The Diamond League got underway, Nathan Green and others impressed at Penn, and what about Faith Kipyegon and Krissy Gear?
WTW
Women's Distance News
- Des Linden Talks About Her Retirement From Pro Marathoning; Says Supers Shoes "Took Away The Core Meaning Of The Sport" On the decision to retire she said, “Retiring is like having your favorite dog get near the end. It’s hard to know when to make that call and how to do it with dignity, but I wouldn’t ask someone else to come in and tell me when to put my dog down, so I’m not going to ask anyone when I should stop my professional career.”
- The Guardian: "Inside The Dirtiest Race In Olympic History" They talk to Shannon Rowbury and Lisa Dobriskey about the 2012 women's Olympic 1500m where six of the first nine finishers have found to have been doping.
- Paula Radcliffe Interview Talking About Her Start In Running And Ups and Downs Of Her Career The Olympics are the "biggest disappointment" of her career and she says, "I worked so hard for the Olympics, which might have been my downfall. It was devastating. Immediately afterwards, I thought I’d never get over it. But it is just sport. And life puts things in perspective.
On The Boards
On The Boards
NCAA News
- BYU's Lexy Halladay-Lowry Ran 9:18.05 for The Steeple At Payton Jordan Last Weekend The time puts her #5 on the NCAA all-time list. *Results
- No Changes To Top-4 Ranked Men's Teams In Updated NCAA Results UCS is still #1 followed by Texas A&M, Tennessee and Georgia.
- Top-6 Women's Teams Stay The Same In Latest NCAA Rankings Georgia, USC, Texas A&M and Arkansas are ranked 1-4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (April 22-28)
More Weekend Results
- MB: US Half Champ Alex Maier WINS Dusseldorf Marathon in 2:08:33 It was a big PB after his 2:11:24 debut in Chicago in October. Kenya's Leah Jeruto won the women's race in 2:25:23.
- South American Championships Recap: Colombia's Martha Araújo Highlights With 6396 Point Heptathlon Victory (#2 In South American History) Her fellow Colombian Carlos Sanmartín won the steeple/5000m double in 8:37/13:54.
- Ethiopia's Dawit Wolde (60:06) And Kenya's Janet Nyiva (67:37) Win Gifu Seiryu Half In Japan
- Adriana Vilagos Improves Her Serbian Record And World Lead With 67.22m Javelin Throw In Croatia
2025 London Marathon
2025 London Marathon
Sawe broke the race open with an unofficial 4:16 for his 20th mile (13:56 from 30-35k), while Jacob Kiplimo finished 2nd in his debut in 2:03:37. Eliud Kipchoge was 6th in 2:05:25.
Despite going 66:40-69:10, Assefa took down the Olympic champ and picked it up late to win a cool $305,000. Joyciline Jepkosgei was 2nd in 2:18:44 with Sifan Hassan, who dropped off just before halfway, 3rd in 2:19:00.
- Official 2025 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread Sawe and Assefa (2:15:50) are your champs.
- Sabastian MF Sawe He used a 4:18 20th mile to take the lead and won by more than a minute
- Sawe's backstory?
- Kipchoge post-London Interview
- Jakob vs triathlete Alex Yee in a marathon: who wins? Yee ran 2:11:08 after going out in 64:19.
- What will sirpoc84 run in London?
- The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers
- London Marathon - YouTubers Getting Destroyed
- Cole MF Gibbens
- Eliud Kipchoge will win the London Marathon He didn't win but ran respectably, finishing 6th in 2:05:25
- Alex Maier WINS Dusseldorf Marathon in 2:08:33
More From London
- Eilish McColgan Sets Scottish Marathon Record With 2:24:25 Marathon Debut In London (8th Place) She broke Steph Twell's 2:26:40 mark from 2019 as well as her mother Liz McColgan's PB of 2:26:52 from 1997.
- Olympic Triathlon Champ Alex Yee On 2:11:08/14th Place Finish In London: "It was probably one of the best experiences of my life if I'm being honest." Asked how the marathon compared to a triathlon, he said: "My legs have never been this sore. Physically they are quite similar but my legs have never felt like this in my whole life. It's a new experience definitely."
