Brussels DL Final is Fri/Saturday
Brussels DL Final is Fri/Saturday
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On The Boards
Jakob In The News
Jakob In The News

When asked at the Brussels pre-meet press conference if he'd be making his half marathon debut on Sunday, Ingebrigtsen didn't confirm or deny he'd be in Copenhagen.

Hoare said he spoke with Ingebrigtsen about GST while cooling down in Zurich and that Ingebrigtsen said he was open to racing on the series but likely not in the 800/1500 group and that he did not like having to go race in the USA.

At the start of 2024, only five men had ever broken 1:42. Five have done it in 2024 alone, and David Rudisha's 1:40.91 world record looks poised to fall. What is going on? Jonathan Gault interviews coaches and scientists from all over the world and unveils Project 99 - the quest for the first sub-1:40 800 in history.
*MB: Inside "Project 99": Why the 800m Is Faster Than Ever and the Race for the First Sub-1:40.

We'll get Ingebrigtsen v Hocker v Nuguse in the 1500 for the last time in 2024. Plus what to make of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's 200/400 double and Sha'Carri vs Alfred in the 100m.

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    Might A Track Guy Head The IOC?
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    Cheptegei Story Update
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    Fifth Avenue Mile

    A tailwind helped Kerr and Schweizer to their fast times but they destroyed the competition.

    Post-Race Videos

    THOUGHTSLEADER breaks down the post-race comments from Kerr on Jakob and Grand Slam Track, Hoppel's hope to get elevated to bronze if Sedjati is popped for drugs, Emma Coburn's return to racing, Hobbs Kessler and more.

    Zagreb

    Arop missed the 25-year-old record of 2:11.96, but still set a North American record. Other distance winners included Kenya' s Leonard Bett (steeple - 8:06.33), Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir (800m - 1:57.00), Italy’s Sintayehu Vissa (1500 - 3:58.33) and Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli over Cooper Teare in the 2000m (4:54.29 to 4:55.42). In non-distance action Ryan Crouser had his bet throw of the season with a 22.93m victory and Erriyon Knighton took the 200m in 19.93.

    Rebecca Cheptegei Updates
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    Zürich

    Yared Nuguse passed Jakob Ingebrigtsen late to win the 1500 in 3:29.21 as Sha’Carri Richardson (10.84) topped Olympic champ Julien Alfred (10.88) in the 100 and Grant Holloway broke 13 in the 110 hurdles for the 12th time. *Full Results

    Mondo Vs Warholm

    Mondo got off to a great start and kept a narrow lead throughout.

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    Ingebrigtsen Family Update

    The eldest Ingebrigtsen son has gone public to Norway's largest newspaper Aftenposten with some of the details of the alleged abuse Gjert inflicted on his children. Even though the statute of limitations has passed on many of the alleged crimes, Kristoffer wants the world to know what happened as he feels like Gjert has been "allowed to set the terms" of their separation. "It's still good that people know. When Gjert is hyped up as a God in all directions, as he was for a while, he in some ways only gets worse."

    RIP
    The Diamond League Puts Its Foot Down

    According to multiple sources, Diamond League CEO Petr Stastny announced today at the technical meeting for the Weltklasse Zurich meet that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will not be allowed to compete in the two Diamond League finals next week as she's not eligible since she didn't compete in any regular season DL meets. Meet organizers are contemplating having her run in the pre-program presumably against less-than-stellar competition.

    Our Written Weekly Recap

    An unsponsored product engineer at HOKA took down UTMB over the weekend, Addy Wiley broke the American 1000m record, and this is the year of the women's 1500.

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    Distance News

    The 49-year-old has been stripped of the silver medal she won in the women's 2012 Olympic 1500m (a race from which 6 of the top 9 finishers have received doping bans). Tomashova initially finished 4th in that race, but was upgraded to silver when the Turkish runners who finished 1-2 failed drug tests. With Tomashova's ban, Shannon Rowbury (who initially finished 6th) moves up to third.
    *MB: Rowbury now an Olympic medalist !?!?
    *MB: A 10 year ban for the "dirtiest race in history"

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    USATF 20k Championships

    Bor won in 58:09, breaking Matt Tegenkamp's championship record of 58:30 from 2012 and said he want to break Ryan Hall's 59:43 half-marathon record in Valencia. Nathan Martin was 2nd in 58:26 while D'Amato won in 1:06:25 over Jess McClain (1:06:50).

    Terrible News From Kenya

    Cheptegei suffered burns on more than 75% of her body when her boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. The two were apparently arguing over a piece of land Cheptegei bought. Cheptegei finished 44th in the marathon in Paris and won gold at the World Mountain and Trail Championships in 2022.

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    ISTAF Berlin

    She broke the previous mark of 1:21.63 set by Caster Semenya in 2017. Sam Kendricks won the PV with 6.01m, Grant Holloway the 110H in 13.14.

    Weekend Distance Action

    Giles beat the mark of 3:54.6 set earlier this year (still pending ratification) by Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi. Nuguse was second place in 3:51.9.
    *MB: Road Mile World Record - Elliot Giles 3:51.3

    2024 World Jrs in the Books

    Addy Wiley Gets A National Record

    She won the race in 2:31.49, breaking the 25-year-old American record of 2:31.80 set by Regina Jacobs.
    *MB: How appropriate: Suspect Addy Wiley - who is deeply linked to Nick/Lauren Johnson - breaks doper Regina Jacobs US 1k record *    Results

    Teen Phenoms In The News For Good & Bad Reasons

    Before Halvorsen's victory in the 3000, no non-African-born man had ever won a flat distance race at World U20s. After Spain's Jon Azkueta won gold in the 2k steeple in the first World Jrs in 1986, an African-born man had won 73 straight men's distance events.

