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Surgery For Jakob

LRC Jakob Ingebrigtsen undergoes Achilles surgery in California

After a recent setback with his left Achilles which has been bothering him since last April, Ingebritsen went under the knife. Ingebrigtsen's surgery was on the sheath around his left Achilles tendon, not the tendon itself. He said the recovery time is "somewhat short," but his spokesperson Espen Skoland did not say when his next race would be.

MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen has had Achilles surgery in California.
VG.no: Ingebritsen now "entering a three-week convalescence period before he can put on his running shoes." It may be 3 months before he's back to normal training.

Weekend listen

LRC The Friday 15 Is Out: Jakob’s Surgery, Femke’s 800, Hocker Debate

This week’s Friday 15 dives into Jakob’s Achilles surgery, Cole Hocker’s status, Sam Ruthe’s plans and Femke Bol’s 800 debut. Listen with a Supporters Club membership.

Another Indoor World Record for the Americans

𝟒𝐱𝟖𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝

Clay Pender, Luke Houser, Luciano Fiore, and Sean Dolan broke the men's record clocking in 7:10.29 on day one of the Penn Classic. @WorldAthletics pic.twitter.com/JlCwSASOJf
— @ott_center (@ott_center) February 6, 2026

MB Atlanta Track Club breaks 4 x 800 world record with 7:10.29 at Upenn

Sean Dolan ran a sensational anchor leg of 1:45.79 all alone as the Atlanta Track Club team beat the old record by 1.01. He did it on the UPenn track where his father is the coach.

On The Boards

Weekend International Action

Spain’s Mohamed Attaoui breaks European indoor 1000m record in Madrid, but misses WR attempt He ran 2:14.52 which fell short of Ayanleh Souleiman’s world short track record of 2:14.20 from 2014. Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom won the women's 15000m in 4:02.37 over world and Olympic medalist Nadia Battocletti (tied the Italian record with 4:03.59). Switzerland’s Audrey Werro won the 800m over Ethiopia's world indoor silver medalist Nigist Getachew, 2:00.68 to 2:00.76 and South Africa’s Tshepo Tshite won the 3000m (7:39.11). *Results
Burundi's Rodrigue Kwizera up against Spain's European XC champ Thierry Ndikumwenayo at World Athletics XC race in Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday Uganda's 2022 world 5000m bronze medalist Oscar Chelimo is also in the race. Ethiopia's three-time winner Likina Amebaw leads the women's race after running 29:29 (#6 all-time) on the roads last month. World 1500m champ Isaac Nader is racing the mixed relay

USATF GP Comes To Texas

USATF announces the Lone Star Grand Prix for June 2026

This meet replaces the USATF NYC Grand Prix. It will be held at Texas A&M on June 6 and have more than $200,000 in prize money. After not having it in 2025, USATF is also bringing back the LA Grand Prix which will be at USC on June 13-14.

Bol's 800m Debut

LRC Femke Bol to make 800m debut in Metz on Sunday: preview & how to watch

Bol will race at 11:46 a.m. ET on Sunday against 2024 European outdoor silver medalist Gabriela Gajanova (1:58.22 pb) & two other 1:58 performers from Switzerland in Lore Hoffman and Valentina Rosamilia.

Eliott Crestan, Laura Muir, Marta Alemayo and many others to race at WA Gold meet in Karlsruhe on Sunday American Elise Cranny will make her debut for the M11 Track Club in the 3000 while new teammate Olympic medallist Georgia Hunter Bell will run the 1500.
Q&A with Sam Ruthe who reveals his longest run ever is..... 10.5 miles He also reveals he is a bicarb guy.
*MB: Sam Ruthe will not race on Saturday in NC, will focus instead on mile v. Hocker on Feb. 14
Legendary coach Ray Treacy to retire at end of year after 41 years at Providence Highlights include 2 NCAA women's team titles (1995, 2013), 18 BIG EAST Championships in XC, 11 Olympians and 10 NCAA individual titles.
Doha Diamond League to offer $5,000 for every meet record this year
Cam Levins is repeating the same racing schedule he had before his 2:05:36 pb in Tokyo It worked out great in 2023. "The last time Cam Levins took the streets of Vancouver for the Vancouver First Half, he left with a new Canadian record at the half-marathon distance. Weeks later, he kept the record-breaking streak going with a career-defining run of 2:05:36 at the 2023 Tokyo Marathon, taking a minute and a half off of his personal best and breaking his own Canadian record in the process."
A group of 10 runners are preparing to run a marathon at 22,000 feet in Chile This sounds crazy.
Denver man, who used to weigh 500 pounds, does 3 HYROX races in 36 hours as he gets ready for Leadville 100

Administrative /Doping News

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Benard Kibet Koech, 5th in Paris Olympic 10,000, banned for 4 yeas for ABP violation "A panel of independent experts identified a ‘distinct sequence of abnormalities’ in blood samples collected between June and July 2024, just weeks before the Olympic Games. The tribunal noted that Benard Kibet Koech’s haemoglobin (HGB) levels and ‘OFF-score’, a metric sensitive to blood manipulation, showed extreme deviations. One specific sample was flagged as an outlier even at a statistical specificity of 99.99%. The expert panel concluded that these values were: 'Highly likely [to have] been used and that it is unlikely that the Passport is the result of any other cause, such as environmental factors or a medical condition.'"
Canada’s Alysha Newman posts video on Instagram, says she has never taken performance-enhancing drugs
Reece Prescod changes his tune on whether he'll dope for Enhanced Games Last month, he said he wouldn't but now the BBC writes he "would be open to enhancements if he feels they could take his body to the next level.".
Tracksmith gets new CEO - former Converse CEO Jared Carver to lead the company Founder (and friend of LRC) Matt Taylor "will remain with the company as chief creative officer, a newly created role, and retain his seat on Tracksmith’s board of directors."
Brooks says it was No. 1 in speciality retail in Q4 and also the #1 shoe for sub-3 marathoners in Shanghai

This week's pod

20 years ago & counting

W High Jump - Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) - 2.08m - Arnstadt (Germany) - 2006 - World Indoor Record

In Feb. of 2006, Kajsa Bergqvist set the women's indoor HJ record of 2.08 that still stands

The occasion, on Saturday 4 February 2006, was the 30th edition of Hochsprung mit Musik – the annual indoor international “High Jump With Music” meeting

More Non-Distance News

Sha'Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman both plead not guilty in Florida
Ryan Crouser quest for 2028 LA has begun with him losing 25 lbs "Recently married to longtime partner Megan Clark, Crouser has been busy converting a 5000-square-foot former workshop outside of Nashville into a sort of rustic supervillain lair where he and ’24 Olympic discus champ Rojé Stona will steel themselves for the upcoming season. “The plan,” he said, “is to make sure I’m healthy through LA ’28, so I’m emphasizing overall fitness and athleticism this year.”
Still surprised Quincy Wilson chose Maryland? Here's why The Stride Report writes about why Wilson chose UMD - "Maryland hasn’t finished better than last place at its outdoor conference championships since 2013, back when it was still in the ACC. The Terrapins do not sponsor an indoor men’s track and field team." One thing it says he'll get is security when on campus.
Axelina Johansson will compete this weekend for 1st time since breaking women's NCAA shot record in December

Historically Deep 800m in Ostrava

Results

Belgium's Eliott Crestan runs 4th fastest indoor 800m ever with 1:43.83 victory in Ostrava

This was the first indoor 800m where four men went sub-1:45 as Poland's Maciej Wyderka (1:44.07) and Ireland's Mark English (1:44.23) both set national records in 2nd and 3rd. World 1500m champ Isaac Nader won the 3000m in 7:38 and Ethiopians Birke Haylom (4:00.62) and Nigist Getachew (1:59.98) won the 1500m and 800m; Saron Berhe was runner-up in the 1500m in a world indoor U20 record (4:01.23). Hungary's Attila Molnar broke the European indoor 400m record with 45.01.
*MB: Stat of the day: Attila Molnár is the European indoor record holder at 45.01. If he was American, he'd be our 15th fastest ever

World Record Watch Friday

Madrid indoor preview: Spain's 800m world 5th placer Mohamed Attaoui shooting for the 1000m indoor record on Friday The record is 2:14.20 by Ayanleh Souleiman from 2016 and Attaoui has ran 2:12.25 outdoors (#3 on the world all-time list). Switzerland’s 1:55.91 runner Audrey Werro leads the women's 800m and the women's 1500m has Ethiopia's Birke Haylom (3:53 PB) vs Italy’s world and Olympic 10,000m medalist Nadia Battocletti.

More Recent Results From Europe

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Audrey Werro breaks Swiss indoor 800m record with 1:57.49 at in Val-de-Reuil Agathe Guillemot broke the French indoor mile record with 4:23.77 while Kenya's Vincent Kibet Keter won the men's race in 3:55.03.
Perch'Xtrem PV meet: US's Zachery Bradford gets the win with 5.90m over US record holder KC Lightfoot France's world indoor champ Marie-Julie Bonnin took the women's PV with 4.70m.
Ukraine's former world silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko wins HJ with 1.94m at Springer-Meeting in Germany
Serbia's 2023 world LJ champ Ivana Španović jumps TJ world lead of 14.41m in Belgrade She started her transition to the triple jump last year, competing at Worlds, but not making the final.

Assorted Distance News

Cole Hocker says you can't view him as a "sit-and-kick guy" anymore "It’s getting harder and harder to shake me. That could be your plan two years ago, when I was viewed as a sit-and-kick guy, but I don’t think you can really view me like that anymore. Pretty much, you’re gonna have to work pretty hard to break me now."
Recent report says chances of getting ideal marathoning temperatures at the World Marathon Majors are shrinking Interestingly, the chances are getting better at some races for elite women since their optimal temperature (at least according to one 2012 study) is 50F as opposed to 39-44F for elite men and non-elites.
MB: Weini Kelati leaves Under Armour and MissionRun Darksky She thanked Under Armour for supporting her the last five years, but did not share where she's headed next.
Vote for the World Athletics athlete of the month Josh Hoey, Hobbs Kessler are both options on the seven athlete list. So are Sam Ruthe and world XC champions Jacob Kiplimo and Agnes Ngetich.

