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Eliud Kipchoge smashed his World Record to show he's the GOAT (even though some think he's over 40-years-old). Unheralded Tigist Assefa made American record holder Keira D'Amato an afterthought in Berlin. The NCAA action heated up at the Cowboy Jamboree. Are Katley Tuohy and Nico Young the NCAA favorites? As we were recording the World Marathon Majors slashed some of their elite prize money drastically. We end with Supporters Club only audio of Rojo with a hot take on sports radio in Dallas. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Order of show. Want timestamps? Join the Supporters Club Thoughts on Kipchoge 48 hours later Audio- Insiders Saying Kipchoge Wasn't Going to Win Olympics or Break World Records Could any American have run with Kipchoge for halfway? Is the party over for the American women in the marathon? How long will Kipchoge's record last? Former 800 runner Tigist Assefa Blasts 2:15 in Berlin Road News /30k XC / Kipchoge's wife fasting for his success 55:22 Cowboy Jamboree NCAA XC Action - NAU and Nico Young Upset Are Katelyn Tuohy and Nico Young the individual favorites? Jerry Schumacher has a party for Oregon fans at Hayward Field World Marathon Majors Slash Prize Money for Series Winners SC only - Rojo's clip on sports radio talking about Cooper Rush replacing Dak Prescott Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN for the podcast voicemail. Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/1d636993-8145-46b3-91a7-41c1d3f6dff6

28 Sep 20221h 33min

Supporters Club members we love you. Thanks to Elliptigo for making this podcast available to everyone. Eliud Kipchoge ran the first half of the Berlin Marathon in 59:51 and then held on to lower his world record to an astounding 2:01:09. Plus, unknown Tigist Assefa became the third fastest women ever at 2:15:37. We break it all down Get your 1:59:40 shirts today: https://shop.letsrun.com/ If you prefer video this show was a video podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlhgmATBDU Show notes: 1:42 Start and Men's Race 39:09 Women's Race Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/03694279-3db7-47c5-9db8-51fc608b899f

25 Sep 20221h 2min

Some things change - American Keira D'Amato is the #1 seed at the Berlin Marathon - and some things are the same - Eliud Kipchoge is a beast and targeting he world record. We preview the 2022 BMW Berlin Marathon and NCA Cross Country. Will Colin Sahlman redshirt? Is it a two-team battle between Staford and NAU on the men's side? Can anyone stop NC State, Katelyn Tuohy and Nico Young. Plus Bowerman Track Club talk and a Jordan Hasay update. Want a Berlin Marathon recap/analysis podcast on Sunday? Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Order of Show (Supporters Club members get full time stamps): Keira D'Amato the #1 Women's Seed, Is she the favorite? Press Conference Audio with Keira How fast can Kipchoge go? Can he break the world record? Should you sell the Aaron Judge ball? What if Kipchoge sets WR, win Boston, NY, and the 2024 Olympics? When is the last time the men's WR holder ran Boston? 48:31 NCAA XC: Will Colin Sahlman run for NAU? Reminder Matt Withrow was US #1 at World Cross as a Freshman Men's Team Battle: NAU vs Stanford Women's Preview: NC State heavy favorites Nico Young and Katelyn Tuohy Individual Favorites? Jordan Hasay's personal life is great, running not so great. Link here Christina Aragon Joins Bowerman Connor Burns to Oregon Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/txt 1-844-LETSRUN for the secret podcast voicemail Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/db5fdc3e-8d4c-4faf-a454-9f36bc85d0df

