle distance runners in the country since graduating from the University of New Hampshire last year. Elle was an NCAA champion in the mile and 11-time All American who is currently one of only two Americans to achieve the 2020 Olympic standard in two events, the 1500 and the 5k. Elle and our cohost, her teammate Lianne Farber, are set to run USAs t...
Jul 25, 2019•52 min
This week we have our biggest episode yet – literally in that we have 7 guests on mic to talk about Grandma’s Marathon. Grandma’s is one of the fastest marathons in the US, held in Minneapolis in June, and we put together a big team of Tracksmith runners in an attempt to get Olympic trials qualifiers. About the runners: Jeff Seelaus (2:17:08): An Amherst College grad and Philadelphia native, Jeff qualified for his first Olympic Trials at Grandma’s with a big 4-minute PR. Louis Serafini (2:21:34)...
Jul 18, 2019•1 hr 20 min
This week’s episode was recorded the day before the 2019 U.S. Half Marathon Championships in Pittsburgh, PA, where our guests Brogan Austin and Reed Fischer finished 4th and 7th, respectively, continuing to announce themselves on the national stage of American distance running. Both graduates of Drake University and runners for Tom “Tinman” Schwartz, Brogan and Reed came from relatively modest origins to compete among the best runners in the country. We talk a lot about their experience with Tom...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to the second annual Citius Mag Boston Marathon Crossover Special! This week’s guest is Nikki Hiltz of adidas and The Mission AC. Nikki is an accomplished miler who hails from Northern California, a high school stud who went on to run at the University of Oregon and the University of Arkansas where she twice finished 2nd in the 1500 at NCAA. She’s had a successful first year as a professional, running 4:09 in the 1500 and most recently winning the BAA invitational mile this past Boston M...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Our guest for this week’s episode is Brian Shrader of Saucony’s Freedom Track Club. Brian, a Boston transplant and Arizona native who ran for Oregon and NAU, is a super accomplished distance runner (13:29 5k) and steeplechaser (8:29) who also recently announced himself as one of the country’s top marathoners by running 2:13 in his debut last year at CIM. He’s running the Boston Marathon next Monday and will definitely be one of the elites to watch, and he came on the podcast this past weekend to...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 20 min
We have a very special episode this week! A returning friend of the pod, Scott Fauble of Northern Arizona Elite brought his coach Ben Rosario along to unpack their new book, Inside a Marathon, and the buildup that culminated in Scott finishing 7th at the 2018 NYC Marathon. Scott and Ben came on to talk about their training relationship, their aspirations for this year's Boston Marathon, and most importantly, their takes on the best romantic comedies and 80s teen movies. Scott is a 2:12 marathone...
Mar 12, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This week’s guest is Jacob Thomson of the BAA, a Kentucky grad and native who’s run 3:57 in the mile, 13:34 in the 5k, and is competing this weekend at the USATF Indoor Championships in the 2 mile. Our cohost was Jacob’s roommate and childhood friend, an accomplished runner in his own right, Pat Gregory, a graduate of Dartmouth College. We got right down to it with bold predictions, hot takes, and some great self-inflicted wound stories. Don’t forget to like, follow, and subscribe (we’re now on ...
Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 4 min
We’re back - This week’s guest is Charlie Marquardt, a Haverford grad and former DIII star who burst onto the national scene last year with some memorable performances in the mile, most notably shattering the sub-4 barrier with a 3:55 at the 2018 Sir Walter Miler. Charlie is still unsponsored, working full time and running for Bryn Marr Running Company, and we really get into the ins and outs of that blue collar training lifestyle, from everything from morning runs to overnight bus trips. We als...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 2 min
This week, an old friend of the podcast makes his triumphant return. Since Trevor Dunbar came on the episode in April, he's since moved from Boulder to Boston, gotten a new contract, joined a new team, and begun coaching collegians at Boston University. The BAA stud came in to chat with co-host Zach Prescott, a BU senior and one of Trevor's athletes, about his new adventures and what he's learned along the way. We had a lively chat (after a few technical difficulties) and we hope you enjoy! Don'...
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 7 min
This week’s guest is Hoka New Jersey New York Track Club athlete Kira Garry. Kira is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan who’s run 9:58 in the steeple and 4:16 in the 1500. We recorded in Brooklyn with cohost Jackie Katzman, herself an accomplished distance runner at Cornell University, where we covered the best Gags quotes, recruiting trip memories, and the best bagel orders for true New Yorkers. If you listen to the end you can also hear how our pre-marathon takes pann...
Nov 20, 2018•58 min
This week's guests are Tracksmith Hare AC studs Emma Spencer and Jeff Seelaus, both fresh off 3+ minute personal bests at the Berlin Marathon. Jeff ran 2:20:56 as the third American man, and Emma ran 2:37:05 to finish as the second American women. They came into the studio to give us their takes from the race, their secrets to both preparation and relaxation, and advice for cohost Drew Hartman as he prepares for his upcoming marathon. We also covered important topics such as pole dancing in AirB...
Oct 24, 2018•1 hr 7 min
This week's guest is Joe McConaughy, a prolific ultra runner known by his trail name "String Bean" (@thestring.bean on Instagram). Joe is a Boston College grad who transitioned from running middle distance to setting the record on the Pacific Crest Trail in the summer after graduating college. He's continued to a successful career as a runner for Columbia Sports conquering FKTs and ultramarathon races around the world and holds the unsupported record on the Appalachian Trail in addition to the P...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 8 min
We're back and better than ever (minor sound quality problems on this episode notwithstanding)! RYM kicks off season 2 with some long-run talk with the boys of Kinross Road. An apartment of four post-collegiate runners, we joke that we have the "fastest apartment in Boston" on 5k times. Nick Lemon, Jonny Phillips, and Louis Serafini join host David Melly to answer questions from listeners including who is the most attractive, who would play us in a movie, and whether we prefer socks or no socks ...
Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 7 min
This week's guest is Woody Kincaid, a Colorado native and graduate of the University of Portland who competes for Bowerman Track Club. Woody is a talented and accomplished runner who's run 13:12 for 5000m, and he also happens to be a talented an accomplished podcaster. He hosts Price of a Mile, a podcast on the Citius Mag network where he interviews his BTC teammates. We recorded with Woody and co-host Ben Weingart in Portland after Portland Track Festival, and he was a fantastic guest. We talke...
Jun 29, 2018•1 hr 10 min
This week's guest is Kathy O'Keefe, a graduate of Newton South High School and Boston College who has returned from overseas for the summer and came over for a first-ever "breakfast pod" complete with waffles and cohost Jennine Regan. Kathy was a prolific mid-distance runner for Newton South, winning multiple state and national championships, and ran 4:22 for 1500 and 2:09 for 800 at Boston College. We covered all the greatest hits of high school, from barefoot running wounds to why we called te...
Jun 20, 2018•58 min
This week's guest is Garrett Corcoran, a distance runner from California who runs for the Cal Bears and came to town to compete in last week's Adrian Martinez Classic. He came on the podcast with trusty recurring co-host Ben Bosworth and things got real, fast. Garrett's run sub-4 in the mile and sub-14 in the 5k, but on top of that, he's a very entertaining and worldly guy. We covered self-inflicted wounds, why he doesn't date runners, and got arguably our best burrito content to date. Plus we p...
Jun 11, 2018•1 hr 8 min
This week’s guest is Taylor Bickford, a graduate of Wellesley College who’s run for BAA and the Heartbreakers in Boston. Taylor’s run 2:42 for the marathon and founded Hearth Baking Co., a pop-up bakery that provides healthy and delicious treats made by and for runners. We talk about our favorite flavors of cookies, the origin of the podcast, and the ups and downs of training. David tells the “blister story,” Taylor goes for a run after getting hit by a truck, and Angelica gets excited for her f...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 1 min
NOTE: Apologies for the uploading difficulties this morning - this is the full episode! This week's guest is is our good friend and former teammate Jake Byrne. Jake is an Irishman currently living in the UK who graduated from Iona College in 2015 before competing for the Heartbreakers during his time in Boston. He’s run 14:01 in the 5k and is an accomplished distance runner, winning the Northeast Regional XC championships in 2014 and winning the IC4A Championship in the 10,000 in 2015. Jake was ...
May 18, 2018•43 min
The last of our Boston Marathon weekend episodes is finally out! Jordan Mann came on the show to talk creating Ocean State Athletic Club, cosplaying at an anime convention, and why monogamy is overrated. We had a fun and colorful conversation with cohost Danielle Klein and really went deep on a lot of very interesting topics. Jordan is a graduate of Brown University and Providence College and has run 3:58 in the mile, 8:36 in the steeplechase, and 13:47 in the 5000m. He currently lives and train...
May 04, 2018•53 min
We’re continuing to stretch out our marathon weekend coverage with new episodes this week and next! This week’s guest is Trevor Dunbar, a graduate of the University of Oregon and Alaskan native who is currently living and training in Boulder, CO. He’s run 3:55 for the mile and 13:26 for the 5000m and is currently embarking on a new phase of training with all the changes and challenges that come with it. Trevor was in town for the BAA 5k and we covered self-coaching, gratitude, and his unique and...
