Yared Nuguse won his 5th career Diamond League, a record for an American distance runner, taking down world champ Isaac Nader in the process. Soufiane El Bakkali (7:57.25) won a fast men’s steeple as Germany’s Frederik Ruppert (7:57.80) became the first non-African-born man under 8:00.
New Training Talk Live Series
As we move to LetsRun.com second quarter century, we want to give you more reasons to visit the site daily. So we are launching a Live Training Talk series. Marius Bakken is the perfect first guest as this website was founded to try to spread the gospel of aerobic/threshold-based training, which Bakken has helped spread across the globe better than anyone. Catch it live at 1 pm ET on Monday or watch it on demand as an SC Member.
On The Boards
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Music City Track Carnival
Blaskowski, who won 11 individual DIII crowns and is in his first year as a member of Dennis Mitchell's Star Athletics group in Florida, went from 10.05 to 9.89 in one race and is now the tied for #2 in the world and is the fastest white man in history. *Full video
- MB: Sam Blaskowski 9.89 w1.5m/s
- Music City Day 1 recap: India's Gulveer Singh wins pro mile in 3:55.63 High school action was highlighted by Andrew Beroset (1:49.59) in the 800m and Sundara Weber (9:59.11) in the 3200m.
- Day 2 full recap
Cam Myers is on fire
The Australian teen smashed his 800m PB by more than three seconds, remained undefeated in 2026, and now owns a faster 800 PB than Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, and Niels Laros. *Race video
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NCAA Regionals
She's only behind Athing Mu's 1:57.73 record from 2021. Jallow also anchored Arkansas' dominant 3:21.83 4x400. Washington State's Rosemary Longisa had the fastest 1500m with 4:07.38 as 11 women went under 4:10, BYU's Taylor Lovell dominated the steeple in 9:38 and Betty Kipkore won her 5000m heat in 15:14.28 ahead of Pamela Kosgei (15:17.63); Jane Hedengren won her 5000m heat in 15:17.93. In the sprints, USC's Brianna Selby lead the 100m with 10.83 (#7 NCAA all-time) and Oregon's NCAA champ Aaliyah McCormick ran 12.44 in the 100H (#7 NCAA all-time).
*MB: Sanu Jallow runs 1:57.74 at regionals. Collective yawn from Letsrun
- NCAA East: Florida State's Shenese Walker (10.88) leads six women under 11 seconds in 100m Alabama’s Doris Lemngole surprisingly skipped the steeple and just ran the 5000m where she won by 28 seconds with an outdoor PB of 15:08. In the 800m, North Carolina's Makayla Paige won her 800m heat in 1:58.98 over Clemson's NCAA indoor champ Gladys Chepngetich (1:59.09). Florida's Alida van Daalen highlighted the field events with 69.31m in the discus (#3 NCAA all-time).
NCAA Regionals Saturday
10 years ago, 17 of the 24 (70.8%) men's NCAA 10,000 qualifiers hailed from the USA. This year, it's just 5 of 24 (20.8%). Women's Update: For the women, 10 years ago also 17 of the 24 (70.8%) qualifiers were American. This year, it's down to 10 of 24 (41.7%) while the Kenyan numbers have gone up sixfold, from 2 (8.3%) to 12 (50%).
- NCAA East: Nigerian sprinters Kanyinsola Ajayi (9.86) and Samuel Ogazi (43.82) run world-leads and national records in the 100m and 400m Ajayi was just .02 off Christian Coleman's 9.82 collegiate record. Allon Clay won his 800m heat in 1:44.63 as Penn State qualified three for nationals. Gary Martin won his 1500m heat in 3:42.48 and placed second in his 5000m heat to Louisville’s Elsingi Kipruto (13:49.03 to Martin’s 13:49.63). Michigan’s Trent McFarland won his 1500m heat in 3:38.04 and Marco Langon won the other 5000m heat ahead of Rocky Hansen (13:27.93 to 13:28.19).
- NCAA West: Arkansas' NCAA indoor champ Tyrice Taylor runs 1:44.35 (#7 on the NCAA all-time list); Colin Sahlman wins his heat in 1:45.66 In the 1500m, Simeon Birnbaum led with a 3:37.00 to win his heat over NCAA indoor mile champ, BYU's Carter Cutting. Birnbaum also qualified with 5th place in his 5000m heat (won by Arkansas' Ben Shearer in 13:41.34). Habtom Samuel won his 5000m heat in 13:38.12. In the sprints, Texas' Kendrick Smallwood ran a 13.04 world lead in the 110H (#5 NCAA all-time) and Houston's Louie Hinchliffe eased through the 100m with a 10.01.