- Vivian Cheruiyot Says She Has "Maybe One To Two Years" Left Before Retiring After 5th Place London Finish
- The Telegraph: "London Marathon Shows Flagrant Diregard For Women's Rights And The Law" By Allow Men To Race As Women
- London Marathon Sets Record For Most Finishers With 56,640 The previous record was 55,646 set by NYC in November.
- BBC Sport Extends Broadcast Deal With London Marathon To 2030
Kipyegon opens her season in Xiamen with nearly a WR But...
On Wednesday, Nike announced that Kenya's Faith Kipyegon will attempt to break four minutes in the mile on June 26 in Paris. Spoiler alert. She's not going to break 4. And it's not going to be particularly close. Did you know the 1k time she ran on Saturday where she just nearly broke the WR is still below sub-4 mile pace?
DL Opener - Xiamen DL
There were A LOT of stars in this one. Also El Bakkali was beaten in the steeple. In the sprints, Grant Holloway was last in the 110h, Simbine killed everyone in the 100m in including Tebogo, bad news for Kipyegon is her 1k pacer is slower than the pace needed for 1609m to break 4 in the mile. *Compiled results
Drake Relays
- Krissy Gear Breaks 50-Year-Old Meet Record To Beat Shelby Houlihan In Drake Relays Mile Gear ran 4:23.69 to win over Houlihan (4:23.84) and Karissa Schweizer (4:25.50). Oregon's Silan Ayyildiz and Mia Barnett finished 4-6, both breaking the 37-year-old collegiate outdoor mile record with 4:25.50 and 4:26.40.
- Quentin Nauman Becomes First High Schooler To Win Distance Triple At Drake Relays Over the span of three days he won the 3200m (8:52), the 800m (1:51) and the 1600m (4:05).
- DyeStat: Oregon State Delivers Iconic Finish In Women's 4x1600 Relay At Drake Oregon State's Ainsley Herron dove at the finish line to get upset win over Notre Dame by .05. The Iowa men set a world lead in the 4x800 with 7:21.88 and Oregon dominated the women's race by 10-seconds with 8:30. Former Notre Dame runner Sophie Novak broke the meet record to win the steeple in 9:28.99.
Penn Relays
- MB: Penn Relays Distance Relays are loaded - Official 2025 Penn Relays Discussion Thread
- Nathan Green Anchors Washington To 4xMile Victory At Penn The final leg came down to Green and top NCAA milers Gary Martin, Ethan Strand and Liam Murphy with Green outkicking Murphy/Villanova for the win, 16:24.61 to 16:24.92 in rainy conditions.
*MB: Nathan Green & Washington double up in 4 x mile (16:24.61) - Providence women (16:59.65) dominate 4 x 1500
- Josette Norris' 4:01.76 1500m Meet Record Highlights Three Olympic Development Wins For OAC At Penn George Beamish won the mile in 3:56.85 and Robert Farken the 800m in 1:45.45. Will Sumner won the 600m (1:17.36).
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Olympian Nia Akins Won the Penn Relays 800m on Her Former Stomping Ground The UPenn alum won in 2:00.49 (although the Inquirer said she ran "2 minutes, 49 seconds").
- Georgetown men (7:13.95) win 4 x 800
- UNC women (8:20.24) win 4 x 800
- Hydel Girls Deliver A Penn Relays Record Of 3:30.42 In 4x400 For Jamaica
- Washington (9:25.22) wins its 1st men's DMR comfortably UW's Nathan Green 'only' needed a 3:55.15 to win. Georgetown's NCAA mile champ Abel Teffra had the fastest split (3:55.30) but they were only 6th. Cornell's Pierre Attigobe (3:53.52) had the #2 split to break Rojo's squad's 20-yr-old school record in 7th.
- Margo Appleton splits 4:21.46 to give UVA its 1st DMR win since 1982 in 10:42.16
- Sophomore Blair Bartlett breaks Penn Relays HS 3000 record with 9:13.60 Bartlett absolutely destroyed defending champ Addy Ritzenhein over the final 200, putting nearly 7 seconds on her as she closed in 68.