    The SEC indoor mile and outdoor 1500 champ has tested positive for EPO. We'd never seen an Indian mid-d runner with such an amazing kick and now it all appears to good to be true.

    2024 World Jrs in Lima, Peru

    Rome Diamond League

    2024 World Jrs in Lima, Peru

    Odds & Ends
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    Previous World Jrs

    NCAA XC Starts This Week
    Cole Hocker Gets Shoutout On Joe Rogan Podcast

    Previous World Jr News

    She broke the 14-year-old record by Genzebe Dibaba by more than 28 seconds and dominated the race, lapping most of the field. Kenya’s Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi won a tight men's race in a sprint finish with 13:41.

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    Fast Times By British Youngsters
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    Silesia DL = 2 WRs
    Silesia DL = 2 WRs

    Ingebrigtsen took more than three seconds off Komen's 7:20.67, which had stood for nearly 28 years. Berihu Aregawi ran 7:21.28 (#3 all-time) while Grant Fisher was last in 7:49.79. *Full meet results *Full meet recap by WA

    Distance News
    Non-DL Weekend Action
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    Bonus Podcast

    Rooks stunned the world by nearly winning the gold medal in the steeple at the Olympics. Up next on Sunday is his first Diamond League meet ever (and only one expected this year).
    Discussion

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    • Wanyonyi faces Marco Arop and Bryce Hoppel in the 800m, Ingebrigtsen is up against Selemon Barega, Berihu Aregawi, Yomif Kejelcha and Grant Fisher in the 3000m. Letsile Tebogo vs Erriyon Knighton and Kenny Bednarek in the 200m and Kishane Thompson vs Fred Kerley and Marcell Jacobs in the 100m.
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    Diamond League Returns Thursday in Lausanne
    Diamond League Returns Thursday in Lausanne

    Olympic champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran 1:41.11 in the 800 to move into a tie for #2 on the all-time list and scare David Rudisha's world record. Rasheed Broadbell handed Grant Holloway his first defeat of 2024 and US 800 champ Nia Akins, who competed in a logoless kit in Lausanne, has officially left the Brooks Beasts. We broke down Lausanne down right after the meet, click on the video to hear LRC's post-meet analysis.

        If you missed the action from Thursday's Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League meet, you can catch up by watching the major events here.

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        This Week's Pod

        We break down the return of the Diamond League, Noah Lyles calling it a season, and are joined by Mike Scannell, the coach of Grant Fisher.

        NYC Marathon

        Conner Mantz & Clayton Young lead the US men's field, while Hellen Obiri will defend her women's title. Is the title of World #1 at stake in the men's race?

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        Noah Lyles Making Waves
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        Leadville 100
        Keely Hodgkinson Updates
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        Two Final LetsRun.com Pieces On The Paris Olympics
        Two Final LetsRun.com Pieces On The Paris Olympics

        The Olympics produce the most incredible highs and lows. Which athletes overachieved and overachieved in the Paris track and field action?

        Almost no one who emerged from the repechage made the final in Paris. World Athletics president Seb Coe admits, "It was an IOC creation. It wasn’t something that we chose ourselves."

        Supporters Club podcast

        One final look back at Paris, a look ahead to LA and we pay respects to Usain Bolt's 100m world record and ponder how Tyreek Hill could do in a race vs Noah Lyles.

        The 1500 Guys Get Some Pub
        News From The Commonwealth
        College / HS News
        Upon Further Review, Jakob Actually Won 1500 Gold As Well

        A New era begins in Berlin

        For the first time since 2014, neither Eliud Kipchoge or Kenenisa Bekele will be in the men's race as they are getting old and recovering from the Olympics so new stars will shine. Can what former half marathon WR holder Kibiwott Kandie get the job done? What about the fastest debutant in history Tigist Ketema for the women?
        *MB: 2024 BMW Berlin Marathon Elite Fields Released - And for the first time since 2014, neither Kipchoge or Bekele will be there

        ASICS Falmouth Road Race elite fields released - Ben Flanagan, Jake Riley, John Korir, Emma Bates, Edna Kiplagat, and Everlyn Kemboi are in it The race is Sunday.

        LRC Exclusives
        LRC Exclusives

        Was this the best Olympic track & field competition ever? Why did the US men run so well? Plus the greatest unanswered questions from Paris 2024 and why Jakob Ingebrigtsen should not abandon the 1500m.

        A lot to talk about on this week's LRC podcast. We couldn't get to it all so join the Supporters Club to get Friday's bonus podcast.

        Heptathlon Comes Down To The Wire
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        Thursday in Paris
        Thursday in Paris

        SML did it again with WR #6, running 50.37 to win the 400 hurdles as Femke Bol got bronze. Letsile Tebogo ripped a 19.46 for 200m gold as a COVID-stricken Noah Lyles was 3rd.

        Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast
        Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast

        Your latest American stars share their insights.

        Three legends of the sport.

        One of the greatest US runners ever.

        We chatted with Frank on the 50th anniversary of his Olympic Marathon gold

        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.

        LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour
        LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour

        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.

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        Best of Jon Gault
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