(AI show notes below). Real ones to come, but timestamps are legit. Races, Records, and Controversies: Unveiling the Track World This episode dives into the fascinating world of track and field, starting with the triumphant outcomes at the London Marathon, showcasing victories by Peres Jepchirchir and Alexander Mutiso, and celebrating the remarkabl…

The 128th Boston Marathon is in the books and Sisay Lemma put on an exhibition the first 20 miles of the race and held on for the win as Hellen Obiri blasted the final 5 miles to win her battle with Sharon Lokedi. CJ Albertson joined the sub 2:10 club. What's up with the Kenyan and Ethiopian Olympic teams? Alicia Monson is out of the Olympics, what…

The Boston Marathon is here and Jon and Wejo are in Boston to break it down after Boston media day. Parker Valby has run 30:50 for 10,000m to smash the American record and LRC even reflects on the death of OJ Simpson. Join the Supporters Club todayWe're giving the first 10 minutes of this Supporters Club only pod to everyone. If you want the Boston…

The solar eclipse has come and gone but some things are still the same- controversy with USATF as they are not sending a team to the World Under 20 Championships this year. 69 boys went sub 9:00 for 3200 at Arcadia, Parker Valby is running a 10k, the Boston Marathon is almost here, and the Aussie Olympic Trials 1500 features Cam Myers, "Stewie" McS…

Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet repeated at World XC but what happened to Agnes Ngetich and Joshua Cheptegei? April Fools came and went and what were the craziest stories in the sport in the last year? And it's not an April Fools joke that a Texas A&M Aggie ran an NCAA leading 1:44:46 and may be a dark horse candidate at the Olympic Trials. Plus …

Rojo and Jon break down the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade Serbia which take place this Saturday. Jon will be there and Rojo won't be on hand to smoke cigarettes or chase gorillas. A nearly 26 year old high school record fell, Jerry Schumacher is actually racing his guys, and what is in store for track and field in the NIL era (…

We break down the TEN from California, debate Nico Youn and Matthew Centrowitz's Olympic chances amongst other things, and talk about Letsile Tebogo's 44:29 400m. If you missed the Noah Lyles and Lance Brauman talks they are now a standalone podcast here. LRC shirts at 26.52% off with code 2652 to celebrate the action at the TEN. Go to https://shop…

We're releasing out talk with Noah Lyles and his coach Lance Brauman which occurred at the end of last week's regular podcast as a stand along podcast. We've got 2 bonus clips with Lyles talking about who he fears in the 100 and Grant Holloway and the 4x4 (noted in the show notes below starting at 20:33) but besides that it is the same interview. L…

Noah Lyles, the 100m and 200m world champion, is our special guest at 82:23, along with his coach Lance Brauman at the 101:29 mark. We observed a day of training of their Pure Athletics group, after Noah returned from wrapping up a transformational season in the 60m at World Indoors where he won silver. Prior to that we wrap up the indoor season an…

The World Indoor Champs were a resounding success for the US distance runners and we give them one final look. Elle St. Pierre ran 8:20 for gold, Bryce Hoppel got gold and 5 more Americans took home medals, as Josh Kerr impressed and Geordie Beamish's kick got him gold. Eliud Kipchoge bombed in Tokyo. Will he make the Kenyan Olympic team? 42:04 Men…

The World Indoors are this weekend in Glasgow Scotland and LetsRun.com will be on site. We break down World Indoors before Dakotah Lindwurm, the breakout star from the US Olympic Marathon Trials, joins us at 76:19. World Indoors is loaded with Noah Lyles vs Christian Coleman at 60m, Josh Kerr vs Yared Nuguse vs Selemon Barega at 3000m, Cole Hocker …

Josh Kerr is running World Indoors vs Yared Nuguse and Selemon Barega. Cole Hocker was sublime in the 1500m at the USATF Champs. Are Kerr and Hocker favorites for Gold in Glasgow? Noah Lyles took down Christian Coleman, what does that do to his gold medal chances? Meanwhile Letsile Tebogo broke the 300m world record. We break it all down, pay our r…

The running world tragically lost one of its brightest lights, Kelvin Kiptum, the world record holder in the marathon, the man who in 10 months revolutionized how the marathon can be run, tragically passed away at the age of 24. We pay our respects. Then we turn to an amazing 2024 Millrose Games where Devynne Charlton started things off by breaking…

