We have boots on the ground reporting from London. Sawe's coach Claudio Berardelli, who has coached the likes of Evans Chebet, Martin Lel, and Benson Kipruto, said "I've done this job for 21 years. I'm not sure I've ever coached a guy like [Sawe]."
*MB: The London scoop - Kiplimo and his camp downplay expectations, Claudio Berardelli RAVES about Sawe
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2025 London Marathon Is Sunday - Set Your Alarm Clocks Now
Please read this preview now. It's one of Jonathan Gault's best previews and has us PUMPED for Sunday. Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and Valencia champ Sabastian Sawe (2:02:05 pb) are also part of a LOADED men's field that features four major champs from 2024.
- Olympic Triathlon Champion Alex Yee Prepares For "A Different Kind Of Pain" In The London Marathon
- Watch Alex Yee doe 7 x 2k prior to London The coach wanted him to run them at 2:55 km pace which he said was half-marathon pace and would equate to a 61:30ish.
- Athletics-London Marathon will wait for guidance on trans athletes in mass race after court decision They currently let males identify as women for the mass participation race and are waitng for guidance from the Human Rights Commission and Sport England after a recent court ruling said a women is a biological female.
On The Boards
On The Boards
DL Opener is Saturday in Xiamen
The women's 5000 is STACKED with Beatrice Chebet taking on Gudaf Tsegay and others. Faith Kiypegon opens in the 1k, El Bakkali opens in the steeple, Tebogo vs Simbine & Coleman in the 100, Karsten Warholm, Grant Holloway, Mondo & more. We'll recap it for you with a live video show right when it ends at 9 am ET.
*Norwegian athletes warned not to eat meat while in China for DL due to risk of failed dope tests
Penn And Drake Relays Are This Weekend
Villanova's 3:33/13:14 man Marco Langon GRABBED our attention at NCAA Indoors when he boldly went for broke and grabbed the lead with a km to go and held it until the bell before fading to 6th. Then he gave an all-time EPIC post-race interview. He also has grabbed the attention of Diadora as he's the 1st track athlete to sign an NIL Deal with the Italian brand whose US headquarters are in Philly.
*MB: Marco Langon signs NIL Deal with Diadora & shares all with LetsRun.com.
*Recommended Read A rival track coach’s friendship helped Villanova’s Marco Langon become a champion As a troubled teen, Langon met rival coach Rob DeFillipis and a mentorship bloomed. "He helped me look at a lot of bright sides,” the star runner says.
Sprint News
- HSer Maurice Gleaton runs 9.98 !! 0.00 wind The Georgia commit is the 2nd US HSer to break 10.00 with a legal wind.
- Sanya Richards-Ross thinks she might have been a hurdler if she'd stayed in her native Jamaica “When I went to Immaculate, the head coach there was really good with hurdles. A lot of times, when a coach has a specialty, they put the best athlete into that. So he wanted to put me in hurdles.”
- Kenneth Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Courtney Lindsey to run 4 x 100 at World Relays for USA See which Americans are going to the meet.
- See who is on Australia's team for Worlds as of right now
The Pre Event Shot Was A Success At Drake
Crouser surpringly only ended up 5th in the competition but he was thrilled with how the meet went off. "The field events can be highlighted, and they can be front and center. That we have a loud, enthusiastic crowd out here just for a field event - it's a testament to that. It doesn't have to be just track. It can be just field."
*MB: Ryan Crouser to unveil new “King of the Ring” shot put format at Drake that mimics that borrows from the NFL and high jump
Marius Bakken Shares All
If you read one training article this decade, it needs to be this one by former 13:06 5000 runner Marius Bakken. It was written in part to show that what Gjert Ingegbrigtsen recently said in court about his training system - “This system is mine and only mine. No one has influenced it, internally or externally" - isn't true.
*MB: Marius bakken - new article about training
Nike's Breaking4 Is Coming
The current world record is 4:07.65 and Faith's 1500 time converts to 4:06.5.
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US Road Mile Champs
Gear outsprinted Karissa Schweizer (4:24.40), Gracie Morris (4:24.73) and Shelby Houlihan (4:25.06) to claim the US title and American record. Ciattei beat out Sam Ellis (3:54.93) and Craig Engels (3:55.09) to win his third US road mile title.
