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.
On The Boards
On The Boards
Yared Nuguse Podcast + Breakdown Of Jakob's Record
Breakdown of Jakob's run + 45 minute talk with Yared out for Supporters Club members. Some highlights in video player. Full video or podcast out for SC members here.
Weekend International Previews
- Yomif Kejelcha Shooting To Break The World Record At The 10K Facsa Castellón On Sunday The WR is 26:24 by Rhonex Kipruto from 2020 and Kejelcha's road PB is 26:37 (26:31 on the track). The field also includes world XC bronze medalist Benson Kiplangat, 27:06 man Daniel Kinyanjui, 12:58 man Kuma Girma and GB's Andy Butchart. Ethiopia’s Likina Amebaw (29:56) leads the women's race with world U20 5000m champ Medina Eisa and recent European 5k record breaker Diane Van Es.
- Two Two-Time World XC Champs Will Square Off With Jacob Kiplimo Vs Geoffrey Kamworor At The Barcelona Half On Sunday Former WR holder Joyciline Jepkosgei leads the women's race against 65:46 woman Gladys Chepkurui.
- Orlen Copernicus Cup Preview: World Indoor Champ Tsige Duguma Vs Millrose Games winner Shafiqua Maloney And Ethiopia’s Habitam Alemu In The 800m Two-time world champ Gudaf Tsegay will rematch with Ethiopia's Freweyni Hailu over 1500m, world U20 indoor 3000m record holder Biniam Mehary is in the 1500m against GB's Elliot Giles and world indoor silver medalist Andreas Kramer leads the 800m. Poland's World indoor silver medalist Ewa Swoboda is the home crowd favorite in the 60m.
- European Weekend Indoor Preview: Olympic Bronze Medalist Georgia Bell Faces Ireland's Sarah Healy In The Keely Klassic 1500
More Fast Action
- Habtom Samuel (7:39.39) edges Nico Young (7:39.53) Ishmael Kipkurui and Colin Sahlman both ran 7:40.
- UW men's DMR run 9:14.10 - fastest indoor or outdoor DMR ever Unofficial splits of 2:50/:47/1:46/3:51
- BYU women run fastest NCAA DMR ever - 10:37.58 How about a 4:24 split for Riley Chamberlain?
- Georgetown's Tino Matsatsa runs 1::45.21 (#3 all-time NCAA)
Match Race
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Not a lot of details but they both spoke to People magazine confirming the race.
2025 Liévin
Ingebrigtsen broke Nuguse's 3:46.63 record from Millrose by more than a second and also became the first man under 3:30 for 1500 indoors by splitting 3:29.63.
- Yared who? Jakob MF Ingebrigtsen DESTROYS Yared Nugue's WR - 3:45.14!!
- Could Hocker have beat Jakob at Lievin?
- After Jakob’s WR, Hocker is still the favorite.
- Official Lievin 2025 Indoor Discussion Thread
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen isn't lacking in confidence: "Sorry @yaredthegoose ! Looking forward to race you. Best, Jakgoat."
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen will run 3:44.90 for a new Indoor Mile WR tomorrow, the pace is 2:34 through 1100m
- Jakob PEAKED in 2024
- Jakob Predictions at Lievin on 13th Feb
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen will run 3:44.90 for a new Indoor Mile WR tomorrow, the pace is 2:34 through 1100m
Distance Links of Note
- Wisco's Adam Spencer is running mile this weekend in Chicago to try to get NCAA mark 16th on the list right now is 3:54.24.
- Video chat with new AR holders Josh Hoey and Cooper Lutkenhaus Hoey is the outright AR holder while Lutkenhaus is the HS record holder.
- Nagoya Women's Marathon Elite Field is released 3 sub-2:20 women will be running including Japan's Hitomi Niiya (Japan/Sekisui Kagaku) as a slew of Japanese women will look for Tokyo WC spots.
- They just had Mother's day in Norway - Jakob got his wife the following "On the door was orange juice, croissants, rolls, jam, macaroons, and buns."
Millrose World Record Pod
In this week'd main podcasat, the LRC crew broke down Yared Nuguse and Grant Fisher's record run, plus in the clip above pondered what Jim Ryun could have done in the modern era.
News From the Commonwealth
- Shock hamstring injury causes Keely Hodgkinson to pull out of this weekend's Keely Klassic
- Eilish McColgan says 'nonsense' to expect her break Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 NR in her her debut, but thinks she can eventually do it “That’s nonsense. It just isn’t going to happen. But do I think I’m capable of getting down to those times in the future? Absolutely. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I was."
