Virgil said "Fortune favors the bold." Chris Solinsky knows that well and, in his words, is "kicking himself" for not taking a chance with 650m to go in his 5000m race in Zurich.
Chris talks post-race in Zurich about what is means to finish well -- in terms of speed and placing -- even if the time is not everything he might have hoped for.
Chris Solinsky responds to a question about whether he thinks of himself being different from his other competitors out on the track...
Chris Solinsky talks about his hopes for his final 5000m of the season, after setting the track on fire in 2010.
How we engage, beyond the track and roads.
Chris Solinsky owes a great deal of his ability to his roots -- from the blue-collar values found in his hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to the go-getter attitude that his father, Wayne, worked to instill in him. "Wisconsin to Worlds" barely tapped Wayne's wealth of wisdom, when we visited the Solinsky homestead in Episode 5. Now, hear his take on the early stages of his son's sterling career, as well as several pieces of his own brand of homespun philosophy.
There is so much to see in Monte Carlo that when Wisconsin to Worlds visited the posh locale for Evan Jager's IAAF Super Grand Prix debut, some of Monaco's coolest sights didn't make the cut. Now, you can check them out -- as well as Jager's Welcome-to-The-Big-Time epiphany...
Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky chat about their performance in the 5000m at the 2009 USATF Outdoor National Championships, a race in which they took first and second, respectively.
Elva Dryer discusses her feelings about the marathon and what she's looking to get out of the 2009 Boston Marathon