- New Irish 1500 record holder Andrew Coscoran is seeded 3rd in 1500 - can he medal? Ingebrigtsen and Gourley are 1-2.
- Fastest U-23 Irishman in history - Darragh McElhinney (7:42.86 / 13:17.17) is ready for Euro indoors
- Olympic champ Marcell Jacobs has lost several times indoors, can he bounce back at Euros?
- Strong opposition awaits Thiam and Mayer in the combined events
- Two years ago, Keely Hodgkinson went into European indoors as the #1 seed but was relatively unknown. Not anymore.
Archived Homepage For March 02, 2023
Archived Homepage For March 02, 2023
2023 Euros Start Thursday
News From the Commonwealth
- MB: Ridiculous: UK Athletics may stop sending full teams to the Olympics, will focus on 'heavy hitters' Memo to all British administrators. Sending people happy to make the Games doesn't impact your medal chances. Mo Farah won plenty of golds when there were several Brits happy to be there way behind him.
- MB: Kenyans supposedly run 9.81 and 9.94 (Omanyala & Imeta). Legit or not?
- Toni Minichiello, former coach Jessica Ennis-Hill, accused of breaching lifetime ban Minichiello said he was at two track events as a fan but fired back, "In any event, I have not been banned from coaching. As my press release of last year highlights, the panel appointed by UK Athletics did not have jurisdiction to issue such a sanction.”
- Adidas VP visits late Agnes Tirop’s grave and home Jeniffer Thomas, the vice-president for global sports marketing for running, made the trip to Nandi County.
On The Boards
On The Boards
Random
- Tokyo Maraton is this weekend and Cam Levins will be racing seeking new national record
- Former 1500/3k WR holder Phyllis Perkins has died at 89 Guess what her 1500 WR was in 1956? 4:35
- Grant Holloway and Neil Gourley are amongst the winners of a wild-card to 2024 World Indoors for winning 2023 World Indoor Tour
- 2024 World Indoors in Glasgow will take place in 364 days
- Timeline: Women’s Running takes a look at the watershed moments in women’s running history From Oprah running a marathon to Flojo to Zola Budd, they've got you covered.
- USATF 100-mile champs are Saturday and 5 80+ year olds will be racing There is a free live stream. *Race & stream info
- NC HS team runs 8:48 to smash state 4 x 800 record in outdoor opener That's the fastest time in the country since 2014. Next up? Indoor nationals.
This Week's Pod
It was a crazy fast and wacky week of track and field and we break it down and joined by Jacob Thomson, the guy who packed his bags with no sponsor and moved to Flagstaff at the end of 2020. Now he's a US national champion.
NCAAs are next weekend
Also Parker Valby, who didn't run SECs, is entered in the 3K, while Georgia phenom Will Sumner just made it in the 800. Plus find out what it took to make the meet. *Accepted entries: Men & Women
Texas' and Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke has alread surpassed her 2023 400 goals but now realizes a lot more is to come “Even though I do run 50.4 and 50.3, I don’t feel like I was at max capacity. I finish the race and I feel fine, so I definitely do feel there’s a big jump to come.”
On The Boards:
- NCAA D1 Declarations are in - Tuohy is in 3k/5k. UW enters 6 in mile.
- NCAA top 16 improvements men distance
- UVA No Longer Hosting 2023 NCAA XC Nationals? That's what their email today said
- Parker Valby wants the 3k title and goes all in
- Katelyn Tuohy surpasses Matthew Boling as the most popular NCAA runner
Our Weekly REcap
In this week's weekly recap, we give out some love to Elija Godwin, Rhasidat Adeleke, Talitha Diggs, Will Sumner, Julien Alfred, Katelyn Tuohy, Neil Gourley, Keely Hodgkinson, Andrew Coscoran, Luke McCann, Jacob Thomson, and Aliphine Tuliamuk. Plus we wonder what's up with Parker Valby and Molly Seidel and introduce you to Cornell senior Perry Mackinnon who PRd on the track, ran world xc and then PRd on the track on 3 straight weekends.
Sprint / Field Event News
- DyeStat: WWE's Search For Talent Includes College Track And Field Athletes A tryout with 50 recruited college grads in 2022 was whittled down to 14 who were offered contracts. Of the 14, five were former NCAA track athletes.
- GB Sprinter Adam Gemili Considered Quitting Track And Going Back To Soccer After Poor Performance At 2022 World Champs "I sat down with my family and friends and we decided I've still got a lot more I want to give in this sport. ...I'm finding that love again. I don't make any money out of the sport, I'm not sponsored, but I love it. I've been in the sport a long time and there's still a lot I want to achieve."