NCAA News

MB: Three-time high school champion (800m. 400m, 400H) Natalie Dumas commits to Arkansas
Kansas State men and Illinois women take over #1 spots in week 2 NCAA indoor rankings The Tennessee and Oregon men are ranked 2-3 and Georgia and South Carolina are 2-3 for the women.
MB: Jane Hedengren's brother Isaac ran 7:44.51 in the 3000m (#3 on BYU's all-time list) at BU Terrier

Olympic News

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LA 2028 organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman shows up in Epstein files He had a series of "flirty and sexually suggestive emails" with Ghislaine Maxwell which were recently made public.
Billionaire gifting US Olympians $200,000 when they hit 45 years old (or 20 years after their Olympic debut) Billionaire Ross Stevens is also giving them $100k in life insurance to any US Olympian starting in 2026 and going through at least the 2032 Games. Stevens said, "I do not believe that financial insecurity should stop our nation’s elite athletes from breaking through to new frontiers of excellence."
*MB: Billionaire Gifting US Olympians $200,000
Olympic truce window set until after the Winter Games

Kiplimo's Record Not Ratified

MB Jacob Kiplimo's 56:42 world record for the half marathon will NOT be ratified

RW Spain has the story. One of the most impressive records will not go on the books. World Athletics determined Kiplimo was too close to the car with the clock on it.

More Distance News Of Note

Jared Ward wins British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) XC Championships The US 2016 Olympic marathon 6th placer lead Oxford to the team title, winning the race by just a second over Glasgow's Tom Spencer.
Eliud Kipchoge will be a flag bearer at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic opening ceremony on February 6 He is one of eight bearers who will carry the Olympic flag into the San Siro Olympic Stadium.
World Athletics article on Faith Kipyegon establishing a mother and child hospital in her rural hometown of Keringet This article says expectant women from Kipyegon's rural area shave to walk 21 miles to receive proper maternal care.
Grant Fisher's 12:44.09 indoor 5000m record from last year ratified by World Athletics Phanuel Koech's 3:27.72 world U20 1500m record was also ratified.
*MB: Congratulation to Phanual Koech for the U20 1500m WR ratified

More Bad News For GST

World Athletics say they will not license Grand Slam Track in 2026 if they don't pay 2025 debts Seb Coe: "It is unconscionable that efforts would be made for Grand Slam Track to restart in 2026 without the settlement of outstanding financial obligations ...World Athletics will only consider licensing or supporting any future Grand Slam Track events once its debts from the 2025 season are settled."
*MB: World Athletics Statement on Grand Slam Track
*MB: Track and field agents/managers issues statement saying they want GST to pay off 2025 debts, before restarting in 2026
It isn't just about the six figure athletes, GST's failure to pay prize money has hurt smaller name athletes too US hurdler Eric Edwards Jr. is hurting financially because of the $19 thousand he is owed. Edwards: "I never thought a meet would not pay the money."

2026 Millrose Games

LRC The ULTIMATE Millrose Games Recap: 15 Thoughts On The 2026 Edition

Olympic 1500m champ Cole Hocker earned the biggest non-championship win of his career in a stacked 2-mile while teenage sensation Cam Myers showed while he might be a future Olympic champ in winning the men's Wanamaker mile. The women's Wanamaker mile was won for the 1st time by Nikki Hiltz. Collegiate records went to Colin Sahlman and Doris Lemngole while highschooler Cooper Lutkenhaus continued to roll in the men's 600 where he set an U20 world record.

Official 2026 Millrose Games Discussion Thread
Cam Myers BOSSES the Americans. 19-year old wins Wanamaker Mile in 3:47.57!!! rojo
HOCKER FTW. Kerr 2nd, Wolfe 3rd. That was a RACE. 8:07.31!!
Cooper Lutkenhaus 1:14.15 for 600m. World Jr Record!!!
Colin MF Sahlman!!! 1:44
NikkiMFHiltz This was Hitlz's first Wanamaker miler title.
Is Hocker becoming too arrogant?
Where is Athing Mu? And where is Mr. Indoor Grant Holloway as well?
Grant Fisher has scratched from the milrose 2 mile

How did he do it? Jon Gault explains

BU Terrier Live Results

LRC 16-Year-Old Sam Ruthe runs 3:48.88 mile to obliterate U18 world record in Boston

Ruthe's time also broke John Walker's outright New Zealand record of 3:49.08 from 1982. He is the youngest man to break 3:50 by more than a full year.

Discussion: SAM RUTHE 3:48.88 at BU TERRIER @ 16-years-old

More From BU Terrier: Harvard's Sophia Gorriaran wins 1000m in 2:38.75 (#3 on NCAA all-time list) Charlize-Trinity McKenize was runner-up in 2:43.63 (#7 on the HS all-time list). Annika Reiss won the mile in 4:24.38 and GB's Katie Snowden the 3000m (8:39.89).
Saucony’s Anthony Camerieri wins BU Terrier 5000m in 13:12; BYU freshman Tayvon Kitchen runs 13:19 for 3rd Ireland’s Darragh McElhinney won the 3000m (7:38) and Clemson’s Brian Kweyei the 800(1:46.02).
*MB: Jane Hedengren's brother Isaac runs 7:44.51 in the 3000m (#3 on BYU's all-time list) He finished 3rd in his heat.

More Weekend NCAA/US Indoor Action

Michigan’s Trent McFarland runs NCAA-leading mile (3:52.73) to win Razorback Invite; Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz wins women's race in 4:25.11 3000m wins went to Arkansas' Ernest Cheruiyot (7:43.66) and OSU's Billah Jepkirui (8:45.22). Trey Cunningham's 60H world lead (7.42) and Canada's Christopher Morales Williams' 44.87 in the 400m (#2 in the world this year) highlighted the sprints.
Washington State’s Rosemary Longisa runs NCAA-leading 4:24.59 (#3 NCAA all-time) at UW's Mile City Sam Prakel won the men's race in 3:51.86; UW had seven men sub-4. In the women's PV, Washington's Hana Moll joined her twin sister Amanda as the only collegians in the 16-foot club with a 4.88m victory. *Results
*MB: UW Mile City - women - Rosemary Longisa with a 4:24.59 meet record
Penn State's Handal Roban runs 1:44.91 at the PSU National Open (#3 on the NCAA all-time list) It was #2 NCAA all-time before Colin Sahlman ran the 1:44.70 collegiate record at Millrose. Georgetown’s Tinoda Matsatsa was runner-up (1:45.12); Penn State's Hayley Kitching won the women's race in 2:00.01 (#7 NCAA all-time). *Results
Oregon's Luke Tewalt wins 3000m in 7:49.73 over Olympian Justyn Knight (7:50.67) at Washington Invitational Utah's Erin Vringer won the women's race in 8:48.26.
*MB: Justyn Knight - 7:50 UW Invitational

The 25th Dubai Marathon And More Road Results

Results

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Ethiopians Nibret Melak (2:04:00) and Ancinalu Dessie (2:18:31) win at the Dubai Marathon Nibret won the men's race by almost two minutes, but Dessie beat out compatriot Mulye Dekebo by just 12 seconds. This is the fifth consecutive year that Ethiopians have swept the men's and women's race.
Ethiopia's Getachew Masresha wins Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2:06:49 over Japan's Yuya Yoshida (2:06:59) There were six Japanese men sub-2:08.
Japan based Kenyans Richard Etir (59:07) and Dolphine Omare (66:15) win the Marugame Half Etir broke the Japan collegiate record. GB's Eilish McColgan was runner-up for the women in 67:08.
Matsuo breaks Japan high school half marathon record in 62:47 at the Kanagawa Half He finished 17th in the race won by Jinya Ozaki (62:04).

There Were Fast High School 4x800's At Millrose

Union Catholic girls break 4x800m relay high school record with 8:40.07 at Millrose Games Paige Sheppard anchored in 2:04.06. Multi-time national champion Natalie Dumas won the girls 600m in 1:28.10 (#5 on the HS all-time list).
Union Catholic boys win Millrose 4x800 in #4 HS all-time 7:37.96 Fastest split was 1:51.77 and the average was 1:54.49.

Is GST Doomed?

The Sunday Times: Athletes/agents warn Michael Johnson they will boycott a GST relaunch if he doesn't pay debts The problem is, without a 2026 season, how does GST raise money to pay for 2025? But at this point, who would invest in GST and what athletes would agree to compete? As the Times says, GST "appears doomed" if they can't raise money to clear their 2025 debts.
*MB: Track and field agents/managers issues statement saying they want GST to pay off 2025 debts, before restarting in 2026

Boom

LRC Roisin Willis smashes American indoor 800m record with 1:57.97 in Boston

Great Britain's Issy Boffey won the race in a 2-second pb of 1:57.43 while Willis took down Ajee' Wilson's 1:58.29 record from 2020.

Discuss: Roisin Willis Breaks US indoor 800m record - (1:57.97) first American woman under 1:58 indoors T

Hocker Speaks

LRC Cole Hocker talks Millrose, fast mile in 2 weeks, world indoors & Jakob’s Paris comments - "I don't think anyone was beating me that day"

Cole Hocker is ready for the Millrose 2-mile showdown, a fast mile in 2 weeks, and world indoors. Plus he responds to Jakob Ingebrigtsen's comments about Paris.

