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Is Nuguse's Mile WR Already About To Be Broken in Liévin?

Official Lievin 2025 Indoor Discussion Thread Jakob runs at 3:20pm eastern.
Preview: Jakob Ingebrigtsen And World Champ Gudaf Tsegay's World Record Attempts Highlight Lievin, France Meet On World indoor 1500m champ Freweyni Hailu and Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Nadia Battocletti are also in the 3k. Hagos Gebrhiwet and world indoor 1500m champ Samuel Tefera are in the men's 3000m, Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma vs Jemma Reekie in the women's 800m and Bryce Hoppel in the men's 800m.
*MB: Jakob Predictions at Lievin on 13th Feb
*MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen will run 3:44.90 for a new Indoor Mile WR tomorrow, the pace is 2:34 through 1100m
Gjert Ingebrigtsen trial will last from March 24 - May 16 Jakob and his sister will testify for 1.5 days each while Gjert will respond with 3 days of testimony. Narve Gilje Nordås and Per Svela, who still have Gjert Ingebrigtsen as their coach, will be in the witness box on May 5 while Linn T. Amundsen - who was behind the TV success "Team Ingebrigtsen" - will talk on May 4.

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MB: RIP Jerome Drayton - Man who held Canadian marathon record for 43 years has died at age 80 Drayton died unexpectedly while having knee surgery.
The Marathon Project Announces Largest Personal Bottles Program In Marathon History Everyone in the 1,000 person race will get private bottle service.
TFN: NCAA Track & Field: Is The Sky Falling? Jeff Hollobaugh wonders if roster limits will be disastrous - or might it be good as mid-majors pick up talent?
UK Athletics publish selection policy for 2025 World Championships At least now the Brits know ahead of time how fast they need to run to make it to Tokyo.
Does Canada have a new multi-events star in Nate Paris? Last weekend at the Doc Hale VT Meet in Blacksburg, Va., Paris set a new Canadian U23 record in the men’s heptathlon, scoring 5,858 points—the fifth-best mark in the NCAA this season.
Mathieu Blanchard is the first person to finish 600-kilometre Yukon Ultra on foot The 2022 UTMB runner-up startedon Feb. 2 in Teslin, Canada and "traversed the frozen wilderness, enduring temperatures plummeting to -40°C, and crossed the finish line in Faro after 7 days and 22 hours."

On The Boards

USATF Update

LRC USATF to Implement First-Round Byes in Shot Put, Pole Vault at 2025 USAs, Scraps Plans to Do Same in Steeple

USATF had planned on adding byes in the steeplechase but reversed course after receiving feedback from athletes and coaches.

What do we think of USATF proposal of allowing byes into the final at USA Champs?

Who was the winner of the week?

Your vote has been counted. Thank you!

Sprints/Jumps

Gout Gout’s First EVER Interview - BTR EP5

Australian Teen Sprint Star Gout Gout Appears On Noah Lyles' And Grant Holloway's Podcast; Responds To Usain Bolt Comparisons And Talks About Wanting To "Chase Down" Noah Lyles On being the "next Bolt" he says, "I'm Gout Gout, and I want to make my name as big as his. I want younger athletes to one day say, ‘You're going to be the next Gout Gout.’" *Video
Sha'Carri Richardson Offers To Train YouTube Streamer IShowSpeed IShowSpeed is the YouTuber who raced against Noah Lyles back in the fall. He and Richardson met at a celebrity Super Bowl flag football game last week.
New Long Jump Take-Off Rules Were Tested At Düsseldorf Indoor Meet This Past Weekend The new controversial change allows jumps to be measured from any point within a 40cm strip rather than the fixed board. German Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo was actually positive about the change saying, "The momentum is much better than jumping off the board with only half a foot."
Oldest Living Olympic Medalist, Giorgios Roubanis, Dies At Age 95 Greece's Roubanis won pole vault bronze at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Distance News

Mile To Replace The 1500m At The 2026 Commonwealth Games It's being done as a tribute to the "Miracle Mile," the iconic duel between Roger Bannister and John Landy's at the 1954 Games in Vancouver.
Athletics Weekly: "Remembering Kelvin Kiptum, One Year On From His Passing" The author writes, "Kiptum’s time in the marathon was short and sweet but the legacy he left over 26.2 miles will be felt for generations to come."
*Kelvin Kiptum's wife and parents are still waiting to see some of his money a year after his death His parents are worried as they no longer have health insurance. His wife says she's trying to stay strong for her kids, "I try and always tell them to work hard. At times they ask about their dad and I normally tell them 'he's there watching us and so work hard in school and he'll be happy when you shine in school.' That's how I always encourage them."
*A year after Kelvin Kiptum's death, his father is upset police have never shared crash report with him
Hellen Obiri Says The Harsh Winter Weather In Colorado Is The Reason She Moved Her Training Back To Kenya For The Boston Marathon She'll travel back to Colorado for the final phase of her training closer to race day.

