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(This is the 1st 10 minutes of a Supporters Club only podcast. If you want to join, now is your chance use code GOAT50 to save 50% for the first year. Supporters Club members get 2 podcasts a week, exclusive letsrun.com features, less ads, and savings on running shoes) Join here: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public The Katelyn Tuohy vs Parker Valby match-up delivered with Tuohy coming fr...

The 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships are Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma and we break them down. The Parker Valby, Katelyn Tuohy match-up is nearly year. Is Nico Young the men's favorite? What about the team battles? Plus Teshome Mekonen is now a US citizen, could he be an American distance star? Molly Seidel and Molly Huddle both raced at the BAA half, what does the future hold for them? An...

We break down the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon where Sharon Lokedi got the huge upset win, Daniel Do Nascimento went for broke and took a nap on the side of the road, as Evans Chebet got the win. (If you're thinking of joining the Supporters Club , now is the time to do it as we have some Supporters Club only audio discussing Galen Rupp in today's podcast. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from...

2022 TCS New York City Marathon race week is here and we start previewing the New York City Marathon even though our big blowout show will be the Supporters Club podcast on Friday. How will Galen Rupp do? What about Hellen Obiri in her debut? Should we care that incoming NYRR Board Chair Nnenna Lynch had a positive drug test, what about the NYRR giving prize money to non-binary athletes. Where sho...

Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Kibiwott Kandie got big wins at the Valencia half as the Canadian record fell, but did the North Americans underperfor We discuss how much pros can drink and how much fast food you can eat and run 13:13 for 5000m. Plus a little college XC talk, and we may have a new 2012 Olympic 400m hurdles champ. ElliptiGO and ROLL Recovery Train LIke the Pros giveaway ends Wednesday...

Boston Marathon champ Diana Kipyokei tested positive for triamcinolone acetonide - is this the new drug of choice in Kenya? Almaz Ayana showed she isn't done as she debuted in 2:17 at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon with Genzebe Dibaba making history herself. Keira D'Amato will be at the TCS NYC Marathon as will non-binary prize money. The WMM make it explicit they care less about the elites. Who is th...

Ruth Chepngetich rewrote the playbook for the marathon in Chicago as Emily Sisson took down Keira D'Amato's American record with Joan Benoit Samuelson and Deena Kastor Watching. Conner Mantz debut in 2:08 with Galen Rupp in the crowd and getting props for his TV appearance. A guy in Kipchoge's camp got popped for testosterone and we praise a guy who ran slower than Ruch Chepngetich in Chicago. Ell...

Yalemzerf Yehualaw crushed the 24th and 25th miles to get the win and London and show she is a natural-born marathoner while Amos Kipruto blasted a 4:21 25th mile to get the win, as Kenenisa Bekele showed his career is not over as he ran with the leaders until 5 miles to go and broke the masters world record. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is this week and Conner Mantz and Emily Sisson are g...

Eliud Kipchoge smashed his World Record to show he's the GOAT (even though some think he's over 40-years-old). Unheralded Tigist Assefa made American record holder Keira D'Amato an afterthought in Berlin. The NCAA action heated up at the Cowboy Jamboree. Are Katley Tuohy and Nico Young the NCAA favorites? As we were recording the World Marathon Majors slashed some of their elite prize money drasti...

Supporters Club members we love you. Thanks to Elliptigo for making this podcast available to everyone. Eliud Kipchoge ran the first half of the Berlin Marathon in 59:51 and then held on to lower his world record to an astounding 2:01:09. Plus, unknown Tigist Assefa became the third fastest women ever at 2:15:37. We break it all down Get your 1:59:40 shirts today: https://shop.letsrun.com/ If you...

Some things change - American Keira D'Amato is the #1 seed at the Berlin Marathon - and some things are the same - Eliud Kipchoge is a beast and targeting he world record. We preview the 2022 BMW Berlin Marathon and NCA Cross Country. Will Colin Sahlman redshirt? Is it a two-team battle between Staford and NAU on the men's side? Can anyone stop NC State, Katelyn Tuohy and Nico Young. Plus Bowerman...

The Diamond League came to an end with a festival in Zurich that saw a massive shot by Joe Kovacs, world leaders by Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Emmanuel Korir, and statistically the fastest 100m run by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Three days later Laura Muir set a course record and Jake Wightman threepeated at the NB 5th Avenue Mile. Kenenisa Bekele tuned up for the London Marathon. Does he have another mi...

