Pennsylvania high schooler Gary Martin did something that had only been done once before, by Jim Ryun in 1965, go sub 4 in the mile in a high school race without a rabbit. Former prep phenom Katelyn Tuohy blasted a 4:06 1500m, Maria Garcia Romo blasted NCAA record holder Eliud Kipsang at SECs in the 1500, Yared Nuguse's NCAA career is over, there were some amazing sprint performances at the conference meets, and DII star Christian Noble turned some heads by not only turning pro before NCAAs, but...
May 18, 2022•2 hr 40 min
The Diamond League kicks off in Doha on Friday with the return of Donavan Brazier. Jakob Ingebrigtsen got a nice 5k win in America and had some interesting comments afterward on teen phenoms and the Olympic letdown. Emily Sisson's assault on the roads got her the American half-marathon record, will the full marathon be next? Track and field super fan Derek Rubis joins us at 79:25 to talk about his battle with cancer, the state of the sport, share some words of inspiration, and make a bold, bold ...
May 11, 2022•2 hr 34 min
Erriyon Knighton ran 19.49 at age 18, Trayvon Bromell blasted Andre De Grasse at 100m, and Athing Mu crushed Ajee' Wilson at 600, as it was Penn and Drake Relays week with the 4 x 1 mile record at Penn fizzling out on leg #1. Ben Flanagan is our guest at 80:30 to talk about what happened on the lead-off leg at Penn, running for 79-year-old Ronnie Warhurst, and his future in the marathon. Erik Sowinski got sub 1:50 #200, and we ponder what's next for Jordan Hasay and Mo Farah who both struggled a...
May 05, 2022•2 hr 57 min
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Apr 28, 2022
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Apr 21, 2022•2 hr 2 min
The Boston Marathon is almost here, pro outdoor track got underway in a big way at the USATF Bermuda Games, but the biggest story of the week is Gabriela Debues-Stafford leaving the Bowerman Track Club because of the Shelby Houlihan situation. Shelby has issued a statement in response and we break it all down, plus talk about Mt. Sac and the return of Evan Jager in the steeple and Karissa Schweizer from Achilles surgery. Show notes below. Therabody RecoveryAir: The next generation of recovery is...
Apr 14, 2022•2 hr 36 min
The track and field action is picking back up and the Boston Marathon is less than 2 weeks away and Kenenisa Bekele won't be there, but team New Balance with Sydney McLaughlin, Elle Purrier St Pierre, Heather MacLean, and high schooler Roisin Willis will be going for the DMR world record. Are you a sports fan? Wan the VPN LetsRun uses? Try NordVPN today. Go here for a 30 day trial. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a seco...
Apr 06, 2022•2 hr 32 min
Cj Albertson ran a legit 2:10 marathon in practice, Newbury Park keeps rewriting the high school record books and gets some Jim Ryun comparisons, while the outdoor season kicked off with Texas and Raleigh Relays and we discuss some 2022 Hot Takes. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a free letsrun.com shirt if you join for a year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?f...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Marcell Jacobs and Christian Coleman gave the sport what it wanted in the 60, Ajee' Wilson finally was golden, and Elle Purrier impressed at World Indoors. Plus a few athletes may have gotten wake-up calls, insights from the NYC Half on Sara Hall, Galen Rupp and others, and that time trial that Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker ran . We end with Supporters Club audio of Jon and Rojo's night out in Serbia on the LetsRun.com credit card. Show notes below. Links: 1. Thread: Biggest Winners/Losers from W...
Mar 24, 2022•2 hr 42 min
Show notes: We mainly get you ready for this weekend's World Indoor Champs but do briefly talk about 2022 NCAA indoors, the 2022 Nagoya Marathon and Newbury Park's exploits in the 4 x mile. Time stamps: 4:00- Jon and Robert reveal they are a married couple and have some exciting test results to announce 7:45: Brief 2022 NCAA Indoor talk - Tuohy, Nur and Abdalla. 15:20: 2022 World Indoors Is going to be awesome: Marcel Jacobs vs Coleman 23:00: We preview the mid-d and distance action - starting w...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 8 min
America's new distance superstar Grant Fisher joins us to talk all about his 12:53 5,000 and 26:33 10,000m American records. What was Grant's mindset heading into the race, during the race, and where does he go from here? When did the record attempts come about, how tough is it to join Jerry Schumacher's Bowerman Track Club, has he heard from Galen Rupp and a ton more? Red, White and Navy Blue LetsRun.com Shirts now in the LetsRun.com Shop. Celebrate America distance running greatness - shop.let...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min
What a weekend. Grant Fisher has run 26:33 for 10,000m, Elise Cranny 30:14, Eliud Kipchoge is still the king, Brigid Kosgei may be the queen, Emily Sisson is still crushing the roads, Nico Montanez gets his first national title while Galen Rupp is only 7th. We break it all down, plus the usual banter. Get a free Drink LMNT Sample Pack Get electrolytes without the junk - No sugar, no artificial flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun and for $5 shipping get a free Drink LMNT sample pack of 6 flavors...
