In 2022, Simpson parted ways with sponsor New Balance, rehabbed a serious injury, and had to rebuild her home after a devastating fire. On Sunday, she makes her half-marathon debut in Houston.
*RRW Q&A Jenny Simpson In Advance Of Her Half-Marathon Debut In Houston
TFN catches up with Kersee who in addition to coaching is working to promote the LA Grand Prix.
Speaking of LA: Plans for a gondola ride to transport fans at the 2028 Olympics face an uncertain future "The seven-minute, 1.2-mile ride would ferry up to 5,000 people an hour from Union Station to Dodger Stadium in an attempt to reduce traffic."
A super Boston field just got even more super. Tanzania's Gabriel Geay (2:03:00), Brazil's Daniel Do Nascimento (2:04:51) and others including two top Americans join a field that already included Eliud Kipchoge, Evans Chebet, and Benson Kipruto.
Kessler opened 2023 with a win, NCAA 800 record holder Michael Saruni was suspended, and world 1500 champ Jake Wightman was outkicked by a 2:12 marathoner.
The race will take place in exactly on month (Feb. 11th) and it will be well worth the price of admission.
*MB: Wanamaker Mile is going to be hot.
NPR Interviews Lauren Fleshman About Women's Issues In Running and Her New Book "Good for A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World" She talks about puberty changes, weight gain/loss, and the transgender debate. Purchase the book here.
*MB: Lauren Fleshmen: NPR Interview
We break down the running world like no one else as the indoor circuit and turf heated up in 2023.
Doping is one of the dark sides of the sport and it's time to bring back our LetsRun.com Doping Polls. We explain why they are back and open up voting for the world records on the track.
The 2023 Boston Marathon will feature a RECORD 5 sub-2:18 women and 16 sub-2:21 women on its start line.
Previous 2023 Boston Coverage:
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Athing Mu, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen could all be interested in doubling up in Paris. We run the numbers to see how feasible each double/triple is. We've got good news - almost any double/triple you want to see is very doable.
He was among several Kenyans to be suspended. Others included 29:53 10,000m runner Alice Aprot and Kenyan HJ record holder Mathew Sawe.
*MB: Michael Saruni gets pinched
25 Kenyan athletes were sanctioned by the Athletics Integrity Unit or ADAK in 2022. We spoke to agents and AIU head Brett Clothier to figure out what's going on.
MMB shoved two mascots, punched another runner, and got DQ'd for excessive celebration but he remains the only man to win 3 Olympic steeple medals.
USATF, Bobby Kersee, and WebMD Unveil Details About First-Ever LA Grand Prix Track Festival Which Will Take Place May 27th The WA gold-level meet is being "designed as a no-holds-barred, maximum-energy celebration of the sport" and "will consist of a daytime international track meet and fan festival, and the USATF Legends Jam, a dazzling nighttime musical experience combining performances from renowned artists and appearances from some of the biggest legends in track and field." The USATF Distance Classic will be the next day. "“LA used to be the pinnacle of the track and field world – and we intend to reignite that passion in one of the largest and most successful running communities in the world,” said Kersee.
*Meet website with info on Legends Jam.
MB: Who needs an Iphone or Samsung? Eliud Kipchoge named Brand Ambassador for Tecno's Phantom X2 He says he likes how it's environmentally friendly.
Nation's #1 unsigned football recruit is Nyckoles Harbor says he's only signing with a school that lets him do football and track What a stud. Bigger than Randy Moss and with speed comparable to Tyreek Hill, there's a reason why we compared him to Usain Bolt last year.
*Harbor adds Oregon to his list of potential schools, will visit UO right before signing day “I feel like they also have the best of both worlds in terms of football and track," says Harbor who also is looking at Michigan, Maryland, South Carolina.
*MB: 6'5 225 lb HS junior Nyckoles Harbor- a 5 star DE recruit - runs 20.79 indoor 200 (#4 all-time US HS)
*MB: The largest 10.3 sprinter in history
Grant Fisher was amazing in 2022, but will he regret coming up short at Worlds down the line? Plus we recap a flurry of end of the year / beginning of the year road action.
Laura Muir is the favorite but she takes on US Champ Sinclaire Johnson plus Sage Hurta-Klecker, Josette Norris, and Nikki Hiltz.
We breakdown some great results out of the Ethiopian XC champs and other recent road races but our focus is on our 2022 Track and Field Trivia Quiz and our 2023 Bold Predictions.
Doug Binder remembers John Dye in a tribute on Dyestat, taking us back to a time when coaches tried to hide their results from other coaches. "He was calling coaches digging, and then begging, for information," Dye's wife, Donna, said. "Coaches back then didn't want their results to be seen, some of them kept them close to the vest. They were not necessarily shared."
World XC is looking to be AWESOME. Aregawi beat out world U20 3000m champ Tadese Worku by 9 seconds while Olympic 10,000m champ Selemon Barega finished back in 7th. Gidey dominated the women's race by 19-seconds, beating out defending champ Gete Alemayehu and World steeplechase bronze medalist Mekides Abebe.
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*RRW: Emily Sisson Returns To Aramco Houston Half-Marathon As Double American Record Holder
In the first one, Hoare beat out McSweyn (4:03.73 to 4:03.92) and McSweyn got revenge in the second race, 4:04.87 to 4:09.56. Neither of them were first over the line though as they lost to runners with large handicaps. *Race Video #1 *Race Video #2 (and embedded above)
In this week's Friday 15, we analyze which of 6 new WRs will last the longest (and shortest), we rave about McSweyn taking on Hoare in Tasmania, and talk about Chris Brasher's amazing life and Dick Pound's new drug testing idea. Plus is it inspiring or depressing that a former meth addict has run 2:16 in the marathon?
From "Poopgate" to the Abbott World Marathon Majors screwing over Eliud Kipchoge to Devon Allen's DQ to Max Siegel's salary, 2022 was a wild year on and off the track.
2022 was a year that saw Grant Fisher break out, Sydney McLaughlin explode, and Eliud Kipchoge break the WR (again). Here's what else stood out according to Jonathan Gault.
The Year's Not Over: Japensese New Year's Corporate Ekiden Will Be Broadcast at 7pm ET New Year's Eve - Watch It Live/Race Preview
In a decade, Valencia has gone from afterthought to host of some of the world's fastest races. How did the third-largest city in Spain emerge as a global capital of running? Jonathan Gault journeyed to Spain's Mediterranean coast to find out how.
A 17-year-old made an app that has a race calculator and uses AI to measure wear and tear on running shoes.
Coe didn't share full details about the new event but said a focus will be on prize money and keeping the spotlight on the stars during the off year of 2026.
Teshome Mekonen became a US citizen in August and beat Conner Mantz by a minute earlier this year at the NYC Half. Learn about his story from Tigray to Harlem.
For nearly 40 years, the NYC Marathon has been known for being a trailblazer that paid its male and female athletes the same prize money. Sadly, that changed on Sunday. Guess what sex dominated the new non-binary gender division at Sunday's 2022 New York City Marathon? Olympian Mara Yamauchi joins Robert Johnson in this guest column.
What will the course be like? What type of weather can we expect? We break it down for you.
The good news is the Brazilian star is recovering well after going to the hospital. His agent explains what he thinks happened.
Engels says he enjoyed his time with UAC but needed to train in a place where he either had consistent training partners or a coach with him every day.
Instead of just complaining about anti-doping it's time to try and do something about. Submit your best anti-doping proposals.
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?
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.
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.
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.
