# Episode 249 | Simon Freeman and Mario Fraioli on Like the Wind U.S., Fresh Starts, and Cultural Differences in Running

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Podcast: [the morning shakeout podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-morning-shakeout-podcast-1128684)
Published: 2026-03-09T22:16:41+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5510

## Resource

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our first quarterly conversation of 2026, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #48 of  LtW , which is out now. (You can buy a copy or subscribe  here .) In this episode, we discuss the launch of the U.S. edition of LtW U.S., fresh starts, various cultural differences in running, and a lot more. Click here for complete show notes and sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday. Music and editing for this episode of the morning shakeout podcast by John Summerford . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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