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Paul Kemp, director and producer of Nike's Big Bet, an entertaining doc on Alberto Salazar and Nike is our guest at 54:35. Nike's Big Bet is streaming on Peacock in the US, Sky in the UK, and will be on the CBC on September 17th (list of major countries at bottom of notes). Prior to Paul, we preview the Diamond League Final (the Zurich Weltklasse Meet) and discuss Jordan Hasay's struggles, the Tokyo Marathon being cancelled and more. Show notes below. Want all the analysis of Zurich? Join the Supporters Club today. You'll get a 2nd podcast every week. Plus 100% of the proceeds this week are doing to LRC's Jonathan Gaulthttps://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun If you're thinking of joining the Supporters Club to get a 2nd podcast every week this is the week to do it as 100% of the proceeds will go to LRC's Jonathan Gault and we'll recap the Weltklasse meet on it. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 5:51 New Haven 20k: Jordan Hasay bombs (again) 15:02 Tokyo Marathon cancelled 17:38 Ben True Wins, NYC debut next 25:00 Zurich preview 29:35 Jakob out of 5k? 38:38 WR in 1500? Faith Kipyegon vs Sifan Hassan 42:58 Best chance to win: Courtney Frerichs or Kate Grace? 54:35 Paul Kemp: Director, Producer of Nike's Big Bet 67:03 Paul Kemp: Bringing the excitement of track to life in the film 83:16 Malcolm Gladwell's role in film 92:14 Why not more women in the film? 100:50 Kara Goucher 106:55 Ritz 111:02 Rojo's secret notes 112:56 Super shoes 123:42 Paul's background in running 127:18 Athletics West, East Germany 135:22 Safesport ban 146:18 Mary Cain 155:18 Does he think Alberto doped athletes? 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 taken 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. Major Streaming locations of Nike's Big Bet: Canada (CBC) - September 17 USA (PEACOCK) Australia (AMAZON) France (ARTE) UK (SKY) Germany (ZDF) Netherlands (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) South Korea (WATCHA) New Zealand (AMAZON) Sweden (NORDIC TV) Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/106035b4-5c60-499c-8ca5-b4328781e0bb

7 Sep 20212h 38min

Paul Chelimo joins us at 80:57 to talk about getting the only male American distance medal in Tokyo, performing well in the big races, his racing tactics, and he's got some tough words for Nicholas Kimeli. Prior to that we get you up to speed on the Shelby Houlihan ruling, break down Yalemzerf Yehualaw becoming the first woman to go sub 64 (63:43) in the half marathon, plus talk a little ultra running, discuss Jenny Simpson moving up in distance, and Molly Seidel's airplane story. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun If you're thinking of joining the Supporters Club to get a 2nd podcast every week this is the week to do it. 100% of the proceeds will go to LRC's Jonathan Gault. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 6:17 Shelby Houlihan ruling out 23:44 Yalemzerf Yehualaw 63:43 world half marathon record 33:44 Aleksandr Sorokin breaks Yiannis Kouros's legendary 24 hour record 38:33 Camille Herron on supershoes 45:11 Jenny Simpson moves to the 10 mile 50:51 Molly Seidel's airplane story 59:35 Booing at track meets 64:26 HOKA NAZ Elite signs Alex Masai 69:17 Brussels Diamond League preview 80:37 Guest Paul Chelimo 98:32 Chelimo on lack of Kenyan success at 5k 101:28 Chelimo on Edward Cheserek 108:39 Overcoming adversity and people not being positive 114:06 Chelimo on LetsRun saying people going home devastated 117:45 Chelimo on Nicholas Kimeli - he's a sore loser 121:47 Chelimo on the Olympic Trials, Grant Fisher and Woody Kincaid 125:59 Chelimo on nearly coming to blows with Kimeli in 2019 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 taken 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/0d932a89-24a9-4fe6-9748-79819db4699d