- 1996 Olympic 400m silver medallist Roger Black has open heart surgery “Three weeks ago I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and repair my aortic root,” Black wrote on Instagram. “My ‘incompetent’ bicuspid aortic valve was discovered when I was 11 years old and for the last 47 years I have been looked after by the cardiac team at Southampton General Hospital."
- Tokyo 110mh champ Hansle Parchment among six Jamaicans to sign as Grand Slam Track challengers for Jamaican meet
- Katharine Merry - Let's give Gout Gout some room to develop rather than pile on the pressure
- MB: RIP Jerome Drayton - Man who held Canadian marathon record for 43 years has died at age 80 Drayton died unexpectedly while having knee surgery.
- The Marathon Project Announces Largest Personal Bottles Program In Marathon History Everyone in the 1,000 person race will get private bottle service.
- TFN: NCAA Track & Field: Is The Sky Falling? Jeff Hollobaugh wonders if roster limits will be disastrous - or might it be good as mid-majors pick up talent?
- UK Athletics publish selection policy for 2025 World Championships At least now the Brits know ahead of time how fast they need to run to make it to Tokyo.
- Does Canada have a new multi-events star in Nate Paris? Last weekend at the Doc Hale VT Meet in Blacksburg, Va., Paris set a new Canadian U23 record in the men’s heptathlon, scoring 5,858 points—the fifth-best mark in the NCAA this season.
- Mathieu Blanchard is the first person to finish 600-kilometre Yukon Ultra on foot The 2022 UTMB runner-up startedon Feb. 2 in Teslin, Canada and "traversed the frozen wilderness, enduring temperatures plummeting to -40°C, and crossed the finish line in Faro after 7 days and 22 hours."
USATF Update
USATF had planned on adding byes in the steeplechase but reversed course after receiving feedback from athletes and coaches.
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Sprints/Jumps
- Australian Teen Sprint Star Gout Gout Appears On Noah Lyles' And Grant Holloway's Podcast; Responds To Usain Bolt Comparisons And Talks About Wanting To "Chase Down" Noah Lyles On being the "next Bolt" he says, "I'm Gout Gout, and I want to make my name as big as his. I want younger athletes to one day say, ‘You're going to be the next Gout Gout.’" *Video
- Sha'Carri Richardson Offers To Train YouTube Streamer IShowSpeed IShowSpeed is the YouTuber who raced against Noah Lyles back in the fall. He and Richardson met at a celebrity Super Bowl flag football game last week.
- New Long Jump Take-Off Rules Were Tested At Düsseldorf Indoor Meet This Past Weekend The new controversial change allows jumps to be measured from any point within a 40cm strip rather than the fixed board. German Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo was actually positive about the change saying, "The momentum is much better than jumping off the board with only half a foot."
- Oldest Living Olympic Medalist, Giorgios Roubanis, Dies At Age 95 Greece's Roubanis won pole vault bronze at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Distance News
- Mile To Replace The 1500m At The 2026 Commonwealth Games It's being done as a tribute to the "Miracle Mile," the iconic duel between Roger Bannister and John Landy's at the 1954 Games in Vancouver.
- Gjert Ingebrigtsen trial will last from March 24 - May 16 Jakob and his sister will testify for 1.5 days each while Gjert will respond with 3 days of testimony. Narve Gilje Nordås and Per Svela, who still have Gjert Ingebrigtsen as their coach, will be in the witness box on May 5 while Linn T. Amundsen - who was behind the TV success "Team Ingebrigtsen" - will talk on May 4.
- Athletics Weekly: "Remembering Kelvin Kiptum, One Year On From His Passing" The author writes, "Kiptum’s time in the marathon was short and sweet but the legacy he left over 26.2 miles will be felt for generations to come."
*Kelvin Kiptum's wife and parents are still waiting to see some of his money a year after his death His parents are worried as they no longer have health insurance. His wife says she's trying to stay strong for her kids, "I try and always tell them to work hard. At times they ask about their dad and I normally tell them 'he's there watching us and so work hard in school and he'll be happy when you shine in school.' That's how I always encourage them."
*A year after Kelvin Kiptum's death, his father is upset police have never shared crash report with him - Hellen Obiri Says The Harsh Winter Weather In Colorado Is The Reason She Moved Her Training Back To Kenya For The Boston Marathon She'll travel back to Colorado for the final phase of her training closer to race day.
