How does a pro team cross country race that is World Athletics Gold Label with thousands of running insiders in town ready to watch sound? HOKA NAZ Elite, Hansons-Brooks, the Brooks Beasts, Puma Elite, Empire Elite, US Army, Taylor Made, On Athletics Club, McKirdy Trained, and Railroad Athletics confirmed.
One of the best days in US running is the last Friday in October as it’s NCAA conference championship day. We break down all of the exciting action for you here.
Clip above is the LetsRun.com team discussing the news on Tuesday's Supporters Club podcast. Yesterday, Engels went to Instagram to explain the move and express his thanks to Coach Julian. "My goal is to be the best American miler and to enjoy the all the adventures along the way and I think a change for me was necessary for this to be possible."
Instead of just complaining about anti-doping it's time to try and do something about. Submit your best anti-doping proposals.
What will Parker Valby and Natalie Cook do for an encore? How low will #1 Stanford and #1 NC State go? And can the Wisconsin men win Big 10 title #53?
Are you a parent or alum headed to an NCAA conference cross country meet this weekend? Do you want to know what to expect? Well, you are in luck.
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Valencia was fantastic as usual and should we be worried about four Kipchoge pacers being popped, including one from his own training camp?
National and conference voting for the 2022 conference action now open.
(link updated) Kandie won over Yomif Kejelcha (58:32) as the top-4 men broke the 59 minute barrier. On the women's side, Koko beat out Tsigie Gebreselama (65:45) in her debut. Other notable results include Edward Cheserek in 8th place (60:14), US's Biya Simbassa 60:37 and Ben Flanagan breaking the Canadian NR with 61:00 (Cam Levins finished close to him in 61:05).
Our weekend podcast previews the Valencia half-marathon, gets pissed about the doping epidemic in Kenya, wonders if Nike could do more to stop it, and has a little Olympic Marathon Trials talk on the women's side.
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Former world record holder Dave Bedford unveils plaque to mark Shrewsbury School in UK as birthplace of cross country The plaque is one of only seven across the globe, and commemorates the The Royal Shrewsbury School Hunt (RSSH) in the 'culture' category, as the birthplace of cross-country running, some 200 years ago.
*Tim Hutchings explains why it's the birthplace of xc Or click on the video above.
Desisa is a household name in Boston. Molly Seidel leads the Americans with Molly Huddle but they'll have their hands full with Vicoty Chepngeno who has the US all-comers record. New US citizen Teshome Mekonen headlines for the Americans.
In our weekly recap, we break down Parker Valby's NCAA title chances and the top-notch Amsterdam Marathon where Almaz Ayana and Genzebe Dibaba made history.
A 51-year-old Letsrun visitor recently dropped his second son off at college. Rather than buy an expensive car or be forced to pick up golf, his mid-life crisis is to try to get back in shape and bust 5 at age 50+. Can the former 4:12 miler do it? Rojo and JK have agreed to coach him and chronicle the quest on the SC forum.
And have the Kenyans found a new super drug? Kipyokei is one of 10 athletes in the last two years to test positive for the same substance, triamcinolone acetonide, a drug once used by Lance Armstrong and Brad Wiggins. Why are they suddenly all testing positive for it now?
Allegations regarding the Huntington University track and field team where Nick Johnson used to coach and his wife Lauren Johnson now coaches continue to come out thanks to the great reporting by David Woods and continue to get more grim. Two national champions for Huntington claim their coach gave them unknown injections and have asked that their national titles be invalidated. One claims she was raped by Nick. Police reports show Nick, who had already pled guilty to a felony after admitting to impersonating a University of Oregon staffer so he could take a teen recruit on a trip where the teen told police many sexual acts took place, has admitted to having sex with two other athletes and his wife admitted she didn’t tell anyone at Huntington as she didn’t want them to lose their jobs. She’s now the head coach. If that’s not bad enough, there are now allegations of PED usage. Did PEDs cause the Johnsons to leave the Oregon Track Club?
Long before Eliud Kipchoge was running 2:01:09 in the marathon he was running 10 minute miles with a former Boston Marathon champion.
The series used the elites to build themselves up as the majors in our sport but now is forsaking the pros once the image is established. In the process, they just screwed Eliud Kipchoge out of $200,000 after the fact as the cut is effective immediately. Wow.
20-year-olds rarely win NCAA XC, but Jonathan Gault says Young and Tuohy will changing that in 2022.
NAU is loaded once again. But so is Stanford, and OSU should be dangerous on its home course. Who will win it all in '22?
NC State loses two of its top five but could still be better than they were in 2021.
Frank Shorter joined us for a fascinating talk about his 1972 Olympic gold, his training, the massacre at the 1972 Olympics, Steve Prefontaine's snow skiing abilities and a lot more.
Shorter was asleep on the balcony of his Olympic Village apartment when he heard the first gunshots. Why was sleeping out there? Ask Dave Wottle.
The Trials were supposed to be awarded by July 14. USATF's Adam Schmenk told us why that decision has been delayed.
And he ran his marathon PB to boot.
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.
The new and improved LetsRun.com forum is here. Read about the new features. Or just check them out yourself.
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.