COFFEE CLUB: a running podcast about nothing · Morgan McDonald

WE'RE GOING TO THE MILLROSE GAMES

January 29, 2026·1 hr 2 min·4 clips

Josh Hoey ran 1:42.5 indoors and broke Wilson Kipkida's world record.

1. Coffee Club episode 216 centers on the hosts’ final Phoenix training-camp day and the lead-up to the Milrose Games in New York. 2. Ollie, George, Gus, and producer Tom drive the episode, while Josh Hoey, Hobbs, Cam Myers, Jess Hull, Lyndon Hall, Dorcas, and Sinclair Johnson matter because their races define the week’s results and previews. 3. The episode asks what these indoor meets reveal about early-season American and Australian distance running, and which names matter most for Milrose. 4. The hosts open with Phoenix weather, sea-level recovery, and Oura-ring sleep, describing how the camp has felt steadier than altitude. 5. They compare resting heart rate numbers, including a morning pulse check that drops from 90 to 85, as part of the training update. 6. A wax kit arrives on set for Ollie, tied to a bet from about a year earlier about shaving a certain area of his butt. 7. The kit is described as stripless, black, and heated like a rice cooker, and the hosts joke that it is meant to make him aerodynamic for racing. 8. They move to Boston and New York meet results, starting with Cooper Lighthouse, Lucan House, and the question of how NIL and pro status work. 9. The hosts discuss Flavien Schzott’s win in the mile and argue that he cut off Ben Allen too sharply on an indoor track. 10. They also mention Wilma Nielsen and the uncertainty around how her result affects selection or qualification for Milrose. 11. The most striking Boston performance is Josh Hoey’s indoor world record at 1:42.5, which they connect to pacing lights and his brother pacing him. 12. They say Hoey has run two track races this year and broken two world records, with the Hawaii race counted as another attempt. 13. Hobbs is discussed as looking especially good, with the hosts repeatedly praising his movement and the strength of his last 100 meters. 14. Grant’s race is treated as part of a broader pattern of Americans pushing from the front in indoor races, with the hosts noting that January and February already produce world-record conditions. 15. Cam Myers’ 7:27 3000 meters becomes a major talking point because he broke Kai’s record and also Stewie’s outdoor record. 16. The hosts say Cam ran a 224 last kilometer, wore his shirt off afterward, and has joined the small group of under-20 athletes under 7:30. 17. The tone is conversational, argumentative, and sports-nerd heavy, with frequent side jokes and live reactions to race video. 18. The format mixes camp check-in, race review, live replay commentary, and a long Milrose field preview. 19. Listeners who follow indoor middle-distance racing, meet previews, and training-camp chatter will get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly edited, narrative-only episode may skip it.

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