Guests Matthew Boling and Matthew Futterman + Pre Classic Review, Peachtree Roadrace Preview & Western States

What a week. Legend Geoffrey Kamworor got his coveted world record in the half marathon and nearly went 57:XX (58:01), the first Japanese Marathon Trials (Grand Champs) are in the books and more than lived up to the hype, and the World championships are less than 10 days away. Books talked about in podcast:Want to run a faster 5k? Fast 5k by LRC visitor and masters star Pete MagillWhen by Daniel PinkTalking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell(LRC gets a commission if you use the links above) Show notes:Start: Music and mood2:40 Japanese Grand Championships in the books - Suguro Osako, Yuta Shitara and Shogo Nakamura17:45 Geoffrey Kamworor gets his world record20:46 Lopez Lomong medal changes take 225:07 Who wins in a half marathon? Kamworor or Eliud Kipchoge31:49 Jordan Hasay runs so-so in Philly half marathon34:55 Elijah Manangoi out of Worlds, Matthew Centrowitz medal chances40:06 Running Term of the Week: Glowing45:12 Question of Week: Should Diamond League winners get a bye into final at Worlds?51:45 Training Tip of the Week via Woody Kincaid57:10 Yale > Harvard61:44 Dealer’s Choice: Pull the Plug on Modern Society or Rojo Rant on Terrible Journalism- (Justify and Tim Tebow)67:02 Tirunesh Dibaba out of Worlds68:56 What races most excited about at Worlds? (400m hurdles- Abderrahman Samba vs Rai Benjamin vs Karsten Warholm) Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code LETSRUN to save 15%. Need new running shoes or have a great pair you want to review? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/

18 Syys 20191h 19min

Woody Kincaid runs 12:58, Matthew Centrowitz and Lopez Lomong 13:00. What does it mean for Bowerman Track Club and coach Jerry Schumacher? The Diamond League is in the books and Noah Lyles has a slight problem in Brussels. What should Sifan Hassan do at Worlds? Brigid Kosgei and Mo Farah ran well at Great North run. Christian Coleman is speaking out (and his dad listened to our podcast last week. Thread on dad's comments here). We've got NCAA XC talk and the return of Coach Vin Lannana. Plus Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials are here and our Alberto Salazar segment. Show notes below. Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code LETSRUN to save 15%. Need new running shoes or have a great pair you want to review? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Show notes Start: Christian Coleman defends himself and his dad calls out Rojo4:37 Woody Kincaid 12:58, Centrowitz to 5k?, Lopez Lomong medal chances?19:25 Alberto Salazar Segment22:48 “Varsity” Races- Brussels Diamond League and Noah Lyles had to use the restroom. How great is Hassan?40:11 5th Avenue Mile45:10 The Match54:13 NCAA Cross Country- NAU vs Japan, Johns Hopkins > Georgetown, Claudia Lane Debut63:42 Lananna is back72:44 Brigid Kosgei and Mo Farah at Great North Run78:53 Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

11 Syys 20191h 24min

Christian Coleman is cleared to compete by USADA, Rojo is back from vacation and that means our Alberto Salazar segment is back, plus NOP, Bowerman Track, and Jerry Schumacher talk. Kenenise Bekele is in the Berlin Marathon and the BofA Chicago Marathon men's field with Galen Rupp and Mo Farah is the stacked race of the fall. Drew Hunter is out of Worlds. We discuss "JV" pro teams and JV "pros". Eliud Kipchoge INEOS 1:59 talk and of course transgender NCAA D1 cross country talk with June Eastwood. We break down the Brussels Diamond League final, Sifan Hassan vs Hellen Obiri, Michael Norman and Fred Kerley. Full show notes below. Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code LETSRUN to save 15%. Need new running shoes or have a great pair you want to review? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Show notes: 4:29 Alberto Salazar NOP/Jerry Schumacher Bowerman Talk12:48 Drew Hunter out of Worlds16:35 Race of Week: Donavan Brazier 1st American Man to Win DL Distance Title25:09 Christian Coleman cleared to compete36:14 BofA Chicago Marathon, Kenensia Bekele Berling Marathon and Eliud Kipchoge INEOS 1:59 Talk50:08 Jon's beard54:19 Brussels Diamond League Final Preview: Hassan vs Obiri, Norman vs Kerley, Ajee Wilson and Americans in 80066:36 Transgender NCAA XC Talk82:26 Ultra marathon talk: Killian Jornet runs Pike's Peak instead of UTMB, Courtney Dauwalter wins UTMB and Jornet going up Mt. Everest again To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

