1,027 days have passed since Hayward last hosted a track meet. That changes on Friday. Will Cole Hocker and Cooper Teare chase the Olympic standard as well as CR? Hear what Oregon coach Ben Thomas told us. The meet also features NCAA champs Courtney Wayment, Conner Mantz, Wesley Kiptoo, and Edwin Kurgat.
In this week's pod, we save you a trip to Eugene and pick the 2020 US Olympic team for you.
In college, Hall never broke 4:15 at Florida State. Now she's run 3:59. *Race Video
“Last night was just a perfect night with the weather and having the pace set up.
"It was almost like the opportunity had been handed to me on a silver platter and I had to make the most of it.”
Charlotte Purdue was left off the team despite having a marathon pb (2:25:38) more than a minute faster than Steph Twell (2:26:40). If we'd picked the team, we might have picked Twell and Purdue and left off the fastest of the bunch, Jess Piasecki (2:25:29), as a messageboard poster claims her pb came on a short course.
These fields are INCREDIBLE. In the women's race, the world's best 5k, half marathon, & marathon runners will battle. Plus all of the medalists from the 2020 World Half are here. In the men's race, the last two WR holders will square off at 13.1 for the 1st time.
If this doesn't prove that gender identity should have nothing to do with what sex classification you compete in, then we don't know what will as otherwise Hiltz would sometimes have to compete as a man and sometimes as a woman.
In her 20s, she was unable to break three hours. 40 years later, she set a "world record fueled by regret" as she ran 2:52 at age 62. Yes, she wears the super shoes.
Sara Hall and Zane Robertson rave about them. "I definitely can run faster in them. I can't really imagine going back to anything I've run in before after running in these," said Hall in an ad that features her.
Australia unveils new Asics Olympic uniforms and Asics may end up being boycotted in both China and Australia as a result ASICS insists the cotton in the Olympic uniforms doesn't come from forced labor but they are in hot water for initially issuing a statement saying they would "continue to purchase and support Xinjiang cotton”. ASICS says the statement was unauthorized a rogue release by a Chinese employee but that statement has pissed off a bunch of Chinese consumers.
Kipchoge was originally set to race April 11th in Hamburg. Now the race is April 18th in a location TBC due to Covid-19.
*MB: Eliud Kipchoge's NN Mission Marathon Postponed; Looking For New Location
Italy Will Host Its Own Elite Marathon April 11, Australia and Argentina Also Will Host Olympic Qualifying Marathons Later in April The Italian race features a bunch of elites including Marius Kipserum (KEN), Suguru Osako (JPN), Angela Tanui (KEN), Leul Gebresilase (ETH), Gerda Steyn (RSA), Daniele Meucci (ITA), and Valeria Straneo (ITA).
Van Niekerk ran a slightly wind-assisted (+2.1m/s) 20.10. This is fastest 200m time (and possibly best result overall) since coming back from his 2017 ACL injury.
Coogan says Purrier has become an "aerobic animal" maxing out at low 70's for weekly mileage.
Nike is suing streetwear company MSCHF for modifying and re-selling Nike Air Max 97s which apparently all contain a drop of human blood. Nike says MSCHF has caused "significant harm to [Nike's] goodwill, including among consumers who believe that Nike is endorsing satanism".
We take a look at HS phenoms Claudia Hollingsworth, Jaylen Slade, & Hobbs Kessler as well as college phenoms Travis Laird and Tara Davis, take a deeper look at the Notre Dame men's depth, compare the state of British marathoning in 1980 and 2021 and rave about Linden Hall and Gavin Sherry, who crawled across the line to break 9:00 in the two-mile.
Is the Olympic marathon dream for the greatest distance runner in history, the man who ran 2:01:41 in his last marathon, over?
The time put Kessler #4 on the all-time list.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
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.
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.
‒Linden Hall after becoming the first Aussie woman to break 4:00.