From her Diamond League double in 2018 to her Olympic triple in 2021 to her London Marathon heroics, Hassan creates excitement wherever she goes. On this week's podcast, we debated if she is the female GOAT (video above).
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Is Hassan the GOAT? What about Kiptum? Should Noah Lyles panic? How good is Issam Asinga?
On The Boards
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Penn Relays and Drake Relays Are This Weekend
- Walt Murphy's Penn Relays Preview The UW 4 x mile team is so good they have a 3:52 guy as an alternate, but will they even beat Oklahoma State in a race where 6 teams have a sub-16:00 4-man average? Plus On is a sponsor so the OAC pros are running.
*MB: Penn Relays 2023 - Official Discussion Thread
*MB:Who is Beating OLE MISS at Penn in DMR and possibly in 4x800?!? - Weekend Preview: Venerable Collegiate Records In Danger At Penn Relays UW is out of the men's DMR where Arkansas' 9:20 record from 1989 could be in jeopardy. Will 16:03 fall in the 4 x mile?
- 2023 Penn Relays Carnival: Full Day 1 Recap
- Harvard's Stephanie Ratcliffe breaks Franklin Field stadium record in hammer 70.59m (231' 7")
- Ryan Crouser surpasses 200 all-time 22m throws with 3 over 22m at Drakencluding 22.42 It was part of an indoor male-female team competition won by Tripp Piperi and Maggie Ewen. Chase Ealey threw 19.54m.
- Dowling Catholic senior Jackson Heidesch hopes to be 1st Iowan HSer under 4-minutes at Drake Relays The Duke signee won NBIN in 4:02.
- 10 Elite Storylines To Follow At Drake Relays On Wednesday Ryan Crouser will try to re-break his indoor shot put WR after World Athletics didn't count his mark from February.
- 10 College/University Storylines to Follow at Drake Relays 2023 Arkansas coach Lance Harter is there for the last time as head coach.
- Illinois alums share their memories of the legendary Gary Wieneke who coached UI from 1967 to 1983
- Stride Report's Penn Relays predicitons (sub required)
Brussel will have a 10,000
- Bashir Abdi will attack Mo Farah's 26:46.57 European record at Van Damme Memorial in Brussels on 8 September Also, Jakob I, Sydney M and Mondo will be there as well.
*MB: Sydney McLaughlin will actually run a Diamond League after Worlds!!! Confirmed for Brussels on Sept 8 - Some in France are saying they will sign up to be volunteers for Olympics and they will purposely not show up to try to screw up the Olympics.
- Body of Japan-based Kenyan athlete, 20-year old Cynthia Wanjiku Mbair, expected back home next week She died of cancer. Back in 2018, she won the 1500 and 3000 at the Japanese HS champs and ran 4:10/8:49 at age 16.
- Are carbon fiber super shoes causing increased stress fractures?
Kelvin Kiptum = Kipchoge 2.0?
- Kelvin Kiptum won London wearing Nike but it was widely reported he signed with Qiaodan Sports in February You can see a picture of him wearing the Qiaodan Sports gear earlier this year. Qiaodan Sports reps are reportedly irate and showed up in London. Qiaodan Sports got its start by ripping off the Michael Jordan logo.
*MB: Kelvin Kiptum signs with Qiaodan sports!?
*MB: Kelvin Kiptum signed with Qiaodan, ran in Nike - Can Kelvin Kiptum was inspired to get into running as he's from Geoffrey Kamworor's village And he already beat his idol in London.
- MB: Martin Keino on Kelvin Kiptum: "I think he's Kipchoge 2.0."
- MB: What makes Kelvin kiptum so good?
Random Links We Found Interesting
- Former American 10,000 AR holder Mark Nenow (27:13) has a son Jacob (8:47 3200) and he's headed to Tennessee The link takes you a to a video podcast with both Nenows.
- Transgender athlete who ran in female category at London Marathon apologizes - or does she/he? 'I apologise for entering under the female category because I haven't had surgery yet....When Glen becomes Glenique and gets female genitalia she will enter as a female...I get it … I'm not a woman, I don't have a womb," said Glen/Glenique who ran NYC and Tokyo as a male. But Glen/Glenique also said in another article they "don't want to apologize." She/he sounds confused which makes sense. *Video interview mid-race
- Edwin Moses, Dave Wottle, Sonia O'Sullivan, Mike Conley, Michael Carter and Renaldo Nehemiah headline this year's USTFCCCA HOF Class
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Other Upcoming Action
- Pro track is heating up: Loaded sprint meet in Botswana is this weekend and DOHA DL opener is next week Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah vs world champ Shericka Jackson and Sha’Carri Richardson in the 200m. Marvin Bracy vs Ferdinand Omanyala in the 100m. Andre De Grasse is in the 200m.
