Welcome to the Running Event Podcast featuring the hosts of Pace the Nation. In this first episode, we introduce the podcast team and we talk about adding supplemental content to the Running Event. Our first guest is the president of Formula 4 Media Mark Sullivan, who is hosting the Running Event. We talk about the event including the timeline, what to expect and what is new for this year. We also talk about the host city Austin and why it is a perfect fit for the Running Event. We close out with a discussion about why there should be optimism in the specialty running industry and Mark talks about securing our keynote speaker Walter Robb.