International Indoor Action

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Serbia's 2023 world LJ champ Ivana Španović jumps TJ world lead of 14.41m in Belgrade She started her transition to the triple jump last year, competing at Worlds, but not making the final.
Perch'Xtrem PV meet: US's Zachery Bradford gets the win with 5.90m over US record holder KC Lightfoot France's world indoor champ Marie-Julie Bonnin took the women's PV with 4.70m.
Ukraine's former world silver medallist Yuliya Levchenko wins HJ with 1.94m at Springer-Meeting in Germany

Richardson Arrest Video

LRC "Please don’t allow me to go to jail": Gut-Wrenching video released of Sha'Carri Richardson pleading with police

Video of Sha'Carri Richardson pleading not to be taken to jail for excessive speeding has been released.

Discussion: Gut wrenching video of Sha'Carri Richardson passing officer & then pleading not to go to jail released

Rule Breakers In The News

MB: Christian Coleman also arrested after Sha'Carri Richardson Coleman showed up after Richardson was pulled over and and tried to get involved and it didn't go well. He left in handcuffs as well, charged with resisting and for having drug paraphernalia in the car.
MB: Sha'Carri Richardson is arrested (again). Richardson arrested for going super fast - driving at 104 mph For the 2nd time in less than a year, Sha'Carri Richardson has been arrested. It sounds like she was lucky she or someone else wasn't seriously injured as police say she also was "dangerously tailgating and travelling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists."
*Aug 1: Police Report: Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested after repeatedly shoving boyfriend Christian Coleman and throwing a pair of headphones at him
MB: For the 1st time ever, the AIU has suspended 3 athletes for betting on track and field All three athletes claimed they had no idea it was against the rules, including two who unsuccessfully tried to cancel their tiny bets once they were told it was illegal. The biggest bettor Aurore Fleury was banned 6 months by the Athletics Integrity Unit for placing a €2,000 bet bet on her training partner, Alice Finot, to win Euros.
MB: Athletics Kenya says it has suspended 20 athletes for age cheating dating back to 2016 No names have been revealed. "The investigation, carried out jointly by AK and World Athletics, reviewed 60 cases dating back to 2016. Of these, 25 athletes were cleared, 20 were found guilty of age manipulation, while 15 cases remain under active investigation."
MB: Track and field agents/managers issues statement saying they want GST to pay off 2025 debts, before restarting in 2026 Rojo doesn't the emotion behind the statement but not the logic. If GST doesn't go forward, secured creditors very well may try to claw back the recent athlete payments that went out.

London is less than 3 months away (April 26)

LRC 2026 London men's field is LOADED: World's top 2 marathoners Sabastian Sawe & Jacob Kiplimo to battle in rematch + Yomif Kejelcha debut

After going 1-2 last year and winning in Berlin & Chicago last fall, Sawe & Kiplimo will renew their rivalry in London in April. Former half marathon WR holder Kejelcha (57:30 PR) will debut.

MB: Kejelcha, Gebrhiwet, Cheptegei, Sawe, Kiplimo all at London Marathon (2026) - Who wins?

LRC 2026 London Marathon is LOADED: 4 of world's top 5 to clash + Olympic champ Sifan Hassan

Ignoring Ruth Chepngetich, four of the five fastest women in history are running 2026 London: Tigst Assefa, Sifan Hassan, Joyciline Jepkosgei, & Peres Jepchirchir. Plus Hellen Obiri is making her London debut. The men's field comes out Thursday.

MB: 2026 London Maraton women's field is LOADED: 4 of world's top 5 to clash + Olympic champ Sifan Hass
.Olympic 4th placer Emile Cairess gunning for Mo Farah's British marathon record at the London Marathon Farah's record is 2:05:11 from when he won the 2018 Chicago Marathon. Cairess' best is 2:06:46 from the 2024 London Marathon.
Shock Wolds bronze medallist Julia Paternain will return to where she was raised to race London for 1st time Paternain, who runs for Uruguay but was born in Mexico, raised in the UK and now lives in the US after running for both Penn State and Arkansas, has run 2:27 in her first two marathons but will run way faster this year.
Emile Cairess says he's been in shape to break Farah's record for the last two years "I already felt like I was in that shape around the 2024 Olympics. I've been a bit unlucky that I've not been able to show it [in London] - I'm looking to run as fast as I can and get that British record.

Links Approved by A human

Forget about Groundhog day, Monday's 1st-ever Griff-Hog day will predict weather for the Drake Relays The Drake mascot Griff will predict the weather. "Lore holds that the Griff-Hog, imbued with the power to forecast the weather, hibernates in the deep tunnels of Drake Stadium, emerging for one day only. For decades, the Inner Circle has secretly gathered each Feb. 2 to interpret his prediction, a rite now shared with the public for the first time. "
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Siemens and World Athletics partner up so Athletes can now get instant diagnosis of injuries at major events For example, at " the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, the Acuson Sequoia system was used to help manage musculoskeletal injuries and other medical challenges among more than 1200 elite athletes from about 130 countries."
25th Dubai Marathon is Sunday and Ethiopians will dominate yet again
Novuna GB & NI team announced for World 50K Running Championships in New Delhi The race is March 14. There was no official trial for the event, so athletes were selected via expression of interest from those who met the qualifying standards for the marathon and 50km distances.

Bummer: Hoey Out Of Millrose

LRC 800m world record holder Josh Hoey pulls out of Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile

Josh Hoey has pulled out of the Wanamaker Mile but it still features Yared Nuguse vs Hobbs Kessler vs Cam Myers.

Discussion: Hoey OUT for Wanamaker Mile A source says it's a hamstring issue that was aggravated during his WR race.

Grant Fisher talks

LRC Grant Fisher on American world record assaults, NYC half debut, & 2025 regrets

Fisher was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast.

PSA

LRC Grant Fisher nearly had the 2k, 3k, & 5k world records all at once

Full podcast with Grant here.

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Men's Distance News

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Spain’s Euro 800m silver medalist Mohamed Attaoui shooting for the 1,000m world indoor record in Madrid on February 6 Attaoui is #3 on the world 1,000m all-time list outdoors with 2:12.25. The indoor WR is 2:14.20 by Ayanleh Souleiman from 2014. First, Attaoui will race against Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel at the Millrose Games this weekend.
Two-time Olympic steeple champ Soufiane El Bakkali signs with On Makes sense he'd want to try some On spikes after Geordie Beamish beat him at Worlds last year.
RIP: Portugal's Former 10,000m WR holder Fernando Mamede passes away at 74 He ran 27:13.81 in 1984.

Sprint Stuff

Noah Lyles isn't taking an "off year" Lyles: "I actually had to make a really pretty big choice this year. Junelle (his fiancée) was really pushing me on the idea of, you know, you kinda need to force yourself to say, ‘Hey, you’re about to go into your peak years age-wise. You need to take advantage of each year, and just because it’s an off-year doesn’t mean you should back off.’ And I was like, ‘Dang, you’re kinda right.’ I would be very mad at myself if I didn’t go out there and give everything I had no matter the year. Just because there’s no World Championships doesn’t mean you can’t make a big event, doesn’t mean you can’t have great matchups, doesn’t mean you can’t have great competition."
Jamaican sprinter Denae McFarlane joins the Enhanced Games She is a former UTEP runner with an 11.34 100m PB.
Bahamas' two-time Olympic 400m champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo opened her season with a 36.07victory over 300m in Florida Miller-Uibo has been dealing with injuries and childbirth since winning worlds in 2022, but says she is on the comeback trail in 2026.

Catching Up On Recent HS / College News

Tennessee Men and Illinois women #1 in first NCAA indoor rankings of the season Georgia is ranked #2 for both the men and women.
South Carolina's Jaouad Khchina runs #2 NCAA all-time 1,000m with 2:17.36 at Clemson
Yehven Zhmailo breaks 38-year-old high school TJ record with 16.09m at the Spokane HS Invitational
Chinwoke Onwuchekwa runs third fastest high school 60m ever with 6.69 The time also broke the sophomore record.
Event-by-event top-10 NCAA marks of the week (January 20-26)
Romi Tamir, Mia Morrello jump NCAA-leading marks at Illini Challenge
Heath Baldwin scores heptathlon world lead at Illini Challenge

Women's Distance News

Femke Bol making her 800m debut in Metz on February 8 She opened her season on Metz in 2024, winning the 200m and 400m double with 22.64 and 49.69.
*MB: Femke Bol to make her 800m debut in Metz on February 8
GB's Eilish McColgan racing the Kagawa Marugame Half in Japan on Sunday
60-year-old Michelle Rohl ran a 5:26 mile to set new indoor age group WR She is a three-time Olympian in race walking.
US mile record holder Sinclaire Johnson now with HOKA She ran her first race for them last weekend in Boston after being with Nike the last six years/
*MB: Sinclaire Johnson leaves Nike, signs with Hoka

GST Update

LRC Michael Johnson could lose $2.2M in Grand Slam Track bankruptcy

After GST's demise, there has been a lot of vitriol directed towards Michael Johnson but a court filing last week reveals he personally may be the biggest loser of all as he personally leant the league more than $2 million so the Philadelphia meet could be held.

Kenyan News

Kelvin Kiptum's father accuses his daughter-in-law of conspiring with a high-ranking official to control Kiptum's fortune Kiptum's father says they are living in poverty since their WR holder son died in a car crash two years ago, claiming Kiptum's widow has taken control of his estate.
Faith Kipyegon has groundbreaking ceremony for a mothers and children hospital she is building in her hometown in Kenya The "Dare to Dream Maternity Ward" will try to tackle the problems with child and maternal mortality in Kenya. Eliud Kipchoge was among the notable athletes in attendance. *Video of the groundbreaking
MB: 2:07:25 Kenyan marathoner Mathew Samperu tests positive for testosterone

New Logo For NYRR

LRC New York Road Runners unveil new logo: What do you think?

The NYRR has a new logo and new motto as it gears up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the five-borough New York City Marathon.

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More International Indoor Results

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Rewriting The Record Book

LRC Josh Hoey & Hobbs Kessler continue America's year of records at 2026 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

From 600m to 5,000m, there have now been six world indoor records by four separate American men over the last 12 months. Jonathan Gault asks, "What explains it?"

