#SocialingtheDistance, Episode 139: Grant Fisher, Olympic bronze medalist, 10,000m/5,000m, talks Track!

RunBlogRun presents

Socialing the Distance

with Larry Eder

Featuring Grant Fisher (episode 139)

Grant Fisher is our 139th interview in the series, #SocialingtheDistance.

Grant Fisher is the Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist at 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters

Grant Fisher owns American records outdoors at 3,000 meters (7:25.47) and 10,000 meters (26:33.84).

Grant Fisher owns American records indoors/short track at 3,000 meters (7:22.91)i, 2 miles (8:03.62i) and 5,000 meters (12:44.09i).

Grant Fisher has World records indoors/ shot track at the 3,000 meters (7:22.91i) and 5,000 meters (12:44.09i)

Grant Fisher has the #2 All time mark short track at 2,000 meters indoors in the 2,000 meters (4:49.04) .

Grant Fisher, while in high school, was one of few (five) who have won two consecutive Foot Locker XC titles in a row (2013, 2014).

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Track & Field meet
January 23, 2026
Boston,MA USA

In this interview with Grant Fisher, done on 26 January 2026, we explored

1. The 2,000 meter race at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

2. How Grant might race it if he did the distance a second time

3. Grant’s excitement over his first Olympic medal, the 10,000 meters in Paris 2024.

4. Grant’s overall Olympic experience in Paris, as opposed to Tokyo, which was limited

due to Covid

5. Grant’s early running, moving from soccer to track & field

6. Grant’s move to Stanford University

7. Grant’s time with the Bowerman Track Club

8. Grant’s move to develop his own program and own personal journey

9. The upcoming 2 mile at Millrose Games

10. The upcoming United Airline sNYC Half Marathon

11. Training tips

12. Suggestions for Young Coaches

13. Grant’s love of the sport

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Special thanks to Mike Deering, original member of The Shoe Addicts, who edits, clips, manages and produces the podcast for Fortius Media Group, LLC and RunBlogRun.com.

Special thanks to Grant Fisher for this thought-provoking interview. Special thanks to NIKE Sports Marketing for their kind support. NIKE Sports Marketing and NIKE running believes that we build the sport, one athlete and one coach at a time.

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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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