The Olympic Trials delivered, indoor track is really heating up and it's Millrose Week. Track and field historian Gary Corbitt joins us at 121:29 to talk about the historical impact of the Pioneer Club, one of the first integrated track and field clubs in America, and an exhibit at the New York Historical Society titled, Running for Civil Rights: T…

100% of the proceeds from Supporters Club memberships go to Jonathan Gault this week.https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe What an Olympic Trials. Fiona O'Keeffe delivered big time, Zach Panning made a run for glory and Conner Mantz and Clayton Young delivered. Dakotah Lindwurm made the Olympic team with American record holder Emily Sisson as Leonard K…

CORRECTION: USE CODE CLUB25 to save 25% for the Supporters Club for a year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe We breakdown the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials with a little BU 5000 talk at the end. We start by cattershooting the Trials a bit before doing a more formal men's preview at 35:07 and women at 65:39 with BU at 87:42 and the OAC at 92:36. …

Harvard cross country coach Alex Gibby joins us at 63:59 to discuss his training philosophy, rise in the sport, and of course NCAA Cross Country Champion Graham Blanks. Prior to that we break down this week's running news before having our Olympic Marathon Trials draft. Cooper Teare and Weini Kelati got the wins at US Cross. What does it mean for t…

The action heated up on the roads and the anticipations for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trails increased. Agnes Ngetich blasted a 28:46 10k to become the first woman under 29 minutes as a no-name woman followed her in 2nd, Weini Kelati ran 66:25 to break the American record in the half marathon, while Galen Rupp only ran 62:37. We break it all dow…

Grant Fisher joins us at 63:11 to talk about leaving Bowerman and racing Josh Kerr in the 2-mile at Millrose (tickets here). Prior to that a Donavan Brazier update, and a little Olympic Marathon Trials talk with Emma Bates pulling out and Paul Chelimo sending us a cryptic message. Want a 2nd podcast every week? A great super soft running shirt and …

The LetsRun.com crew plays a little 2023 trivia before making their 2024 Bold Predictions. What is on tap in 2024 for Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Yared Nuguse, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Matthew Centrowitz, Will Sumner, Niels Laros, and many more? And oh yeah another star has left the Bowerman Track Club as Courtney Frerichs has departed. Rate us on…

Shhhh. Don't tell Jonathan Gault or Weldon Johnson but Robert Johnson secretly recorded this show without their permission. He reveals his biggest disappointments and surprises for 2023 and then gets super excited about the 2024 Paris Olympic Marathon. He breaks down the course and without saying it predicts that a sub-4 mile in the middle of it is…

Josh Kerr blasted a 61:51 half marathon and will chase the 2 mile world record but may not run world indoors in Scotland. Fellow Scot Jake Wightman is out. What will Jakob Ingebrigtsen do? Kelvin Kiptum and Faith Kipyegon are the 2023 LetsRun.com athletes of the year. Plus how fast could Jakob Ingebrigtsen run a half marathon? Who wins in a half ma…

World Athletics named 6 athletes of the year, Kelvin Kiptum, Noah Lyles, Mondo Duplantis, Tigist Assefa, Faith Kipyegon and Yulimar Rojas. Yet they left off Ryan Crouser?! The Josh Kerr truth/trash talk with Jakob Ingebrigtsen gets another look as does Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karsten Warholm's 2022 incomes. Plus, how much do we think Katelyn Tuohy m…

Parker Valby became the first colleigan to go sub 15:00 and Graham Blanks ran 13:03 to break the NCAA record. At the Valencia Marathon, Sisay Lemma joined the 2:01 club as Kenenisa Bekele is back and Joshua Cheptegei has work to do in the m arahton. Addy Ritzenhein got a national title just like her dad, Dathan, and what is up with the men's Olympi…

Graham Blanks joins us at 81:13 to discuss his NCAA Cross Country title and how he went from being a good high school recruit to an NCAA star at Harvard. Prior to that the LetsRun.com crew breaks down the latest in the running world, including Mary Cain settling her lawsuit with NIKE, USATF losing a lot of money on Worlds, and the latest on the BU …