Plus Sha'Carri Richardson will try to improve on her 22.99 200m from last week in Xiamen.

Peres Jepchirchir is back and showed her chances of back-to-back Olympic golds are very real, while Emile Cairess (2:06:46) is now the second-fastest Brit ever.

• Official 2024 London Marathon Discussion Thread
• Bekele has still got it 2:04:15 for 2nd!
• "Bekele has never won London"

How will Tigst Assefa run in her first race since her epic 2:11:53 world record in Berlin? And could 41-year-old Kenenisa Bekele make his 4th Olympic team? *Official 2024 London Marathon Discussion Thread

Richardson will open her 2024 campaign in the 200m. Other headliners include Lamecha Girma in the 5k and Marco Arop in the 800. *MB: Srack and Field's Opening Day is Saturday (7-9 am ET, Reaction show at 9 am) - Official Xiamen Diamond League Discussion Thread

Ethiopia's Fotyen Tesfay (14:44) set a course record in the women's 5K while Casey Comber (4:08) won the men's mile.

Evans Chebet says he's ready to run at the Olympics if Kenya names him to the team, plus updates from Emma Bates, CJ Albertson, & Jenny Simpson.

Valby took 27+ seconds off the previous record and lapped everyone else in the field at least once.

Obirit's coach, Dathan Ritzenhein, is confident that the Boston and NYC champ is ready to go. "We feel pretty confident that her fitness is the best it’s been for a marathon."

The US is hosting the World U20 champs in 2026 but will not send a team to the 2024 edition in Lima, Peru, this August. *MB: USATF not sending team to 2024 World U20 champs in Peru - Should WA remove Eugene as host of 2026?

World Athletics announced today they will pay gold medalists in Paris $50,000 each, making track & field the first sport to offer prize money in the 128-year history of the Olympics. *MB: Paris Olympics to feature prize money for track and field gold medalists, paid by athletics governing body.

The top athletes and your intrepid correspondent experimented with methods for hurdling the hay bales in Belgrade. Plus hear how Anthony Rotich ran 27:08 while running less than 70 miles per week.

The Kenyan Team is AMAZINGLY good. We just aren't sure which Kenyan is the favorite for gold. Is it the defending champ Beatrice Chebet who ran 14:05 last year or is it Kenyan champ Agnes Ngetich who just ran a 28:46 10k world record in January?

Kelati ran 66:25 at the Houston Half and 30:33 at The TEN and is looking to become the first US woman to finish in the top 10 at World XC since Shalane Flanagan in 2011. *MB: An American woman hasn't finished in the top 10 at World XC in 13 years, will Weini Kelati end that streak in 2024?

Young and Valby were incredible in Boston but we offer a dose of perspective before the hype trains get out of control. Sifan Hassan is running World XC, remember the name Quincy Wilson, and Footlocker Champs Drew Griffith and Elizabeth Leachman broke high school records as did Daniel Simmons.

Elle St. Pierre kicked by Gudaf Tsegay to get gold and destroy the American record at 3000m.

Plus Kerr was asked about Jakob Ingebrigtsen saying he could have beaten Kerr blindfolded at Millrose, but for once he had no response, saying only, "No comment."

We break down all of the track action to watch in Glasgow, including a heavyweight 60m matchup and whether Cole Hocker can join Matthew Centrowitz and Bernard Lagat as American world indoor champions.

• Which race are you most looking forward to at World Indoors? 
• Race of the year (so far): Men's 3000 at World Indoors - Who you got? Kerr, Nuguse or Barega?
• World Indoor TV

Over the last 5 World Indoors, the US has averaged 3 mid-d/distance medals per meet, and with Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, Elle St. Pierre, and Bryce Hoppel, the US should add to that total in Glasgow.

Lyles ran a 6.43 pb to beat the WR holder Coleman by .01 and win his first US 60m title as Hocker blew out Hobbs Kessler and the rest of the 1500 field.

• Official Day 2 2024 USA Indoor Live Discussion Thread
• Cole Hocker DESTROYS US 1500 field. Wow. Cole SHOCKER gets the W EASILY
• It’s over right?! Noah Lyles 2024 Olympic 100m Champion
• Wiley Makes Her 1st Team!
• Cooper Teare???
• Hiltz back to back women's indoor 1500m US champ
• Henry Wynne - most underrated USA miler?
• Speaking of good indoor racers, what's up with Heather MacLean?

Fisher missed the American record by .23 just five days after running an 8:03.62 AR in the 2-mile at Millrose. The UW, Providence, & BYU women all ran super fast DMRs. *UW breaks American record in DMR at Arkansas (9:18.81) The fastest anchor split actually went to UVA's Gary Martin who ran 3:51.

• MB: Grant Fisher SOLOs 12:51.84!!
• MB: BU Terrier DMR Challenge 2/16/2024
• MB: Three womens' teams break DMR CR at BU (10:46.62 Washington '23)
• MB: Gary Martin 3:51.9