- MB: The Women's 5000 at Track Fest is going to be 🔥🔥🔥 (May 6th in LA) Katelyn Tuohy, Emily Infeld, many more in a deep field.
- Shericka Jackson Vs Abby Steiner, Sha’Carri Richardson And Dina Asher-Smith Set For Doha DL 100m On May 5
- Top 10 Doha Wanda Diamond League We have to admit we barely remember most of these.
Pro News of Note
- From 4th at Spanish Champs To 1st At Euros, Adrian Ben Finally Has A Medal and It's Golden Despite the gold, Spain's first Olympic 800 finalist is still considering a move up to the 1500
- Jenn Suhr Joins Her Alma Mater - Roberts Wesleyan University - As A Coach The 2012 Olympic pole vault champ is now in the NCAA DII ranks
USATF 1 Mile Road Championships
Hiltz won over US 1,500 champ Sinclaire Johnson (4:28.70) and freshman NAIA champion Addy Wiley (4:30.94).
Drug / Ban News
- Tara Davis-Woodhall Stripped Of Her US Indoor Long Jump Title After Testing Positive For Marijuana She served a one month ban that ended last week.
*MB: Whaaaa… Tara Davis served 1 month suspension for marijuana - Albanian Officials Banned For Falsifying Long Jumper Izmir Smajlaj's Results To Qualify Him For Tokyo Olympics The officials falsified wind measurement readings on his 8.16m jump, although Smajlaj himself was cleared of being part of the conspiracy.
- Help Keep The Sport Clean: The AIU Is Hiring
Catching Up On Recent Results
- World Athletics Track Round-Up: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson Ran A World Leading 10.82 To Win Her First 100m Race Of The Year At MVP Velocity Fest In Jamaica At the Virginia Challenge, US’s world champion Brooke Andersen moved to third on the women’s hammer all-time list with 79.80m.
- Kenyans Bernard Koech (2:04:09) And Dorcas Tuitoek (2:20:09) Win Hamburg Marathon Ethiopia's Tiruye Mesfin had a minute lead at one point, but faded badly at the end and even fell down around 300m from the finish. She was able to hold onto 2nd place in 2:20:18.
- USATF Track Round-Up: Devon Allen Returns To Track After First NFL Season With 100m (10.34) And 110H (13.39w) Wins At The Navy Sprint Invy At the Michael Johnson Invy, Christian Coleman won the 200m in 20.11 while Abby Steiner won the women's race in 22.30 (also runner-up in the 100m with 11.19).
- Japan Weekend Track Round-Up: 19-Year-Old Richard Etir Runs 27:06.88 Collegiate 10,000m Record At Nittai University Time Trials 10 men went under 28-minutes. Judy Jepngetich won the women's 3000m in 8:53.98.
- LSU's Godson Oghenebrume Ran A Wind-Aided 9.97 To Beat Out A Field That Included World Silver Medalist Marvin Bracy At LSU Home Meet Texas A&M's Lamara Distin cleared 1.95m in the HJ. That's the 10th best performance in collegiate history (Distin has five of the all-time top-10 marks). *Results
- Kenyans Samwel Mailu (2:05:08) And Magdalyne Masai (2:24:12) Win Vienna City Marathon
- Tatum David Breaks Illinois 3200m Record With Solo 9:48.94 Her 3,200 time converts to about 9:52.3 for 2 miles, which puts her #8 on the prep all-time list.
Upcoming Action Later This Summer
- Indoor 3000m WR Holder Lamecha Girma Announced For Ostrava Golden Spike 1500m On June 27 100H WR holder Tobi Amusan was also announced for the meet.
- 10 Athletes To Watch Ahead Of The European Under-23 Champs In July Keely Hodgkinson will actually be competing at this meet, but in the 400m.
RIP
Douglas won long jump bronze at the 1948 London Games.
- Ukrainian Olympic And European Long Jump Champion Vira Krepkina Dies At Age-90 She competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning LJ gold at the 1960 Rome Games.
- 45-Year-Old Dies On Way Home After Running London Marathon In 2:53
Admin News
- IOC Official Warns Ukraine Government They Are Going Too Far By Threatening Athlete Funding The Ukraine government is threatening to deny athletes funding if they compete in events with athletes from Russia or Belarus.
- Beijing Bidding To Host 2027 World Championships Beijing last hosted Worlds in 2015
- World Athletics Publishes Qualification System For 2024 World Indoor Champs Athletes can qualify by hitting the standard, winning the World Athletics World Indoor Tour or based on world rank.
- Dobromir Karamarinov Re-Elected As European Athletics President He will serve for the next four years from 2023 to 2027.
