We get you ready for the women's distance events in Tokyo including the marathon. Did you know it might be be the best women's marathon of the fall and it's on in prime time in the US at 7 pm ET on Saturday?

Faith Kipyegon ran 8:07.04 in Silesia, the second-fastest 3,000m ever and less than a second from Wang Junxia’s record. “I am very satisfied,” she said.

Hodgkinson just missed her pb by running 1:54.74 in her first race in 12 months, Faith Kipyegon Kipyegon came just shy of the 8:06.11 WR in the 3000, Kishane Thompson beat Noah Lyles, 9.87 to 9.90, while Masai Russell (12.19) and Karsten Warholm (46.28) set DL records in the 100H/400H.

In May, Hull offered her services as a pacer to Kipyegon in an interview with LetsRun.com. Kipyegon took her up on the offer and will try to break Wang Junxia's 32-year-old world record of 8:06.11 when the Diamond League resumes on Saturday in Poland.

For the first time in 32 years, two outdoor women's distance world records on the track fell on the same day. Chebet is the first woman under 14:00 for 5000m on the track while Kipyegon broke the 1500 record for the third time.

Kipyegon gave it a go but after hitting 1200 in 3:01.84 (4:03.82 mile pace), she faded to a 63-second last lap.

• Faith Kipyegon breaking-4 official discussion thread
•  I've timed it twice - I'm pretty sure Faith Kipyegon didn't run a 4:06.42 mile today in Paris. What was here real time?
• This Faith Kipyegon thing illustrates something that really bothers me with how women are marketed to/treated in general
• Whoever came up with the idea of Faith Kipyegon breaking 4min should be fired
• Faith Kipyegon Not Even Close to Sub 4

Biomechanics expert Mike Hahn breaks down Kipchoge's run, and the drafting experts at CU Boulder have responded to Rojo.

In a guest column, former US diplomat James Nealon and Tom Ratcliffe, director of Bannister: Everest on the Track, trace the connection between Roger Bannister's first sub-4:00 mile from 71 years ago and Faith Kipyegon's attempt in Paris on Thursday, and what it means to dream of breaking barriers.

On Wednesday, Nike announced that Kenya's Faith Kipyegon will attempt to break four minutes in the mile on June 26 in Paris. Spoiler alert. She's not going to break 4. And it's not going to be particularly close. *MB: Faith Kipyegon Breaking4 attempt confirmed -will go for sub-4 mile in Paris on June 26th.

Alexis Ohanian's inaugural female only Athlos track meet got rave reviews from the athletes and entertained the fans in New York on Thursday. Will it be a long-term success?

Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Faith Kipyegon are nearly untouchable in the 5000 and 1500 respectively and they showed that as Grant Fisher picked up medal #2 from Paris.

Keely Hodgkinson executed a brilliant front-run to win 800 gold in a negative-split 1:56.72 while Beatrice Chebet outkicked Faith Kipyegon in the final 100 to win the 5k.

The 1st women's distance final doesn't take place until day 4 (Monday) but the race should be worth the wait. Because we are living in the era of the women's distance freak. That is meant as a compliment, because freakish is the only way to describe what women like Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay, and Sifan Hassan have been doing in the last five years. It's not just that the trio have run fast -- they have combined to break eight world records in that span -- it is that they have been redefining what is possible for women's distance runners.

Kipyegon took .07 off her own mark from last year in Florence and showed that she is better than ever despite missing time in 2024 due to injury.

Kipyegon crushed 10k WR holder Beatrice Chebet by 6 seconds while Moraa lost to Lilian Odira and Reynold Cheruiyot edged out Daniel Munguti and Timothy Cheruiyot.

Blanks ran 13:37 in his first race since December while Christian Miller became the youngest person in history to break 10.00 for 100m.

Noah Lyles pulled off an incredible double, Mondo Duplantis and Ryan Crouser had record-breaking years, but there is no need to split this award: Kelvin Kiptum is our 2023 Men's Athlete of the Year. Faith Kiypegon (duh) wins our women's award.

• MB: World Athletics won’t name an AOY but we will – Let’s here your 2023 LetsRun Award nominations
• MB: Jakobs 2023 season vs Noahs 2023 season (I think Jakob's was better)

After World Athletics chose not to name a single athlete of the year, we're stepping in and handing out our own award. Meet the finalists and give us your vote. Our two winners - one man and one woman - will be announced on Monday. *MB: World Athletics won't name an AOY but we will - Let's here your 2023 LetsRun Award nominations