The Gender Issue Is Becoming Less Of An Issue

World Athletics Tightening Gender Rules And Introducing Cheek Swab Tests To Check For The Male Y Chromosome WA's previous transgender rules barred anyone from competing in the women's category if they went through male puberty. But they have revised that rule based on recent evidence showing a "significant performance gap before the onset of puberty." The new rules will also be applied to difference of sex development (DSD) athletes as they say new evidence has "clarified that testosterone suppression in 46XY DSD, external and 46XY transgender individuals can only ever partly mitigate the overall male advantage."
*WA Article: World Athletics Launches New Stakeholder Consultation On Female Eligibility
Donald Trump Administration Wants The NCAA And High Schools To Strip Trans Athletes Of Women's Titles And Records A letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker and the National Federation of State High School Associations head Bob Lombardi states, "We cannot undo the damage inflicted by years of policies and practices that have denied the material reality of sex ...But we can recognize the harms done and injustices committed by such misguided policies and reversing their effects will restore a genuine commitment to girls' and women's equality of opportunity in athletic competition across the United States."

NCAA News

There Is Currently An Assault On Demi Payne's 10-Year-Old 4.75m NCAA Pole Vault Record Since that record, there have been 51 attempts to equal or surpass it and 15 of them have come this season. Three of the attempts were by Rutgers' Chloe Timberg who cleared 4.72m (#2 on the NCAA all-time list) and the rest were from UW twins Amanda and Hana Moll who have both cleared 4.66m.
USC Moves To #1 In Men's Updated NCAA Indoor Rankings Arkansas dropped to #2, Texas A&M to #3 and Texas Tech jumped up to #4.
Texas Tech Women Move Up To #1 In Latest NCAA Indoor Rankings Arkansas dropped to #2, Oregon to #2 and Illinois stayed #4.
Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (Feb. 4-Feb. 10

Olympic News

Sports Business Journal: Seb Coe Among The Three Favorites To Become The Next IOC President Zimbabwe sports minister Kristy Coventry and IOC vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch are the other two.
Seb Coe Shares His Vision For Africa Coe said, "Africa has never hosted the Olympic Games, but we need to change that."
IOC Secures Major Sponsor In Chinese Electronics Company, TCL

International Indoor Results

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World Indoor 800m Champ Tsige Duguma Wins Rematch With World Indoor Silver Medalist Jemma Reekie At The Meeting Metz In France Duguma ran a world-leading 1:58.97 to win over Reekie's 1:59.72. Algeria's Slimane Moula won the men's 800m in 1:45.11 and Ethiopia's Kuma Girma the men’s 3000m in 7:31.78. There were world leads from Germany's Max Hess in the TJ (17.41m) and Australia's Torrie Lewis in the 200m (22.65).
MB: Filip Ingebrigtsens with 7:39.97 in Finland He came in second behind Iceland's Baldvin Magnusson (7:39.94).
Poland’s Jakub Szymanski Runs 7.39 To Win The 60H At The ORLEN Cup In Lodz, Poland (#2 On The European All-Time List)
Weekend round up: Germany's Olympic Shot Put Champ Yemisi Ogunleye Wins ISTAF Indoor Dusseldorf With 19.78m There was an interesting finish in the 60H in Paris where three 2021 Euro indoor champ Wilhem Belocian, 2024 world indoor bronze medalist Just Kwaou-Mathey and 2023 Euro indoor champ Jason Joseph were all timed at 7.52. Belocian and Kwaou-Mathey were given joint first place.

2025 Millrose

LRC WTF: 10 Thoughts on a Remarkable World Record Millrose Games: Fisher, Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Hoey Deliver

Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse are world record holders as Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler also ran faster than anyone else ever at their events indoors at a spectactular Millrose Games where Josh Hoey set an American record. We try and make sense of it all.

RRW: World Records For Grant Fisher, Yared Nuguse At 117th Millrose Games Full recap of distance races.
LRC Grant Fisher EDGES Cole Hocker and BREAKS WORLD RECORD In Millrose 3000
LRC Miss The Action? Full Millrose Race Replays
WA: Yared Nuguse Runs 3:46.62 To Break Mile WR as Hobbs Kessler (3:46.90) Also Breaks Old Mark
DyeStat: Five High School National Records Fall At Millrose Included Sadie Engelhardt's 4:27.97 in the mile to break Mary Cain's 4:28.25 record and Cooper Lutkenhaus' 1:46.86 in the 800m (6th place) to break Josh Hoey’s 1:47.67 record.