Bydgoszcz
- Bydgoszcz World Continental Tour: US's Jamal Britt highlights with 13.10 victory in the 110H Poland's Klaudia Kazimierska won the women's 1500m in 3:59.99 while Switzerland’s Valentina Rosamilia took the 800m in 2:00.73 after a fall from race leader Jemma Reekie. On the men's side, 2023 world bronze medalist Ben Pattison took the 800m (1:45.58) and Croatia’s Marino Bloudek (3:58.52) the 1500m. Hungary's Luca Kozák won the women's 100H in 12.66 over US's Alaysha Johnson (12.75).
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Wednesday / Thursday NCAA Regional Highlights
The freshman sensation has already run 10.77 this year. Sha'Carri's NCAA record of 10.75 may be on borrowed time.
- East Day 1 Women: Georgia's Adaejah Hodge (10.86/22.34) cruises
- West Day 1 Women: Stanford's Alyssa Jones jumps world-leading, lifetime best, and NCAA No. 2 all-time 7.09 meters In the 10,000, Jane Hedengren (31:27.30) and Pamela Kosgei (31:27.58) weirdly raced it out to the finish line
- West Day 1 Men: Kansas State's Chikomba leaps to longest jump in NCAA history (8.75,+3.2) That's 28-8.50. Only two jumpers in world history have recorded a 8.75 or farther without the help of wind or altitude *Video
- East Day 1 Men: Auburn's Kanyinsola Ajayi, who let up early in SEC prelims, runs 9.90 (+1.2) in 1st round of NCAA regionals That's #8 all-time in the NCAA. Kentucky's Denzel Simusialela, the SEC runner-up who had run 19.98 this year, didn't finish his 200m semi and was eliminated.
- MB: Why do we waste time with regionals?
Will Rudisha's WR Fall in 2026?
Wanyonyi has already tied David Rudisha for the most sub-1:42s in history (seven) and is the same age (21) as Rudisha when Rudisha first broke the WR. With no Worlds or Olympics on the calendar this year, could Wanyonyi follow in Rudisha's footsteps in 2026?
It's Harder To Qualify For Worlds Based on Time But People Will Still Chase Indoor Times
You can no longer get a time qualifier at BU (or any indoor meet) but that doesn't mean people won't be chasing times indoors in a major way. There is a big loophole that World Athletics didn't fix -- indoor times are worth way more than outdoor times on the scoring tables.
Random, But Interesting
- MB: Japanese guy who has been studying running form of Japanese couriers from 1600s racks up 270 million social media views This is wild. You've got to take a look at this. He's been researching how couriers could run 300 miles in 3 days while staying injury free
- ‘I started running in my 40s after having triplets. I’m now 62 and my 5K time is 17:48. Here’s how I train’
- Hannah Brier just broke a 44-year national Welsh national record in the 200 by running 22.79 seconds, but she won't be going to CGs as the foolishly closed their qualifying window weeks ago
- Three-time UTMB champion Xavier Thévenard (2013, 2015 and 2018) is back after battling Lyme disease for years
- 2021 Olympic steeple finalist Jon Gay thought he may never race again but he debute in 2:14 in Ottawa last weekend Gay, who is now coached by Jonathan Green, talks to Green about his race on his own podcast here.
Father Time is Undefeated - Cherish Your Health
- NY Times: Former WR holder in decathlon Russ Hodge dies at 86; an Olympian, like his mother "Russell the Muscle" was 9th in the decathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the same position his mother Alice Arden had finished in the high jump at the 1936 Berlin Games. They were the first mother-son duo to go to the Olympics for the USA. Hodge, who admitted to steroid usage in the 1960s when they weren't illegal, remains the only decathlete to achieve a startling combination: He sprinted 100 meters in 10.2 seconds and threw the shot put more than 60 feet.
- Lessons from a 90-year-old world record holder Giuseppe Damato holds both the 90+ world marathon (4:30:30) and half-marathon records (2:07:36) and his routine is refreshingly simple. He usually heads out for relaxed 10- to 15-kilometre runs with a group of friends, most of whom are decades younger and doesn't follow a structured trianing plan.
