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Nate Dern Joins To Discuss Legendary Front Runner Steve Prefontaine

over 3 years ago

Nate Dern who has clocked a 37:10 10k... a 5:59 min/mi pace, hops on the pod to spread stoke and knowledge about Oregon running legend Steve Prefontaine. Strider and Nate also discuss the 1972 Munich Olympics, answer some write in questions about legit flow and much more. Like Pre himself, Nate and Strider back down from no topic or challenge. They pod to win!

Nate Dern is a writer for the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, host of the, 'Tryin Pod,' podcast and author of, 'Not Quite a Genius."

Sources:

Wikipedia.org, History.com ‘Massacre Begins at Munich Olympics’, Britannica.com ‘ Munich Massacre’, Registerguard.com ‘The Last Amateurs’ by Austin Meek, Oregonsadventurecoast.com ‘The Steve Prefontaine Story’ , Bleacherreport.com ‘Steve Roland Prefontaine: The Legend’ by Steve Shields, Imdb.com, Trackandfieldsnews.com , greekgodandgoddesses.net

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