Off The Rails goes live in Chicago! On the Friday before the Chicago Marathon, Eric Jenkins and Aisha Praught-Leer take the stage at Happy Camper with special guests Sharon Lokedi and her pacer Jacob Thomson. Sharon talks mindset and gardening, and gives us a surprise hard launch.

Plus pop culture, Chicago predictions, trivia and live voicemails from the crowd.

Topics:

• Sharon Lokedi on Boston, her course record and throwing out a first pitch at Fenway
• Why she treats every marathon like her first
• JT on pacing Sharon after pacing Weini Kelati to the American half record
• Sharon’s garden, her plants and Watchgate

• JT on what makes Sharon special
• Sharon’s custom Under Armour kit and her advice for Sunday’s runners

More topics:

• Crazy Rich Asians: the only acceptable plane movie, now getting an HBO sequel series
• RIP Coach Ditka
• No Super Bowl halftime performer yet. Will Jay-Z and Beyoncé step in?
• The Berlin Marathon influencer who got a bike ride, and Matt Choi
• Eric’s NYC Marathon prep: two weeks sober, compression socks, three runs a week
• The Bermuda Triangle and the Russian plague rumor are so back
• Chicago picks
• Patrick Cullen calls his shot on LetsRun

• Chicago Marathon trivia for prizes
• Voicemails: Vaseline mistaken for gels, Eric opening all the tabs for Aisha’s birthday, Stephen Haas’s Flagstaff invite, and running playlists

Thanks to Under Armour for making the night possible.

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