- Paige Sheppard (4:41.65) leads Union Catholin (NJ) to new Penn Relays HS DMR record of 11:24.5
- Quincy Wilson splits 43.99 as Bullis (3:06.31) breaks US HS NR but loses at Penn Kingston College got the win in 3:05.93. *DyeStat Recap
- UNC teammates Parker Wolfe, Ethan Strand, Colton Sands all run 13:31 at Penn
- Grace Hartman runs 4:07.19 at Penn
More Weekend Results
- Olympic 800m Champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi Runs 3:52.45 To Beat Hobbs Kessler (3:54.34) And Nico Young (3:54.50) At Adizero Road To Records Event In Germany Agnes Ngetich won the 10k in 29:27; she is the first woman to break 30 minutes in a women-only 10k (she already has the overall WR at 28:46). Yomif Kejelcha (12:54) and Medina Eisa (14:48) won the 5ks and Nelly Chepchirchir (4:23) the women's mile (US's Addy Wiley was 3rd in 4:30.90). Th men's 10k was super close with Birhanu Balew winning over Gemechu Dida Diriba and Rodrigue Kwizera (all three men were timed at 26:54).
*MB: Adidas Adizero Road to Records - Saturday, April 26
*MB: Emmanuel Wanyonyi (3:52.45) BOSSES Hobbs Kessler (3:52.34) yet again in the adidas Road Mile. Nico 3:54.50 - Tayvon Kitchen Wins 3200m In 8:33.82 At Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays The time converts to about 8:36.6 for 2 miles (#10 on the all-time prep list). He then paced teammate Josiah Tostenson for 800m of the mile which Tostenson won in 4:00.69. Sophomore Ellery Lincoln won the girls mile in 4:39.37 over Chloe Huyler (4:41.57).
- Anna Cockrell Breaks US 300m Hurdles Record With 38.07 At John McDonnell Invite Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s had the previous record at 38.90 from 2017
Pre-London Coverage
Pre-London Coverage
We have boots on the ground reporting from London. Sawe's coach Claudio Berardelli, who has coached the likes of Evans Chebet, Martin Lel, and Benson Kipruto, said "I've done this job for 21 years. I'm not sure I've ever coached a guy like [Sawe]."
Assefa and Hassan, the #2 and #3 fastest women in history, clashed in the final 400m in Paris when Hassan tried for a late inside pass. Expect another tight finish in London on Sunday.
Please read this preview now. It's one of Jonathan Gault's best previews and has us PUMPED for Sunday. Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and Valencia champ Sabastian Sawe (2:02:05 pb) are also part of a LOADED men's field that features four major champs from 2024.
World Running Champs Cancelled
After San Diego was dropped, it was impossible to find a replacement on such short notice. The 2026 edition in Copenhagen looks like it will be a banger though with up to 65,000 competitors in the mass participation races.
We Sit Down With Marco Langon
Villanova's 3:33/13:14 man Marco Langon GRABBED our attention at NCAA Indoors when he boldly went for broke and grabbed the lead with a km to go and held it until the bell before fading to 6th. Then he gave an all-time EPIC post-race interview. He also has grabbed the attention of Diadora as he's the 1st track athlete to sign an NIL Deal with the Italian brand whose US headquarters are in Philly.
- MB: Marco Langon signs NIL Deal with Diadora & shares all with LetsRun.com.
- Recommended Read A rival track coach’s friendship helped Villanova’s Marco Langon become a champion As a troubled teen, Langon met rival coach Rob DeFillipis and a mentorship bloomed. "He helped me look at a lot of bright sides,” the star runner says.
Sprint News
- HSer Maurice Gleaton runs 9.98 !! 0.00 wind The Georgia commit is the 2nd US HSer to break 10.00 with a legal wind.
- Sanya Richards-Ross thinks she might have been a hurdler if she'd stayed in her native Jamaica “When I went to Immaculate, the head coach there was really good with hurdles. A lot of times, when a coach has a specialty, they put the best athlete into that. So he wanted to put me in hurdles.”
- Kenneth Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Courtney Lindsey to run 4 x 100 at World Relays for USA See which Americans are going to the meet.
- See who is on Australia's team for Worlds as of right now
The Pre Event Shot Was A Success At Drake
Crouser surpringly only ended up 5th in the competition but he was thrilled with how the meet went off. "The field events can be highlighted, and they can be front and center. That we have a loud, enthusiastic crowd out here just for a field event - it's a testament to that. It doesn't have to be just track. It can be just field."
*MB: Ryan Crouser to unveil new “King of the Ring” shot put format at Drake that mimics that borrows from the NFL and high jump
Marius Bakken Shares All
If you read one training article this decade, it needs to be this one by former 13:06 5000 runner Marius Bakken. It was written in part to show that what Gjert Ingegbrigtsen recently said in court about his training system - “This system is mine and only mine. No one has influenced it, internally or externally" - isn't true.
