LetsRun, meet Matt Talbot.
Canadian running wrote:
The 26-year-old finished fourth in the men’s 10K and was selected as one of six men to represent Team Canada at the 2026 World XC Championships in Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 10. Talbot, who only started running last year, will now race on the same team as one of the greatest Canadian distance runners in history—Moh Ahmed.
The story does have a few holes as the article implies he ran in high school.. Anyone know how fast he was in HS? He's still running only 60 mpw. A year ago he was pumped to break 34.
Canadian running wrote:
He says it feels like just yesterday he was casually training 25 kilometres a week to break 38 minutes for 10K, which he did at a race in 2024—running 34 minutes.
Talbot remembers chatting with a former high school track and field teammate (from a decade ago) after that race, who ran for Western University at the time. “I told him I was attending Fanshawe College, and he said my 10K time was pretty good and tha
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Reason provided:
was linking to the wrong article and holes was spelled wholes.
