LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field

2003 World 400m Champion Tyree Washington is our special guest at 69:00 to talk about his incredible life and upcoming book. One of the greatest athletes never to make the Olympics, he overcame poverty, gangs, his sister murdering his nephew, injury, attempts to make the NFL, and dopers who deprived him of "millions" in his career. More on Tyree Tyreeswashington.com. or follow him on instagram @therealtyreeswashington Prior to that we discuss the Ivy League cancelling fall sports, Trayvon Bromell being back, Gabby Thomas being cleared, Shaunae Miller-Uibo's double chances, Donavan Brazier's 3:35, Usain Bolt's daughter, and a way for us all to get rich. Show notes: 5:09 Ivy League fall sports postponed/ cancelled15:12 Gabby Thomas cleared to compete / Christian Coleman implications21:52 Trayvon Bromell is back 10.04 100m28:23 Shaunae Miller-Uibo can't double at Olympics33:22 Donavan Brazier "jogs" 3:3540:59 American record attempt at 5k46:54 Rojo's virtual race ideas51:49 Usain Bolt has a daughter56:18 NFL/ James Weldon Johnson69:00 Tyree Washington on his incredible life and upcoming book 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/dd636f4e-acc6-4093-9f7c-e1bf171da0ad

9 Heinä 20202h 6min

The Bowerman Track Club ran fast with Elise Cranny (14:48 5k) leading the way- Evan Jager, Ryan Hill, Shelby Houlihan, Matthew Centorwitz talk. Raevyn Rogers is joining Pete Julian's Nike group, fast miles in Colorado, a 16 year old runs 14:06, not to early to talk Paris 2024 Olympic Marathon, thread of week and more. US 800m star Duane Solomon is our guest @ 51:39 and looks back at his incredible career, how his life changed big time after making the US Olympic Team, and gives us his thoughts on Donavan Brazier. The 2020 Beer Mile World Classic is this Saturday July 4th at 1pm eastern (30 minute highlight show) on LetsRun.com and founder Nick MacFalls discusses this years event and beer miles in general 1:00:08. Want to be a better runner in the fall? Join the LetsRun.com Summer Training Program here Want to recover better? Save $300 on NormaTec Leg Pulse 2.0 Recovery System or $50 on Hyperice percussion products. Sale ends soon Show notes: Start Bowerman Intrasquad meet and Elise Cranny 23:07 Raevyn Rogers joins Pete Julian 27:32 USAs or No USAs in 2020 and where? 34:06 Emma Coburn and Morgan McDonald Team Boss Miles in Colorado 39:47 16 year old Axel Vang Christensen runs 14:06 45:31 Paris 2024 Olympic Marathon should be at night 47:11 Thread of week: Robert Brandt ROASTS Tinman and Drew Hunter gets feelings hurt 51:39 Guest Duane Solomon on his career 100:08 Nick MacFalls on 2020 Beer Mile World Classic 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/fc5aa1d7-e373-4b86-a434-ef4611eda078

1 Heinä 20201h 55min

The Fargo North Dakota and Hamburg Marathon may be a go but the running world took a blow with Boston and New York City both being cancelled. Nico Young tried to break Galen Rupp’s high school 5k record with Galen in attendance, Mo Farah is returning to the track, Duane Solomon has officially retired, and of course some COVID 19 talk. Want to be a better runner in the fall? Join the LetsRun.com Summer Training Program here Want to recover better? Save $300 on NormaTec Leg Pulse 2.0 Recovery System or $50 on Hyperice percussion products. Sale ends soon Show notes:0:00 NYC & Berlin cancelled, Hamburg Marathon planning on being held12:48 Why not an elite NYC race?18:20 Nico Young 13:50 5k, Galen Rupp in attendance30:47 Mo Farah returning to the track in Brussels, more COVID talk as New York quarantines Texas37:52 Atlanta Track Club vs Oregon Track Club43:11 Christian Coleman’s missed test47:37 Dick Buerkel former world indoor mile record holder dies 49:38 Duane Solomon retires56:24 Cancel Yale? 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/f8e4e977-4a62-4f62-b834-ec94af30f883

