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.

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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.

Aisha Praught-Leer calls in from Los Angeles before heading to the LA Grand Prix as Eric Jenkins is in New Hampshire fresh off a 38-minute performance at the Market Square Day 10K.

Discussed in this episode:

– Sports overload: The Knicks, the World Cup, the Stanley Cup, NCAAs, Oslo, Love Island — all happening at the same time.

– World Cup vibes: Aisha became a soccer fan in Leuven in 2014 — the Belgian square packing out for games got her.

– Betty Bossard almost becomes a guest

– Eric's Market Square Day 10K

– A tribute to Ciarán O'Lionaird, an Irish miler and former OTC teammate of Aisha's. Big hugs to everyone who knew him. Rest in peace.

– Oslo Diamond League – Timothy Cheruiyot wins the Dream Mile in a photo finish over Yared Nuguse — both 3:48.21 / Cooper Lutkenhaus beats Wanyoni in 1:42.08. World lead, personal best, third on the all-time American list behind Bryce Hoppel (1:41.67) and Josh Hoey (1:42.01) / Gout Gout's off day in Oslo was sixth place, about a second slower than his Aussie Champs form / a good showing for the American men in the 5000m with Parker Wolfe 12:49.45, Grant Fisher 12:49.61, Graham Blanks 12:49.99

– NCAA Championships — Hayward Field record apocalypse

– Backwards hat trend: Habtom Samuel has started something

– Gudaf Tsegay's four-month ban: Letrozole — a fertility drug and aromatase inhibitor — found in a sample. Her statement: pregnant, prescribed by a doctor, pregnancy progressing perfectly, she simply didn't file the TUE paperwork.

– LA Grand Prix – Parker Valby ran 14:39 for a PB in the 5000m. Nikki Hiltz wins an 800m in 1:59.14 over Klaudia Kązmierska. Ethan Strand won the men's 1500m in 3:33.

– Voicemails include: Circus Circus horror story; the perfect Costco birthday party; why 800 meters are front-loaded while longer distances run even splits and who from the CITIUS team would you fight on the White House lawn .

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

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🗣️ Follow Eric Jenkins: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@_ericjenkins⁠⁠⁠⁠

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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.