Road / XC Results

World 10,000m Silver Medalist Daniel Ebenyo And Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech Win Kenyan Cross Country Championships Ebenyo won the race by 5 seconds while Jipkoech won by 3 seconds in a field that included former half marathon WR holder Joycline Jepkosgei (4th place). Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi showed he could be a threat at 1500m, winning the men's 2k race. Former world U20 1500m champ Purity Chepkirui won the women's 2k.
Ethiopia's Likina Amebew Wins (14:33), Netherlands' Diane Van Es Sets European Record (14:39) At The Monaco Run Van Es broke Sifan Hassan's European record of 14:44 from 2019.
Tsubasa Ichiyama Wins Japan National Corporate Half In 60:22 (#8 On The Japan All-Time List)
Jin Yuasa (2:09:43) Wins Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon In Japa

Houlihan's Comeback Continues

Results

MB: Shelby Houlihan's comeback rolls on - 4:20.30 mile (#2 US all-time) but she wanted much more - the WR!!!

After the race she said, "I wanted to run faster ...at least under 4:16, ideally 4:12, 4:10-4:12." The world indoor mile record is 4:13.31 by Genzebe Dibaba from 2016.

Full Meet Recap: Georgetown's Abel Teffra Wins Men's Mile In 3:52.44 Over New Zealand Olympian Sam Tanner (3:53.30) Villanova's Liam Murphy won the 3000m in 7:35.47, Brooks Beasts' Allie Buchalski won the women's race in 8:43.83 and Brooks Beasts' Isaiah Harris took the men's 800m in 1:46.53.

Millrose Videos

Fisher WR over Hocker

Nuguse WR over Kessler

Josh Hoey AR over Hoppel

Grant Fisher WR

Cole Hocker 7:23.14

Yared Nuguse World Record Holder

NCAA / HS News

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NCAA Bans Men From Women's Sports The decision came a day after President Trump signed an executive order barring men from women's sports and allows for the cutting of government subsidies to federal agencies that do not comply. NCAA President Charlie Baker said, "We firmly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would be best for today's student-athletes rather than a patchwork of state laws and conflicting court decisions. To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear national standard."
*MB: NCAA Announces New Policy: Males with Trans Gender Identity No Longer Allowed in Women's Competition

Brooks Expands NIL Program To High School Athletes They revealed five signees as part of the announcement including Foot Locker runner-up Juan Gonzalez.
Bowerman Award Men's Mid-Indoor Watch List Distance runners comprise almost half the list with North Carolina's Ethan Strand and Parker Wolfe, Texas A&M's Sam Whitmarsh and New Mexico's Habtom Samuel.
Bowerman Award Women's Mid-Indoor Watch List A heavy distance list includes Alabama's Doris Lemngole, Stanford's Juliette Whittaker, Portland's Laura Pellicoro and Florida's Hilda Olemomoi.

Millrose Previews

LRC The ULTIMATE 2025 Millrose Preview: Hocker v Fisher, Kerr v Nuguse, & Much More in a LOADED Meet

The men's mile and 3k both feature marquee showdowns between Olympic medalists and the world record(s) could be under threat. Plus Bryce Hoppel v Josh Hoey in the 800, Quincy Wilson v Will Sumner v Brandon Miller in the 600, and Katelyn Tuohy in the 3000.

LRC Supporters Club Podcast: Who Wins Nuguse or Kerr, Hocker or Fisher? + Nike Swoosh TC Unveiled Rojo and Jon previewed Millrose one final time as Saturday's match-ups are mouth watering.

Non-Millrose Indoor Action

Karlsruhe Results

Karlsruhe Recap: Sarah Mitton Gets Best Indoor Throw Since 2013 To Win Stacked Shot Put In 20.68m Stefan Nillessen runs Dutch indoor 3000m record with 7:37.10 win, Sweden's Samuel Pihlstrom takes the 1500m in 3:35.62 and South Africa's Prudence Sekgodiso set a national indoor 800m record with a 1:59.88 victory. Germany's Malaika Mihambo won the LJ with a world-leading 7.07m. GB's Molly Caudery won the PV (4.75m).
*MB: Narve Gilje Nordås at Karlsruhe (7:39.05, 5th place)
European Weekend Preview

Swoosh Track Club

Nike Unveils Swoosh TC in Eugene, Provo & Flag, Bowerman Track Club No More

Diljeet Taylor's group in Utah, Mike Smith's group in Flag, and Jerry Schumacher's group in Eugene will all be called Swoosh TC and athletes will be able to share facilities across groups.

Our Sport Reveals Both The Good & Bad Of Humanity

Recommended Read Wonderful story: Senegalese distance runner kept John Carlos Olympic jacket in pristine condition for 50+ years and recently returned it “When I opened the box and just touched it, man, I was blown away,” Carlos says. “My wife looked at me and said, ‘You all teared up.’ I said, ‘Baby, you just don’t realize what I’m going through right now,’ in terms of what was flowing through my mind, flowing through my body, the energy that I had.”
MB: Huge age cheating scandal unearthed in Kenya Barnabas Korir, said they have found about 30 possible cases. “It is even worse compared to doping, which is an individual affair. Age cheating involves a system, and that is why we have involved AIU for thorough vetting,” he said.