24 Kesä 20201h 3min

Christian Coleman, the world's fastest man and the favorite for Olympic gold in 2021, may be banned from the sport after he is alleged for the second time to have missed drug test #3. Pro track and field is back with the Impossible Games, Rojo has a coaching tree and more. Our special guest at 61:26 is recent Penn graduate Nia Akins, who became the first 2020 collegian to sign a pro deal. Akins discusses her decision to join the Brooks Beasts, how she balanced training in college with 12-hour clinical rotations as a nursing major, what it's like being a Black female runner in 2020, and her fight to increase voter registration. Show notes: 2:53 Christian Coleman's test17:07 Impossible Games and Jakob Ingebrigtsen continuing to impress28:44 Track and field and road races not yet coming back but Trump indoor rally for 20,000?33:27 Keira D’Amato (née Carlstrom) 15:04 5000m41:45 Lamine Diack Trial44:10 1:48 by a high schooler John Lester and Rojo's coaching tree47:45 Alan Webb and $3,35049:40 Threads of week: People over 40 on here - what is the number one thing that young people should NOT take for granted There's going to be some big doping news this month 61:26 Guest Nia Akins joins us 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/dcd80d0a-05b7-412b-a43f-8431c75630ce

17 Kesä 20201h 32min

The Diamond League comes back this weekend in Oslo w Team Kenya vs Team Norway (preview here), World 400m champ Salwa Eid Naser gets banned, Brown track gets reinstated, world records galore on the treadmill, deleted threads of the week and the Fantasy 2020 Prefontaine Classic. Show notes below. Are you a high schooler or college student and want to train better this summer? Check out the LRC Summer Training Program (or spread the word to people looking for a coach. Financial assistance available). Want the best running recover and supplement products? TheFeed.com/letsrun has you covered and use code LETSRUN to save 15%. Show notes:0:43 Hayward Field Reopens 6:26 World 400m champ Salwa Eid Naser banned 24:49 Brown track and field is baack 39:02 Impossible Games 50:23 Praise for ourselves, defund the police, and Jacob Frey 58:05 Chaski Challenge Treadmill World Records galore led by Sara Hall 66:08 1984 Olympic Marathon & Joan Benoit Samuelson, McDonald's, Julie Brown 800/Marathon Olympic double 74:58 Bobby Morrow RIP 78:44 Deleted/Restored Threads of Week:  Centro: least deserving Olympic gold medalist of all time?? *Breaking News ! July and August to be scrapped! 86:25 Team Kenya or Team Norway at Impossible Games 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/18b7dd3c-0535-4eb3-8394-b2fa92512b41

10 Kesä 20201h 29min

The show goes on with the world mourning the murder of George Floyd and we start by paying our respects. We end with guest Tyler Andrews joining us (73:20) to talk the Chaski Challenge and his attempt to break the marathon and 50k treadmills world records, plus setting a Mount Everest base camp FKT. The last week saw the Boston Marathon cancelled and Brown University cut its men's track and field team, one of its most racially diverse sports, in the name of diversity. Plus Colleen Quigley won the ESPN Peloton Challenge, Johnny Gregorek ran a 4:06 mile in a pair of Levis, doping and Lance Armstrong talk and a new special segment where we get Hot Takes from a podcast listener with a cool name- Joe Fast (who will be running for Jason Vigilante at Princeton next year). John Kellogg is officially out of retirement and the LetsRun.com Summer Training Program is here. Designed for high school and college runners, the goal is to set you up for a fall and lifetime of success. Sign up here. (and use code "podcast" to save $25) Show notes:0:00 George Floyd RIP + Comments from Michael Johnson5:23 Boston Marathon cancelled9:23 Brown University cuts men's track and field in name of diversity22:36 ESPN Peloton Challenge and Colleen Quigley > Rory McIlroy > Allyson Felix27:36 High schooler sub 4s and correction on Leo Daschbach 30:26 Johnny Gregorek Blue Jean Mile world record for NAMI + Alan Webb 3:46 Mile Talk36:50 Thoughts on Lance Armstrong 30:30 (Our podcast with Floyd Landis is here) + Alberto Salazar doping appeal date set44:17 Will doping go away? Good read on Abdi Nageeye, Dutch Record Holder, here52:30 New segment: Reader Hot Takes with high school senior Joe Fast: Canadian Abdullahi Hassan will win the next 10 NCAA titles, Alan Webb > Ryan Hall & Ritz, Mo Farah could have gotten the world records, Bryce Hoppel could be greater than Donavan Brazier?73:20 Tyler Andrews Talks Chaski Challenge and trying to break marathon, 50k treadmills World Records this weekend 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Please take a second to rate and review us on Itunes or gives us feedback at this link. https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/b0339d08-8a6c-4858-b249-6598746ee2c0