- Mary Moraa reveals she was hospitalized due to a medical condition after finishing 7th at Worlds. "I almost threw in the towel a while ago owing to a medical condition but am glad that it has been fully addressed. I experienced general weakness and dizziness at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.”
Administrative News
8 women in the field have run 31:00 or faster including American Weini Kelati.
- Enhanced Games offers $10 million to anyone breaking Usain Bolt's 9.58 next year Might that be enough for Fred Kerley to try the drugs?
- Enhanced Games CEO rips IOC head for saying she doesn't want to pay athletes, calls her "a disgrace" On X, he wrote, "You had no problem accepting $100,000 in cash from Robert Mugabe for your 2008 Olympic performance - a brutal dictator who destroyed his country and impoverished millions of his own people."
- Mondo asks fans to come watch him at Euros for £6.31 Very clever priicng.
- Record setting $57.3 Million raised for nonprofits at the 2026 Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun
Webb's record of 3:53.43 is now 25 years old. Jim Ryun's record of 3:55.3 lived for 36. *Race video
Mid-D Teen Phenoms Past & Present In The News
- Cooper Lutkenhaus is happy with his 3:45 outdoor season opener "I don’t know what I was really expecting (as it was his first 1500)… but but I just wanted a hard, solid effort. I felt like I did that. I definitely could work on some things, but, you know, first, decent race to open the season.…”
- In her own words: NYRR publishes a few chapters of Mary Cain’s “This Is Not About Running" for free "Over the last five years, I have been confronted with the two Mary Cains. There is me—the real me. And then there is the idea of me. The abused, infantilized, cautionary tale you tell other young women. I am not my New York Times piece. I am not one of my interviews. I am not an article you read about me. I am not a picture on the internet. I am not this book. No one can tell my story for me. I can speak for myself." *Purchase here
New World Qualifying Standards
The standards are way harder than ever -- 1:43.00 in the men's 800, 3:30.00 in the 1500 -- as World Athletics targets 40% of qualifiers by standard and 60% by rankings. Plus athletes can no longer hit the standard on 200m indoor tracks like Boston University.
Podcast
Parker Valby returned with a 14:49 PB at LA Track Fest, World Athletics unveiled controversial new standards that effectively ban BU indoor marks from Worlds qualification, and NBC News reporter Andrew Greif joined us from Las Vegas to discuss the Enhanced Games after organizers “expected multiple world records to happen, and it just didn’t happen.”
Sub 2 happened
Sabastian Sawe stunned the world with his 1:59:30 marathon in London to earn runner of the month honors. Jane Hedengren (two NCAA records) and Vincent Mauri (2:05:54 at the Glass City Marathon) were honorable mention.
Road News
- USATF announced team for 2026 World Road Running Championships The US will in fact be sending 7 women in the women's half-marathon (an extra three) after the USATF Half Champs wrong turn issue. Weini Kelati and the three women who were sent off course (Jess McClain, Emma Grace Hurley and Ednah Kurgat) will be the designated scorers.
*MB Archive: World Athletics to allow USATF to enter 7 runners at 2026 World Road Running Championships - A scientists correctly predicted the first sub-2 hour marathon 8 years ago Caio Victor Sousa and a group of researchers predicted an East African around 27 years old would go sub-2 in 2026. Sousa also predicts that it'll be a while before anyone breaks this time. He also wouldn't give a specific time for "human limit," but said he doesn't think anyone will ever break 1:56.
- Eliud Kipchoge's wife, Grace Surgut, ran her first marathon at Cape Town She finished in 4:29:59 (10:18 pace) and Kipchoge was there to give her a hug at the finish line after he had placed 16th in 2:13:29.
- World Athletics: How Ethiopia’s Misgana Wakuma raced walked his way into the history books in Brasília Wakuma won Ethiopia's first global race walk medal at the World Race Walking Team Championships last month.
Upcoming Action
- June 10: Karsten Warholm vs Alison Dos Santos will resume their 400H rivalry at the Oslo DL Dos Santos just beat Warholm in back-to-back races at the first two DL meets of the season.
- Friday: Bydgoszcz preview: GB's 2024 world indoor silver medalist Jemma Reekie vs Poland’s European indoor champ Anna Wielgosz and France’s Olympic 5th placer Rénelle Lamote in the 800m GB's 2023 world bronze medalist Ben Pattison leads the men's 800m.
