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Taoufik Makhloufi

January 13, 2021

Doom and Gloom or Hope and Light Podcast: Boston 2021? Tokyo 2021? Olympic Trials Without Fans?

Covid is wreaking havoc but vaccines are going into arms. What does it mean?
January 06, 2021

Podcast: 2021 (Tokyo Olympic) Predictions + Supershoes with Geoff Burns

We give some of our predictions for the 2021 hopefully Tokyo Olympic year.
November 05, 2020

Podcast: Molly Huddle and Galen Rupp American Records, Mike Smith on 'America's Race', Plus Michael Norman 100m Talk

We talk American records (Galen Rupp and Molly Huddle) plus America's Race with Army Track and Field coach Mike Smith.
October 28, 2020

Bye Bye Christian Coleman, Special Guest Matt Hart- Author of Alberto Salazar/Nike Win at All Cost Book + Leo Manzano Olympic Champ?

Christian Coleman is banned again for missing drug tests and this time it doesn't look good for him. Plus author Matt Hart joins us to talk his book Win at All Costs on the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar.
October 06, 2019

Timothy Cheruiyot DOMINATES Men's 1500 and Wins First World Title in 3:29.26

Timothy Cheruiyot outran the world's best 1500 runners from start to finish and when it was all said and done he had the achieved the largest margin of victory in history (2.12 seconds).
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.
October 02, 2019

2019 Worlds Men's 1500 Preview: Can Timothy Cheruiyot Complete Near-Perfect Two-Year Run with His First Gold Medal?

Cheruiyot has been almost unbeatable on the circuit but has never claimed a gold at any international championship. Can he change that in Doha?
August 22, 2019

2019 Paris DL: Conseslus Kipruto & Taoufik Makhloufi Return, Grant Holloway Makes DL Debut, & the Noah Lyles Show Rolls On

Two final regular season DL of the season looks like a dandy as two Olympic champs will return to the DL after a long hiatus. Plus will Jakob or Filip Ingebrigtsen win their first DL 1500?
December 22, 2017

The 2017 LetsRun.com Awards: Runner and Rookie of the Year, Upset of the Year, Doping Excuse of the Year & More

Other awards include U.S. and international runners of the year, rookie of the year, breakthrough of the year, and biggest disappointment. Did your favorite runner make the cut?
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).
December 27, 2016

2016 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 800: David Rudisha Is On Top For 2nd Year in a Row; Olympic Bronze Medallist Clayton Murphy Leads the Americans

The greatest 800 runner ever is our pick for #1 again. There are two Americans in the top 10, but where do Murphy and World Indoor champ Boris Berian rank against the world's best?
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.
August 26, 2016

Paris DL Preview: Can Simpson or Rowbury Get the American Record at 1500? Will the World Record in the Steeple Fall? How Fast Can Paul Chelimo Go?

Paul Chelimo headlines the men's 3,000 field, which includes fellow Olympic silver medallist Paul Tanui plus Ryan HillHagos GebrhiwetMuktar Edris and Yomif Kejelcha. Olympic champ Faith Kipyegon could be capable of something really fast in the 1500 as she faces Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury, while Ruth Jebet, Hyvin Kiyeng and Emma Coburn renew acquaintances in the steeple. Plus Berian vs. Souleiman vs. Bosse vs. Makhloufi in the 800.
August 20, 2016

Matthew Centrowitz Goes Wire-To-Wire To Win USA's First Men's 1500m Gold In 108 Years

Centro used tactical brilliance and a 50.62 last lap to earn America’s first gold medal in the men’s 1500 in since 1908. Defending champ Taoufik Makhloufi was silver as Nick Willis got his second Olympic medal in third. Asbel Kiprop only 6th; USA's Ben Blankenship was 8th. *MB: MATT MF CENTROWITZ
August 18, 2016

Men's 1500 Semis: Heartbreak for Robby Andrews and Elijah Manangoi, Asbel Kiprop Shows That He's The Man To Beat and Centro Says He's In the Shape of His Life

Team USA almost got all three of it's 1500 men into the final but a DQ will keep Robby Andrews, even if American mile record holder Alan Webb doens't agree with it.
August 16, 2016

2016 Olympic Men’s 1500 Preview: Asbel Kiprop Goes For Olympic Title #2 As Matthew Centrowitz Tries to End USA's 108-Year Gold Drought

The last time an American won Olympic gold in the 1500, the Chicago Cubs were three months away from winning the World Series. Centro's been in great form, but can he or Americans Robby Andrews and Ben Blankenship fend off defending champ Taoufik Makhloufi, Kenyans Ronald Kwemoi and Elijah Manangoi and a host of others in a deep, talented field?
July 15, 2016

Ronald Kwemoi Upsets Asbel Kiprop In Monaco as History Will Have To Wait For The 100th Sub-3:30 Clocking

Coming into tonight, 99 times in history a human had broken 3:30 for 1500. When Asbel Kiprop hit 800 in 1:50 low, it looked like we were well on our way to #100 but the final 700 wasn't kind to Kiprop who missed some training last week after his agent was arrested in Kenya. Instead, the winner was Ronald Kwemoi who went from 7th to 1st on the last lap.
June 08, 2016

Oslo DL Preview: Faith Kipyegon & Asbel Kiprop Headline Dream Miles; Muktar Edris Battles Dejen Gebremeskel in a Stacked 5,000 Plus a 15-Year-Old Who Has Run 3:44

Jake Shelley pinch hits for LRC this week. In his preview, he covers Kiprop facing Elijah Manangoi, Taoufik Makhloufi and Nick Willis, who is looking to break John Walker's 34-year-old Kiwi record of 3:49.08, Kiyeng and Kipyegon's WR chances and Norwegian phenom Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500.
May 10, 2016

Amazing Field Set For Pre Classic Bowerman Mile: Asbel Kiprop Faces Matt Centrowitz, Taoufik Makhloufi, Ayanleh Souleiman And Drew Hunter

Silas Kiplagat, Elijah Manangoi, Abedelaati Iguider, Evan Jager and Ben Blankenship also in the field. *MB: Pre Mile is SALTY! *MB: 5K: True vs Hill vs World Geoffrey Kamworor leads the way challenged by Yomif Kejelcha, Bernard Lagat, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Caleb Ndiku, Edwin Soi, Isiah Koech.
December 22, 2015

2015 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 1500/Mile: Asbel Kiprop Claims #1 Spot After a Year for the Ages; Centro Is Tops Among US Men

The men's 1500 may be the best event in all of track and field and yet Asbel Kiprop continues to find at way to get the job done. Is he now the GOAT? It also was a good year for Nick Willis, Matthew Centrowitz and Ben Blankenship.