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February 10, 2021Lievin Madness, Guest Hobbs Kessler on His Cool Path to Breaking High School Indoor Record in Mile
Hobbs Kessler the new high school record holder in the indoor mile joins us @ 86:30 to talk about his amazing record breaking run, his quick rise to the top, and one of the coolest training situations in America under coach Ron Warhurst and sometime training partner Nick Willis.
Jon Gault has an excellent profile on Kessler's rise to the top available for Supporters Club members here.
Prior to Kessler joining us, we talk about the amazing action in Lievin, France where Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women's 1500m indoor world record, Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a European record 3:31, and Getnet Wale and Grant Holloway nearly got world records. We praise Virginia Tech, look at the Bowerman Track Clubs Prickly Pear Invite, discuss Athing Mu's Olympic chances, and whether Bryce Hoppel and Donavan Brazier are ducking each other.
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Show notes:
5:55 Lievin Women
19:08 Lievin Men
31:38 Hobbs Kessler 3:57 / Nick Willis / Ron Warhurst Discussion
47:32 Prickly Pear Invite
55:10 Super Bowl
58:29 Rojo's hot take on Sinclaire Johnson / slander of Jenny Simpson
62:33 Virginia Tech 5 sub 4s in one race
66:50 Athing Mu - Olympic double?
75:32 Duke/ UNC Partying / Covid
78:10 NBIGP Talk: Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel ducking each other?
86:30 Hobbs Kessler Interview
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Lievin Videos:
Gudaf Tsegay 3:53.09 WR
Men's 3k: Getnet Wale 7:24.98
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:31
Women's 3k: Lemlem Hailu > Hasan and Chepkoech
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1 hr 45 min
February 04, 2021Diamond Hands: Bryce Hoppel, Keith Gill, Oregon DMR, and the LetsRun.com Theme Song
Track Talk has a new theme song thanks to listener and film scorer Andrew Brick Johnson. He joins us at the beginning to surprise Rojo with the new music and at 70:27 to talk about how he got his start in the industry, his work on shows such as Glee and more. Check out his work at https://www.andrewbrickjohnson.com/
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Jonathan Gault turned 30 today and to celebrate we're giving him 100% of the $$$ for the Supporters Club sign-ups this week. Click here to join, get your free LRC shirt, and support your favorite track and field journalist. Des Linden signed up last week.
Bryce Hoppel is tearing it up on the track, former 4:03 miler Keith Gill turned upside down Wall Street for a week, and don't look but the University of Oregon DMR crushed the NCAA record, plus a little NCAA XC talk in February, and COVID cancels the RAK half, but we talk Tokyo Olympic favorites.
Show notes:
0:00 LetsRun.com Theme Song Introduced
6:22 Free 8 packets of DRINK LMNT for LetsRun listeners at https://DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun
7:27 Jon is 30, Des Linden joined our Supporters Club and 100% of SC sign-ups $ this week go to him. Join today: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe
10:54 Keith Gill $$$ talk
15:47 Bryce Hoppel #2 American ever indoors @ 800 / Clayton Murphy not in trouble
26:03 Super Bowl, Zombie NOP, Olympic Trials, Tokyo COVID Talk
32:11 Geoffery Kamworor back
34:35 Craig Masback the new John Capriotti
38:49 Big 10 Cross Country and Wisconsin
46:29 BYU > NAU & Nico Young's NCAA Chances
54:14 Oregon DMR crushes NCAA record
64:29 Super spikes
70:27 Movie scorer and composer of the LetsRun.com Theme Song Andrew Brick Johnson
78:55 Who are the biggest Tokyo Olympic distance favorites?
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January 27, 2021So Close, So Far, and Super Agent Paul Doyle on American Track League
Super-agent Paul Doyle is our guest at 60:06 and he talks the debut and future of the American Track League and why he may have half his net worth invested in it.
Prior to that we look back at Mary Cain, Kara Goucher and the allegations against Alberto Salazar and the NOP and look ahead to a crazy fall marathon schedule before turning to last week's action.
Jim Walmsley, (the guest last week on the Track Talk podcast) ran for 6 hours and just missed the 100km world record by 12 seconds at HOKA Project Carbon X, Ryan Crouser go the shot put world record, and Christian Noble of Lee (Tenn.) University got a collegiate record and sent his teammates into a frenzy.
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Show notes:
7:11 NOP, Alberto Salazar, Mary Cain, Kara Goucher on HBO Sports
15:39 Boston Marathon has a date (and it’s 1 day after Chicago and 8 after London)
18:28 Are the Tokyo Olympics in jeopardy?
27:51 Oh so close: Jim Walmsley runs for 6 hours and misses the 100km world record by 12 seconds
38:14 Oh so far: Ryan Crouser world record
40:27 Christian Noble 13:37 DII record and crazy reaction video
46:21 Michigan pauses sports for 2 weeks
52:00 Email of Week
57:34 RAK Half is STACKED
60:06 Paul Doyle
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January 21, 2021Track is Back + Guest Jim Walmsley & Sub 4 History for Nick Willis
Happy Democracy Day! Jim Walmsley joins us at 90:07 to look back at his 2020, look ahead at his 2021, and his 100k world record chance this weekend at the HOKA Project Carbon X2.
