Rien MacDonald

I love stories in sport
Building Greats podcast
Writing about sports related ideas daily on Substack
Talking running on Never Run Alone weekly

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@builtbyeli Only the biggest sport in the world lad 😆

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@herrcuules Godspeed brother

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@simonhill1894 @GGArmy Legend

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21 degrees in San Francisco right now and they’re stopping for this hydration break.

Just call it an ad break ffs 😆

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Recorded the next episode of Greats in Central Park. Made for a fun recording time.

Steve Prefontaine coming soon…

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@zachpogrob Rien

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Incredible line from Andy today.

“You didn't sacrifice who you used to be just to please who you used to know.”

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@rpnickson Hopefully had it incentivised for views? I’m sure however you have it set up you (and the client) will win!

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@wcebfpod He’s a flog

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The long game is the only one that counts.

[John Brennan @brennanjp]

Playing long games with friends is one of life's great cheat codes.

My friend @AlecCutter's dream was to become a filmmaker and tell stories about football that have never reached the masses.

Years ago, he pitched me on Várzea: the underground football league in the favelas of São Paulo that birthed countless Brazilian stars. He spent months building the trust required to earn the privilege to bring his camera into these communities and tell a story he was convinced would one day end up on a platform like Netflix.

...he was right!

On June 20th, Alec's self-proclaimed "love letter to Brazilian football" will premiere globally on Netflix. I’m grateful I got to play a small part in helping Alec make his dream a reality.

We hope you love the trailer. Even if you don't care too much for football, this is a story about sports and life that we think will resonate with just about anyone.

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@brennanjp @AlecCutter For added context, my love of running in the past 2 years currently has me producing YouTube content for Australia’s fastest ever marathon runner and leading a podcast called Never Run Alone (yes, I support Liverpool).

https://t.co/J8JZEqbmW9

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@brennanjp @AlecCutter This is dope man

I love football having played for 20 years in Australia. In my early 30s now and running marathons these days, but I’m in NYC for the World Cup - I see you’re a Knicks fan.

If you’re around in the next 2 months I’d love to connect.

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@simonhill1894 Simon, what’s 3 things that need to improve for the game return to even what it was 10 years ago?

Or maybe a better way of looking at it, what Aus football needs to return to and then go past its pomp - whenever you think that may be?

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@zachpogrob Ripping Boston?

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@theryandreyer Big light sucks

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😆😆😆

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scenes from a dermatologist conference in Hawaii

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Great conversation between true pros and bros

Love to see it

Props to Thierry

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A really honest and vulnerable moment from the #UCLToday crew to open today's show 🥹❤️

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@quinnslcm Cheers dawg

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@zachpogrob Almost 3 years long distance currently and will be for 4 more months at least

Definite obsession upsides