Track After Dark Ep 16: Molly Huddle, Obea Moore

Track After Dark Ep 16: Molly Huddle, Obea Moore

Apr 21, 2015 by Ryan From Flotrack
Track After Dark Ep 16: Molly Huddle, Obea Moore




Ryan Fenton and Joe Battaglia fill in for Lincoln Shryack and Gordon Mack this week for Track After Dark Episode 16. The guys get great call ins from Flotrack's own Taylor Dutch reporting live in Boston, MileSplit's Johanna Gretschel, Molly Huddle and Obea Moore. We talk Boston Marathon, Molly's 5k American Record, London Marathon, Penn Relays and have a chance to get in the mind of all-time high school great, Obea Moore.

2:00 - Taylor Dutch calls in from Boston to talk Americans leading and excitement of the weekend
8:25 - Desi Linden always being cool
13:10 - Reflecting on 2013 bombings and how it felt to be in the #BostonStrong community
20:55 - Molly Huddle calls in from Providence, RI (21:35 begin talking about 5k American Record)
23:36 - Molly talks her track focus for the spring
24:33 - Molly is asked how she views herself as a competitor and how her perception has changed in the last few years
27:00 - Molly addresses thoughts of winning a global medal on the track
32:54 - Talking off the track with Molly and blunt honest from teammates
36:31 - T-Mobile CEO, John Legere, offers Molly $5000 after AR. Molly responds, gives insight to Legere and talks about why he should be the next guest on Track After Dark!
41:10 - Joe Battaglia talks about his upcoming trip to the London Marathon, watching a lot of Kenyans run fast (Kimetto vs. Kipsang), and Paula Radcliffe’s last competitive marathon
48:23 - Joe sheds some light on the next new video series on Flotrack featuring Driven: Wilson Kipsang. Fresh new footage with Wilson in Kenya!
50:30 - Penn Relays talk begins!
53:00 - Joe and Ryan discuss their memories of Obea Moore and his amazing Penn Relays 4x400 runs
55:40 (beginning of a great 24:30 convo) - Obea Moore calls in from Los Angeles and let’s us know what he’s up to in the health industry
57:50 - Obea talks about coming to Penn Relays for the first time. Obea loved the huge crowd but his team was terrified.
59:25 - Obea talks about running 45.10 on a pulled hamstring with the help of the Penn Relays crowd in 1997 and how it effected his career. The race was amazing but ruined the rest of his senior year. This was Obea’s last good race of his career
1:01:55 - Obea says if they had better treatment and facilities as he came up, he would have had no problem running under 43 seconds for 400 meters
1:03:45 - Obea is asked about Jamaican schools challenging John Muir’s 4x400 record this year at Penn Relays. Obea’s teammate sent the record running 3:08 with two injured runners. Obea views the record as soft as based on their PRs, they had the potential to run 3:05
1:06:20 - Obea describes what it was like to be in a different league and knowing that anytime he stepped onto the track that no one would be able to compete with him. Obea talks about having to develop character and an ego to be able to compete against the best and get rid of any fear. "You have to become a monster"
1:08:40 - We ask Obea about his high school range (100m-10.27; 200m-20.20 split; 400m-45.1; 800m-1:50; Mile-4:21) and he credits Michael Granville (HS 800m record holder 1:46) for making him who he was. Obea would take Granville out in 49 secs in the 800, but could never beat him
1:11:00 - Obea challenges Granville to a masters race and talks about how track was a contact sport in the 1990's.
1:13:34 - Obea talks about being inducteed into the Penn Relays Wall of Fame this year and how his experience at the Penn Relays has been THE MOST meaningful of his career, an experience and honor that has left him very emotional.

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