- July 3: The 2026 Prefontaine Classic will kick off with two mile races on Friday night Olli Hoare is in the men's race and Juliette Whittaker steps up from the 800m in the women's.
- Saturday/Sunday: Götzis Hypomeeting preview Germany's world champ Leo Neugebauer leads the decathlon while the heptathlon is wide open after US's world champ Anna Hall pulled out.
Catching Up On Some Other Recent Results
- Kenyan World U20 Trials recap Highlights included world U20 XC silver medalist Emmanuel Kiprono's 7:35.40 victory in the 3000m and Cynthia Chepkirui's 15:24.40 victory in the 5000m.
- Highlights from Kanto Region University Championships in Japan Tetsu Sasaki broke a 49-year-old meet record in the steeplechase, winning in 8:24.96 (previous record 8:35.2 from 1977).
- Sporting and Valencia end long wait to take men's and women's European Champions Club Cup titles *Day 1 recap
- Japan weekend track and road round-up
Olympic News
- IOC President Kirsty Coventry says "I don't think we should be paying athletes at the Olympic Games." This is in stark contrast to Seb Coe who had World Athletics pay gold medalists prize money at the Paris Olympics and will pay all medalists at LA 2028.
*MB: Kirsty Coventry, International Olympic Committee President, refuses to allow Olympic athletes to be paid at Games - Ninja Warrior coming to the LA 2028 Olympics The obstacle course race is coming as part of modern pentathlon which is dropping its horse riding section.
- New York looking to host the Winter Olympics with joint bid from NYC and Lake Placid Lake Placid hosted in 1980 which is famous for the "Miracle on Ice" where the US men's hockey team got a shocking win over the Soviet Union and won gold.
Interesting Distance News
- Recommended Read: Tim Layden: "Super shoes continue to rewrite records; don't worry, legacies are safe." Layden writes, "This is the integrity argument that underpins almost any discussion of this topic. It goes like this: Super shoes have undercut the purity of the sport. People are running too fast, because they’re wearing engines on their feet that make their bodies perform better. Well, the shoes have done something, that’s for sure. But I don’t think this is about integrity at all ...I think it’s about a far more powerful metric: Legacies. ...The pearl clutching is genuine, but also performative, because sports fans really do get it. They are good at separating what’s been overridden from what endures. Times are just times. Records are just records. Legacies are more powerful than either one."
- Keely Hodgkinson reportedly went on secret dates with British reality TV star Casey O'Gorman An insider said they went on a few dates and had "real sexual chemistry," but it didn't work out for the long term.
- RW profile on high school senior who's breaking his school's distance records despite only having one arm Gabriel Lewis dealt with injuries for years from compensating for the uneven weight distribution, but had a breakthrough after strength training in the weight room. He's now broken school records in the 1600m (4:26), 3200m (9:54), and 5000m (16:12).
Post-Enhanced Games News
- Fred Kerley drama with Marvin Bracy-Williams at Enhanced Games After winning Kerley could be heard talking smack to the field saying, "They’ve got to do better than that. They need to train a little harder, get on that s—t a little bit more and go a little harder some more." This prompted Bracy-Williams to complain to reporters and when asked about it Kerley said, "I'm here to disrespect the field. I'm not here to be buddies. There's money on the line."
- NBC News: "At the Enhanced Games, drugs don’t get athletes banned. They could get them rich." Many of the athletes talked about how they made more money for competing in one race than they could in a year or even their whole careers as clean athletes. They were willing to take big risks as well with sprinter Shania Collins concerned it could jeopardize her plan to follow her parents into a career with the DEA.
- MB: Doesn't so many PBs being broken by retired, old athletes in the Enhanced Games support the Olympics being clean?
Bolder Boulder 10k
- Kenya’s Patrick Kiprop dominates Bolder Boulder 10k in in 28:35 2023 world 10,000m silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo was runner-up in 29:06 and Aiden Reed was the top American in 3rd (29:17). Kenya won the team competition over USA White, 10 to 17 points, although it would have been very close if Casey Clinger (who finished 4th) was on USA White instead of USA Red.
- Kenya's Rebecca Mwangi wins Bolder Boulder 10k in 32:33 as Colorado native Rachel Rudel finishes as the top American in 3rd (32:46) Rudel had waited a long time for the chance to race in the Bolder Boulder pro field, so when the opportunity came, she actually skipped her brother's wedding in Hawaii to run the race. With a 1-2-4 finish, Kenya easily won the team competition.