The Gender Issue Is Becoming Less Of An Issue
- World Athletics Tightening Gender Rules And Introducing Cheek Swab Tests To Check For The Male Y Chromosome WA's previous transgender rules barred anyone from competing in the women's category if they went through male puberty. But they have revised that rule based on recent evidence showing a "significant performance gap before the onset of puberty." The new rules will also be applied to difference of sex development (DSD) athletes as they say new evidence has "clarified that testosterone suppression in 46XY DSD, external and 46XY transgender individuals can only ever partly mitigate the overall male advantage."
*WA Article: World Athletics Launches New Stakeholder Consultation On Female Eligibility - Donald Trump Administration Wants The NCAA And High Schools To Strip Trans Athletes Of Women's Titles And Records A letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker and the National Federation of State High School Associations head Bob Lombardi states, "We cannot undo the damage inflicted by years of policies and practices that have denied the material reality of sex ...But we can recognize the harms done and injustices committed by such misguided policies and reversing their effects will restore a genuine commitment to girls' and women's equality of opportunity in athletic competition across the United States."
NCAA News
- There Is Currently An Assault On Demi Payne's 10-Year-Old 4.75m NCAA Pole Vault Record Since that record, there have been 51 attempts to equal or surpass it and 15 of them have come this season. Three of the attempts were by Rutgers' Chloe Timberg who cleared 4.72m (#2 on the NCAA all-time list) and the rest were from UW twins Amanda and Hana Moll who have both cleared 4.66m.
- USC Moves To #1 In Men's Updated NCAA Indoor Rankings Arkansas dropped to #2, Texas A&M to #3 and Texas Tech jumped up to #4.
- Texas Tech Women Move Up To #1 In Latest NCAA Indoor Rankings Arkansas dropped to #2, Oregon to #2 and Illinois stayed #4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (Feb. 4-Feb. 10
Olympic News
- Sports Business Journal: Seb Coe Among The Three Favorites To Become The Next IOC President Zimbabwe sports minister Kristy Coventry and IOC vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch are the other two.
- Seb Coe Shares His Vision For Africa Coe said, "Africa has never hosted the Olympic Games, but we need to change that."
- IOC Secures Major Sponsor In Chinese Electronics Company, TCL
International Indoor Results
- World Indoor 800m Champ Tsige Duguma Wins Rematch With World Indoor Silver Medalist Jemma Reekie At The Meeting Metz In France Duguma ran a world-leading 1:58.97 to win over Reekie's 1:59.72. Algeria's Slimane Moula won the men's 800m in 1:45.11 and Ethiopia's Kuma Girma the men’s 3000m in 7:31.78. There were world leads from Germany's Max Hess in the TJ (17.41m) and Australia's Torrie Lewis in the 200m (22.65).
- MB: Filip Ingebrigtsens with 7:39.97 in Finland He came in second behind Iceland's Baldvin Magnusson (7:39.94).
- Poland’s Jakub Szymanski Runs 7.39 To Win The 60H At The ORLEN Cup In Lodz, Poland (#2 On The European All-Time List)
- Weekend round up: Germany's Olympic Shot Put Champ Yemisi Ogunleye Wins ISTAF Indoor Dusseldorf With 19.78m There was an interesting finish in the 60H in Paris where three 2021 Euro indoor champ Wilhem Belocian, 2024 world indoor bronze medalist Just Kwaou-Mathey and 2023 Euro indoor champ Jason Joseph were all timed at 7.52. Belocian and Kwaou-Mathey were given joint first place.
2025 Millrose
2025 Millrose
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.
- 2025 Millrose Games Live Official Thread 4-6pm Eastern on NBC
- Grant FISHER 3000m WR 7:22.91, Hocker 7:23.19
- WORLD RECORD for Yared MF Nuguse! 3:46.93!
- Why is Gary Martin in the Wanamaker mile? He ended up running 3:48.
- GARY MARTIN 3:48.82?????
- Hocker emotional interview post milrose 3k
- Josh Hoey: 2025 WHO will be the first to defeat him?
- HOEY IS NOT CLEAN
- Sadie Engelhardt breaks Mary Cain's high school mile record
- KERR SCRATCHED - I don’t even care if he has a good reason for scratching, screw you Josh Kerr!!!
- I don't understand the sport anymore. At the bell in the mile WR race, there were like 7 guys right there?
- Where does Hocker vs Fisher today rank on all-time best list of US distance races?