The Road World Champs Will Be In The US Later This Year

RRW With A $20K First Prize & World Team Spots, USATF Half-Marathon Championships Attract Top Fields

The Atlanta Track Club is hosting the USATF Half-Marathon Championships on Sunday, March 2, as part of the Publix Atlanta Half-Marathon at The Home Depot Backyard, and the top three men and women will earn qualifying spots for Team USATF in San Diego. A huge field of 110 elite athletes will compete for a $110,000 prize money purse, and the winners will take home $20,000.

*Klecker giving the half another shot, hoping to qualify for World Road Running Champs

Drake Relays' road mile on April 22nd will be used to pick US team for road mile champs

This Week's Pod

LRC Ethan Strand Podcast + 5 Biggest Winners & Losers from the Weekend

Ethan Strand joins us fresh off smashing the NCAA record in the mile in Boston and we break down the NGIGP and the return of Shelby Houlihan.

Links With A British Connection To Them

Distance News

Japan Collegiate Runner Hiroki Wakabayashi Already Walking Back Plans To Retire After 2:06 Marathon Debut Wakabayashi's marathon debut last weekend was supposed to be a one-and-done as he planned to retire after graduating next month and starting a job at an insurance company. But now he says he'd talk to his employer if he was selected for the Japanese world team.
*MB: Japanese student runs 2:06:07 at first and last marathon
New Zealand 15-Year-Old Sam Ruthe Breaks His Own Age-15 3000m Best With 7:56.18 The performance won him a New Zealand senior title.
British 10,000m World Trials Will Be In Birmingham This June The Night of the 10,000m PBs usually hosts in London, but is taking this year off.
Yuya Yoshida Wins Kanagawa Half Marathon (62:12)

Week That Was

LRC WTW: 7:30 For 3k Isn't Fast, Shelby's Back, Why Hobbs Kessler Is Unlikely To Medal In LA & A Runner Quits The Sport After Setting A Collegiate Record

The action indoors is heating and we break it down for you.

Tuesday In Ostrava

Ethiopia's World Indoor 1500m Champ Freweyni Hailu Impresses With Dominant 8:24 3000m Win At Czech Indoor Gala In Ostrava The time puts her 8th on the world all-time list. World indoor bronze medalist Eliott Crestan won the men's 800m in a Belgian national record of 1:44.69 (12th on the world all-time list). Portugal’s Isaac Nader won the mile in 3:54.17 ahead of GB 's Elliot Giles (3:54.62). US's Ronnie Baker won the 60m in 6.50.
GB's Innes FitzGerald Smashes European Under-20 Record With 8:40.05 In Ostrava The 18-year-old finished 4th and broke the previous record by more than 10 seconds.
Hungary’s Attila Molnar Threatens European 400m Record With 45.08 Win In Ostrava It was a national record and just missed the European record of 45.05 (held jointly by Karsten Warholm and Thomas Schonlebe). The Netherland's Lieke Klaver won the women's race in a world-leading 50.92

Non-Distance News

"Stop making them think they have arrived" - Justin Gatlin On Why Gout Gout And Other Young Stars Might Never Be The Next Usain Bolt Gatlin: “Please everybody, stop saying and telling these young athletes ‘you are the next great one, you are the next Bolt, you are the next Allyson [Felix] or whoever else.’ ... We have seen a lot of these athletes in our sport fading in their 20s, never to be seen again. So let us stop doing them a disservice that way.”
Gabby Thomas Only Plans On Competing At The Grand Slam Track Meets, Worlds And The Athlos Women's Meet In 2025
Three-Time Olympic Heptathlete Champ Nafi Thiam Skipping Indoor Season To Focus On Preparing For World Outdoor Champs
Jamaican Three-Time Olympic 400m Hurdler Jaheel Hyde Retires At Age-28 Hyde won World Juniors in 2014 and the Pan Am Games in 2023. He failed to make the final at the Paris Games.
Tickets On Sale For Tokyo 2025 World Championships Ticket prices range from just $16 for morning session seats to $323 for weekend evening session premium seats.

