After San Diego was dropped, it was impossible to find a replacement on such short notice. The 2026 edition in Copenhagen looks like it will be a banger though with up to 65,000 competitors in the mass participation races.
Quote Of The Day
Quote Of The Day
2025 London Marathon Is Sunday - Set Your Alarm Clocks Now
2025 London Marathon Is Sunday - Set Your Alarm Clocks Now
Assefa and Hassan, the #2 and #3 fastest women in history, clashed in the final 400m in Paris when Hassan tried for a late inside pass. Expect another tight finish in London on Sunday.
We have boots on the ground reporting from London. Sawe's coach Claudio Berardelli, who has coached the likes of Evans Chebet, Martin Lel, and Benson Kipruto, said "I've done this job for 21 years. I'm not sure I've ever coached a guy like [Sawe]."
*MB: The London scoop - Kiplimo and his camp downplay expectations, Claudio Berardelli RAVES about Sawe
Please read this preview now. It's one of Jonathan Gault's best previews and has us PUMPED for Sunday. Olympic champ Tamirat Tola and Valencia champ Sabastian Sawe (2:02:05 pb) are also part of a LOADED men's field that features four major champs from 2024.
- Olympic Triathlon Champion Alex Yee Prepares For "A Different Kind Of Pain" In The London Marathon
- Watch Alex Yee doe 7 x 2k prior to London The coach wanted him to run them at 2:55 km pace which he said was half-marathon pace and would equate to a 61:30ish.
- Athletics-London Marathon will wait for guidance on trans athletes in mass race after court decision They currently let males identify as women for the mass participation race and are waitng for guidance from the Human Rights Commission and Sport England after a recent court ruling said a women is a biological female.
On The Boards
On The Boards
DL Opener is Saturday in Xiamen
The women's 5000 is STACKED with Beatrice Chebet taking on Gudaf Tsegay and others. Faith Kiypegon opens in the 1k, El Bakkali opens in the steeple, Tebogo vs Simbine & Coleman in the 100, Karsten Warholm, Grant Holloway, Mondo & more. We'll recap it for you with a live video show right when it ends at 9 am ET.
*Norwegian athletes warned not to eat meat while in China for DL due to risk of failed dope tests
Penn And Drake Relays Are This Weekend
Villanova's 3:33/13:14 man Marco Langon GRABBED our attention at NCAA Indoors when he boldly went for broke and grabbed the lead with a km to go and held it until the bell before fading to 6th. Then he gave an all-time EPIC post-race interview. He also has grabbed the attention of Diadora as he's the 1st track athlete to sign an NIL Deal with the Italian brand whose US headquarters are in Philly.
*MB: Marco Langon signs NIL Deal with Diadora & shares all with LetsRun.com.
*Recommended Read A rival track coach’s friendship helped Villanova’s Marco Langon become a champion As a troubled teen, Langon met rival coach Rob DeFillipis and a mentorship bloomed. "He helped me look at a lot of bright sides,” the star runner says.
Sprint News
- HSer Maurice Gleaton runs 9.98 !! 0.00 wind The Georgia commit is the 2nd US HSer to break 10.00 with a legal wind.
- Sanya Richards-Ross thinks she might have been a hurdler if she'd stayed in her native Jamaica “When I went to Immaculate, the head coach there was really good with hurdles. A lot of times, when a coach has a specialty, they put the best athlete into that. So he wanted to put me in hurdles.”
- Kenneth Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Courtney Lindsey to run 4 x 100 at World Relays for USA See which Americans are going to the meet.
- See who is on Australia's team for Worlds as of right now
The Pre Event Shot Was A Success At Drake
Crouser surpringly only ended up 5th in the competition but he was thrilled with how the meet went off. "The field events can be highlighted, and they can be front and center. That we have a loud, enthusiastic crowd out here just for a field event - it's a testament to that. It doesn't have to be just track. It can be just field."
*MB: Ryan Crouser to unveil new “King of the Ring” shot put format at Drake that mimics that borrows from the NFL and high jump
Marius Bakken Shares All
If you read one training article this decade, it needs to be this one by former 13:06 5000 runner Marius Bakken. It was written in part to show that what Gjert Ingegbrigtsen recently said in court about his training system - “This system is mine and only mine. No one has influenced it, internally or externally" - isn't true.
