This is the clip on the NIKE DragonFly XC 3, featuring Patrick Ritchie and Melanie Kile, PLMs on Track & Field and Track & Field and Road Racing, respectively. Recorded Friday, September 5, 2025. 

RunBlogRun presents

A look at the NIKE Dragonfly XC 3

Nike’s offering for 2025 Cross Country season

#JourneytoCompete 

 

An excerpt from our full interview with Patrick Richie and Natalie Kile, both are Product Line Managers at NIKE. Patrick is the PLM for Track & Field and Natalie is PLM for Track & Field and Road Racing. 

A job like this, at NIKE, is not the weak at heart. Both Patrick and Natalie kept me updated on each and every track and field offering for Tokyo (separate podcast) and the Story of Mutombo (separate podcast). 

Jane HEDENGREN, won the 2024 NIKE NXN girls cross country championships by 40 seconds! photo courtesy of RUNNERSPACE.

This is the NIKE offering for cross country in 2025. It is part of a new collaboration, #JourneytoCompete between NIKE and RunBlogRun. We hope that you like it. 

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Special thanks to Mike Deering, original member of The Shoe Addicts, who edits, clips, manages and produces the podcast for Fortius Media Group, LLC and RunBlogRun.com.

Special thanks to Patrick Ritchie and Natalie Kile for their patience over 90 minutes of my queries. It made for a super episode of #ForShoegeeksOnly


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