2 Sep 20212h 10min

An incredible Prefontaine Classic is in the books and we try and recap it all. From the sensational 10.54 on the track by Elaine Thompson-Herah, to the DFL and bravado by Sha'Carri Richardson, to Courtney Frerich's becoming the first American to smash the 9 minute barrier, the disappearing act of Matthew Centrowitz. Sydney McLaughlin wants some RESPECT and Athing Mu was so damn good, we almost forgot about her in the podcast, but at 88:35 discussed whether she had the best season ever by an American female distance runner at the tender age of 19. We end with an interview of LetsRun.com Supporters Club member Adrian Macdonald @ 96:19 who won the Leadville 100 in his first 100 mile race ever. Be like Adrian, be like Des, and join the Supporters Club and get all the insider info from LetsRun.com (and savings on running shoes). https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes below. (Sponsor) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool that launched late in 2020 after nearly 16 years of research. The AIRWAAV performance mouthpiece fits along your bottom teeth and pushes your jaw just forward enough to create the “optimal airway opening,” resulting in: Increased endurance — by reducing respiratory rate by 20%, resulting in less lactic acid production Increased strength — by improving muscular endurance Faster recovery times — by reducing cortisol build-up by up to 50% Click here https://airwaav.com/LR10 and use code LR10 to save 10%. Show notes: Show notes: 5:22 Elaine Thompson-Herah 10.54 10:26 Sha'Carri Richardson DFL 20:37 Sydney McLaughlin's cry for respect vs how Sha'Carri deals with social media 31:46 Courtney Frerichs Sub 9 steeplechase 43:08 Men's 2 Mile: Cheptegei over Barega in battle of Olympic champs 47:50 Bowerman Mile: Ingebrigtsen sizzles, Centro and Timothy Cheruiyot fizzle 54:06 Noah Lyles, men's 100 57:18 Track Town a myth? Less than 10,000 people for Pre 67:59 Cape Town a World Marathon Major? 71:08 World Juniors and Sasha Zhoya. Nairobi vs Tokyo for Worlds 2025 85:16 Jenny Simpson big announcement 88:35 Athing Mu 1:55.04 American record to cap the greatest season ever by an American distance runner?! 96:19 Adrian Macdonald winner of the Leadville 100 in his first 100 miler Week That Was: Our written recap of the week in running Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/47d32df6-d54d-47f7-aec8-aceafddfe930

26 Aug 20211h 54min

The Pre Classic is here and it's got one thing the Olympics didn't have - Sha'carri Richardson. Could Pre also be bigger than the Olympics for Matthew Centrowitz? We break it all down including Sifan Hassan's world record attempt at 5000 and then look at the Fall World Marathon Major Fields and whether Kipchoge could run Boston in the spring. Show notes below. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Our final Pre preview will come Friday in the Supporters Only "Friday 15" podcast. Join the LetsRun Supporters Club today. Get exclusive content, a private forum, and the softest t-shirts in the business if you become an annual member. http://letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 2:21 Salazar building renamed 5:59 World Juniors and Sasha Zhoya 14:50 Could Pre be bigger than Olympics for Centro? 27:12 Ladies' night at Pre: Can Sifan Hassan get the 5k world record? Can she go sub 14:00? 32:11 Rojo waters down his grading of the Chicago Marathon 40:13 Tokyo Olympic Distance Grades: A thru F for the US team 50:37 Sha'Carri Richarsdon, Elant Thompson, SAFP showdown at Pre 58:24 Who is more likely to go sub 9: Emma Coburn or Courtney Frerichs? 64:31 Men's 100 72:29 Most of fall marathon fields announced - Seidel & Women's Olympic team to NY, Does Des Linden have a shot anymore? 80:00 London Marathon 2022 in the Fall, Does that mean Bekele will do Boston? Articles: Tokyo Distance Grades Chicago Has 1 International Sub 2:30 Woman 5 Things to Watch at World Juniors Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/7a75114b-3b33-4c60-a7cc-a7d1b57574b7

18 Aug 20211h 37min

We look back at the Olympics that almost didn't happen. The track and field action at Tokyo 2020 was incredible. Karsten Warholm, Sydney Mclaughlin, Sifan Hassan, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Athing Mu plus some big surprises in Courtney Frerichs and Molly Seidel. Show notes: 7:30 Favorite Olympic moments. + Tamberi /Barshim Tie in High Jump 20:21 Dude who knocked over all the water bottles 34:50 Michael Johnson's comments/ favorites/ Hassan/ praise for Mo Farah 60:59 Biggest disappointments 72:49 Big surprises Parchment/ Seidel more Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Join the LetsRun Supporters Club today. Get exclusive content, a private forum, and the softest t-shirts in the business if you become an annual member. http://letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/2bdc1021-6820-4b6c-acb0-585bb0a627ab

