Tokyo 2025 Worlds Ultimate Preview: Hot Takes, Locks & Upsets

(It's Prime Day and Rojo has an amazing product for you under $25. Or you can just give LRC some love by clicking here before you shop at Amazon) What a USA Track and Field Championships. It turns out Athing Mu is a good 1500m runner, should Cooper Teare leave Bowerman, how bad was the meet for the BTC, and will some big name stars ever make a US Team again? How many distance medals will the US get in Budapest? Show notes: 00:00 2023 Flashback 02:15 Athing Mu gets 2nd in 1500, do we owe her Bobby Kersee an apology? 09:51 Intern Alex hangs out with Karsten Warholm 15:08 Very few Cinderellas in track 19:53 Mike Woods wins Tour De France stage 27:41 Woody Kincaid comments on Joe Klecker 29:38 Cooper Teare's post-race comments, should he leave Bowerman? *Thread 37:26 Post of Week 39:44 Mike Smith model better? 45:47 Should we be worried for Bowerman? 53:40 Good meet for Brooks Beasts, some personal tragedy for Danny Mackey 58:43 Over/Under for US distance medals at Worlds 01:02:12 After Mu and Yared who is most likely to medal? 01:05:41 Alex gives his impression of being at Stockholm Diamond League meet 01:10:47 Sprints at USAs- Sha'Carri, Gabby, and Sydney impress 01:18:59 Will Centro, Jager, Ajee, Brazier ever make a US team again? + Coburn and Ajee's streaks come to an end 01:26:01 Best Interviews of weekend Teare Updike and Keter 01:26:50 British champs 01:31:14 Silesia Poland DL on Sunday 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. Use code CLUB25 to save 25% for 1st year 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/fdfe7e07-e594-4ec2-91a8-7b9b851c129b

12 Juli 20231h 35min

What a Day 1 at USAs. We break it all down starting with the men's 10,000m where Woody Kincaid got the dominant win and Grant Fisher didn't make the team. Then we turn to Elise Cranny smoking Alicia Monson the final 300 of the 10k before turning to the prelims and the big men's 1500 where Cooper Teare did not make the final but Matthew Centrowitz did. Insights from Jonathan Gault in Eugene, plus 100m talk and Sha'Carri Richardson's 10.71. (This is a Supporters Club podcast but we give our talk on the men's 10,000m to everyone. To hear the rest of the podcast and get daily podcasts from Worlds join the SC today. Use code CLUB25 to save 25% https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public) Show notes: 00:00 Start 02:13 Men's 10k: Woody Kincaid Wins, Grant Fisher goes home devastated 10:18 Women's 10,000- Elise Cranny smokes Alicia Monson the final 300 14:31 Men's 1500- Nuguse Masterpiece, Cooper Teare goes home devastated 31:09 Is Nuguse vulnerable? 35:24 Men's 800: Brandon Miller struggles 37:13 Women's 800: Nia Akins looked great 39:40 Jonathan Gault joins for his thoughts from Eugene 47:53 Women's 1500 - Athing Mu makes final but will she run? 52:45 Men's 100 54:16 Steeplechase- Frerichs falls but gets in on time 57:37 Sha'Carri 10.71 01:05:57 Attendance Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. 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. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/86a64413-43af-4086-9c9d-8a36014a1355

7 Juli 202311min

Happy July 4th! Use code USA to get the LetsRun shirts for $20 @ shop.letsrun.com The Lausanne and Stockholm Diamond Leagues are in the books, Shelby Houlihan is back racing, Joshua Cheptegei's marathon debut in on the schedule, Keira D'Amato broke the American record in the half, and the USA Champs start Thursday. We break it all down. Show notes: 00:00 Use code USA in LetsRun store to save 33% on the red, white and blue shirts https://shop.letsrun.com/ 00:55 Start 04:44 Aregawi 12:40 in Rome 11:18 Women's 5000 in Stockholm - Beatrice Chebet FTW, Can she beat Kipyegon at 5k? 15:42 Laura Muir bombs, Emmanuel Korir DFL 17:46 Is Jakob vulnerable? 23:03 Joshua Cheptegei marathon debut in Valencia 31:41 Shelby Houlihan breaks Beer Mile world record while serving a doping suspension 34:54 Bowerman and Jerry Schumacher signs Charles Hicks (and there goes Stanford's NCAA title hopes) 40:27 Keira D'Amato American record in half 44:06 USAs for 1st time in 17 years won't be on major US television network 54:04 Kenya's Titus Ekiru (2:02 marathoner) facing 10-year ban 57:55 USATF Champs Preview - Big Storylines 01:03:26 Who is the king of US distance running? 01:12:46 Women's 1500 - Athing Mu is racing, but will she do anything? 01:17:13 Women's Steeple 01:19:33 Women's 5k and 10k 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. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/ccbd3111-ebe2-4a7e-8cdb-02f259443435

