Stockholm DL: Cooper win, Werro 1:53.98!
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Stockholm DL Was Fantastic
Stockholm DL Was Fantastic

The sport has never seen a teen phenom quite like this. What. A. Race.

    Werro's 1:53.98 is the first sub-1:54 by a woman in almost 43 years as Hodgkinson ran a pb of 1:54.33 but had to settle for 2nd. In the men's 1500, Yared Nuguse (3:30.11) won again afer running down Cam Myers (3:30.32) in the home straight.

    On The Boards
    On The Boards
    Brooks PR

    13-year-old Angelina Alder lowered her own age group world record to 4:38.25 to win the girls' mile and Chiara Dailey won the 2 mile in 9:49.57 (#5 on HS all-time list). Marcelo Mantecon took the boys' 2 mile in 8:44.88.

    Oslo Diamond League (Bislett Games) On Wednesday

    Yared Nuguse faces a stacked Dream Mile field with all three 2025 world 1500m medalists, Isaac Nader, Jake Wightman and Reynold Cheruiyot, plus Cam Myers, Hobbs Kessler, Timothy Cheruiyot and Narve Gilje Nordas. The 5000m has Grant Fisher, Andreas Almgren and Nico Young. The sprints are highlighted by Gout Gout vs Letsile Tebogo in the 200m, Julien Alfred in the 100m and Karsten Warholm vs Alison dos Dantos in the 400H.

    The Lone Star Grand Prix Was On NBC On Saturday

    Taylor joined Erriyon Knighton as only the second American high schooler to break 20.00 in the 200. Other highlights included Trayvon Bromell (9.85, +3.8) taking down world champion Oblique Seville (3rd in 9.95) in the 100 and a great women's hammer competition, where Camryn Rogers (79.36m) defeated American Rachel Richeson (79.33m) in the first meet ever to feature two women beyond 79 meters.

    USATF 4 Mile Champs

    Muhumed won in17:57, three seconds ahead of Reid Buchanan while Parker ran 20:16 to beat out Rachael Rudel (20:23) and Allie Ostrander (20:24). *Top Results

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    New York Mini 10K

    Agnes Ngetich shattered the course record, running a dominant solo 30:07 to defeat Tsigie Gebreselama (30:53) and defending champion Hellen Obiri (31:10). Emily Venters was the top American in fourth with a personal-best 31:36.

    That's One Less "Enhanced" Athlete In The Sport
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    Pre Stockholm News
    Pre Stockholm News

    Myers is 7-for-7 in 2026, and running fans (including LRC's Rojo) are getting excited about his potential, even throwing out the words "world record." Are their expectations realistic, or are they getting carried away?

    Lutkenhaus faces a field that features four of the top six from the '24 Olympic final, including silver medalist Marco Arop. Plus US women's 800 champ Roisin Willis is also making her DL debut.

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    Base Training 101 - Spread the Word to Any High Schoolers You Know

    How good can a runner become with real summer training? This summer, LetsRun is going to help coach a sub-10:00 high school runner who only trained 10 miles per week in the past and document the journey while teaching the principles of base training that can help every runner improve.

    NCAA Stuff
    Rome

    Noah Lyles (9.88, +0.5) took down Jordan Anthony (9.96) and everyone else to win his DL opener in the 100, while Julien Alfred (21.93, +1.3) beat world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (22.17) in the 200. *WA Recap

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    St. Louis bid out Phoenix, the only other bidder, for the right to host. The races will be held on March 25, 2028 -- 18 weeks before the Olympic marathons in Los Angeles.

    Hoka Festival Of Miles

    And Jackson Spencer (3:57.24) almost accomplished the feat in the HS boys race as the men's pro winner ran 3:57.01. Lincoln is now in the top 5 all time as only two HSers (Jane Hedengren and Mary Cain) have broken 4:27 in the mile in HS.

    Chris Solinsky Update

    The former American record holder in the 10,000 won 5 NCAA titles as a Badger. “It has long been a dream of mine to be right here in this moment. Wisconsin and this program mean a great deal to me and I do not take lightly the responsibility I have to take the baton into the future," said Solinsky.

    More HS News

    In 1976, the 1st 4 x 880 was held at the Illinois state meet. People are still talking about it 50 years later It was historically fast and competitive.

    Distance News - Jakob Update
    New Training Talk Live Series

    As we move to LetsRun.com second quarter century, we want to give you more reasons to visit the site daily. So we have launched a Live Training Talk series. Marius Bakken was the perfect first guest as this website was founded to try to spread the gospel of aerobic/threshold-based training, which Bakken has helped spread across the globe better than anyone. Catch it on demand as an SC Member. *Purchase book

    Cam Myers is on fire

    The Australian teen smashed his 800m PB by more than three seconds, remained undefeated in 2026, and now owns a faster 800 PB than Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, and Niels Laros. *Race video

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    Time Flies When You Are Having Fun

    Webb's record of 3:53.43 is now 25 years old. Jim Ryun's record of 3:55.3 lived for 36. *Race video

    New World Qualifying Standards

    The standards are way harder than ever -- 1:43.00 in the men's 800, 3:30.00 in the 1500 -- as World Athletics targets 40% of qualifiers by standard and 60% by rankings. Plus athletes can no longer hit the standard on 200m indoor tracks like Boston University.

