86. Knox Robinson, Runner & Writer @FirstRun

Hurdle with Emily Abbate · Dec 9, 2019 · 1h 26m · transcript

I could listen to Knox Robinson talk for a while, which is no wonder why this is my longest Hurdle to date. The Brooklyn resident writer and runner has his fair share of how-did-that-even-happen stories, from his days logging miles in Ethiopia with Mo Farah and running with Eliud Kipchoge in Kenya to heading up Fader Magazine and writing Kanye West’s first cover article. Upon sitting down with the father-of-two and run coach, I saw a whole other side of him that perhaps his 27.6K Instagram followers don’t often catch.

In episode 86, the Nike+ Run Club founding coach talks to me about his…