- CAM MYERS 3:47
- COOPER LUTKENHAUS 1:46.86 high school record
- Another cheat track in US
- Letsrun prediction contest: Who wins Millrose Wanamaker mile and how fast do they go?
Road / XC Results
- World 10,000m Silver Medalist Daniel Ebenyo And Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech Win Kenyan Cross Country Championships Ebenyo won the race by 5 seconds while Jipkoech won by 3 seconds in a field that included former half marathon WR holder Joycline Jepkosgei (4th place). Olympic 800m champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi showed he could be a threat at 1500m, winning the men's 2k race. Former world U20 1500m champ Purity Chepkirui won the women's 2k.
- Ethiopia's Likina Amebew Wins (14:33), Netherlands' Diane Van Es Sets European Record (14:39) At The Monaco Run Van Es broke Sifan Hassan's European record of 14:44 from 2019.
- Tsubasa Ichiyama Wins Japan National Corporate Half In 60:22 (#8 On The Japan All-Time List)
- Jin Yuasa (2:09:43) Wins Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon In Japa
Houlihan's Comeback Continues
After the race she said, "I wanted to run faster ...at least under 4:16, ideally 4:12, 4:10-4:12." The world indoor mile record is 4:13.31 by Genzebe Dibaba from 2016.
- Full Meet Recap: Georgetown's Abel Teffra Wins Men's Mile In 3:52.44 Over New Zealand Olympian Sam Tanner (3:53.30) Villanova's Liam Murphy won the 3000m in 7:35.47, Brooks Beasts' Allie Buchalski won the women's race in 8:43.83 and Brooks Beasts' Isaiah Harris took the men's 800m in 1:46.53.
Millrose Videos
Millrose Videos
NCAA / HS News
- NCAA Bans Men From Women's Sports The decision came a day after President Trump signed an executive order barring men from women's sports and allows for the cutting of government subsidies to federal agencies that do not comply. NCAA President Charlie Baker said, "We firmly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would be best for today's student-athletes rather than a patchwork of state laws and conflicting court decisions. To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear national standard."
*MB: NCAA Announces New Policy: Males with Trans Gender Identity No Longer Allowed in Women's Competition
- Brooks Expands NIL Program To High School Athletes They revealed five signees as part of the announcement including Foot Locker runner-up Juan Gonzalez.
- Bowerman Award Men's Mid-Indoor Watch List Distance runners comprise almost half the list with North Carolina's Ethan Strand and Parker Wolfe, Texas A&M's Sam Whitmarsh and New Mexico's Habtom Samuel.
- Bowerman Award Women's Mid-Indoor Watch List A heavy distance list includes Alabama's Doris Lemngole, Stanford's Juliette Whittaker, Portland's Laura Pellicoro and Florida's Hilda Olemomoi.
Non-Millrose Indoor Action
- Karlsruhe Recap: Sarah Mitton Gets Best Indoor Throw Since 2013 To Win Stacked Shot Put In 20.68m Stefan Nillessen runs Dutch indoor 3000m record with 7:37.10 win, Sweden's Samuel Pihlstrom takes the 1500m in 3:35.62 and South Africa's Prudence Sekgodiso set a national indoor 800m record with a 1:59.88 victory. Germany's Malaika Mihambo won the LJ with a world-leading 7.07m. GB's Molly Caudery won the PV (4.75m).
*MB: Narve Gilje Nordås at Karlsruhe (7:39.05, 5th place)
- European Weekend Preview
Swoosh Track Club
Diljeet Taylor's group in Utah, Mike Smith's group in Flag, and Jerry Schumacher's group in Eugene will all be called Swoosh TC and athletes will be able to share facilities across groups.
Our Sport Reveals Both The Good & Bad Of Humanity
- Recommended Read Wonderful story: Senegalese distance runner kept John Carlos Olympic jacket in pristine condition for 50+ years and recently returned it “When I opened the box and just touched it, man, I was blown away,” Carlos says. “My wife looked at me and said, ‘You all teared up.’ I said, ‘Baby, you just don’t realize what I’m going through right now,’ in terms of what was flowing through my mind, flowing through my body, the energy that I had.”
- MB: Huge age cheating scandal unearthed in Kenya Barnabas Korir, said they have found about 30 possible cases. “It is even worse compared to doping, which is an individual affair. Age cheating involves a system, and that is why we have involved AIU for thorough vetting,” he said.