Prior to that, track and field was back in a big way as Athing Mu began her collegiate career in style, Hugues Fabrice Zango broke the triple jump record, HS girls ran 2:02 and 9:47, an Olympic champ gets popped, 16 year-old Erriyon Knighton turned pro, Alexa Efraimson has a new coach, and Nick WIllis made sub 4 minute mile history.
Andrew Bumbalough joined us at 4:24 to discuss his career, retirement, Bowerman, whether Evan Jager should leave Jerry, supershoes, and his work with PWURE, the data-driven nutrition company.
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Links from Jim Walmsley: The Greatest 100km
Germany Ultra Running Statistic Site
Show notes:
4:24 Andrew Bumbalough on Retirement, PWURE, Bowerman (Sponsored by PWURE.com)
18:10 What a Weekend led by Athing Mu
27:48 Audio of Week: Blood Testing at Marathon Project
31:58 World Record in Triple Jump
35:17 Efraimson Joins Zombie NOP and Pete Julian
50:18 Nick Willis Sub 4 History
56:55 High School Girls Running Fast
66:16 Joseph Biden is the 46th President of the United States
67:53 Runner Tom Brady
69:52 Brianna Rollins-McNeal charged with doping violation
75:20 16 year-old Erriyon Knighton signs with adidas
80:38 Job prospects for 30 year-old runners/ Mark Wetmore story
90:07 Jim Walmsley Talk
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2 hr 16 min
January 17, 2021Where Your Dreams Become Reality #1: Robert Brandt on Breakout 2020, Trash Talking with Tinman Elite
Robert Brandt lowered his 10k pr from 28:48 to 27:39 in 2020 so it's fitting he is the first "Where Your Dreams Become Reality" guest. The 6th year senior at Georgetown first turned heads in the spring by talking a little smack about the Tinman Elite team. Ever since then he has backed it up on the track. He talks about his breakout 2020, talking smack, and the highs and lows of his running career.
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Threads:
Robert Brandt ROASTS Tinman and Drew Hunter gets feelings hurt
Is Robert Brandt the greatest 8th place runner of all time?
ROBERT MF BRANDT - 27:39 FOR 10K!!!!!!
You're 27:39 Robert Brandt: Stay at Gtown or go pro?
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Show notes:
1:21 His breakout 27:39 run
20:42 Looking ahead in 2021 towards NCAAs / Olympics
26:44 His start in running / progression to today
41:30 Tenacity
45:56 Trashtalking Tinman
59:10 His #1 piece of running advice
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1 hr 5 min
January 13, 2021Boston 2021? Tokyo 2021? Doom and Gloom or Hope and Light?
USA Indoors is officially cancelled, the Armory won't have any more track meets in 2021, and most of Japan wants the Olympics cancelled or postponed and Jonathan Gault is not confident the 2021 Boston Marathon will take place.
But vaccines are going into arms (at the Armory), indoor pro track meets are being planned, and athletes are starting to talk about what super spike they'll use in Tokyo.
We break it all down.
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Links:
Boston Marathon 2021...what are the odds it even happens?
Geoff Burns thread on super spikes “2021 on the track is going to look like 2018 on the roads”
Who did it better? Pre 4th 72 olympic vs Jacob 5th world championship
It's a good thing Galen Rupp isn't Norwegian. Did you know altitude chambers are banned in Norway?
Nick Willis on new spikes
Minnesota vs Iowa in indoor track
Survey Finds 80% Of Japanese People Want Tokyo 2020 Cancelled Or Postponed
The Captivating Allure Of The Hakone Ekiden, One Of Japan’s Most Popular Annual Sporting Events
Show notes:
Start USATF Cancelled/ Vaccines in Arms
12:16 Trackmeets without scores
22:27 Superspikes
35:22 Great Ethiopian run
37:45 Boston Marathon 2021?
42:37 Nick Willis' tweet
45:00 Rojo's bold prediction: Hassan Olympic triple
49:31 Pre vs Ingebrigtsen
51:33 2025 Worlds in Kenya?
52:52 No fans at Olympic Trials?
57:07 Email of Week
60:16 Rojo's tick
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January 07, 20212021 Predictions + Supershoes with Geoff Burns
Happy New Year. We talk about a thrilling Hakone Ekiden, the pro track season that is shaping up, athletes switching sponsors, getting dropped, and retiring, before looking ahead to 2021 and giving our predictions.
Then we are joined by **Geoff Burns** @ 73:26 to discuss the super shoe revolution. Geoff was the 2016 USATF 100km champion, has a PhD in kinesiology, and is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Michigan Performance Research Lab in the Exercise and Sports Science Initiative.