- RIP Two-Time Olympic Pole Vault Champ Bob Richards, 97 Richards was the oldest living Olympic track and field gold medalist.
- World Athletics Profile On Bahamian Hurdles Star Devynne Charlton The Commonwealth Games silver medalist wants to medal in Budapest after finishing only 7th in Eugene last year.
Distance News Of Note
- Good Read: World Athletics Profile On Sintayehu Vissa's Journey From An Ethiopian Orphanage To The Italian Countryside To A Florida Sprinter To A Pro Distance Runner The 2022 NCAA 1500m champ has gone through many transformations and now the OAC runner is hoping for a medal at Euro Indoor Champs.
- MB: Konstanze Klosterhalfen Leaves Nike Union Athletics Club
- NY Times Profile On Masterclass Pacer Erik Sowinski: "Meet the Runner Who Leads Every Pack and Then Vanishes" Talking about his transition from competitor to pacer Sowinski said, “I think it’s a little more enjoyable for my mother. When I used to race, she would show up to my meets and be too nervous to even watch. Now, she sort of knows what will happen.”
*MB: Erik Sowinski Needs To Up The Drip. Update Sowinski gets huge NY Times profile!! - 98-Year-Old Betty Lindberg Breaks Her Own Age-Group 5k Record With 59:06 At USATF Masters Champs “I always say I’m never going to do it again. I guess I just don’t know any better. As soon as I get across that finish line, all the aches and pains just disappear.”
More Euro Champs Previews
- Athletics Weekly: Neil Gourney Going For Gold In Istanbul After Setting British 1500m Record He says if Jake Wightman was able to beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen, then why not him?
- Laura Muir Looking To Add To Her Gold Medal Collection At Euro Champs She won double gold (1500m/3000m) in 2017 and 2019.
- More Confident And More Experienced, Belgium's Tibo De Smet Poised To Challenge For 800m Gold In Istanbul He is #1 in Europe this season with 1:45.04.
- Spain's Oscar Husillos Not Settling For Second Place Behind Karsten Warholm In Euro Champs 400m Warholm has ran 45.31 this season and Husillos 45.58.
- Women's Sprints: Femke Bol Looking To Retain Her 400m And 4x400 Titles In Istanbul
- Men's Sprints: Olympic Champions Marcell Jacobs And Karsten Warholm Highlight Sprint Action At Euro Champs Jacobs is vulnerable after suffering a shock 60m defeat at Italian Champs.
NCAA Rankings / Discussion
- Arkansas Men Remain Ranked #1 Two Weeks Ahead Of NCAA Champs Washington, Florida and Texas Tech are ranked 2-4.
- Texas Women Keep #1 Ranking Ahead Of NCAA Indoor Champs Florida, Arkansas and Oregon are ranked 2-4.
- MB: Addy Wiley attempting the QUINTUPLE at NAIA Nationals! She is entered in the 600m, 800m, mile, 3000m, and the DMR.
- MB: Is Parker Valby in the transfer portal?
- MB: Haverford Runner Leaves Team After Allegation of Sexual Assault, No Charges Brought, Sues to Get Back on Team
- DyeStat: Legendary Arkansas Women's Coach Honored With Lance Harter Track At Randal Tyson Track Center Harter is in his final season before retiring.
- Event-By-Event NCAA Top-10 Marks Of The Week
Other Recent Distance Results
- Ethiopians Hailemaryam Kiros (2:06:01) And Helen Bekele Tola (2:22:16) Break Course Records To Win Osaka Marathon Kiros beat out Uganda's Victor Kiplangat by just 2-seconds. Four Japanese men broke 2:08 including LRC favorite and former Boston Marathon winner Yuki Kawauchi.
*MB: Yuki Kawauchi runs 2:07:35 in Osaka - Ben Bruce Wins USATF Masters 5k Championships By Almost A Minute In 15:07 Jennifer Pesce won the women's race in 17:49.
- Andrew Coscoran Broke Ray Flynn's 41-Year-Old Irish 1500m Record With 3:33.49 In Birmingham
- Japan National Cross Country Champs Recap
- Recaps: Scottish, Welsh And Northern Ireland XC Champs
- Japan Running News' Weekend Distance Recap
- James Kingston And Sarah Astin Win English National XC Champs
European Champs Are This Weekend In Instanbul
- Can Anyone Stop Jakob Ingebrigtsen In The 1500m And 3000m In Istanbul?
