The 1995 Weltklasse Zürich Was Special

LRC 25 Years Later: A Look Back At One Of The Greatest Nights In Distance Running History At the 1995 Weltklasse Zürich meet, Moses Kiptanui became the first man under 8:00 in the steeplechase and Haile Gebrselassie took over 10 seconds off the 5,000m world record.  It was the Golden Age of one of Europe’s finest meets. A quarter century later, those who were there reflect on the famous night.
*MB: Sub-8 and 12:44.39 at 1995 Weltklasse Zürich: A look back at one of the greatest nights in distance running history 25 yrs later

World Athletics: On Its 25th Anniversary, Remembering Kiptanui’s Historic Sub-Eight-Minute Steeplechase

Monaco Lived Up To The Hype *TV & Streaming *Results

LRC Joshua Cheptegei Runs 12:35.36 To Break 5,000-Meter World Record In Monaco Move over, Kenenisa Bekele. The world record now belongs to Joshua Cheptegei.

LRC Full Meet Recap Rest Of Monaco: A Crazy Fast 1,500, Brazier & Hoppel 1-2 In 800, Kipyegon Scares WR, & Hassan Drops Out What a meet. A European record for Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1,500, a near world record for Faith Kipyegon in the women’s 1k, a 1-2 finish by Americans Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel in the 800, and much more.

VIP Only Monaco Joshua Cheptegei 12:35.36 Video Recap Show What a track meet!

Monaco On The Boards:

• This Guy Called It A Month Ago: If Mo Ahmed ran 12:47, i’m convinced Cheptegei can run 12:35 in Monaco!!
• Official 2020 Monaco DL Discussion Thread
• THE NEW KING – New 5000m WR by Joshua Cheptegei !!! 12:35:37
• CHEPTEGEI – SUB 26MIN 10K
• Joshua Cheptegei’s 5000m new WR – A complete analysis(pacing, weather, splits)
• Why didn’t Cheptegei target the 10,000..?
• Advice for training for sub 12:35 5k?
• Bekele’s 12:37 is superior to Cheptegei’s 12:35
• JAKOB MF INGEBRIGTSEN
• Jake Wightman
• Bryce MF Hoppel
• Sifan Hassan goes home DEVASTATED!
• JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN MONACO 1500M TIME PREDICTION ?

Event Comebacks And Cancellations

• Props To Them: Athletics Ireland Agrees To Stage National Championships Over Two Successive Weekends This Month The championships were at risk of losing their 147-year streak, but the streak will remain unbroken.
  *Previously: Government Covid Restrictions Threaten Irish National Championships’ 147-Year Streak Apparently Ireland has the longest unbroken run of track championships anywhere in the world, not even missing a year during WWI and WWII.
• The Rescheduled Paris Marathon Cancelled Due To Coronavirus The race had been postponed until November, but now it’s completely cancelled.
• Parkrun Is Planning On Returning In The UK With A Ban On High Fives And Spitting And Potentially Longer Courses The weekly worldwide mass participation race series is hoping on returning soon.

More Monaco Coverage

• Jakob Ingebrigtsen Eclipses European 1,500m Record With 3:28.68 In Monaco The 19-year-old (now #8 on the world all-time list) broke Mo Farah’s European record of 3:28.81 which was set in the same stadium seven years ago.
• Jake Wightman Storms To UK #2 All-Time With 3:29.47 Mo Farah is the only Brit to have run faster.
• GB’s Laura Weightman Impresses With 14:35.44 In Monaco 5,000m (#2 GB All-Time Behind Paula Radcliffe)
• Laura Muir Breaks British 1,000m Best With 2:30.82 In Monaco She broke Kelly Holmes‘ record of 2:32.55 from 1997.
• Ciara Mageean Smashes Sonia O’Sullivan’s 27-Year-Old 1,000m Irish Record Mageean ran 2:31.06 to break O’Sullivan’s 2:34.66 mark from 1993.
• World Athletics Monaco Recap

