Euros, Jakob's Double, His 15-year-old successor? NCAA preview

Neil Gourley, the British 1500 meters champion from Under Armor Dark Sky, joins the show to discuss his recent performances and strategies for the British Trials (this was recorded after Europeans and before the British champs). Then at 46:45 Danny Mackey, coach of the Brooks Beasts and Josh Kerr, shares insights on training, competition psychology, and recruitment strategies. Join us for an in-depth look into the world of elite racing and coaching. Want all our Olympic Trials and Olympic podcasts? Join the Supporters Club today and use code CLUB25 to save 25% off your first year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe 00:00 Intro 01:19 Music 01:42 Neirl Gourley start 02:48 Why do Europeans? 13:03 The British Champs 20:36 Michael Johnson Grand Slam Track League Thoughts 26:18 Ben Thomas training 35:42 Flagstaff Under Amour Dark Sky Training 38:26 Relationship with other 1500m runners 42:08 Cross training 45:41 Favorite drink 46:45 Danny Mackey 01:36:43 Is Josh Kerr # in the world? 01:36:43 Book recommendations 01:36:43 Brandon Miller/ Isaiah Harris 01:36:43 Bobby Kersee's 800m training/ Athing Mu 01:36:43 Will the Beasts expand? 01:36:43 What attracted Danny to Josh? 01:36:43 Peaking 01:36:43 The US Olympic Trials 01:36:43 DMR World Record 01:36:43 Have things changed as a coach now he has a world champion? 01:36:43 Could the world record go down in Paris? 01:36:43 The banter 01:36:43 Has anything gone wrong with Josh's season? Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

1 Juli 20241h 39min

Matthew Centrowitz kicks things off to breakdown the first half of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and preview the second half. Plus he announces his track career is officially over. We break down the biggest winners and losers of the first half of the Trials, Athing Mu's fall, Christian Coleman's agony, Cole Hocker's brilliance over Yared Nuguse and a lot more including the Mark Wetmore era in Colorado coming to an end. Want daily podcasts from the Trials and the Olympics? You need to be LetsRun.com Supporters Club member. Join today and use code CLUB25 to save 25%. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 0:00 Matthew Centrowitz & Olympic Trials 01:31 Matthew Centrowitz talks the Trials 08:44 2024 US Olympic team @ 1500m - best one ever for US men? 12:03 Yared's best strategy 14:55 1500 going from favorting 800/1500 runners to 1500/5000 22:12 Who is the Olympic 1500m favorite? 27:43 5000 at Trials Fisher over Hocker ? 37:05 Matt's final race 40:03 Mark Wetmore Out at CU - Centro discusses 49:31 Becoming a dad 52:50 Jon and Wejo discuss Trials 55:07 Biggest story from 1st half.... Athing Mu falls 01:04:12 The 100s 01:07:06 Biggest winners and losers 01:11:14 High school kids 01:16:37 Parker Valby - winner or loser? 01:24:52 Sage Hurta Klecker 01:26:58 2nd half of Trials - women's 1500 01:30:01 Fisher vs Hocker in 5k 01:33:25 Erriyon Knighton cleared in USADA hearing 01:39:55 Does Knighton make the team? 01:40:34 Eric Holt signs with Puma 01:42:24 Underdog to make the Team + Zap Fitness praise 01:47:19 Wild Duck breakdown Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want daily podcasts from the Trials and the Olympics? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, daily podcasts from the Trials and Olympics, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

27 Juni 20241h 49min

Before you listen to the podcast, enter the $200,024 BetterRunningShoes.com Track Trials Prediction Contest. Check out the new and improved BetterRunningShoes.com. Here is the thread on Bob Schul’s death. Have you read Jonathan Gault's sweet feature on Olympic ring tattoos? 0:00 Intro & Small Talk 4:45 Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track Is Unveiled - Rojo isn't a fan of the siloed event groups, JG is more upbeat. 32:45 Ethiopian Olympic Trials Talk - The 10,000s results are bad news for Grant Fisher and also Elle St. Pierre? 40:00 Kenyan Olympic Trials Talk 54:00 Bob Schul has died 62:42 US Olympic Trials Talk and Predictions 93:56 End of Show Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week (the Friday 15 - which is usually much more than 15 minutes), savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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.

