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LRC Shelby Houlihan Speaks to LRC

Houlihan spoke to LetsRun for over an hour and answered a slew of questions about her doping ban, what she thinks happened, and her return to racing. Full talk out for SC members. Everyone else can watch the clip above or wait for wider release.

European Indoor Champs Start Thursday

Men's Distance Preview: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Going For Third European 1500m/3000m Double At Euro Indoors In the 3000m he faces the Netherlands' Niels Laros and GB's George Mills and his brother Filip is also in the field. The 1500m could be a repeat from 2023 as silver/bronze medalists Neil Gourley and Azeddine Habz are also back.
Women's Field Preview: Ukraine's Olympic Champ Yaroslava Mahuchikh The Favorite To Win Her Third Successive HJ Title
Men's Field Preview: Italy's World Leader And Euro Outdoor Champ Leonardo Fabbri The Favorite In The Shot Put
Euro Indoor Multi-Events Preview

This Week's Podcast

LRC BU (Nuguse Misses, Nico 12:51, McLean AR), Tokyo (Cheptegei?), and Atlanta Half Champs (Big Day for PUMA)

On The Boards

BU Last Chance

LRC BU Last Chance: Yared Nuguse’s Mile World Record Attempt Comes Up Short (3:47.22), Heather MacLean Breaks American 1500 Record (3:59.60), Nico Young (12:51.56) Runs Super Fast

Nuguse tried to get his WR back but missed it by 2+ seconds; Young is now the 2nd-fastest 5k man in US history, indoors or out, while MacLean is #4 on the world-all-time list indoors. Update: MacLean broke the American record at 1500m.

Update Heather MacLean Breaks American Indoor Record at 1500m (3:59.60)

LRC Post-race interviews from BU
Yared Nuguse goes home DEVASTATED 3:47.22
Heather Maclean 4:17.01 Just missed the American record.
Yared Nuguse chasing mile WR at BU with Wavelights - Official Discussion Thread
Graham Blanks 7:29 at BU

USATF Half Marathon Champs

RRW Puma Elite's Alex Maier & Taylor Roe Spring Upsetes, Win USATF Half-Marathon Titles In Dramatic Fashion

It was a great morning for Amy and Alistair Cragg's Puma Elite Distance squad as their two Oklahoma State grads got the wins in races where spots at Worlds in San Diego were on the line. American record holder Weini Kelati had the lead early but stunning faded to 6th (69:07) while Olympians Joe Klecker (8th - 61:34), Clayton Young (13th - 62:38) and Dakotah Popehn (10th - 69:57) weren't close to making the teams.

Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Results

LRC 6 Thoughts on 2025 Tokyo Marathon: Joshua Cheptegei Struggles, A Japanese College Guy Goes for It (And Pays Dearly), and Sutume Kebede Holds on for a Repeat

Ethiopians Tadese Takele (2:03:23 pb), who ran 8:09 in the steeple at age 18, and Kebede (2:16:31) were the champions on Sunday while Joshua Chpetegei (9th in 2:05:59) struggled again in marathon #2.

Singer Harry Styles Ran the Tokyo Marathon With Near Perfect Even Splits He ran 3:24:07 (7:47 pace) with splits of 1:42:03 and 1:42:04
Paula Radcliffe Runs Her First Marathon In Ten Years At Tokyo The 51-year-old ran 2:57:26 and also plans on running the Boston Marathon next month.
MB: Official 2025 Tokyo Marathon Live Discussion Thread
MB: Joshua Cheptegei finishes 9th (Tokyo Marathon)

