The girls race was a classic as four girls entered the final hill together. In the end, Zofia Dudek came from behind to win with the 5th fastest time in history.

Some of the 2nd round matchups of December Madness - LetsRun.com's 64-Race Battle for Race Of The Decade - are salivating. Which was a better race - Kenenisa Bekele's Great North Run win in 2013 or his 2:01:41 2019 Berlin Marathon shocker? What about Mo Farah and Galen Rupp going 1-2 in the Olympics versus Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs going 1-2 at Worlds?  How does this year's historic women's 1500 final at World's compare to the 2016 Olympics men's 1500 final? Or what about the 2019 world's women's 400 vs the 2016 Olympic women's 400?

The first round of December Madness -- LetsRun.com's 64-Race battle for RACE OF THE DECADE -- is in the books and the action was spectacular. The matchup between the GOAT -- Kenenisa Bekele and his win in Berlin in 2019 -- and the people's champ in Yuki Kawauchi and his 2018 Boston win is a battle that track and field fans will be talking about for decades as it featured a controversial finish and was decided by a single vote. In another instant classic, Des Linden's 2018 Boston victory knocked off Shalane Flanagan and her 2017 NYC win.

In the girls race, the top 4 return from last year. For the boys, Methner ran well at NXN last week but Morris has been 2nd and 3rd the last two years.

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Many other runners have committed as well including Klecker, Mead and Knight.

Voting is now open to determine what was the best race of the decade.

Katelyn Tuohy won her 3rd straight NXN title. What does that mean for her future success? Plus a pacemaker won $100,000 in Abu Dhabi and there were a TON of Olympic Trials qualifiers at CIM.

Last month, Seb Coe spent 45 minutes discussing the Diamond League and his vision for the sport with LetsRun.com. Find out what he said here.

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Margaret Muriuki won the women's race in 2:31:10 over Betsy Saina (2:31:51).

She ended up qualifying for the Trials with 2:43:18.

Top Americans were CJ Albertson in 2nd with 2:13:40 and 41-year-old Meriah Earle who PR'd by more than 10-minutes to get 3rd in 2:34:35. *Results

Cheserek's winning time of 3:53.3 was the fastest mile ever run in Hawaii. Cheserek also won the men vs women race (women get a 28-second head start). The battle for second overall was fierce with Kenya's Brimin Kiprono (3:56.3) finishing .7 ahead of top woman Elinor Purrier (4:25.0).