Episode 26: Fans in the Stands (with two beers in hand)

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 ~ trackcastic ~ Leave a comment

Athleticos,

This episode of Trackcastic gets you up to speed on results from Gotzis, The Diamond League and the NCAA championships.
We also discuss some exciting comebacks!
Bring you live soundbites from Highgate Night of the 10k PBs

And that’s that. Thanks to everyone that volunteered, spectated and of course ran. It was another glorious day for track running. Hope everyone enjoyed it. #nightofthe10kPBs #highgate10k #lane3beerncheer pic.twitter.com/Lh4SwjAbfr

— Night Of The 10k PBs (@NightOf10kPBs) May 19, 2018

Plus “Are you even an Athletico?” becomes the new, “would you rather?”

I’ve just discovered that Ruth Beitia ran the anchor leg for Spain’s 4x100m team in Daegu. As if I didn’t love her enough already.

— David (@fan_athletics) June 19, 2018

Episode 25: American Athletico

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 ~ trackcastic ~ Leave a comment

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On the show today

We chat Sydney McLaughlin, Steve Prefontaine and the Maria Mutola Prize presented at the end of every #EugeneDL (it’s a real thing) with our favourite American Athletico, Ray Minchew
Gabby draws the #fantasyGotzisLuckyDip teams for the Trackcastic crew

ROUND 1: The @trackcastic draw (look out for Episode 25 of #trackcastic to hear the crew get their teams live on the podcast) #FantasyGotzisLuckyDip @flic22s pic.twitter.com/niceV0Zp8Q

— Gabby Pieraccini (@smokymozzarella) May 20, 2018

And we discuss some of the results (yay!) and retirements (boo!) from recent weeks.

Shout out to Ray’s Mom!

Athleticos

Episode 24: Mara, Darragh, Farrah, Para

May 11, 2018 ~ trackcastic ~ Leave a comment

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Summer is nearly upon us which means – the athletics season officially gets underway. ATHLETICOS, REJOICE!

On today’s show:

We discuss our highlights from the Commonwealth Games and Chris makes his long overdue apology for putting the mockers on the English team
We discuss the Boston/London Marathons and, more importantly, how to pronounce Mara Yamuchi’s name (Easter egg, after the show ends)
We look ahead to the first diamond league and some of the seasons possible stars
PLUS Gabby gives you a brief update on the FANTASY GOTZIS LUCKY DIP

https://twitter.com/smokymozzarella/status/993200043950837763

Athleticos x

Episode 23: Commonwealth Face OFF

April 7, 2018April 7, 2018 ~ trackcastic ~ Leave a comment

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The Commonwealth Games track and field program begins today. On the show today, our crew represents Northern Ireland (Carol), Scotland (Gabby), Wales (Ceri), England (Chris) and everyone else (Jamie) to put forward their case for the best Commonwealth Country in Track and Field?

In addition, we put forward some new anthem, hashtag and mascot ideas.

Who will come out on top? You decide!!

Athleticos x

P.S Some of our all time fave highlights:

Scotland (Yvonne Murray beats Elana Meyer in 1994)

N. Ireland (Mary Peters CWG Memories)

Wales (Matt Elias anchors Wales to an exceptional silver in 2002)

England (Denise Lewis 1994)

Other: Australia (Cathy Freeman, 1994)

Episode 22: Don’t Give up! (The Birmingham WiCH Recap)

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 ~ trackcastic ~ Leave a comment

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On today’s Trackcastic

We re-live the fantastic world indoor championship held in Birmingham
We chronicle Gabby’s epic journey to reach the stadium
and offer a sincere apology to Mujinga (and her sports hall)

PLUS

If you missed the great athletico quiz, you can see how you would have fared as Gabby poses some of the most popular questions to Jamie and Carol

As it’s Easter, you may find a little ‘Easter egg’ at the end of the show. Major kudos to the #athleticos who can identify the athlete we are gushing over

Athleticos x