NCAA Conference Champs

NCAA Results /Streaming

Oregon Men Win Big Ten Indoor Title After USC DQ'd From 4x400 The meet came down to the 4x400 where USC needed to finish 1st or 2nd to overtake Oregon. They initially finished 2nd to Purdue, but were DQ'd, giving Oregon the team title by 7.5 points.
*MB: Race video: You be the judge - fair or foul for the DQ? Most people seem to think no DQ should have been called.
Oregon Women Score In 14 Out Of 18 Events To Get Dominant Big Ten Victory By 49 Points
Texas A&M Men Win First SEC Indoor Title; Arkansas Women Extend Winning Streak To 11
Texas Tech Men And Women Sweep Big 12 Indoor Team Titles This was the second consecutive title for the men and the first ever conference title (indoor or outdoor) for the women.
Arkansas' Paityn Noe Wins SEC 5000m In Championship And School Record 15:11
Princeton Men And Women Sweep Heps Indoor Champs *Results
*MB: Harvard FORGETS to enter 2:01 800m star, LOSES conference championship by only 8 points
Virginia Men, Notre Dame Women Lead ACC Champs After Day 2 *Results
Virginia Men, Virginia Tech Women Lead ACC Indoor After Day 1 The men's DMR was extremely tight with Virginia Tech taking it by .002 over North Carolina in 9:31.55. The NC State women beat Clemson (10:52.59 to 10:52.80) and Stanford's Zofia Dudek won the women's 5000m in 15:43.
MB: Official 2025 NCAA Indoor Conference Championships Live Discussion Thread
MB: Ethan Strand EMBARRASSES Gary Martin at ACCs, 13:26-13:30
MB: Connor MF Burns B1G 5k champ A stunning result as Burns had failed to break 4:00 in 2 different miles this winter and only ran 14:00 at BU but now he's won the Big 10 and beating Bob Liking who had run 13:22.
MB: UW milers get whupped at B1G champs
MB: So the Big 10 men's meet might come down to the 4 x 400 and Oregon only has 1 guy on the team who has run a 400 this year
MB: Big East Mile Coverage WTF!!
MB: How are CAL Berkley and UCLA so bad at track
MB: Big Ten Championships - How many teams score 0 points?
NAIA Indoor T&F Championships Recap: Marian (Ind.) Men And Cumberlands (Ky.) Women Win Team Titles
LRC: Weekend Preview: Tokyo Marathon, US Half Champs, & NCAA Conference Madness

US Distance News

Good Read: Runner's World Gives An Interesting Look Into The What It Took To Get Grant Fisher Rabbited Through Two WRs In A Week Sarah Lorge Butler talks to a couple of Fisher's pacers, Fisher's coach and Fisher himself. Henry McLuckie, one of the 5000m pacers, says that he knew Fisher would get the record after he patted him on the back and said, 'Thank you' when McLuckie stepped off.
T&F News Q&A With Hobbs Kessler Kessler gives some insights into his unique coaching situation. Right now he's mostly being coached by his dad and Pat Henner, a former long-time coach at Georgetown and USC.
MB: Nikki Hiltz gets new coach (former 1500m Olympian Juli Benson)

Another WR For Duplantis

World record #11 for Mondo! pic.twitter.com/UvlEIsp9nI
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) February 28, 2025

World Record #11 for Mondo Duplantis 6.27m

He cleared it on his first attempt at the All Star Perche meet in France. *WA article

Big Doping Story

LRC Tulane's Caroline Jeptanui Finished 12th at NCAA XC Champs While Suspended For An Anti-Doping Violation

Jeptanui, a freshman from Kenya, finished 12th at NCAAs in November, but has been provisionally suspended since September. She's currently triple entered in the AAC championships which start today.

MB: Breaking: A runner finished 12th at NCAA xc while in the middle of a doping suspension

Previous Weekend Indoor Results

UW's Moll Sisters Dominate Big Ten; Amanda Moll Breaks Her Own NCAA Pole Vault Record With 4.91m The mark is #6 on the all-time world indoor list. Her twin sister Hana Moll moved to #2 on the NCAA all-time list with 4.81m.
Elise Cooper Breaks High School 300m Record With 36.30 At The CIRCUIT Philadelphia
Madrid Recap: Molly Caudery's 4.85m Pole Vault Win And Chase Jackson's 19.48m Shot Put Win Highlight Spain's Euro indoor champ Adrian Ben won the 800m in 1:45.39, Ethiopia's Melese Nberet took the 1500m (3:38) and Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom the women's 3000m (8:38).