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Show notes:
3:22 Hakone Ekiden (shoes worn here)
18:45 Indoor Track is Here /XC Season Shaping Up
26:31 Athletes Switching Sponsors / Getting Dropped (Ryan Hill, Molly Seidel, Ben True) 39:28 Kyle Merber retires
44:39 2021 Predictions: (Houlihan,Brazier, Coburn, Tokyo)
58:56 Jon's bold prediction
63:55 Men's 100m
73:26 Geoff Burns
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2 hr 33 min
January 01, 20212020 Running Year in Review + Rafer Johnson Tribute From Meb Keflezighi, Bob Larsen and Angel Martinez
Goodbye 2020 and hello 2021. The LRC crew looks back at the track and field and running world in 2020 and ends the year with an audio tribute at 73:47 to Rafer Johnson from Angel Martinez, Meb Keflezighi, and Bob Larsen. Rafer Johnson LA Times obituary
If you're interested in donating to causes Rafer Johnson supports:
The Special Olympics Southern California Rafer Johnson Tribute Fund c/o 1600 Forbes Way #200 Long Beach, Ca 90810 www.sosc.org/rafer or by phone to Victoria Tracey at (562) 502-1115
The UCLA Athletics Rafer Johnson Endowment Fund c/o UCLA Athletic Development Office - P.O. Box 24044 Los Angeles, CA 90024 - (310) 206-3302 Checks payable to "UCLA Foundation” with a reference to the memory of Rafer Johnson
The Play Equity Foundation’s Rafer Johnson Impact Fund dedicated to providing support to organizations serving adaptive athletes and those with intellectual disabilities. Donations can be made via: https://playequityfund.org/donate-raferjohnson/
Rafer Johnson LA Times obituary
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xx:xx Supporters Club only audio on why Jon should have been suspended
xx:xx Breaking news: A pro who can run 2:07 pace for the marathon may run for LetsRun.com / 2021 Wishes
xx:xx 2020 Year in Review Quiz
xx:xx Martin Hehir vs Frank Shorter
xx:xx Articles of Year
xx:xx Jakob Ingebrigtsen a no talent hack
xx:xx Ryan Hill leave Bowerman Track Club
xx:xx Brenda Martinez cleared
xx:xx Runners of Year
xx:xx Did LRC snub Aliphine Tuliamuk?
73:47 Rafer Johnson Tribute. LA Times Obituary here
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1 hr 40 min
December 24, 2020Marathon Project Champs Martin Hehir and Sara Hall (and Scott Fauble) Talk The Marathon Project
We have a jammed packed show to tide you over for Christmas . Three specials guests from The Marathon Project join the pod.
First up @ 20:00 in a segment sponsored by Polar and its The Road Forward** docuseries on HOKA NAZ Elite's Scott Fauble,** we're joined by Faubs after his 2:09:42 run. Faubs talks delusions, dreams, and redemption after the Olympic Trials.
Men's winner Martin Hehir of the Reebok Boston Track Club joins us @ 65:46 and talks about being a husband, a dad, in medical school, treating covid patients, and the 2:08:59 winner of The Marathon Project.
Women's winner Sara Hall of Asics @ 102:13 talks about her 2:20:32 dominant win that made her the 2nd fastest American marathoner of all-time and her incredible fall of 2020.
Prior to the interviews, the crew breaks down The Marathon Project, Millrose being cancelled and the 2020 indoor season, David Rudisha being done, a Japanese high school girl running 14:37, and Rojo being back on the pod.
Podcast is sponsored by Polar: Watch: Scott’s Fauble’s Journey for Redemption at The Marathon Project from Polar After a crushing 12th place finish at the US Marathon Trials, Scott Fauble was forced to ask himself “what do I do now”? Watch Scott come face-to-face with self-doubt, an old injury, and the quest for motivation as he trains and races at The Marathon Project, where he went sub 2:10 (2:09:42) to get his career back on track. The Road Forward is not just Scott’s story, it’s every runner’s story. Presented by Polar. Watch now
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Links: The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years
Despite Bathroom Break, Marty Hehir Ran a 2-Minute PR to Finish 6th at the Olympic Trials Marathon
6 Final Thoughts on Marathon Project: Is 2:09 Still 2:09?
Marathon Project Full Coverage
Watch: Scott’s Fauble’s Journey for Redemption at The Marathon Project from Polar (sponsored)
Guests:
20:00 - 35:15 Scott Fauble sponsored by Polar's The Road Forward Series
65:46 - 102:13 Marty Hehir - Marathon Project Champ
102:13 Sara Hall - Marathon Project Champ
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December 18, 2020No NY, No Boston - The Marathon Project 2020 Is Here
Move over Boston, Chicago and New York, the 2020 Marathon Project is the biggest marathon in the US post Olympic Trials. How many sub 2:10s will we see on the men's side? Will Sara Hall get the American record on the women's side? We break it all down.
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Jenna Hutchins** ran 15:34 to break the high school girls 5000m national record. We tell you what you can expect for NCAA XC and indoor track, and are we still on track for Tokyo 2021 Olympics?
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Links:
Video of 2007 Chicago Marathon Finish
Marathon Project Crowdfunding Prize. Is it possible?
Alan Abrahamson article on Olympic protests
Malcolm Gladwell LetsRun.com podcast
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1 hr 23 min