The Road World Champs Will Be In The US Later This Year
The Atlanta Track Club is hosting the USATF Half-Marathon Championships on Sunday, March 2, as part of the Publix Atlanta Half-Marathon at The Home Depot Backyard, and the top three men and women will earn qualifying spots for Team USATF in San Diego. A huge field of 110 elite athletes will compete for a $110,000 prize money purse, and the winners will take home $20,000.
*Klecker giving the half another shot, hoping to qualify for World Road Running Champs
Drake Relays' road mile on April 22nd will be used to pick US team for road mile champs
This Week's Pod
Ethan Strand joins us fresh off smashing the NCAA record in the mile in Boston and we break down the NGIGP and the return of Shelby Houlihan.
Links With A British Connection To Them
Distance News
- Japan Collegiate Runner Hiroki Wakabayashi Already Walking Back Plans To Retire After 2:06 Marathon Debut Wakabayashi's marathon debut last weekend was supposed to be a one-and-done as he planned to retire after graduating next month and starting a job at an insurance company. But now he says he'd talk to his employer if he was selected for the Japanese world team.
*MB: Japanese student runs 2:06:07 at first and last marathon - New Zealand 15-Year-Old Sam Ruthe Breaks His Own Age-15 3000m Best With 7:56.18 The performance won him a New Zealand senior title.
- British 10,000m World Trials Will Be In Birmingham This June The Night of the 10,000m PBs usually hosts in London, but is taking this year off.
- Yuya Yoshida Wins Kanagawa Half Marathon (62:12)
Week That Was
The action indoors is heating and we break it down for you.
Tuesday In Ostrava
- Ethiopia's World Indoor 1500m Champ Freweyni Hailu Impresses With Dominant 8:24 3000m Win At Czech Indoor Gala In Ostrava The time puts her 8th on the world all-time list. World indoor bronze medalist Eliott Crestan won the men's 800m in a Belgian national record of 1:44.69 (12th on the world all-time list). Portugal’s Isaac Nader won the mile in 3:54.17 ahead of GB 's Elliot Giles (3:54.62). US's Ronnie Baker won the 60m in 6.50.
- GB's Innes FitzGerald Smashes European Under-20 Record With 8:40.05 In Ostrava The 18-year-old finished 4th and broke the previous record by more than 10 seconds.
- Hungary’s Attila Molnar Threatens European 400m Record With 45.08 Win In Ostrava It was a national record and just missed the European record of 45.05 (held jointly by Karsten Warholm and Thomas Schonlebe). The Netherland's Lieke Klaver won the women's race in a world-leading 50.92
TV & Streaming for Grand Slam Track
Now hopefully some potential challengers like Noah Lyles can be induced to run a meet or two.
More Weekend Indoor Results
- George Mills Breaks Josh Kerr's British Indoor 3000m Record With 7:27.92 In France The time puts Mills #9 on the world all-time list.
*MB: George Mills 7:27.92 3K British Record - Norway’s Sander Skotheim Breaks European Heptathlon Record (#5 All-Time) With 6484 Point Victory At Multi-Event Meet In Tallinn, Estonia Finland’s Saga Vanninen won the women's pentathlon in a national record 4843 points.
2025 NBIGP
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?
Previously In Boston
Eight weeks after breaking the NCAA 3,000 record at Boston University, Strand has DESTROYED the collegiate record and moved to #3 on all-time world indoor list just ahead of Hicham El Guerrouj. Germany's Robert Farken (3:49.45) and Great Britain's Adam Fogg (3:49.85) also broke 3:50. *Last lap
Arkansas
Shelby Houlihan's doping ban is over and she's back in good form.
- Full Meet Recap: OSU's Fouad Messaoudi Wins Mile In 3:52.66 Over Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum Who Ran A Big PB Of 3:52.81 Krissy Gear won the women's mile in 4:26.00 as Oregon's Silan Ayyildiz
wonwas 2nd (4:27.84) and Oregon ran an NCAA-leading 10:48 in the DMR. Shafiqua Maloney won the 800m in a world-leading 1:59.87, winning by almost 3 seconds. Florida's Jenoah McKiver (45.19) and Arkanasas' Isabella Whittaker (51.29, NCAA lead) won the 400m. - MB: If Shelby was doping intentionally why wasn't she running super spikes?
- MB: pROOF* that Shelby Houlihan was not intentionally doping
- MB: Shelby Houlihan 2025 Prediction Polls
- MB: How long until Shelby Houlihan is sponsored and back on a team
- MB: Birnbaum 3:52.8
Friday in Boston
Cranny (4:20) won the mile, Hiltz (8:32) the 3k, and Morgan (14:48) the 5k as the trio opened their 2025 seasons with victories. Meanwhile Olympic finalist Juliette Whittaker was only 6th in heat 1 of the 800 in 2:02.39.