4 Kesä 20201h 39min

Despite the COVID shutdown high schooler Leo Daschbach ran sub 4 in the Quarantine Clasico in California with a tremendous final lap to become the 11th high schooler in the US in the sub 4 club. Pros Nick Symmonds and Leah O'Connor got married (not to each other), Rojo discusses Des Linden's body fat percentage, we learn about the 6 figure poker win that helped fuel LetsRun.com, break down the Impossible Games, and discuss if all big city marathons are in trouble in 2020. Plus what is the best way to recover after a hard interval and does a belief in god help pro runners? Shh. The LetsRun.com Summer Training Program is Coming Soon. Keep checking the site or email summer@letsrun.com if you want to be notified when it launches. Show notes: Start: Daschbach Sub 4 + where does it rank, should it have been held, Andy Powell's recruiting...20:03 Alan Webb's 3:53 high school mile and 3:46 American record.25:48 London Marathon (and all big city marathons) in jeopardy for 2020?36:16 Japanese college coaches live with their athletes40:35 Des Linden's body fat percentage and threads of week46:54 Impossible Games in Norway and Team Ingebrigtsen vs Team Cheruiyot54:01 The 6 figure LRC poker win57:07 Mental focus of being a pro. Does a belief in god help? (Evan Jager and Nick Willis) 67:02 Nick Symmonds & Leah O'Connor get married (not to one another)71:34 Best way to recover after a hard interval? 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/ad96d4f6-7de0-489a-b905-e7312440a75b

27 Touko 20201h 21min

Alan Webb, Ryan Hall, and Dathan Ritzenhein rose to prominence in the early 2000s as members of the high school class of 2001. For their accomplishments as teens -- which included two Foot Locker Cross Country titles for Ritzenhein and a 3:53 high school mile record for Webb -- they were christened the "Big 3." Ever since, their careers have been linked, with each going on to break American records as professionals -- Webb in the mile (3:46.91), Ritzenhein in the 5,000 meters (12:56.27, since broken), and Hall in the half marathon (59:43). Hall also is still the fastest American ever at the marathon (2:04:58) from 2011 Boston. Ritzenhein joined Webb and Hall in retirement earlier this month, marking the end of an era in American distance running. The Big 3 bridged the gap between the low point of American distance running in the 1990s and the success of the late 2000s and 2010s, where it has become common for Americans to bring home medals from global championships. Amazingly, until Ritzenhein's retirement, Ritz, Webb, and Hall had never before gathered for a three-way conversation. We thought we had generated an incredible idea for LetsRun -- until Hall revealed he had had the same idea for his own podcast, which was published Wednesday! But the three of them had such a good time talking that they agreed to gather on Zoom for a second interview with LetsRun this week. Find out why Ritz had Webb's face on his dartboard as a high schooler, how Webb was able to beat Ritzenhein in their famous 10k showdown in 2006, which performances each believes was the best from their careers, their biggest lessons from the sport, Webb and Ritz's thoughts on their time with the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar's ban, and much more. And when you're done, be sure to check out Hall's podcast - https://anchor.fm/runfree/episodes/Episode-40-The-Big-Three-come-together-for-a-first-ever-three-way-conversation--Dathan-Ritzenhein--Alan-Webb--and-myself-eeanvt where the Big 3 talk about their first encounters and what it was like racing each other as high schoolers. We actually recorded this podcast as a zoom conference call so you can watch it you like at the following link on the LetsRun.com youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qseFTRDPnbs We've also typed up some of the highlights from our conversation which you can find on LetsRun.com: https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/05/the-big-3-reunited-alan-webb-ryan-hall-dathan-ritzenhein-discuss-their-greatest-performances-biggest-lessons-much-more/ 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 Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/5ed3d125-e0b9-4981-af0b-e8aa40e0c93e

22 Touko 20201h 14min