Olympic Marathoner Jake Riley "There's a big part of me that wants to try and go for a medal"

Jake Riley had a rags to riches story in making the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Team. In 2018 he hadn't raced in two years and was 50% certain he wouldn't race competitively again. In 2019, he entered the Chicago Marathon thinking he might want to run 2:17 and he ended up running 2:10:36. Then at the US Olympic Trials he found himself in a 3-way battle for 2 Olympic spots. He finished second and will make his Olympic debut at the end of next week. Show notes: 2:27 Covid Olympic, no opening ceremony, watch parties and more 7:41 Tokyo preparations / Thread on LetsRun: Jake Riley Has Me Worried 16:34 The heat and course in Tokyo 22:12 Goals for Olympics - "There's a big part of me that wants to try and go for a medal" 27:41 No More Next Time 28:00 On sponsorship / wearing On's super shoe, the Cloudboom Echo in Tokyo 31:08 A look back at his high school and collegiate career. Was his high school class better than Webb, Ritz, and Hall? 34:26 Hanson Brooks 27:59 10k 38:09 Being a pro runner sucks when its not going well 41:38 Halfway to retirement/ achilles surgery/ start of the comeback 45:06 Chicago 2019 - From wanting to run 2:17 to running 2:11 "Screw it, go with the pack as long as you can." 47:17 Glory at Olympic Trials and fear of Leonard Korir 54:58 Chris Derrick / Sara Hall are both not Olympians. Chris Derrick comeback? 59:53 Post Olympic plans 61:57 Jake's number one advice for other runners 63:02 Closing ceremonies On Running sponsored the Road to the Trials on LetsRun.com . We told them we wanted to talk to Jake after the Olympic Track Trials. Want insider access from Tokyo, daily podcasts and more? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Play in the $200,021 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Make Tokyo even more exciting. From the LRC archives: Unsponsored No More: After Earning Olympic Spot, Marathoner Jake Riley Signs with On Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/cf789a3f-b22d-4d14-9d44-ee47142faf65