Michael Doyle talks with regular contributor John Lofranco about his impassioned op-ed on our site that Canadian track star Mohammed Ahmed isn't getting the respect he deserves in 2020 for his all time 5,000m performance during the Pandemic at a low-key time trial in Portland, Oregon in the summer. Lofranco offers up some clever comparables of other top tens in the big team sports for further perspective on just how big a deal Ahmed's stature should be, and why maybe running doesn't get any respect in mainstream sports media coverage, particularly in non-Olympic years.

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