- Elise Cranny gets surprise win in Bolder Boulder citizens race Svannah Shaw crossed the line first in 34:35 and was initially named the winner, but Cranny was running in the second wave and ran 34:20 to become the first winner who didn’t start in the ‘A’ wave.
- Nickolas Scudder repeats as Bolder Boulder citizen's champ after top finisher DQ'd Emad Bashir-Mohammed crossed the line in 29:50, but started with the wrong assigned wave (a race spokesperson said hundreds of people are DQ'd every year for moving up a wave). The DQ gave Scudder the win for the second consecutive year in 29:58.
- MB: 2026 BolderBoulder 10K
International Distance Results
- Mohamed Esa sets Africa all-comers' record to win Cape Town Marathon in 2:04:55; Dera Dida wins women's race in 2:23:18 Eliud Kipchoge kicked off his world tour (seven marathons seven continents over the next two years) with a 2:13:29 finish. His next marathon will be the Porto Alegre Marathon in Brazil on July 12.
- RRW: Kenya's Elvis Cheboi (2:09:22) and Sweden's Abeba Aregawi (2:23:12) win wet and cold Ottawa Marathon This was the marathon debut for the 2012 Olympic 1500m silver medalist Aregawi.
- Italy's European marathon champ Iliass Aouani wins European 10,000m Cup on home soil 27:50 France won the team competition led by Simon Bedard's 27:52 runner-up finish.
- Elzbieta Glinka makes history by becoming first Polish runner (man or woman) to win the European 10,000m Cup Glinka dominated the race by 11 seconds after the last minute withdrawal of multi-time global medalist Nadia Battocletti. Despite her absence, Italy still won the women's team title.
- RRW: Andrew Alexander and Florence Caron win Canadian 10K titles in Ottawa Alexander ran 28:19 to outkick Thomas Fafard by two seconds while Caron ran 32:31 to dominate the women's race by 44 seconds. Cam Levins scratched before the event. *Results
LA Track Fest
Parker Valby returned to the track in style at the LA Track Fest, running a 14:49.41 pb in her first outdoor race as a pro. Plus Brandon Miller stunned the loaded men’s 800 field, Habtom Samuel broke 13:00, and Emma Coburn ran 9:23 in her first steeple in two years.
- Sound Running LA Track Fest Official Thread (7-10pm) (LetsRun live Reaction Show 10:10 pm eastern)
- Parker MF Valby is BACK BABY.
- Coburn + Valby Friendship
- Change my mind: Lutkenhaus has limited potential in the 1500
- What happened to Nico?
- JOSH KERR IN SCINTILLATING SHAPE, 1:44.6 IN A NEW 800m PB
- Cooper Teare Moves to Flagstaff
- Fascinating Men's 1500 @ Sound Running's LA Track Fest (5/23)
- Lutkenhaus to Race 1500m at LA Track Festival
Enhanced Games
The inaugural Enhanced Games debuted in Las Vegas with athletes allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs, but the sprint results were surprisingly underwhelming. Fred Kerley won the men’s 100m in 9.97, while both track winners claimed they competed clean.
- MB: Official Enhanced Games discussion thread (May 24, 2026)
- Enhanced Games CEO admits he expected more World Records but says they changed the world “We have arrived in mainstream culture,” said CEO Maximilian Martin. “We are here to stay. We have changed the world tonight.”
- The Telegraph: "Enhanced Games flop as only one world record 'broken'" Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev finished faster than the 50m freestyle WR with 20.81 seconds (the official WR is 20.88). Organizers said there were only 14 PBs set by 12 athletes and all of them were swimmers and weightlifters.
Xiamen DL
Masai Russell ran the 2nd fastest 100m hurdle ever as 18-year-old Yan Ziyi threw the #2 javelin ever. Uganda's 2020 Olympic champ Peruth Chemutai fell short in her steeplechase WR attempt, but got the win in 8:51.06 (8th fastest performance of all-time) over Paris Olympic champ Winfred Yavi (8:51.54). Ethiopia’s 2022 world U20 champ Addisu Yihune beat Germany’s Mohamed Abdilaahi in the 5000m (12:57.32 to 12:57.90) and Australia’s Abbey Caldwell outdueled Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom in the 1500m (3:57.26 to 3:57.79), with US's Emily Mackay taking 3rd (3:58.13). Alison dos Santos topped WR holder Karsten Warholm again, taking the 400H 46.72 to 46.82. Other sprint highlights included world champ Collen Kebinatshipi dipping under 44 seconds to win the 400m (43.92), Shericka Jackson over Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the 200m (21.87 to 22.04) and Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala in the 100m (9.94).