It's A Busy Weekend of Action

LRC Weekend Preview: Tokyo Marathon, US Half Champs, & NCAA Conference Madness

It's a wild weekend for distance fans. In Tokyo, LRC's top two men's marathoners of 2024, Benson Kipruto and Deresa Geleta, take on 5k/10k WR holder Joshua Cheptegei. Plus there are Team USA spots for the World Half on the line in Atlanta where five male Olympians will seek 3 spots and the last BU meet of the year is on Sunday as well. And it's conference championship weekend at the NCAA level where 25 sub-4 milers will compete at the Big 10 meet

US Half champs Sunday in Atlanta

LRC Road Racer Joe Klecker Speaks Before US Half Marathon Champs in Atlanta: "My half marathon in Houston definitely left me wanting quite a bit more"

Joe Klecker has some unfinished business in the half marathon after his debut in Houston didn't go as planned. $20,000 and spots for the US team to the World Road Running Championships in San Diego are on the line Sunday in Atlanta.

Upcoming

Brett Larner's Tokyo Marathon preview: Defending champs and course record holders Sutume Kebede (2:15:55) and Benson Kipruto (2:02:16) will look to defend their crowns

The women's field has 9 sub-2:19 women whereas the men's field has 11 sub-2:05 guys plus Joshua Cheptegai. The pace will be HOT (60:50 first half). *WA Preview
*Kebede: "I’ve covered everything in training, long distance, speed work, everything. I’m in PB shape.”
*Cheptegei: "I'm still a student of the marathon. I'm on a learning curve and hope to learn from the big guys in the marathon like Benson (Kipruto, 2:02:16 pb) and (Deresa) Geleta (2:02:38 pb)."

Next Weekend: Final entries published for Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships Do you know what Apeldoon is? It's a city in the Netherlands of less than 200k. 10 world leaders will compete.
Have you signed up for December's Marathon Project yet? Entries are limited to 1000. “The roads are pristine, the course is lightning fast, and you can’t beat Chandler in December,” Sara Hall said. “I’m so excited the race is back and more people will get a chance to chase a [personal record] at this unique event.”

The Latest Distance Links

MB: Washington coaches Andy and Maurica Powell have nothing to do with new HS mile record holder Owen Powell's (3:56.66) training And he only runs 50 mpw.
Gjert Ingebrigtsen has appealed court's decision to allow media access to his upcoming criminal child-abuse trial "This is a case where the case itself has no public interest, but where the public has become curious because it involves famous people. It smells of a media circus, especially with foreign actors who are not familiar with the 'Be Careful' code," writes his lawyer. Want to know what the 'Be Careful' code is? Click here.
Nicholas Kimeli tied his shoes too tight at a half marathon and had to miss two weeks of training The article incrrectly says he ran in Iraq - it was the RAK half.
MB: Mo Farah thinks he has an idea for a new running league that will revolutionize the sport, but after reading the article, we have no idea what it is Farah "plans to re-energise the sport through the innovative team-based run series at iconic Formula 1 circuits" but considering we read an entire article on it and have no idea what it is, we don't think it will work.

Non-Distance Running News

Usain Bolt says he would have broken his 100m WR in 2011 if he hadn't gotten injured "That year, I was floating. I was running very well and the coach was excited. It was the first time I heard him say we were going to race and break the world record.”
Ecuador has won 4 Olympic medals in history.... all of the in the race-walk and all of the walkers have hailed from the same city - Cuenca It sits at 2,550 metres above sea level and has half a million people.
World Athletics is looking for a results and stastical service - apply now "The primary focus of the service will be on results processing, which involves collecting, editing and managing competition data for a vast number of athletes and events. It also includes competitions management, records management, athlete management, rankings management and more."

GST Adds Wanyonyi and Hoppel

MB Grand Slam Track adds Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Bryce Hoppel to 800/1500 group for 1st meet in Jamaica

If they add in soon to be World Indoor champ Josh Hoey and this will be a must-watch.

Stars Old & Young

HS indoor 800m Cooper Lutkenhaus is a star..... and he only runs 30-33 mpw What a stud. 1:46 indoors as a 10th grader. Read the TFN profile on him.
Joetta Clark Diggs hadn't competed in 25 years - since 2000 Olympics - and she broke the American record in her first race back At age 62, she ran 28.62 for 200m.

