The 128th Boston Marathon is in the books and Sisay Lemma put on an exhibition the first 20 miles of the race and held on for the win as Hellen Obiri blasted the final 5 miles to win her battle with Sharon Lokedi. CJ Albertson joined the sub 2:10 club. What's up with the Kenyan and Ethiopian Olympic teams? Alicia Monson is out of the Olympics, what about Parker Valby's chances? Colin Sahlman ran 3:33.9 to get the big win at Bryan Clay. Is he a contender for the Olympics? Adam Spencer won the Aus...
Apr 17, 2024•2 hr 2 min
The Boston Marathon is here and Jon and Wejo are in Boston to break it down after Boston media day. Parker Valby has run 30:50 for 10,000m to smash the American record and LRC even reflects on the death of OJ Simpson. Join the Supporters Club today We're giving the first 10 minutes of this Supporters Club only pod to everyone. If you want the Boston part, please join the Supporters Club https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Use code CLUB25 to save 25% off your first year. Show notes: 0:0...
Apr 12, 2024•10 min
The solar eclipse has come and gone but some things are still the same- controversy with USATF as they are not sending a team to the World Under 20 Championships this year. 69 boys went sub 9:00 for 3200 at Arcadia, Parker Valby is running a 10k, the Boston Marathon is almost here, and the Aussie Olympic Trials 1500 features Cam Myers, "Stewie" McSweyn, Ollie Hoare, and Adam Spencer. Who comes out on top? Want out Boston Marathon preview podcast on Friday? You'll need to be a Supporter...
Apr 10, 2024•2 hr 41 min
Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet repeated at World XC but what happened to Agnes Ngetich and Joshua Cheptegei? April Fools came and went and what were the craziest stories in the sport in the last year? And it's not an April Fools joke that a Texas A&M Aggie ran an NCAA leading 1:44:46 and may be a dark horse candidate at the Olympic Trials. Plus Elizabeth Leachman broke the high school 5000m record. 0:00 Start 04:13 World XC - Cheptegei and Ngetich left out of medals - women problems for N...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Rojo and Jon break down the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade Serbia which take place this Saturday. Jon will be there and Rojo won't be on hand to smoke cigarettes or chase gorillas. A nearly 26 year old high school record fell, Jerry Schumacher is actually racing his guys, and what is in store for track and field in the NIL era (Nico Young signed with adidas). We break it all down, plus our relationship thread of week. LRC shirts at 27% off with code 2652 to celebrate the acti...
Mar 27, 2024•2 hr 30 min
We break down the TEN from California, debate Nico Youn and Matthew Centrowitz's Olympic chances amongst other things, and talk about Letsile Tebogo's 44:29 400m. If you missed the Noah Lyles and Lance Brauman talks they are now a standalone podcast here. LRC shirts at 26.52% off with code 2652 to celebrate the action at the TEN. Go to https://shop.letsrun.com/ Want a 2nd podcast every week? And a super soft shirt? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podc...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 25 min
We're releasing out talk with Noah Lyles and his coach Lance Brauman which occurred at the end of last week's regular podcast as a stand along podcast. We've got 2 bonus clips with Lyles talking about who he fears in the 100 and Grant Holloway and the 4x4 (noted in the show notes below starting at 20:33) but besides that it is the same interview. Lance Brauman starts at 22:21. Show notes 0:00 Lyles and Brauman podcast 01:04 Noah Lyles interview 05:33 Indoor Season Grade 07:04 9.65 and 19.10 07:4...
Mar 19, 2024•44 min
Noah Lyles, the 100m and 200m world champion, is our special guest at 82:23, along with his coach Lance Brauman at the 101:29 mark. We observed a day of training of their Pure Athletics group, after Noah returned from wrapping up a transformational season in the 60m at World Indoors where he won silver. Prior to that we wrap up the indoor season and discuss the exploits of Nico Young and Parker Valby at NCAAs, but also turn our sights to outdoors where Jakob Ingebrigtsen is going to face Josh Ke...
Mar 13, 2024•2 hr 3 min
The World Indoor Champs were a resounding success for the US distance runners and we give them one final look. Elle St. Pierre ran 8:20 for gold, Bryce Hoppel got gold and 5 more Americans took home medals, as Josh Kerr impressed and Geordie Beamish's kick got him gold. Eliud Kipchoge bombed in Tokyo. Will he make the Kenyan Olympic team? 42:04 Men's 3000: 'Josh Kerr super impressive miss them? That's because you're not a LRC Supporters Club member. Join today: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 15 min
The World Indoors are this weekend in Glasgow Scotland and LetsRun.com will be on site. We break down World Indoors before Dakotah Lindwurm, the breakout star from the US Olympic Marathon Trials, joins us at 76:19. World Indoors is loaded with Noah Lyles vs Christian Coleman at 60m, Josh Kerr vs Yared Nuguse vs Selemon Barega at 3000m, Cole Hocker vs Samuel Tefera vs Narve Nordås at 1500m, Laura Muir vs Gudaf Tsegay vs Elle St. Pierre at 3000m and a lot more. Noah Lyles got reportedly the riches...
