Wow. Elle St. Pierre kicked by Gudaf Tsegay to get gold and destroy the American record at 3000m. In other women’s action, Femke Bol won the women’s 400 in a world record of 49.17, former Texas star Julien Alfred captured the women’s 60 in a co-world leading time of 6.98, as Britain's Molly Caudery earned Britain's first female gold at the 2024 World Indoors as she won the pole vault with a 4.80 clearance. Updated with interviews and analysis. *Day 2 Results
Archived Homepage For March 03, 2024
Archived Homepage For March 03, 2024
Josh Kerr was golden for the second straight World Championships as American Yared Nuguse and the OAC got their first global medal. Updated with analysis.
More Day 2 MB Talk
- Day 3 Live thread (2-5 pm Eastern) Kerr vs Barega vs Nuguse
- Elle MF St. Pierre 8:20.87 AR & CR and Gold!!
- Nuguse gave this to Kerr
- Anyone see what Lieke Klaver's boyfriend looks like?
- Lapped runner in world 3k disrupts race not once but TWICE
- Laua Muir what was that?
- DQ Kerr
- One of the best things about FEMKE BOL is....... '
- I am American and will cheer for Bol over Sydney
- Olin Hacker has big American balls / Is Olin Hacker the new Mo Ahmed?
- MF DOOM
Gold for Elle
Worlds Recap + Tokyo Watch Party Show
Official Tokyo Marathon Live Discussion Thread + Tokyo Watch Party
The great Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan are in Tokyo. WIll they come out on top? Click on the video above to hear us talk about day 2 at Worlds and Tokyo. Want it as a podcast? Join the Supporters Club here.
On The Boards
On The Boards
Unfortunately, the other American 800 man Isaiah Harris narrowly missed out on the final. Plus Miltiadis Tentoglou won a tight long jump in the lone final this morning. *Day 2 Results
Coleman ran 6.41 to Lyles' 6.44 to become the third man to win two 60m world titles and said he feels he's the best ever at 60m. We're not arguing.
Coleman Golden
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- Day 1 LRC Recap Video Show
The American 1500 runners are dreaming big as they all looked great on day 1 of 2024 World Indoors.
- Official 2024 World Indoor Day 1 PM Live Discussion Thread
- Nikki Hiltz (they/them) and Maia Ramsden (she/her) make 1500 final
- Gjert Ingebrigtsen: “If you can’t be a front runner, you can’t win anything”
- Christian Coleman refuses to be in same room as Rojo. Christian Coleman hates Rojo.
- Christian Coleman still dodging LetsRun
Day 1 Morning
Day 1 Morning
The 2024 World Indoors have begun. Bryce Hoppel looked fantastic and Isaiah Harris ran fast but Allie Wilson and Addy Wiley will both be going home. Plus Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman cruised into the semis.
"I definitely wish we were able to say how much it was," Lyles said. "...It's something that's been sucking since track & field started."
Worlds Betting
Christian Coleman is tipped by the sports books as being a 50% chance to win the 2024 World Indoor 60m title.
Plus Kerr was asked about Jakob Ingebrigtsen saying he could have beaten Kerr blindfolded at Millrose, but for once he had no response, saying only, "No comment."
Between Josh Kerr, Selemon Barega, & Yared Nuguse, three of distance running's biggest stars are racing in Glasgow but only one can win.
*MB: Race of the year (so far): Men's 3000 at World Indoors - Who you got? Kerr, Nuguse or Barega?
We break down all of the track action to watch in Glasgow, including a heavyweight 60m matchup and whether Cole Hocker can join Matthew Centrowitz and Bernard Lagat as American world indoor champions.
Over the last 5 World Indoors, the US has averaged 3 mid-d/distance medals per meet, and with Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, Elle St. Pierre, and Bryce Hoppel, the US should add to that total in Glasgow.
2027 World Outdoors to be held in Beijing That will be two straight in Asia as 2025 is in Tokyo.
World Indoor Polls
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The Tokyo Marathon Is Saturday Night
Kipchoge faces 10 other sub-2:05 men while Hassan is up against 7 sub-2:19 women.
More World Indoors Coverage
- Gjert Ingebrigtsen and Narve Nordås are in Glasgow but once again Gjert won't be credentialed even though no Ingebrigtsens are running "Indoors, you can't get away with a slow start," said Nordas.
- Miltiádis Tentoglous, Devynne Charlton, Larissa Iapichino, Laviai Nielsen, Mattia Furlani, Pavel Maslak & Jan Stefela talk before Worlds
- Five things to look forward to on day one in Glasgow
- World Indoors will feature $2.5 million in prize money 40k for first. The link also gives you "all-time medals tables, a full country index, statistics on the oldest and youngest athletes in event history, plus much more."