NCAA news

Is A Sub-4 Women's Mile Just Around The Corner?

MB: Scientists publish study saying they think Faith Kipyegon could break sub-4 in the mile with proper pacing This is a laughable. Do they also think Jakob could break 3:20 for 1500 as he's closer to that that she is to sub-4?
*Because Kipyegon is so small (5'2), the scientists say she'd benefit more from illegal pace-making than someone like Roger Bannister "Kram and his colleagues calculate that when running at four-minute pace, air resistance takes 13.5 percent of Kipyegon’s energy compared to just 11.4 percent of Bannister’s. That means she has more to gain from drafting."
MB: Nikki Hiltz re-signs with lululemon and ditches Mike Smith for Juli Benson Hiltz had to get a new coach as Mike Smith's Nike contract only allows him to coach non-Nike athletes until their current contracts end.
Full fields for March 29's The TEN are released At least we can feel a little bit better about Graham Blanks, Elise Cranny, and Parker Valby skipping USA Indoors.
Nike Vaporfly 4 is coming out March 1 and Outside says "the Nike Vaporfly 4 is a drastic departure from the Vaporfly 3" It has the lowest stack height of any Vaporlfy but also is the lightest. While it may be great for pros, Outside says the shoe is "no longer suitable for marathons for many runners."

Euro Indoor Champs Are Next Week

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Going For Third Successive 1500m/3000m Double At Euro Indoor Champs Filip Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordas are also part of Norway's 3000m squad.
Olympic 1500m Bronze Medalist Georgia Hunter-Bell And World Indoor PV Champ Molly Caudery Headline British Team For Euro Indoors
Hosts Netherlands Select 46-Strong Team For Apeldoorn 2025 Femke Bol is running, but only in the relays (the women's 4x400 and mixed 4x400). Olympic 1500m sixth-placer Niels Laros is in the 3000m.
Italy Names Team Of 39 For Apeldoorn 2025 Team includes European champions Leonardo Fabbri (shot put) and Lorenzo Simonelli (60H).
European TJ Champ Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Leads Spanish Team Of 36 For Euro Indoors Spain has a strong team in the 800m with European leader Elvin Josue, 2022 world indoor champ Mariano Garcia and 2019 Euro indoor champ Alvaro de Arriba.
Euro Indoor Champs Mujinga Kambundji (60m) And Jason Joseph (60H) And World Indoor Champ Simon Ehammer (Heptathlon) Lead Swiss Team Of 20

Tebogo in the News

Letsile Tebogo is a busy man - after saving flood victims in Botswana - he travelled to the UK to support his beloved Chelsea

Grand Slam Track News

Michael Johnson Says The Biggest Challenge With Grand Slam Track "Was always going to be getting athletes to commit to competing against their primary rivals four times." Johnson added, "You’re giving the athletes what they’ve always wanted, but you’re also asking them to change and so you expect that that’s going to be a little bit challenging for people. You’re going to always have some resistance but, by and large, the athletes are down with it."
Grand Slam Track Chooses Stats Perform As Global Data And Betting Rights Distributor

Olympic / World Champs Stuff

"It's far better to have people in your sport rather than sitting outside it”.

Lord Sebastian Coe discusses Russia's future involvement in athletics if a peace deal with Ukraine is found.

Watch the full interview at 3pm (EST) / 8pm (UK).@piersmorgan | @sebcoe pic.twitter.com/Kg5pdcaawV
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) February 20, 2025

Seb Coe Talks About Russia's Olympic Return In Interview With Piers Morgan Coe more or less said that if he's IOC president and there is a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, he'd rather see Russia back in sport than out of it.
John Carlos’ 1968 Awards-Stand US Team Jacket Sells For $5000,200 At Auction
Tokyo 2025 Unveils Mascot With 200 Days To Go Until World Champs The name is Riku One and its based on a Japanese breed of dog, the Shiba Inu.

