RunSohFast Podcast

🏃‍♂️ Episode 25: Tyler Day — From NCAA Champion & American Record Breaker to 3x Achilles Surgeries & Marathon RebirthOn this episode of the RunSohFast Podcast, hosts Soh Rui Yong and Romaine Soh sit down with former Northern Arizona University (NAU) superstar and distance running powerhouse, Tyler Day.Tyler’s running résumé is the stuff of collegiate legend:🏆 3x NCAA Division I Cross Country Team Champion🥉 3rd Individually at the 2017 NCAA XC Championships⚡ 13:16 for 5,000m indoors (2020) — breaking Galen Rupp’s long-standing American Collegiate RecordAfter an iconic NCAA career leading the Lumberjacks alongside teammate Matt Baxter, Tyler signed professionally with HOKA Northern Arizona Elite. But just six months in, disaster struck — a severe Achilles injury that led to three separate surgeries on the same left foot, completely derailing his track career and testing his resilience to the absolute limit.Now, rebuilt and hungrier than ever, Tyler has reinvented himself. Training as an unsponsored marathoner under the guidance of Coach Jack Polerecky, Tyler is writing a brand-new chapter on the roads.Tune in for an unfiltered, deeply inspiring conversation about reaching the top of American collegiate running, navigating the darkest days of chronic injury and surgery, and finding the passion to rebuild from scratch.🎧 FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBEYouTube: Subscribe to @RunSohFast for weekly episodes, running guides, and live streams!Spotify / Apple Podcasts: Search RunSohFast PodcastInstagram: @runsohfast | @vroomaine| @day6runz

After a season in the 400m-800m, Romaine realises she signed up for a 10km some time ago! With little to no aerobic work done this year, all seems lost... but can Coach Jack Polerecky, who coached Julia Paternain to that momentous bronze medal last year at the Tokyo World Championships, save the day?Weekly updates from Romaine's 10km project incoming...Big congratulations to Episode 14 and Episode 15 podcast guests, Esther and Ni Jia, for winning the Malaysian SEA Games Selection Trials today!

Question of the year: Is $139.90 for a pair of carbon plated racing shoes a steal?Mock Trial: Host Soh Rui Yong runs a defence of Keane Ko, with Justice Romaine Soh presiding.Also: Diabolical photo choices for the 2026 World Road Running Championships Singapore team announcement.

Imagine running 6:58 for 2.4km to place 3rd in your national championships. At 19 years old. The youngest ever from your country to run a sub-7min 2.4km. On 15 August 2026, that is exactly what Emerson Koo of Nanyang Polytechnic did at the Pocari Sweat 2.4km National Championships.

Schoolboy rivals and now rising stars Pranav and Jacob join us to chat Pocari Sweat 2.4km, how university orientation screwed up their training over the last 3 weeks leading in, and goals ahead as they renew their rivalry on the Singapore university running scene!