Random But Interesting
- Beloved figure of Irish athletics, Pat Naughton, passes away aged 92 He won 3 Irish titles in the decathlon but was most known for being a masters legend and for continuing to train during Covid-19. Last August, he won 90+ titles in the long jump, shot put and 100m in the over-90 category.
- After 56 years, Carey Corrigan (17-4.50) is no longer the Washington HS state pole vault record holder Chase McGee cleared 17'5" in a low-key dual meet at Camas High on Tuesday.
More Marathon News
- Outside: Is Beet Juice Still Wort The Squeeze For Endurance Athletes? Alex Hutchinson writes about how a new study shoes beet juice as a supplement could give significant endurance gains and apparently Eliud Kipchoge "remains a big believer."
- Des Linden Retires From Professional Marathoning, Will Focus On Ultras She's going to pace an athlete at Western States 100 Mile in June.
*MB: Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread - Paula Radcliffe Secured Her Six Star Medal With Boston Marathon Finish She ran 2:53:44 to earn the medal you get for finishing all six of the World Marathon Majors.
- Paula Radcliffe Says Her "Body Is Done" With Road Racing She says that in Boston her calf went at 9 miles and she "couldn't go full out from then on."
- Sifan Hassan Donates Paris Olympic Marathon Singlet And Bib To World Athletics Museum
The Carifta Games Ended Monday
- Carifta Games Recap: Jamaica Dominates With 78 Medals (30 Gold) Shanoya Douglas won the U20 100m/200m double with 11.26 and 23.02 while Jamal Stephenson took the boys U20 100m in 10.24. US Virgin Islands' Michelle Smith (who runs for the University of Georgia) kept her winning streak going, winning the 400H/800m double for the fourth year in a row with 56.60 and 2:07.23.
- Cool Video: D'Angelo Brown Falls 100m Away From The Line In The 800m And Rallies To Qualify For The Final He finished 2nd in the final in 1:51.21 (Jamaica's Shavan Oshane Jarrett won in 1:51.19).
Other News
- 17-Year-Old Sprint Star Gout Gout Named In Australia's Team For Tokyo 2025 World Champs He'll race the 200m where he has a PB of 20.04 (although he's broken 20 seconds twice this season with an illegal tailwind).
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Femke Bol And Gout Gout Announced For Ostrava Golden Spike On June 24
- MB: Alan Webb names his new baby after Kipchoge Congrats to the Webb’s and welcome to the world Eliud Joseph Webb!
- World Athletics Ratifies Several WRs Including Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:45.14 Indoor Mile Also Beatrice Chebet's 13:54 road 5k and Mondo Duplantis' 6.27m pole vault.
- USATF Throws Festival Will Feature All Field Events (All Throws And Jumps) The meet is in Tucson, AZ on May 24.
NCAA Rankings
- USC Men Move To #1 In Latest NCAA Rankings Texas A&M, Tennessee and Georgia are ranked 2-4.
- Georgia Women Move Up Two Spots To #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings USC, Texas A&M, Arkansas are ranked 2-4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (April 15-21)
Bummer: No Bekele Vs Kipchoge Showdown In London
Bekele said "a series of small niggles" prevented him getting in the training he needed to be ready for London.
Non-Distance News
He is just the second track athlete to win the award after Usain Bolt. Duplantis had been nominated the past three years, but finally won it this year, beating out the other finalists, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, swimmer Leon Marchand, cyclist Tadej Pogacar and Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen.
2025 Boston
2025 Boston
Mantz took almost three minutes off his pb and just missed the podium, finishing four seconds back of second place. Among Americans, only Ryan Hall (2:04:58) has run a faster marathon than Mantz did in Boston on Monday.
- Connor MF Mantz 2:05 for 4th place!
- We're back baby - 3 Americans at 2:08:00 or faster in Boston
Lokedi turned the tables on Obiri after losing four straight and picked up a cool $200k in the process as the top 3 all broke the old course record of 2:19:59.
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- Under Armour's Sharon Lokedi Wins Boston And she destroyed the course record.
- Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread Linden announced before the race this was her last marathon as a pro.