US Road News

For The First Time In More Than 30 Years, The Gate River Run Is Not Hosting The USATF 15k Championships The change is due to a scheduling conflict where USATF scheduled the USATF Half-Marathon Championships for the same weekend in Atlanta. Instead, Gate River Run will be part of the Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) Circuit and include an elite field of more foreign runners.
Runner Disqualified After Winning USATF 100-Mile Championship Due To Illegal Shoes Rajpaul Pannu used a HOKA shoe that has a 48mm heel stack height (8mm over the legal limit for road racing). He explained that he did not know his shoes were over the legal limit and only switched to them as a last minute decision because his normal shoes gave him a blister. The shoes may not even have given him an advantage as they are meant to be a training shoe (heavier with more cushion) rather than a super racing shoe

GB Distance News

Josh Kerr Ends His Indoor Season, Won't Run World Indoors Kerr said, “You have to work back from your biggest goals and see what that allows to happen. You can’t get too greedy at this part of the season when the body is fighting you.”
GB Distance Runner George Couttie Talks About What It's Like To Train Under Ben Thomas At Virginia Tech He said, "I love the way Ben coaches. Some people say it’s a bit different and weird but it really works for me. You don’t get the typical training sessions. It’s never: 'Go do some 400ms on the track', it’s always something different. We go from the cross country course to the track and to the hills all in one workout. It’s never typical, it’s always weird and there is always a twist."
Olympic 4th Placer Emile Cairess Withdraws From London Marathon Due To Ankle Injury Cairess finished 3rd at last year's London Marathon in 2:06:46 (second fastest Brit all-time behind Mo Farah).
The Guardian Calls Innes Fitzgerald The "Greta Thunberg Of Sport" Fitzgerald made headlines in 2023 when she turned down a World XC spot because of environmental concerns over flying to Australia.

More Results From The Weekend

Adriana Pettinelli Breaks 11-Year-Old High School Freshman 1000m Record With 2:46.36 At Her Section Championships She also broke Katelyn Tuohy's 2:47.86 New York state freshman record from 2017.
*MB: New Freshman National HS Record (Girls 1000m)
Southern California's Johnny Brackins Jr. Moved To #4 On The NCAA All-Time 60H List With 3rd Place 7.43 Finish At USAs
Brazil Dominates At The South American Indoor Championships Taking 14 of The 26 Titles Four mid-d championship records went down: Brazil's Leonardo Santos (1:49.94) and Thiago Andre (3:50.09) in the men's 800m and 1500m and Peru’s Anita Poma (4:23.74) and Bolivia’s Benita Parra (9:43.90) in the women's 1500m and 3000m.
USATF Masters Indoor Championships Recap Lynn Rathjen broke the US men's 80-84 3000m record with 12:48.44 (6:52 mile pace), winning his age division by more than a minute.

Anti-Doping News

2:04:53 Kenyan Marathoner Brimin Kipkorir Provisionally Suspended After Testing Positive For EPO And Furosemide Kipkorir won the 2024 Sydney and 2022 and 2023 Frankfurt Marathons.
WADA Drops Lawsuit Against USADA And Travis Tygart Over Chinese Swimmer Scandal Comments Tygart accused WADA of a cover-up of the Chinese swimmers which caused them to file da defamation lawsuit. WADA says it remains "convinced" the lawsuit would have been successful but has withdrawn in the "interest of moving on" while Tygart says dropping the "baseless" lawsuit is "vindication" for himself and USADA.

2025 USA Indoors

LRC 2025 USA Indoors Men's Recap: Josh Hoey Rips 1:43.24 AR to Move to #2 All-Time, Hobbs Kessler Doubles Up

Hoey now trails only Wilson Kipketer (1:42.67) on the world all-time list indoors at 800m as Kessler put on a front-running masterclass to win the 1500m after claiming the 3000m on Saturday.

LRC 2025 USA Indoors Women’s Recap: Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800

Akins and Hiltz won indoor titles in the 800 and 1500 on Sunday after winning the same events at the 2024 Olympic Trials. In the women's sprints, Alexis Holmes (50.51) dominated the 400 and Celera Barnes (7.11) upset Jacious Sears in the 60.

