Aisha Praught-Leer calls in from Las Vegas on a Monday morning work trip. Eric Jenkins is in New Hampshire, fresh off a baby visit and a Wiz Khalifa concert he forgot to mention.

Discussed in this episode:

– Aisha in Las Vegas: On a work trip to the NACTA college sports conference. Overstimulated by the blinking lights and twinkling sounds. Not a Vegas girl. Still needs to find one thing she likes about it before Wednesday.

– Eric in Providence: Visited friends Johnny and Amy Gregorek and their new baby, Francis.

– Fitness check-in: Both hovering around 10-15 miles a week of running plus walking. Aisha walked in a four-mile run that was supposed to be four miles because it was 80 degrees in Boulder. Eric now runs with his phone in case the calf blows and he needs to Uber home.

– Hyrox: Aisha accidentally attended a Hyrox event in New York thinking she was going to dinner. Showed up in a white midi skirt and leather sandals. Proceeded to have one of the better nights of recent memory.

– Sachs Foundation: Aisha interviewed Angela Davis as the keynote speaker for the Sachs Foundation scholars event — one of the most amazing experiences of her life.

– Mini 10K: Aisha's first time attending. 10,000 women, packed subway cars of women runners heading to the start, incredible energy. Agnes Ngetich dominates from the gun in 30:57, solo performance all the way.

– Stockholm Diamond League Recap: Audrey Werro's 1:53.98: Third-fastest woman in 800 history. Diamond League record. Beats Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson (1:54.33 personal best and national record) / Cooper Lutkenhaus wins the men's 800 in his Diamond League debut at 17 years old / Yared Nuguse wins the men's 1500 for his second Diamond League win of the season / Mondo loses for his first defeat since July 2023 and a 44-meet winning streak snapped / Noah Lyles goes 9.88 in Rome

– The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials have been awarded to St. Louis: Mixed reactions online, Aisha is enthusiastically in favor.

– Voicemails: A Rail Rider from St. Louis makes the funniest promotional pitch in voicemail history; party-paced running playlists; favorite workouts and race mantras; Tour de France preview; and a running love story from Portland where a 7 AM run after a dinner party led to a wedding — happening this weekend, shoutout Liana and Rick.

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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.

Eric is emotionally fragile after a bachelor party in Maine and Aisha is running on fumes after flying to New York, Minneapolis, and back in the span of four days, plus Bolder Boulder. But they're back on the mic for another jam-packed episode.

Discussed in this episode:

– Eric's transit system hierarchy, where bus and train tied for number one

– Bolder Boulder recap: 50,000 people, costumes, cotton candy machines, belly dancers, keg stands in the middle of a 10K that Aisha observed but did not participate in

– Enhanced Games full debrief: Fred Kerley ran 9.97 clean — he publicly declared he wasn't even enhanced. Both sprint winners were clean.

– Love Island US, June 2nd: The new season has a casting problem. You need people unhinged enough to want to be on reality TV, but not so horrible that they do something like contestant Vasana Montgomery was dropped for using a racial slur

– Rabat Diamond League recap: Yared Nuguse wins the 1500m in a meet record 3:30.35, holding off world champion Isaac Nadar's late charge with a smart lean; Audrey Werro wins the 800m in 1:56.56; Max Burgin dominates the men's 800m in 1:42.9 and beats Emmanuel Wanyoni for the first time; The men's steeplechase saw three sub-8 performances + more

– Sam Blaskowski's 9.89 is the fastest 100m time ever run by a white man

– Rome Diamond League preview (June 4th)

– Stockholm Diamond League preview (June 7th)

– NYRR New York Mini 10K hype up on Saturday | Aisha will be there with Ali Feller.

– Unpacking the 2027 World Championship qualifying standards: 40% of the field via entry standard, 60% via world rankings. Standards are significantly tougher across the board.

Voicemails: Distance runner fistfight draft; Running becoming expensive; The gifts of getting slower; Best concerts ever; Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen washed? + more

📞 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.