- Jess McClain will finish ahead of Dakotah She did and was the 1st American woman in 6th.
In the process of joining his brother Wesley (2012) as a Boston champion, he also staked a claim to the unofficial title of ‘World’s best marathoner’ as he also convincingly won Chicago in the fall.
*LRC: Americans make history with 3 at 2:08:00 or faster
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- RORY MF LINKLETTER 2:07:02 ON BOSTON AND 6TH PLACE AND BEATS CLAYTON YOUNG
- Who TF is Ryan Ford (American, 10th in Boston)?
- LetsRunners how did your Boston go?
More From The Weekend
- Gout Gout And Lachie Kennedy Miss Out On Stawell Gift Final In Favorites Upset The 120m handicap Australian sprint race on grass saw Gout and Kennedy both finish 2nd in their heats. John Evans and Olympian Bree Rizzo were the winners in the final, taking home the $40,000 prize. Rizzo became just the second woman to win the Gift "off the scratch" (without a handicap).
*The Guardian: "Stawell Gift 2025: Silk Singlets, A Power Blackout And Gout Gout Add To Fun Of Historic Race"
- UW's Nathan Green (3:35.52), Chloe Foerster (4:05.75, #4 On NCAA Outdoor List) At Bryan Clay Green beat out On's Sam Ellis (3:35.57) and Georgetown's NCAA indoor champ Abel Teffra (3:35.81).
- MB: JUSTYN KNIGHT IS BACK: 3:44 1500m At The Oregon Open His first track race since 2021.
- Georgia's Aaliyah Butler Dominates Women's 400 With 49.44 (#5 NCAA All-Time) Win At Tom Jones Memorial Invite Shafiqua Maloney won the 800m in 1:59.23 over Harvard's Victoria Bossong (1:59.48) and Clemson's Gladys Chepngetich (1:59.68). Miss. State's Abdullahi Hassan took the men's race in 1:45.39. Georgia's Georgia's Will Floyd won the men's 400 in 44.93.
- MB: Gary Martin 13:16 5k at the Virginia Challenge He won by 20+ seconds.
- MB: Craig Engels 1:46.00 800m 3rd place at Mt. SAC in the race won by Jamaica's Rivaldo Marshall (1:45.59).
- Oregon's Olympic 1500m Finalist Klaudia Kazimierska Returns From Injury With Encouraging 2:02 800 Meters At Oregon Open OSU's Fouad Messaoudi won the 1500m in 3:36.85 (Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum paced the race through 700m in 1:43).
LRC Boston Recap Show
Big Sprint Results
- MB: Noah Lyles fades to 45.87 for 400, finishing next to last in his heat in Florida But he did run faster than Erriyon Knighton, who was in another heat. Knighton, who ran 45.37 two weeks ago, only ran 46.26. Chris Robinson had the fastest time of the day at 44.15.
- MB: Fred Kerley runs 44.73 for 400 at Mt. Sac in 1st 400 since 2023
- Gout Gout And Lachlan Kennedy Both Win Their Heats At Stawell Gift They will race in the semis and finals on Monday for a chance to win $40,000.
- MB: Matthew Boling - 44.92 2nd place in his heat behind Chris Robinson (44.15) at Tom Jones Invite.
- Olympic 100m Champ Julien Alfred Runs 21.88 For Her First 200m Of The Season At Tom Jones Memorial In Florida The time was just 0.02 slower than Alfred's Saint Lucia national record and is the second fastest wind-legal time ever recorded in April.
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs wind-aided 10.94 (+3.1) in her season-opener
- Trey Cunningham takes down Grant Holloway at UF- 13.09 to 13.18 (+1.5).
Pre-Boston News
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BAA 5k/Mile
Eritrea's Dawit Seare (13:33) and Ethiopia's Gela Hambese (14:53) won the 5Ks; Roe (14:57) was 3rd after getting outkicked late. Kenya's Dorcas Ewoi (4:43) won the women's mile. Plus we got the scoop on Puma's new supershoes.
Shoe News
Taylor Roe broke 15:00 for the 1st time in her career today, racing in the shoes for the 1st time. 5k man Amon Kemboi also loved them. "You kind of feel the bounce only," Kemboi said. "So even though you are tired, you feel just the drive it gives you when your legs are tired."
