Our May interview episode is a wide-ranging conversation with Boston Athletic Association Director of Operations Lauren Proshan. We talk about Lauren's previous job at events firm Conventures and briefly become a global nautical geopolitics podcast (which Eli names "Rig the Foresail") while learning about her work on an international sailing event and how she applies lessons from that event to her current job; have an in-depth conversation about Lauren's holiday party (Tony totally wrangles the co-hosts invitations); discuss parking etiquette in Southie; and then Lauren tells us what it was like to not put on the Boston Marathon on Patriot's Day this year and also what it's like to create a new state holiday, which the BAA is doing for this year's postponed edition of the Boston Marathon (currently scheduled to be help on September 14). In the process, Tony inadvertently proves how hard it is for races to communicate clearly with their runners during this era of postponements, pivots to virtual, cancellations, deferrals, and every combination thereof. This episode is full of great insight, and we all owe Lauren a huge "thank you" for making the time and having a frank discussion during this period of uncertainty.
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