Eric Jenkins is alone. Aisha is somewhere in Europe. He had a beach day yesterday with skinny margaritas, which pushed the recording to Monday morning, and is now having a conversation with himself that you are all privy to. Some people genuinely have no voice in their heads. Eric has multiple voices running simultaneous dialogues all day. This episode is basically that, out loud, for an hour.

– Big Oyster's PR: The snot rocket of the ocean convinced an entire generation it's an aphrodisiac, high-class, and date food.

– Paris Diamond League — the meet that almost got canceled

– Men's 100: Trayvon Bromell, 30 years old, two Achilles surgeries, lane eight, beats Noah Lyles.

– Men's 400: Collen Kebinatshipi runs 43.5 — a Diamond League record, breaking Jeremy Warner's 2008 mark that had stood for eighteen years.

– Men's 5K: Grant Fisher's first-ever Diamond League win in 12:54 under brutal conditions.

– Men's 1500: Cam Myers, 3:28, Australian record, #12 all-time performance. Front the whole way, just stretched it when the pacer dropped.

– Women's 1500: Georgia Hunter-Bell, 3:55 season's best. Cannot lose right now. With Faith Kipyegon absent from the 1500 circuit — for reasons that remain unclear (Eric speculates she may simply be bored of winning) — Georgia is the top athlete in the event and it's not particularly close at the moment.

– Men's 800: Marco Arop, 1:41.8, world lead, dominant wire to wire. This is the world-beating Marco we saw a couple of years ago. He's back.

– Women's 800: Audrey Werro, Diamond League record, meet record, world lead, national record. Femke Bol runs 1:55 in her fourth-ever 800m

– The London Marathon is going on for two days: Eric does not like it. He understands the business reasons (more entries, more money) but does not want sloppy seconds on the marathon.

– New NCAA age-eligibility rule: Once an athlete graduates high school or turns 19, a five-year eligibility clock starts. Eric likes it as a step in the right direction.

– Western States 100: Eric did not watch fifteen hours of it. He had a beach day. He checked in periodically.

Voicemails include: Rucky Chucky clarification attempt; is there anything wrong with split shorts after retirement; audiobook narration; how to run a hard 5K; the 1.99-mile debate; hard efforts post-retirement; Mondo's music vs. Rebecca Black; astrology and Enneagram; bouncing back from a bad race at nationals

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Listening to “Off The Rails with Eric and Aisha” while running may result in uncontrollable laughter, side stitches, funny looks from strangers, and the occasional trip hazard due to snort-laughing mid-stride. Proceed with caution—and maybe stretch your abs beforehand. Use caution when wearing earbuds in public places—people will wonder if you’re okay. You are. You’re just having a really good time.

Eric Jenkins calls in from Whitefish, Montana dressed in wedding merch, planning a horse ride, slightly winded from a four-mile run. Aisha is home in Boulder, heading back to New York tomorrow, having been everywhere again this week.

Discussed in this week's episode:

– Montana wedding: Eric is going to ride a horse this afternoon for the first time since age seven

– New York / West Side Highway: Aisha didn't know the West Side Highway was the place to run in New York when you're in Chelsea.

– World Cup and the World Cup hotties: Scotland has taken Boston and is drinking it dry.

– Jenny Simpson's cardiac event: While pacing a mile race at a community event in Raleigh associated with the Sir Walter Miler, Jenny Simpson crossed the finish line and collapsed a few minutes later.

– Ciara Mageean: European 1500m champion diagnosed with stage four cancer. Her attitude in public interviews has been remarkable — positive, fighting, and gracious.

– Long-term health of elite runners: Years of training stress, race stress, underfueling, and extreme cardiac demand — probably not ideal assessed by a doctor.

– Doha Diamond League: Postponed from its original slot due to the conflict in the Middle East and rescheduled into an awkward calendar position — long travel to Doha at a weird point in the season. Quiet meet overall.

– Ostrava Golden Spike: Everybody who skipped Doha showed up here.

– Sam Blaskowski and Sha'Carri Richardson at the Dennis Mitchell Invitational: Blaskowski runs 19.99 in the 200. Sha'Carri runs 10.77

– Kenyan Trials — men's 1500: Timothy Cheruiyot beats Reynold Cheruiyot in 3:32.28 in Nairobi (approximately 5,500 feet elevation)

– Josh Kerr's mile world record attempt on July 18th in London: Both hosts are fired up.

– Voicemails include: Rashad asks about the naked bike ride; Bill from San Francisco has bathroom emergencies on runs

– Aisha signing off for two weeks: She's heading to Monaco for a World Athletics governance meeting, then Barcelona for the Tour de France Grand Départ, then some actual vacation.

📞 Call in to (856) 279-0080‬ to leave us a voicemail with any question you may have, whether it’s running-related or not.

📲 Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or follow the show on Spotify to stay up-to-date with all the latest episodes.

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Follow your hosts on Instagram:

🗣️ Follow Eric Jenkins: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@_ericjenkins⁠⁠⁠⁠

🗣️ Follow Aisha Praught-Leer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@aishapraughtleer

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⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

Listening to “Off The Rails with Eric and Aisha” while running may result in uncontrollable laughter, side stitches, funny looks from strangers, and the occasional trip hazard due to snort-laughing mid-stride. Proceed with caution—and maybe stretch your abs beforehand. Use caution when wearing earbuds in public places—people will wonder if you’re okay. You are. You’re just having a really good time.