Road News
- MB: Ruth Chepngetich and Peres Jepchirchir OUT of 2025 London Marathon; Vivian Cheruiyot IN Defending champ Jepchirchir has an ankle injury and no specific injury was given for WR holder Chepngetich.
- Humanoid Robots Run Half-Marathon Against Humans In China Twenty-one humanoid robots ran accompanied by their human trainers ran the half-marathon with varying levels of success. Some wore running shoes, one went out of control and crashed into the barriers, one had feminine features and the ability to wink and smile and the fastest finished the half-marathon in 2 hours, 40 minutes.
- Eilish McColgan Targeting The Scottish Record And Family Record When She Makes Her Marathon Debut At London Next Week Long term she’d like to be the first Brit to go under 2:20 since Paula Radcliffe, but for her debut her “soft goal” is to beat her mom’s (Liz McColgan) 2:26:52 PB and Steph Twell's 2:26:40 Scottish record.
Previous Weekend Distance Results
She won by 17 seconds to lower her own record by 5 seconds. South Carolina's Salma Elbadra won the 1500m in 4:05.85 (#5 on the NCAA all-time list) and Villanova's Marco Langon won the men's race in 3:37.25. North Carolina's NCAA indoor champ Makayla Paige took the 800m in 2:01.11 (#6 NCAA all-time) and Virginia Tech's Christian Jackson the men's race in 1:46.36.
- New Mexico Sophomre Habtom Samuel Broke The NCAA Outdoor 5000m Record With 13:05.87 At Bryan Clay He beat freshman teammate Ishmael Kipkurui who ran 13:09.24. Samuel has a faster time indoor where he is #3 on the NCAA list with 13:04.92.
- MB: Emily Sisson Wins Road 5k In Ireland In 14:57 She won the women's race by over a minute and placed 9th overall. The time puts her #3 on the US all-time list according to tilastopaja.com.
- Athing Mu-Nikolayev Makes 2025 Debut Running 3000m Of The Mt. SAC 5000m She ran 3000m in 9:41 before dropping out as planned. Afterwards she said, “It was definitely long. Longer than 800 meters, or 1,500 meters, but it was fun. To do something like this is way out of my comfort zone."
*MB: Athing Mu is listed to run the 5000 at Mt Sac on Friday
Drug News
- Triple Jumper James Carter Gets 1 Month Ban After Testing Positive For Cannabis At US Indoor Champs He got a reduced ban after being able to prove his use was out-of-competition, but he's stripped of the US indoor title he won last February.
- Three Indian Coaches And 7 Athletes Get Doping Suspensions Junior national team chief coach Ramesh Nagpuri was suspended for "complicity" in doping while 7 athletes were suspended for evading tests and two more coaches were banned for administering PEDs to athletes
$$$ Trouble With USATF
(paywalled) USATF posted a $12 million deficit in 2022 and 2023 prompting the USOPC to force them to hire an outside law firm to undertake an independent review. They've been slow to pay out prize money, fired some high payed employees, cancelled the LA Grand Prix and Bermuda Grand Prix, and last year cancelled a pre-Paris Olympics tune-up race for the 4x100 relays (the men were DQ'd for a botched handoff in Paris).
OMG
Jane Hedengren obliterated the high school 5000m record and went sub 15:00. That is something a collegian had never done until Parker Valby did it last school year.
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NCAA Action This Weekend at Bryan Clay, Wake, Mt. Sac
WHAT A RUN. The HS record coming into this year was 15:25. Only 5 collegians have ever broken 15:00. Pamela Kosgei and Lexy Halladay-Lowry both ran 14:52 and just missed Parker Valby's NCAA record.
- Louisville's 23-yr-old freshman runs 8:13.89 steeple - #2 all-time in NCAA Not bad for a guy who was 39th at ACC cross (136th at NCAA xc) and was only 31st in the ACC 3k indoors. He had an 8:22 pb coming in.
