Archived Homepage For December 08, 2022
Archived Homepage For December 08, 2022
This Weekend's Action

He had a 13:41 pb before last weekend so he's feeling good about things.
*MB: Andy Powell: "Sam (Prakel) has been the most consistent American miler in the U.S."

Kipchoge, Kipchoge, Kipchoge

Kipchoge also said he "can't wait" to run his first hilly marathon but that he won't change his training to get ready for the hills.

The Stars Gets Some Great Pub
Be Inspired
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News From Kenya
Our Weekly Recap

It was an amazing week for distance fans as so much happened last week - who knew the first week in December could be so much fun? We break it all down for you.

Centro Update
2023 DL Schedule Is Here
RIP To A Legend

Waldrop was a sensation in 1974, running an unrabbitted 3:55 indoors WR on a 10 or 11 lap to the mile track which stood as the NCAA record until 2009, but had moved on from the sport before the 1976 Trials as he had things he wanted to accomplish. He had run in the 1972 Trials and didn't enjoy the process and he liked to "Run for Fun" and even wore t-shirts stating as such.

From The Archives: One of the 1st LRC articles ever: Looking at a Legend: Tony Waldrop, World Record Holder in 1974, Out of the Sport in 1976

More Distance News
Beat The Heat
World Athletics 2022 Awards

We STRONGLY disagree with McLaughlin winning it. There should be a minimum amount of competitions required. She ran 0 DLs. She's the equivalent of the World Series MVP but should have been ineligible for a whole-season award.

Olympic / Federation Bans
NCAA / High School Track News
Distance Results From Japan
USATF Marathon Champs

As usual, CIM was great for Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers as 42 men and 44 women ran faster than the standard.

BU

Parker Wolfe and Natalie Cook broke the U20 American records at 5k as Ky Robinson and Annie Rodenfels getting wins with Katelyn Tuohy settling for 2nd in 15:15.

Pro XC in America

2019 NCAA xc champ Edwin Kurgat won the men's individual title over Yared Nuguse who was a surprising second and led OAC to the team battle. Alicia Monson and Puma Elite were the winners for the women.

*Post-race videos

2023 Calendar

None of the outdoor meets save for Prefontaine have a title sponsor.

Valencia Pre-Race

You won't believe how fast Haile Eyasu thinks Letesenbet Gidey can run for the marathon. "Best event for her, I think, as her coach: marathon. When I give her the training, her performance is best on the long run." 

A Former US Champion Is Banned

The 6-2, 138-lb Mead says a pre-workout drink he bought from a vending machine was the likely source of the PEDs. "I was out there just lifting to gain a bit of muscle."

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NAU edged Oklahoma State on the tie breaker as Charles Hicks outlasted Nico Young.

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Katelyn Tuohy ran down a game Parker Valby to get the win and help lead NC State to the win over the New Mexico pack.

Meet Teshome Mekonen

Teshome Mekonen became a US citizen in August and beat Conner Mantz by a minute earlier this year at the NYC Half. Learn about his story from Tigray to Harlem.

Post-NYC News

2022 was a historically fast year for women's marathoning, the #2-4 men's marathoners in the world might all train together, and the NYC Marathon has a security problem.

Rojo and Mara Yamauchi Editorial

For nearly 40 years, the NYC Marathon has been known for being a trailblazer that paid its male and female athletes the same prize money. Sadly, that changed on Sunday. Guess what sex dominated the new non-binary gender division at Sunday's 2022 New York City Marathon? Olympian Mara Yamauchi joins Robert Johnson in this guest column.

WMM

The WMMs seemingly don't want anyone to know who won the series title, and for good reason, as the winners are being screwed out of $200,000 each.

Trials Awarded

What will the course be like? What type of weather can we expect? We break it down for you.

Post NYC Updates

The good news is the Brazilian star is recovering well after going to the hospital. His agent explains what he thinks happened.

  • Which Super Shoes Did The Best In NYC? While Nike shoes dominated in numbers, there were plenty of other shoe brands to finish in the top-10 men and women including a surprise win by Under Armour on the feet of Sharon Lokedi.
  • NYRR's Post-Race Release Specifically Omits Nonbinary Winner's Time They listed the winning times for the men's, women's, and wheelchair divisions, but not the nonbinary. Maybe they didn't want to highlight the fact that they gave thousands in prize money to biological men who ran significantly slower than many women who got nothing?
Engels Speaks

Engels says he enjoyed his time with UAC but needed to train in a place where he either had consistent training partners or a coach with him every day.

How Would You Attack The Doping Problem?

Instead of just complaining about anti-doping it's time to try and do something about. Submit your best anti-doping proposals.

      Has Kenya found a new super drug? What is going on?

      And have the Kenyans found a new super drug? Kipyokei is one of 10 athletes in the last two years to test positive for the same substance, triamcinolone acetonide, a drug once used by Lance Armstrong and Brad Wiggins. Why are they suddenly all testing positive for it now?

      Disturbing Stuff

      Allegations regarding the Huntington University track and field team where Nick Johnson used to coach and his wife Lauren Johnson now coaches continue to come out thanks to the great reporting by David Woods and continue to get more grim. Two national champions for Huntington claim their coach gave them unknown injections and have asked that their national titles be invalidated. One claims she was raped by Nick. Police reports show Nick, who had already pled guilty to a felony after admitting to impersonating a University of Oregon staffer so he could take a teen recruit on a trip where the teen told police many sexual acts took place, has admitted to having sex with two other athletes and his wife admitted she didn’t tell anyone at Huntington as she didn’t want them to lose their jobs. She’s now the head coach. If that’s not bad enough, there are now allegations of PED usage. Did PEDs cause the Johnsons to leave the Oregon Track Club?

      The series used the elites to build themselves up as the majors in our sport but now is forsaking the pros once the image is established. In the process, they just screwed Eliud Kipchoge out of $200,000 after the fact as the cut is effective immediately. Wow.

      Kipchoge loving the LetsRun Shirt in Berlin
      History was made 20 years ago

      And he ran his marathon PB to boot.

      Ross Tucker Speaks

      We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.

        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.

        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.

        Best of Jon Gault
        Best of Jon Gault
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        Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
        Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level