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Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui got the upsets wins at the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon and we break them down. Conner Mantz led the American men and Sara Vaughn the American women as Jenny Simpson called it a career. The World Marathon Majors are expanding. Is it too much? World Athletics announced its finalists for athlete of the year and we're not happy. Ed Eyestone's great weekend got off...

NCAA XC sta r Rocky Hansen joins us at 75:03 to discuss his breakout freshman year, training, NILs and a lot more. Yomif Kejelcha hammered from the front once again and this time was rewarded with the world record in the half marathon as he ran 57:30 in Valencia to break Jacob Kiplimo's record by 1 second. Kejelcha won near universal praise on the LetsRun forums, but are supershoes diminishing the...

Leo and Lex Young join us at 78:19 to tell us about the transition to collegiate running, how Stanford is going so far, talk a little NIL and a lot more. Prior to that we break discuss the latest in the running world including Rojo being called by Kenyan parliament for an apology and Parker Vably getting paid (more than Cole Hocker?!) by New Balance, before discussing who should be the athlete of...

Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:56 to smash the marathon world record at the Bank of American Chicago Marathon. In the process she became the first woman to go sub 2:10. Is this the greatest distance performance ever? Former American record holder and Olympic bronze medallist Deena Kastor joins us for an hour to break down Chicago and Ruth's incredible run and everything Chicago where John Korir got the...

"Mr 800" Justin Rinaldi, the guy who has a job at a bank, the coach of Peter Bol, Will Sumner and resurgent Josh Hoey, is our guest @ 60:12. Rinaldi talks about going from coaching 1 athlete to having an incredible stable of 800 athletes, when we will see a sub 1:40, and the Peter Bol EPO case. Plus Conner Mantz ran 10 miles faster than any other American and it is Chicago Marathon week,...

Former World Junior XC champ "Milky M" (Milkesa Mengesha) took down the Berlin Marathon field as Tigist Ketema ran her 2nd 2:16 and continued the 800 to marathon trend. The NCAA action heated up with Brian Musau and Oklahoma State impressing. Could Villanova's Sadie Sigfstead be the next NCAA star? The Young brothers impressed as well. We break it all down with some insight on the DL goi...

The all-female Athlos meet backed by reddit's Alexis Ohanian is on Thursday in NYC and we break down what it means for the sport and its chances for success. Then we preview the NCAA cross country season. Parker Wolfe and Katelyn Tuohy are gone but Parker Wolfe and Graham Blanks are back as are the Oklahoma State men. Can the NAU women get it done for the first time? What about Mike Smiths' legacy...

The 2024 Diamond League season came to an end. Jakob got the win in the 1500, but we're more interested in breaking down his half marathon debut. Sydney McLaughlin made a rare Diamond League appearance. And we delve into the crazy fast times on the track in 2024 ( article here ). NCAA superstar Parker Wolfe joins us at 75:01 to talk his amazing 2024 season, NIL deals, missing the Olympics and of c...

Yared Nuguse took down Jakob and Cole in Zurich but can he do it this week in the Diamond League final? Sydney will be at the final but running in essentially time trial races. Updated: Grant Holloway released a statement after we recorded on why he won't be there here:. Josh Kerr won't be at the Final but he obliterated the 5th avenue mile record as Karissa Schweizer got the women's record. Plus...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won't be running the Diamond League final (as she hasn't run any Diamond League's all year), Shannon Rowbury may get an Olympic bronze, and the Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse Olympic rematch is here. Plus Cole, Josh, and Yared are all doing Grand Slam Track and the LetsRun AI bot is here. Join the Supporters Club today and get the "I am the...

Daniel Komen's legendary world record has been wiped by the books by Jakob Ingebrigtsen thanks to his incredible 7:17.55. Could Jakob get all the world records through the 10,000 or the marathon? Mike Smith will be out at NAU at the end of 2025 to coach for Nike. What does it mean for the Flagstaff pros and the future of NCAA track. Join the Supporters Club today and get the "I am the pacemak...

Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks joins summer intern Joseph Carroll and Jonathan Gualt to discuss his amazing run in Paris and look ahead to Sunday's race in Silesia where Rooks will race the Diamond League for the first time and possibly take a shot at Evan Jager's American record. Want a bonus podcast every week? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show n...

The Diamond League is back on Thursday in Lausanne and Sunday in Silesia with the headline match-up being Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Lausanne. Rai Benjamin and Noah Lyles have called it a season but Grant Fisher has not and his coach Mike Scannell joins us at 52:13 to talk about Grant's amazing year, career, and future. Want a better running shoe? BetterRunningshoe...