*MB: Marius bakken - new article about training
Nike's Breaking4 Is Coming
The current world record is 4:07.65 and Faith's 1500 time converts to 4:06.5.
Will Faith Kipyegon break 4:00 for the mile?
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US Road Mile Champs
Gear outsprinted Karissa Schweizer (4:24.40), Gracie Morris (4:24.73) and Shelby Houlihan (4:25.06) to claim the US title and American record. Ciattei beat out Sam Ellis (3:54.93) and Craig Engels (3:55.09) to win his third US road mile title.
Random But Interesting
- Beloved figure of Irish athletics, Pat Naughton, passes away aged 92 He won 3 Irish titles in the decathlon but was most known for being a masters legend and for continuing to train during Covid-19. Last August, he won 90+ titles in the long jump, shot put and 100m in the over-90 category.
- After 56 years, Carey Corrigan (17-4.50) is no longer the Washington HS state pole vault record holder Chase McGee cleared 17'5" in a low-key dual meet at Camas High on Tuesday.
More Marathon News
- Outside: Is Beet Juice Still Wort The Squeeze For Endurance Athletes? Alex Hutchinson writes about how a new study shoes beet juice as a supplement could give significant endurance gains and apparently Eliud Kipchoge "remains a big believer."
- Des Linden Retires From Professional Marathoning, Will Focus On Ultras She's going to pace an athlete at Western States 100 Mile in June.
*MB: Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread - Paula Radcliffe Secured Her Six Star Medal With Boston Marathon Finish She ran 2:53:44 to earn the medal you get for finishing all six of the World Marathon Majors.
- Paula Radcliffe Says Her "Body Is Done" With Road Racing She says that in Boston her calf went at 9 miles and she "couldn't go full out from then on."
- Sifan Hassan Donates Paris Olympic Marathon Singlet And Bib To World Athletics Museum
The Carifta Games Ended Monday
- Carifta Games Recap: Jamaica Dominates With 78 Medals (30 Gold) Shanoya Douglas won the U20 100m/200m double with 11.26 and 23.02 while Jamal Stephenson took the boys U20 100m in 10.24. US Virgin Islands' Michelle Smith (who runs for the University of Georgia) kept her winning streak going, winning the 400H/800m double for the fourth year in a row with 56.60 and 2:07.23.
- Cool Video: D'Angelo Brown Falls 100m Away From The Line In The 800m And Rallies To Qualify For The Final He finished 2nd in the final in 1:51.21 (Jamaica's Shavan Oshane Jarrett won in 1:51.19).
Other News
- 17-Year-Old Sprint Star Gout Gout Named In Australia's Team For Tokyo 2025 World Champs He'll race the 200m where he has a PB of 20.04 (although he's broken 20 seconds twice this season with an illegal tailwind).
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Femke Bol And Gout Gout Announced For Ostrava Golden Spike On June 24
- MB: Alan Webb names his new baby after Kipchoge Congrats to the Webb’s and welcome to the world Eliud Joseph Webb!
- World Athletics Ratifies Several WRs Including Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:45.14 Indoor Mile Also Beatrice Chebet's 13:54 road 5k and Mondo Duplantis' 6.27m pole vault.
- USATF Throws Festival Will Feature All Field Events (All Throws And Jumps) The meet is in Tucson, AZ on May 24.
NCAA Rankings
- USC Men Move To #1 In Latest NCAA Rankings Texas A&M, Tennessee and Georgia are ranked 2-4.
- Georgia Women Move Up Two Spots To #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings USC, Texas A&M, Arkansas are ranked 2-4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (April 15-21)
Bummer: No Bekele Vs Kipchoge Showdown In London
Bekele said "a series of small niggles" prevented him getting in the training he needed to be ready for London.
Non-Distance News
He is just the second track athlete to win the award after Usain Bolt. Duplantis had been nominated the past three years, but finally won it this year, beating out the other finalists, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, swimmer Leon Marchand, cyclist Tadej Pogacar and Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen.
2025 Boston
2025 Boston
Mantz took almost three minutes off his pb and just missed the podium, finishing four seconds back of second place. Among Americans, only Ryan Hall (2:04:58) has run a faster marathon than Mantz did in Boston on Monday.