12 Aug 20211h 26min

Thanks for your support. And be sure to try DrinkLMNT if you haven't? https://drinklmnt.com/letsrun Video of show here Start Men's 1500 & Changing of Guard 16:02 How will 1500 final play out? 31:26 What happened with/ happens to Centro? 40:39 US Men coming up short - Rojo's says it's not doomsday 42:10 Did Grant Holloway choke? 47:30 Men's 400 Final / Pressure on Favorites/ Ryan Crouser, Nick Willis comments 54:31 US 4x100 Debacle 71:17 Men's 5000 Final Preview 85:06 Women's 1500 / Betting Odds/ Athing Mu home or 4x4? Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/0176edab-6dc9-4916-b155-10018a537535

5 Aug 20210s

We've been doing daily podcasts and video shoes from Tokyo for Supporters Club members. It's the only way to really know what the athletes are saying. Join the LetsRun Supporters Club today. Get exclusive content, a private forum, and the softest t-shirts in the business if you become an annual member. http://letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun This week's pod is our live Wednesday show from Tokyo. Courtney Frerichs went for greatness in the steeple, Emma Coburn fizzled, and Clayton Murphy laid an egg in the 800. Noah Lyles settled for bronze at 200, and Erriyon Knighton at 17 was crushed not to medal. Plus madness in the 400m hurdles with Sydney McLaughlin and Karsten Warholm and a lot more. Show notes: 8:55 Women steeple: Courtney Frerichs Goes For It / Emma Coburn fizzles 27:38 Men's 800 46:30 400m Hurdle Madness 57:30 Men's 200: De Grasse gets his gold, Lyles Bronze, Knighton 4th 64:50 No golds on the track for US men 67:21 Noah Lyles' & mental health 76:00 Women's 1500 Hassan vs Kipyegon, US women?? 95:00 Men's 5k Final preview Isaiah Harris tweet Guardian article on the Tokyo Track Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/35588f7b-d71f-4146-a1c3-f3f419d131f6

4 Aug 20211h 47min

The Olympics are here and we preview the action. Show notes below. Play in the $200,021 Tokyo Running Warehouse Prediction Contest. Get your picks in by 8:00 pm eastern on Thursday. Join our Supporters Club to get daily podcasts from Tokyo, behind the scenes access, and video shows. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe (Sponsor) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool that launched late in 2020 after nearly 16 years of research. The AIRWAAV performance mouthpiece fits along your bottom teeth and pushes your jaw just forward enough to create the “optimal airway opening,” resulting in: Increased endurance — by reducing respiratory rate by 20%, resulting in less lactic acid production Increased strength — by improving muscular endurance Faster recovery times — by reducing cortisol build-up by up to 50% LetsRun listeners can save 10% with the code "LR10" Dig into the science and put AIRWAAV to the test. Click here to try it out. Show notes: 1:29 Boots on the ground 7:07 Centro 3:49 Mile Good/bad/necessary? 12:57 Men's 1500 Preview: Josh Kerr gold medal threat? 24:20 Men's 100/200 Preview 27:55 Women's 100/200 32:10 Women's 400: Miller-Uibo double? 37:09 Simone Biles - is running mental or physical? 42:43 Alberto Salazar banned for life by Safe Sport / Private eye tails him and Galen Rupp 49:28 Men's 400 preview 56:23 400 Hurdles 59:24 Women's 800 Which Americans are most likely to medal? How many distance medals will America get? 69:36 Sifan Hassan three golds or 0 golds? 74:35 Men's 10,000m Final: Passing the torch 78:17 Dathan Ritzenhein OAC update / private coaches in Tokyo 84:20 Social Media Update from Intern Karl: Josh Kerr audio on Centro mile 88:43 Noah Lyles update 92:01 Michael Johnson on Shaunae Miller-Uibo 94:33 Olympic roomates: Cole Hocker and Mason Ferlic Links :GoForTheRed.org - Becca Gillespy explains what a lifetime Safe Sport ban means Positive Test in Tokyo? Celebration of the Games: Australian coach Alaskan Celebration We want your feedback. Rate us on itunes and spread the word with one friend. There is a reason we're the #1 Olympic running podcast. Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 to leave a private voicemail. Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/843b8491-b5ea-44a1-b6ef-d4ec91075fb1

29 Juli 20211h 41min