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August 17, 2016

Disaster for Kenya: Kenya Advances Zero Men To 5000 Meter Final But Team USA Gets All Three Through

Zero Kenyan men in the final? Check. A 41-year old man in the final? Check. Hassan Mead unfortunately wwent down in a fall.
May 26, 2016

Pre Classic Preview: Mo Farah (10K), Geoffrey Kamworor (5K), Asbel Kiprop (Mile), Faith Kipyegon (1,500) Among Many Stars At Hayward Field This Weekend

The Prefontaine Classic is loaded once again. Meets are much more enjoyable if you know what you are watching, so give us 15-20 minutes and read this 5,000+ word preview. In addition to the world's best from Africa, the meet features US grudge matches of  Jenny Simpson vs. Shannon Rowbury and Drew Hunter vs. Alan Webb.
April 19, 2016

Stacked Field Set For Pre Classic 5000: Americans Ben True, Ryan Hill, Bernard Lagat Face Top Africans Geoffrey Kamworor, Yomif Kejelcha, Hagos Gebrhiwet And Caleb Ndiku

There are 10-guys who have gone under 13-minutes including Yenew Alamirew, Isiah Koech and Edwin Soi. Chris Derrick, Cam Levins, Hassan Mead, Paul Chelimo also in the field.
March 18, 2016

Caleb Ndiku Has a Message for Mo Farah "All I Know Is I'm Still the Guy to Watch"

A little rivalry is a good thing for the sport.
February 09, 2016

WTW: Time to Panic for Mary Cain? Doping in the Super Bowl, No Medal No Problem, Kenyan Rap Videos, Clayton Murphy Breaks 4 (by a lot), Meet Randall Cunningham's Daughter, and a US Marathoner Saves a Life

What a week. So much to break down including two amazing teen performances and one bad one. All of that and more including our Performance of the Year by Adriana Nelson. 
December 28, 2015

2015 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 5,000: Mo Farah (Who Else?) Is #1 In World; Ben True, Galen Rupp & Ryan Hill Lead A Fine Crop Of Americans

The Ben True-Galen Rupp-Ryan Hill debate was the toughest we had for any spot in any of our rankings this year. How did we pick between the 3?
September 09, 2015

Brussels Preview: Can Galen Rupp Get The AR In 5K? Can Ben True Break 13:00? Plus Kiprop Vs. Rudisha & The World's Best At 800 And A Loaded Women's Mile

What a way to end the season. The men's 800 is WAY better than the World Championships final and the men's 5,000 might result in the American record falling. We break it down for you.
August 25, 2015

2015 Worlds Men's 5,000 Preview: Should we hand Mo Farah the gold right now? Can Ryan Hill, Ben True or Galen Rupp become the first American-born athlete to medal in history?

Should everyone just hand Mo Farah the gold medal now? Can Ryan Hill, Ben True or Galen Rupp make history and become the first American-born athlete ever to medal in the men's 5000?

July 17, 2015

Rest of Monaco: A Guy You've Never Heard of From Bosnia Runs 1:42.51, Boris Borian Runs 1:43.34, The Clean World Record in the Shot Put by Kovacs? and Ghribi Runs World Leading Steeple

Some dude you've never heard of (Amel Tuka) ran 1:42.51, Boris Berian of the US went 1:43.34, Joe Kovacs threw a bomb in the shot, Justin Gatlin kept winning, Ghribi led a world leading parade in the steeple as Emma Coburn had another sub par race.

July 07, 2015

Worlds Comes Early: Thursday's Lausanne DL Meet Is Totally Loaded - 5 of The 6 Fastest 5000 Men Will Battle With Mo Farah and Caleb Ndiku in 5000; Amos, Aman, Rudisha and Centro in 800

The distance fields in this one are unreal. If you want to know who the favorite for Worlds is in the 5000 and 800, you must watch this meet.

January 13, 2015

Vote for LetsRun.com's 2014 Awards: Runners of the year, best record-breaking performance, the race of the year, moment and unusual moment of the year

We need your help. Vote and tell us who are the male and female runner's of the year for the World, US, and NCAA. Plus vote for the 'best record-breaking performance', the 'race of the year', 'moment of the year' and 'unusual moment of the year'.

September 14, 2014

Nijel Amos Is Still Best In The World, Mo Farah Look Out For Caleb Ndiku, Hassan Wins Again, Rowbury 2nd, And Almaz Ayana Impresses: Continental Cup 2014

Caleb Ndiku got another Championship win, Nijel Amos showed he's the world's best as Duane Solomon returned, and Almaz Ayana impressed.

September 12, 2014

2014 IAAF Continental Cup: Men's Preview: Amos Vs. Aman, Jager Vs. Birech, Ndiku Vs. Lagat And A 1,500 Worthy Of The Olympics

Move over, Diamond League finals. The 2nd annual Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco is the DL finals on steroids as this two-day meet has $2.9 million in prize money. There should be some great mid-d/distance matchups, including Nijel Amos vs. Mo Aman vs. Adam Kszczot in the 800,  Bernard Lagat vs. Caleb Ndiku in the 3,000 and Jairus Birech vs. Evan Jager in the 3,000 steeple, but we're most excited about the men's 1,500, which one could argue is better than an Olympic final. Plus Duane Solomon will race for the first time in almost two months. 

August 28, 2014

M 5000: Caleb Ndiku Wins Race & Diamond League Title; Galen Rupp Hangs on for 3rd

The winning time (13:07) wasn't super fast so it shouldn't be a surprise that Ndiku got the win as he's won championship races at World Indoors (3k), the Commonwealth Games and the African Championships this year -- it's too bad he hasn't gotten to race Mo Farah. Rupp was right with Ndiku with 200 to go and didn't quite have enough but still hung on for his best 5,000 of the year. Ben True (8th) also ran well and was in contention at the bell.

August 26, 2014

Zürich Preview: Can Emma Coburn & Jenny Simpson Win Diamond Race Titles? David Rudisha And Nijel Amos Headline A Loaded 800; Can Galen Rupp, Ben True Or Hassan Mead Go Sub-13:00?

The first of the two DL finals should be spectacular as the winner of the men’s 800 and women’s 1500 likely will take home $50,000 and a spot into 2015 Worlds whereas second will get just a $6,000 consolation prize. Plus New Balance teammates Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson try to bring home DL titles to the USA.