Nathan and David team up to talk all things racing! They rank their favorite distances to race and what shoes they'd race them in. Also, with the elite track circuit in full-swing, they talk about their favorite races to watch. Finally, they wrap it up with a couple questions from our mailbag.

What are your favorite races to run? Have any questions to add to our mailbag? Email us at doctorsofrunning@gmail.com!

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Stryd’s Race Power Calculator eliminates the uncertainty of race day by analyzing the course, weather, and your personal capability to create a custom power target. This lets you pace with precision—conquering hills, battling headwinds, or enduring heat without overdoing it. With Stryd, you’re strategizing for your best performance. Ready to own race day? Visit ⁦stryd.com⁩ today.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:36 - In for Testing: Powered by Skratch Labs
• 13:14 - Third favorite race distance
• 21:50 - Second favorite distance
• 30:12 - Favorite race distance
• 38:18 - Favorite races to watch
• 43:12 - What even is a supertrainer?
• 49:42 - Faster shoes for stability needs
• 52:54 - Wrap-up

On this special episode, Nathan is joined by Paul Lang, ASICS's Senior Manager of Global Performance Footwear, to talk about two brand new models to their "Blast" line of shoes!. Coming September 1 are the Sonicblast, a brand new PEBAX-plated trainer, and the Megablast, both featuring their new FF Turbo Squared foam! These new additions join the team-favorite Novablast and Superblast models to round out the Blast family of shoes. Nathan and Paul discuss how ASICS plans, designs, and tests their shoes, the specific features of the two new shoes, what's next for ASICS in the upcoming months, and more.

Get your DOR Merch: https://doctors-of-running.myspreadshop.com/

Get 20% off your first order from Skratch with code: DOCTORSOFRUNNING!

Stryd’s Race Power Calculator eliminates the uncertainty of race day by analyzing the course, weather, and your personal capability to create a custom power target. This lets you pace with precision—conquering hills, battling headwinds, or enduring heat without overdoing it. With Stryd, you’re strategizing for your best performance. Ready to own race day? Visit ⁦stryd.com⁩ today.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 4:08 - ASICS's design & development philosophy
• 12:43 - The new Sonicblast
• 27:18 - The new Megablast
• 34:33 - The composition & characteristics of FF Turbo Squared
• 40:17 - What's on the horizon for ASICS
• 44:02 - Wrap-up

Time for another round of Buy or Sell, where we force ourselves outside of our "it depends" comfort zone and make things black & white. David, Matt, and Nathan get together for hot takes only. They argue about performance enhancing drugs, max, stack shoes, the state of Nike, and much more. We want to hear your hot takes too! Leave a comment or email us at doctorsofrunning@gmail.com.

Get your DOR Merch: https://doctors-of-running.myspreadshop.com/

Get 20% off your first order from Skratch with code: DOCTORSOFRUNNING!

Stryd’s Race Power Calculator eliminates the uncertainty of race day by analyzing the course, weather, and your personal capability to create a custom power target. This lets you pace with precision—conquering hills, battling headwinds, or enduring heat without overdoing it. With Stryd, you’re strategizing for your best performance. Ready to own race day? Visit ⁦stryd.com⁩ today.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:29 - In For Testing, Powered by Skratch Labs
• 12:28 - Buy/Sell: Runners who have used PEDs should get lifetime bans
• 28:09 - The market needs to lower the average stack height of shoes
• 35:42 - 2024 was a better shoe year than 2025
• 43:06 - People are not running slow enough
• 54:26 - Nike has lost its edge in running innovation
• 59:00 - The 800m is harder than the mile
• 1:03:04 - Wrap-up