NCAA News

Wisconsin Is Paying $25,000 A Month To Rent A Warehouse Where They Installed A Temporary Track To Train On For The indoor Season Through 2026n They spent $400,000 to install temporary track to use for indoor after Wisconsin's own facility was demolished to make an indoor training facility for the football team. However, now they are technically not even supposed to use the warehouse due to a permitting process hold-up with the county that could take months to complete.
Arkansas Men And Women Are Both #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings Texas A&M men and the Oregon women are ranked 2nd.
Last Weekend, Rutgers Chloe Timberg Cleared 4.72m In The PV At Her Home Invy, Moving To #2 On The NCAA All-Time List She's now not far off the 10-year-old collegiate record of 4.75m by Demi Payne. At the Razorback Invy, Florida's Anthaya Charlton leapt 6.98m in the LJ to move to #2 on the NCAA all-time list.
RIP: Western Kentucky Coach Brent Chumbley, 55
Event-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (Jan. 28-Feb. 3)

The IOC Presidential Election Is Next Month And Seb Coe Is A Favorite To Win

Seb Coe Optimistic About IOC Presidential Vote Coe and his rivals for the job gave 15 minute presentations to all IOC members last week. In a separate interview, Coe talked a bit about his sporting philosophy and what he has achieved at World Athletics.
Transgender Athletes Likely To Face Blanket Ban At Future Olympics (AKA No Men In Women's Sports) Up until now the IOC has let individual sport federations decide rules for themselves, but leading candidates for the next IOC president like Seb Coe want a blanket policy which would likely ban biological men from competing against women.
*Longer Article With Quotes From Seb Coe About How The Controversy With Boxer Imane Khelif Would Never Happen Under His Leadership
NY Times: The Closed-Door Battle to Lead the Olympics The author calls it a "perhaps the quirkiest election in sports" as strict rules bar candidates from holding debates, voicing opposition to rival's visions for the IOC or receiving public endorsements from members.
Seb Coe Admits Mistake In Handling Of Prize Money At The Olympics Coe said, "We made the judgement about prize money because we felt it was in the best interest of our sport. ...I did apologize (to other Olympic sports federations). Not about the prize money ... but in hindsight I would have done it a different way."
InsideTheGames: IOC Presidential Candidates Weigh In On Sponsorship Seb Coe's idea for the IOC is to expand into untapped markets like Asia and Africa.
InsideTheGames: IOC Candidates' Plans For Tech And Audiences Seb Coe emphasized the importance forging a connection between sport and the younger generation.
InsideTheGames: Olympic Presidency Race Heats Up: Rundown Of Each Of The Seven Candidates For Next IOC President

TV & Streaming for Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track to be Streamed on Peacock in US, On TV on CW Network

Now hopefully some potential challengers like Noah Lyles can be induced to run a meet or two.

More Weekend Indoor Results

George Mills Breaks Josh Kerr's British Indoor 3000m Record With 7:27.92 In France The time puts Mills #9 on the world all-time list.
*MB: George Mills 7:27.92 3K British Record
Norway’s Sander Skotheim Breaks European Heptathlon Record (#5 All-Time) With 6484 Point Victory At Multi-Event Meet In Tallinn, Estonia Finland’s Saga Vanninen won the women's pentathlon in a national record 4843 points.

2025 NBIGP

LRC 9 Takeaways from 2025 NBIGP: Quincy Wilson Is a Superstar, Noah Lyles & Grant Holloway Begin Their Post-Olympic Eras, & More

Josh Hoey kept rolling, edging Grant Fisher to win the 1500 in 3:33.66 to Fisher's 3:33.99 as 2022 US indoor champ Heather MacLean (4:23.32) got a big win in the women's mile. Plus a Will Sumner update.

Parker Valby’s Professional Debut @ New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Valby broke her and Katelyn Tuohy's pb and ran 8:34.
Parker’s lack of a kick means she will never win on the track
Josh Hoey: Is it time to call a spade a spade? If it walks like a duck, runs 2:14 and 3:33 like a duck....
Cameron Myers 7'33''12 3000m - how fast can he run this summer ? The teenager took down Hobbs Kessler.
Hobbs Kessler 7:35! Amazing for a 800/1500m specialist
Emma Coburn Last Place.
Hobbs Kessler: “I don’t think anything over 7:30 (for 3k) is fast”
Jess Hull? Where was she?

Previously In Boston

LRC Ethan Strand Runs 3:48.32 in Boston to Crush NCAA Mile Record

Eight weeks after breaking the NCAA 3,000 record at Boston University, Strand has DESTROYED the collegiate record and moved to #3 on all-time world indoor list just ahead of Hicham El Guerrouj. Germany's Robert Farken (3:49.45) and Great Britain's Adam Fogg (3:49.85) also broke 3:50. *Last lap

Arkansas

Results

MB: SHELBYS BACK BABY!!! Houlihan 8:31.56 - dominant 34-second victory!!!!

Shelby Houlihan's doping ban is over and she's back in good form.