- Expert Predicts Threat Of Cyber Attacks At Paris 2024 Is Eight To Ten Times Greater Than At Tokyo He claims this is due to the war in Ukraine.
- AP: First Tokyo Olympic Bribery Verdict Ends With No Jail Time (Offenders Get Suspended Jail Sentence)
- AP: European Lawmakers Urge IOC To Ban Russia, Belarus From Paris Olmpics
More From London
- Mo Farah On Last Marathon: “If it wasn’t for the crowd, at some point I would have dropped out. That’s what kept me going. ...Part of me wanted to cry..."
*Mo Farah Says His Last Race As A Pro Will Be September's Great North Run Half-Marathon He'll also race the Great Manchester 10k in May.
- Nike Dominates London Marathon Super Shoe Race Vaporflys and Alphaflys took the top-2 in both races with adidas' super shoes getting 3rd.
- RW: 5 Things Sifan Hassan "Got Wrong" On Her Way To Winning London She didn't practice fueling and stopped to stretch twice during the race.
- 2022 London Marathon Winner Amos Kipruto Discharged From Hospital After Collapsing With 2k To Go In Sunday's Race
- Sifan Hassan On Pre-London Thoughts: “When I woke up this morning I was telling myself I was stupid to run a marathon, and what is wrong with me. I was so scared I even cried. And when I talked to my manager I asked him: ‘Why am I doing this?’”
- MB: 59 yo - Second American woman at London (2:45)
NCAA Rankings
- Men's Top-4 Teams Remain Unchanged In Updated NCAA Rankings; Arkansas At #1 Texas Tech, Tennessee and Alabama are 2-4.
- No Changes To Women's Top-8 Ranked NCAA Teams With Texas At #1 Florida, Arkansas and Oregon are ranked 2-4.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks Of The Week
Crazy High School Sprinting
With a 2.6 m/s tailwind, Asinga ran the fastest all-conditions prep time, beating Lyles' 9.92. High schooler Adaejah Hodge won the women's 100m in 11.12 and the 200m in a wind-aided 22.76.
In one of the most stunning performances in marathoning history, mile world record holder Sifan Hassan came from behind to win her marathon debut in London over arguably the greatest field ever assembled. Should we immediately declare her the GOAT women's distance running?
On a day when the conditions caused all of the other top male and female competitors to slow down and run positive splits, Kelvin Kiptum recorded the fastest half-marathon split in history during his second half and won by nearly three minutes. He certainly looks like the future WR holder and he's never lost a marathon. He was SPRINTING all out at the end despite destroying everyone.
Japan Road Results
- Amos Kurgat (60:20) And Dolphine Omare (68:18) Win Gifu Seiryu Half In Japan Three-time Olympic champ and all-time great Tirunesh Dibaba (now 37-years-old) was 3rd in 69:57.
- Kento Nishi (2:10:01) And Haruna Takano (2:42:44) Win Nagano Marathon In Japan
Oregon Relays - Ireland's 1985 World Record Lives On
Only one of the Ex-Duck All-Stars even broke 4:00 - Matt Centrowitz (4:04.34), Charlie Hunter (4:00.58), Sam Prakel (3:59.46) and Johnny Gregorek (4:03.45). 16:07.83, well short of the 15:49.08 record by Ireland from 1985.
*MB: Centro 4xMile WR Attempt Falls Short
- MB: AARON SAHLMAN 4 FLAT He ran 4:00.30 finishing 4th in the race won by Johnny Gregorek in 3:58.44.
- DyeStat Recap: Brooks Beasts Run New World Best In Mixed 4x800m At Oregon Relays 7:47.94 with splits of 1:48.88, 2:05.6, 1:49.1 and 2:04.4.
- Tyrone Gorze Wins Oregon Relays Boys 2-Mile In 8:46.50 The time was 5-seconds short of Steve Prefontaine's Oregon record that still stands from 1969.
*MB: Prefontaine's Oregon HS 2-Mile Record Still Stands
More Track Action
- MB: Outdoor 800 PR for Cooper Teare @ Payton Jordan (1:47.63) He finished 2nd, .01 behind Texas' Crayton Carrozza.
- Skylyn Webb Wins Payton Jordan 1500m In 4:06.73 (Fastest Time By An American This Year)
- MB: Aleia Hobbs 10.86 (+1.8) WL at LSU Alumni Gold, Tamara Davis runs 10.89 for 2nd
- MB: Gary Martin 1500M PR- 3:39.53 for 2nd at Virginia Challenge Ole Miss' Anthony Camerieri won the race in 3:38.34.
