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The 2025 USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships start Thursday in Eugene. Wejo, Rojo, and Jon give their picks for Tokyo in all the distance events and then surmise about some of the other events. Want podcasts from USAs? You have to be a LetsRun.com VIP to get them. Join our Suppoters Club today https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Play in our $200,025 USAs Prediction Contest Show notes: 00:00...

American marathoning legend Deena Kastor reflects on the life and legacy of her legendary coach Joe Vigil, who recently passed away at 95. Deena's instagram tribute to Coach Vigil is here. At 36:40 we switch topics to Deena's thoughts on Ruth Chepngetich, the marathon world record holder, testing positive for a masking agent. Want daily podcasts from USAs? Join the LetsRun.com Club to get all of o...

Want a 2nd podcast every week? Want the bonus audio at the end of the podcast? Want the podcast when it's first released? Join our club http://www.letsrun.com/subscribe World record holder in the marathon Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich was popped for a masking agent. Does LetsRun.com deserve an apology from Kenyan parliament? The London Diamond League saw a huge upset with Phanuel Koech taking down Josh...

High schooler Quincy Wilson scorched a 44.10 400m and Athing Mu ran 2:00 in Tennessee. With USAs 16 days way we looked at who will be in and who will be out for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo? Wilson, Mu, Addie Wiley, Parker Valby, Josette Andrews? Jakbo Ingebrigtsen is back training. What are his odds for Worlds? Dennis Young of Front Office Sports joins us at 82:24 to discuss Grand Slam T...

One final look at an amazing 50th Prefontaine Classic, highlighted by the world records of Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon, with the upset win in the Bowerman Mile by podcast listener Niels Laros. Athing Mu struggled? What does it mean? Cole Hocker and Yard Nuguse are looking good for Tokyo but what about Hobbs Kessler, Ethan Strand, and Nathan Green? And Monaco is Friday with Noah Lyles going...

The LetsRun crew takes one final look at Faith Kipyegon's Breaking 4 attmempt. It came up short, but what does it mean? Why was her final time, not really her time? Kishane Thompson entered rare territory by running 9.75 & the 50th Prefontaine Classic is this weekend. Could the mile world record go? And Oregon legend Bill Dellinger has passed. Want our Prefontaine Classi Preview podcast? Join...

Is this the week we see the first sub-4:00 mile by a woman? We preview Faith Kipyegon’s historic attempt and dive deep into the science behind it with Dr. Mike Hahn of the Bowerman Sports Science Center & Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance (1:01:42). We also chat with Andreas Almgren (1:43:40), fresh off his stunning 12:44 European record in the 5000m. He opens up about training, belief, and a...

What a week. Nico Young blasted a 12:45 to get the huge win in Oslo, while Josh Hoey went 1:42, Donavan Brazier 1:43, and Andreas Almgren (a "random" Swede ) went 12:44. Plus NCAA stars were born, the Gjert Ingebrigtsen trial ended, and Grand Slam Track may be over as well. Signup for our newsletter here. https://www.letsrun.com/newsletter Join the Supporters Club to get our Pari...

Nico Young did it. He ran 12:45.27 to beat a star studded Diamond League field in Oslo Norway (and break Grant Fisher's outdoor record). What does it mean for Nico? For American distance running? For Grant Fisher? Want the full podcast? Join the Supporters Club today and use code GOAT50 to save 50% off your first year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Also, Grand Slam Track LA was can...

Donavan Brazier is back, Jane Hedengren has taken a hammer to all the high school distance records, Cooper Lutkenhaus has Michael Granville's record, the NCAA championships are this weekend and so are the Oslo and Stockholm Diamond League meets. What can Nico Young do in the world record 5000? Hannah England joins us at 78:47 as the former World Championship 1500m silver medallist & NCAA champ...

Grand Slam Track Talk moved to Historic Franklin Field and fans came out to watch. Nico Young turned some heads in the 3000, what can he now do for 5000? Is he a global medal threat? Josh Kerr got the best of Cole Hocker at 1500 but who is the favorite for Worlds? Kenny Bednarek and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden domianted the 100 and 200. Are they favored for Worlds? The 2028 Olympic Marathon Trials st...

Jonah Koech joins us at 88:50 to discuss his shocking Diamond League 1500m win ( nice article here by Jon Gault ) where the American went from 3:37 to 3:31 for 1500m and took down the Diamond League field. Beatrice Chebet blasted an 8:11, Addy Wiley nearly won the 800, whereas stateside Athing Mu returned to racing the 3rd heat of the 1500m at the Sound Running Track Fest where Eduardo Herrera got...