The 2026 NBIGP was fantastic

LRC 8 thoughts on 2026 NBIGP: Elle St. Pierre is BACK, Cam Myers keeps improving, Noah Lyles' WWE intro, & more

St. Pierre won her first track race since the Paris Olympics by outkicking Linden Hall in the 3,000. Myers looked incredible in the men's 3,000. And Lyles got the pre-race attention but lost the 300 to Jereem Richards.

LRC 1:42.50! Josh Hoey Takes Down Wilson Kipketer’s Iconic 800m World Indoor Record

Hoey called his own shot before the race and then backed it up, breaking Wilson Kipketer's 1:42.67 that had stood since 1997. And he was paced by his brother Jaxson.

Discuss: JOSH MF HOEY 1:42.51 i800 WR

LRC Hobbs Kessler Smashes 2,000m Indoor World Record

Kesler exploded past Grant Fisher in the final 125 and got the WR thanks to a 26.31 final 200 and 13.02 final 100.

Getting ready for Millrose

LRC Cooper Lutkenhaus has leveled up with 1:45.23 season opener - Dr Sander Scorcher takeaways

Cooper Lutkenhaus started 2026 in fine form with a 1:45 win in New York. Meghan Hunter went sub 2 in the 800 (Ajee Wilson 2:00.92), Wilma Nielsen won the mile at Katelyn Tuohy faded. *Race video
Discuss: UPDATE: Cooper Lutkenhaus DESTROYS pro field. Opens in 1:45.23!!!

XC / Road Action

Nadia Battocletti wins on home soil at the Campaccio XC race Last year she became the first Italian to win the race in 31 years and this year defended her title over Burundi's 2024 winner Francine Niyomukunzi (21:10 to 21:32 for the 6k race). Burundi’s Egide Ntakarutimana won the men's race.
Uganda's Stella Chesang wins Osaka Marathon in 2:19:31 over Ethiopia's Bedatu Hirpa (2:19:54) Defending champ Workenesh Edesa was third in 2:19:56. Mao Uesugi was the first Japanese runner in 4th in her debut (2:19:56).
Taiga Hirayama (60:50) and Yumi Yoshikawa (69:14) win Osaka Half

2k Shot #1 Fired on Friday

LRC Cole Hocker smashes American 2,000m record at Hokie Invitational

Cole Hocker opened his indoor season in stunning fashion at the Hokie Invitational, running 4:52.92 to break the American 2,000m record of Bernard Lagat, which Cooper Teare tied in 2nd place, as George Couttie smashed the collegiate record in 3rd. The Olympic champion now turns his attention to a loaded Millrose Games 2 mile featuring Grant Fisher, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman, Parker Wolfe, and more.

Discuss: Cole Hocker breaks American 2,000m Record

Age Group Mile WR

MB: Sam Ruthe runs 3:53.83 in New Zealand to break age-16 mile WR

He finished runner-up to Sam Tanner (3:53.36), breaking Cam Myers' previous record. *Race Video

Ingebrigtsen Update

Recommended Read: Jakob Ingebrigtsen does exclusive interview withThe Guardian's Sean Ingle from his home in Sandnes, Norway Ingebrigtsen talks about how he focuses more on his losses than wins and looking back at the Paris Olympics, admits that nothing that can outweigh the disappointment of the 1,500m because he feels like "nine out of 10 times" he wins that race. "If I had just done anything differently, I think I would’ve had a better outcome." Looking ahead to 2026, he plans to open his season in June at the Bislett Games, go for double European Champs gold as well as the DL final and WR attempts at 1,500m, the mile and the 5,000m.
*MB: Must read: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Guardian feature - Jakob still thinks he wins Paris 1500 nine times out of 10

Weekend International Action

GB sprinter Romell Glave runs 6.51 to win Stockholm 60m He beat out GB's world indoor champ Jeremiah Azu (6.54) and Jamaica's Kishane Thompson (6.56).
Nadia Battocletti and Francine Niyomukunzi will face off at the Campaccio XC race on Sunday in Italy Last year Battocletti became the first Italian to win the race in 31 years; Niyomukunzi won in 2024. Last year's runner-up Celestin Ndikumana leads the men's race.
Two-time champion and course record-holder Workenesh Edesa (2:17:55) leads field for Sunday's Osaka Marathon She'll face two other sub-2:19 women.
Sarah Madeleine runs French indoor 5000m record with 15:03.76 in Lyon Somehow the previous NR was only 15:31 and dated all the way back to 2014.
Cross Cup de Hannut preview Kenya’s defending champ Sheila Jebet vs Uganda’s world U20 XC medalist Charity Cherop in the women's race and Kenya's World XC 10th placer Keneth Kiprop leads the men's race.
Euro U23 silver medalist Rugilė Miklyčiūte sets Lithuanian PV record (4.40m) At Riga Indoor Cup

Previous NBIGP Coverage

LRC Noah Lyles throws down the gauntlet to all athletes (even NFL stars) in 2026: "If you want to get your butt kicked by the world’s fastest man, [call me]"

"Here’s my open challenge right now: if you’re an athlete out there and you’ve got an idea for a race, let me know,” Lyles said. “Reach out to me. Let’s get it done...It doesn’t matter what sport you’re in, if you want to get your butt kicked by the world’s fastest man, I am happy to give it to you.”

MB: Noah Lyles talks big: "If you want to get your butt kicked by the world’s fastest man, (Call me)."

NBIGP Preview Show - Live @ 4 pm ET

We get you ready for Saturday's action with the inside scoop from Boston. Get the show on demand as a bonus podcast by joining our Supporters Club.

Will Josh Hoey break the 1:42.67 WR in Boston?

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Grant is Moving Up

MB: Grant Fisher to make half marathon debut at NYC Half on March 15th - Predictions?

In an exclusive with the NY Times, Fisher says he wants to run 13.1 to see if he might run 26.2 in LA.

More Distance News

Loaded elite fields for 2026 Tokyo Marathon are released The Tokyo men's field featured 8 sub-2:04 men (Boston has 3) and five sub 2:17 women (Boston has zero). The headline for the women is Chicago women's champ Hawi Feysa (2:14:56) will battle defending champ Sutume Asefa Kebede. For the men, defending champ Tadese Takele will face a lot of African talent including Olympic 10,000 champ Selemon Barega who will attempt to remain undefeated in the marathon plus "Japanese NR holder Suguru Osako and the man he replaced Kengo Suzuki, Canadian NR holder Cam Levins," and others. *Full fields
Former marathon WR holder Brigid Kosgei, Olympic silver medallist Ronald Kwemoi among 11 athletes linked with allegiance switch to Turkey for 2028 What. A. Joke. We totally get why the athletes do it - money. But don't understand why it's allowed.
*Why did Kosgei switch? Money "Each athlete reportedly received a US$500,000 signing bonus, monthly stipends and performance incentives that include a $380,000 bonus for Olympic gold and an additional $190,000 for setting an Olympic record."

Spint News

MB: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant

Congrats to her and her husband.

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Retired Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova-Collio (10.77pb) popped in retest of 2016 samples The 41-year old, who is the 18th fastest woman in world histoyr, competed in 5 Olympics and was the European 100m champion in 2012. She also famously blew LetsRun.com employee 1.0 a kiss in 2011 as he filmed her belly button and more.

Britain's The Guardian digs deep into US sprint doping scandal: "US sprinting’s reckoning before LA 2028" The Guardian takes a look at the Marvin Bracy-Williams' positive test. They don't name Dennis Mitchell as the one who turned him in, which we did in November.
*November: LRC One of the world’s fastest men missed the Olympics because he was serving a secret doping ban — and his coach turned him in

The Latest Jonathan Gault Feature

LRC The best comeback of 2025: How Donavan Brazier won the US 800m title after three years away

Midway through 2024, Brazier had begun to accept he may never race again; in 2025, the former world champ returned faster than ever. Hear from Brazier and coach Mike Smith about how he pulled off one of the sport's greatest comebacks.

MB: Jonathan Gault's latest feature: The best comeback of 2025: How Donavan Brazier won the US 800m title after three years away

Boston 2026

LRC 5 thoughts on the 2026 Boston Marathon fields: Can American Fiona O’Keeffe contend?

The 2026 Boston Marathon elite fields are out and we break it down for you. From a US perspective, the fields are sensational, but what top pros from Africa are entered? Benson Kipruto vs John Korir leads the way for the men. Does American Fiona O'Keeffe have a shot for the win? *Full fields

MB: Breaking down the 2026 Boston Marathon elite fields: Does Fiona O’Keeffe have a shot at contending?
2:08 Canadian Ben Preisner will be making his Boston debut You can follow his training on Instagram.

LRC USA XC legend Craig Virgin shares his thoughts on the state of World Cross Country

The 1980 and 1981 World XC champ gives a passionate defense of cross country. He also admits he is concerned about the state of World XC given the lack of support from several federations and the three-year gap until the next championships in 2029 but is hopeful it can be added to the Winter Olympics: "If they can have breakdancing in the Summer Olympics, then we can certainly have cross country in the Winter Olympics."

MB: 2-time world xc champ Craig Virgin talks about XC.... And we listen
From the archives: LRC Craig Virgin Recalls His Epic Victory at the World Cross Country Championships, 40 Years Later

Random, But Interesting

The 800m improved the most of any event from 2015 to 2025 Citius has done an interesting analysis of how the 1,000 best time has improved over the last 10 years. You can clearly see the impact of super shoes and financial incentives as the men's marathon is now the deepest event in the sport. Field events, where there are no super shoes and little money, have stagnated and even gotten worse in some instances.

