February 09, 2025

World Records For Grant Fisher, Yared Nuguse At 117th Millrose Games
Yared Nuguse and Grant Fisher both broke world records in the mile and 3000m respectively as the runner-ups Hobbs Kessler and Cole Hocker also dipped under the old records.
February 02, 2025

9 Takeaways from 2025 NBIGP: Quincy Wilson Is a Superstar, Noah Lyles & Grant Holloway Begin Their Post-Olympic Eras, & More
Josh Hoey kept rolling, edging Grant Fisher to win the 1500 in 3:33.66 to Fisher's 3:33.99 as 2022 US indoor champ Heather MacLean (4:23.32) got a big win in the women's mile. Plus a Will Sumner update.
- Parker Valby’s Professional Debut @ New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Valby broke her and Katelyn Tuohy's pb and ran 8:34.
- Parker’s lack of a kick means she will never win on the track
- Josh Hoey: Is it time to call a spade a spade? If it walks like a duck, runs 2:14 and 3:33 like a duck....
- Cameron Myers 7'33''12 3000m - how fast can he run this summer ? The teenager took down Hobbs Kessler.
- Hobbs Kessler 7:35! Amazing for a 800/1500m specialist
- Emma Coburn Last Place.
- Hobbs Kessler: “I don’t think anything over 7:30 (for 3k) is fast”
- Jess Hull? Where was she?
February 01, 2025

Ethan Strand Runs 3:48.32 in Boston to Crush NCAA Mile Record
Eight weeks after breaking the NCAA 3,000 record at Boston University, Strand took down the mile record on the same track. Germany's Robert Farken (3:49.45) and Great Britain's Adam Fogg (3:49.85) also broke 3:50.
January 30, 2025

2025 NBIGP: Lyles v Jacobs in Clash of Olympic 100m Champs as Fisher, Hoppel, & Valby Debut
With Noah Lyles v Marcell Jacobs in the 100, Grant Fisher v Josh Hoey v Jake Wightman v Graham Blanks in the 1500, Parker Valby making her pro debut, and Olympic champs Julien Alfred, Rai Benjamin, Masai Russell and Grant Holloway all racing, this meet is loaded.
January 29, 2025

2025 BU Terrier: A Super Fast Men's Mile & New Mexico's Squad of World U20 Medalists Comes to Boston
Ethan Strand and Colin Sahlman are both in the mile and Cooper Teare's NCAA record of 3:50.39 could be under threat. Plus meet New Mexico's World U20 champion Ishmael Kipkurui.
January 27, 2025

Moh Ahmed, Cooper Teare, & More Added to 2025 Millrose Men's 3,000m Field That Features Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher
Edwin Kurgat, Adriaan Wildschutt, Ollie Hoare, new OAC additions Ky Robinson and Dylan Jacobs, and Villanova's Liam Murphy are also in the field.
January 23, 2025

2024 LRC Men’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?
From the 800 through the marathon, we rank our top 10 men in the world and top 5 in the United States from 2024.
January 22, 2025

American Record Holders Bryce Hoppel & Josh Hoey to Square Off in Men's 800m at 2025 Millrose Games
Hoppel's win at Millrose last year kicked off a career year in 2024 that included a World Indoor title. The field also includes NCAA 800 champ Shane Cohen & 16-year-old high school sophomore Cooper Lutkenhaus (1:47 pb).
*MB: 2025 Millrose 800 is gonna be LOADED - Bryce Hoppel, Josh Hoey, HS senssation Cooper Lutkenaus & more .
January 17, 2025

Eliud Kipchoge Will Return to London Marathon for the First Time Since 2020
Kipchoge, who is seeking a record 5th London victory, says he wants to keep running as long as he can inspire people to run. "I will not be in LA [2028] when you convince me that the world has become a running world."
January 16, 2025

59:43 Revisited: How Ryan Hall Did It, and Why His American Record Has Stood So Long
With his American half marathon record (now 18 years old!) under assault this weekend, Hall and his rivals Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein shared their memories of that famous race in Houston with LetsRun.com.
January 15, 2025

2019 World Champion Timothy Cheruiyot Has Been Training With Niels Laros' Group in South Africa To Start Off 2025
Cheruiyot, 29, has been training with coach Tomasz Lewandowski's group, which also includes Olympic 9th placer Stefan Nillessen. But Cheruiyot's agent said he is still deciding whether to join the group full-time after 10+ years with Bernard Ouma.
January 08, 2025

6 Thoughts on the 2025 Boston Marathon Professional Fields
Conner Mantz and Clayton Young remain inseperable, Hellen Obiri chases a three-peat, and Eliud Kipchoge's quest to win every major appears to be dead.
*MB: 2025 Boston Marathon field is out - Hellen Obiri & Sisay Lemma lead along with Americans Mantz, Young & Popehn. No Kipchoge.
January 06, 2025

The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win
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.
January 02, 2025

Mondo Duplantis & Beatrice Chebet Crowned 2024 LetsRun.com Athletes of the Year
We actually hand out six awards in this piece - overall Athlete of the Year, Runner of the Year, and Distance Runner of the Year - but Chebet swept all three for the women, edging out SML. For the men, our Runner of the year goes to Grant Holloway over Rai Benjamin and our Distance Runner of the Year is Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
January 01, 2025

Welcome to the 2024 LetsRun.com Awards
From world records to unlikely breakthroughs to one very strange session of Kenyan parliament, we recap the highs and lows of running in 2024.
December 23, 2024

Who's In & Who's Out? Analyzing Grand Slam Track's 48 Racer Signings for 2025
GST signed Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone & Gabby Thomas as Racers, but many of the sport's biggest names such as Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson have yet to commit to the series.
December 18, 2024

Seb Coe on the Brilliance of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Grand Slam Track, & the Future of Cross Country
In what might have been his final annual year-end media call, Coe raved about SML and talked about his love of XC. As for SML, he said he's "only seen one performance in an Olympic stadium to rival that" and that was Rudisha in 2012. Coe's tenure as World Athletics president could end next year if he is elected as IOC president.
*MB: Seb Coe said he's only seen won Olympic run that rivals Sydney's 50.37. Guess what it was....
December 12, 2024

What Olympic Hangover? After Career Year in 2024, Grant Fisher Is Already Thinking About How to Improve in 2025
After earning his first global medals in 2024, Fisher is not content to rest on his laurels. "There were two guys better than me in both events," Fisher says. "So there's still a carrot out in front of me." Plus his coach Mike Scannell explains how they will attack the 2025 season, including Grand Slam Track.
December 11, 2024

Grant Fisher to Race Cole Hocker at 2025 Millrose Games in Battle of America's Best Distance Runners
America's best miler will race America's best long-distance runner at 3,000 meters in one of the crown jewels of the 2025 indoor season.
December 07, 2024

Graham Blanks Runs 12:59 5K at BU as Doris Lemngole (14:52) Breaks NCAA Indoor 5K Record
Blanks ran under the World Championship standard in what may have been his final race for Harvard as Lemngole (14:52.57) just held off Hilda Olemomoi (14:52.84) and just got under Parker Valby's old indoor collegiate record of 14:52.79.