- Are GB's Laura Muir And Keely Hodgkinson Unbeatable In The 1500m/800m At Euro Champs?
- Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou (LJ) And Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo (TJ) Among Field Event Stars At Euro Indoor Champs
- Germany’s World LJ Champ Malaika Mihambo, Ukraine HJer Yaroslava Mahuchikh, And Portugal TJer Patricia Mamona In The Spotlight For Euro Champs Field Events
Sunday In Boston
Updated with interviews from Beamish, Cooper Teare, Joe Waskom, and Sinclaire Johnson. In other action, Sinclaire Johnson ran a huge 3k pb and Ellie Shea just missed Katelyn Tuohy's 3k HS record.
USATF Half Champs
(link updated) The men's race was super close with Thomson winning by one second over Leonard Korir and Futsum Zienasellassie who were both timed at 62:39. The top five were separated by only 5 seconds. In the women's race Tuliamuk beat Lauren Paquette by 14 seconds; Molly Seidel was 8th in 1:13:08. *Discuss
More Distance News
- Ethiopia’s Emane Seifu Hayile Breaks Women's Only 50k World Record With 3:00:20 At The Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon In South Africa She wasn't far off the outright WR of 2:59:54. South Africa’s Tete Dijana won the men’s race in 2:39:04 (#2 all-time).
- Connor Burns Is The Fifth HS Indoor Sub-4 Miler With 3:59.11 at the BU Last Chance Meet
- France's Yann Schrub And Ethiopia's Likina Amebaw Win Almond Blossom XC In Porgutal
WA World Indoor Tour Concludes in Birmingham on Sat
Tsegay missed the WR by only .09. The British w60, w800 and m1500 records fell as Gourley took down Josh Kerr and others to win the 1500 points title and book his ticket to 2024 World Indoors as Holloway crushed Roberts.
NCAA Conference Weekend
- MB: Duke literally dropped the baton inches away from finish line and loses ACC team title as a result (video) Please watch the video above (it is set to start on final lap). Duke was inches away from its first outright ACC indoor crown - all they had to was finish 6th in the 4 x 400 - and they were in 1st, until...
- MB: Katelyn Tuohy wins 3k at ACCs and gets a standing ovation from the crowd
- Texas' Julien Alfred Lowers Collegiate 60m Record To 6.97 (#8 On The World All-Time List)
- Florida's Talitha Diggs Takes Home American And Collegiate Indoor 400m Record At SEC Champs Georgia’s Elija Godwin ran a world-leading 44.75 to win the 400. Florida’s Jasmine Moore swept the women’s long jump and triple jump.
- Rhasidat Adeleke Smashed Her Irish 400m Record With 50.33 Victory At Big 12 Champs
- Arkansas Men And Women Sweep SEC Indoor Titles This was the men's 4th straight conference win and the 9th for the women.
- MB: ACC Indoors Discussion 2023
- MB: Tuohy runs crazy 4:23 anchor leg for NC State but still not enough for DMR title. Tuohy is very good. *Tuohy race video
- MB: Freshman Isaiah Givens (Colorado) runs 3:55.99 mile
- Mississippi State's Cameron Crump (8.39m), Florida's Jasmine Moore (6.91m) Rule The Runway With SEC Long Jump Titles Both jumpers put themselves #2 in the world this year.
- MB: Parker Wolfe - what were you thinking? Top 5 ACC 5k runners score out of slow heat
- NAU Men And Women Sweep Big Sky Indoor Champs
- USTFCCCA Conference Champs Highlights
- MB: 2023 Ivy indoor heps discussion thread
- MB: SEC Indoor Championships thread
- MB: SEC coaches don’t care
- MB: Big XII Indoor Discussion thread
- MB: Big Sky Entries
More Results: Mondo does it again - 6.22 WR in France!!
He got over the bar on his third attempt to set the sixth world record of his career.
*MB: No threads for Duplantis's new world record today?
- Commonwealth Games Champ Ferdinand Omanyala Runs 9.86 100m World Lead In Kenya
*MB: Omanyala runs World-Leading 9.86 in the heats in Kenya
Jakob 2.0?
He narrowly missed becoming the youngest sub-4 miler in history as he's only 9 days older than Ingebrigtsen was when he did it in 2017.
Training Talk
There is a new scientific paper out looking at the training of Marius Bakken, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and the Olympic and Ironman triathlon champs.