Want a detailed? Written recap of the weekend? Read The Week That Was The collegiate action heated up with fast times across the board and some controversy at the ACC Champs. Sophie O'Sullivan looked impressive, Simeon Birnbaum's delivered, Parker Wolfe was impressive, but is Ethan Strand the one shoe companies should be focused on? The Johnson twins are now a force in NCAA sprinting and Nick Symm...

American 800m superstar Clayton Murphy has hung up the spikes and joins us at 65:37 to discuss his career. Prior to that we break down Jakob Ingebrigtsen's achilles injury and Athing Mu running the weirdest 1500m we've ever heard of. Plus, Casey Clinger set an American record at 25k and should we be alarmed that the USA only left World Relays with one gold medal? Want to attend the best running ca...

Cordell Tinch blasted the hurdles in China while Masai Russell got the American record in Miami. Josh Kerr got a big 1500 win, Grant Fisher cruised in the 5000 and is Nikki Hiltz a threat in the 1500? Grand Slam Track is halfway done with it's inaugural season. How are they doing? Ethan Strand took down Abel Teffra in the collegiate ranks but the best action of the weekend may have been in Texas w...

What a weekend! Nathan Green and UW turned heads at Penn but what about Ethan Strand and Gary Martin ? Sabastian Sawe won London and staked his claim to #1 marathoner in the world although John Korir may want to argue. Former #1 Eliud Kipchoge put up a fine performance. Sifan Hassan's 4 month lay-off was too much as Tigist Assefa set a women's only world record and took home over $300,000. The Dia...

Marco Langon didn't win NCAA indoors, but he turned heads with his confident running and interview afterwards. The junior at Villanova University discusses his motivations, the hardships he has faced, and his unapologetic drive to succeed in running on the eve of Penn Relays, and after his signing of an NIL Deal with Diadora. Want our London Marathon Preview pod? Join the Supporters Club today htt...

Sharon Lokedi is your Boston Marathon course record holder as she stopped the Hellen Obiri three-peat. (Article here). John Korir joined his brother Wesley as Boston champ. Is he the #1 in the world? Conner Mantz ran 2:05 but just missed the podium. How does he compare to Bill Rodgers? Des Linden said farewell to the marathon and we honor her at 1:50:09. We also talk about high schooler Jane Heden...

HOKA NAZ Elite & Marathon Project founder Ben Rosario joins us at 49:05 to talk running and give us our first look at Monday's Boston Marathon. Prior to that we discuss whether Athing Mu is really racing a 5k at Mt. Sac this weekend, talk about the Aussie Champs and Peter Bol's Aussie record in the 800, Gout, Gout, and more. Plus hot high school action at Arcadia as Jane Hedengren's amazing ye...

The inaugural Grand Slam Track is in the books. What went right, what went wrong, and what were our thoughts? as Emmauel Wanyonyi pulled the upset over the Olympic milers Hocker, Kerr and Nuguse and picked up $100,000 as so did Grant Fisher in a controversial fashion. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone cruised to her $100,000 while at the Cherry Blossom 10 miler Taylor Roe broke the world best and was fant...

Happy April Fools everyone. This is no joke. 100% of the proceeds of this week's Supporters Club signups go to Jonathan Gault. Support America's #1 track journalists and get bonus podcasts every week. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Grand Slam Track debuts in Jamaica and we start to break it down at the 44:56 mark. The TEN was full of drama on the men's side as Ishmael Kipkurui arrived with the...

Wejo, Rojo & Jon break down the 2025 indoor season and the 2025 World Indoor Championships. 100% of the proceeds of this week's Supporters Club signups go to Jonathan Gault. Support America's #1 track journalists and get bonus podcasts every week. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Video of the podcast for Supporters Club members here. Jakob Ingebrigtsen got the double and the 2 world records a...

This podcast is for Supporters Club members but we're giving everyone a 12 minute sneak peak of what was in it. Want the full thing? Join the Supporters Club at 50% off your first year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Full video is on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1QCJ74doA&pp=0gcJCU8JAYcqIYzv Jakob Ingebrigtsen got gold #1 at World Indoors overtaking Berihu Arega...

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships delivered as Ethan Strand and Gary Martin traded wins in the 3000 and DMR, America may have a new 1500m star in Abel Teffra, and Jerry Schumacher and Shalane Flanagan got their first titles at Oregon. Unheralded Matthew Richtman won the Los Angeles marathon in 2:07:56 and is definitely the Dreams Become Reality runner of the weekNCAAs, America's newest...

At Euros, Jakob Ingebrigtsen completed another double, Sarah Healy got Ireland its first women's track gold, & Niels Laros and Georgia Bell came up short. Ruth Chepngetich is struggling post marathon world record and the NCAA championships are this weekend and we've got a little Ethan Strand, Nathan Green, Gary Martin preview. But could the biggest story of the week be the emergence of 15-year...