Early Call Time

About Early Call Time

The podcast where we discuss issues and news in the road race industry and get to know some of the people who keep it running! Hosted by Eli Asch (Race Director, Twin Cities In Motion/Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon) and Tony Yamanaka Brand Partnerships Director, BibRave), the ECT Pod features monthly interviews with some of the most interesting people in the running industry as well as lively banter about issues facing the mass participation endurance sports event industry. All opinions expressed on the ECT Pod are our own. So blame us for anything you disagree with, not our employers. Have any feedback for us or requests of who you want to hear interviewed on the show? Contact us at earlycalltimepod@gmail.com Facebook: @EarlyCallTimePod Instagram: @EarlyCallTimePod Twitter: @EarlyPod

Publisher

Early Call Time Pod

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2020

Latest episode

22 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Dec 2022

   An Exit Interview with Virginia Brophy Achman (Outgoing Executive Director of Twin Cities In Motion)

   The ECT Pod is back and better than ever after a longer than expected Eli-had-room-for-nothing-in-his-life-outside-of-planning-the-Twin-Cities-Marathon-and-then-a-new-Turkey-Trot enforced hiatus! And the first episode after our break is a doozy--an exit interview with outgoing Twin Cities In Motion Executive Director Virginia Brophy Achman (who also happens to be Eli's boss). In her almost quarter-century in the industry, Virginia has witnessed a lot of "beginnings"--the beginning of Running...

2. 

   30 Jun 2022

   Tanner Bell (CEO, Ragnar/General Manager of Events, FitLab)

   After a bit of a hiatus Tony and Eli are back with a bang, with an in-depth interview with one of the most entrepreneurial people in the industry, Ragnar Co-Founder and CEO Tanner Bell! From a project that started while Tanner and his co-founder were undergrads and thought it was just something that would look good on a grad school application, Ragnar has grown into one of the most successful brands in the endurance events industry. Tanner gives Early Risers a behind the scenes look at all a...

3. 

   20 Apr 2022

   Shelley Villalobos (Executive Director, Council for Responsible Sport)

   In a special Earth Day episode, Eli and Tony couldn't be more excited to have Council for Responsible Sport Executive Director Shelley Villalobos on the pod for an interview. The guys first find out a little about Shelley's athletic background--which includes Division I experience in a non-running sport--and how "she resisted running as long as she possibly could" until finishing her first marathon at the 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (yet another ECT Pod guest who's a member of the "...

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