Already in 2025, Ruthe has set a world record for the fastest 1500 (3:41.25), mile (4:01.72) and 3000 (7:56.18) ever run by someone at the age of 15 (he turns 16 on April 12). That being said, Ruthe tying his training mate Tanner is a shock as Tanner ran 3:51 in the mile for the win at BU on February 21 and has a 3:31 1500 pb from 2023. Race video embedded above.
*Wild 1500 in NZ: 15-yr old Sam Ruthe ties 3:31 man Sam Tanner in DEAD HEAT at Kiwi nationals
*Official New Zealand T&F Champs thread
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We Have another 1500 phenom
The Largest All-Women's Marathon
Japan's Sayaka Sato was 2nd in a 2:20:59 pb to give herself a shot for Tokyo Worlds. The US's Natosha Rogers ran a big PB of 2:23:51 for 7th (2:34:51 previous pb) while Aussie Leanne Pompeani ran 2:24:53 in her debut for 8th.
*MB: Leanne Pompeani Debut in Nagoya: official discussion thread
2025 Euro Indoors
In the 3000s, the top two seeds Jakob Ingebrigtsen and George Mills cruised into the final, which takes place at 11:50 am ET (Americans, don't forget to move your clocks forward tonight), with heat wins.
*MB: Official Day 3 Euro Indoors Live Discussion Thread
The LetsRun crew went live during the back half of the Supporters Club podcast to breakdown Jakob's European 1500m. Up next is the 3000m final vs Niels Laros. European Athletics Recap
- MB: Jakob: final 800 in 1:50, final 400 in 53.2, and final 200 in 26.3
- MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen confirms he will run at World Indoors Sadly, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker won't be there.
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More From Euro Champs
- France’s Agathe Guillemot Flips The Script On GB's Olympic Bronze Medalist Georgia Hunter Bell To Win Women's 1500m Hunter Bell had the lead at the bell, but was passed by three women on the final back straight to finish 4th. Guillemot winning in 4:07.23, .43 ahead of Portugal’s Salomé Afonso.
- Switzerland's Ditaji Kambundji Breaks 17-Year-Old European 60H Record With 7.67 Win Poland's Jakub Szymanski won the men's 60H in 7.41 (#2 on the Euro all-time list).
- Bulgaria’s Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Wins Dramatic Men's LJ By 1cm Over Favorite, Italy's Mattia Furlani Sarâboyukov leapt 8.23m to beat the Olympic bronze medalist.
- Five Storylines To Follow On Saturday At Euro Champs With Femke Bol skipping, Dutch hopes for a home 400m victory are on Lieke Klaver.
Wejo speaks
Wejo was the guest on Anna Legnani's LOVE ATHLETICS podcast. Show notes/discussion for the talk here.
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Previous Euro Champs Coverage
- MB: Official Day 2 Euro Indoors Live Discussion Thread
- Day 1: Femkle Bol brings the house down in Apeldoorn - Anchors Netherlands to mixed 4 x 400 gold at home Bol, who isn't competing individually indoors this post-Olympic year, showed up at home and blew the roof off with a 50.33 split that took her from 4th to 1st and looked so easy. If only America's biggest stars loved track as much as her and loved competing for the country as much as her.
- *MB: Femke is back. DOMINATES at indoor Euros.
*Bol 4 x 400 video - Ingebrigtsen cruises to stay on track for golden double Both Ingebrigtsen and women's favorite Georgia Hunter Bell cruised in the 1500 heats. The biggest question was - what do you think of Ingebrigtsen having to wear a red adidas singlet?
- Innes FitzGerald: British teenage sensation (8:40 3k at 18) is ready for 1st senior Euros Last month, she shattered the European U20 3k record with a 8:40.05. To put that in perspective, she'd be #1 in the NCAA with that time.
- 18-year-old Innes FitzGerald isn't happy she flew to Euros instead of taking the train to save the environment “And even though I might be doing the wrong thing, just still saying that it’s wrong is better than just doing it and not saying it’s wrong," says FitzGerald, who shattered the European U20 3k record last month with an 8:40.05.
Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet
The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.
Important Administrative News
- Saudis considering investing in World Athletics - valuing business that manages the sport's commercial rights at 500 million pounds ($635.95 million)
- 2025 World Road champs may or may not be happening but the lottery to let you - the amateur - compete at Copenhagen 26 half marathon is already open Doesn't a trip to Europe for a half marathon sound like fun? Sign up now.
- Fascinating: They've got coach's back: 18/19 team members of powerhouse Japanese distance HS squad transfer after distance coach is demoted to assistant role The athletes and parents love their coach even though he had to briefly step down in 2023 and get training after it came out that he had used corporal punishment on the team.
News from the Commonwealth
- Meet Jim Morrish, the 1st ever person to grace the cover of Athletics Weekly 1945 was definitely a different time as he turned down a spot on the 1948 Olympic team so he could tutor his son in math.
- Georgia Griffith shatters Australian 1000m record with 2:34.50 at Box Hill Burn She broke 2:34.63, set by Abbey Caldwell's old mark of 2:34.63 at Peter Bol came up 0.20 short of the men's mark with a 2:16.29.
- Grand Slam Track gets two new tv partners - TNT Sports will air it in UK, Eurosport will broadcast it in Asia and Europe
- British legend Paula Radcliffe needed a wheelchair after breaking 3:00 at Tokyo Marathon at age 51
NCAA Indoors are Next Weekend (March 14-15)
It took 1:46.62, 3:54.12, 7:40.38, and 13:21.11 to make it in the men's distance events and 2:01.99, 4:29.49, 8:48.96, and 15:28.29 to make it in the women's distance events -- all of which were the fastest cutoff times in meet history. And are you ready for an Ethan Strand, Parker Wolfe, Gary Martin men's 3k?
*The Official 2025 NCAA Indoor Nationals Thread
Big Administrative News
WA announced today that San Diego will no longer host the World Running Champs. Ken Stone is reporting in the Times of San Diego that the event was moved despite there reportedly being a $3 million title sponsor. We believe race registrations were nowhere near what they were expecting but feel that easily could have been fixed. With 1 week notice, easily 10,000 people would have signed up if they had known this was a possibility.
*MB: Breaking: San Diego pulls out of hosting World Road Champs 4 days after qualifier!!
This is a stunning development for a championship but the lights will be off for the first 1/3rd of the race.
*MB: Jakob says wavelight wasn't added at Euros at his request: "I wasn't aware of that. I assume it's a spectator stunt."
MB: US Olympians will now receive $200k each thanks to a $100 million donation by Ross Stevens They'll have to wait for the money though as they get 100k 20 years after they compete (or when they turn 45) and then 100k goes to their estate when they die.
Previous Euro Indoor Links
- MB: Official Day 1 Euro Indoors Live Discussion Thread (Jakob runs at 1:55 pm ET)
- Georgia Hunter Bell is the UK's media darling and she's getting a ton of press *The Times *AW *Guardian
- After missing outdoors last year with a grade 2 hamstring tear, Britain's Issy Boffey is thrilled to headed back to European indoors
- Men's Distance Preview: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Going For Third European 1500m/3000m Double At Euro Indoors The 3000 is loaded as he faces the Netherlands' Niels Laros and GB's George Mills. Plus his brother Filip is also in the field. The 1500m could be a repeat from 2023 as silver/bronze medalists Neil Gourley and Azeddine Habz are also back. Jakob Ingebrigtsen is scheduled to race once every day. His race times are 1:55 pm ET Thursday (1500 1st rd), 3:15 pm ET Friday (1500 final), 6:45 am ET Saturday (3000 prelim), and 11:50 am ET (we forgot about the clock change in the USA) on Sunday (3000 final).
