How Social Media Affects Runners
Guests insights from Patti Dillon, Kendra Chambers, Jamal Davis, and Anne
Photo credit: @carlnard
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How can we get the benefit of social media while minimizing the adverse effects? To find out we explore the question, “how does social media affect runners?”
In this episode of the A to Z Running Podcast, we won’t tell you that social media is bad, or that you must be on social media to thrive, instead we will discuss the benefits and the dangers of social media use for runners.
INTRO
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- FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE
- Thanks for joining in on the conversation on social media.
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MAIN TOPIC: How Social Media Affects Runners
How can we get the benefit of social media while minimizing the adverse effects?
In this episode of the A to Z Running Podcast, we won’t tell you that social media is bad, or that you must be on social media to thrive, instead we will discuss the benefits and the dangers of social media use for runners.
Zach and Andi examined research and reached out to gain perspectives about how social media can benefit our lives and create community, while also reflecting on the dangers of social media that may pull us away from health and reality.
Thank you for contributions from Coach Patti Dillon, Kendra Chambers, Anne of @margsandmarathons, and Coffee Posse host Jamal Davis.
Check out the complete AtoZrunning article which includes the studies, “The Effects of Social Media on Runners.”
WORLD OF RUNNING
Congrats to AtoZrunner Erin on a speedy indoor track 5k on Friday
#1. David Hemery Valentine Invitational (BU) – One for the records books.
- Women’s 5000m (from Letsrun)
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- All eyes were on Gabriela DeBues-Stafford this week coming off of 3000m Indoor Canadian Record last week with an anticipated 5000m record attempt.
- The race was led by a rabbit, with a clear top three of Courtney Frerichs, Elise Cranny, and Gabriela early on.
- Working together after the rabbit dropped, the Bowerman Track Club teammates took turns leading.
- Elise Cranny was the first of the group to make a significant move with 800m to go making space on Gabriela.
- Gabriela reeled her in the last 400m and closed with a 30.81.
- Gabriela crossed the line in not only a new Canadian Record, but also breaking the North American record held by Shalane Flanagan who held the record previously in 14:47.62. Gabriela ran 14:31.38 to chomp about 16 seconds off the record.
- Elise Cranny’s bold move was rewarded with a second place finish and a shiny Indoor 5000m American Record of 14:33.17
- Behind her was an impressive PR from Steeplechase Olympic silver medalist and previous guest Courtney Frerichs setting a new personal best of 14:48.75 (notice this time is less than two seconds shy of Shalane’s previous record)
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- Men’s 5000m (from Letsrun)
- 1st Grant Fisher won in an American Record:
- “ran 12:53.73 to win the race, smash Galen Rupp’s American indoor record of 13:01.26,
- and come within a whisker of Bernard Lagat’s American outdoor record of 12:53.60.
- He is now the fifth-fastest human ever at 5,000 meters indoors”
- 2nd Moh Ahmed (Canada) the Olympic silver medalist last year in 12:56.87 to break his own Canadian indoor record of 13:04.60.
- 3rd “Marc Scott (Great Britain) completed the BTC national record sweep in third, and like Ahmed, Scott lowered his own European indoor record, taking it from 13:08.87 to 12:57.08.”
- “In the process, Scott became the first man born in the United Kingdom – and just the third born in Europe – to break 13:00, indoors or out. The race marked the first time that three men broke 13:00 in the same race indoors (only once before had even two done it in the same race).”
- “Emmanuel Bor ran the second-fastest time in US indoor history (under Rupp’s previous AR) but was only 4th (13:00.48). Sam Atkin of Great Britain and Jonas Raess of Switzerland both ran faster than the previous European indoor record but had to settle for 5th (Atkin in 13:03.64) and 6th (Raess in 13:07.95)”
- “Florida State’s Adriaan Wildschutt of South Africa ran the second-fastest NCAA time ever indoors and third-fastest under any conditions – 13:09.20 – setting a national indoor record in the process and he was only 5th – in the B heat”
- 1st Grant Fisher won in an American Record:
- Men’s 5000m (from Letsrun)
- Women’s 800m
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- Roisin Willis claimed a new High School American Record and won overall for the women’s 800m running a time of 2:00.06, taking over a second off the previous record held by Sammy Watson of 2:01.78
- Rival teen super-star Sophia Gorriaran also ran under the previous record in a blazing 2:00.58
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- Men’s 3000m
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- Yared Nuguse (Notre Dame) broke the NCAA 3000m Record, 7:38
- This record was from Alistair Cragg 18 years ago
- *Had COVID the week before the event and wasn’t even able to fly to the event until the day of
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#2. American Track League Eastern
(From Letsrun)
- Shane Streich of Atlanta Track Club set a new US 1,000m record (2:16.16)
- Recently out of college (best NCAA performance in first 5 years was fourth in a conference champs…, but 6th year made it to nats and 6th in finals)
- Clear improvements post-college (1:45/3:57)
- Luke McCann broke the Irish record in second (2:17.40), a 10-second PR
#3. More fastness…
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- Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker attempted the indoor mile record (held by Bernard Lagat)
- Missed it by tenths, running 3:50.17 and 3:50.35
- Weren’t alone: Morgan Beadlescomb (of MSU) ran 3:52.03 for a 9-second PR 4th all-time NCAA
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