- Argentina’s Federico Bruno (13:11.57) And Venezuela’s Joselyn Brea (15:05.56) Win Payton Jordan 5000m In South American Records OSU's Isai Rodriguez won the 10,000m in 28:20.93.
- MB: Katelyn Tuohy vs Klosterhalfen at Wake Forrest Invite - Koko wins in 4:06 at Kately Tuohy is top collegian at 4:08 in third Athanis Kioko won the men's race in 3:36.58. *Results
- MB: Graham Blanks 13:24 WF Invite 5k
Boston Leftovers
- Interesting Read: Eliud Kipchoge Boston Marathon Running Form Analysis Running form expert Jae Gruenke writes about how she noticed Kipchoge's left leg issue during the race and thinks the way he responded to it show why he may have many more good races left in his career.
- 77-Year-Old Sets Women's Record For Most Consecutive Boston Marathons She ran 5:40:37 to finish her 37th consecutive Boston.
- MB: 75-year old woman ran 3:33 for marathon in Boston. Just 6 weeks after running 3:31
Sponsorship / Training Group Updates
- MB: First Koko, now Jessica Hull leaves UAC Hull is moving back home to Australia.
- 3:52 Miler (13:27 5k) Kieran Lumb Signs Pro Deal With On Running
More London News
- Eilish McColgan Pulls Out Of London With Knee Injury, But Reveals Organizers Might Not Have Let Her Race Anyway She says she was told there was a clash between a London Marathon sponsor and her sponsor, Science in Sport.
*MB: Eilish McColgan not allowed to run London due to conflicting sponsors
*MB: Update: Eilish McColgan OUT of 2023 London Marathon - Eliud Kipchoge Will Be The Official Starter At The London Marathon
- 2:17 Marathoner Sheila Chepkirui Secured A Late Entry After Visa Issues Kept Her From Making It To Boston
- Geoffrey Kamworor: "I've been training a lot and I feel I'm in the best form ever to deliver the title. ...I'm not going to let Kenyans down because they deserve this win."
- What Celebrities Are Running The London Marathon? Includes Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of Mumford and Sons.
- 10 Guinness World Records Being Attempted At The 2023 London Marathon Mostly random costume records including fastest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume.
Kipchoge speaks
Kipchoge said the issue began to bother him around 30K, which is exactly when he was dropped from the lead pack.
- ESPN.com: 'Marathon is like life': How record-holder Eliud Kipchoge is reacting to Boston setback amid historic run "Life has ups and downs all the time, so what I meant was that yesterday [Monday] was a challenge where I couldn't push like I'm used to. But we slept, we woke up and we live to fight another day."
There is a new king of the marathon and his name is Evans Chebet. Eliud Kipchoge, what's next for him?
Hellen Obiri bided her time and then struck to pull away from a star-studded women's lead pack that included American Emma Bates.
The GOAT took it out hard (14:17 at 5k, 62:19 at half) but fizzled late and finished 6th in 2:09:23. Where does he go from here?
Bates led much of the race and ran a huge 2:22:10 pb to finish as top American and back up her big pre-race talk.
Boston Talk
Recap and analysis coming. More Boston discussion below.
- Kipchoge Goes Home Devastated!!!
- Emma Bates appreciation thread
- Connor Mantz, 11th, 2:10:25, 3rd American - Are you giving Mantz a pass for his Boston result today?
- Kipchoge NOT the best of all time
- Emma Bates Ran 2:17, 5:00, 11:00 in High School
- Will Kipchoge run Boston next year? He has got to have a bad taste in his mouth over this debacle!
- Chad Hall on 2:04 pace! 29:32 at 10k
Doping Polls are Baaack!
When track and field fans walk into a bar or go on a run, doping is often the topic of conversation. With that in mind, we want your thoughts on which current track and field stars you think are clean and which you think are dirty.
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We didn't see this one coming
The Kiwi star, who had expressed his frustration with the amount of doping in the sport in 2016, was banned for 8 years after testing positive for EPO and "providing false documentation in his defence" as Robertson allegedly provided fake documents showing he went to a hospital for a Covid-19 vaccine but got EPO instead.
The Latest LRC Content
Brazier isn't currently running as Jonathan Gault has learned Brazier had to get a follow-up surgery in February (his 3rd surgery in 20 months) following surgery to correct a Haglund's deformity in July 2022.
Doping Polls are Back
One of the worst things about track and field is you're not sure what you're watching is real. We polled you whether you think the world records are dirty or clean.
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.
How do you explain the ridiculous indoor distance times?
Are all the fast times merely a product of supershoes? Or is it something more? We spoke to coaches Dathan Ritzenhein, Jason Vigilante and Dave Smith to figure it out.
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.
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."
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.
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
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Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
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