23 Sep 20221h 27min

The Diamond League came to an end with a festival in Zurich that saw a massive shot by Joe Kovacs, world leaders by Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Emmanuel Korir, and statistically the fastest 100m run by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Three days later Laura Muir set a course record and Jake Wightman threepeated at the NB 5th Avenue Mile. Kenenisa Bekele tuned up for the London Marathon. Does he have another miracle at age 40? Plus Cooper Teare is officially in Bowerman and not happy with Jonathan Gault, Boston needs a sponsor, Elle St. Pierre is pregnant and Rojo is Rojo. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes (Join the Supporters Club to get show notes every week, a 2nd podcast every week, huge savings on running shoes, and exclusive LetsRun.com content) 1:32 Cooper Teare not happy with Jon for breaking Bowerman news 7:29 Big takeways from Zurich Diamond League final 13:31 Take away the bye, will Noah Lyles run USAs next year? 22:11 The temporary track from Conica in Zurich, the 5000 finals on it 30:32 Joe Kovacs 23.23 34:39 John Kellogg on Frank Shorters training + Who was better runner? Pre or Grant Fisher? 40:07 5th Avenue Mile - Laura Muir dominates with record, Jake Wightman x 3 47:52 Sydney Maree ran 3:47.52 with 100,000 fans at first 5th Avenue Mile in 1981? 53:05 Rojo's inappropriate segment of the week 56:14 John Hancock will no longer sponsor Boston Marathon 62:37 Great North Run: Which is better Farah, Bekele, Gebrselassie or Cheptegei, Kiplimo, Barega? 66:26 40-year old Kenenisa Bekele runs 61 minutes, what are his chances in London? 73:57 Rojo's plan for Bekele and Farah 75:47 Elle St. Pierre is pregnant (and was pregnant at USAs and Worlds) 80:43 Anderson Peters beaten up + no recall with fall at 5th Avenue Mile Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Got any issues or feedback? Use this link please https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/557fb613-b3d3-4bef-acb2-aec1a2140a75

13 Sep 20221h 26min

Frank Shorter joined us on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his 1972 Olympic Marathon gold medal in Munich that helped jump-start the running boom in America. We're re-releasing this today with show notes, on the 50th anniversary, so you can have it as a stand-alone podcast. Frank talks about his Olympic gold, and a lot more, what he most remembers from the 1972 Olympics, training with Pre, anti-doping, his training, and how much he's running these days. Video here: https://youtu.be/iKovNBktq5c Like this content? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club. Get a bonus podcast every week, huge savings on running shoes, and support independent journalism. https://letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 11:25 Training with Prefontaine, focusing on strengths 16:32 Rooming with Dave Wottle 1972 800m gold medallist 22:20 1972 Massacre 28:17 The running boom with Bill Rodgers and the crazy 1966 dual meet with Wesleyan 34:49 The running camaraderie in the 1970s and how professionalization changed it 41:35 Anti-doping now vs 20 years ago vs 50 years ago 50:51 1976 silver, Frank thinking Waldemar Cierpinski was Carlos Lopes 57:56 How fast could he run with a pacer and supershoes 64:48 Telling Steve Prefontaine he was "stupid" at 1972 Olympics 69:41 Altitude training with Pre, Pre's ski accident 74:40 Yale cross country and Frank dropping out of Yale-Harvard meet 81:44 His running now. How fast could he run a mile now? 83:26 The toughest runner he ever competed against 86:14 A sample week of training 93:05 What he remembers most about 1972 Olympics 01:33:59 Frank's #1 piece of running advice Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/5468d032-9d90-4c9a-b190-206b118a13e8