- MB: 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational
- MB: Jane Hedengren and 2 BYU athletes will work together at Bryan Clay in 5000m
- MB: Official 2025 Wake Forest Invitational Thread
- Michaela Rose talks after NCAA leading 2:00.27
- Maggi Congdon talks after 2:00.27 pb broke a 38-year old NAU school record
Upcoming Action Later This Spring
- RRW: Karissa Schweizer to run both the road and track miles at Drake next weekend in Des Moines The Iowa native will race the road mile on Tuesday and then the track mile on Saturday.
- Save the 10,000 with Des and Kara announces its leading contenders for May 3rd Former world indoor 3000 champ Lemlem Hailu (29:59 pb) leads the way. Compatriot Asayech Ayichew, the Wu20 xc silver medallist, who recently fan 29:43 on the roads also will race in her track 10,000 debut. British Olympian Jessica Warner-Judd also is entered.
- Tebogo's not scared of anyone: He'll race Kishane Thompson in 100m at Shanghai Diamond League on May 3
- Former marathon WR holder Brigid Kosgei will run Hamburg Marathon next weekend as she tries to make her way back to the top
Mid Week News of Note
- Seb Coe is thrilled the UK Supreme Court has said a woman is a person who is born biologically female What a great day for women's rights!!
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce makes her 2025 debut at her son's sports day The 38-year-old lined up for the parents’ race at her seven-year-old son Zyon’s school sports day and—unsurprisingly—left the competition in the dust.
New supershoe?
The Fast-R Nitro Elite 3 is 3.6% more efficient than Nike's super shoe according to the scientist who initially tested the Nike Vaporfly 4%.
*MB: Nike/adidas slayer: Puma Super shoe 3.5% better economy than Alphafly etc.
This Weekend And Beyond
- Jane Hedengren To Run Elite 5000m At Bryan Clay Invy On Thursday The field includes collegiate runners Halladay-Lowry (BYU), Hilda Olemomoi (Florida) and Pamela Kosgei (New Mexico) who have all run 15:00 or faster. Hedengren ran the national HS record indoors with 15:13.26 this past season and the outdoor record is 15:25.
- Mt. SAC Preview: 10 Collegiate/Pro Storylines To Follow Athing Mu is entered in the 5000m. (Will she race?) Fred Kerley will race his first 400m in two years (he hasn't raced one since the 2023 Sydney Track Classic where he won in 44.65). Olympian Raevyn Rogers is in the 800m.
*MB: Athing Mu is listed to run the 5000 at Mt Sac on Friday - Noah Lyles Opening His Outdoor Season With A 400m Against Erriyon Knighton In Florida This Weekend
- Olympic LJ Champ Tara Davis-Woodhall And Her Husband, Paralympian Hunter Woodhall, Announced For Drake Relays Woodhall will race in the able-bodied 400m.
- 10 High School Storylines To Follow At Mt. SAC
Distance News
- Good Read: RW: Conner Mantz's Wife, Kylie, Started Running After They Got Married And Realized She’s Fast She didn't run in high school, didn't start running consistently until 2023, but walked onto the BYU team this year as a senior and ran 34:57 for 10,000m. Interestingly, she first decided to start training because she wanted to understand why Conner was always so tired from marathon training.
- The European Running Championships Had Races For Recreational Runners With Team Scoring Between The Different Countries An interesting idea in theory, but not surprisingly, the host country (Belgium) dominated, winning all six races (10k, half, marathon for men and women) because they were naturally going to have more runners.
- The 2025 Boston Marathon Will Have Over $1 Million In Prize Money $150,000 for the men's and women's winner.
Sprints / Throws
- Reuters: "Day Of Monster Discus Throws Condemned As 'Weather Doping'" There were a slew of discus records broken at the Oklahoma Throws Series this past weekend including Mykolas Alekna breaking his own WR and five men clearing 70m at the same event for the first time ever. But some Scandinavian commentators and coaches have said the facility was specifically engineered to take advantage of high wind speeds so they are "boosted" performances.
- Recommended Read World Athletics Profile On Jamaica’s World Indoor 60H Bronze Medalist Ackera Nugent Ngugent was a three-time NCAA champ at Arkansas, but on her college experience said, "I honestly didn’t enjoy college life because I was more focused on not wasting the money invested in me and, more importantly, making my mom proud.”
