Socialing the Distance, Episode 131: Featuring Zach Panning & Kevin Hanson (From RBR Archives, August 2023)

Originally posted Aug 15, 2023

RunBlogRun presents

Socialing The Distance with Larry Eder

Featuring Zach Panning & Kevin Hanson

I was thinking about the Coach /Athlete relationship as we move to the fall cross country and marathon season, and I stopped at Hansons/Brooks Original Distance Project. The brothers Hansons put their focus on building young American runners from modest college careers to elite marathoners and road runners.

The 2024 Olympic Trials, photo by Kevin Morris

In Budapest, Hungary, in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Zach finished 12th in the perilously hot and humid World Champs Marathon, running a smart 2:11:21, less than two minutes off his PB. Note that the athletes who finished in front of him in Budapest had a differential of four plus minutes between their Budapest times and personal bests.

Zach Panning, BAA 5k, Boston Marathon , presented by Bank of America, photo by Kevin Morris

Zach Panning caught the imagination of many watching the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trial Marathon in Orlando. Zach held the lead, in hot and humid weather, until the last three miles when Clayton Young, Connor Mantz passed him. Zach was spent, and dropped to sixth, finishing in 2:10.50.

Kevin and Keith Hanson, co-founders, Hanson Brooks ODP, photo by Brooks Communications

This is was a fun interview with Zach Panning and Kevin Hanson. I learned so much from them. I encourage all coaches to check it out!

Find Zach on Twitter:

/ zachpanning

Find Zach on Instagram:

/ zachpanning

Find Kevin on Twitter:

/ hansonsrun

Find Hanson Brooks ODP on Twitter:

/ hansonsdistproj

Find Hanson Brooks ODP on Instagram:

/ hansonsbrooksodp

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Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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