A great Paris Olympics are in the books and we finally pay our proper repsects to Sifan Hassan. Is she the female distance GOAT? Cole Hocker is still your 1500 Olympic champion. Who were the biggest winners and losers in Paris? Show notes: 00:00 Feldspar 01:10 Start 08:59 Grades for Noah and Sha'Carri 22:06 Sifan Hassan's gold and unbelievable Olympic triple 37:19 is Hassan the GOAT? 44:41 Kenneth...

Cole Hocker did it, running a 3:27.65 Olympic 1500m record to win the gold in an epic race as Josh Kerr got silver, .01 ahead of Yared Nuguse who got bronze as Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished 4th off the podium. We break it all down with audio from Hocker and Kerr and Nuguse's coach Dathan Ritzenhein. Gabby Thomas got gold in the 200 and we've got a Jess Hull update. Want daily podcasts from Paris? Yo...

We delve into the first half of our Paris predictions exploring medal contenders in the men's 1500m, men's 10,000m, and women's 800m and steeplechase. Jakob vs Josh updates + what about Faith Kipyegon? We've always got Grant Fisher talk and we talk a little about the future of NCAA track and field at 77:21 before Drew Hunter joins us at 93:20 to talk about his comeback in 2024. Show notes below. F...

Christian Taylor, the two-time Olympic and four-time World Champion in the triple jump, joins us on the eve of the Olympics to reflect back on his amazing career and look ahead to what is next. Want daily podcasts from Paris 2024? Last chance to join Supporters Club at 50% off. LetsRun.com/subscribe and use code GOAT50 00:00 Join the Supporters Club 01:26 Christian Taylor 02:40 2011, 2012 and his...

In this episode of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, the hosts Jonathan Gault, Robert, and Weldon Johnson dive into the latest news in the world of track and field. They discuss the recent London then turn to the Paris Olympics and it's crazy marathon course. NBC's sprint analyst Ato Boldon joins at 57:51 to break down all things Paris Olympics 100m through 800m. Ato's got hot takes on Noah Lyle...

USA Olympic 1500m legend Matthew Centrowitz reflects on his career at 85:28. (Part 1 of the Centro interview is here ). Prior to that we break down all thing Monaco including Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:26.73 European record in the 1500 and Jess Hull's world record in the 2000m. What's Jakob's best strategy to defeat Josh Kerr? Plus Kate Grace retires, thread of the week, Daniel Do Nascimento popped, F...

Track Talk: Record-Breaking Performances, Doping Controversies, and Olympic Prep In this episode of Track Talk, the hosts dive into recent record-breaking performances in the men's 800m and women's 1500m races, focusing on key races in Paris and potential doping issues. They preview the upcoming Monaco Diamond League event featuring athletes like Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Timothy Cheruiyot, and Niels La...

The Paris Diamond League is the home of the world record as Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the women's high jump world record from 1987 with a leap of 2.10 meters, Faith Kipyegon lowered her women's 1500 meters world record to 3:49.04, as Jess Hull ran an Aussie record of 3:50.83 and Laura Muir a British record of 3:53.79 NR. The men's 800 was the deepest ever as Djamel Sedjati emerged victorious in a...

2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials: Highlights, Medals, and Future Prospects With the help of intern Joseph, Rojo, Wejo and Jonathan give out grades as they review the standout performances, record-breakers, and key results from the 2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials. How did Cole Hocker, Grant Fisher, Sha'Carri Richardson, Cooper Teare, Hobbs Kessler, Parker Valby and Yared Nuguse do? Sho...

Neil Gourley, the British 1500 meters champion from Under Armor Dark Sky, joins the show to discuss his recent performances and strategies for the British Trials (this was recorded after Europeans and before the British champs). Then at 46:45 Danny Mackey, coach of the Brooks Beasts and Josh Kerr, shares insights on training, competition psychology, and recruitment strategies. Join us for an in-de...

Matthew Centrowitz kicks things off to breakdown the first half of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and preview the second half. Plus he announces his track career is officially over. We break down the biggest winners and losers of the first half of the Trials, Athing Mu's fall, Christian Coleman's agony, Cole Hocker's brilliance over Yared Nuguse and a lot more including the Mark Wetmore era...

Before you listen to the podcast, enter the $200,024 BetterRunningShoes.com Track Trials Prediction Contest . Check out the new and improved BetterRunningShoes.com . Here is the thread on Bob Schul’s death. Have you read Jonathan Gault's sweet feature on Olympic ring tattoos ? 0:00 Intro & Small Talk 4:45 Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track Is Unveiled - Rojo isn't a fan of the siloed event gro...