Feb 27, 2024•2 hr 13 min
Josh Kerr is running World Indoors vs Yared Nuguse and Selemon Barega. Cole Hocker was sublime in the 1500m at the USATF Champs. Are Kerr and Hocker favorites for Gold in Glasgow? Noah Lyles took down Christian Coleman, what does that do to his gold medal chances? Meanwhile Letsile Tebogo broke the 300m world record. We break it all down, pay our respects to Henry Rono, talk about a great guest article by Andy Hardt on Kelvin Kiptum , and have our thread of the week: Could you beat a random Amer...
Feb 21, 2024•2 hr 36 min
The running world tragically lost one of its brightest lights, Kelvin Kiptum, the world record holder in the marathon, the man who in 10 months revolutionized how the marathon can be run, tragically passed away at the age of 24. We pay our respects. Then we turn to an amazing 2024 Millrose Games where Devynne Charlton started things off by breaking the world record in the 60m hurdles but the highlight was Josh Kerr running 8:00.67 to break the 2-mile world record and take down Grant Fisher, plus...
Feb 14, 2024•2 hr 32 min
The Olympic Trials delivered, indoor track is really heating up and it's Millrose Week. Track and field historian Gary Corbitt joins us at 121:29 to talk about the historical impact of the Pioneer Club, one of the first integrated track and field clubs in America, and an exhibit at the New York Historical Society titled, Running for Civil Rights: The New York Pioneer Club, 1936 – 1976, which is open through February 25th. Details here * More info on Pioneer Club here Fiona O'Keefe is America's n...
Feb 07, 2024•3 hr 31 min
100% of the proceeds from Supporters Club memberships go to Jonathan Gault this week. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe What an Olympic Trials. Fiona O'Keeffe delivered big time, Zach Panning made a run for glory and Conner Mantz and Clayton Young delivered. Dakotah Lindwurm made the Olympic team with American record holder Emily Sisson as Leonard Korir's perseverance paid off. 0:00 Olympic Marathon Trials Live Recap Show 03:28 Men's Race 13:35 Women's race- Fiona O'Keefe marathon star 17:17 Ran...
Feb 03, 2024•29 min
CORRECTION: USE CODE CLUB25 to save 25% for the Supporters Club for a year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe We breakdown the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials with a little BU 5000 talk at the end. We start by cattershooting the Trials a bit before doing a more formal men's preview at 35:07 and women at 65:39 with BU at 87:42 and the OAC at 92:36. Show notes below. Want Trials podcasts with Emily Sisson, Conner Mantz, Betsy Saina, Cj Albertson, Clayton Young and Conner Mantz? You've got to be a ...
Jan 30, 2024•2 hr 47 min
Harvard cross country coach Alex Gibby joins us at 63:59 to discuss his training philosophy, rise in the sport, and of course NCAA Cross Country Champion Graham Blanks. Prior to that we break down this week's running news before having our Olympic Marathon Trials draft. Cooper Teare and Weini Kelati got the wins at US Cross. What does it mean for the rest of the year? Yared Nuguse makes his pro 5000m debut at BU on Friday, could Woody Kincaid, Nuguse or someone else scare the 12:49 world record?...
Jan 23, 2024•2 hr 16 min
The action heated up on the roads and the anticipations for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trails increased. Agnes Ngetich blasted a 28:46 10k to become the first woman under 29 minutes as a no-name woman followed her in 2nd, Weini Kelati ran 66:25 to break the American record in the half marathon, while Galen Rupp only ran 62:37. We break it all down and then at 66:28 take our first look at the US Olympic Marathon Trials which are in 2.5 weeks. Get Electrolytes Without the Junk: Moneyback Guarant...
Jan 17, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Grant Fisher joins us at 63:11 to talk about leaving Bowerman and racing Josh Kerr in the 2-mile at Millrose (tickets here ). Prior to that a Donavan Brazier update, and a little Olympic Marathon Trials talk with Emma Bates pulling out and Paul Chelimo sending us a cryptic message. Want a 2nd podcast every week? A great super soft running shirt and exclusive content? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content. Cancel at anytime. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=publ...
Jan 10, 2024•2 hr 17 min
The LetsRun.com crew plays a little 2023 trivia before making their 2024 Bold Predictions. What is on tap in 2024 for Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Yared Nuguse, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Matthew Centrowitz, Will Sumner, Niels Laros, and many more? And oh yeah another star has left the Bowerman Track Club as Courtney Frerichs has departed. Rate us on your favorite podcast host! Contact us: Email [email protected] or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every we...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Shhhh. Don't tell Jonathan Gault or Weldon Johnson but Robert Johnson secretly recorded this show without their permission. He reveals his biggest disappointments and surprises for 2023 and then gets super excited about the 2024 Paris Olympic Marathon. He breaks down the course and without saying it predicts that a sub-4 mile in the middle of it is more likely than a sub-2 hour marathon. He made that prediction on the messageboard. Speaking of messageboard, these are the two threads he talked ab...