4 Juli 20231h 25min

Narve Nordås, the newest Norwegian 1500m sensation coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen who went from 3:36 to 3:29 this year, is our guest @ 82:15 to talk about his Dreams Become Reality year. Prior to that, we break down the NYC Grand Prix. Athing Mu is back, what should Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone do at Worlds? Will Will Sumner make Worlds? Who gets left out of Worlds? Cooper Teare, Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker or Hobbs Kessler? A mini preview of the Lausanne with a hot men's 5000 and Mary Moraa vs Keely Hodgkinson at 800 before Narve Nordås @ 82:15. If you're a sports fan you need a VPN, we recommend NordVPN. LetsRun.com/VPN comes with a money-back guarantee. Show notes: 01:04 Start 06:13 NYC Grand Prix 07:05 Athing Mu is back 19:55 Why no double? 24:51 Sydney 49.51 and Rojo doesn't like the competitiveness of event 31:52 Men's 800: Bryce Hoppel cruises, Will Sumner comes back to earth 36:54 Who makes Worlds team in men's 800? 42:45 Who gets left out of men's 1500m team? Kessler, Teare, Nuguse or Hocker? 56:31 Women's 800 picks 01:00:32 Women's 1500m picks 01:08:47 Zharnell Hughes 9.83 British record 01:11:53 Kejelcha skips Ethiopian 10k trials for fashion show 01:16:22 Hot 5k in Lausanne with Kiplimo, Cheptegei, Ky Robinson 01:19:33 Ingebrigtsen and Girma in 1500 01:21:10 Keely vs Moraa in 800 01:22:15 Narve Nordås Interview 01:24:17 Running 3:29 in Oslo 01:28:46 How has he improved so much? 01:32:17 How did he start focusing on 1500? 01:35:31 Sponsorship situation 01:38:07 Going to university 01:42:09 How did he start working with Gjert Ingebrigtsen? 01:45:14 Why did Gjert split with Jakob? what's Narve's relationship with Jakob? 01:48:04 His Training 01:58:04 Doping accusations and LetsRun forums 02:02:03 Altitude training, treadmills,a nd not long long runs 02:10:38 Racing schedule for 2023 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 Use code CLUB25 to save 25% on first year. 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 Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/3ea8991f-832b-41f2-b24f-8254d9e7b29e This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

28 Juni 20232h 13min

Will Sumner, the 19-year-old University of Georgia super freshman, who won NCAAs with a a 1:44.26 negative split and is taking on the proc this weekend at the NYC Grand Prix joins us at 76:57 to discuss his breakout year and future plans. Prior to that we breakdown the week in running with the crazy fast 1500 (Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:27 PB) and 5000m times (12:41 x 2) at the Oslo Bislett Games, discuss the success of the OAC, Yared Nuguse and remind everyone that USAs are just 2+ weeks away. Who should start to panic? Plus high school nationals and Simeon Birnbaum winning the dream mile and "shushing" the crowd. Show notes below: Every sports fan needs a VPN. And NordVPN is the one we were using before they offered to pay us to promote it. Money-back guarantee. https://letsrun.com/vpn Stay hydrated. Get electrolytes without the junk. Try DrinkLMNT today. No sugar. No dodgy ingredients. https://drinklmnt.com/letsrun 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. Use code CLUB25 to save 25%: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Start 04:12 Jon's 10th-year reunion 06:26 Join the Supporters Club 08:24 Did Kiplimo really get 2nd? *photo 13:21 12:41 5000m x 2 18:54 What explains all the fast 1500m times this year? 24:39 Post of week 27:51 Jakob is more likely to get beat in 5000 or 1500? 32:54 Rojo's contrarian take of week - is OAC underperforming? 37:56 Did Yared Nuguse get the American record? 45:28 USAs are 2 weeks away should Schweizer, Cranny, Jager, Rogers, Mu be worried? 46:37 There is no 1500m at NYC Grand Prix for Athing Mu to run *thread 58:44 Birnbaum wins Dream high school mile and shushes Leo Young and the crowd 01:09:04 Shove at high school nationals 01:09:54 Issam Asinga still chasing legal sub 10 01:15:00 Will Sumner racing the pros at NYC Grand Prix, Athing Mu entered in 1500 but no 1500 in meet 76:57 Will Sumner (Guest) 01:18:58 Start in the sport 01:23:29 Deciding to go to Georgia 01:27:05 Indoors 01:28:48 Outdoors, struggling at Mt. Sac 01:33:27 Thought process heading into NCAAs 01:36:49 He talks us through NCAA race 01:41:50 Thoughts on winning NCAAs 01:44:56 His training 01:48:01 His parents running background 01:48:37 Go pro or stay in school? 01:51:45 Cross country in high school 01:52:56 His big workout before NCAAs 01:55:26 His dad posting on the LetsRun.com forums and Will thanking his parents 01:58:02 Where does he want to be in a year? 02:00:59 The shoes 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/4230f4b7-4637-4254-b09a-3d6f2a3bbd26 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

