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Pro track and field is back! We start with Mary Cain racing Katelyn Tuohy and then get into the pro action at the NB Indoor Grand Prix and the Dr. Sander Invite, and discuss the American 800m riches. Edward Cheserek has picked a country to run for, Tyler Day broke Galen Rupp’s record, of course Alberto Salazar and Vaporfly talk, a Super Bowl preview, and a new segment x 2 = Rojo’s rant.

Looking for a great race this winter? East coast: Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, March 1st - the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

West coast: Can Am Masters XC Race in Victoria, BC Feb 29: Beautiful course. Great city. Hoping to host world XC. More details here

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Show notes:
Start Mary Cain and Katelyn Tuohy fizzle at Armory
14:13 Nike investigation into how they treated women athletes in NOP complete
21:16 Mary Cain audio on her biggest regret in NOP Video here
28:02 Bryce Hoppel, Donavan Brazier and men’s 800 Ranks + Remember Drew Windle and Boris Berian?
41:47 Women’s Mid D: Ajee Wilson, Jessica Hull, Nikki Hiltz
48:35 Jordan Gusman’s Tinman tattoo and winning 3k on first run ever on an indoor track Video here
51:49 Edward Cheserek to Kenya
63:37 Tyler Day 13:16 American Collegiate Record
66:14 Dubai and Osaka Women’s Marathon
71:10 Vaporfly talk
77:30 Super Bowl Preview

Looking for a great race this winter? East coast: Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, March 1st - the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

West coast: Can Am Masters XC Race in Victoria, BC Feb 29: Beautiful course. Great city. Hoping to host world XC. More details here

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New Balance Grand Prix coverage and interviews here

Dr. Sander Invite coverage and interviews here

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2019 Foot Locker High School National Champ (and podcast listener) Josh Methner is our special guest. We’ve got the 15 minute highlights of our 1 hour talk with him at the end of the podcast and the full talk can be found as a Bonus Episode here.

The Houston half marathon is in the books and the Olympic Marathon Trials window has closed and 2020 indoor pro track and field season is here. We take a look at everything Houston including the fast or deep times by the Americans, the USA XC Champs, the London and Boston Marathon fields and a look ahead to the Dr. Sander Invite and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Full show notes below.

Looking for a great race this winter? East coast: Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, March 1st - the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

West coast: Can Am Masters XC Race in Victoria, BC Feb 29: Beautiful course. Great city. Hoping to host world XC. More details here

Looking for a better pair of running shoes at a better price? We’ve got you covered here. https://www.letsrun.com/shoes

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Show notes:

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2019 Foot Locker Cross Country high school national champion Josh Methner joined us to talk about his Foot Locker win, his high school career, his start in the sport of running, and much more.

This is the full 1 hour talk.

We also have a 15 minute highlight version of our talk with Josh on this week's LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast at this link.

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The wait is over. 2018 Boston Marathon Champ Des Linden is revealed as the $50 tipper to the the show (100% of the tips are still going to Jonathan Gault. Give your one time or monthly subscription tip here)

Des surprised Jon on Rojo as a guest on the show and stayed to talk her incredible career for 57 minutes: Olympic Trials, winning Boston, advice for LetsRun.com and more.

Then we talked Mike Smith being Galen Rupp’s new coach, Evan Jager being super motivated, Clayton Murphy returning to his roots, Mary Cain returning to the track, the Wilson Kipsang suspension, the Jama Aden raid, Rhonex Kipruto’s world record in the 10k on the roads, debate whether the world marathon records may be taken off the books, and end with London Marathon talk.

Notes:
Start: Special guest Des Linden
57:50 Galen Rupp has a new coach
74:30 Evan Jager MOTIVATED
78:16 Clayton Murphy and Lee Labadie
81:02 Mary Cain back on the track
91:20 Wilson Kipsang suspended
96:34 Jama Aden update
101:33 Rhonex Kipruto world 10k record
104:43 Could marathon world records be taken off books?
107:17 London Marathon pro fields 2020

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Who says nothing is going on in the running world? The LRC team finds plenty to talk about as Jon returns from vacation and gets his tips including a big one from an anonymous for now running legend.

The Houston half marathon field (Sara Hall vs Molly Huddle vs Jordan Hasay) and Wanamaker mile fields are out, Wejo says Galen Rupp won’t make the Olympic marathon team, Sam Chelanga may be back, and what is the 2020 LetsRun.com challenge?

The team is joined by Wejo’s mother-in-law at the end to see what she does and does not know about the sport (and she shares a family connection to the 1980 Miracle on Ice).

Looking for a great race this winter? East coast: Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, March 1st - the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

West coast: Can Am Masters XC Race in Victoria, BC Feb 29: Beautiful course. Great city. Hoping to host world XC. More details here

Show notes:
6:26 Jon gets his tips
8:33 Alberto Salazar segment: Who is coaching Galen Rupp?
13:22 Hypocrites! Employee 1.1 DIDN’T go sub 5 in mile/ Wejo got into USAs without the qualifying standard
20:51 Mary Cain dreaming of Olympics
23:43 Vaporfly segment
27:26 Houston Half Marathon a preview of Olympic Trials? Jordan Hasay vs Molly Huddle vs Sara Hall + the Return of Sam Chelanga?! (should Jared Ward be scared)
40:22 Bold prediction: Galen Rupp will not make the Olympic marathon team
Update after podcast: Galen has a new coach NAU's Mike Smith
43:23 Millrose Wanamaker men’s mile field 4 Americans, 9 foreigners and X Africans
47:33 Ajee’ Wilson vs Raevyn Rogers @ Dr. Sander Invite
49:53 The 2020 LetsRun.com Challenge
53:33 Which world records go down in 2020?
64:12 Mother-in-law segment with Cathy

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Happy New Year!

