Since launching The Kick, I’ve hosted conversations with professional athletes, NCAA champions, and influential voices across the sport. The Kick provides listeners with knowledge, perspective, and motivation that extends beyond running and into life. If you follow distance running, you know Rocky Hansen. In addition to being one of the best competitors in the world, he’s also an extremely insightful conversationalist, which made this episode one of the best we’ve ever recorded here on The Kick. We break down why he avoids wearing carbon-plated shoes, his NIL partnership with On, thoughts on the recent NCAA age-limit rule changes, and his goals for his final year of college.