More Monaco DL News

• Good News: BBC Signs Last Minute TV Deal To Get Diamond League Meets Live Streamed In Britain There was outrage after a a report a couple days ago that revealed World Athletics had failed to secure a British broadcaster so Brits wouldn’t be able to watch the meets live. *2nd Article
• Joshua Cheptegei’s WR Dream Still Alive After Weeks Of Arguing With The Ugandan Government To Allow International Travel
• World Athletics Preview: Global Champions And World Record Holders Head To Monaco As Diamond League Action Resumes Donavan Brazier is excited to be racing international again saying, “I didn’t realize how much I missed coming to Europe and seeing all the athletes – it’s sort of like a mini-world championships.”
• The UK Government Issued Elite Athlete Travel Exemptions Preventing Elite Athletes From Having To Quarantine
• BBC Preview: Adam Gemili Takes On World Champ Noah Lyles In Monaco

The Shoes Have Ruined The Sport

World Athletics Issues Reminder About Their Amended Shoe Rules Which Went Into Affect Two Weeks Ago The new rules set a maximum sole height limit of 25mm for track events 800m and above. This means that road shoes with a higher sole height like the Nike Vaporfly can’t be worn for track races. However, anyone who ran a time or set a record before the rule came in effect two weeks ago will be grandfathered in.
*2nd Article Cross-Country also has a maximum sole height limit of 25mm.

Monaco Diamond League Is Friday

Monaco Provisional Entry Lists There is a solid women’s 5,000m with Sifan Hassan, Hellen Obiri, Letesenbet Gidey, Shannon Rowbury and Konstanze Klosterhalfen. The men’s 1,500m should also be good with Timothy Cheruiyot, Jakob and Filip Ingebrigsten and Craig Engels. The men’s 5,000 has Joshua Cheptegei, Julien Wanders and Henrik Ingebrigsten; Soufiane El Bakkali in the steeple. Brits Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie are in the 1,000m with Raevyn Rogers and Faith Kipyegon.
*MB: DL Monaco entries are up

• World Athletics Fail: British Viewers Won’t Be Able To Watch The Diamond League Live This Year Eurosport opted not to extend its contract when it expired last year and World Athletics hasn’t secured a new British broadcaster. (The BBC can show meet highlights only.)
• NBC Sports’ Five Events To Watch At The Monaco DL Three of the five on their list are distance races.
• Meet Director Jean-Pierre Schoebel Talks About Putting On The Monaco DL Through The Covid-19 Pandemic “We’ve never worked as hard as this year. I can’t tell you how difficult the situation has been.”

OAC Full Team Revealed – Monson & Hoare Added To The Mix

LRC Full On Athletics Club Roster Announced, Led By NCAA Champs Geordie Beamish & Alicia Monson On has announced more NCAA signings this summer than every other shoe company combined. We reveal the full squad and analyze the roster, which is made up of 6 NCAA champs (4 DI) and led by Joe Klecker, Ollie Hoare, and Alicia Monson.

Covid Needs To Back Off

Olympic And World Steeplechase Champ Conseslus Kipruto Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Will Miss Monaco Diamond League Meet Kipruto says he doesn’t have any symptoms and was planning on going for the WR. *Discuss

Track Results – Last BTC Time Trial

• MB: BTC Time Trial – Mo Ahmed Runs 5:00.72 For 2,000m; Shelby Houlihan Runs 2:01.08 For 800m Over Karissa Schweizer’s 2:02.77 This one was much more tame than BTC’s previous time trials.
  *Full Results You’ll notice some bizarre results like Matt Centrowitz running 3:03 for 800m. These results are athletes fulfilling contract obligations. For more of an explanation on that, read our article here: Why Did Michael Norman Run 9.86 – And Then Races Four More Times? A Look At How COVID-19 Is Affecting Elite Track & Field Contracts
  *MB: BTC Ran The 2000m As An Elimination Race

We’ve Brought John Kellogg Out Of Retirement – Our Summer Training Program Is Back

LRC High Schoolers And College Runners- Train Smarter This Summer With The LetsRun.com Summer Training Program If you aren’t sure what you should be doing for summer training and want to be your best this fall, sign up for our summer training program. Get a daily training schedule, interact with our team, and be your best this fall.