LRC Post-Meet Video Show: Josh Hoey 1:43.24, Nikki Hiltz, Hobbs Kessler Get the Double -USATF Indoors Day 2 Live Reaction Show

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Barega Goes For It In His Debut

Selemon Barega goes out crazy fast, holds on and wins debut in Seville in 2:05:15

(link fixed) The 2021 Olympic 10,000 champ went out in 14:18 (2:00:40 pace) and was still on 2:03 flat pace at 35k before holding on for the win. Compatriot Anchinalu Dessie won the women's race in 2:22:17 in her debut as well.

USA Videos

Hoey #2 All-time 1:43.24

Hiltz x 2

Kessler x 2

Day 1 at 2025 USA Indoors

LRC Hobbs Kessler Edges Dylan Jacobs In Thriller To Earn First US Title in 3000m at 2025 USATF Indoors

Kessler beat Jacobs, 7:38.00 to 7:38.02, in a sensational last-lap duel as Sam Gilman (7:38.64) was a surprising 3rd. Grant Holloway improved to 69-0 in the 60m hurdles while former DII star Wes Ferguson impressed in the 800 prelims.

LRC Nikki Hiltz Runs Down Shelby Houlihan To Win 2025 US Indoor 3000m Final

Hiltz edged Houlihan just before the line to win a great race, while Houlihan is heading back to World Indoors in her first year back from a doping ban.

LRC Live at 10 pm ET - LetsRun.com After Dark - Day 1 USA Live Video Recap Show

We'll gave you our winners and losers from day 1 at USAs live at 10 pm ET.

More Fast Times At BU

LRC Cole Hocker (12:57.82) Beats Cooper Teare (12:57.97), Owen Powell (3:56.66) HS Mile Record, & HS Teammates Sub-4:00 at BU

Hocker (12:57.82) got a pb and edged training mate Teare (12:57.97) as both went under the 13:01.00 Worlds standard. Powell ran 3:56.66 to take a second off Hobbs Kessler's HS indoor record while Crater (OR)'s Josiah Tostenson (3:57.47) and Tayvon Kitchen (3:59.61) became the first HS teammates to break 4:00 in the same race.

Hocker and Teare in 5k at BU
Owen Powell 3:56.66i High School Record at BU
TWO HIGHSCHOOLERS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL GO SUB 4 IN THE SAME RACE
Rocky Hansen 3:50 anchor leg outkicking Ethan Strand The top three teams finished extremely close with Wake Forest winning in 9:17.1 over North Carolina (9:17.19) and Princeton (9:17.30).

The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025

SC Why Is Everyone Running So Fast in 2025? Super Spikes 3.0, A Golden Generation of Americans, and...Bicarb?

In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.

Bekele In London

Kenenisa Bekele Added To Star-Studded Field At The 2025 London Marathon Field

Bekele joins a field that includes Eliud Kipchoge, Jacob Kiplimo, defending champ Alex Mutiso, Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and Sabastian Sawe (2:02:05). Bekele ran 2:04:15 for 2nd place in London last year.

MB: Kenenisa Bekele also at London Marathon

Is the First Sub-2 Around the Corner?

Jacob Kiplimo Runs 56:42 To Obliterate Previous Half Marathon World Record of 57:30 in Barcelona

This was a run for the ages and the splits are astounding. 40:07 for 15k, a 10k split as fast as Grant Fisher's PB.
Race video here.

Another Record For Fisher

Grant Fisher has 2 current world records to his name, Kenenisa Bekele 0.

12:44.09 for his second world record in a week! pic.twitter.com/McGci64D3V
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) February 15, 2025

LRC Grant Fisher Runs 12:44.09 for 5,000m in Boston to Break His Second World Record in a Week

Jonathan Gault onsite story Six days after his 7:22.91 WR in the 3,000m at Millrose, Fisher broke the 5,000m record at Boston Universityand also bettered his outright American record of 12:46.96.

2025 Millrose

LRC WTF: 10 Thoughts on a Remarkable World Record Millrose Games: Fisher, Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Hoey Deliver

Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse are world record holders as Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler also ran faster than anyone else ever at their events indoors at a spectactular Millrose Games where Josh Hoey set an American record. We try and make sense of it all.

