– Half marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie, who only has track PRs of 14:19/28:45, announcing he will go for 10,000 glory in Tokyo.
LRC Keeping Track Of Pros Who Have Switched Sponsors In 2021 A number of pros are no longer being sponsored by Nike. A bunch of them including Sandi Morris and Gesa Krause have signed with Puma.
LRC Good News: There Will Be A 2021 Indoor Track Season But It Will Look Much Different Than Normal There will be a 2021 indoor season, but college meets will be more exclusive than ever, and USA Indoors is very much up in the air. Thankfully Paul Doyle has stepped up and created the four-meet American Track League that will air on ESPN as he doens’t know of a single college meet that will accept unattached athletes.
*MB: New ESPN Indoor Track Series
LRCPodcast: 2021 (Tokyo Olympic) Predictions + Supershoes With Geoff Burns We give out our predictions for the 2021 Olympics and talk to supershoe expert Geoff Burns to see if the playing field is anywhere close to level (no, it is not).
Breaking News: LRC A LetsRun.com Poster Who Does Not Have A Super-Hot Wife, A Sub-14 5k PR, Or A Million-Dollar Job Won Our Marathon Project Prediction Contest
*MB: Confession: Guy who won our prediction contest admits he doesn’t make 7 figures over have a super hot spouse
The Stride Report Ranks The Top 25 Men’s Distance Runners In The NCAA*#1-13 *#14-25 *Honorable MentionLuis Grijalva and Yareg Nuguse are 1-2.
Top 25 Women: *#1-13 *#14-25*Honorable Mention Ella Donaghu and Katie Izzo are #1-2.
LRC Ryan Hill Joins HOKA ONE ONE NAZ Elite Jonathan Gault breaks the news that Hill, the 2015 US 5k champ, is leaving Bowerman TC and is headed to Flagstaff, where he’ll chase his first Olympic berth.
*MB: Ryan Hill leaves BTC
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LRC LetsRun.com’s Best Articles Of 2020: How To Turn Pro, Farewell To Coogan’s, Solinsky’s 26:59 Revisited And More We sifted through the hundreds of articles we published in 2020 to find the very best stories of the year. From a guide on how to turn professional, to a diatribe on the Vaporflys, to a a remembrance of Haile G‘s 12:44, to the inside scoop on Chris Solinsky‘s AR at 2010 Payton Jordan, check out the work we were proudest of in 2020.
LRC The 2020 LetsRun.com Awards Are Here: Best Runner, Best Comeback, Biggest Disappointment, Most Inspirational & More 2020 was full of highs and lows – just ask Sara Hall. We hand out awards for a year unlike any other.
*MB: The 2020 LetsRun.com Awards Are Out – Best Runner, Best Comeback, Biggest Disappointment, Most Inspirational & More
LRC The Best LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast Episodes Of 2020: Jim Ryun, Deena Kastor, The Big 3 Reunited, & More Though 2020 featured fewer races than normal, we had plenty to talk about as we cranked out 68 episodes of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast as we landed some incredible guests, including an Olympic gold medalist, a Boston Marathon champion, a world record holder, and one of the most popular authors on the planet. A look at eight of our best episodes of 2020.
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