19 Juni 20241h 33min

Parker Valby and the Arkansas women stole the show at NCAAs while Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone impressed on the track in New York City while Fred Kerley stole the show off it. Plus, updates on the Issam Asinga and Rhonex Kipruto doping cases, and what big name is signing on for the Michael Johnson Track League? Plus don't miss our fantasy track and field match-upsl. Show notes below. Want daily podcasts from the Olympics and Olympic Trials? Join our Supporters Club today and save on running shoes too. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe All track fans need a VPN. Get yours today https://nordpn.com/letsrun Want to reach America's most influential audience in track and field? Advertising@letsrun.com Show notes: 00:00 Start 03:44 Parker Valby makes history, pro prospects 14:01 Ramsden makes history 18:47 Whittaker repeats in 8 26:04 Arkansas women wow 28:20 Pro draft from NCAAs 37:30 Allie O and Colleen Quigley 44:49 Eric Holt nearly beats Jake Wightman. What's it mean for Hobbs Kessler? 55:18 The Fred Kerley situation 01:02:53 Noah and Sydney impress, who is USA 100 m favorite? 01:16:45 Elle St. Pierre gets smoked by Emily Mackay: Worrried? 01:19:40 Daniel Simmons 13:25 high school 5k 01:20:39 Rhonex Kipruto doping case 01:30:07 Asinga case and Gatorade 01:39:03 Intern segment 01:42:29 Fantasy track match-ups 01:42:57 Jakob vs Girma vs El Bakkali in steeple mile 01:47:08 Parker Valby vs Kara Goucher 01:48:10 Nuguse vs Webb 01:52:56 Kipchoge vs Cheptegei 01:54:53 Mantz vs King Ches 01:55:33 Coe vs Rudisha 01:57:07 Paula vs Hassan 01:58:31 Weldon vs Robert 02:01:04 Who is the big name running the Michael Johnson Track League? Join our Supporters Club today Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

11 Juni 20242h 11min

In this bonus podcast, on the even of NCAAs, the interns spoke with Villanova's Liam Murphy, the Villanova miler, who has the school records at 3k and the indoor mile and 5k. They discuss his training experiences, dealing with the pandemic, the Villanova legacy, along with some personal anecdotes about his coach and teammates. Liam also speaks about the significance of Penn Relays for Villanova and breaks down his NCAA 3000m run. Love this content? Want a post-NCAA podcast? Join the Supporters Club today https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Join Supports Club 01:41 Start 03:08 Running for Marcus O'Sullivan and Villanova 10:03 Covid transition 11:33 Double threshholds 17:16 Talking Through NCAA Indoors in 3k 23:45 Villanova's Success at Penn Relays 26:32 The Cheserek race 27:40 Mindset for outdoors 28:49 Olympic Trials, going pro? 34:15 Believe in yourself Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

6 Juni 202436min

Olympic gold medallist and NCAA broadcaster Dan O'Brien joins us at 71:08 to talk all things NCAA track and field, plus a little Olympic track and field talk. Prior to that the fake Josh Kerr calls in to give us insight on Jakob, Centro and Hobbs Kessler. We breakdown the Stockholm Diamond League, talk a little about Jakob's narrow win over Cheruiyot in Oslo, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's and Femke Bol's season openers at 400m hurdles, and turn our attention to Jamaica's Oblique Seville beating Noah Lyles at 100m in Jamaica. We end with an NCAA draft. Play in our $20,024 NCAA Prediction Contest here Want instant reaction from NCAAs? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Music 00:22 Start 6:35 Fake Josh Kerr on Jakob, Centro, and Hobbs 8:57 Jakob edges Cheruiyot - Josh Kerr is #1 in world? 13:46 Jakob, Mo Farah and the 5k world record 19:57 New year end event World Athletics ultimate Championships announced 31:12 Oblique Seville takes down Noah Lyles *Video 39:37 Sydney and Femke Bol 400m hurdle openers 43:18 Is there now a big 3 in the men's 800? 47:05 Nordas wins 3000 over Grijalva 52:38 NCAA Distance Preview 1:11:08 Guest - Olympic gold medallist and NCAA announcer Dan O'Brien 1:14:40 Big storylines at NCAAs 1:25:26 Men's 100 1:36:30 Dan's distanced hot takes 1:41:25 Men's team race 1:45:46 Decathlon and Heath Baldwin 1:46:53 The NCAA broadcast 1:55:38 Ato Boldon announcing rumor 1:59:44 Dan talks pros and Sha'Carri and Grant Holloway 2:02:00 Dan on winning an Olympic gold and overcoming the pressure 2:05:31 Dan wants a LetsRun shirt *Get yours here 2:06:10 LetsRun NCAA draft Links: NCAA prediction contest Letsrun shirts Seville over Lyles video Join the Supporters Club Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

