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Jess Hull 3:50.83, Wolfe Over Blanks, Is Hassan in Trouble? LOADED Monaco preview + Kipyegon world record Jul 10, 2024

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Track Talk: Record-Breaking Performances, Doping Controversies, and Olympic Prep In this episode of Track Talk, the hosts dive into recent record-breaking performances in the men's 800m and women's 1500m races, focusing on key races in Paris and potential doping issues. They preview the upcoming Monaco Diamond League event featuring athletes like Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Timothy Cheruiyot, and Niels Laros. Discussions cover the status of the U.S. and Ethiopian Olympic teams and the doping controversy surrounding American high school sprinter Issam Asinga. The episode also examines Jakob Ingebrigtsen's race tactics and Olympic readiness, the performances of Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker, Graham Blanks, and Parker Wolfe, and Sifan Hassan's recent struggles and potential Olympic event choices. The episode wraps up by encouraging listener engagement and promoting the Let's Run supporters club for exclusive content.

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Show notes: 0:00 Start *Join the Supporters Club for 25% off with code CLUB25
04:00 JESS HULL 3:50.83 (Faith Kipyegon 3:59.04 WR)
06:16 Thread: Jess Hull progression
16:49 Post of Week by Ruton Towers XC
22:15 What's it mean for Americans
25:05 Ethiopian Olympic team snub *Thread
31:43 Men's 800: 3 1:41s
38:41 Tebogo vs Lyles in Monaco at 200 + Kishane Thompson over Tebogo in Hungary
45:31 Issam Asinga "Gatorade" doping case
01:02:20 Phil Norman Olympic snub *link
01:04:07 Monaco 1500 -Ingebrigtsen vs Nuguse vs Cheruioyt vs Laros vs Gourley
01:05:08 Niels Lars U20 1000m record *link
01:11:57 Jakob and Nuguse
01:16:32 Sifan Hassan 4:04 1500
01:24:17 Femke Bol 50.02
01:26:02 Graham Blanks makes Olympic team over Parker Wolfe

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Paris WR Bonanza! Faith Kipyegon 3:49.04 WR, Hull 3:50.8, Muir 3:53.7, Deepest 800 Ever, Yaroslava Mahuchikh World Record High Jump Jul 07, 2024

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The Paris Diamond League is the home of the world record as Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the women's high jump world record from 1987 with a leap of 2.10 meters, Faith Kipyegon lowered her women's 1500 meters world record to 3:49.04, as Jess Hull ran an Aussie record of 3:50.83 and Laura Muir a British record of 3:53.79 NR.

The men's 800 was the deepest ever as Djamel Sedjati emerged victorious in a historic race, clocking 1:41.56, followed closely by Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Gabriel Tual, both achieving sub-1:42 times.

We break it all down.

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Show notes:
0:00 Start - what a meet
05:08 Faith Kipyegon 3:49.04 World record, Jess Hull 3:50.83 NR, Laura Muir 3:53.79 NR.
11:52 What does it mean for event for Americans?
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18:59 Muir struggled at British Trials
20:59 World record in high jump by Yaroslava Mahuchikh
24:46 Deepest Men's 800 ever at Djamel Sedjati wo, Emmanuel Wanyonyi was 2nd and Gabriel Tual all 1:41
34:12 What about Arop?
37:33 Conspiracy theory of week- Paris is rigged
45:11 Other distance races

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Winners and Losers at Olympic Trials, Olympic 100m Favorites Jul 04, 2024

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2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials: Highlights, Medals, and Future Prospects With the help of intern Joseph, Rojo, Wejo and Jonathan give out grades as they review the standout performances, record-breakers, and key results from the 2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials.

How did Cole Hocker, Grant Fisher, Sha'Carri Richardson, Cooper Teare, Hobbs Kessler, Parker Valby and Yared Nuguse do?

Should the Trials make changes to protect stars like Athing Mu and what about the American medal prospects for Paris.Plus, the British Trials, potential future trials locations including Eugene, Oregon for 2028, and a look at Olympic 100m betting odds.