This Weekend's Indoor

Cooper Lutkenhaus making his pro debut on Saturday at Dr. Sander Scorcher at the Armory He's up against 2024 NCAA 800m champ Shane Cohen and Canadian 1:44.42 runner Justin O'Toole. Nia Akins leads the women's 800m with Ajee Wilson. OSU's NCAA XC 5th placer Fouad Messaoudi leads the men's mile while the women's has Katelyn Tuohy vs Oregon's Wilma Nielsen and NC State’s Sadie Engelhardt.
New Balance Indoor GP preview: Donavan Brazier vs Bryce Hoppel and Ireland's Cian McPhillips over 600m The 2000m has Grant Fisher vs Jake Wightman and Hobbs Kessler and Jessica Hull vs Elle St Pierre in the 3000m. Sprint action is highlighted by Noah Lyles vs Trayvon Bromell and 2022 world indoor 400m champ Jereem Richards over 300m. Also Quincy Wilson in the 400m, world champ Cordell Tinch in the 60H. *Schedule *Tickets *TV
*Jake Wightman, Hobbs Kessler and Grant Fisher to battle in 2k at NBIGP this weekend
Saturday: BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite entries

Assorted Distance News

MB: RIP former Villanova All-American Fred Dwyer, 94 Dwyer was NCAA mile runner-up in 1953 and won four IC4A titles. He also was the 1953 Wanamaker mile champ. He also was the head coach at Manhattan University for 24 years and led them to a shock win at NCAAs in 1973.
Cole Hocker announced for the mile at the ASICS Sound Invite on February 14 Cooper Lutkenhaus is in the 800m.
GB's Innes FitzGerald ran Parkruns on Christmas Day and New Year's Day and set the British Parkrun record at 15:27 She said, "I didn’t even realize I’d broken the record until a couple of days later." That's not surprising since Parkrun controversially decided to not maintain records anymore.
RW writers says to stop asking your friends "What was your time?" after their races High school and college kids, you can use the same strategy with your parents. Tell them to stop asking you about your grades, tell them to "focus on the journey."

Podcast

LRC Track Talk: Josh Hoey going for Wilson Kipketer’s indoor 800m world record + Cam Myers’ 3:49 mile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen skipping indoors, American women in Boston

Josh Hoey has announced plans to target Wilson Kipketer’s iconic indoor 800-meter world record, a mark that has stood since 1997. We examine the significance of the attempt, what makes the record so enduring, and Cam Myers’ 3:49 mile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen skipping the indoor season, and a loaded American 2026 Boston Marathon women’s field.

News from Kenya

World xc medalists Daniel Ebenyo and Agnes Ngetich will defend their titles in Kenya's Sirikwa Classic Cross-Country meet on Feb 14 The race has some nice prize money with $6,000 for 1st and $5,000 for 2nd.
At press event for Sirikwa Classic, Eliud Kipchoge urges Kenyans to stamp out doping “We are in Category A not because of athletes, but because of all of us,” Kipchoge said, likening the situation to a household where responsibility lies with those in charge.
At World XC, Agnes Ngetich stepped up to maintain Kenya's streak of individual women's golds (now 10 in a row) Ngetich says she's "been fighting for an individual gold medal for a long time" with 3rd and 4th place finishes at the last two world XC championships.
Meet Mercy Chepngeno, perhaps Kenya's latest female prodigy The 18-year-old is hoping to make Kenya's World Indoor team but her ultimate goal is World Jr gold in the steeplechase in Eugene.
Ebenyo is also racing at the Betika BingwaFest this weekend in Kenya

Random News

A man running with a baby during the Hong Kong Marathon was stopped and told to leave A video of the mean with a baby strapped to his chest went viral with many citing the safety concerns. He made it at least 14k before he was kicked off the course and DQ'd, averaging 15:01/mile pace.
Kenyan athlete Alice Koigi kept racing and winning prize money after her doping ban She ran at least two races, one of which she won and took home around $500.
Former three-time NCAA pentathlon champion Jadin O’Brien named to US Olympic bobsled team

Catching Up On Some Recent HS / College Results

Tate Taylor (32.45) and Mariah Maxwell (36.24) break high school 300m records at VA Showcase Also, Bullis HS broke their own mixed 4x400 high school record with 3:20.95.
Trent McFarland runs 3:56.41 to lead three Michigan men under 4 minutes at Simmons-Harvey Invite
Oklahoma's Kennedy Stringfellow moved to #13 on NCAA all-time LJ list with 8.29m at the Owen Hewett Invite
Osaka Kunei HS breaks Kitakyushu Women's Ekiden course record They beat 8 corporate pro teams in the process.
Miyagi wins its first-ever national men's ekiden title These teams had a mix of HSers and pros.
Event-by-event top-10 NCAA marks of the week (January 13-19)

Upcoming Mid-D Racing

New Balance Indoor GP entries

Five sub-1:43 men will battle it out in the Millrose Games 800m Donavan Brazier vs Bryce Hoppel, Ireland outdoor record holder Cian McPhillips and NAU's Colin Sahlman.
NBIGP U20 mile preview: Paige Sheppard (4:33 PB) vs NXN/Brooks XC champ Natasza Dudek 4:01.20 runner Carter Smith leads the boys field.
Keely Hodgkinson will open her indoor season February 19 in Lievin She hasn't raced indoor since 2023.
Keely Hodgkinson commits to racing British Indoor Champs for the first time since 2020 British Champs are in Birmingham on February 14-15.
AW preview: Brits out in force at the New Balance Grand Prix Jake Wightman vs Grant Fisher and Hobbs Kessler in the 2000m will be the distance highlight.

More Weekend International Results

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Mark English breaks his own Irish indoor 800m record with 1:44.65 in Luxembourg The time also puts him tied for #6 on the European all-time indoor list. Belgium’s Pieter Sisk won the 1500m in 3:34.66.
WA Weekend round-up: Ukraine’s Olympic high jump champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh opens season with 2.03m win on home soil at Demyanyuk Memorial In Jamaica, Olympic and world 100m silver medalist Kishane Thompson opened his season with a 60m win in 6.52 at the Puma JAAA Fuller Anderson Development Meet. In the US, Zach Bradford cleared 5.90m to win at the UCS Spirit National Pole Vault Summit on countback ahead of KC Lightfoot.
European round-up: European 800m silver medalist Mohamed Attaoui opens season with indoor 1500m PB of 3:35.65 to win the Antequera Indoor Match
European indoor long jump champion Larissa Iapichino starts her season with world-leading 6.93m in Ancona, Italy

Road / XC Results

Olympic champion Tamirat Tola (2:05:40) and Paralympic champion Tigist Gezahagn (2:21:14) win Doha Marathon Gezahagn actually has a gold medal from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics for the T13 1500m (athletes with moderate visual impairment).
Ethiopia’s Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Berihu Aregawi and Bahrain’s Olympic steeple champ Winfred Yavi win Elgoibar, Spain XC race Aregawi won over Eritrea's Saymon Amanuel by 7 seconds while Spain's European XC champ Thierry Ndikumwenayo was back in 4th. Yavi won the women's race by over a minute.

UW Preview

Results

19-year-old Aussie Cam Myers runs 3:49.81 world mile lead at UW Preview

He dominated the race, winning by 5 seconds ahead of Sam Prakel (3:54.21). Myers' time is the fastest mile ever run in January. Other results at the meet included Maggi Congdon winning the mile/800m double with 4:27.77 and 2:00.93 and Stanford's Juliette Whittaker taking the 1000m in 2:37.54 over UW's Chloe Foerster's 2:37.79 (#2 and #3 on the NCAA all-time list). UW's Tyler Bilyard won the men's 1000m in 2:18.34 (#4 NCAA all-time).

MB: Cam MYERS 3:49 at UW Indoor Preview

More Weekend Track Action

All Weekend NCAA Results

Sanu Jallow-Lockhart breaks collegiate 600m record with 1:24.19 at Arkansas Invite She broke the previous mark of 1:25.16 set by Britton Wilson in 2023.
MB: 16-year-old Sam Ruthe runs 1:45.86 in NZ! He won ahead of Sam Tanner (1:45.94). *Results
MB: Drew Hunter 7:39 solo 3k PB in Kansas
Mark English breaks his own Irish 600m record with 1:15.80 He won the race by over 5 seconds and crushed his previous record of 1:16.64.
Sophie Rambo breaks Athing Mu's high school 500m record; Quincy Wilson runs #2 all-time HS 500m at VA Showcase Rambo ran 1:10.07 to break Mu's record of 1:10.22 set six years ago. Wilson ran 1:00.56, missing the record by just .07 of a second.
Noah Lyles opens his 2026 with 32.60 victory over 300m at the Carnes Invitational in Florida He'll race again over 300m at the New Balance GP on January 24 against Trayvon Bromell and Jereem Richards.
USC's Garett Kaalund runs #2 NCAA all-time 300m with 32.10 at Spokane Sports Showcase NCAA indoor champ Dajaz Defrand won the women's 60m in 7.16.

A look at the Grand Slam bankruptcy hearing

LRC $7,300 in cash, $30M in debt: Why Grand Slam Track isn’t dead yet

At its first creditors meeting on Wednesday, Grand Slam Track revealed just $7,300 in cash remains against $30M in debt. Yet the league isn't finished. They revealed the have plans to spend $400k on 2026 racers, a fact that once revealed left a prominent agent chuckling.

MB: $7,300 in cash, $30M in debt: Why Grand Slam Track isn’t dead yet. They have a budget to drop 400k on racers for 2026!!!!

A final look at the fantastic 2026 World XC Champs

LRC The 2026 World XC Champs were a smashing success - how do we turn it into our Kentucky Derby?

World XC in the USA was amazingly fun to attend. How do we transform World’s Greatest Footrace into a spectacle / event that tens of thousands want to attend? How can we make it our sport's version of the Kentucky Derby - or maybe the grass version of the London Marathon?

LRC The best moments from World Cross Country (off the course)

XC legends Kenenisa Bekele & Beatrice Chebet were in Tallahassee as was Cooper Lutkenhaus, who left with the LetsRun.com flag.