- Connor MF Mantz 2:05 for 4th place!
- We're back baby - 3 Americans at 2:08:00 or faster in Boston
Lokedi turned the tables on Obiri after losing four straight and picked up a cool $200k in the process as the top 3 all broke the old course record of 2:19:59.
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- Under Armour's Sharon Lokedi Wins Boston And she destroyed the course record.
- Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread Linden announced before the race this was her last marathon as a pro.
- Jess McClain will finish ahead of Dakotah She did and was the 1st American woman in 6th.
In the process of joining his brother Wesley (2012) as a Boston champion, he also staked a claim to the unofficial title of ‘World’s best marathoner’ as he also convincingly won Chicago in the fall.
*LRC: Americans make history with 3 at 2:08:00 or faster
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- RORY MF LINKLETTER 2:07:02 ON BOSTON AND 6TH PLACE AND BEATS CLAYTON YOUNG
- Who TF is Ryan Ford (American, 10th in Boston)?
- LetsRunners how did your Boston go?
More From The Weekend
- Gout Gout And Lachie Kennedy Miss Out On Stawell Gift Final In Favorites Upset The 120m handicap Australian sprint race on grass saw Gout and Kennedy both finish 2nd in their heats. John Evans and Olympian Bree Rizzo were the winners in the final, taking home the $40,000 prize. Rizzo became just the second woman to win the Gift "off the scratch" (without a handicap).
*The Guardian: "Stawell Gift 2025: Silk Singlets, A Power Blackout And Gout Gout Add To Fun Of Historic Race"
- UW's Nathan Green (3:35.52), Chloe Foerster (4:05.75, #4 On NCAA Outdoor List) At Bryan Clay Green beat out On's Sam Ellis (3:35.57) and Georgetown's NCAA indoor champ Abel Teffra (3:35.81).
- MB: JUSTYN KNIGHT IS BACK: 3:44 1500m At The Oregon Open His first track race since 2021.
- Georgia's Aaliyah Butler Dominates Women's 400 With 49.44 (#5 NCAA All-Time) Win At Tom Jones Memorial Invite Shafiqua Maloney won the 800m in 1:59.23 over Harvard's Victoria Bossong (1:59.48) and Clemson's Gladys Chepngetich (1:59.68). Miss. State's Abdullahi Hassan took the men's race in 1:45.39. Georgia's Georgia's Will Floyd won the men's 400 in 44.93.
- MB: Gary Martin 13:16 5k at the Virginia Challenge He won by 20+ seconds.
- MB: Craig Engels 1:46.00 800m 3rd place at Mt. SAC in the race won by Jamaica's Rivaldo Marshall (1:45.59).
- Oregon's Olympic 1500m Finalist Klaudia Kazimierska Returns From Injury With Encouraging 2:02 800 Meters At Oregon Open OSU's Fouad Messaoudi won the 1500m in 3:36.85 (Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum paced the race through 700m in 1:43).
Shoe News
Taylor Roe broke 15:00 for the 1st time in her career today, racing in the shoes for the 1st time. 5k man Amon Kemboi also loved them. "You kind of feel the bounce only," Kemboi said. "So even though you are tired, you feel just the drive it gives you when your legs are tired."
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Wejo Speaks
Grand Slam Track took a big swing at its launch. It definitely didn't hit a home run, but the Diamond League and Athlos should be paying attention.
The Olympic bronze medallist only broke 70m for the first time 4 days ago and now he's got six throws in a row over 70, all coming at all coming at Throws Town.in Oklahoma - at the same site where the WR was set.
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
Grant Fisher ran for 3rd on Sunday and still won $100k while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said she's tentatively planning on running the 100/100H in Philadelphia and 200/400 in LA.
- LetsRun Grand Slam Track Podcast: Grand Slam Breakdown: Winners, Losers, Plus Taylor Roe’s Cherry Blossom World Best If you prefer video that is here.
Did you miss the meet? No fear. We have all of the race videos here, plus full results, plus series point totals with prize money. Come back at 10 pm ET as we'll be doing a live video show from Jamaica.
- Grand Slam Track Kingston Day 3 Sunday Thread:
- Where would Jakob have placed in todays 800m?
