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The Pre Classic is here and it's got one thing the Olympics didn't have - Sha'carri Richardson. Could Pre also be bigger than the Olympics for Matthew Centrowitz? We break it all down including Sifan Hassan's world record attempt at 5000 and then look at the Fall World Marathon Major Fields and whether Kipchoge could run Boston in the spring. Show notes below. Get Electrolytes without the junk: Dr...

We look back at the Olympics that almost didn't happen. The track and field action at Tokyo 2020 was incredible. Karsten Warholm, Sydney Mclaughlin, Sifan Hassan, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Athing Mu plus some big surprises in Courtney Frerichs and Molly Seidel. Show notes: 7:30 Favorite Olympic moments. + Tamberi /Barshim Tie in High Jump 20:21 Dude who knocked over all the water bottles 34:50 Micha...

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The Olympics are here and we preview the action. Show notes below. Play in the $200,021 Tokyo Running Warehouse Prediction Contest. Get your picks in by 8:00 pm eastern on Thursday. Join our Supporters Club to get daily podcasts from Tokyo, behind the scenes access, and video shows. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe (Sponsor) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool tha...

Jake Riley had a rags to riches story in making the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Team. In 2018 he hadn't raced in two years and was 50% certain he wouldn't race competitively again. In 2019, he entered the Chicago Marathon thinking he might want to run 2:17 and he ended up running 2:10:36. Then at the US Olympic Trials he found himself in a 3-way battle for 2 Olympic spots. He finished second and will...

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The Monaco mini Olympic preview is here on Friday but a ton of potential Olympic stars won't be at the Olympics ( Sha'Carri Richardson, Kenenisa Bekele, Christine Mboma, Brianna McNeal ). We discuss it all, preview Monaco, and wonder if Emma Coburn could be the Olympic favorite after Friday and whether Sifan Hassan will attempt the Olympic triple. We are joined by the legendary Olympic hero Gail D...

What a crazy 48 hours. Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young's world record, Kate Grace ran 1:57, Kenenise Bekele was ruled out of the Olympics and then the bombshell dropped Sha'Carri Richardson- tested positive for marijuana. We broke it all down on the Friday 15 our Supporters Club only podcast, but are giving everyone a sneak peak and letting them listen to the Sha'Carri Richardson part. Rojo's pe...

The US Olympic Trials (and the British Trials) are in the books and the Diamond League on its way back. Jenny Simpson, Mo Farah, Shelby Houlihan, Donavan Brazier all won't be in Rio but Cole Hocker most definitely will be. We recap a great Olympic Trials and look head to Tokyo. LRC Supporters Club members get a little extra gossip from Rojo and some Deena Kastor audio. Not a member join the LRC Su...

Join our Supporters Club if you want daily podcast from the Track and Field Trials. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe We're halfway through the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and we look back and look forward. Show notes below. (Ad) LetsRun Nation it's getting hot and you need to take advantage of the DrinkLMNT free offer. Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5...

We've been doing daily podcast/video show for the Supporters Club Members from Eugene. We're sharing with everyone our portion of the podcast on the men's 800m from last night where Donavan Brazier went home devastated and Clayton Murphy delivered. Join the LRC Supporters Club Today. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Get exclusive content, save 20% on running shoes right now, and if you join as an...

Episode Notes Sorry fans, Wejo is on vacation and I am having trouble doing timestamps. But the show basically went like this. 0:00 Shelby Houlihan talk starts it off 44:30 NCAA review 66:00 Olympic Trials preview begins 1:44:30 Dathan Ritzenhein interview During the show, Rojo admitted if a Salazar athlete was popped he'd 100% have a different reaction but says that makes sense. Here are 12 reaso...

Episode Notes This is a special bonus podcast where we let you listen to the full press conference that was held Monday where the Bowerman Track Club announced Shelby Houlihan has been banned from the sport for 4 years. Hear Shelby's lawyer explain state the case why he believes Shelby is innocent and then hear passionate statements from Shelby, Jerry Schumacher and Shalane Flanagan. Then listen t...

Sifan Hassan broke the 10k world record and held it for less than 3 days at Letesenbet Gidey nearly broke 29:00. We're joined by Josh Kerr, the fastest ever at 1500m on American soil at 88:17, and star the podcast with a call from the fake Josh Kerr. We preview the NCAA champs at 67:29 ( Play in the On NCAA Prediction Contest here ) and before that breakdown the Ethiopian champs, Mo Farah and Jenn...

The Countdown to the Trials on LetsRun.com is Sponsored by On and the pre-Trials action really heated up this weekend but high schooler Hobbs Kessler stole the show with his amazing 3:34.36 1500m in Portland. Should he go pro? Will he go pro? Can he make the Olympic team? You can have 7 packets of DrinkLMNT on your way in under a minute for just $5 shipping. This is electrolytes without the junk....

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Joe Klecker of the OAC is a strong Olympic hopeful in the 5,000 (13:06 PB) and 10,000 (27:23 PB) and comes from running royalty. His mom Janis won the 1992 Olympic Marathon Trials and his dad Barney was the world record holder at 50 miles. We spoke to Joe fresh off his 27:23 10,000m which put him under the Tokyo Olympic standard and lets him focus all-in on June 18th the first day of the Olympic T...

Matthew Centrowitz impresses at The Track Meet, the Bowerman Struggle, Yared Nuguse is your new NCAA record holder, Ostrava is here, the Diamond League is back, and can Joshua Cheptegei really break Daniel Komen's world record? (Sponsor) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool that launched late in 2020 after nearly 16 years of research. The AIRWAAV performance mouthpi...

On Running is sponsoring the LetsRun.com Countdown to the Trials. Your weekly run down of the track and field world. Rojo starts with a DK Metcalf victory lap, we discuss whether Sean McGorty is the future of the steeple, praise Elle Purrier, blast the US men's 1500m runners, wonder what is going on with Nikki Hiltz and Molly Huddle, look at Yared Nuguse's victory over Cole Hocker. At 82:27 we're...

The Olympic Trials are 44 days away and On is teaming up with LetsRun.com to sponsor our Countdown to the Trials . On Athletics Club coach Dathan Ritzenhein joins us at 63:29 to discuss his new team, their instant success, his big goals and a lot more, including huge expectations for Oli Hoare, Alicia Monson and the team. There is a huge weekend of track action led by the USATF Golden Games at Mt....

The USATF Grand Prix, the first pro meet at Hayward Field is in the books. We break down all the great action ( Cole Hocker, Trayvon Bromwell, Olli Hoare ), not so great ( Jenny Simpson, Raevyn Rogers ), talk about Drake ( Nico Young and Clayton Murphy ), and for the 2nd time in 4 days talk about Tinman Elite firing Tinman Tom Schwartz before our extensive interview with 23-year-old Aussie mile st...

Thanks for listening. Rate and review us on itunes and join us in the LetsRun.com Supporters Club. Show notes: 7:00 Eliud Kipchoge is BAAACK ( race video ) 19:42 Australian Champs and the amazing story of Jye Edwards 26:59 Athing Mu 1:57?! - Could she get gold? 36:48 Christian Coleman banned 44:41 Justin Gatlin > Noah Lyles in Florida + Jo'vaughn Martin 9.94 54:22 Coach Sonia O'Sulliva...

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