- Women's mid-d and distance preview: Georgia Hunter Bell looking for 1500m gold
- Men's sprint preview: Records under threat
- Women's sprint preview: Kambundji leads fight between familiar sprint rivals
- Men's mid-d and distance preview: Jakob going for 3rd straight 1500/3000 double
- WField event preview: Mahuchikh rounding in on a hat-trick of high jump titles
- MField Preview: Italy's world leader Leonardo Fabbri is the favorite in shot
- Multi-Events Preview
Pro Distance News
Disappointed that the Night of 10,000 PBs in on hiatus this year, they decided to do something about it.
*MB: Kara Goucher and Des Linden To Host Save the 10,000 Track Meet at Mt. SAC on May 3 with prize money.
- Jake Wightman will no longer be coached by his father
- CNN Profiles Yared Nuguse: At age 14, his athletic claim to fame was he was on his HS lawn bowling team. Now he's a 3:43 miler CNN catches up with the Olympic bronze medallist who doesn't take any shots as Jakob Ingebrigsen. *MB: Yared Nuguse on Jakob Ingebrigtsen: "He elevates the sport, elevates what everyone else thinks they’re capable of doing"
- Canadian Olympian Julie-Anne Staehli gets a job as Queens University and leaves New Balance Boston “I still have goals I want to accomplish, but I’m at a point where running isn’t my singular focus,” she says. And she might move down to the 800 or up the marathon.
Non Distance News
- GB's Former World Indoor 60m Champ Richard Kilty Retires At 35 Years Old Kilty said that he completed his Olympic "recovery mission" by winning 4x100 bronze at Paris 2024 after he was stripped of his Tokyo 4x100 silver due to teammate CJ Ujah failing a drug test. Kilty tore his Achilles in the heats in Paris so did not compete in the final.
- TJ world record holder Yulimar Rojas to return from Achilles injury on March 9
- Grand Slam Track gets two new TV partners - TNT Sports will air it in UK, Eurosport will broadcast it in Asia and Europe
The Shelby Interview
Houlihan spoke to LetsRun for over an hour and answered a slew of questions about her doping ban, what she thinks happened, and her return to racing. Full talk out for SC members. Everyone else can watch the clip above or wait for wider release. Join the SC today.
European Distance News
- Recommended Read: The Telegraph Talks To Jakob Ingebrigtsen About His Approach To Training, Future Goals, Losing The Olympic 1500m And Rivalry With Josh Kerr "I have a responsibility to see what the human race possibly can do ...So it doesn’t automatically stop when I break the records if I don’t feel like I have reached the potential. It doesn’t really have anything to do with anybody else. ...I feel a duty to see how fast I can run to show everybody what is possible in our time. That is the goal."
*MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen interview: ‘I don’t know why Kerr is so interested in me’
- Paula Radcliffe Talks About Running Sub-3 Hours At The Tokyo Marathon As A Non-Pro "There are lots of things to juggle now and it's no longer my career, now it's a hobby like lots of people. I really take my hat off to everyone who juggles the training with a career, and family life around that, because it's a different way - but it makes the achievement when you cross that finish line a little bit sweeter."
- Eilish McColgan's Mother And Coach Speaks Out About The "Demeaning And Abusive" Body Shaming Comments She Experienced On Social Media Some comments have questioned if McColgan has an eating disorder and told her to "go and eat."
Some Long Standing Records Go Down
He ran 2:20.14 at the Virginia state meet on Tuesday to break Andrews' 2:22.28 16-year-old mark. It was Boone's third attempt to break the record this season (he ran 2:23.68 and 2:23.50 in his previous attempts).
- Wesley Kiptoo Broke Todd Williams' 30-Year-Old Course Record At The Gate River Run 15k Over the Weekend Kiptoo won in 42:09 while Calli Hauger-Thackery won the women's race in 47:24. *Results
More Distance News
- AP: "High-Altitude Kenyan Town Iten Adapts As Olympic Champions And Amateurs Flock To Rarefied Air" Iten has changed drastically over the years as it became a hub for distance running, with hotels/lodging options popping up to host the many runners that come to train every year.
- Sean Ingle For The Guardian: "Like Landing On Mars: Can A Woman Really Run A Sub Four-Minute Mile?" A recent study claims Faith Kipyegon could do it with illegal pace-making, but we agree with Steve Magness who says, “I’ve learned my lesson from the sub‑two marathon attempt to never say never. But we’re still too far out. The shoe tech will get us closer. Pacing will help a little bit. Using Maurten’s bicarb system will make a slight but significant difference. But I don’t think it makes up that gap. Seven seconds is still seven seconds, which is a lot in a mile."
- Kelvin Kiptum’s Parents Still Looking For Answers Over The Car Crash That Killed Him
NCAA Indoor Champs Are Next Week
- Arkansas And UNC Men Stay Ranked 1-2 In Post-Conference Champs NCAA Rankings Texas A&M moved up to #3 and North Carolina down to #4. *Men's NCAA Entries
- Arkansas Women Stay #1 In Updated NCAA Indoor Rankings; Oregon Moves Up To #2 BYU dropped to #3 and Georgia jumped three spots to #4. *Women's NCAA Entries
More From Conference Champs Weekend
- Virginia Tech Men, Clemson Women Win ACC Indoor Titles Virginia Tech was up 74-73 over Virginia going into the men's 4x400. VT finished second (UVA was 7th) to win the meet by 7 points. Gary Martin won the 3000m in 7:36 after finishing 2nd in the 5000m. On the women's side, the top three in the mile ran 4:26 with Virginia's Margot Appelton winning in 4:26.21. Stanford's Sophia Kennedy broke Katelyn Tuohy's 3000m MR with an 8:47 victory. *Results
*MB: Katelyn Tuohy's Brother Finished 2nd In The ACC 800m Virginia's Tech's Nicholas Plant won in 1:46.94 to Patrick Tuohy's 1:46.98.
*MB: 3 runners at AAC meet DQ’d for illegal shoes
*MB: Why do ACCs start Saturday and run through Monday? - USTFCCCA's Conference Champs MVPs Georgia's Aaliyah Butler won the SEC 400m in 49.78 (#2 in NCAA history) ahead of Arkansas' Isabella Whittaker (49.90, #3 in NCAA history) and doubled back to anchor the 4x400 with a 49.87 split, helping the team win and move to #6 on the NCAA all-time list. At Big Ten Champs, USC's Johnny Brackins Jr. won the 60H (7.49) and the LJ (7.99m) double and at SEC Champs, Ole Miss' Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan won the shot put (20.81m) and weight throw (24.35, #13 NCAA all-time).
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks From Last Week (February 25-March 3
BU Last Chance
Nuguse tried to get his WR back but missed it by 2+ seconds; Young is now the 2nd-fastest 5k man in US history, indoors or out, while MacLean is #4 on the world-all-time list indoors. Update: MacLean broke the American record at 1500m.
- Aidan McCarthy with collegiate-leading 800 at BU (1:45.19)
- Tuohy to race 5k
- Hold On! One More BU Meet To Go -- Featuring the Highest Quality Men's 5000 Field this Winter
- How long until Nico Young wins a medal?
- Will someone please volunteer to stream Nuguse's mile WR on their phone? Yared Nuguse mile record attempt streaming?
USATF Half Marathon Champs
It was a great morning for Amy and Alistair Cragg's Puma Elite Distance squad as their two Oklahoma State grads got the wins in races where spots at Worlds in San Diego were on the line. American record holder Weini Kelati had the lead early but stunning faded to 6th (69:07) while Olympians Joe Klecker (8th - 61:34), Clayton Young (13th - 62:38) and Dakotah Popehn (10th - 69:57) weren't close to making the teams.
Tokyo Marathon
Ethiopians Tadese Takele (2:03:23 pb), who ran 8:09 in the steeple at age 18, and Kebede (2:16:31) were the champions on Sunday while Joshua Chpetegei (9th in 2:05:59) struggled again in marathon #2.
- Singer Harry Styles Ran the Tokyo Marathon With Near Perfect Even Splits He ran 3:24:07 (7:47 pace) with splits of 1:42:03 and 1:42:04
- Paula Radcliffe Runs Her First Marathon In Ten Years At Tokyo The 51-year-old ran 2:57:26 and also plans on running the Boston Marathon next month.
- MB: Official 2025 Tokyo Marathon Live Discussion Thread
- MB: Joshua Cheptegei finishes 9th (Tokyo Marathon)
NCAA Conference Champs
- Oregon Men Win Big Ten Indoor Title After USC DQ'd From 4x400 The meet came down to the 4x400 where USC needed to finish 1st or 2nd to overtake Oregon. They initially finished 2nd to Purdue, but were DQ'd, giving Oregon the team title by 7.5 points.
*MB: Race video: You be the judge - fair or foul for the DQ? Most people seem to think no DQ should have been called. - Oregon Women Score In 14 Out Of 18 Events To Get Dominant Big Ten Victory By 49 Points
- Texas A&M Men Win First SEC Indoor Title; Arkansas Women Extend Winning Streak To 11
- Texas Tech Men And Women Sweep Big 12 Indoor Team Titles This was the second consecutive title for the men and the first ever conference title (indoor or outdoor) for the women.
- Arkansas' Paityn Noe Wins SEC 5000m In Championship And School Record 15:11
- Princeton Men And Women Sweep Heps Indoor Champs *Results
*MB: Harvard FORGETS to enter 2:01 800m star, LOSES conference championship by only 8 points - Virginia Men, Notre Dame Women Lead ACC Champs After Day 2 *Results
- Virginia Men, Virginia Tech Women Lead ACC Indoor After Day 1 The men's DMR was extremely tight with Virginia Tech taking it by .002 over North Carolina in 9:31.55. The NC State women beat Clemson (10:52.59 to 10:52.80) and Stanford's Zofia Dudek won the women's 5000m in 15:43.
- MB: Official 2025 NCAA Indoor Conference Championships Live Discussion Thread
- MB: Ethan Strand EMBARRASSES Gary Martin at ACCs, 13:26-13:30
- MB: Connor MF Burns B1G 5k champ A stunning result as Burns had failed to break 4:00 in 2 different miles this winter and only ran 14:00 at BU but now he's won the Big 10 and beating Bob Liking who had run 13:22.
- MB: UW milers get whupped at B1G champs
- MB: So the Big 10 men's meet might come down to the 4 x 400 and Oregon only has 1 guy on the team who has run a 400 this year
- MB: Big East Mile Coverage WTF!!
- MB: How are CAL Berkley and UCLA so bad at track
- MB: Big Ten Championships - How many teams score 0 points?
- NAIA Indoor T&F Championships Recap: Marian (Ind.) Men And Cumberlands (Ky.) Women Win Team Titles
- LRC: Weekend Preview: Tokyo Marathon, US Half Champs, & NCAA Conference Madness
US Distance News
- Good Read: Runner's World Gives An Interesting Look Into The What It Took To Get Grant Fisher Rabbited Through Two WRs In A Week Sarah Lorge Butler talks to a couple of Fisher's pacers, Fisher's coach and Fisher himself. Henry McLuckie, one of the 5000m pacers, says that he knew Fisher would get the record after he patted him on the back and said, 'Thank you' when McLuckie stepped off.
- T&F News Q&A With Hobbs Kessler Kessler gives some insights into his unique coaching situation. Right now he's mostly being coached by his dad and Pat Henner, a former long-time coach at Georgetown and USC.
- MB: Nikki Hiltz gets new coach (former 1500m Olympian Juli Benson)
Another WR For Duplantis
He cleared it on his first attempt at the All Star Perche meet in France. *WA article
Big Doping Story
Jeptanui, a freshman from Kenya, finished 12th at NCAAs in November, but has been provisionally suspended since September. She's currently triple entered in the AAC championships which start today.
Previous Weekend Indoor Results
- UW's Moll Sisters Dominate Big Ten; Amanda Moll Breaks Her Own NCAA Pole Vault Record With 4.91m The mark is #6 on the all-time world indoor list. Her twin sister Hana Moll moved to #2 on the NCAA all-time list with 4.81m.
- Elise Cooper Breaks High School 300m Record With 36.30 At The CIRCUIT Philadelphia
- Madrid Recap: Molly Caudery's 4.85m Pole Vault Win And Chase Jackson's 19.48m Shot Put Win Highlight Spain's Euro indoor champ Adrian Ben won the 800m in 1:45.39, Ethiopia's Melese Nberet took the 1500m (3:38) and Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom the women's 3000m (8:38).
It's A Busy Weekend of Action
It's a wild weekend for distance fans. In Tokyo, LRC's top two men's marathoners of 2024, Benson Kipruto and Deresa Geleta, take on 5k/10k WR holder Joshua Cheptegei. Plus there are Team USA spots for the World Half on the line in Atlanta where five male Olympians will seek 3 spots and the last BU meet of the year is on Sunday as well. And it's conference championship weekend at the NCAA level where 25 sub-4 milers will compete at the Big 10 meet
US Half champs Sunday in Atlanta
Joe Klecker has some unfinished business in the half marathon after his debut in Houston didn't go as planned. $20,000 and spots for the US team to the World Road Running Championships in San Diego are on the line Sunday in Atlanta.
Upcoming
The women's field has 9 sub-2:19 women whereas the men's field has 11 sub-2:05 guys plus Joshua Cheptegai. The pace will be HOT (60:50 first half). *WA Preview
*Kebede: "I’ve covered everything in training, long distance, speed work, everything. I’m in PB shape.”
*Cheptegei: "I'm still a student of the marathon. I'm on a learning curve and hope to learn from the big guys in the marathon like Benson (Kipruto, 2:02:16 pb) and (Deresa) Geleta (2:02:38 pb)."
- Next Weekend: Final entries published for Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships Do you know what Apeldoon is? It's a city in the Netherlands of less than 200k. 10 world leaders will compete.
- Have you signed up for December's Marathon Project yet? Entries are limited to 1000. “The roads are pristine, the course is lightning fast, and you can’t beat Chandler in December,” Sara Hall said. “I’m so excited the race is back and more people will get a chance to chase a [personal record] at this unique event.”
The Latest Distance Links
- MB: Washington coaches Andy and Maurica Powell have nothing to do with new HS mile record holder Owen Powell's (3:56.66) training And he only runs 50 mpw.
- Gjert Ingebrigtsen has appealed court's decision to allow media access to his upcoming criminal child-abuse trial "This is a case where the case itself has no public interest, but where the public has become curious because it involves famous people. It smells of a media circus, especially with foreign actors who are not familiar with the 'Be Careful' code," writes his lawyer. Want to know what the 'Be Careful' code is? Click here.
- Nicholas Kimeli tied his shoes too tight at a half marathon and had to miss two weeks of training The article incrrectly says he ran in Iraq - it was the RAK half.
- MB: Mo Farah thinks he has an idea for a new running league that will revolutionize the sport, but after reading the article, we have no idea what it is Farah "plans to re-energise the sport through the innovative team-based run series at iconic Formula 1 circuits" but considering we read an entire article on it and have no idea what it is, we don't think it will work.
Non-Distance Running News
- Usain Bolt says he would have broken his 100m WR in 2011 if he hadn't gotten injured "That year, I was floating. I was running very well and the coach was excited. It was the first time I heard him say we were going to race and break the world record.”
- Ecuador has won 4 Olympic medals in history.... all of the in the race-walk and all of the walkers have hailed from the same city - Cuenca It sits at 2,550 metres above sea level and has half a million people.
- World Athletics is looking for a results and stastical service - apply now "The primary focus of the service will be on results processing, which involves collecting, editing and managing competition data for a vast number of athletes and events. It also includes competitions management, records management, athlete management, rankings management and more."
GST Adds Wanyonyi and Hoppel
If they add in soon to be World Indoor champ Josh Hoey and this will be a must-watch.
Stars Old & Young
- HS indoor 800m Cooper Lutkenhaus is a star..... and he only runs 30-33 mpw What a stud. 1:46 indoors as a 10th grader. Read the TFN profile on him.
- Joetta Clark Diggs hadn't competed in 25 years - since 2000 Olympics - and she broke the American record in her first race back At age 62, she ran 28.62 for 200m.
Is A Sub-4 Women's Mile Just Around The Corner?
- MB: Scientists publish study saying they think Faith Kipyegon could break sub-4 in the mile with proper pacing This is a laughable. Do they also think Jakob could break 3:20 for 1500 as he's closer to that that she is to sub-4?
*Because Kipyegon is so small (5'2), the scientists say she'd benefit more from illegal pace-making than someone like Roger Bannister "Kram and his colleagues calculate that when running at four-minute pace, air resistance takes 13.5 percent of Kipyegon’s energy compared to just 11.4 percent of Bannister’s. That means she has more to gain from drafting." - MB: Nikki Hiltz re-signs with lululemon and ditches Mike Smith for Juli Benson Hiltz had to get a new coach as Mike Smith's Nike contract only allows him to coach non-Nike athletes until their current contracts end.
- Full fields for March 29's The TEN are released At least we can feel a little bit better about Graham Blanks, Elise Cranny, and Parker Valby skipping USA Indoors.
- Nike Vaporfly 4 is coming out March 1 and Outside says "the Nike Vaporfly 4 is a drastic departure from the Vaporfly 3" It has the lowest stack height of any Vaporlfy but also is the lightest. While it may be great for pros, Outside says the shoe is "no longer suitable for marathons for many runners."
Euro Indoor Champs Are Next Week
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen Going For Third Successive 1500m/3000m Double At Euro Indoor Champs Filip Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordas are also part of Norway's 3000m squad.
- Olympic 1500m Bronze Medalist Georgia Hunter-Bell And World Indoor PV Champ Molly Caudery Headline British Team For Euro Indoors
- Hosts Netherlands Select 46-Strong Team For Apeldoorn 2025 Femke Bol is running, but only in the relays (the women's 4x400 and mixed 4x400). Olympic 1500m sixth-placer Niels Laros is in the 3000m.
- Italy Names Team Of 39 For Apeldoorn 2025 Team includes European champions Leonardo Fabbri (shot put) and Lorenzo Simonelli (60H).
- European TJ Champ Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Leads Spanish Team Of 36 For Euro Indoors Spain has a strong team in the 800m with European leader Elvin Josue, 2022 world indoor champ Mariano Garcia and 2019 Euro indoor champ Alvaro de Arriba.
- Euro Indoor Champs Mujinga Kambundji (60m) And Jason Joseph (60H) And World Indoor Champ Simon Ehammer (Heptathlon) Lead Swiss Team Of 20
Grand Slam Track News
- Michael Johnson Says The Biggest Challenge With Grand Slam Track "Was always going to be getting athletes to commit to competing against their primary rivals four times." Johnson added, "You’re giving the athletes what they’ve always wanted, but you’re also asking them to change and so you expect that that’s going to be a little bit challenging for people. You’re going to always have some resistance but, by and large, the athletes are down with it."
- Grand Slam Track Chooses Stats Perform As Global Data And Betting Rights Distributor
2025 USA Indoors
2025 USA Indoors
Hoey now trails only Wilson Kipketer (1:42.67) on the world all-time list indoors at 800m as Kessler put on a front-running masterclass to win the 1500m after claiming the 3000m on Saturday.
Akins and Hiltz won indoor titles in the 800 and 1500 on Sunday after winning the same events at the 2024 Olympic Trials. In the women's sprints, Alexis Holmes (50.51) dominated the 400 and Celera Barnes (7.11) upset Jacious Sears in the 60.