- Jakob sitting at home in Norway shaking in his boots... Hocker 1:48.02, Nuguse 1:48.16, Kerr 1:50.68
- Grand Slam Men's Long Distance DISGRACE
- Hocker/Kerr stock way down after GST. Not good for their brand.
- Grant Fisher Cowardly Tactics
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Challengers for future GST races.
- Fisher post GST 3k Interview
Day 2 GST
Day 2 GST
Did you miss the action? We have you covered with every race video followed by results and even series winners.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi has stunned the 1500 boys. Bednarek has completed the double, Naser has run 48.67 and Gabby Thomas has run 49.17 to win 100k. We broke down of the day 2 action for you right when it ended. Watch in the video player.
The fantasy matchup in the men's 1500 (five Paris Olympic medalists across the 800/1500) delivered a thriller as Olympic 800 champ Wanyonyi (3:35.18) used a 51.58 last lap to beat Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Josh Kerr.
- Official Grand Slam Track Day 2 Thread
- WANYONI TAKES DOWN KERR, HOCKER, NUGUSE AT 1500m
- Gabby Thomas 49.14
- I think Wanyonyi wins the 1500m today
- Josh Kerr looked like a deer on ice in the 1500m
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Jakob skipping GST is masterful. His competitors rack up losses and lose confidence. He sits undefeated this season, confident.
Day 1 GST
Day 1 GST
There were some entertaining races in Kingston, with Grant Fisher winning an extremely tactical 5,000 and Hiltz (1:58.23) holding off Diribe Welteji in the 800. But the big stadium was largely empty on Friday night.
Day 1 race recaps and videos
- MB: Official Grand Slam Track Kingston - Day 1 Live Discussion Thread
- Grant Fisher 14:39 5000! Belive it or not, it may win him $100,000. Was it this biggest win of his career? It was a good day for Nikki Hiltz as well as Hiltz won the 800.
- Could prime centro have won the 5k today?
- Review of Day 1 - Grand Slam Track - What To Make of New Series? The races were pretty good in our book The crowd was disappointing but we were expecting that.
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- After Day 1 of Grand Slam Track, It is pretty clear that this league will not succeed.
More From The Ten
Bekele and Sound Running's Jesse Williams, meet director for The TEN, explain why the Ethiopian star Telahun Bekele, who is racing GST this weekend, missed the start on Saturday night and how he hit the World Championship standard anyway.
Shelby Speaks
Last week, Houlihan spoke with LetsRun.com for more than an hour with no questions off the table. Houlihan shares which supplements she took at the time of her positive test, why she said she didn't know what nandrolone is, running a 30:31 10k in practice, and her hopes for World Indoors and the rest of 2025.
Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet
The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.
Big Administrative News
WA announced today that San Diego will no longer host the World Running Champs. Ken Stone is reporting in the Times of San Diego that the event was moved despite there reportedly being a $3 million title sponsor. We believe race registrations were nowhere near what they were expecting but feel that easily could have been fixed. With 1 week notice, easily 10,000 people would have signed up if they had known this was a possibility.
*MB: Breaking: San Diego pulls out of hosting World Road Champs 4 days after qualifier!!
This is a stunning development for a championship but the lights will be off for the first 1/3rd of the race.
*MB: Jakob says wavelight wasn't added at Euros at his request: "I wasn't aware of that. I assume it's a spectator stunt."
MB: US Olympians will now receive $200k each thanks to a $100 million donation by Ross Stevens They'll have to wait for the money though as they get 100k 20 years after they compete (or when they turn 45) and then 100k goes to their estate when they die.
The Shelby Interview
Houlihan spoke to LetsRun for over an hour and answered a slew of questions about her doping ban, what she thinks happened, and her return to racing. Full talk out for SC members. Everyone else can watch the clip above or wait for wider release. Join the SC today.
Big Doping Story
Jeptanui, a freshman from Kenya, finished 12th at NCAAs in November, but has been provisionally suspended since September. She's currently triple entered in the AAC championships which start today.
The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025
In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.
One More Look at a Legendary Race
From novice fans to running diehards, there was something for everyone (except perhaps Brits and Norwegians) to enjoy about one of the greatest middle distance races ever run.
Blanks = NCAA XC x 2
Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."
Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends
Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.
World Marathon Majors Soon Will Be Dead....... Unless
Expanding the number of world marathon majors to nine is an absurd idea unless the majors make one simple change that will instantly keep them being compelling, elite sporting events.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
