The pacer reminded her she had a lap to go and pushed her back onto the track and Welteji still ran an 8:33.43 world lead. But if not for her mistake, she might have finished with a top-10 all-time result.

• Could You Imagine This Happening In The US? 9th Grade Japan Runner Scratches From XC Race Because She Was Getting Too Much Media Attention Sherry Drury said she's been overwhelmed by the amount of attention she's received since the National Women's Ekiden and doesn't know how to deal with all all the people stopping her to take a photo or the media interviewing her classmates and neighbors about her.
• Ibrahim Hassan (2:06:43) And Zeyituna Husan (2:31:41) Break Course Records To Win Win Beppu-Oita Mainchi Marathon
• Alexander Mutiso (59:17) And Pauline Kamulu (67:22) Win Marugame Half-Marathon

• Olympic And World 1500m Champ Faith Kipyegon Gets Dominant Win At Sirikwa Cross Country Classic In Kenya She won by over a minute ahead of Commonwealth Games steeple champ Jackline Chepkoech. Kenyan XC champ Charles Lokir won the men's race.
• European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country Full Recap Rodrigue Kwizera won the men's race by 8-seconds over World 5000m bronze medalist Oscar Chelimo. *Results
  *Athlete Refugee Team Member Angelina Nadai Lohalith Gets Shock Win At European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country This is the first time that an athlete in the World Athletics refugee team program got a win at an international competition.
• France's European 10,000m Bronze Medalist Yann Schrub And Kenya's Nancy Chepleting Win Calzadilla, Spain XC Race

We recap the winners of our NCAA XC contest. We had trouble tracking down one of them but they've got cool stories and win Coros Pace 2 watches.

• UK Athletics wants to ban transwomen but said they don't think can legally but the Equality and Human Rights Commission issues a statement saying they are mistaken This isn't that complicated people: #sexnotgender. If only they had read this website.
  *MB: UK Athletics bottles it on trans regulations.
• TFN catches up wih Sage Hurta-Klecker, who had never broken 2:00 until last year when she did it 8 times.
• Moving forward, the Atlanta Track Club will be broadcasting all of its races for free, moving forward & Toni Reavis has some thoughts The more broadcasts the better but it's hard for non-runners to learn about streams says Reavis.
  *ATC Press Release
• 20 years ago, Berhane Adere shockingly broke the indoor 3000 WR in her first-ever indoor race Her 8:29.15 was the the 1st indoor sub-8:30 and came just after the meet's tv window ended but meet organizers still paid out a €25,000 WR bonus.
• Catching up with former NCAA star Laura Roesler The 1:59 performerand 2014 Bowerman winner is a mom now who watches every track meet she can.
• NCAA marks will no longer count at all for Worlds unless the meets agree to be held under WA rules and pay a $100 fee There are only 3 rules that are different. 1) No cheater shoes. 2) There must be video review of fair/foul jumps 3) Two steps on the inside your lane = a DQ.

44 ex-Colorado runners have publicly come to the defense of Colorado track and field and cross country coaches Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs, voicing their support and sharing their positive experiences at the University of Colorado. Many of the biggest CU stars are on the list, which includes 12 of the 14 NCAA champions coached by Wetmore.

MB: 44 Colorado alums including 12 NCAA champs come out publicly in support of Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs

Yared Nuguse surprised the world by getting one American record last weekend. By the time, the winter is over, he may have 3. Nuguse joined the LRC podcast to talk about his dreams, goals, training with the OAC, and his unorthodox start in the sport.

Both American record holders opened up on a special edition of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast. Highlights to come.

• DyeStat: Indiana Coach Ron Helmer Making Most Of Bell Lap To Complete Storied Career Helmer will be retiring this year after more than 50-years of coaching. He gets praise from star runners like Andy Bayer as well as NAU coach Mike Smith who says Helmer was a "big influence" on him going into coaching.
• Ben Thomas Update - Former Oregon Coach Is Still Training Cole Hocker And Others In Eugene Thomas is coaching the reorganized Oregon Track Club after OTC Elite was disbanded last year.

• Four scientists From Norway Are Raising Concerns About WADA's Techniques Testing EPO; Likely To Be Called On By Peter Bol's Lawyer, Paul Greene One of the scientists said he believes there is some ambiguity with the method WADA uses to test for EPO. Bol has requested WADA use two methods when testing his B sample.
• The Guardian: "Peter Bol's Positive Drug Test Feels Like A Bad Dream. It Will Be A Real-Life Tragedy If Confirmed." We're still waiting for Bol's B sample to be tested.
• Another Kenyan Gets Doping Ban - Georgina Rono (2:21:39 Marathon PB) Gets 4-Year Ban For Evading Doping Test

• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Possibly Dropping 200m And Focusing On Just The 100m Moving Forward She said, “The double is very hard. It is strenuous. The workload that you need to do it is definitely hard but I don’t know. I think last year I said that was it. And it may possibly be it for me for real and I’ll just focus on the 100m.”
• Usain Bolt Fires Business Manager Over Investment Account Scandal Considering $12.7 million of Bolt's money went missing, yeah, that sounds fair.

• Nashville Woman Shot While On A Night Run She was shot multiple times in the arm and leg by two men who tried to rob her. She "fought back" and sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
• Arizona Man Arrested After Woman He Attacked On Jogging Trail Fought Back She "aggressively" fought off the attacker and was able to escape after he tackled and sexually abused her.
• Orlando Runner Hit By Driver, Waits Five Hours For Police To Show Up The driver fled the scene and police ultimately said there was nothing they could do without a license plate number.

Move over Woody and Yared, it is time to break down some of the other amazing action from this weekend including a great run by Keely Hodgkinson and some amazing runs from collegians including Katelyn Tuohy.

The LetsRun crew breaks down an amazing weekend of track and field action.

Some picks were easy (Eliud Kipchoge in the marathon), others were impossible. Here's where we ranked the world's best distance runners in 2022.

In a decade, Valencia has gone from afterthought to host of some of the world's fastest races. How did the third-largest city in Spain emerge as a global capital of running? Jonathan Gault journeyed to Spain's Mediterranean coast to find out how.