Olympic 4th placer and American 800m record holder Bryce Hoppel joins us at 81:54 and Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Bell joins us at 100:00 to discus her unbelievable "Dreams Become Reality" 2024 season. Prior to that we discuss Fred Kerley's arrest and the death of Ralph Mann before giving our bold predictions for 2025 in the world of run…

2024 was an incredible and unpredictable year in track and field. We break it all down, from Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Yared Nuguse in the Olympic men's 1500m final, to Noah Lyles' dominance in the 100m, to the brilliance of Beatrice Chebet, Faith Kipyegon, and Sifan Hassan, as well as Ruth Chepngetich's stunning 2:09 marathon and much m…

Jasmine Jones (71:14) joins us to talk about her "Dreams Become Reality" season in the 400m hurdles that culminated with an Olympic 4th place finish while Nico Young (84:26) talks about his breakout 2024 campaign and possibly going after some American records in 2025. Prior to that we have our women's fantasy World XC draft and discuss USATFs finan…

Olympian Hobbs Kessler joins us at 75:25 to discuss his breakout 2024 season and 2025 plans. He's followed by Mr USA Gold Rai Benjamin at 97:20 as both athletes joined us from the Global Athletics Media Summit. Prior to that we break down the latest in the running world including the marathon completion debut of Paul Chelimo before we turn to our "…

Double Olympic medalist and American record holder at 3000, 5000, 10,000m Grant Fisher joins us at 69:01 to announce he's running the Millrose Games 3000 vs Olympic gold medallist Cole Hocker (tickets here) and then to discuss his 2024 campaign and plans for the future. Prior to that we break down a big weekend of action at BU where the Ethan Stran…

Biya Simbassa joins us at 50:07 to discuss running 2:06 to become the 4th fastest America in the marathon in Valencia . Prior to that we discuss 16-year-old Gout Gout running 10.04 (video), preview the BU 5ks, discuss Grand Slam Track Tickets and schedules being released and the big changes at HOKA NAZ elite, plus this Graham Blanks thread. Running…

Two-time Olympic medallist in the triathlon, Morgan Pearson, joins us at 55:20 to talk about his plans for the Houston Half, whether he's going all-in on running, and his goals for 2028 Olympics. Prior to that we break down Sabastian Sawe's debut in Valencia, Biya Simbassa's 2:06:53, and Edward Cheserek's 2:05:24, plus Athlete of Year selections an…

Two-time NCAA XC champion Graham Blanks joins us for a special edition of the Friday 15 that we are making available to everyone as part of our appreciation for all of you and to to promote Black Friday 50% Off Supporters Club memberships at LetsRun.com with code GOAT50. (gift subscriptions click here) The Harvard senior discusses his recent victor…

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Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles joined us remotely from the Global Athletics Media Summit in Las Vegas to discuss his amazing 2024 campaign and his plans for 2025. Noah wants to change the sport but does it want to change with him? Noah had some interesting comments on the Tyreek Hill match race, Grand Slam Track, and the 100 vs the 200. Video of …

It's NCAA week and the Parker Wolfe and Graham Blanks shirts are in the LetsRun store. Get yours today. New York City Marathon champion Abdi Nageeye joins us at 62:32 to discuss his NYC triumph, his incredible life and career, has a book recommendation, and oh yeah tells that crazy story when he quit the track and the cops were called to Mo Farah's…

Tim Rowberry, who went from being a pace maker for the Nike Oregon Project to the coach of the unstoppable Sifan Hassan, joins us at 66:11 to discuss his coaching story and Sifan Hassan's amazing Olympic triple that culminated in Olympic marathon gold. Prior to that we discuss whether Grant Fisher has a ton of talent (link), debate whose career you…

Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui got the upsets wins at the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon and we break them down. Conner Mantz led the American men and Sara Vaughn the American women as Jenny Simpson called it a career. The World Marathon Majors are expanding. Is it too much? World Athletics announced its finalists for athlete of the year and we…