Frank Shorter joined us on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his 1972 Olympic Marathon gold medal in Munich that helped jump-start the running boom in America. We're re-releasing this today with show notes, on the 50th anniversary, so you can have it as a stand-alone podcast. Frank talks about his Olympic gold, and a lot more, what he most remembers from the 1972 Olympics, training with...

50 Years ago Frank Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon gold and changed the course of running in America. He joined us at 68:22 to look back at his magical moment, plus recount some of the sadness from the 1972 Games, talk about his training and a lot more, including Steve Prefontaine going snow skiing. A great listen. Our talk with Frank went longer than expected so we've got a super long podca...

Alicia Monson turned heads on the track in Lausanne, Nico Young showed courage off of it, Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed his greatness, as the European track and field season heated up heading towards the Diamond League final. Show notes below. Want a 2nd podcast every week, huge savings on running shoes and the softest running shirt you've ever worn? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today. https:/...

Show notes: On this week’s podcast, we talk about the 2022 European Champs, why track is more popular in Europe than the US, the 2022 Falmouth Road Race, Keira D’Amato’s American record attempt in Berlin, Chris Derrick’s retirement, Chris Derrick's views on the Shelby Houlihan case and more. Along the way, we talk about Wejo racing in the 2003 Pan Am Games and Rojo apologizes to Marcell Jacobs. Ti...

Jakob Ingebrigtsen made it look easy over Mohamed Katir in the Euro 5000. Is he unbeatable at 5000? Marcell Jacobs is back in form with a 9.95 European win. Grant Fisher left Monaco with the American record while Faith Kipyegon just missed the 1500 world record. The fall marathon fields are largely out and we give our thoughts on Berlin, London, Chicago and New York. Show notes below. (Sponsor) Th...

What a week. The Commonwealth Games delivered, Roisin Willis and Juliette Whittaker showed the US has a very bright future at 800 (even when you ignore Athing Mu), Sydney McLaughlin ran a race in Europe, the Young brothers are going to Stanford, Galen Rupp is finally running the New York City Marathon, and we end with a preview of the 2022 Monaco Diamond League Meet. Want a 2nd podcast every week...

Sean Brosnan, the coach of the greatest boys high school cross country team ever, joins us at 54:43 to talk about leaving Newbury Park High School for the assistant job at UCLA. Prior to that we span the globe as the Commonwealth Games are underway in England, the American Track League was at the Ed Murphy Track Classic, the World Under 20s Champs are in Cali, Colombia, and the Diamond League resu...

The Worlds delivered on the track and we break down in more detail the winners and losers from the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Then @ 53:34 we are joined by Devon Allen's agent Paul Doyle to get an update on Allen's ridiculous DQ at Worlds and what is next for Allen as the Philadelphia Eagles training camps started today. Show notes below. Major thanks to Coros for sponsoring our $200,022...

We've been having daily podcasts from Worlds for our LetsRun.com Supporters Club members . Thanks to everyone who has signed up. It's the membership that pays for itself as you also save 20% on running shoes. Go to https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe to join today. Worlds has been a victory lap for LRC with Jakob Ingebrigtsen admitting he's a podcast listener , plus praise in the NY Times a...

The World Champs start Friday in Eugene Oregon and we break them all down starting at 33:04. Before that we react live to Nijel Amos testing positive plus discuss Jerry Schumacher taking the Oregon job and Mo Farah being trafficked to the UK as a servant as a child. The $200,022 Coros LetsRun.com Worlds Prediction Contest makes Worlds a lot more interesting. Casual track fans can play as they pick...

The World Champs are 10 days away in Eugene and at 50:32 we start breaking them down with the 10 storylines we're most excited about. Before that we have a little drug talk, discuss the July 4th weekend action, and the release of the London Marathon women's field. Get the inside scoop from Eugene- Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the L...

Sha'Carri Richardson and Cole Hocker won't be at Worlds, Fred Kerley, Athing Mu, and Ajee' Wilson most definitely will be. The 2022 USATF Champs are in the books and we break them all down, start to look ahead to the US distance medal hopes at Worlds,and of course have a little Sha'Carri Richardson off the track talk. Plus, Shericka Jackson won the 100m and dropped a 21.55 bomb at the Jamaican cha...

The 2022 USATF champs start this week and this is our Super Preview podcast starting at 43:05. But before that we have some thoughts on Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the dream mile, Cade Flatt coming up just short of Michael Granville's record, how much shoving should be allowed in the 800, and John Kellogg joins us at 72:32 to discuss Paul Chelimo's workout. Show notes below sponsors: (Sponsor) The AIRW...