RRW: World Records For Grant Fisher, Yared Nuguse At 117th Millrose Games Full recap of distance races.
LRC Grant Fisher EDGES Cole Hocker and BREAKS WORLD RECORD In Millrose 3000
LRC Miss The Action? Full Millrose Race Replays
WA: Yared Nuguse Runs 3:46.62 To Break Mile WR as Hobbs Kessler (3:46.90) Also Breaks Old Mark
DyeStat: Five High School National Records Fall At Millrose Included Sadie Engelhardt's 4:27.97 in the mile to break Mary Cain's 4:28.25 record and Cooper Lutkenhaus' 1:46.86 in the 800m (6th place) to break Josh Hoey’s 1:47.67 record.

LRC Rankings

LRC 2024 LRC Women’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?

From GOATs (Faith Kipyegon), world records (Ruth Chepngetich) and breakthroughs (Keely Hodgkinson, Beatrice Chebet), this year's women's world rankings had a bit of everything.

LRC Rankings And Other Distance News

LRC 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.

Saturday's Dr. Sander Scorcher at the Armory has some great matchups How about Katelyn Tuohy v Elly Henes in the mile, Ajee' Wilson v Nia Akins at 800 and Aussie teen sensation Cam Myers vs Adam Spencer in the mile as they try to go sub-3:50?
*MB: 18 Year old Aussie Cameron Myers to run DR. Sanders Mile this weekend. How fast?
USTFCCCA announces its 2024 HS XC coaches of the year Jonathan Dalby and Eric Selle from Mountain Vista (Colo.) High School and “Frankie” Ruiz from Belen Jesuit (Fla.) Preparatory School are your winners.
*Video chat with Frankie Ruiz
*Video chat with Dalby and Selle
Q&A with Sadie Engelhardt who says her #1 goal is to break Mary Cain's 4:04 1500 mark
Stanford's Roisin Willis named ACC athlete of the week for her 1:25.74 600m (#2 all-time NCAA)

One More Look at a Legendary Race

LRC 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.

Unlike other Publications, We wait until the year is over to hand out our awards

LRC 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.

LRC And The 2024 LetsRun.com Awards Go To......

From world records to unlikely breakthroughs to one very strange session of Kenyan parliament, Jonathan Gault recaps the highs and lows of running in 2024.

Year in review podcast

LRC What a Crazy Year of Track and Field: Highlights, Lowlights, Trivia

The LRC crew has it's annual 2024 trivia challenge and takes a look at an incredible year of track and field.

Blanks = NCAA XC x 2

LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."

MB: Graham Blanks REVEALS the KILLER workout that let him know he was ready to repeat as NCAA XC champ.

Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends

LRC Farewell to Jenny Simpson & Matthew Centrowitz, American Masters of The Tactical 1500m

Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.

MB: Farewell to Jenny Simpson and Matthew Centrowitz: Which of the American mile legends had the better career?

Tim Rowberry Interview Highlights

LRC Coach Tim Rowberry Explains How Sifan Hassan Prepared for Her 2024 Olympic Triple

Rowberry began as a pacer and errand boy at the Nike Oregon Project but has since coached Hassan to six medals across the last two Olympics. He dives into their relationship and why he's looking to expand his training group -- and land a coaching contract from a shoe brand.

World Marathon Majors Soon Will Be Dead....... Unless

LRC Column Expanding Into Irrelevance? World Marathon Majors Expansion Is Ill-Conceived Unless They Do This

Expanding the number of world marathon majors to nine is an absurd idea unless the majors make one simple change that will instantly keep them being compelling, elite sporting events.