RAK Half
Taye went for the WR as got out hard (14:57/30:08) but she lost a ton of time when she came to a complete stop after the 10km water station, turned around went back to get her bottle. She ran her 2nd 10k in 32:12
Our main pod this week
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LRC Rankings
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.
Millrose 3k Will Be Hot
Edwin Kurgat, Adriaan Wildschutt, Ollie Hoare, new OAC additions Ky Robinson and Dylan Jacobs, and Villanova's Liam Murphy are also in the field.
LRC Rankings And Other Distance News
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)
Houston Was Sunday
Mantz took down Hall’s AR on the same Houston course where he set it in 2007 as Weini Kelati (66:09) broke the women’s AR for the second year in a row. A record seven Americans ran sub-61:00.
The 1st American Record of 2025 Has Fallen - Near WR
Hoey broke Shane Streitch's old AR of 2:16.16 by nearly two seconds and missed Ayanleh Souleiman's 2:14:20 WR by just .28.
The NCAA Record Also Went Down
His teammate Abel Teffra was 2nd in 2:17.39 (the second fastest time in collegiate history).
2025 London Will Be Spectacular
London never fails to deliver. This year's field is amazing yet again as it will include a record six sub-2:05 men and the three fastest women in history. Plus, it will serve as the debut for two-time world cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo, the only man in history with 3 sub-58 half-marathon clockings.
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."
*MB: Kipchoge to 2025 London - Can he still compete with the best or is he washed?
News From Overseas
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.
- Thomas Barr says "money talks" but doesn't think Grand Slam Track will hurt Diamond League much He admits the big cash has gotten some big athletes but points out a single 2-hour event like the DL is great for TV. Will GST work as well? "It’ll be interesting to see will the actual event hold those people.”
*Rhasidat Adeleke was approached by Grand Slam Track but turned it down Her coachEdrick Floreal “just didn’t see a fit for us” - Jakob will make his indoor mile debut in Lievin on 13 February It's the week after Millrose. Might he have a new WR to try to break?
- Hellen Obiri has gone back to Kenya for a rigorous 10-week training program in Ngong, Kajiado County
- Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo to headline Maurie Plant Meet on March 29th in Australia He'll run the 400.
2025 London Will Be Great
Defending champ Peres Jepchirchir is also in the race while the men's field is lead by Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and defending champ Alex Mutiso.
- Olympic 4th Placer Emile Cairess, Eilish McColgan And 2:25 Woman Charlotte Purdue Lead British Charge For London This will be the long-awaited debut for McColgan.
Hassan and fellow Olympic champ Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia are the first names announced for the 2025 TCS London Marathon field. Hassan shared her thoughts with LetsRun about why it's okay to lose, whether she is the distance GOAT, Ruth Chepngetich's world record, and more. Paywall temporarily lifted.
Shelby Houlihan's Drug Ban Is Over
After serving a four-year ban and missing two Olympics, the American 1500m record holder plans to return to racing this month. We spoke to three shoe execs about Houlihan's comeback and whether they would be interested in signing her. Plus Jerry Schumacher reveals whether he'd be open to coaching her. Paywall temporarily lifted.
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One More Look at a Legendary Race
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
Unlike other Publications, We wait until the year is over to hand out our awards
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.
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
The LRC crew has it's annual 2024 trivia challenge and takes a look at an incredible year of track and field.
Fisher Speaks
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.
Get Your Millrose Tickets Now
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.
Blanks = NCAA XC x 2
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."
Big Changes at HOKA NAZ Elite
Almost 11 years after founding NAZ Elite, Rosario is leaving for a new venture. A number of athletes are also leaving the team, including Aliphine Tuliamuk, Krissy Gear, and Kellyn Taylor.
- RW: Major Changes Coming to Northern Arizona Elite "It’s basically everybody that’s old [is not being renewed] if we want to put it bluntly,” Taylor said. “It’s literally, there’s nobody older than 28 on the team now."
- Ben Rosario Resigns as Executive Director, Veteran Marathoners Reportedly Won’t Get New Contracts in 2025
- Ben Rosario's public farewell statement
- MB: NAZ Elite - Major Changes Coming in 2025
Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends
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.
Tim Rowberry Interview Highlights
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
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.
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.
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