Sam Parsons, Josh Thompson and Craig Engels spotted in the 1500 results.
Sam Parsons, Josh Thompson and Craig Engels spotted in the 1500 results.
Post-race Farah said, "It's nice to be back. ... It was all practice for the London Marathon. I'm excited and looking forward to it. The last several weeks have been good - I've got good consistent training going so I'm happy where I am."
*MB: Big Half - Farah wins in 61:48, McColgan wins in 67:34.
Grant Fisher obliterated Bernard Lagat's American record at 5000, but had to settle for second behind Jacob Krop.
Ireland’s Ciara Mageean ran a four-second pb of 3:56 at age 30 to earn the first-ever DL win by an Irish athlete while Jake Wightman beat Emmanuel Korir to win the 800 in 1:43.65. Plus the win streaks for Mondo and SAFP were ended but not by Sha'Carri Richardson.
The Trials were supposed to be awarded by July 14. USATF's Adam Schmenk told us why that decision has been delayed.
Richardson only ran 11.29 but it came into a 2.0 m/s headwind in cool, wet conditions. *WA Recap
Allen had a rough start to training camp, but things started to click and he was in contention for one of the 53 roster spots. He ultimately didn't make it, but is a "practice squad candidate" and has said that he wasn't giving up on the NFL even if he didn't make the Eagles roster.
Alicia Monson turned heads on the track in Lausanne, Nico Young showed courage off of it, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed his greatness.
It was a crazy week for ultra fans as big leads were earned, lost and sometimes re-earned, Jim Walmsley bonked and Comrades returned. All of that and much more in our weekly recap.
Most of the other doubles at 2023 Worlds are pretty doable for potential doublers like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Athing Mu, but the 1500, 5000, 10,000 triple looks to be impossible as is says Jonathan Gault. The good news is it could easily made to be quite doable.
Monson was steps away from winning but had to settle for 2nd in 8:26 as Francine Niyonsaba edged her because Monson let up ever so slightly and didn't lean at the line. Ingebrigtsen ran a world-leading 3:29.05 for 1500.
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Jornet won in a course record 19:49, breaking Pau Capell’s UTMB course record of 20:19 from 2019.
With the major marathon fields are (mostly) set, it's time to get excited for another busy fall of road racing.|
Which Newbury Park stud does Brosnan compare to Galen Rupp, who does he think can win an NCAA 1500 title and who will be the best pro?
From Max Siegel scheduling a press conference in the middle of the meet while it was going on to Galen Rupp only finishing 19th in the marathon, Rojo reveals what stunned him at Worlds.
We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.
As USATF searches for a bidder for the 2024 Trials, those in charge of recent Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Atlanta believe the Trials' financial model is unsustainable. Will anything change?
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Your latest American stars share their insights.
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.