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October 25, 2019

November 2: Olympians And Past Champions To Headline 2019 USATF 5k Championships At The Dash To The Finish Line 5k

Men's race has Shadrack Kipchirchir, Matt Centrowitz, Ben Blankenship, Donn Cabral, Stanley Kebenei and Eric Jenkins. Women's race includes Emily Sisson, Shannon Rowbury, Emily Infeld.
October 03, 2019

Men's 1500 Prelims Go Mostly According To Form As Centro Sounds Confident: “I ran 3:52 at the Pre Classic, and I’m in worlds better shape than then,”

The Olympic champ sounds confident, the 2012 Olympic champ explains why he didn't race the last two years and another guy talks about how he's gone from working for Postmates to the world championship semis in less than a year.
December 21, 2018

2018 LRC World & US Rankings, M 1500: Timothy Cheruiyot & Matthew Centrowitz Are Our Picks For World & US #1

Timothy Cheruiyot had the greatest DL season in history and we hope some people start to appreciate how good he is.
January 09, 2018

February 3: Two-Time Olympic Medalist Nick Willis, Defending Champion Eric Jenkins and Team USA World Championship Members Brenda Martinez and Sara Vaughn Highlight NYRR Wanamaker Mile Fields at Millrose Games

The men's race also has Robby Andrews, Ben Blankenship, Kyle Merber, Chris O'Hare and Josh Kerr while the women's features Alexa Efraimson, Ireland's Ciara Mageean and Canada's Nicole Sifuentes.
September 20, 2017

WTW: Galen Rupp Picks It Up Then Slows Down, NorCal Disbands, And It Was The Weakest Year In The 5,000 Since 1994

The Week That Was is in fine form this week as we talk about Galen Rupp's half in PhillyJordan Hasay's slowdown in Philly, sub-4 mania in Alaska, races with interesting prize money structures and of course the two super-fast half marathons in Europe.
August 24, 2017

September 10: Jenny Simpson, Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs Lead Stacked Fields For New Balance 5th Avenue Mile

The women's race also has Shelby Houlihan, Colleen Quigley, and Brenda Martinez while the men's race is lead by Robby Andrews, Nick Willis, Filip Ingebrigsten, Ryan Hill, Craig Engels, Ben Blankenship and Edward Cheserek.
July 05, 2017

2017 TrackTown Summer Series New York Preview: Robby Andrews Goes for Standard Again; Paul Chelimo, Emma Coburn, Drew Windle Headlining Distance Fields

The TrackTown Summer Series championship is Thursday in New York at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island. It will be broadcast on ESPN from 9-11 pm ET. Will Robby Andrews, Craig Engels or Cristian Soratos get the 1500 standard? Which team - the New York Empire, Philadelphia Force, Portland Pulse or San Francisco Surge - will win the title and give their athletes $1000.
June 21, 2017

2017 USA Men's Mid-D/Steeple Preview: Centro & Jager Look to Extend Win Streaks as Murphy Tackles an Epic Double

Jager is looking for his sixth straight US title while Centro looks for his third straight while Clayton Murphy is hoping to qualify in both the 800 and 1500. *MB: 2017 USAs: Who wins at 800: Brazier or Murphy ? Can Murphy pull of the 8/15 double? Is Jager vulnerable in steeple?
March 03, 2017

2017 USA Indoors Preview, 2-Mile: Olympic Silver Medallist Paul Chelimo Takes On World Indoor Silver Medallist Ryan Hill

And we're giving the edge naturally to the Olympic silver medallist.
March 02, 2017

2017 USA Indoors Mile Preview: Ben Blankenship & Kyle Merber Battle for Their First National Title; BTC's Shelby Houlihan & Colleen Quigley Lead Women's Field

If you like upsets, read this as we are predicting a guy who didn't even make the Olympic Trials to win the men's mile at USAs.
February 16, 2017

2017 Müller Indoor Grand Prix Preview in Birmingham: Laura Muir Goes for UK 1K Record, Sifan Hassan vs. Hellen Obiri in 3K & the Return of Mo Farah

Saturday morning cartoons can wait. You need to make sure you've got a few hours on Saturday to watch this meet (8:00 am ET US) as the end of 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour is a dandy. The US records in the women's 1000 and 3000 very well could go down and yet we don't think Kate Grace or Shannon Rowbury will win their races.
February 09, 2017

A Fan's Guide To The 2017 Millrose Games: Centro Steps Up to Face the Studs in the 3K; Murphy-Andrews Showdown & Rowbury vs. Hassan vs. Grace Headline Wanamaker Miles

Millrose is the most historic indoor meet in the World and our preview is even better. We break it down for your in 4,200 words. Your welcome.
December 28, 2016

2016 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 1500/Mile: Olympic Champion Matthew Centrowitz Is Our World #1

Asbel Kiprop may have run the world's fastest time by over a second (3:29.33) and won four Diamond League races, but for the first time since 1971, an American man is the #1 ranked miler in the world as we can't pick against a near-perfect season from Centro that included victories at World Indoors and the Olympics and a world-leading time in the mile (3:50.63).
September 07, 2016

Brussels DL Final Preview: World Record Attempts in the Men's Steeple & Women's 5K, Evan Jager Goes for Sub-8:00, Rowbury Goes For The 5k AR, A Stacked Men's 1500 & Caster Semenya in the 400

Conseslus Kipruto and Almaz Ayana will go for the world records. Can Shannon Rowbury follow up her Zürich win with an AR in the 5,000? Plus Kiprop vs. Makhloufi in the 1500, Clayton Murphy in the 800 and Elaine Thompson vs. Dafne Schippers in the 100.