Full Meet Recap: OSU's Fouad Messaoudi Wins Mile In 3:52.66 Over Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum Who Ran A Big PB Of 3:52.81 Krissy Gear won the women's mile in 4:26.00 as Oregon's Silan Ayyildiz ~~won~~ was 2nd (4:27.84) and Oregon ran an NCAA-leading 10:48 in the DMR. Shafiqua Maloney won the 800m in a world-leading 1:59.87, winning by almost 3 seconds. Florida's Jenoah McKiver (45.19) and Arkanasas' Isabella Whittaker (51.29, NCAA lead) won the 400m.
MB: If Shelby was doping intentionally why wasn't she running super spikes?
MB: pROOF* that Shelby Houlihan was not intentionally doping
MB: Shelby Houlihan 2025 Prediction Polls
MB: How long until Shelby Houlihan is sponsored and back on a team
MB: Birnbaum 3:52.8

Road / XC Results

Japan Collegiate Runner Says He Plans To Retire After Running 2:06:07 Marathon Debut Hiroki Wakabayashi finished runner-up at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon which was won by Kenya's Vincent Kipchumba in a course record 2:06:01. Despite the impressive debut, Wakabayashi says he doesn't plan on continuing running after graduating next month.
*MB: Japanese student runs 2:06:07 at first and last marathon
Tomoki Ota Becomes First Japanese Man To Break The Hour Half-Marathon Barrier With 59:27 At The Marugame Half He finished 3rd in the race won by Kenya's Alexander Mutiso in a course record 59:16. Kotaro Shinohara finished 4th, breaking the Japanese collegiate record with 59:30. Kenya's Dolphine Nyaboke Omare won the women's race in a CR 66:05 over GB's Calli Hauger-Thacker (66:58) and Australia's Isobel Batt-Doyle (67:17, national record).
*MB: Tomoki Ota (59:26) SMASHES Japanese National Record at Marugame Half Marathon; Mutiso leads 4 sub-60
Bahrain's Rodrigue Kwizera And Francine Niyomukunzi Win European Champions Clubs Cup XC In Portugal
*Men's Recap: Rodrigue Kwizera Leads Plays De Castellon Defense Of Team Crown
*Women's Recap: Francine Niyomukunzi Dominates As Braga Take Team Glory
*Under-20 Recaps
*Mixed Relay Recap

Friday in Boston

LRC 2025 BU Terrier Day 1: Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Elise Cranny, & Whittni Morgan Earn Big Wins as Lexy Halladay-Lowry Joins Sub 15 Club

Cranny (4:20) won the mile, Hiltz (8:32) the 3k, and Morgan (14:48) the 5k as the trio opened their 2025 seasons with victories. Meanwhile Olympic finalist Juliette Whittaker was only 6th in heat 1 of the 800 in 2:02.39.

RAK Half

2025 RAK Half Results

LRC Alex Matata (59:20) & Ejgayehu Taye (65:52) Win 2025 RAK Half Marathon As Wind Kills WR Attempt

Taye went for the WR as got out hard (14:57/30:08) but she lost a ton of time when she came to a complete stop after the 10km water station, turned around went back to get her bottle. She ran her 2nd 10k in 32:12

Official RAK Half Marathon Discussion Thread - Will the WR fall?

Our main pod this week

LRC Conner Mantz Commits to World XC, Breaks Down his AR + Tuohy & Myers Scorcher, Valby's Pro Debut, NCAA Mile Record in Jeopardy?

If you want our Friday bonus podcast where we break down all the upcoming action join the SC today.

Conner Mantz American Record in the Half Marathon - Strategy, Controversy, and Reaction

Highlight clip above.

LRC Rankings

LRC 2024 LRC Women’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?

From GOATs (Faith Kipyegon), world records (Ruth Chepngetich) and breakthroughs (Keely Hodgkinson, Beatrice Chebet), this year's women's world rankings had a bit of everything.

Millrose 3k Will Be Hot

LRC Moh Ahmed, Cooper Teare, & More Added to 2025 Millrose Men's 3,000m Field That Features Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher

Edwin Kurgat, Adriaan Wildschutt, Ollie Hoare, new OAC additions Ky Robinson and Dylan Jacobs, and Villanova's Liam Murphy are also in the field.

LRC Rankings And Other Distance News

LRC 2024 LRC Men’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?

From the 800 through the marathon, we rank our top 10 men in the world and top 5 in the United States from 2024.

Saturday's Dr. Sander Scorcher at the Armory has some great matchups How about Katelyn Tuohy v Elly Henes in the mile, Ajee' Wilson v Nia Akins at 800 and Aussie teen sensation Cam Myers vs Adam Spencer in the mile as they try to go sub-3:50?
*MB: 18 Year old Aussie Cameron Myers to run DR. Sanders Mile this weekend. How fast?
USTFCCCA announces its 2024 HS XC coaches of the year Jonathan Dalby and Eric Selle from Mountain Vista (Colo.) High School and “Frankie” Ruiz from Belen Jesuit (Fla.) Preparatory School are your winners.
*Video chat with Frankie Ruiz
*Video chat with Dalby and Selle
Q&A with Sadie Engelhardt who says her #1 goal is to break Mary Cain's 4:04 1500 mark
Stanford's Roisin Willis named ACC athlete of the week for her 1:25.74 600m (#2 all-time NCAA)

2025 Millrose

LRC American Record Holders Bryce Hoppel & Josh Hoey to Square Off in Men's 800m at 2025 Millrose Games

Hoppel's win at Millrose last year kicked off a career year in 2024 that included a World Indoor title. The field also includes NCAA 800 champ Shane Cohen & 16-year-old high school sophomore Cooper Lutkenhaus (1:47 pb).