10 Sep 20221h 38min

50 Years ago Frank Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon gold and changed the course of running in America. He joined us at 68:22 to look back at his magical moment, plus recount some of the sadness from the 1972 Games, talk about his training and a lot more, including Steve Prefontaine going snow skiing. A great listen. Our talk with Frank went longer than expected so we've got a super long podcast for today as before our talk with Frank we broke down the latest professional track and field news. Show notes below. If you'd like video of our talk with Frank we have it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV5s4u9Zo0 (We had some audio issues early on which are more apparent in the video) Want to be a true running insider, get a super soft running shirt, and save 20% on running shoes? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today. The Diamond League Final is on Wednesday and Thursday and if you want our 2nd podcast every week that will break it all down you have to be a Supporters Club member. It's the most exclusive club in running and gets you a 2nd podcast every week, all the LetsRun.com content, and 20% savings on running shoes. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Just want a super-soft running shirt? Go to shop.letsrun.com Show notes: 5:35 LetsRun Forums get a shout-out on Diamond League broadcast 6:41 Grant Fisher 12:46 American Record + How great is his 2022 season? 9:07 Kara Goucher audio 21:39 Rest of Brussels: Jake Wightman FTW 800, Ciara Mageean dreams become reality 32:35 Yared Nuguse the top US 1500m runner?! 42:13 Who would you rather be: Cole Hocker, Cooper Teare, Hobbs Kessler or Yared Nuguse? 47:23 Keira D'Amato and Emily Sisson Impress at New Haven 20k 53:50 Conner Mantz Wins and Ready for Marathon Debut 58:50 Diamond League Final 68:22 Frank Shorter 50th Anniversary Podcast 78:26 Training with Prefontaine, focusing on strengths 85:33 Rooming with Dave Wottle 1972 800m gold medallist 89:22 1972 Massacre 95:18 The running boom with Bill Rodgers and the crazy 1966 dual meet with Wesleyan 101:50 The running camaraderie in the 1970s and how professionalization changed it 108:36 Anti-doping now vs 20 years ago vs 50 years ago 117:53 1976 silver, Frank thinking Waldemar Cierpinski was Carlos Lopes 124:58 How fast could he run with a pacer and supershoes 131:49 Telling Steve Prefontaine he was 'stupid' at 1972 Olympics 136:43 Altitude training with Pre, Pre's ski accident 141:41 Yale cross country and Frank dropping out of Yale-Harvard meet 148:46 His running now. How fast could he run a mile now? 150:28 The toughest runner he ever competed against 153:15 A sample week of training 160:07 What he remembers most about 1972 Olympics 163:00 Frank's #1 piece of running advice Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN for the podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/aa8366d1-efab-48ef-847b-746c8d6f095c

7 Sep 20222h 44min

Alicia Monson turned heads on the track in Lausanne, Nico Young showed courage off of it, Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed his greatness, as the European track and field season heated up heading towards the Diamond League final. Show notes below. Want a 2nd podcast every week, huge savings on running shoes and the softest running shirt you've ever worn? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Order of show (SC members get full timestamps): Start: Alicia Monson What a Run in Lausanne. Is she a medal contender? Men's 1500 & Jakob's Consistency Is the party over for Timothy Cheruiyot? Fake Josh Kerr, Clayton Murphy and Staying at the Top 34:58 Rojo and Serena and Venus Williams Killian Jornet GOAT? Wins UTMB Should There Be Byes into Diamond League Final? Sha'Carri Returns in Lucerne and LetsRun Predictions Should Jakob Triple at Worlds? Hobbs Kessler 1:46 800. Is that good? 74:32 Nico Young Comes Out Breaking news: Devon Allen cut by Eagles Two recommend reads/listens: Phil Knight's Shoe Dog Memoir and Malcolm Gladwell's Legacy of Speed Podcast Kibiwott Kandie to Focus on Worlds 101:52 Brussels Diamond League Preview: Will Grant Fisher Break American 5000m Record? Stacked Women's 100 Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/597d4777-3ce6-4b06-bad0-42c364a398d1

31 Aug 20221h 51min

Show notes: On this week’s podcast, we talk about the 2022 European Champs, why track is more popular in Europe than the US, the 2022 Falmouth Road Race, Keira D’Amato’s American record attempt in Berlin, Chris Derrick’s retirement, Chris Derrick's views on the Shelby Houlihan case and more. Along the way, we talk about Wejo racing in the 2003 Pan Am Games and Rojo apologizes to Marcell Jacobs. Time Stamps 0-16 Intro and Euro Talk 16:52 - What do we want to see from Jakob Ingebrigtsen the rest of the year. 23:30 Jonathan says Femke Bol is his athlete of the week and we contrast her with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 26:00 - Di you know Euros got amazing tv ratings? 32:30 Rojo apologizes to Marcell Jacobs and raves about him 39:20 - Falmouth Road Race/Keira D'Amato wants the American record. Why is she going for it in Berlin and not Chicago? 55:30 Chris Derrick has retired. 68:00 We get you ready for Lausanne DL 74:54 Our dreams become reality segment. Meet Zerei Mezngi. 79:30 - Are the new Worlds standards too tough? Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/c4e34d4c-5dcd-4996-a76a-d1e79295676b

23 Aug 20221h 23min