- WA: Athletics ready to put on a show in Glasgow
Other News
- Seb Coe slams Enhanced Games, says it would be moronic to take part We can't wait until the times at the Enhance Games are slower than the normal Worlds.
*Coe: “It’s bollocks, isn’t it?" - Josh Kerr: There’s no ill will towards Jakob Ingebrigtsen
LRC Podcast
The World Indoors are this weekend in Glasgow Scotland and LetsRun.com will be on site. We break down World Indoors before Dakotah Lindwurm, the breakout star from the US Olympic Marathon Trials, joins us.
Pro-Distance News
(link fixed) We sure hope so and think the fear is overblown. It's like MLB free-agency. All you need is one bidder. Check out this quote from Rich Kenah: “I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that the Olympic Trials Marathon is the most valuable commercial asset that the USOPC, USA. Track & Field, and NBC have outside of the seventeen days of the Games.”
*MB: Rich Kenah: The US Olympic Marathon Trails are the most valuable commercial asset that the USOPC has besides the Olympics
- Eliud Kipchoge Receives Hero's Welcome in Japan He'll be racing Tokyo Saturday night. Kipchoge will face 10 other sub-2:05 men while there are 7 sub-2:19 women in the race including Sifan Hassan. You can see the full fields here.
- Kelvin Kiptum’s alleged ‘baby mama’ makes startling claims about her relationship with his parents and wife The woman, who got pregnant while still in high school, says she was friendly with both his parents and even his wife. "We are friends with his wife and we could even call each other. Kiptum’s wife would call me whenever she did not find him on the phone."
- After winning RAK Half in 58:45 WL, Daniel Mateiko wants to take on London Marathon Mateiko has six times broken 59 in the half but has never finished a marathon (DNF in Chicaog 2023).
Week That Was
Meet the two NCAA superstars most of you had never heard of before Christopher Morales-Williams and Peter Maru, plus the Japanese collegian who ran a 2:06 marathon, and could Nico Young lead NAU to the NCAA indoor title?
NCAA Indoor Champs Are Next Week In Boston
We feel NAU's Drew Bosley. Bosley, who ran the NCAA record in the 3000 last year at 7:36.42, didn't make NCAAs this year despite running 7:43.98 for 3000 (which ranked him 17th) and 13:29.26 for 5000 (#21).
Kelvin Kiptum Updates
- Seb Coe Says Kelvin Kiptum Would Have Broken The 2 Hour Marathon Barrier Coe said, "It is a frustration to all of us that we won't witness what I truly know he was capable of. For sure he would have broken it. It would have been (Roger) Bannister and Edmund Hillary, both of them, wrapped into one."
- Woman Claiming To Be Kelvin Kiptum's "Baby Mama" Releases Photos To Prove They Had A Relationship She tried to get Kiptum's burial stopped so DNA testing could be done to prove her 19-month old child is his so she could receive financial support.
- A Look Inside Kelvin Kiptum's Family's New House That Was Built In 7 Days (Includes Photos) The house is for Kiptum’s wife and children and his parents will also get a new house which is under construction.
- Kelvin Kiptum's Autopsy Says He Died From "Severe Head Injuries" Results from the toxicology report have not been determined yet.
Get Your Training Questions Answered By John Kellogg
In the year 2024, there are all sorts of advice columns all over the Internet, but we’ve never seen one for distance running. There is one now as Robert Johnson and John Kellogg are here to answer your questions in our Dear Distance Gurus (DDG) column.
Not All Track Athletes Are Poor
Lyles will represent the three stripes at least through the end of the decade.
The Best of LetsRun.com
A doctor, nuclear engineer, and D1 runner won our Marathon Trails contest and one of the top online coaches triumphed in our NCAA XC contest to become the king of LRC contests.
US Indoor / Conference Action
Watch the Canadian's race above.
- MB: NCAA D1 Conference Championships Live Results Thread
- MB: Texas A&M's Lamara Distin makes history - Sets NCAA indoor HJ record, jumps 2.00m at 2024 SECs (video)
- Arkansas Secures Fifth Straight SEC Indoor Sweep Parker Valby won the 3000m in 8:42 (#5 NCAA all-time) and LSU's Michaela Rose won the 800m in 1:59.25 (#2 NCAA all-time behind only Athing Mu). South Carolina freshman JaMeesia Ford matched her own American U20 record in the 200 with a 22.36 victory. She also helped South Carolina win the 4x400 with a 49.80 second anchor (#4 all-time 4x400 split)
- MB: Parker Valby should be disqualified
- Brooks Beast's Nia Akins Runs 1:58.27 To Win 800m At Ken Shannon Last Chance Adams State's Miguel Coca (3:56.10) and Gracie Hyde (4:30.90) took the mile races.