Houston Was Sunday

LRC Conner Mantz's 59:17 Shatters Ryan Hall's Legendary American Half Marathon Record in Houston

Mantz took down Hall’s AR on the same Houston course where he set it in 2007 as Weini Kelati (66:09) broke the women’s AR for the second year in a row. A record seven Americans ran sub-61:00.

The 1st American Record of 2025 Has Fallen - Near WR

WATCH: Josh Hoey CRUSHES the 1000m American record in 2:14.48 at the Quaker Invitational by @PennTrack at the @ott_center. 🇺🇸

Becomes the second-fastest man of all-time. Just .28 seconds shy of Ayanleh Souleiman's 2:14.20 world record from 2016. 🌎 pic.twitter.com/9nXK05yqaD
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) January 19, 2025

MB: Josh Hoey SMASHES The 1k American Record - 2:14.48

Hoey broke Shane Streitch's old AR of 2:16.16 by nearly two seconds and missed Ayanleh Souleiman's 2:14:20 WR by just .28.

The NCAA Record Also Went Down

MB: Georgetown's Tinoda Matsatsa Breaks His Own NCAA Indoor 1000m Record With 2:16.84 At Penn State

His teammate Abel Teffra was 2nd in 2:17.39 (the second fastest time in collegiate history).

2025 London Will Be Spectacular

LRC The London Marathon Has Done It Again - Mouthwatering Elite Fields Have Been Assembled for 2025 Race

London never fails to deliver. This year's field is amazing yet again as it will include a record six sub-2:05 men and the three fastest women in history. Plus, it will serve as the debut for two-time world cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo, the only man in history with 3 sub-58 half-marathon clockings.

LRC Eliud Kipchoge Will Return to London Marathon for the First Time Since 2020

Kipchoge, who is seeking a record 5th London victory, says he wants to keep running as long as he can inspire people to run. "I will not be in LA [2028] when you convince me that the world has become a running world."
*MB: Kipchoge to 2025 London - Can he still compete with the best or is he washed?

News From Overseas

LRC 2019 World Champion Timothy Cheruiyot Has Been Training With Niels Laros' Group in South Africa To Start Off 2025

Cheruiyot, 29, has been training with coach Tomasz Lewandowski's group, which also includes Olympic 9th placer Stefan Nillessen. But Cheruiyot's agent said he is still deciding whether to join the group full-time after 10+ years with Bernard Ouma.

Thomas Barr says "money talks" but doesn't think Grand Slam Track will hurt Diamond League much He admits the big cash has gotten some big athletes but points out a single 2-hour event like the DL is great for TV. Will GST work as well? "It’ll be interesting to see will the actual event hold those people.”
*Rhasidat Adeleke was approached by Grand Slam Track but turned it down Her coachEdrick Floreal “just didn’t see a fit for us”
Jakob will make his indoor mile debut in Lievin on 13 February It's the week after Millrose. Might he have a new WR to try to break?
Hellen Obiri has gone back to Kenya for a rigorous 10-week training program in Ngong, Kajiado County
Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo to headline Maurie Plant Meet on March 29th in Australia He'll run the 400.

2025 London Will Be Great

World Record Holder Ruth Chepngetich Will Go Against Sifan Hassan At The 2025 London Marathon

Defending champ Peres Jepchirchir is also in the race while the men's field is lead by Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and defending champ Alex Mutiso.

Olympic 4th Placer Emile Cairess, Eilish McColgan And 2:25 Woman Charlotte Purdue Lead British Charge For London This will be the long-awaited debut for McColgan.

LRC As She Returns to the London Marathon in 2025, Sifan Hassan Says She Wants to Keep Improving

Hassan and fellow Olympic champ Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia are the first names announced for the 2025 TCS London Marathon field. Hassan shared her thoughts with LetsRun about why it's okay to lose, whether she is the distance GOAT, Ruth Chepngetich's world record, and more. Paywall temporarily lifted.

MB: Hassan, who will run London, on Chepngetich's 2:09:56 WR: "I don’t care how [Ruth] did it, it just showed me it is possible."

Shelby Houlihan's Drug Ban Is Over

LRC Shelby Houlihan's Drug Ban Is Over. Now What?

After serving a four-year ban and missing two Olympics, the American 1500m record holder plans to return to racing this month. We spoke to three shoe execs about Houlihan's comeback and whether they would be interested in signing her. Plus Jerry Schumacher reveals whether he'd be open to coaching her. Paywall temporarily lifted.