4 Syys 20191h 28min

We start our Zurich Diamond League preview show by discussing Christian Coleman missing 3 drug tests. What does that mean for Worlds? Then we talk Paris and the big win by Hanna Green, have some men's 1500m talk (Kenyan, Paris, and British), before we break down the Diamond League finale in detail. Can Emma Coburn go sub 9 in the steeple? Two Virginia Tech alums are our Where Your Dreams Become Reality runners of the week and we end with talk of June Eastwood becoming the first Division 1 cross country transgender athlete. Full show notes below sponsors: Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code RUN2019 to save 15%. Discussion of Week: No Bowerman TC athletes will be at Diamond League finals; what can sport do to make athletes compete more? Need new running shoes? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Show notes: 2:07 Christian Coleman's career on the brink after he misses 3 drug tests + Is Justin Gatlin the favorite for Worlds?12:17 Paris DL: Hanna Green wins the 800 + she and Ajee Wilson are looking good + what happens to intersex athletes' contracts?22:51 Men's 1500 Talk: Elijah Manangoi is Back? + Paris 1500 talk & who is the favorite for worlds31:47 British 1500 Talk: Charlie Grice or Jake Wightman for Worlds?38:09 No Bowerman Track Club at Diamond League Finale46:01 Diamond League Final Preview: Men's 800: Donavan Brazier vs Nijel Amos, Murphy, & Crew51:03 Can Emma Coburn Go Sub 9 in the Steeple?53:50 Women's 1500: Sifan Hassan vs Tirunesh Dibaba and Jenny Simpson 58:33 Final DL Men's 5000 Ever: What Does Kejelcha Need to Do?62:30 400m Hurdle Talk: Rai Benjamin vs Karsten Warholm, Dalilah Muhammad vs Sydney McLaughlin67:26 Which Diamond League meet should be cut? How to broadcast it better? 72:04 Men's 100: Talk: Noah Lyles vs Justin Gatlin76:04 Transgender runner June Eastwood to compete in NCAA women's D1 cross country To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

27 Elo 20191h 29min

There was a ton to talk about this week as the Diamond League has returned and Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s unbeaten streak has passed the two year mark. We spend a ton of time talking about how exciting and wide-open Worlds are going to be this year with few huge mid-d or distance favorites. Plus Craig Engels may miss the DL final because he has to go to a wedding, Max Burgin gets rave reviews for bombing in Birmingham, an American man has won the Falmouth Road Race for the 1st time since 1988, Nike says it won’t reduce a woman’s sponsorship deal for 8 months before giving birth and 10 months after, the Kenyan 10,000 Trials are in the books, and will Alexa Efraimson finally PR in 2020? And even a little ultra talk at the end. Full show notes with time stamps appear below our sponsor plugs. Need new running shoes? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code RUN2019 to save 15%. Show notes: 2:30 Jonathan Gault responds to being called a “doping apologist” and talks about his Jarrion Lawson article 7:20 Birmingham DL talk as Jonathan reveals an exclusive that the IAAF told him about Shaunae Miller-Uibo 23:00 Jonathan talks about Craig Engels potentially missing the DL finale as he is serving as the best man in a wedding 27:50 We talk about how exciting and wide open the mid-d and distance races will be at Worlds as there aren’t really many big favorites like Mo Farah, David Rudisha, etc. We break down all of the events one by one. 52:30 We talk about the 2019 Falmouth Road Race and Miles. 59:30 We talk about Nike’s new child-birth policy regarding women’s sponsorships. 61:50 We apologize to the people of Aarhus for Donald Trump cancelling his visit to Denmark, before going to talk about the 10 year anniversary of Usain Bolt’s 9.58 67:53 Rojo introduces a new segment “Where your dreams don’t become reality” but ends up raving about the way Max Burgin handled his Diamond League stinker in Birmingham 71:45 Rojo talks about how Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter once agreed to tie in a road-race in 1975 while Jon talks about how he saw Frank Shorter wearing a singlet from Steve Prefontaine’s high school at Falmouth. 75:00 Rojo analyzes Alexa Efraimson’s training and predicts a future PR for her. He also teases that John Kellogg may come out of retirement. 80:45 The talk turns to former 800 phenom Jonathan Jones who know is excelling in the 400 at Texas 86:15 We conclude with talk of the Leadville 100 To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