- MB: Fair or foul: Columbia runner 'pulls a Chelimo' but gets DQd when he finishes crosses the finish line 1st in lane 4
- MB: Nico Young 1:49.61 800m For third place in the race won by Colin Sahlman in 1:47.48. Young also won the mile in 4:01.16.
- Susan Ejore Breaks Dempsy Record In Women's 5000m With 14:55 At Ken Shannon Last Chance Qualifier She beat out Lauren Ryan who ran 14:57. Henry Wynne won the mile in 3:52.62 over Sam Prakel (3:52.65). Canada's Kieran Lumb ran 1:46.34 to take down Andrew Wheating’s 800m facility record of 1:46.36. Stanford's Cole Sprout won the 3000m in 7:49 and Oregon's Silan Ayyildiz took the women's race in 8:54. *Results
- MB: Leo 7:54, Lex 7:55 at the Dempsey 2nd and 4th in the race won by Cole Sprout.
- Arkansas Wins Guys and Gals 5000m Titles At SEC Champs Peter Maru (13:31) and Sydney Thorvaldson (15:42) got the 5000m wins while the South Carolina men and Florida women won the DMRs. *Results
- MB: Valby Runs 4:31 Split To Anchor Florida DMR Team To SEC Win By Nearly 11 Seconds
- MB: Cade Flatt just ran a 1:54 800 at SECs
- USTFCCCA: Conference Weekend Highlights
Rojo's Dreams Come True
We received an unsolicited piece of Gonzo journalism from LRC visitor, Tim O'Hearn, who attended Millrose. The author remembered Rojo on the podcast saying he wanted to see a subjective writing style applied to track and field. Even if you think you know what happened at Millrose, you need to read this piece to capture what really happened from the modern track fan.
Dreams Become Reality - Dakotah Impressed Des and Kara!
We released our talk with Dakotah Lindwurm early to Supporters Club members as part of our Friday 15 podcast. Join today or wait until Tuesday to here Dakotah's amazing story.
Deal of the Day (Affiliate)
Want a shoe for your faster runs? Want the #2 rated Brooks, the Brooks Hyperion Tempo on sale for $64.95.
DNF vs DFL - Which Is Better - Dennis Young Investigates
This is a very interesting in-depth article by Dennis Young, who interviewed 16 of the DFL finishers from the US Olympic Marathon Trials including at least two Olympians, one athlete who was high on marijuana and one who cut off hef cast prior to the start. Do you agree that DFL is preferred to DNF? Talk about it on our forum:
*MB: True or false: For most, DNF (Did Not Finish) is preferable to DFL. Certainly that’s the case at the U.S. Olympic Trials
Speaking of not finishing a race, you can't finish if you don't start
A Highly Recommended Guest Column
In a guest column, Andy Hardt describes what the fans and the sport of running have lost after Kelvin Kiptum's death at the age of 24.
- Government To Build Kelvin Kiptum's Family A New House Before He Is Buried The Kenyan president ordered a three-bedroom house be built in 7 days.
- Kelvin Kiptum's Funeral Will Be On Friday It was changed from Saturday to Friday so the Kenyan president, William Ruto, could attend.
- Kenyan Detectives Trace Kiptum's Final Hours Before His Fatal Crash Kiptum's last known location before the accident was the Grand Miarmir Guest House where the article says Kiptum "favorite meal in the VIP lounge."
Rest In Peace: Henry Rono 1952-2024
Rono achieved legendary status in 1978 when he set four world records in four different events in 81 days. Robert Johnson, who has an autographed poster of Rono on his office wall, pays his respects.
Past MB Talk On Rono
- 2004: 2006: Henry Rono
- 2006: Henry Rono training for masters mile record. PART II link fixed This was a 186 long page thread where Rono talked about his training.
- 2007: Was Henry Rono the greatest distance talent ever???
- 2013: Henry Rono
- 2003: How Henry Rono beat Alberto Salazar (Good Read)
- 2020: The HENRY RONO Base of Yore
RIP Kelvin Kiptum
In just three races, Kiptum turned the marathon world upside down, setting a world record, and running the three fastest second halves ever in a marathon. Jonathan Gault recaps his life and career.
- MB: RIP: Marathon WR Kelvin Kiptum has died in a car accident at the age of 24
- MB: Kelvin Kiptum's final 2 training sessions - 35km long run on Thursday, 18.6 km fartlek on Saturday
- MB: Kiptum's father: "Strange people looked for him 4 days before his death" Kiptum's father says the four men said they were from the State House, but could not produce identification to prove it. He now wants the Kenyan government to investigate.
Millrose
The 116th edition of the meet did not disappoint as Devynne Charlton (7.67) also broke the WR in the 60 hurdles as Grant Fisher, Elle St. Pierre, and Alicia Monson all ran American records.
Fiona O'Keeffe is a marathon star, Emily Sisson is an Olympian in the marathon, and so is Dakotah Lindwurm.