4 Juni 20242h 16min

In this episode of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, hosts Jonathan Gault, Robert Johnson, and Weldon Johnson provide in-depth analysis of the standout events from the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, including Josh Kerr's big victory over Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the Bowerman Mile, Sha'Carri Richardson's return, and Keeley Hodgkinson's win. They also touch on Ellie St. Pierre's rise and discuss the perhaps controversial four-year ban of Issam Asinga and his allegations regarding Gatorade gummies. Additionally, we have the first intern segment where the interns reveal and scrutinize LRC's most most bold and inaccurate predictions, covering topics from Sha'Carri Richardson's potential to NCAA XC. Want an Oslo Diamond League recap podcast? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe 00:00 Intro Music 00:22 Start 03:19 Bowerman Mile delivered 08:38 Who is Olympic favorite: Kerr or Ingebrigtsen? 13:24 Yared Nuguse? 15:30 Thread of Week: Crazy Hot takes on Bowerman Mile *link 29:41 Sifan Hassan ok or in trouble? 32:55 Elle St. Pierre impresses 38:28 Women's 100: Sha'Carri is ready, what about SAFP and Elaine Thompson-Herah? 42:26 Mile vs 1500 43:49 Grant Holloway, Lolo Jones and Gail Devers 49:30 Who is Olympic favorite for 800? Keely Hodgkinson or Athing Mu? 52:22 Who should we be most worried about? Erriyon Knighton, SAFP or Athing Mu? 55:43 Oslo- Dos Santos vs Warholm, Ingebrigtsen in mile 59:28 Issam Asinga banned, says he tested positive because of Gatorade gummies 01:11:37 Peter Bol with microdogin screenshot on his phone 01:19:54 Boston vs Dallas NBA Finals 01:23:18 Intern segment - who made the crazy prediction? 01:25:21 Sha'Carri more likely not to make Worlds than win Worlds 01:27:09 Bekele is done 01:29:00 Andy Powell the worst XC coach 01:30:34 NC State won't win NCAAs without Kelsey Chmiel 01:31:43 Athing Mu will wwin worlds and break WR 01:32:43 Stanford could win NCAA cross with Young twins 01:34:58 Nico Young will never win NCAAs 01:35:56 An American will win a Major Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

28 Maj 20241h 41min

Welcome to the Lets Run.com Track Talk Podcast! We celebrate Jonathan Gault's 10th anniversary, delve into the LA Grand Prix where Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, Matthew Centrowitz, Bryce Hoppel, Jake Wightman and others impressed. Noah Lyles 100m gold medal hopes increased, a male dominated the Oregon girls state meet, we welcomed our new summer intern, and fake Josh Kerr is back. Plus we get pumped about an amazing Prefontaine Classic. Want our Pre Classic Preview podcast? And a bonus podcast every week, savings on running shoes and a super soft running shirt? Join the Supporters Club today. 100% of the proceeds going to Jonathan Gault this week.https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Intro Music 00:22 Start 01:17 Jon's 10th year anniversary at LetsRun.com 08:49 LA Grand Prix 08:57 Sydney McLaughlin Levrone 22.07 200m 19:04 Noah Lyles improves in 150 at adidas Atlanta City Games 24:29 5000: Selemon Barega Wins, Grant Fisher 5th 36:59 All-time US adjusted 5k list 41:03 Men's 1500: Centro Improves, Kessler Impresses in 800 48:05 Wightman better than ever? 51:01 Bryce Hoppel, Brandon Miller impress 56:13 RIP Evan Jager Olympic hopes? 01:00:48 Trouble in women's 800 as Ajee' Wilson and Raevyn Rogers bomb 01:07:54 LA meet success or failure? 01:17:12 Bekele back at Olympics 01:21:14 Male dominates girls competition in Oregon 01:32:27 Fake Josh Kerr Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Cancel at anytime. 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

22 Maj 20241h 36min