A new year and decade are here and we look back (at the top articles and threads of the year and decade) and ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Who is more likely to get gold Kenenisa Bekele or Evan Jager, Shelby Houlihan or Matthew Centrowitz, Ajee' Wilson or Donavan Brazier? What about Bryce Hoppel or Clayton Murphy, Mo Farah or Muktar Edris? Who gets more medals Jerry Schumacher’s Bowerman Track Club or Pete Julian’s unnamed group.

We have a Hakone Ekiden/ Nike Vaporfly talk, Alberto Salazar segment on Sifan Hassan, and end with predictions for Mary Cain in 2020 as she kicked off the year with the Midnight Run in Central Park.

Looking for a great race this winter? Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here.

Show notes:
Start: Happy New Year: Top articles of year
13:58 Top threads of year
19:35 Articles of the decade
20:49 Crazy stuff of year
25:49 Employee 1.1 Sub 5 Streak Continues Update: Oops it really didn't.
30:05 Post of Decade Thread is now up
32:07 Hakone Ekiden/ Vaporfly segment of week
38:27 Tokyo Olympics Rapid Fire Round: Who is more likely to win gold…
49:50 Alberto Salazar segment
54:14 Biggest favorite for gold in Tokyo is
58:06 Who gets more medals: Bowerman or Pete Julian group
65:16 Mary Cain back racing will she make Olympic Track and Field Trials?

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The end of the year and decade is here and the LetsRun.com crew pays its respects to a crazy decade in the running world.

LetsRun.com announces its men’s and women’s runners of the decade: Eliud Kipchoge and Caster Semenya and US distance runners of decade Matthew Centrowitz and Jenny Simpson.

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Show notes:

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays

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Olympic and Kiwi legend Peter Snell has passed. Kiwi Running Show podcast host Hayden Shearman joins us to give his insight on Snell, the athlete of the last century in New Zealand.

Update: Peter Snell's biography No Bugles, No Drums is now available on kindle here.

We discuss Foot Lockers and debate Zofia Dudek vs Kately Tuohy, give praise to podcast listener Josh Methner for his run away victory. Alberto Salazar = the possible person of the decade? Des Linden running Olympic Trials and Boston, + club nats and Tuohy, Mary Cain, and Tinman elite, race of decade, and threads of week. Full notes below.

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Show notes:
0:00 Peter Snell
8:36 Foot Lockers
21:05 Weekly Vaporfly Segment / David Graham won’t be doing Marathon World Rankings because of shoes / Tim Tollefson's tweet
31:46 Alberto Salazar segment of week / Person of the decade?
39:48 Who is the father, son and holy spirit of LetsRun podcast?
43:04 Des Linden Olympic Trials/ Boston double
51:36 Hayden Shearman of Kiwi Running Show podcast on Peter Snell
69:34 Race of Decade
78:51 Threads of Week (click for each) / Katelyn Tuohy/ Mary Cain/ Morgan Pearson/ Tinman Elite at Club Nats / Jim Walmsley's training week / Cheaterfly's & Rupp
87:57 In which pro sport is an amateur exposed the quickest?

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NXN, the first of 2 high school national champs, is in the books. Katelyn Tuohy became the first three time female national champ in cross country, Nico Young impressed on the boys' side, and how much celebration is acceptable by a high school coach? Rojo is given a retroactive Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, protesters descend on the Alberto Salazar building at Nike, and when if ever should a building be named after another human being?

Plus fast times in Honolulu and Abu Dhabi, a transgender Olympic marathon trials qualifier, and Gwen Jorgensen and Vin Lananna are back. We cover it all.

Show notes:
Start:NXN Girls Race
15:45 Will Katelyn Tuohy win an NCAA title?
21:35 Nico Young, Boys’ Race, and How Much Can Coaches’ Celebrate?
27:40 Rojo retroactively awarded an Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifier
29:24 100 Olympic Trials Qualifiers at CIM / Are the Trails standards too soft?
36:07 Course rabbit in Honolulu + NCAA champs King Ches and Sharon Lokedi get engaged + Rabbit wins $100,000 in Abu Dhabi
46:06 Alberto Salazar segment of week /protests at Nike
55:42 Transgender women qualifiers for Olympic Marathon Trials
65:45 Vin Lananna back as USATF President
71:51 Race of decade
79:42 Gwen Jorgensen is back on the track

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Mo Farah announced he's making a big return to the 10,000m for the Tokyo Olympics. The man he'll have to beat for gold Joshua Cheptegei got the 10k road world record in Valencia. The marathon times were so fast in Valencia we wonder if it should be a major. Vaporfly talk, Alberto Salazar talk, NXN vs Foot Locker talk and more.

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Show notes:
Start: Greatness in Valenica: 10k World Record by Joshua Cheptegei + Madness in Marathon
23:15 Save $100 on Normatec Recovery Systems / Rojo's Thanksgiving Run
28:01 Mo Farah
34:22 Alberto Salazar segment of the week
42:52 Zara Hyde Peters resigns
45:58 Eric Jenkins beats Edward Cheserek at Manchester Road Race / Edward Cheserek's citizenship quest
54:43 NXN vs Foot Locker
61:05 Moderation question of week: Should we let people discuss who has more potential Katelyn Tuohy or Sydney Masciarelli?
69:15 What is the proper role of a male pacer at end of women's race?
72:38  Deleted thread of week + Vaporfly talk
80:06 Steve Spence's 43 year old sub 5 minute mile streak is in jeopardy + Rojo praises himself

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