- Where's the love for Fiona O'Keefe?
- DAKOTAH MF LINDWURM
- JESS (TONN) MCCLAIN IN 4TH
- Where did Jenny Simpson finish?
- How about some love for the last place Olympic Trials finishers!
Mantz and Young almost crossed the line together, with Mantz pulling ahead in the final meters. Korir overcame an 18-second deficit at 25 miles to take 3rd.
One Final Look at The Best Marathon In America
Could Zach Panning run 2:06? How the heck did Dakotah Lindwurm make the team? Was this the last Olympic Trials? Jonathan Gault shares his thoughts.
- MB: Great read: Jonathan Gault's 20 Final Thoughts on the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials
- Full Men's Results of 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials With DNFs and DNSs, club affiliation and all on 1 page, thanks to David Monti of Race Results Weekly.
- Full Women's Results of 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials
Let the Anticipation Build - Only 178 Days until The Olympic 1500 Final
Stavanger Aftenblad's Erlend Nesje went to Jakob's house to catch up with one of the sport's biggest stars who is on the comeback trail from injury. After finishing up an hour-long run, Jakob had some interesting comments to say about fame, Josh Kerr, and Jake Wightman.
An LRC Exclusive
It was the third time Allen, the third-fastest 110h hurdler in history, has torn his ACL (two left, one right). Allen, who played in two NFL games for the Eagles this season, had surgery on January 5 and is hoping to return to racing at the Prefontaine Classic in May.
BetterRunningShoes.com Presents
We present to you the LetsRun.com Shoe Awards for 2023. What is the best shoe of 2023, the supershoe of 2023, the newcomer of the year and more?
Wiley Goes Pro
Her agent is Paul Doyle and she will be coached by former Huntington coach Lauren Johnson.
Grant Fisher UPDATE
Fisher spoke to LetsRun for more than an hour about his new training setup and the tweaks he hopes will carry him to the Olympic podium in 2024 and beyond.
Grant joined the pod for over an hour but prior to that the LetsRun crew had a little Olympic Marathon Trials and Dubai talk.
Courtney Frerichs Uncensored
Frerichs said it was difficult to adjust to BTC's move to Eugene and is hoping for more input in her training and more time at altitude now that she is being coached by the Craggs. She also says she's finally healthy and has been hitting times in workouts she has not seen since 2021.
Everyone's still looking for an edge
Kelvin Kiptum, Faith Kipyegon, Keely Hodgkinson and everyone in the OAC are among the stars who experimented with Maurten Bicarb System in 2023 ($65 for 4 doses). The big question: does it work? (paywall lifted)
BetterRunningShoes.com
We think most of you could guess the #1 brand, but the #2 might be a surprise. We break down the most popular brands overall, and for road, trail, and racing.
Sick of Shoes that Break Down Too Soon?
Running shoe construction has changed a lot in the last decade. Runners are still looking for more durable running shoes, but we take a look at some of the most durable shoes and what makes them stand out.
Get a Better Running Shoe
Stack heights on shoes are getting bigger and bigger. Runners are liking these shoes more and more. We try and make sense of the cushioning revolution.
Inside Kiptum's Training
Kiptum, who regularly runs 150+ miles a week, runs so hard in training that his coach Gervais Hakizimana wants him to slow down: "I told him that in five years he would be done, that he must calm down to last in athletics."
- Kelvin Kiptum's dad is very proud and says his son has never had a drop of alcohol
- Kelvin Kiptum says he's ready to race Kipchoge: “It will be exciting to meet Kipchoge, who has inspired many. I am ready to race against him.”
- Kelvin Kiptum returns to Iten & reveals the secret to his success: “My secret is training not any other thing." He received a hero's welcome.
Ross Tucker Speaks
After Assefa's WR, sadly doping allegations swarmed the Internet, but could it simply be the shoes? "I hate these shoes, and I truly wish the authorities had acted to prevent this entirely foreseeable situation," writes Ross Tucker.
Better Running Shoes a Click Away
Want to know what running shoes real runners like best? We've got some answers for you as our Better Running Shoe review site is now open to the public. Real reviews, from real runners, with data science.
A legend speaks
Michael Johnson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast on the anniversary of his 19.32 double gold world record to share his thoughts on the sport and its current crop of stars.
Paywall lifted!
Paywall lifted!
The Latest JG Feature
What links Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the NAU cross country team, and Sebastian Coe? Double threshold training, which is having a moment in 2023. Note, most of this article is behind our SC paywall for 72 hours (until Saturday).
How do you explain the ridiculous indoor distance times?
Are all the fast times merely a product of supershoes? Or is it something more? We spoke to coaches Dathan Ritzenhein, Jason Vigilante and Dave Smith to figure it out.
Kipchoge loving the LetsRun Shirt in Berlin
Your latest American stars share their insights.
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
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
