Socialing the Distance (Full Episode), Hobbs Kessler, 800m/1,500m specialist, Olympian, adidas sponsored athlete

This is our interview of Hobbs Kessler, recorded and filmed in November 2024 at the Global Athletics event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

RunBlogRun presents

An interview with Hobbs Kessler,

800m/1,500m Olympian, Olympian,

World Road Champion Mile , World Athletics Road Cahmpionships, #Riga2023,

Bronze medalist, World Athletics Indoor 1,500 meters, #Glasgow2024,

USATF Champion, 1,500m/3,000m, USA Indoor, #OceanBreeze2025,

adidas sponsored athlete

Check out the Global Athletics playlist

Filmed in Las Vegas, NV Special thank you to Global Athletics for helping set up this interview.

Hobbs Kessler is “the future of middle distance running” says some fans and media. Hobbs is a talented young athlete, who made the 2024 US Olympic team at the 800m and 1,500m after winning the 2024 World Indoor bronze medal at the 1,500 meters.

At the 2025 US Indoors, Hobbs Kessler not only won his first US title, in the 3,000m, but doubled his wins with a win over the 1,500 meters. Hobbs looked poised for the Outdoors.

Hobbs Kessler, USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 31 – August 3, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

In the 2025 U.S. Outdoors, Hobbs finished fourth in the 2025 U.S. championships at 1,500 meters, in a clear upset. Hobbs went to Europe to race post Eugene and had some highs and lows. That, dear viewers is part of the athletic journey. It is never in a straight line. Hobbs changed a bit up in the last year in his training, no longer working with Ron Warhurst, and moving to another program.

This interview was done in November 2024, after the Paris Olympics, in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the Global Athletics and Marketing Athletes Conference.

Hobbs Kessler is one of our sport’s most talented young milers. Hobbs found out in Eugene that there are many milers gunning for three positions in the U.S. team. This observer believes that Hobbs will take those lessons to heart and be ready for the challenges of 2026.

Special thanks to Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts, who edits, manages, curates and does the final production for all RBR podcasts, from #ConvoswLarry, #SocialingtheDistance, #AthleticsChats, Event Previews and Reviews and the #YouTube versions of #CoffeewithLarry

Find Hobbs on Twitter:

/ @hobbs_Kessler

Find Hobbs on Instagram:

/ @Hobbs_Kessler

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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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