- China's Su Bingtian, The First Asian To Run A Sub-10 Second 100m, Is Considering Retiring The 35-year-old wanted to retire after China's National Games in November, but after only running 10.49 last weekend, he doesn't think he can be competitive enough.
- The Guardian: "Matthew Denny - From A Homemade Discus Circle In His Country Town To The Brink Of World Records" The Australian's (who after last weekend is now #2 on the all-time list) family actually built him a discus circle on their country property when he's a teenager.
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Says She Has "Unfinished Business" In her Last Year Before Retiring From Track She missed making the 100m final in Paris last year when she DNS'd her semi-final due to getting injured during warmups.
Good And Bad News
- Reports Say That Former World 800m Silver Medalist Abubaker Kaki Khamis Is Not Dead There were some media reports that he had been killed by artillery shelling in Sudan, but several African journalists have reported he is alive with one saying they spoke with him by phone. *Discussion Thread
- India's Asian Games Silver Medalist Javelin Thrower DP Manu Gets 4-Year Doping Ban
- UK Coach Chris Barnes Charged By UK Athletics For Inappropriate Relationships With Athletes
Upcoming Track Action
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen Vs Josh Kerr Set For London Diamond League 1500m On July 19 Kerr said, "My goal for the year is simple; I want to defend my world title in Tokyo and everything I do between now and then, including lining up at the London Athletics Meet, is focused on achieving that goal."
- USATF Distance Classic And Sound Running Combining Forces To Host Track Fest On May 24 In LA They will have distance races from 800m to 10,000m.
- 2020 Olympic 1500m Silver Medalist Timothy Cheruiyot Announced As A Challengers For Grand Slam Track Miami Meet On May 2-4 Other "challengers" added to the meet are world U20 800m silver medalist Claudia Hollingsworth, Andre De Grasse, Anna Hall, Kenni Harrison and Amber Anning.
NCAA News
- Texas A&M Men Stay #1 In Latest NCAA Rankings USC jumped three spots to #2 while Minnesota and Georgia dropped to 3-4.
- Texas A&M Women Jump To #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings USC stayed #2 while Georgia dropped to #3 and South Carolina moved up 14 spots to #4.
- Louisville's Jayden Ulrich Threw 69.39m In The Discus At The Oklahomoa Throws Series To Move To #2 On The NCAA All-Time List
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks From The Week (April 8-14
More From The Weekend
- Multi-Time World Half Champ Geoffrey Kamworor (2:04:33) And Jackline Cherono (2:21:14) Complete Kenyan Double At The Rotterdam Marathon
- Olympic Champ Letsile Tebogo Makes His 200m Season Debut With 20.23 Win At Botswana Golden Grand Prix He apparently eased up to a comfortable win and ended up running slower than the other 200m race which was won by South Africa's Sinesipho Dambile in 20.01. 800m wins went to Botswana's Kethobogile Haingura (1:43.88) and Oratile Nowe (1:58.96 national record). South Africa's Akani Simbine won the 100m in a world-leading 9.90 and US's Dalilah Muhammad took the 400H in 53.81.
- Kenya's Benard Biwott (2:05:25) And Ethiopia's Bedatu Hirpa (2:20:45) Win Paris Marathon
Australian Champs
- Gout Gout Runs Wind-Aided 19.84 (+2.2) To Win Australian Senior National 200m Title As Lachlan Kennedy DQ'd For False Start This is the second time Gout has run a wind-assisted sub-20 second 200m. After the race he said, "It's definitely frustrating when it's (wind) not on my side but hopefully one day the wind will be great."
*MB: Gout Gout 19.84 (+2.2)
- World Athletics Recap: Jess Hull Completes 1500/5000 Double With 15:02.74 Victory She won a close race over Georgia Griffith (15:02.92) while Seth O'Donnell prevented Cam Myers from winning his own double, taking the 5000m in 13:49.30 ahead of 1500m champ Myers' 13:49.66as World Indoor medallist Ky Robinson was only 3rd. Nicola Olyslagers highlighted the field events with a 2.01m win in the women's HJ.