21 Elo 20191h 28min

The Diamond League is back and Shelby Houlihan won't be in it, but does that set her up perfectly for Worlds? And should Sifan Hassan really think about the 1500/10000 double? Shalane Flanagan is coming back but is it for Boston 2020 or the Olympic Trials? Pan Am Games recap and new Dreams Become Reality segment and our personal threads of week. Full show notes below sponsors. Need new running shoes? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code RUN2019 to save 15%. Show notes:2:15 Shelby Houlihan is OUT of DL final but is she sitting pretty for Worlds, Birmingham preview, Sifan Hassan 10,000/1500 double?16:14 Sexism is why American women are so good at the 1500?20:08 Sinclaire Johnson goes pro22:31 Shalane Flanagan - Boston 2020 or Olympic Marathon Trials?29:16 Pan Am Games Recap42:52 Dreams Become Reality Segments:1) Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi from sleeping in grass to NFL touchdown2) Marco Arop from barely running to Pan Am 800 champ in 3 years3) Laura Galvan from 4:26 1500m runner to Pan Am Games 5000 champ in 1 year54:37 Personal Message Board Threads of Week:Rojo: Would an 81-82 Alberto Salazar beat Galen Rupp in his prime (assuming same shoes, treadmills, drugs, etc.)?Wejo: Simon Boles High Jump WR (and Throwing the Javelin Like a Discus)Jon: The True Goal of LetsRun.com To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

14 Elo 20191h 16min

Monty Hoppel (Bryce Hoppel's dad and the GM of the AA Midland Rockhounds) joins us to talk baseball, USATF attendance, and his son going pro at 57:54. Prior to that we start with the death of Rosie Ruiz, then talk Konstanze Klosterhalfen running 14:26 for 5k (8:24), Kenyan Worlds Trials getting moved (17:16), have a David Rudisha update (23:27), a Pan Am Games 800m preview (29:59), and a look at the 2019 NYC Marathon fields (36:23). Plus thread of the week, Jakob Ingegbrigtsen's new car, Engels and Houlihan possibly dating, we get Rojo to be silent and have a few conspiracy theories. Podcast is sponsored by FloydsofLeadville.com . To save 15% on certified CBD products use code RUN2019. Want a new pair of running shoes? Check out the LetsRun.com Better Running Shoe Site here. Find better running shoes and save on your favorite shoe. To be on the podcast, call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). For feedback email us at podcast@letsrun.com. Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

7 Elo 20191h 34min

USAs are in the books and we tell you everything you need to know about the 2019 USATF Track and Field Nationals. Sure Dalilah Muhammad set a world record, Lopez Lomong got the double, and Michael Norman was upset, but what really happened? Who were the real winners and losers? Should Allyson Felix be on the relay? Audio of the week (54:57) is from Clay Travis and Dan Wetzel on covering women's college cross country. Thread of week is on Drew Hunter going to Worlds (79:01) To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). For feedback email podcast@letsrun.comPodcast is sponsored by RunningWarehouse.com, the online leader in running shoes who sponsored the LRC $200,019 USAs Prediction Contest and FloydsofLeadville.com. Use code RUN2019 to save 15% on certified CBD products.

1 Elo 20191h 29min