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Show notes: 0:00 Olympic Trials Grades, Olympic 100m Favorite
00:22 Start
05:59 Wild Duck final night report
09:14 Us distance medal chances
20:35 Olympic Trials Grades
20:57 Yared Nuguse
23:02 Colorado job
27:25 Sha'Carri Richardson
30:20 Cooper Teare
32:44 What's world class? Hobbs Kessler, Rick Wohlhuter
39:09 Rojo's lack of filter
41:03 Women's 1500 depth Cory McGee
43:14 Addy Wiley
45:13 Grant Fisher
50:17 Athing Mu, the fall, fans union ticket prices
01:03:49 Nick Willis loves the US Trials
01:11:31 British Trials
01:13:06 Eugene attendance down 46%
01:20:46 Parker Valby
01:22:50 Drew Hunter
01:24:49 Wejo's performance at Trials
01:31:22 Absence makes heart fonder
01:32:09 Olympic 100m betting odds *link
01:34:06 Kishane Thompson 9.77 at Jamaican Champs *Video
01:42:17 Women's odds

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British Champ Neil Gourley (Guest) and Josh Kerr's Coach Danny Mackey (Guest) Jul 01, 2024

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Neil Gourley, the British 1500 meters champion from Under Armor Dark Sky, joins the show to discuss his recent performances and strategies for the British Trials (this was recorded after Europeans and before the British champs). Then at 46:45 Danny Mackey, coach of the Brooks Beasts and Josh Kerr, shares insights on training, competition psychology, and recruitment strategies.

Join us for an in-depth look into the world of elite racing and coaching.

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00:00 Intro
01:19 Music
01:42 Neirl Gourley start
02:48 Why do Europeans?
13:03 The British Champs
20:36 Michael Johnson Grand Slam Track League Thoughts
26:18 Ben Thomas training
35:42 Flagstaff Under Amour Dark Sky Training
38:26 Relationship with other 1500m runners
42:08 Cross training 45:41 Favorite drink
46:45 Danny Mackey
01:36:43 Is Josh Kerr # in the world?
01:36:43 Book recommendations
01:36:43 Brandon Miller/ Isaiah Harris
01:36:43 Bobby Kersee's 800m training/ Athing Mu
01:36:43 Will the Beasts expand?
01:36:43 What attracted Danny to Josh?
01:36:43 Peaking
01:36:43 The US Olympic Trials
01:36:43 DMR World Record
01:36:43 Have things changed as a coach now he has a world champion?
01:36:43 Could the world record go down in Paris?
01:36:43 The banter
01:36:43 Has anything gone wrong with Josh's season?

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Matthew Centrowitz Retires (Guest) + Halftime at Trials + Athing Mu Out - Olympic Track and Field Trials Podcast Jun 27, 2024

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Matthew Centrowitz kicks things off to breakdown the first half of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and preview the second half. Plus he announces his track career is officially over.

We break down the biggest winners and losers of the first half of the Trials, Athing Mu's fall, Christian Coleman's agony, Cole Hocker's brilliance over Yared Nuguse and a lot more including the Mark Wetmore era in Colorado coming to an end.

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Show notes: 0:00 Matthew Centrowitz & Olympic Trials
01:31 Matthew Centrowitz talks the Trials
08:44 2024 US Olympic team @ 1500m - best one ever for US men?
12:03 Yared's best strategy
14:55 1500 going from favorting 800/1500 runners to 1500/5000
22:12 Who is the Olympic 1500m favorite?
27:43 5000 at Trials Fisher over Hocker ?
37:05 Matt's final race
40:03 Mark Wetmore Out at CU - Centro discusses
49:31 Becoming a dad
52:50 Jon and Wejo discuss Trials
55:07 Biggest story from 1st half.... Athing Mu falls
01:04:12 The 100s
01:07:06 Biggest winners and losers
01:11:14 High school kids
01:16:37 Parker Valby - winner or loser?
01:24:52 Sage Hurta Klecker
01:26:58 2nd half of Trials - women's 1500
01:30:01 Fisher vs Hocker in 5k
01:33:25 Erriyon Knighton cleared in USADA hearing
01:39:55 Does Knighton make the team?
01:40:34 Eric Holt signs with Puma
01:42:24 Underdog to make the Team + Zap Fitness praise
01:47:19 Wild Duck breakdown