Madrid World Indoor Tour Gold
(Updated with interviews and race video) Nuguse went out fast, then let Mo Katir take the lead before crushing him late, 3:33.69 to 3:34.62. Grant Fisher was 5th in an outright pb of 3:34.99, good enough to move him to #5 on the all-time US list. Remember the altitude is worth just over 2 seconds. *Full Race Replay
*MB: Official 2023 Madrid World Indoor Tour Live Discussion Thread
*MB: Yared Nuguse 3.33.69 Madrid
*Fisher is BAAACK 3:34.99 PB at altitude
*WA Madrid recap Daniel Roberts almost broke Grant Holloway's world lead.
Madrid Video
Madrid Video
CRAZY World XC
CRAZY World XC
Beatrice Chebet, Jacob Kiplimo, and the sport of cross country were the big winners Down Under as Letesenbet Gidey was meters away from a win, collapsed and was DQd after her coach ran out on the course. *Video of Gidey
- LRC 9 thoughts on a terrific day in Bathurst
- LRC Emma Coburn takes Team USA from 10th to 5th "I found it to be incredibly rewarding and so much fun, and I was saying to the guys, if I get invited back ever again, I’m saying hell yes," said Coburn.
Ellie Shea led the Americans to their first-ever U20 girls medal as she finised in 10th and they had 4 in the top 19.
The US junior team executed a great race across the board and ended up with the bronze, its first medal since 1982.
Indoors
USATF Indoors
Sam Prakel made the most of USA indoors, 11 new champions were crowned, and Aleia Hobbs ran really fast.
Crouser WR
"I wasn’t expecting to throw a lifetime personal best, but I guess for me sometimes when I have high expectations, I tend to get a little bit tight. I was loose and relaxed and I connected on that ball with a feeling that I really haven’t had in, in the past," said Crouser. Video of throw above.
The Aussies won only the 4th Australia medal ever at World xc and were pumped to do so as Kenya took the gold. *WA Recap
World XC MB Chatter
- Official Discussion Thread
- OMG - Gidey COLLAPES meters from finish while leading World XC, Chebet gets the win
- Leo Young leads USA to bronze
- Jakob miles ahead of Kiplimo
- Does this mean Kiplimo now wins gold on the track?
- Kenya at 2023 Bathurst World cross country championships: 6 gold medals
- cross country relays 2 km split world champs 2023
- Jonathan Gault- thank you and I hope you enjoyed your time in Bathurst
- Who finishes lower: Leo Young or Irene Riggs?
Post-Race Interviews From Bathurst
We also were able to talk to women's champ Beatrice Chebet, Ednah Kurgat (18th),Weini Kelati (21st), Ky Robinson (23rd), and the mixed relay teams from Australia (3rd) and USA (5th) before being forced to evacuate as a crazy storm rolled in. *All interviews here.
Craziness Down Under. 2 videos of the chaos at the finish. *Video
Another Day, Another AR for Nuguse
Nuguse's 3:33.22 en route split was faster than Bernard Lagat's 3:33.34 from 2005.
Meet the Best of LetsRun
We recap the winners of our NCAA XC contest. We had trouble tracking down one of them but they've got cool stories and win Coros Pace 2 watches.
Woody Speaks
Woody Kincaid is charting his own path in the running world for the first time as a professional. He opens up why he left Bowerman, his desire for American records, and a lot more including Shelby Houlihan.
Nuguse Dreaming of Olympic Gold
Yared Nuguse surprised the world by getting one American record last weekend. By the time, the winter is over, he may have 3. Nuguse joined the LRC podcast to talk about his dreams, goals, training with the OAC, and his unorthodox start in the sport.
The Latest LRC Exclusive
On Athletics Club head coach Dathan Ritzenhein talked to LetsRun.com about a great weekend for his club and how they are exceeding his wildest expectations.
Paywall lifted
Kincaid says BTC coach Jerry Schumacher advised him not to leave the team but Kincaid told him, "Hey, I can do this and I think it's what I have to do."
The LRC Rankings
Some picks were easy (Eliud Kipchoge in the marathon), others were impossible. Here's where we ranked the world's best distance runners in 2022.
Some choices for World #1 were easy (Athing Mu in the 800, Faith Kipyegon in the 1500), others much tougher. Find out where we ranked all your favorites in 2022.
We Look Back At 2022s Highs Month By Month
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
Merry XMAS - Paywall lifted
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.
Rojo and Mara Yamauchi Editorial
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.
Trials Awarded
What will the course be like? What type of weather can we expect? We break it down for you.
Kipchoge loving the LetsRun Shirt in Berlin
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