*MB: Marius bakken - new article about training
Nike's Breaking4 Is Coming
The current world record is 4:07.65 and Faith's 1500 time converts to 4:06.5.
Will Faith Kipyegon break 4:00 for the mile?
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US Road Mile Champs
Gear outsprinted Karissa Schweizer (4:24.40), Gracie Morris (4:24.73) and Shelby Houlihan (4:25.06) to claim the US title and American record. Ciattei beat out Sam Ellis (3:54.93) and Craig Engels (3:55.09) to win his third US road mile title.
Random But Interesting
- Beloved figure of Irish athletics, Pat Naughton, passes away aged 92 He won 3 Irish titles in the decathlon but was most known for being a masters legend and for continuing to train during Covid-19. Last August, he won 90+ titles in the long jump, shot put and 100m in the over-90 category.
- After 56 years, Carey Corrigan (17-4.50) is no longer the Washington HS state pole vault record holder Chase McGee cleared 17'5" in a low-key dual meet at Camas High on Tuesday.
More Marathon News
- Outside: Is Beet Juice Still Wort The Squeeze For Endurance Athletes? Alex Hutchinson writes about how a new study shoes beet juice as a supplement could give significant endurance gains and apparently Eliud Kipchoge "remains a big believer."
- Des Linden Retires From Professional Marathoning, Will Focus On Ultras She's going to pace an athlete at Western States 100 Mile in June.
*MB: Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread - Paula Radcliffe Secured Her Six Star Medal With Boston Marathon Finish She ran 2:53:44 to earn the medal you get for finishing all six of the World Marathon Majors.
- Paula Radcliffe Says Her "Body Is Done" With Road Racing She says that in Boston her calf went at 9 miles and she "couldn't go full out from then on."
- Sifan Hassan Donates Paris Olympic Marathon Singlet And Bib To World Athletics Museum
The Carifta Games Ended Monday
- Carifta Games Recap: Jamaica Dominates With 78 Medals (30 Gold) Shanoya Douglas won the U20 100m/200m double with 11.26 and 23.02 while Jamal Stephenson took the boys U20 100m in 10.24. US Virgin Islands' Michelle Smith (who runs for the University of Georgia) kept her winning streak going, winning the 400H/800m double for the fourth year in a row with 56.60 and 2:07.23.
- Cool Video: D'Angelo Brown Falls 100m Away From The Line In The 800m And Rallies To Qualify For The Final He finished 2nd in the final in 1:51.21 (Jamaica's Shavan Oshane Jarrett won in 1:51.19).
Other News
- 17-Year-Old Sprint Star Gout Gout Named In Australia's Team For Tokyo 2025 World Champs He'll race the 200m where he has a PB of 20.04 (although he's broken 20 seconds twice this season with an illegal tailwind).
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Femke Bol And Gout Gout Announced For Ostrava Golden Spike On June 24
- MB: Alan Webb names his new baby after Kipchoge Congrats to the Webb’s and welcome to the world Eliud Joseph Webb!
- World Athletics Ratifies Several WRs Including Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:45.14 Indoor Mile Also Beatrice Chebet's 13:54 road 5k and Mondo Duplantis' 6.27m pole vault.
- USATF Throws Festival Will Feature All Field Events (All Throws And Jumps) The meet is in Tucson, AZ on May 24.
NCAA Rankings
- USC Men Move To #1 In Latest NCAA Rankings Texas A&M, Tennessee and Georgia are ranked 2-4.
- Georgia Women Move Up Two Spots To #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings USC, Texas A&M, Arkansas are ranked 2-4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week (April 15-21)
Bummer: No Bekele Vs Kipchoge Showdown In London
Bekele said "a series of small niggles" prevented him getting in the training he needed to be ready for London.
Non-Distance News
He is just the second track athlete to win the award after Usain Bolt. Duplantis had been nominated the past three years, but finally won it this year, beating out the other finalists, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, swimmer Leon Marchand, cyclist Tadej Pogacar and Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen.
2025 Boston
2025 Boston
Mantz took almost three minutes off his pb and just missed the podium, finishing four seconds back of second place. Among Americans, only Ryan Hall (2:04:58) has run a faster marathon than Mantz did in Boston on Monday.