MB: Shelby Houlihan Emancipation Day

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One More Look at a Legendary Race

LRC The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win

From novice fans to running diehards, there was something for everyone (except perhaps Brits and Norwegians) to enjoy about one of the greatest middle distance races ever run.

Unlike other Publications, We wait until the year is over to hand out our awards

LRC Mondo Duplantis & Beatrice Chebet Crowned 2024 LetsRun.com Athletes of the Year

We actually hand out six awards in this piece - overall Athlete of the Year, Runner of the Year, and Distance Runner of the Year - but Chebet swept all three for the women, edging out SML. For the men, our Runner of the year goes to Grant Holloway over Rai Benjamin and our Distance Runner of the Year is Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

LRC And The 2024 LetsRun.com Awards Go To......

From world records to unlikely breakthroughs to one very strange session of Kenyan parliament, Jonathan Gault recaps the highs and lows of running in 2024.

Year in review podcast

LRC What a Crazy Year of Track and Field: Highlights, Lowlights, Trivia

The LRC crew has it's annual 2024 trivia challenge and takes a look at an incredible year of track and field.

Fisher Speaks

LRC What Olympic Hangover? After Career Year in 2024, Grant Fisher Is Already Thinking About How to Improve in 2025

After earning his first global medals in 2024, Fisher is not content to rest on his laurels. "There were two guys better than me in both events," Fisher says. "So there's still a carrot out in front of me." Plus his coach Mike Scannell explains how they will attack the 2025 season, including Grand Slam Track.

Get Your Millrose Tickets Now

LRC Grant Fisher to Race Cole Hocker at 2025 Millrose Games in Battle of America's Best Distance Runners

America's best miler will race America's best long-distance runner at 3,000 meters in one of the crown jewels of the 2025 indoor season.

Blanks = NCAA XC x 2

LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."

MB: Graham Blanks REVEALS the KILLER workout that let him know he was ready to repeat as NCAA XC champ.

Big Changes at HOKA NAZ Elite

LRC Q&A: Ben Rosario on How He Built NAZ Elite, Why He's Leaving, and the State of the Sport in 2024

Almost 11 years after founding NAZ Elite, Rosario is leaving for a new venture. A number of athletes are also leaving the team, including Aliphine Tuliamuk, Krissy Gear, and Kellyn Taylor.

RW: Major Changes Coming to Northern Arizona Elite "It’s basically everybody that’s old [is not being renewed] if we want to put it bluntly,” Taylor said. “It’s literally, there’s nobody older than 28 on the team now."
Ben Rosario Resigns as Executive Director, Veteran Marathoners Reportedly Won’t Get New Contracts in 2025
Ben Rosario's public farewell statement
MB: NAZ Elite - Major Changes Coming in 2025

NCAA Videos (More here)

Graham Blanks after repeating at 2024 NCAA cross country championships

Ed Eyestone talks after leading BYU to 2024 NCAA Cross Country title

Diljeet Taylor after coaching BYU women to 2024 NCAA XC title

A disappointed Shalane Flanagan talks after Oregon women finish 5th at 2024 NCAA XC Champs

Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends

LRC Farewell to Jenny Simpson & Matthew Centrowitz, American Masters of The Tactical 1500m

Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.

MB: Farewell to Jenny Simpson and Matthew Centrowitz: Which of the American mile legends had the better career?

Tim Rowberry Interview Highlights

LRC Coach Tim Rowberry Explains How Sifan Hassan Prepared for Her 2024 Olympic Triple

Rowberry began as a pacer and errand boy at the Nike Oregon Project but has since coached Hassan to six medals across the last two Olympics. He dives into their relationship and why he's looking to expand his training group -- and land a coaching contract from a shoe brand.

World Marathon Majors Soon Will Be Dead....... Unless

LRC Column Expanding Into Irrelevance? World Marathon Majors Expansion Is Ill-Conceived Unless They Do This

Expanding the number of world marathon majors to nine is an absurd idea unless the majors make one simple change that will instantly keep them being compelling, elite sporting events.

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MB: SHELBYS BACK BABY!!! Houlihan 8:31.56 - dominant 34-second victory!!!!

LRC 2025 BU Terrier Day 1: Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Elise Cranny, & Whittni Morgan Earn Big Wins as Lexy Halladay-Lowry Joins Sub 15 Club

LRC Alex Matata (59:20) & Ejgayehu Taye (65:52) Win 2025 RAK Half Marathon As Wind Kills WR Attempt

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MB: Georgetown's Tinoda Matsatsa Breaks His Own NCAA Indoor 1000m Record With 2:16.84 At Penn State

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World Record Holder Ruth Chepngetich Will Go Against Sifan Hassan At The 2025 London Marathon

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LRC The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win

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LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

LRC Q&A: Ben Rosario on How He Built NAZ Elite, Why He's Leaving, and the State of the Sport in 2024

LRC Farewell to Jenny Simpson & Matthew Centrowitz, American Masters of The Tactical 1500m

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