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+ Grand Slam Track Unveiled + Getting Ready For The US Olympic Trials + Reviewing the Kenyan/Ethiopian Olympic Trials Jun 19, 2024

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Before you listen to the podcast, enter the $200,024 BetterRunningShoes.com Track Trials Prediction Contest. Check out the new and improved BetterRunningShoes.com. Here is the thread on Bob Schul’s death. Have you read Jonathan Gault's sweet feature on Olympic ring tattoos?

0:00 Intro & Small Talk
4:45 Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track Is Unveiled - Rojo isn't a fan of the siloed event groups, JG is more upbeat.
32:45 Ethiopian Olympic Trials Talk - The 10,000s results are bad news for Grant Fisher and also Elle St. Pierre?
40:00 Kenyan Olympic Trials Talk
54:00 Bob Schul has died
62:42 US Olympic Trials Talk and Predictions
93:56 End of Show

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Valby makes history, Fred Kerley situation, Olympic Trials, Fantasy match-ups, Star for Michael Johnson League Jun 11, 2024

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Parker Valby and the Arkansas women stole the show at NCAAs while Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone impressed on the track in New York City while Fred Kerley stole the show off it.

Plus, updates on the Issam Asinga and Rhonex Kipruto doping cases, and what big name is signing on for the Michael Johnson Track League?

Plus don't miss our fantasy track and field match-upsl.

Show notes below.

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Show notes: 00:00 Start
03:44 Parker Valby makes history, pro prospects
14:01 Ramsden makes history
18:47 Whittaker repeats in 8
26:04 Arkansas women wow
28:20 Pro draft from NCAAs
37:30 Allie O and Colleen Quigley
44:49 Eric Holt nearly beats Jake Wightman. What's it mean for Hobbs Kessler?
55:18 The Fred Kerley situation
01:02:53 Noah and Sydney impress, who is USA 100 m favorite?
01:16:45 Elle St. Pierre gets smoked by Emily Mackay: Worrried?
01:19:40 Daniel Simmons 13:25 high school 5k
01:20:39 Rhonex Kipruto doping case
01:30:07 Asinga case and Gatorade
01:39:03 Intern segment
01:42:29 Fantasy track match-ups
01:42:57 Jakob vs Girma vs El Bakkali in steeple mile
01:47:08 Parker Valby vs Kara Goucher
01:48:10 Nuguse vs Webb
01:52:56 Kipchoge vs Cheptegei
01:54:53 Mantz vs King Ches
01:55:33 Coe vs Rudisha
01:57:07 Paula vs Hassan
01:58:31 Weldon vs Robert
02:01:04 Who is the big name running the Michael Johnson Track League?
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(Bonus Podcast) Villanova's Liam Murphy Jun 06, 2024

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In this bonus podcast, on the even of NCAAs, the interns spoke with Villanova's Liam Murphy, the Villanova miler, who has the school records at 3k and the indoor mile and 5k. They discuss his training experiences, dealing with the pandemic, the Villanova legacy, along with some personal anecdotes about his coach and teammates. Liam also speaks about the significance of Penn Relays for Villanova and breaks down his NCAA 3000m run.

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Show notes: 00:00 Join Supports Club
01:41 Start
03:08 Running for Marcus O'Sullivan and Villanova
10:03 Covid transition
11:33 Double threshholds
17:16 Talking Through NCAA Indoors in 3k
23:45 Villanova's Success at Penn Relays
26:32 The Cheserek race
27:40 Mindset for outdoors
28:49 Olympic Trials, going pro?
34:15 Believe in yourself

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NCAAs with Olympic gold medallist Dan O'Brien, Seville over Lyles, Ultimate Championships Announced Jun 04, 2024

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Olympic gold medallist and NCAA broadcaster Dan O'Brien joins us at 71:08 to talk all things NCAA track and field, plus a little Olympic track and field talk.