20 Juni 20232h 4min

What a meet. This was our live reaction show which has been out for Supporters Club members since Thursday. Plus we've got a Will Sumner podcast out for Supporters Club members. Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran 3:27.95 as 8 men went sub 3:30 including Yared Nuguse in an American record time* of 3:29.02. In the men's 5000m, Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo both ran 12:41.73 with Kejelcha getting the win. FINAL CHANCE TO SAVE 50% ON FIRST YEAR OF SUPPORTERS CLUB (and hear our Will Sumner podcast early) https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public and use code GOAT50 Show notes: 00:00 What a meet and what a 1500! 08:14 5000: 2 x 12:41 15:15 Dream Mile- Cory McGee and Nikki Hiltz Impress 22:49 Intern Alex reactions - Sub 3:30 is the new standard 32:37 Rojo returns, 1500 talk, Steve Holman 37:59 Nuguse's time not an American record* 47:31 Can Jakob do this at Worlds? 51:02 Warholm returns 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 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 Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/71d6d333-7948-48da-a270-3757a0c64d44 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

18 Juni 202357min

What an amazing week of track and field. We had three world records in Paris with Jakob Ingebrigtsen getting the 2-mile world record, Faith Kipyegon the 5000, and Lamecha Girma the steeplechase, plus Sydney McLaughlin got beat, and Keely Hodkginson ran 1:55. Then we had a crazy NCAA championships with stars Britton Wilson and Katelyn Tuohy leaving empty handed but Will Sumner arriving as Donavan Brazier's heir apparent or are we getting ahead of ourselves? Plus the Andy Powell 1500m magic continued with Nathan Green emerging as his newest star. And on Thursday we have the Oslo Diamond League with an amazing men's 1500m with Jakob Ingebrigtsen taking on Mohamed Katir, Yared Nuguse, Timothy Cheruiyot, Josh Kerr, Ollie Hoare and many more. Save 50% on the 1st year of LetsRun.com Supporters Club Get a 2nd podcast every week (and our Oslo live reaction podcast this week) and you can save 50% off your first year with code GOAT50. You get ALL the letsrun content and a great soft tshirt if you sign up for a year. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Start 00:55 Banter: 3 WRs in Paris, Crazy NCAAs, Oslo on top 07:40 Rojo on Kipyegon in Paris 14:06 Are they peaking too soon? What about the shoes? 21:54 Should Athing Mu be a bit worried about Keely? 30:53 Sydney gets beat 36:19 NCAAs: 36:19 Tuohy gets beat in 1500 doesn't run 5000 46:10 Should Tuohy shut season down? 50:01 Britton Wilson comes up short too 52:09 Michaela Rose and women's 800 01:00:44 Will Sumner superstar 01:09:27 Who is more likley to win Olympic gold Will Sumner or Donavan Brazier? Should Sumner go pro? 01:17:11 Men's 1500, Nathan Green, Joe Waskom and Andy Powell 01:31:26 Ky Robinson and Stanford 01:35:53 Oslo 1500 Preview - Jakob takes on everyone but Wightman and R Cheruiyot 01:43:21 Mental health 01:45:51 Tori Bowie RIP 01:46:57 Double threshold training explained 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 Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/79180f06-0c9b-431c-8a27-76f42cdf78bf This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

14 Juni 20231h 51min

What an NCAAs. We break it all down for Supporters Club members. Everyone else gets the 1st 20 minutes. If you want the full thing join the Supporters Club with the 1st year 50% off using code GOAT50 https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Or you can watch the full thing as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba4Fh_kSk5o Show notes: 00:00 NCAAS 02:24 Tuohy comes up short in 1500 18:13 Tuohy doesn't run the 5000 SC only (after here: you can watch the full thing as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba4Fh_kSk5o ) 24:10 Will Tuohy go pro? 26:50 Parker Valby dominates 5000 33:44 Women's 800: Michaela Rose a new US star 37:18 Roisin Willis says she's in a dark place 41:51 Everlyn Kemboi 44:52 Will Sumner one of the biggest winners at the meet 50:27 Nathan Green and Washington Milers 01:00:55 Injury bug - Green, Valby others 01:06:50 Ky Robinson NCAA 5k/10k double 01:12:18 Could Stanford with Young brothers win NCAAs next year? 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. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/a2ef2ccc-47f0-42e2-88cf-27c0e32904fd This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

11 Juni 202321min