Mar 10, 2022•2 hr 45 min
USA indoors are in the books and Cole Hocker is a double champ , Elle Purrier St. Pierre only a single champ, and Ajee' Wilson has 8 titles to her name. Donavan Brazier had a crazy Saturday that ended at 3 am, and the DQ and Worlds qualifying rules for the sport still suck. Mary Cain and Spencer Brown get some love, Josh Kerr runs 3:48 for the mile. Show notes below. This weekend is loaded. - Tokyo Marathon (Eliud Kipchoge, Sara Hall) and Grant Fisher American 10k record attempt. Join the Suppor...
Mar 03, 2022•2 hr 45 min
New American record holder in the 1,000m Shane Streich joins us in the Where Your Dreams Become Reality segment at 64:53 to discuss his quick rise to the top of the pro ranks. Prior to that we break down the latest running news including 19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson running faster than anyone in 20 years at 800 indoors, Camille Herron beating all the men and the women's world record at the USATF 100 mile champs, the Bowerman Track Club only running 1 athlete at USA Indoors. We start with the big...
Feb 23, 2022•2 hr 41 min
What a weekend! The American record attempt in the mile by Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker may have come up short, but everything else exceeded expectations. Grant Fisher ran 12:53 for 5,000m with the "B" heat being won in 13:05, Gabriella DeBues-Stafford ran 14:31 and Elise Cranny 14:33 to crus the North American and American records. A virtual unknown, the Atlanta Track Club's Shane Streich got the American record at 1,000m, Yared Nuguse the collegiate 3000m record, not to mention the h...
Feb 16, 2022•2 hr 35 min
The pros ( Noah Lyles, Grant Holloway, Gabriela Debues-Stafford, Adel Machaal ) brought it at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix but 3 high schoolers from Newbury Park may have stolen the weekend as Colin Sahlman ran 3:58 and beat some pros, Lex Young ran 7:57, and Aaron Sahlman 8:01. We break down all the action, have Gabriela Debues-Stafford's comments on Shelby Houlihan, Pete Julian talking about PPV track, and then discuss the most important issue on LetsRun.com today- Molly Seidel's Bumble m...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 27 min
The 2022 Millrose Games delivered on the promise. Cole Hocker and Cooper Teare got beat by Geordie Beamish as the OAC had a tremendous day. Athing Mu dropped out of a mile she had no business thinking she might win. We break it all down and then discuss the shocking and dark news that SafeSport banned Alberto Salazar because they ruled he committed a sexual assault. (Sponsor) DrinkLMNT Free Sample Pack Get electrolytes without the junk - No sugar, no artificial flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsr...
Feb 03, 2022•2 hr 39 min
Saturday's Millrose Games is the best it's been in ages and we break it down in great detail. To hear from us after Friday's press conference join the Supporters Club . Plus we've got clips from the LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour talk with the Brooks Beasts Coach Danny Mackey (Video of our talk with Mackey here . To get it as a podcast, join the Supporters Club ), discuss whether Josh Kerr can get the world record in the 1500, and talk about Hellen Obiri signing with On. Start 2022 Out Right! Get ...
Jan 27, 2022
Keira D'Amato is your new American record holder in the marathon and one of the coolest stories in the sport and Sara Hall joined her husband Ryan as American half marathon record holders. We break down all the craziness in Houston, give props to Scott Raczko , talk a little indoor track and super shoes, and debut highlights of the LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour and our talk with the OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein . ( Video of Ritz talk is here , to get it as a podcast join the Supporters Club ) (Ad) We'...
Jan 20, 2022
The 2022 Boston Marathon pro fields are amazing and Mary Kate Shea, the Boston elite athlete coordinator, joined us to talk about the fields with the release of the men's field which includes Kenenisa Bekele taking on Geoffrey Kamworor, plus the fastest marathoners in the world in 2021 (Titus Ekiru 2:02:57) and 2020 (Evans Chebet 2:03:00), defending Boston champ Benson Kipruto, New York champ Albert Korir, and Lawrence Cherono. The women's field is absolutely loaded with Peres Jepchirchir vs Joy...