NCAA XC star Rocky Hansen joins us at 75:03 to discuss his breakout freshman year, training, NILs and a lot more. Yomif Kejelcha hammered from the front once again and this time was rewarded with the world record in the half marathon as he ran 57:30 in Valencia to break Jacob Kiplimo's record by 1 second. Kejelcha won near universal praise on the L…

Leo and Lex Young join us at 78:19 to tell us about the transition to collegiate running, how Stanford is going so far, talk a little NIL and a lot more. Prior to that we break discuss the latest in the running world including Rojo being called by Kenyan parliament for an apology and Parker Vably getting paid (more than Cole Hocker?!) by New Balanc…

Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:56 to smash the marathon world record at the Bank of American Chicago Marathon. In the process she became the first woman to go sub 2:10. Is this the greatest distance performance ever? Former American record holder and Olympic bronze medallist Deena Kastor joins us for an hour to break down Chicago and Ruth's incredible r…

"Mr 800" Justin Rinaldi, the guy who has a job at a bank, the coach of Peter Bol, Will Sumner and resurgent Josh Hoey, is our guest @ 60:12. Rinaldi talks about going from coaching 1 athlete to having an incredible stable of 800 athletes, when we will see a sub 1:40, and the Peter Bol EPO case. Plus Conner Mantz ran 10 miles faster than any other A…

Former World Junior XC champ "Milky M" (Milkesa Mengesha) took down the Berlin Marathon field as Tigist Ketema ran her 2nd 2:16 and continued the 800 to marathon trend. The NCAA action heated up with Brian Musau and Oklahoma State impressing. Could Villanova's Sadie Sigfstead be the next NCAA star? The Young brothers impressed as well. We break it …

The all-female Athlos meet backed by reddit's Alexis Ohanian is on Thursday in NYC and we break down what it means for the sport and its chances for success. Then we preview the NCAA cross country season. Parker Wolfe and Katelyn Tuohy are gone but Parker Wolfe and Graham Blanks are back as are the Oklahoma State men. Can the NAU women get it done …

The 2024 Diamond League season came to an end. Jakob got the win in the 1500, but we're more interested in breaking down his half marathon debut. Sydney McLaughlin made a rare Diamond League appearance. And we delve into the crazy fast times on the track in 2024 (article here). NCAA superstar Parker Wolfe joins us at 75:01 to talk his amazing 2024 …

Yared Nuguse took down Jakob and Cole in Zurich but can he do it this week in the Diamond League final? Sydney will be at the final but running in essentially time trial races. Updated: Grant Holloway released a statement after we recorded on why he won't be there here:. Josh Kerr won't be at the Final but he obliterated the 5th avenue mile record …

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won't be running the Diamond League final (as she hasn't run any Diamond League's all year), Shannon Rowbury may get an Olympic bronze, and the Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse Olympic rematch is here. Plus Cole, Josh, and Yared are all doing Grand Slam Track and the LetsRun AI bot is here. Join the…

Daniel Komen's legendary world record has been wiped by the books by Jakob Ingebrigtsen thanks to his incredible 7:17.55. Could Jakob get all the world records through the 10,000 or the marathon? Mike Smith will be out at NAU at the end of 2025 to coach for Nike. What does it mean for the Flagstaff pros and the future of NCAA track. Join the Suppor…

Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks joins summer intern Joseph Carroll and Jonathan Gualt to discuss his amazing run in Paris and look ahead to Sunday's race in Silesia where Rooks will race the Diamond League for the first time and possibly take a shot at Evan Jager's American record. Want a bonus podcast every week? Join the LetsRun.com Suppor…

The Diamond League is back on Thursday in Lausanne and Sunday in Silesia with the headline match-up being Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Lausanne. Rai Benjamin and Noah Lyles have called it a season but Grant Fisher has not and his coach Mike Scannell joins us at 52:13 to talk about Grant's amazing year, career, and fut…