More World XC News

The Cheptegei-Kiplimo effect? A look at how Uganda has risen over the last decade to become an XC power A Ugandan man has now won the last 4 senior titles. At under-20 level in Tallahassee, Uganda’s women claimed a historic team gold – the first time any nation other than Kenya or Ethiopia had won that title.
Daniel Ebenyo's first World XC medal at age 30 and after two sub-par marathons was special “Winning the bronze medal was more than standing on a podium; it was the echo of every early morning, every lonely road, every silent prayer answered in God’s perfect time,” said Ebenyo who failed to finish higher than 10th in any of his 2 marathons in 2025.
Did you know Jacob Kiplimo ran his final 2k in 5:22? That’s 4:19 mile pace.
Meet the Scottish duo that has been to every World XC since 1999 Niall Walker and David John Condra are super fans.

Non-Distance News

MB: Fred Kerley's domestic violence case is dismissed Also Chis Chavez is reporting that the "charges of battery on an officer and resisting arrest in Miami Beach from January 2025 were dismissed on the condition that he take an anger management course." However, he has a Feb. 16th trial date for allegedly "punching his ex-girlfriend, U.S. Olympian and hurdler Alaysha Johnson, in the face."
Sorry Noah, Usain Bolt says the 2 biggest track stars right now are Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levorne "Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levorne are probably the biggest stars in the sport at the moment – both are exceptionally talented athletes."
Meet the teen phenom in the women's hammer At just 18 years of age, world hammer bronze medallist Zhang Jiale has already announced herself as one of the most exciting talents in the sport.

The Latest Distance News

WATCH: This cat never skips a treadmill day Oliver, the cat, has gone viral for his daily treadmill sessions.
Bahrain’s Olympic steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi and world xc silver medallist Berihu Aregawi at this weekend's World XC gold meet in Elgoibar, Spain Repeat after us. If you don't run Words (We're taking about you Yavi), you shoudn't be allowed to run WA xc meets after Worlds.
MB: Want to train like Jakob Ingebrigtsen: You can now do his exact strength session if you buy a Coros watch Ironically, he says, "Strength is a big part of staying injury-free and handling all of the load, especially in my training,"
Retired Canadian Olympian Charles Philibert-Thiboutot joins Salomon shoe design team in France “It feels like going back to my roots, growing up idolizing Quebec freeskiers that pushed the sport using Salomon skis in the early 2000s,” Philibert-Thiboutot wrote on Instagram.
Marugame Half Marathon is in 2 week and Eilish McColgan will be there after her 30:08 10k European record in Valencia

Our Written Weekly Recap

LRC WTW: US sub-60s galore at Houston Half & the woman who went from 14th at NCAAs to a 29:25 10K in 7 months

A record four Americans broke 60:00 in Houston, led by Alex Maier (59:23). And did you know Brenda Jepchirchir ran at Auburn last year before her 29:25 in Valencia?

2028 OT

LRC It's official: St. Louis v. Phoenix for the 2028 US Olympic Marathon Trials

USATF confirmed that St. Louis (who hosted the women's Trials in 2004) and Phoenix (who have never hosted) are the only two bidders for the 2028 Trials.

MB: Phoenix vs St. Louis: Potential hosts for the 2028 US Olympic Marathon Trials

Amazing 2 Mile Set For Millrose

MB: Absolutely stacked 2 mile field announced for Millrose Games with Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and more

This race could turn out to be one of the all-time greats. The field also has Graham Blanks, Ky Robinson, Geordie Beamish, Ethan Strand, Parker Wolfe, Drew Hunter, Cooper Teare and Edwin Kurgat.
*Millrose 2-mile will be the 1st time Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr have ever raced each other indoors

More Indoor News

Some big names will be racing this weekend's UW Preview features a lot of big names including Cam Myers Olympic finalist Juliette Whittaker is also running while Maggi Congdon of Nike Swoosh TC is attempting an 800/mile double. Owen Powell will also make his collegiate debut, also his first race under the tutelage of his dad.
Defending NCAA indoor and outdoor men’s team champions USC Trojans begin its 2026 indoor season up at the Spokane Sports Showcase Friday
Jerry Schumacher speaks with the media to talk about the 2026 track season

Other Links That Passed Our Human Vetting Process

NY Times: How little exercise can you get away with? Very little apparently. "As little as 30 minutes total per week, significantly reduced the risk of all-cause mortality as well as deaths by heart attack or stroke."
Osaka International Women's Marathon is in 2 weeks and it will feature 3 sub-2:20 women
The full 51: USTFCCCA's 2025 HS XC Coaches of the Year - state by state
Georgia Hunter Bell wil be one of headlines at Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on March 28 Did you know she's the world #1 right now in the 800 accoring to WA rankings?

Distance News

Femke Bol's coach says she may race over 800m in February or March He said she is "unlikely" to compete over 800m at World Indoors though.
Femke Bol: "There's a good chance I'll never run the 400m hurdles again ...the plan is really to be able to run a really good 800m." She said she's currently running 25 to 34 miles a week which is "a lot more" than she used to do.
Results: Hansons-Brooks' Will Smith and Crown Running's Kasandra Parker won USATF Club XC Champs last weekend in Tallahassee The Georgetown Running Company Men and Minnesota Distance Elite women won the team titles. *Masters recap
St. Louis is bidding to host the 2028 US Olympic Marathon Trials They previously hosted the women's marathon trials in 2004.
World steeple bronze medalist Edmund Serem after winning World Athletics Rising Star award: "I think this year will be the start of my future – I'll be remembering this year." Serem is coached by Patrick Sang (Eliud Kipchoge's coach) and his brother, Amos Serem, was the 2021 world U20 steeple champ.
Bidding process launched for 2029 World XC Champs and 2028-2029 World Road Running Champs Tallahassee should host again in 2029.
Osaka wins National Women's Ekiden for 5th time

More Upcoming Track Action

Noah Lyles opening his season with a 300m in Florida on Friday He'll face NCAA 200m champ Cheickna Traore.
Quincy Wilson hunting 500m national record at VA Showcase on Saturday At this meet last year Wilson lost to Andrew Salvodon who set the record at 1:00.49. Wilson is #4 on the HS all-time list with 1:01.27. At the meet this year he'll face Joshua Cooper who is #8 on the all-time list with 1:01.92.
Jamaica's Olympic and world 100m silver medalist Kishane Thompson opening his season Saturday in Jamaica
Donavan Brazier vs Bryce Hoppel set for New Balance Indoor GP 600m on January 24 They'll also be up against Irish 800m record holder Cian McPhillips (1:42.15) and Spain's World Champs 5th placer Mohamed Attoui. World champions Cordell Tinch (60H) and Anna Hall (LJ, 400m) were also both announced for the meet.
Preview: Double NCAA team champions USC men being indoor season at Spokane Showcase this weekend
Spanish 800m record holder Mohamed Attaoui opening his season at Antequera Indoor Meet on Saturday
Millrose Games sprints: NCAA 60m/100m champ Jordan Anthony vs Jamaica 60m NR holder Ackeem Blake The 60H has world champ Cordell Tinch vs Olympic silver medalist Daniel Roberts

Enhanced Games News

2022 World 100m silver medalist Marvin Bracy-Williams joins the Enhanced Games 9.85 man Bracy-Williams is currently serving a doping suspension until November 2028.
Retired Jamaican sprinter Shockoria Wallace joins in Enhanced Games The 32-year-old has an 11.09 pb and never made it to Worlds or the Olympics.
Retired GB sprinter Reece Prescod says he's not taking PEDs for the Enhanced Games Prescod says he wants to get "back into that sub-10 shape" (his PB is 9.93 from 2022) and that he retired last year because he didn't have financial support.
Enhanced Games sign some more "also-rans" who probably won't break 10 seconds even fully doped

Recent NCAA / HS Track News

MB: UGA frosh Jonathan Simms 44.62 400 in his collegiate debut at Clemson Invitational The time is a World U20 record and #4 on the world all-time list. At the same meet he also split 44.35 on the 4x400.
Georgia's Dejanea Oakley runs 35.94 for 300m (#4 NCAA all-time) at Clemson Invite
Jane Hickey runs #6 all-time high school 600m with 1:28.68 at the Molloy Stanner Games at the Armory
The Bowerman 2026 men’s preseason watch list Four distance men make the list: Habtom Samuel, Brian Musau, Gary Martin, James Corrigan.
The Bowerman 2026 women’s preseason watch list The list is half distance runners with Jane Hedengren, Doris Lemngole, Grace Hartman, Pamela Kosgei, Şilan Ayyildiz.
Event-by-event top-10 NCAA marks from the week (January 6-12)

Long Distance News

49-year-old Dot McMahan qualifies for her sixth US Olympic Marathon Trials She finished 13th in Houston with 2:36:24 (36 seconds under the standard). She qualified for her first Trials in 2008 with best finishes of 8th in 2008 and 9th in 2012 (2:32:11 PB from 2012). She runs for Hansons-Brooks and has become a mentor for many younger athletes on the team while also assistant coaching at Oakland University.
MB: Molly Seidel makes her ultramarathon debut by winning the Bandera 50k She ran 4:09:39 (8:02 pace) to break the course record. She's planning to race the Black Canyon 100k next month.
*Good Read: iRunFar interview with Seidel from before the race She says this is a stepping stone to working up to racing the Western States 100 miler: "The Western States 100 was always a dream for me. I’m such a Scott Jurek fangirl.”
Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and 2:18:52 woman Tigist Girma lead fields for Doha Marathon this Friday Tola faces Sammy Kitwara (2:04:28) and Nicholas Kirwa (2:05:01) while the women's race also has 2:22 women Sentayehu Lewetegn and Tigist Gezahagn.