Cole Hocker Update
Hocker still owns a house in Blacksburg and will visit for training stints, but is spending more time in the Pacific Northwest. He will open his 2026 season on June 14 with the 3,000m at the USATF LA Grand Prix.
Athlos Updates
The meet be held on September 18 at StoneX Stadium in North London, a rugby stadium has a listed seating capacity of 10,500, though Athlos is currently only selling tickets to one side of the stadium. A manual count of all seats on that side was just over 2,900, with roughly 1,000 of those tickets being available for purchase currently. Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Masai Russell and Marileidy Paulino are all scheduled to compete in both meets.
Athlos is doubling from one to two meets in 2026 and prize money will go up even more (2.7X). The new location will be London according to Sportico.
Must Read
Midway through Marius Bakken's new book The Norwegian Method Applied, Robert Johnson had an epiphany and asked himself, "Is there any human on planet Earth who is better suited to write a training book than Dr. Bakken?" He doesn't think so. This is a must-read. Read it, then join the SC so you can ask Bakken a question during our live interview with him on June 1 at 1 p.m. ET. *Purchase book
- Related - From The Archives: LRC From Norway to Flagstaff: How Double Threshold Training Is Taking Over the World
Weekend interview
Fresh off his 3:32.79 1500, Villanova star Marco Langon joins the LetsRun podcast to discuss Penn Relays, Simeon Birnbaum, going pro, and why he thinks running the NCAA 1500 would be “pretty fucking dumb.”
Grant Holloway update
Our Jonathan Gault reached out to Holloway's camp for an update yesterday and a day later we have an update. Holloway did not race indoors for the first time in his career in 2026. He said he tore his hamstring in March and did not announce a timetable for his return, though he is entered in the Pre Classic on July 4.
Rojo On NPR
NPR radio devoted one hour to what made sub-2 possible. Was it the athlete, the shoes, nutrition, etc? Full transcript at the link above or you can listen to it on your favorite podcast player.
Too Good To Be True
Sawe's 1:59:30 was real, but analysis from LetsRun.com and German timing ace Helmut Winter reveals his 24th mile was almost certainly slower than 4:12. The race's official timing company has told LetsRun it has removed the time for mile 24 from its list of splits to prevent confusion.
Post-London News
Want to go behind the scenes of human history? Adidas has released a new 12-minute documentary, "Chasing Sub 2," following Sebastian Sawe’s monumental 1:59:30 run at the London Marathon. Narrated by the legendary Haile Gebrselassie, the film explores the fusion of supreme talent, relentless hard work, and cutting-edge lab technology that broke one of the sport's most iconic barriers.
*MB: Adidas releases 12-minute short film chronicling Sabastian Sawe’s historic sub-2-hour marathon
- Kenyan president gives Sawe a car and 61k
- Kenyan tourism board gives Sawe a "four-night luxury getaway"
- BBC Sport's London Marathon social media engament increases from 9 millionto 47 million and the social media team appears to be taking credit Lol. As if all videos of a human running 1:59:30 weren't bound to go viral.
Meet Vinny Mauri
Neal, who coached Mauri at Notre Dame from 2023-25, said he thought he might be able to break 2:08 in Toledo based on the training Mauri had done before the race. "We kind of always knew if he could ever stay healthy, he’d be real dangerous.... He’s just a tremendous kid and has worked his butt off for this."
- MB: Unheralded American Vincent Mauri runs 2:05:54 at Glass City Marathon in Toledo.
- MB: Notre Dame coach Chris Neal RAVES about Vincent Mauri and talks about his 2:05 breakout marathon.
- Runner's World: Who is Vinny Mauri? Some interesting insights into his training like he ran 90 to 110 miles a week leading up to the Glass City Marathon, but about 90% of it was on the treadmill because of the harsh Ohio winter. He also runs many of his easy days fast, starting at 6 minute pace and getting down to 5:40
The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon
13-years ago, Rojo wrote the original The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon and claimed we were nowhere close to a sub-2 and that we likely wouldn't see it in his lifetime. Well now that it has happened and everyone on the Internet is dunking on him, how does he feel? He's not backing down and claims the logic of his original column was right on the money.
