Euro Half-Marathon Record-Setter Julien Wanders (Video)

Twenty-two-year-old Swiss Julien Wanders knocked 19 seconds from Mo Farah’s European Record placing 4th at the RAK Half-Marathon (February 08. Sean Harnett interviewed Wanders about the race, his training in Iten, Kenya, and his early-early wake-up jog on race day. Read Sean’s race report here.

When "Professor Marathon” isn’t crafting topographical maps and pace charts for 26-milers around the world, he somehow finds time to teach geography at Wisconsin–Eau Claire, serve as the Founding Director of the Confluence Center For Chippewa River Studies and act as a DJ on a community radio program called “All Things 6 String." (Hint: Sean's the one in the photo who never set a World Record 😃)