Final Surge Podcast

Drew Hunter - In episode 31 of the Final Surge podcast we welcome professional runner Drew Hunter. Many consider Drew the best American high school runner since Alan Webb. Drew turned down the opportunity to run at Oregon and instead signed a deal with Adidas to turn pro. We talk to Drew about what went into that decision-making process, how the new lifestyle is treating him and we break down a week of workouts. The first couple of questions there was a few audio issues with his phone, but it cleared up. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed doing it. So let’s start at the beginning, when did you get your start running? Before that mile in 8th grade had you ever run before or was that really your first time? How fast was your mile in 8th grade? When was it that it struck you, hey I may be pretty good at this and have a future. We talked to your coach Tom Schwartz in Episode 12 about you going pro. You had said you were going to head off to Oregon, but then you decided to take another direction, c