Doping News

2021 NYC Marathon champ Albert Korir provisionally suspended for doping

He tested positive for CERA which is the "third-generation of EPO."
*MB: Albert TITAN Korir suspended for doping

Two-time Ugandan Olympian (Tokyo and Paris) Mercyline Chelangat gets 5-year drug ban after testing positive for testosterone twice Chelangat ban was originally for six years, but was reduced to 5 for early admission (although she claims she didn't intentionally dope)

Americans Go Crazy In Houston

Results

LRC Americans Fly in Houston: Alex Maier (59:23) & Taylor Roe (66:20) Move to #2 All-Time US in Half; US Citizen Zouhair Talbi Smashes Course Record (2:05:45), Habtom Samuel (59:01) Wins Half Debut

Samuel won over Kenya's Patrick Kiprop (59:14) while Americans had a great showing with four men under 60 minutes, lead by Alex Maier's 59:23 and Casey Clinger's 59:34 (only five US men ever had gone sub-60 before today).

Ethiopia's Fantaye Belayneh wins Houston Half in a sprint finish (64:49); Taylor Roe runs #2 US all-time 66:20

Belayneh beat out her countrywoman Tsigie Gebreselama by 3 seconds with Roe in 4th place (only American ahead of her is Weini Kelati with her 66:09 from last year).

Zouhair Talbi breaks his own Houston Marathon course record with 2:05:45, this time running as an American

Talbi won Houston in 2024 and ran at the 2024 Olympics while representing Morocco, but is now an American citizen with his time putting him #3 on the US all-time list.

World XC Was Saturday

LRC 7 thoughts on 2026 World XC: Africa strikes back, Kiplimo the legend, Ngetich dominates, & more

Jacob Kiplimo put on a show and won his third title by 18 seconds as Ethiopia took the team title. The US led by Parker Wolfe (12th) was 4th.

Men: Kiplimo 3 peats as Aregawi silver for 3rd straight time Deja vu.
Women: Agnes Ngetich DOMINATES, Wins by 42 seconds Ethiopia took the team title with the US a distance 4th.
Relay: Jess Hull anchors Australia to World XC mixed relay victory Australia won ahead of France and Ethiopia. Team USA finished 5th.
Jr Girls: Marta Alemayo repeats with master class performance She won the 6k race by 26 seconds. HS. Jr Blair Bartlett finished off her first xc season with a 16th place finish.
Jr Boys: Frankline Kibet leads Kenya to 1-2-3-4 performance. Tyler Daillak was 16th and Jackson Spencer 18th.

World XC Video Analysis + Discussion

LRC Live from the Letsrun party

A big thank you to the big crowd that turned out for the LetsRun party to celebrate the American running community at World XC.

International Road Action

Results

Sweden's Andreas Almgren (26:45) and Kenya's Brenda Jepchirchir (29:25) win in Valencia

World 10,000m bronze medalist Almgren took 8 seconds off his own European record while Jepchirchir moved to #4 on the all-time list. Ethiopians Kahiri Bejiga (26:51) and Likina Amebaw (29:30) finished as the runner-ups.
*MB: Almgren winner 26:45 Valencia 10k
*MB: Brenda Jepchirchir 29:26 FTW in Valencia was only 14th and 21st in NCAA 5/10K

Eilish McColgan reclaims European 10K record in Valencia just one week after it was broken McColgan ran 30:08 in Valencia to finish 8th and take two seconds off Jana van Lent's record from last week. Lent had broke McColgan's 30:19 mark from 2022.
Ireland’s Efrem Gidey breaks his own national 10km record with 12th place finish in Valencia
Dawit Wolde (2:09:18) and Ruti Aga (2:22:45) defend their titles at the Xiamen Marathon in China

Yr in Review Podcast

SC The Yr of Jane and Cole + What Happened To The African Men?

In a special yr end bonus podcast for our SC members, Rojo gives you his biggest story lines of the year. For the women (at least for Americans), it was the year of Jane Hedengren. On the men’s side, Cole Hocker’s 5000 gold finished off a wild Worlds where African born men won zero distance golds on the track, which hadn’t happened since the very first Worlds in 1983. Plus in 20 years, will we be talking about GST’s demise? And is the suspension of the coaching legends Art & Linda Kranick justified? What about NCAA D3 runner Mohammed Bati?

This is Disgraceful

MB: INSANE... NCAA DIII XC Runner Up BANNED from from all future competition (after local community rose up and gave him $6000 so he wouldn't have to drop out of college)

The NCAA has done a lot of stupid things over the years but this has to to appear near the top of the list. They have stripped all remaining eligibility for NCAA D3 XC runner-up (and 2:12 marathoner) Mohammed Bati, who works a full-time job 5 days a week at an assisted living facility from 11 pm to 7 am while attending school and running track/XC. His sin? The local community came together and raised $6k for him.

Another controversial ban

MB: USATF bans two of the most successful US HS coaches in history for life even though one of them is dead

Art and Linda Kranick built a dynasty at Saratoga Springs as they won 3 national titles and 28 NY state federation titles. Many runners RAVED about them. Many also HATED them. Banning them for life even though one of them is dead seems the definition of administrative over reach. SafeSpot has a policy not to ban dead people. Does USATF even know Art Kranick is dead?

Two LRC Exclusives On The 2021 Olympic 800m Champions

LRC Athing Mu-Nikolayev parts ways with coach Bobby Kersee

After three years with Kersee that included an American record in 2023, a devastating injury in 2024, and a failure to make the US final in 2025, Mu-Nikolayev has left Kersee and moved from LA to Dallas.

LRC What happened to Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Korir? Did he disappear?

The Kenyan 800m star has largely disappeared since winning Olympic and world titles in 2021 & 2022. And the physiotherapist who treated him twice a day, every day for 6 months leading up to the Olympics is worried for him. "We’ve been trying to help him, but he hasn’t been willing to receive the help."

MB: What happened to Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Korir? Did he disappear?

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Jager Q&A for Supporters Club Members

LRC SC Evan Jager's super candid LetsRun retirement interview: Paris 2015 fall, Olympic silver, Fancy Bears, Alberto & Jerry

Evan Jager retired this week and then sat down with LetsRun.com for his most candid interview ever. He opened up about the Paris fall, the Olympic silver, the Fancy Bears leak, and the tension between Alberto and Jerry that shaped parts of his career.

World Athletics' article on Evan Jager's retirement A good rundown of the highlights of his long career.

Message Board Q&A

LRC Q&A: Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, on his new book, running fast, running a company and more

Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson, runner, best-selling author, and host of “The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.", just ran over three hours in the marathon for the first time in 20 years. He joins LetsRun Friday to talk running, life, and his new book The Running Ground. If you'd like a book for free, just join our Supporters Club. Click for more info.

MB: Nick Thompson Q&A 3pm Friday on his new book, life, and why he finally ran over 3 hours in marathon in first time in 20 years

Josh Hoey parts ways with yet another coach

LRC Column: Josh Hoey discarding Justin Rinaldi has to be one of the dumbest coaching decisions in sports history

Somehow Justin Rinaldi transformed Josh Hoey, who couldn't break 1:47 for 6+ years, to a 1:42.01 world indoor champ and DL winner. How has he been rewarded? With a pink slip. Rojo thinks it's hard to think of a dumber decision than this but then again Jerry Jones once did fire Jimmy Johnson.

LRC Exclusive US 800m star Josh Hoey parts ways with coach Justin Rinaldi

After disagreements on training philosophy, Justin Rinaldi will no longer be coaching Hoey despite engineering one of the greatest turnarounds in American middle distance running history, taking Hoey from 1:47 to 1:42 and World Indoor champion in two years. Plus get the inside scoop on a key workout Hoey overcooked before USAs.

Great listen/read

LRC Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson on his new book "The Running Ground," running 2:29 at 44, and why he checks LetsRun every day

Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, joins the LetsRun.com Podcast to talk about his new book The Running Ground, how he ran 2:29 at 44, his late father, and why he still checks LetsRun every day.

LRC Q&A

LRC Q&A with Darryl Woodson on his first year as USATF relay coach, 4x100 success, & the men's 4x400 at Worlds

The US achieved its most successful relay medal haul since the introduction of the mixed 4x400 with four golds and a silver at the 2025 Worlds. We asked Woodson about Team USA's performance in Tokyo. Plus we asked USATF about what really happened with Rai Benjamin, who said he went out on the town the night before the men's 4x400 final.

Paywall lifted

LRC Where Your Dreams Become Reality: Dan Michalski's long, strange trip to the World Championships

After five coaches, six states, and hundreds of hours of listening to the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, steepler Dan Michalski will make his World Championship debut in Tokyo. He dedicated his runner-up finish at USAs to the grinders who keep going without a big shoe contract. "They know the grind, they know what it’s like to fight through injuries, what it’s like to feel like you have the talent to make a team and keep coming up short," Michalski says. "This is for them, in a sense."

IF you are going to play a video game, play this one

LRC Cross Country - The Video Game - Turns 5 - You Can Now Race XC Cross Country Racing at Illinois' Famed Detweiller Park

XC Racing 2 is now out and free to play on ios and android and in this version you get to race the famed Detweiller Park course in Illinois.

MB: Cross Country - The Video Game - Turns 5 - You Can Now Race XC Cross Country Racing at Illinios' Famed Detweiller Park

Random Links A Human Found Interesting

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden goes on CNN after triple gold and says she's not satisified “There are so many things out there that I’ve accomplished this year. But there’s so many more things that I do want to accomplish.”
Former Yale swimmer, who had her leg bitten off by a shark, is running NYC marathon She quickly joined the Paralympic ranks and won Paralympic silver.
Former Queen's Park Rangers star Don Shanks, 73, will run the New York marathon on November 2 to raise money for Alzheimers
NYC is experiencing a 2nd running boom & some are unhappy about it In 2019, it took an average of 121 days for an N.Y.R.R. race to sell out. This year, races have sold out in an average of four days.
NYRR claims running boom $934 million for the local economy in the fiscal year through March That’s up 58% from the comparable period five years earlier and they say last year’s marathon alone generated $692 million.