- Connor MF Mantz 2:05 for 4th place!
- We're back baby - 3 Americans at 2:08:00 or faster in Boston
Lokedi turned the tables on Obiri after losing four straight and picked up a cool $200k in the process as the top 3 all broke the old course record of 2:19:59.
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- Under Armour's Sharon Lokedi Wins Boston And she destroyed the course record.
- Des Linden 2:26:19 – impresses at Boston- Official Appreciation Thread Linden announced before the race this was her last marathon as a pro.
- Jess McClain will finish ahead of Dakotah She did and was the 1st American woman in 6th.
In the process of joining his brother Wesley (2012) as a Boston champion, he also staked a claim to the unofficial title of ‘World’s best marathoner’ as he also convincingly won Chicago in the fall.
*LRC: Americans make history with 3 at 2:08:00 or faster
- Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread
- RORY MF LINKLETTER 2:07:02 ON BOSTON AND 6TH PLACE AND BEATS CLAYTON YOUNG
- Who TF is Ryan Ford (American, 10th in Boston)?
- LetsRunners how did your Boston go?
More From The Weekend
- Gout Gout And Lachie Kennedy Miss Out On Stawell Gift Final In Favorites Upset The 120m handicap Australian sprint race on grass saw Gout and Kennedy both finish 2nd in their heats. John Evans and Olympian Bree Rizzo were the winners in the final, taking home the $40,000 prize. Rizzo became just the second woman to win the Gift "off the scratch" (without a handicap).
*The Guardian: "Stawell Gift 2025: Silk Singlets, A Power Blackout And Gout Gout Add To Fun Of Historic Race"
- UW's Nathan Green (3:35.52), Chloe Foerster (4:05.75, #4 On NCAA Outdoor List) At Bryan Clay Green beat out On's Sam Ellis (3:35.57) and Georgetown's NCAA indoor champ Abel Teffra (3:35.81).
- MB: JUSTYN KNIGHT IS BACK: 3:44 1500m At The Oregon Open His first track race since 2021.
- Georgia's Aaliyah Butler Dominates Women's 400 With 49.44 (#5 NCAA All-Time) Win At Tom Jones Memorial Invite Shafiqua Maloney won the 800m in 1:59.23 over Harvard's Victoria Bossong (1:59.48) and Clemson's Gladys Chepngetich (1:59.68). Miss. State's Abdullahi Hassan took the men's race in 1:45.39. Georgia's Georgia's Will Floyd won the men's 400 in 44.93.
- MB: Gary Martin 13:16 5k at the Virginia Challenge He won by 20+ seconds.
- MB: Craig Engels 1:46.00 800m 3rd place at Mt. SAC in the race won by Jamaica's Rivaldo Marshall (1:45.59).
- Oregon's Olympic 1500m Finalist Klaudia Kazimierska Returns From Injury With Encouraging 2:02 800 Meters At Oregon Open OSU's Fouad Messaoudi won the 1500m in 3:36.85 (Oregon's Simeon Birnbaum paced the race through 700m in 1:43).
Shoe News
Taylor Roe broke 15:00 for the 1st time in her career today, racing in the shoes for the 1st time. 5k man Amon Kemboi also loved them. "You kind of feel the bounce only," Kemboi said. "So even though you are tired, you feel just the drive it gives you when your legs are tired."
Coaches: Learn from the Best (Sponsored Post)
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Wejo Speaks
Grand Slam Track took a big swing at its launch. It definitely didn't hit a home run, but the Diamond League and Athlos should be paying attention.
The Olympic bronze medallist only broke 70m for the first time 4 days ago and now he's got six throws in a row over 70, all coming at all coming at Throws Town.in Oklahoma - at the same site where the WR was set.
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
A New Track League With $30 Million Has Launched
Grant Fisher ran for 3rd on Sunday and still won $100k while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said she's tentatively planning on running the 100/100H in Philadelphia and 200/400 in LA.
- LetsRun Grand Slam Track Podcast: Grand Slam Breakdown: Winners, Losers, Plus Taylor Roe’s Cherry Blossom World Best If you prefer video that is here.
Did you miss the meet? No fear. We have all of the race videos here, plus full results, plus series point totals with prize money. Come back at 10 pm ET as we'll be doing a live video show from Jamaica.