Jan 13, 2022•59 min
Jon is "buddies" with Karsten Warholm, Alicia Monson gets her first US title, Shadrack Kipchirchir returns to the top, the Boston Marathon women's field is absolutely loaded with Peres Jepchirchir vs Joyciline Jepkosgei vs Molly Seidel. Was Seidel a top 10 marathoner in 2021? Start 2022 Out Right! Get Electrolytes without the Junk No sugar, no artificial flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun and for $5 shipping get a free Drink LMNT sample pack of 6 flavors. If you don't like it Wejo (w...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 17 min
World championship bronze medallist Emily Infeld has left the Bowerman Track Club as the women's team continues to see some turnover. The US Cross Country champs are this weekend with Weini Kelati, Alicia Monson and Molly Seide l headlining. We discuss those things, welcome in the new year, before turning to our Big Predictions for 2022 - could Galen Rupp win marathon gold, the men's 1500m record really fall , what about a 13:xx women's 5,000m, and can Elaine Thompson-Herah get Flojo' s 100m rec...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 29 min
We discuss Alberto Salazar being banned for life and look back at a crazy 2021 track and field year, starting with some 2021 Track and Field Trivia. Athing Mu, Cole Hocker, Hobbs Kessler were afterthoughts to start the year with Shelby Houlihan and Donavan Brazier getting a lot of the press. Show notes below. Join the Revolution, Get Electrolytes without the Sugar / Junk Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun and for $5 shipping get a free sample pack of 6 flavors. If you don't like it Wejo ([email protected]...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min
The HOKA NAZ Elite men have broken up, we have an explanation on how Geoffery Kamworor only ran 2:05 in the marathon, covid wreaks some havoc on New Year's running plans and we look ahead to 2022 and 2024. Could we see our first sub 14 5k, sub 29 10k, and sub 3:50 1500 by a woman? Christian Coleman and Asbel Kiprop return and should a high schooler be running 100 mpw? Show notes below. Join the Revolution, Get Electrolytes without the Sugar Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun and for $5 shipping get a f...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 17 min
The 2021 XC season is complete with Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal winning the European champs and Natalie Cook and Riley Hough winning Eastbay's. Are Denmark's two junior stars better than Newbury Park? Allie Ostrander steps back from the sport. Guest Nick Willis joins us at 73:18 to talk about his attempt to make it 20 straight years of sub 4 minute miles a the Midnight Mile gala in New York City on New Year's eve (More info here ). Plus a little Jakob Ingebrigtsen talk and d...
Dec 15, 2021•2 hr 49 min
Newbury Pary continued its assault on the high school record books, the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials standards are here, Lawrence Cherono is still winning 'majors', Sara Vaughn impressed in her debut, so did Conner Mantz, but Keira D'Amato stole the show as the fake Conner Mant z checks in. Show notes below: TheRunnerBox.com is the perfect holiday gift for runners. For as little as $28, the subscription service sends a box filled with items handpicked by their team of runners and nutritionists d...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 21 min
USATF is under federal investigation, Shelby Houlihan is still trying to defend herself, the Brojo's high school has an Eastbay finalist, Sean Brosnan's Newbury Park may be the best high school XC team ever, Weini Kelati is on fire, Conner Mantz may try and break the US half marathon record this weekend, and the Valencia Marathon takes place as well. Show notes below. TheRunnerBox.com is the perfect holiday gift for runners. For as little as $28 , the subscription service sends a box filled with...
Dec 01, 2021•2 hr 36 min
We've got a special edition of the Friday 15 with NCAA Cross Country Champions Whittni Orton and Conner Mantz from BYU. They talk about their NCAA wins and their professional futures. Whittni may be trying to go sub 15 for 5k next week and Conner may target Ryan Hall's 59:43 American record in the half marathon. Whittni is at the start and Conner at 37:04. TheRunnerBox.com is the perfect holiday gift for runners. For as little as $28 , the subscription service sends a box filled with items handp...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 15 min
The 2021 NCAA Cross Country Champs are in the books and Jacob Kiplimo has run 57:31 for the half marathon in Lisbon. Happy Thanksgiving. (You want to join our Supporters Club at 25% off and get a free 1:59:40 or LRC shirt? Go here https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public and use code Club25) Start: Rojo's special gift, Turkey Trot rules, LetsRun.com constitution 8:27 NCAA Women's Race 17:46 Recruiting, transfers 25:21 Not everyone improves - comparing NCAA XC 2020 vs 2021 28:39 Men's race: ...
Nov 23, 2021
We preview the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships, talk about who might go pro, have a little transgender talk, discuss whether Shelby Houlihan is going to become a road racer, and debate how much a Turkey Trot should cost. Show notes below. Join the Revolution, Get Electrolytes without the Sugar Go to DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun and for $5 shipping get a free sample pack of 6 flavors. If you don't like it I'll refund your money. Stay Salty my friends. -Wejo Get all the exclusive LRC content. Join ...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 18 min