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LRC Shelby Houlihan Speaks to LRC

LRC BU (Nuguse Misses, Nico 12:51, McLean AR), Tokyo (Cheptegei?), and Atlanta Half Champs (Big Day for PUMA)

LRC BU Last Chance: Yared Nuguse’s Mile World Record Attempt Comes Up Short (3:47.22), Heather MacLean Breaks American 1500 Record (3:59.60), Nico Young (12:51.56) Runs Super Fast

Update Heather MacLean Breaks American Indoor Record at 1500m (3:59.60)

RRW Puma Elite's Alex Maier & Taylor Roe Spring Upsetes, Win USATF Half-Marathon Titles In Dramatic Fashion

Tokyo Marathon

LRC 6 Thoughts on 2025 Tokyo Marathon: Joshua Cheptegei Struggles, A Japanese College Guy Goes for It (And Pays Dearly), and Sutume Kebede Holds on for a Repeat

NCAA Conference Champs

World Record #11 for Mondo Duplantis 6.27m

LRC Tulane's Caroline Jeptanui Finished 12th at NCAA XC Champs While Suspended For An Anti-Doping Violation

LRC Weekend Preview: Tokyo Marathon, US Half Champs, & NCAA Conference Madness

LRC Road Racer Joe Klecker Speaks Before US Half Marathon Champs in Atlanta: "My half marathon in Houston definitely left me wanting quite a bit more"

Brett Larner's Tokyo Marathon preview: Defending champs and course record holders Sutume Kebede (2:15:55) and Benson Kipruto (2:02:16) will look to defend their crowns

MB Grand Slam Track adds Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Bryce Hoppel to 800/1500 group for 1st meet in Jamaica

LRC 2025 USA Indoors Men's Recap: Josh Hoey Rips 1:43.24 AR to Move to #2 All-Time, Hobbs Kessler Doubles Up

LRC 2025 USA Indoors Women’s Recap: Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800

LRC Post-Meet Video Show: Josh Hoey 1:43.24, Nikki Hiltz, Hobbs Kessler Get the Double -USATF Indoors Day 2 Live Reaction Show

Selemon Barega goes out crazy fast, holds on and wins debut in Seville in 2:05:15

LRC Hobbs Kessler Edges Dylan Jacobs In Thriller To Earn First US Title in 3000m at 2025 USATF Indoors

LRC Nikki Hiltz Runs Down Shelby Houlihan To Win 2025 US Indoor 3000m Final

LRC Live at 10 pm ET - LetsRun.com After Dark - Day 1 USA Live Video Recap Show

LRC Cole Hocker (12:57.82) Beats Cooper Teare (12:57.97), Owen Powell (3:56.66) HS Mile Record, & HS Teammates Sub-4:00 at BU

SC Why Is Everyone Running So Fast in 2025? Super Spikes 3.0, A Golden Generation of Americans, and...Bicarb?

Kenenisa Bekele Added To Star-Studded Field At The 2025 London Marathon Field

Jacob Kiplimo Runs 56:42 To Obliterate Previous Half Marathon World Record of 57:30 in Barcelona

LRC Grant Fisher Runs 12:44.09 for 5,000m in Boston to Break His Second World Record in a Week

LRC WTF: 10 Thoughts on a Remarkable World Record Millrose Games: Fisher, Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Hoey Deliver

LRC 2024 LRC Women’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?

LRC 2024 LRC Men’s World & American Rankings: Who’s #1?

LRC The 2024 Race of the Year: Cole Hocker's Olympic 1500m Win

LRC Mondo Duplantis & Beatrice Chebet Crowned 2024 LetsRun.com Athletes of the Year

LRC And The 2024 LetsRun.com Awards Go To......

LRC What a Crazy Year of Track and Field: Highlights, Lowlights, Trivia

LRC Graham Blanks Describes the Workout That Told Him He Could Win NCAA XC (Again)

LRC Farewell to Jenny Simpson & Matthew Centrowitz, American Masters of The Tactical 1500m

LRC Coach Tim Rowberry Explains How Sifan Hassan Prepared for Her 2024 Olympic Triple

LRC Column Expanding Into Irrelevance? World Marathon Majors Expansion Is Ill-Conceived Unless They Do This

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman

LRC New Balance Boston's Mark Coogan

LRC Brooks Beasts' Danny Mackey

LRC OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein

The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years

26:59: The Story of Chris Solinsky's American Record and Upset of Galen Rupp

The Summer of Webb: An Inside Look at Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season

Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wejo Speaks: Why I Sucked in College

Escorting Paula - How LRC Co-Founder Weldon Johnson Paced Radcliffe To Her 1st World Record

American Strong: How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston

LRC's Robert and Weldon Johnson Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”

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