Hitomi Niiya's comeback story is pretty cool and Jemal Yimer believe it or not crossed the line first for the first time ever on a day that saw 14 American men go sub 1:02 and 7 women go sub 1:10 as Jared Ward was 1st American and Sara Hall beat Molly Huddle.

Tuohy and Cain will face off in the 3000m along with last year's winner Amanda Eccleston and Emily Lipari. Robby Andrews, Erik Sowinski, Isaiah Harris are in the men's 800m while Ajee Wilson leads the women's race. Knight is in the mile.

The Tinman elite runner had a big race at last year's Houston Half, finishing as the top American and setting a PB by 51-seconds with 62:06.

While we've technically seen Kipchoge vs. Bekele four times before, we've never actually seen it the way we imagine it in our minds with both in supreme fitness battling it out mano a mano. Plus why does Bekele remind us of Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods?

Each year, Houston always gets road racing in America off to a good start and with the US Olympic Marathon Trials just six weeks away, that's truer than ever this year. *MB: Official 2020 Houston Discussion Thread

Paquette was 4th in the 5000m at 2018 USAs.

The London field is always super deep and 2020 will be no exception as Kosgei faces 2018 London champ Vivian Cheruiyot, three-time Berlin champ Gladys Cherono (KEN), Roza Dereje (2:18:30), world champion Ruth Chepngetich and world half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei.

Cheserek and Murphy are both in the mile, with Cheserek considering doubling in the 3000 where he'd face Chelimo. Rogers will be up against Athing Mu in the 800m; Engels is also running the 800.

We reached out to the agents of all of the NOP athletes coached by Alberto Salazar to find out who will be coaching them in this Olympic year and know the answer for Clayton Murphy. Plus might Yomif Kejelcha and Sifan Hassan leave Oregon?

Field also includes Ben Blankenship, Johnny Gregorek, Charlie Grice and Josh Kerr.

Victoria Canada is hosting the 2023 Pan AM XC Cup and the 2023 Can Am XC Race (a race open to the public) this February with the goal of hosting the 2023 World XC Championships.

In a decade marked by controversy, it's fitting that Alberto Salazar is our Person of the Decade as controversy clung to Salazar like a paperclip to a magnet. Plus who wins our world and US athlete of the decade honors?

The 6th annual world and US distance rankings are here and for the first time ever two Americans are #1 in the world in their events.

RRW gives their favorite quotes from 2019.

December Madness - our 64-race tournament to determine the Race of the Decade - is over and the London 2012 Olympic men's 800 final has emerged as a dominant winner. When one front-runs a world record on the biggest stage imaginable, pulling everyone behind them save 1 person to a PR, they deserve all the accolades they get.

Our quest to determine the RACE OF THE DECADE, has come down to this: Which was the better race: David Rudisha's WR in London or Kipchoge's in Berlin?

Besides Linden, other past Boston winners include Yuki Kawauchi, Edna Kiplagat, Geoffrey Kirui, Caroline Rotich and Lelisa Desisa.

Texas A&M has signed the Japanese national champ in Allon Tatsunami Clay (1:46.59 pb) and American Brandon Miller (800s age-group WRs at age 13 and 14) but the headliner has to be Athing Mu - the American record holder indoors at 600m.

Kipchoge will be aiming to win London for a record-breaking fifth time.