    Sub 2 happened

    Sabastian Sawe stunned the world with his 1:59:30 marathon in London to earn runner of the month honors. Jane Hedengren (two NCAA records) and Vincent Mauri (2:05:54 at the Glass City Marathon) were honorable mention.

    Interesting Distance News
    Must Read

    Midway through Marius Bakken's new book The Norwegian Method Applied, Robert Johnson had an epiphany and asked himself, "Is there any human on planet Earth who is better suited to write a training book than Dr. Bakken?" He doesn't think so. This is a must-read. Read it, then join the SC so you can ask Bakken a question during our live interview with him on June 1 at 1 p.m. ET. *Purchase book

    Rojo On NPR

    NPR radio devoted one hour to what made sub-2 possible. Was it the athlete, the shoes, nutrition, etc?  Full transcript at the link above or you can listen to it on your favorite podcast player.

    Too Good To Be True

    Sawe's 1:59:30 was real, but analysis from LetsRun.com and German timing ace Helmut Winter reveals his 24th mile was almost certainly slower than 4:12. The race's official timing company has told LetsRun it has removed the time for mile 24 from its list of splits to prevent confusion.

    Meet Vinny Mauri

    Neal, who coached Mauri at Notre Dame from 2023-25, said he thought he might be able to break 2:08 in Toledo based on the training Mauri had done before the race. "We kind of always knew if he could ever stay healthy, he’d be real dangerous.... He’s just a tremendous kid and has worked his butt off for this."

    The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon

    13-years ago, Rojo wrote the original The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon and claimed we were nowhere close to a sub-2 and that we likely wouldn't see it in his lifetime. Well now that it has happened and everyone on the Internet is dunking on him, how does he feel? He's not backing down and claims the logic of his original column was right on the money.

    Post-London Analysis

    How in the world did Sabastian Sawe turn was looked to be a 2:01 race into a historic 1:59:30 marathon world record? Did adidas' new 3.4 ounce shoe -- the Adios Pro Evo 3 -- tip the scales? What about the wind?

    London Marathon

    Sebastian Sawe has run a 59:01 second half in London to break the 2:00 barrier and Yomif Kejelcha in the greatest marathon ever run. What. A. Race.

      Assefa successfully defended her title and lowered her own women's-only world record to 2:15:41, prevailing in a tactical battle that saw an unprecedented three women break the 2:16 barrier.

      Free for everyone

      Cooper talks about his undefeatead indoor season, his "just send it" mentality, what's on tap outdoors and what it's like being a world champion walking the halls of his Texas high school.

      The Marathon Project is BACK (sponsored post)

      The Marathon Project has announced a major schedule change for this year's event. The Amateurs and Professionals will now compete together in a 400-person race on Saturday, December 12. The move is designed to amplify the atmosphere and increase the intensity with more athletes, fans, and energy on the flat, fast, loop course in Chandler, AZ. According to race organizers, "The overwhelming feedback we received from last year was that the participants loved being treated like pros. Now they'll get to race with the pros as well. It's a logical next step for us." Press Release here

      The Latest LRC Exclusives
      The Latest LRC Exclusives

      We asked Jonathan Gault to try to find out what many of the top pros are up to.

      Richardson, who was charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault after shoving boyfriend Christian Coleman at the SeaTac airport, and prosecutors agreed to postpone the case for two years when it would be dismissed as long as she met certain criteria, including "no criminal law violations."

      Josh Kerr 222 podcast

      Josh Kerr is chasing Hicham El Guerrouj’s mile world record his way, choosing a packed London Diamond League over a controlled time trial and insisting on “my race, my rules.” Kerr discussed his world record attempt and most recent world title over Cole Hocker on the LetsRun.com podcast.

      Johh Kerr swears by power-to-weight training to improve his speed – here’s how and why you should do the same 'My gym coaches have done a really good job of finding where my weaknesses are. I need to create more power. My goal is that my power-to-weight ratio needs to be good.

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      Meet Fotyen Tesfay

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      The winners of our prediction contests

      World indoors are this week. The LetsRun.com prediction contest team for Worlds is set.  Meet the winners from the USAs contest and some of our other recent contests as well. They highlight the best of LRC.

      LRC Exclusive

      Since he stopped racing in the middle of the 2025 cross country season for Iowa State, Seth Clevenger has taken DIII by storm. The Rowan University athlete is the DIII leader in three events. But following the release of a video of an alleged EPO order, multiple former teammates told LetsRun.com that Clevenger said he took banned substances in 2025 while at Iowa State and admitted as such to the coaching staff. The situation raises questions about a potential hole in the NCAA’s anti-doping policy. We investigate how a star could allegedly admit to banned drug use and remain eligible to compete.

      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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