Prior to that the fake Josh Kerr calls in to give us insight on Jakob, Centro and Hobbs Kessler. We breakdown the Stockholm Diamond League, talk a little about Jakob's narrow win over Cheruiyot in Oslo, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's and Femke Bol's season openers at 400m hurdles, and turn our attention to Jamaica's Oblique Seville beating Noah Lyles at 100m in Jamaica.

We end with an NCAA draft.

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Show notes:
00:00 Music
00:22 Start
6:35 Fake Josh Kerr on Jakob, Centro, and Hobbs
8:57 Jakob edges Cheruiyot - Josh Kerr is #1 in world?
13:46 Jakob, Mo Farah and the 5k world record
19:57 New year end event World Athletics ultimate Championships announced
31:12 Oblique Seville takes down Noah Lyles *Video
39:37 Sydney and Femke Bol 400m hurdle openers
43:18 Is there now a big 3 in the men's 800?
47:05 Nordas wins 3000 over Grijalva
52:38 NCAA Distance Preview
1:11:08 Guest - Olympic gold medallist and NCAA announcer Dan O'Brien
1:14:40 Big storylines at NCAAs
1:25:26 Men's 100
1:36:30 Dan's distanced hot takes
1:41:25 Men's team race
1:45:46 Decathlon and Heath Baldwin
1:46:53 The NCAA broadcast
1:55:38 Ato Boldon announcing rumor
1:59:44 Dan talks pros and Sha'Carri and Grant Holloway
2:02:00 Dan on winning an Olympic gold and overcoming the pressure
2:05:31 Dan wants a LetsRun shirt *Get yours here
2:06:10 LetsRun NCAA draft
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Seville over Lyles video
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Kerr Over Jakob, Prefontaine Highlights, Doping Drama, + Failed LetsRun Predictions May 28, 2024

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In this episode of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, hosts Jonathan Gault, Robert Johnson, and Weldon Johnson provide in-depth analysis of the standout events from the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, including Josh Kerr's big victory over Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the Bowerman Mile, Sha'Carri Richardson's return, and Keeley Hodgkinson's win. They also touch on Ellie St. Pierre's rise and discuss the perhaps controversial four-year ban of Issam Asinga and his allegations regarding Gatorade gummies. Additionally, we have the first intern segment where the interns reveal and scrutinize LRC's most most bold and inaccurate predictions, covering topics from Sha'Carri Richardson's potential to NCAA XC.

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00:00 Intro Music
00:22 Start
03:19 Bowerman Mile delivered
08:38 Who is Olympic favorite: Kerr or Ingebrigtsen?
13:24 Yared Nuguse?
15:30 Thread of Week: Crazy Hot takes on Bowerman Mile *link
29:41 Sifan Hassan ok or in trouble?
32:55 Elle St. Pierre impresses
38:28 Women's 100: Sha'Carri is ready, what about SAFP and Elaine Thompson-Herah?
42:26 Mile vs 1500
43:49 Grant Holloway, Lolo Jones and Gail Devers
49:30 Who is Olympic favorite for 800? Keely Hodgkinson or Athing Mu?
52:22 Who should we be most worried about? Erriyon Knighton, SAFP or Athing Mu?
55:43 Oslo- Dos Santos vs Warholm, Ingebrigtsen in mile
59:28 Issam Asinga banned, says he tested positive because of Gatorade gummies
01:11:37 Peter Bol with microdogin screenshot on his phone
01:19:54 Boston vs Dallas NBA Finals
01:23:18 Intern segment - who made the crazy prediction?
01:25:21 Sha'Carri more likely not to make Worlds than win Worlds
01:27:09 Bekele is done
01:29:00 Andy Powell the worst XC coach
01:30:34 NC State won't win NCAAs without Kelsey Chmiel
01:31:43 Athing Mu will wwin worlds and break WR
01:32:43 Stanford could win NCAA cross with Young twins
01:34:58 Nico Young will never win NCAAs
01:35:56 An American will win a Major

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