- Peter Bol Breaks National Record To Win Australian Champs 800m In 1:43.79 Bol took 0.20 off the previous national record set by Joseph Deng in 2023. Abbey Caldwell won the women's 800m in 2:00.51.
*MB: Peter Bol new aus record 1:43:79 - The Guardian: "Gout Gout's Winds Of Change Whip Australian Athletics Into Frenzy"
Impressive Throwing In Oklahoma
He actually broke the record twice, first with 74.89m with his opening throw and then the 75.56m in the fourth round. Australia's Matt Denny also broke the previous WR with 74.78m for second.
- US's Two-Time Olympic Champ Valarie Allman Throws North American Discus Record With 73.52m At Oklahoma Throws Series It's the farthest throw in the world since 1989 and puts her #6 on the world all-time list.
Arcadia Invy
She destroyed the previous record of 9:41.76 by Allie Zealand and was also faster than Mary Cain's 9:38.68 indoor record, winning the race by 27 seconds.
With five high school sub-4 milers in the field, it turned into a kicker's race, going out in just 4:29 for the first 1600m. Powell ended up winning by more than a second over Josiah Tostenson (8:40.95) with New Zealand's Sam Ruthe a distant third (8:43.57). Joseph Socarras broke a 30-year-old meet record to win the boys 800m in 1:47.66 (#12 prep all-time).
European Running Champs (10k/Marathon)
- Italy's Olympic Silver Medalist Nadia Battocletti Wins European Running Champs 10k In 31:10 She earned her fourth European title in the last 10 months, winning handily over Germany's Eva Dieterich (31:25).
- France Goes 1-2-4 In European Running Champs 10k With Yann Schrub Taking Gold He ran 27:37 to win over countryman Etienne Daguinos (27:46).
- Italy’s Iliass Aouani Gets Surprise Win In European Running Champs Marathon (2:09:05) He won by hard fought battle finishing three seconds ahead of Ayale Gashau who lead an Israel 2-3-4 finish.
- Fatima Ouhaddou Overcomes Fall To Win Historic Marathon Gold For Spain In 2:27:14 Spain has never won a European women's marathon title before. There was a dramatic finish for the bronze medal with Israel's pre-race favorite Lonah Chemtai Salpeter just barely holding off her countrywoman Maor Tiyouri with both being given identical times (2:28:01).
- MB: European Road Running Championships (Nordas, Gressier , Battocletti)
European Running Championships (Half-Marathon)
- France’s Jimmy Gressier Wins Half-Marathon At European Running Championships With A 59:45 PB He dominated the race by over a minute over Norway's Awet Nftalem Kibrab. In the pre-event press conference, Gressier hinted his victory celebration would reveal his track plans for this summer and at the finish line he hurdled the finishing tape, indicating he'll be running the steeplechase.
- Hosts Belgium Go 1-2 In Women's Half-Marathon Thanks To Chloé Herbiet (70:47) And Juliette Thomas (70:57
Australian Champs
Myers lead most of the way, winning a close race over Spencer (3:34.57) and Hoare (3:34.61).
- Rohan Browning Runs 10.01 To Pip Lachie Kennedy In Australian Champs 100m Final Browning won by five-thousandths of a second (10.001 to 10.006). The women's race was also super close with national record holder Torrie Lewis beating 17-year-old star Leah O'Brien in a photo finish (11.236 to 11.240). Olympic silver medalist Jess Hull won her third straight national 1500m title in 4:11.36 ahead of Sara Billings' 4:11.51.
Previous Australian Champs
- Gout Gout runs 9.99 twice (both wind-aided) to win Australian U-20 100m title Australia clearly has Gout-Gout mania as"thousands streamed into the stands in time for Gout’s races, while about 80 journalists and photographers are accredited for the meet, roughly three times the total of last year."
- Lachlan Kennedy runs 10.00 (wind-legal) pb in heats of Aussie senior 100m It's possible the two will clash in the senior m 200m.
- Gout Gout will be given .75m head start of Lachlan Kenneday at 120m Stallwell Gift The 120m handicap race is on Easter Monday.