Sean Brosnan & Chris Lear & Andrew Greif's book is here

LRC Beyond Fast: How Sean Brosnan Turned Newbury Park into a Distance Running Dynasty

In Beyond Fast, Sean Brosnan, with Chris Lear and Andrew Greif, traces the unlikely rise of Newbury Park High School from an overlooked program to a distance-running powerhouse. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, training insights, and cultural shifts, the book shows how Brosnan and his athletes rewrote the high school record books.

Sean Brosnan Podcast

LRC Sean Brosnan on Beyond Fast, Newbury Park, UCLA and What’s Next

From BMX to building the greatest HS team ever, Sean Brosnan tells us how he did it at Newbury Park, plus what really went on at UCLA, and what’s next. Don’t miss this one.

Data doesn't lie

LRC Was Cooper Lutkenhaus's 1:42.27 for 800m the greatest performance ever by a 16-year-old? The data says yes

We've run the numbers by comparing Lutkenhaus's run against every other age-16 world record, and the data is clear.

Who?

LRC How American Jonah Koech Sprung One of the Biggest Upsets in Diamond League History

Jonah Koech wasn't even supposed to be in Sunday's 1500. As they approached the bell, he was in 13th out of 17. A lap later, he was the champion. He is just the third American man to win a Diamond League 1500/mile and the first runner sponsored by Under Armour to win a DL race. His 3:37.27 pre-race pb is also the slowest of any man to win a DL 1500/mile.

MB: Holy $&*$ America Jonah Koech runs 3:31 to win Rabat Diamond League.

How Josh Hoey Rose To The Top Of The World

LRC How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part I: A Coaching Odyssey

For five years, Hoey cylced through coach after coach but barely improved from his 1:47.67 high school 800m pb. Learn why he moved around so often -- and why he never gave up. Part I of JG's 7,000+ word feature.
*MB: Josh Hoey profile by JG

Part II: SC How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part II: Going All-In With Justin Rinaldi & The Fast 8 Track Club Hoey's career had stagnated until connecting with Rinaldi in 2023. Within minutes of seeing him train in-person, Rinaldi knew he was special: "I said, if I can’t get this guy to run 1:44, there’s something wrong with me."

Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet

LRC How Hobbs Kessler Won Two US Titles Fueled by Rice Krispies Treats and Country Time Lemonade

The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.

MB: Way better than bicarb? How Country Time Lemonade and Rice Krispies Treats fueled Hobbs Kessler's rise to the top.

The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025

SC Why Is Everyone Running So Fast in 2025? Super Spikes 3.0, A Golden Generation of Americans, and...Bicarb?

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

LRC The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win

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

LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

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."

MB: Graham Blanks REVEALS the KILLER workout that let him know he was ready to repeat as NCAA XC champ.

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LRC Jakob Ingebrigtsen undergoes Achilles surgery in California

LRC The Friday 15 Is Out: Jakob’s Surgery, Femke’s 800, Hocker Debate

MB Atlanta Track Club breaks 4 x 800 world record with 7:10.29 at Upenn

USATF announces the Lone Star Grand Prix for June 2026

LRC Femke Bol to make 800m debut in Metz on Sunday: preview & how to watch

In Feb. of 2006, Kajsa Bergqvist set the women's indoor HJ record of 2.08 that still stands

Belgium's Eliott Crestan runs 4th fastest indoor 800m ever with 1:43.83 victory in Ostrava

MB Jacob Kiplimo's 56:42 world record for the half marathon will NOT be ratified

2026 Millrose Games

LRC The ULTIMATE Millrose Games Recap: 15 Thoughts On The 2026 Edition

LRC 16-Year-Old Sam Ruthe runs 3:48.88 mile to obliterate U18 world record in Boston

LRC Roisin Willis smashes American indoor 800m record with 1:57.97 in Boston

LRC Cole Hocker talks Millrose, fast mile in 2 weeks, world indoors & Jakob’s Paris comments - "I don't think anyone was beating me that day"

LRC "Please don’t allow me to go to jail": Gut-Wrenching video released of Sha'Carri Richardson pleading with police

LRC 2026 London men's field is LOADED: World's top 2 marathoners Sabastian Sawe & Jacob Kiplimo to battle in rematch + Yomif Kejelcha debut

LRC 2026 London Marathon is LOADED: 4 of world's top 5 to clash + Olympic champ Sifan Hassan

LRC 800m world record holder Josh Hoey pulls out of Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile

LRC Grant Fisher on American world record assaults, NYC half debut, & 2025 regrets

LRC Grant Fisher nearly had the 2k, 3k, & 5k world records all at once

LRC Michael Johnson could lose $2.2M in Grand Slam Track bankruptcy

LRC New York Road Runners unveil new logo: What do you think?

LRC Who had the best weekend?

LRC Josh Hoey & Hobbs Kessler continue America's year of records at 2026 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

LRC 8 thoughts on 2026 NBIGP: Elle St. Pierre is BACK, Cam Myers keeps improving, Noah Lyles' WWE intro, & more

LRC 1:42.50! Josh Hoey Takes Down Wilson Kipketer’s Iconic 800m World Indoor Record

LRC Hobbs Kessler Smashes 2,000m Indoor World Record

LRC Cooper Lutkenhaus has leveled up with 1:45.23 season opener - Dr Sander Scorcher takeaways

LRC Cole Hocker smashes American 2,000m record at Hokie Invitational

MB: Sam Ruthe runs 3:53.83 in New Zealand to break age-16 mile WR

LRC Noah Lyles throws down the gauntlet to all athletes (even NFL stars) in 2026: "If you want to get your butt kicked by the world’s fastest man, [call me]"

MB: Grant Fisher to make half marathon debut at NYC Half on March 15th - Predictions?

MB: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant

LRC The best comeback of 2025: How Donavan Brazier won the US 800m title after three years away

LRC 5 thoughts on the 2026 Boston Marathon fields: Can American Fiona O’Keeffe contend?

LRC USA XC legend Craig Virgin shares his thoughts on the state of World Cross Country

LRC Track Talk: Josh Hoey going for Wilson Kipketer’s indoor 800m world record + Cam Myers’ 3:49 mile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen skipping indoors, American women in Boston

19-year-old Aussie Cam Myers runs 3:49.81 world mile lead at UW Preview

LRC $7,300 in cash, $30M in debt: Why Grand Slam Track isn’t dead yet

LRC The 2026 World XC Champs were a smashing success - how do we turn it into our Kentucky Derby?

LRC The best moments from World Cross Country (off the course)

LRC WTW: US sub-60s galore at Houston Half & the woman who went from 14th at NCAAs to a 29:25 10K in 7 months

LRC It's official: St. Louis v. Phoenix for the 2028 US Olympic Marathon Trials

MB: Absolutely stacked 2 mile field announced for Millrose Games with Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and more

2021 NYC Marathon champ Albert Korir provisionally suspended for doping

LRC Americans Fly in Houston: Alex Maier (59:23) & Taylor Roe (66:20) Move to #2 All-Time US in Half; US Citizen Zouhair Talbi Smashes Course Record (2:05:45), Habtom Samuel (59:01) Wins Half Debut

Ethiopia's Fantaye Belayneh wins Houston Half in a sprint finish (64:49); Taylor Roe runs #2 US all-time 66:20

Zouhair Talbi breaks his own Houston Marathon course record with 2:05:45, this time running as an American

LRC 7 thoughts on 2026 World XC: Africa strikes back, Kiplimo the legend, Ngetich dominates, & more

LRC Live from the Letsrun party

Sweden's Andreas Almgren (26:45) and Kenya's Brenda Jepchirchir (29:25) win in Valencia

SC The Yr of Jane and Cole + What Happened To The African Men?

MB: INSANE... NCAA DIII XC Runner Up BANNED from from all future competition (after local community rose up and gave him $6000 so he wouldn't have to drop out of college)

MB: USATF bans two of the most successful US HS coaches in history for life even though one of them is dead

LRC Athing Mu-Nikolayev parts ways with coach Bobby Kersee

LRC What happened to Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Korir? Did he disappear?

LRC (ad) Aletheia Run: Run Stronger, Avoid Injury, Know Why

LRC SC Evan Jager's super candid LetsRun retirement interview: Paris 2015 fall, Olympic silver, Fancy Bears, Alberto & Jerry

LRC Q&A: Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, on his new book, running fast, running a company and more

LRC Column: Josh Hoey discarding Justin Rinaldi has to be one of the dumbest coaching decisions in sports history

LRC Exclusive US 800m star Josh Hoey parts ways with coach Justin Rinaldi

LRC Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson on his new book "The Running Ground," running 2:29 at 44, and why he checks LetsRun every day

LRC Q&A with Darryl Woodson on his first year as USATF relay coach, 4x100 success, & the men's 4x400 at Worlds

LRC Where Your Dreams Become Reality: Dan Michalski's long, strange trip to the World Championships

LRC Cross Country - The Video Game - Turns 5 - You Can Now Race XC Cross Country Racing at Illinois' Famed Detweiller Park

LRC Beyond Fast: How Sean Brosnan Turned Newbury Park into a Distance Running Dynasty

LRC Sean Brosnan on Beyond Fast, Newbury Park, UCLA and What’s Next

LRC Was Cooper Lutkenhaus's 1:42.27 for 800m the greatest performance ever by a 16-year-old? The data says yes

LRC How American Jonah Koech Sprung One of the Biggest Upsets in Diamond League History

LRC How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part I: A Coaching Odyssey

LRC How Hobbs Kessler Won Two US Titles Fueled by Rice Krispies Treats and Country Time Lemonade

SC Why Is Everyone Running So Fast in 2025? Super Spikes 3.0, A Golden Generation of Americans, and...Bicarb?

LRC The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win

LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman