Bonus Podcast: The Running Story | This Week’s Biggest Running News Explained

NOTE FOR SUBSCRIBERS:

This is a bonus, inaugural episode of a new weekly podcast we’re piloting called The Running Story. For the next few weeks, you’ll receive this show in the Marathon Handbook feed on Mondays alongside our regular Thursday podcast. We’d love your feedback — email us at podcast@marathonhandbook.com. More new podcast projects are coming in 2026.

Welcome to the first episode of The Running Story, a new weekly running news podcast from Marathon Handbook.

Hosted by Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth, this show breaks down four to five of the most important and interesting stories from the past week in the sport and culture of running. Each episode is designed to get you up to speed quickly — under 30 minutes — with context, analysis, and conversation around the stories runners are already talking about.

In this inaugural episode, we cover:

• The Tokyo Hakone Ekiden, Japan’s biggest running event

• The rebrand of the NN Running Team

• Ultra legend Ann Trason’s remarkable multi-day run

• Shelby Houlihan’s controversial trail racing debut

• Truett “Jeans Guy” Haynes and his Olympic Trials ambitions

This podcast is released weekly on Mondays, in addition to the regular Marathon Handbook Podcast on Thursdays.