- MB: The hext Jakob Ingebrigtsen/Cam Myers/Sam Ruthe? 11-year-old James Hall of Austalia breaks age 11 1,500 WR
- Former Villanova runner Haftu Strintzos has big goals for his marathon debut in Hamburg - the Australian record (2:06:22)
Wejo Speaks
Grand Slam Track took a big swing at its launch. It definitely didn't hit a home run, but the Diamond League and Athlos should be paying attention.
The Olympic bronze medallist only broke 70m for the first time 4 days ago and now he's got six throws in a row over 70, all coming at all coming at Throws Town.in Oklahoma - at the same site where the WR was set.
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
Grant Fisher ran for 3rd on Sunday and still won $100k while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said she's tentatively planning on running the 100/100H in Philadelphia and 200/400 in LA.
- LetsRun Grand Slam Track Podcast: Grand Slam Breakdown: Winners, Losers, Plus Taylor Roe’s Cherry Blossom World Best If you prefer video that is here.
Did you miss the meet? No fear. We have all of the race videos here, plus full results, plus series point totals with prize money. Come back at 10 pm ET as we'll be doing a live video show from Jamaica.
- Grand Slam Track Kingston Day 3 Sunday Thread:
- Where would Jakob have placed in todays 800m?
- Jakob sitting at home in Norway shaking in his boots... Hocker 1:48.02, Nuguse 1:48.16, Kerr 1:50.68
- Grand Slam Men's Long Distance DISGRACE
- Hocker/Kerr stock way down after GST. Not good for their brand.
- Grant Fisher Cowardly Tactics
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Challengers for future GST races.
- Fisher post GST 3k Interview
Day 2 GST
Day 2 GST
Did you miss the action? We have you covered with every race video followed by results and even series winners.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi has stunned the 1500 boys. Bednarek has completed the double, Naser has run 48.67 and Gabby Thomas has run 49.17 to win 100k. We broke down of the day 2 action for you right when it ended. Watch in the video player.
The fantasy matchup in the men's 1500 (five Paris Olympic medalists across the 800/1500) delivered a thriller as Olympic 800 champ Wanyonyi (3:35.18) used a 51.58 last lap to beat Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Josh Kerr.
- Official Grand Slam Track Day 2 Thread
- WANYONI TAKES DOWN KERR, HOCKER, NUGUSE AT 1500m
- Gabby Thomas 49.14
- I think Wanyonyi wins the 1500m today
- Josh Kerr looked like a deer on ice in the 1500m
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Jakob skipping GST is masterful. His competitors rack up losses and lose confidence. He sits undefeated this season, confident.
Day 1 GST
Day 1 GST
There were some entertaining races in Kingston, with Grant Fisher winning an extremely tactical 5,000 and Hiltz (1:58.23) holding off Diribe Welteji in the 800. But the big stadium was largely empty on Friday night.
Day 1 race recaps and videos
- MB: Official Grand Slam Track Kingston - Day 1 Live Discussion Thread
- Grant Fisher 14:39 5000! Belive it or not, it may win him $100,000. Was it this biggest win of his career? It was a good day for Nikki Hiltz as well as Hiltz won the 800.
- Could prime centro have won the 5k today?
- Review of Day 1 - Grand Slam Track - What To Make of New Series? The races were pretty good in our book The crowd was disappointing but we were expecting that.
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- After Day 1 of Grand Slam Track, It is pretty clear that this league will not succeed.
More From The Ten
Bekele and Sound Running's Jesse Williams, meet director for The TEN, explain why the Ethiopian star Telahun Bekele, who is racing GST this weekend, missed the start on Saturday night and how he hit the World Championship standard anyway.
Shelby Speaks
Last week, Houlihan spoke with LetsRun.com for more than an hour with no questions off the table. Houlihan shares which supplements she took at the time of her positive test, why she said she didn't know what nandrolone is, running a 30:31 10k in practice, and her hopes for World Indoors and the rest of 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
‒coach Claudio Berardelli, who has coached major champions like Martin Lel, Evans Chebet, Benson Kipruto and Amos Kipruto, raving about Sabastian Sawe, who ran 2:02:05 in his debut, to our Jonathan Gault in London. We'll give you the inside scoop on all of the happenings in London live at 1 pm ET (6:00 pm BST) on Friday. If you can't catch it live, support independent journalism and join our SC to get it on demand as a podcast.