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Barega Goes For It In His Debut
(link fixed) The 2021 Olympic 10,000 champ went out in 14:18 (2:00:40 pace) and was still on 2:03 flat pace at 35k before holding on for the win. Compatriot Anchinalu Dessie won the women's race in 2:22:17 in her debut as well.
USA Videos
USA Videos
Day 1 at 2025 USA Indoors
Day 1 at 2025 USA Indoors
Kessler beat Jacobs, 7:38.00 to 7:38.02, in a sensational last-lap duel as Sam Gilman (7:38.64) was a surprising 3rd. Grant Holloway improved to 69-0 in the 60m hurdles while former DII star Wes Ferguson impressed in the 800 prelims.
Hiltz edged Houlihan just before the line to win a great race, while Houlihan is heading back to World Indoors in her first year back from a doping ban.
We'll gave you our winners and losers from day 1 at USAs live at 10 pm ET.
More Fast Times At BU
Hocker (12:57.82) got a pb and edged training mate Teare (12:57.97) as both went under the 13:01.00 Worlds standard. Powell ran 3:56.66 to take a second off Hobbs Kessler's HS indoor record while Crater (OR)'s Josiah Tostenson (3:57.47) and Tayvon Kitchen (3:59.61) became the first HS teammates to break 4:00 in the same race.
- Hocker and Teare in 5k at BU
- Owen Powell 3:56.66i High School Record at BU
- TWO HIGHSCHOOLERS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL GO SUB 4 IN THE SAME RACE
- Rocky Hansen 3:50 anchor leg outkicking Ethan Strand The top three teams finished extremely close with Wake Forest winning in 9:17.1 over North Carolina (9:17.19) and Princeton (9:17.30).
The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025
In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.
Bekele In London
Bekele joins a field that includes Eliud Kipchoge, Jacob Kiplimo, defending champ Alex Mutiso, Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and Sabastian Sawe (2:02:05). Bekele ran 2:04:15 for 2nd place in London last year.
Is the First Sub-2 Around the Corner?
This was a run for the ages and the splits are astounding. 40:07 for 15k, a 10k split as fast as Grant Fisher's PB.
Race video here.
Another Record For Fisher
Jonathan Gault onsite story Six days after his 7:22.91 WR in the 3,000m at Millrose, Fisher broke the 5,000m record at Boston Universityand also bettered his outright American record of 12:46.96.
2025 Millrose
2025 Millrose
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.
- 2025 Millrose Games Live Official Thread 4-6pm Eastern on NBC
- Grant FISHER 3000m WR 7:22.91, Hocker 7:23.19
- WORLD RECORD for Yared MF Nuguse! 3:46.93!
- Why is Gary Martin in the Wanamaker mile? He ended up running 3:48.
- GARY MARTIN 3:48.82?????
- Hocker emotional interview post milrose 3k
- Josh Hoey: 2025 WHO will be the first to defeat him?
- HOEY IS NOT CLEAN
- Sadie Engelhardt breaks Mary Cain's high school mile record
- KERR SCRATCHED - I don’t even care if he has a good reason for scratching, screw you Josh Kerr!!!
- I don't understand the sport anymore. At the bell in the mile WR race, there were like 7 guys right there?
- Where does Hocker vs Fisher today rank on all-time best list of US distance races?
- CAM MYERS 3:47
- COOPER LUTKENHAUS 1:46.86 high school record
- Another cheat track in US
- Letsrun prediction contest: Who wins Millrose Wanamaker mile and how fast do they go?
LRC Rankings
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.
LRC Rankings And Other Distance News
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)
One More Look at a Legendary Race
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
Unlike other Publications, We wait until the year is over to hand out our awards
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.
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
The LRC crew has it's annual 2024 trivia challenge and takes a look at an incredible year of track and field.
Blanks = NCAA XC x 2
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."
Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends
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.
Tim Rowberry Interview Highlights
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
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.
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.
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