- Grand Slam Track Kingston Day 3 Sunday Thread:
- Where would Jakob have placed in todays 800m?
- Jakob sitting at home in Norway shaking in his boots... Hocker 1:48.02, Nuguse 1:48.16, Kerr 1:50.68
- Grand Slam Men's Long Distance DISGRACE
- Hocker/Kerr stock way down after GST. Not good for their brand.
- Grant Fisher Cowardly Tactics
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Challengers for future GST races.
- Fisher post GST 3k Interview
Day 2 GST
Day 2 GST
Did you miss the action? We have you covered with every race video followed by results and even series winners.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi has stunned the 1500 boys. Bednarek has completed the double, Naser has run 48.67 and Gabby Thomas has run 49.17 to win 100k. We broke down of the day 2 action for you right when it ended. Watch in the video player.
The fantasy matchup in the men's 1500 (five Paris Olympic medalists across the 800/1500) delivered a thriller as Olympic 800 champ Wanyonyi (3:35.18) used a 51.58 last lap to beat Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Josh Kerr.
- Official Grand Slam Track Day 2 Thread
- WANYONI TAKES DOWN KERR, HOCKER, NUGUSE AT 1500m
- Gabby Thomas 49.14
- I think Wanyonyi wins the 1500m today
- Josh Kerr looked like a deer on ice in the 1500m
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- Jakob skipping GST is masterful. His competitors rack up losses and lose confidence. He sits undefeated this season, confident.
Day 1 GST
Day 1 GST
There were some entertaining races in Kingston, with Grant Fisher winning an extremely tactical 5,000 and Hiltz (1:58.23) holding off Diribe Welteji in the 800. But the big stadium was largely empty on Friday night.
Day 1 race recaps and videos
- MB: Official Grand Slam Track Kingston - Day 1 Live Discussion Thread
- Grant Fisher 14:39 5000! Belive it or not, it may win him $100,000. Was it this biggest win of his career? It was a good day for Nikki Hiltz as well as Hiltz won the 800.
- Could prime centro have won the 5k today?
- Review of Day 1 - Grand Slam Track - What To Make of New Series? The races were pretty good in our book The crowd was disappointing but we were expecting that.
- Grant Fisher Should be Ashamed of Himself
- After Day 1 of Grand Slam Track, It is pretty clear that this league will not succeed.
More From The Ten
Bekele and Sound Running's Jesse Williams, meet director for The TEN, explain why the Ethiopian star Telahun Bekele, who is racing GST this weekend, missed the start on Saturday night and how he hit the World Championship standard anyway.
Shelby Speaks
Last week, Houlihan spoke with LetsRun.com for more than an hour with no questions off the table. Houlihan shares which supplements she took at the time of her positive test, why she said she didn't know what nandrolone is, running a 30:31 10k in practice, and her hopes for World Indoors and the rest of 2025.
Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet
The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.
Big Administrative News
WA announced today that San Diego will no longer host the World Running Champs. Ken Stone is reporting in the Times of San Diego that the event was moved despite there reportedly being a $3 million title sponsor. We believe race registrations were nowhere near what they were expecting but feel that easily could have been fixed. With 1 week notice, easily 10,000 people would have signed up if they had known this was a possibility.
*MB: Breaking: San Diego pulls out of hosting World Road Champs 4 days after qualifier!!
This is a stunning development for a championship but the lights will be off for the first 1/3rd of the race.
*MB: Jakob says wavelight wasn't added at Euros at his request: "I wasn't aware of that. I assume it's a spectator stunt."
MB: US Olympians will now receive $200k each thanks to a $100 million donation by Ross Stevens They'll have to wait for the money though as they get 100k 20 years after they compete (or when they turn 45) and then 100k goes to their estate when they die.
The Shelby Interview
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. Join the SC today.
Big Doping Story
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.
The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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
‒coach Claudio Berardelli, who has coached major champions like Martin Lel, Evans Chebet, Benson Kipruto and Amos Kipruto, raving about Sabastian Sawe, who ran 2:02:05 in his debut, to our Jonathan Gault in London. We'll give you the inside scoop on all of the happenings in London live at 1 pm ET (6:00 pm BST) on Friday. If you can't catch it live, support independent journalism and join our SC to get it on demand as a podcast.