Dec 26, 2023•32 min
Josh Kerr blasted a 61:51 half marathon and will chase the 2 mile world record but may not run world indoors in Scotland. Fellow Scot Jake Wightman is out. What will Jakob Ingebrigtsen do? Kelvin Kiptum and Faith Kipyegon are the 2023 LetsRun.com athletes of the year. Plus how fast could Jakob Ingebrigtsen run a half marathon? Who wins in a half marathon race between Josh Kerr and Letesenbet Gidey? and the Best Thing in Running Give the Gift of LetsRun.com This Holiday Season for 25% Off https:/...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 15 min
World Athletics named 6 athletes of the year, Kelvin Kiptum, Noah Lyles, Mondo Duplantis, Tigist Assefa, Faith Kipyegon and Yulimar Rojas. Yet they left off Ryan Crouser?! The Josh Kerr truth/trash talk with Jakob Ingebrigtsen gets another look as does Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karsten Warholm's 2022 incomes. Plus, how much do we think Katelyn Tuohy makes? Niels Laros is no longer the only 19-year-old European sensation, CJ Albertson is still running a lot of marathons, and what about that road mil...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Parker Valby became the first colleigan to go sub 15:00 and Graham Blanks ran 13:03 to break the NCAA record. At the Valencia Marathon, Sisay Lemma joined the 2:01 club as Kenenisa Bekele is back and Joshua Cheptegei has work to do in the m arahton. Addy Ritzenhein got a national title just like her dad, Dathan, and what is up with the men's Olympic Marathon qualifying? Join the Supporters Club today a t Black Friday prices Use code GOAT50 for the greatest give in running https://www.letsrun.com...
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr 36 min
Graham Blanks joins us at 81:13 to discuss his NCAA Cross Country title and how he went from being a good high school recruit to an NCAA star at Harvard. Prior to that the LetsRun.com crew breaks down the latest in the running world, including Mary Cain settling her lawsuit with NIKE, USATF losing a lot of money on Worlds, and the latest on the BU 5000s. Last chance to join LetsRun.com Supporters Club for 50% off https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Get a 2nd podcast every week, all the LRC content...
Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 21 min
The 2023 NCAA Championships are in the books and Graham Blanks of Harvard got a convincing win as Parker Valby of Florida was dominant, and so were Dave Smith's Oklahoma State men, while the NC State women edged NAU thanks to some heroics by Katelyn Tuohy. We break it all down, plus have the best thing in running, thread, email and post of the week, and debate Katelyn Tuohy's possible pro contract. Once a Year Black Friday Sale Use code GOAT50 to save 50% on a Supporters Club membership. Or use ...
Nov 22, 2023•2 hr 30 min
The NCAA XC Championships are Saturday in Virginia an we break them down. Who you got Parker Valby or Katelyn Tuohy? Can NAU win again or will Oklahoma State stop them? Can a 21-year-old American from Harvard, Graham Blanks, really win? Play in our Nationals XC Prediction Contest Powered by Zappos here *And be sure to check out the running shoes and apparel on Zappos here Plus USATF CEO Max Siegel got his contract renewed. Why is he still getting bonuses from the Nike contract signed in 2014? Sh...
Nov 15, 2023•2 hr 39 min
A course record fell at the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon but it wasn't the one everyone expected as Tamirat Tola became the first man under 2:05 in NY running 2:04:58. Hellen Obiri showed she's a marathon star as she outkicked Letesenbet Gidey to complete the Boston-NY double. We break it all down. There were more departures from the Bowerman Track Club, we assess its situation, and Kelvin Kiptum is going to run the Rotterdam Marathon. Did he turn down a mega payday from London? Want honest s...
Nov 08, 2023•2 hr 47 min
The LetsRun.com crew breaks down the NCAA XC action before turning to the pro action at 45:29 and this weekend's New York City Marathon which has perhaps its greatest women's field ever with Brigid Kosgei, Letesenbet Gidey, Peres Jepchirchir, and Hellen Obiri set to battle defending champ Sharon Lokedi. Could Cam Levins or Edward Cheserek win on the men's side? Cooper Teare has officially left Bowerman but making the men's 1500m Olympic team won't be easy. Want a Better Running Shoe? Check out B...
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 35 min
Grant Fisher, the American record holder at 3000, 5000, and 10000, has left the Bowerman Track Club . What's next for Grant and Bowerman? The Ingebrigtsen family feud is now public . What should the solution be in terms of track and field? Kibiwott Kandie got the win for Kenya at the Valencia Half Marathon in 57:40 as the Ethiopian record books and world top-1o times were re-written left by Yomif Kejelcha finishing second in 57:41. Why aren't Americans running faster in the half marathon? And ho...
Oct 24, 2023•2 hr 37 min
The NCAA cross country action heated up with NCAA phenoms Parker Valby and Katelyn Tuohy squaring off at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invite and Valby crushing Tuohy for the course record in poor conditions. Some US marathon runners want the US Olympic Marathon Trials start time moved, the Japanese Olympic Trials (Grand Championships) were held, and Stephen Lane author of a book on the 1984 Olympic Marathon, Long Run to Glory: The Story of the Greatest Marathon in Olympic History and the Women Who M...
Oct 18, 2023•2 hr 47 min