Post-London Analysis
How in the world did Sabastian Sawe turn was looked to be a 2:01 race into a historic 1:59:30 marathon world record? Did adidas' new 3.4 ounce shoe -- the Adios Pro Evo 3 -- tip the scales? What about the wind?
London Marathon
Sebastian Sawe has run a 59:01 second half in London to break the 2:00 barrier and Yomif Kejelcha in the greatest marathon ever run. What. A. Race.
Assefa successfully defended her title and lowered her own women's-only world record to 2:15:41, prevailing in a tactical battle that saw an unprecedented three women break the 2:16 barrier.
- MB: Sabastian Sawe (with help from Yomif Kejelcha) has just BROKEN the marathon. 1:59:30!!! 59:01 2nd half!! With a 4:12 24th mile, Sawe completely demolished the WR, the field and the sub-2 hour barrier. Yomif Kejelcha also went sub-2, finishing in 1:59:41 in his marathon debut and Jacob Kiplimo was under the previous WR with 2:00:28. In the women's race, Tigst Assefa broke her own women's only world record with 2:15:41. She beat out Hellen Obiri who ran 2:15:53
- MB: Official 2026 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread\
- Anyone else feel kind of deflated now that the 2hr barrier has been broken?
- Yomif Kejelcha Appreciation Post
- Is kejelcha the best distance runner of all time?
- WSJ: The newest marathon super shoes are here and seem AMAZING. One weighs less than 4 ounces, one doesn't have laces.
- Is Sabastian Sawe showing that the sport is cleaner than we thought
- If These 7 Men All Run Sub 2 Marathons in the Next Six Years, How Many Women Will Run Sub 2.10?
- Unheralded American Vincent Mauri runs 2:05:54 at Glass City Marathon in Toledo
Free for everyone
Cooper talks about his undefeatead indoor season, his "just send it" mentality, what's on tap outdoors and what it's like being a world champion walking the halls of his Texas high school.
The Marathon Project is BACK (sponsored post)
The Marathon Project has announced a major schedule change for this year's event. The Amateurs and Professionals will now compete together in a 400-person race on Saturday, December 12. The move is designed to amplify the atmosphere and increase the intensity with more athletes, fans, and energy on the flat, fast, loop course in Chandler, AZ. According to race organizers, "The overwhelming feedback we received from last year was that the participants loved being treated like pros. Now they'll get to race with the pros as well. It's a logical next step for us." Press Release here
The Latest LRC Exclusives
The Latest LRC Exclusives
We asked Jonathan Gault to try to find out what many of the top pros are up to.
Richardson, who was charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault after shoving boyfriend Christian Coleman at the SeaTac airport, and prosecutors agreed to postpone the case for two years when it would be dismissed as long as she met certain criteria, including "no criminal law violations."
Josh Kerr 222 podcast
Josh Kerr is chasing Hicham El Guerrouj’s mile world record his way, choosing a packed London Diamond League over a controlled time trial and insisting on “my race, my rules.” Kerr discussed his world record attempt and most recent world title over Cole Hocker on the LetsRun.com podcast.
Johh Kerr swears by power-to-weight training to improve his speed – here’s how and why you should do the same 'My gym coaches have done a really good job of finding where my weaknesses are. I need to create more power. My goal is that my power-to-weight ratio needs to be good.
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Meet Fotyen Tesfay
Tesfay, who has a half-marathon best of 63:21 (#3 all-time) is the latest star in the group of famed Ethiopian coach Gemedu Dedefo, who has now coached five of the 11 fastest female marathoners in history.
The winners of our prediction contests
World indoors are this week. The LetsRun.com prediction contest team for Worlds is set. Meet the winners from the USAs contest and some of our other recent contests as well. They highlight the best of LRC.
LRC Exclusive
Since he stopped racing in the middle of the 2025 cross country season for Iowa State, Seth Clevenger has taken DIII by storm. The Rowan University athlete is the DIII leader in three events. But following the release of a video of an alleged EPO order, multiple former teammates told LetsRun.com that Clevenger said he took banned substances in 2025 while at Iowa State and admitted as such to the coaching staff. The situation raises questions about a potential hole in the NCAA’s anti-doping policy. We investigate how a star could allegedly admit to banned drug use and remain eligible to compete.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