Apr 27, 2018•1 hr 4 min
In this episode, Adidas’s Sam Parsons came in the studio for a very special crossover podcast with Run Your Mouth and the Citius Mag podcast. We dug into mindfulness, swagger, and college shenanigans, and Sam introduced us to the inner workings of Tinman Elite, a new elite training group based out of Boulder, CO. Sam is a 13:40 5k runner and Delaware native (with German citizenship) who competed collegiately at North Carolina State University. He was in town to race the BAA Invitational Road Mil...
Apr 19, 2018•1 hr 5 min
This week’s guest is Scott Fauble, a HOKA One One runner for Northern Arizona Elite. Scott is a Colorado native and graduate of the University of Portland. Scott ran 2:12 in his debut marathon in the fall of 2017 and recently finished 5th at the NYC Half Marathon. Scott was in town competing in the BAA 5k and cheering on his teammates in yesterday’s marathon, and he stopped in the Trackhouse for some great long run talk with co-host Ben Weingart. Hope you enjoy the episode and feel free to subsc...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Fueled by burritos and horchata, the New Balance Boston crew (and friends) came to Brighton to record a loose and fun episode of Run Your Mouth. Katrina Coogan is a middle-distance runner who graduated from Georgetown University where she was a two-time NCAA champion. She's run 4:32 in the mile and 15:34 in the 5000m, and recently competed at USA Indoors. Lianne Farber is a miler who ran for the University of North Carolina and the NorCal Distance Project before joining New Balance. She's run 4:...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 1 min
This week, our all-gay runner panel of guests talk about what it means to be LGBTQ athletes and the paths we took to become the runners and people we are today. Both silly and sincere, our conversation took unusual twists and turns covered some very unique ground. Peter Farlow is a sprinter for Greater Boston Track Club and a graduate of UMass Amherst where he competed in sprints, hurdles, and multi-events. While at UMass, Peter was an active advocate for LGBTQ participation in athletics. Ravenn...
Apr 09, 2018•1 hr 3 min
On this week's episode, David and co-host Jonny Phillips are joined by Martin Hehir, a professional runner for Reebok and graduate of Syracuse University. We recorded in the heart of Philadelphia, where Martin is enrolled in medical school after a year with NAZ Elite in Flagstaff, AZ. Martin has run 28:08 for 10k and 13:29 for 5k, placing 7th in the 10k at the 2016 Olympic trials and earning All American honors for Syracuse. We talked unusual sponsorships, trainers versus flats, and Martin's imp...
Apr 03, 2018•49 min
This week, our guests were three Boston-based runners and some of host David Melly's greatest friends. We talked about our paths to post-collegiate running, the pros and cons of dating runners, and planned out our perfect days. Rosa Moriello is back on the podcast. Rosa is a graduate of Boston University and works as an assistant coach there. She has run 16:03 in the 5000 and 33:42 in the 10,000 and twice represented Team USA in international competition. Caitlin Abelseth is a mid-distance runne...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 3 min
On this week's episode, we break all sort of records with the length of our podcast. Our guest Daniel Winn is a graduate of the University of Oregon and runs for the HOKA New Jersey New York Track Club. He is a 3:37 1500 runner and 3:56 miler and many-time All-American who's represented Team USA, but we talked about very little of that. Instead, Daniel and co-host Matt Crawford unpacked our thoughts on Lady Bird, stirred up podcast rivalries, compared 90s New York-based sitcoms, and cast the act...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 35 min
This week, we sat down with three Syracuse University track and field alumnae and current Boston runners to get in some good, giggly long run talk. We covered pizza preferences, first impressions, Indiana road trips, and more. Sarah Pagano is a BAA runner who won the National Club Cross-Country Championships in December and represented Team USA in Scotland. She has personal bests of 15:26 for 5k and 32:16 for 10k and was an All-American at Syracuse. Molly Malone runs for Tracksmith Hare AC who h...
Mar 16, 2018•56 min
On February 25th, Tracksmith Hare AC runner and Boston College grad Louis Serafini became the 514th American to break 4 minutes in the mile, running 3:59.33 at Boston University's Last Chance Meet. Louis joined David and co-host Conor Cashin, manager at Heartbreak Hill Running Company and captain of the Heartbreakers club team, to talk about how he did it. We also got very silly and spent much of the episode gently teasing him. Enjoy!
Mar 05, 2018•46 min
Paige Kouba (Harvard '16), James Randon (Yale '17), and Helen Schlachtenhaufen (Dartmouth '17) of Saucony Freedom Track Club came into the Trackhouse to talk about everything Heps - the Ivy League Track and Field Championships. Paige is an Olympic Trials qualifier and All-American in the steeplechase. James is a sub-4 miler and All-American. Helen is a two-time Heps mile champ with a personal best of 4:11 in the 1500. They now train and compete with Freedom TC under coach Tim Broe in Boston. The...
Mar 01, 2018•49 min
