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Centro's Back!?, LA Grand Prix, Decade of Jon Gault & Prefontaine Classic Week May 22, 2024

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Welcome to the Lets Run.com Track Talk Podcast! We celebrate Jonathan Gault's 10th anniversary, delve into the LA Grand Prix where Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, Matthew Centrowitz, Bryce Hoppel, Jake Wightman and others impressed.

Noah Lyles 100m gold medal hopes increased, a male dominated the Oregon girls state meet, we welcomed our new summer intern, and fake Josh Kerr is back.

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Show notes:
00:00 Intro Music
00:22 Start
01:17 Jon's 10th year anniversary at LetsRun.com
08:49 LA Grand Prix
08:57 Sydney McLaughlin Levrone 22.07 200m
19:04 Noah Lyles improves in 150 at adidas Atlanta City Games
24:29 5000: Selemon Barega Wins, Grant Fisher 5th
36:59 All-time US adjusted 5k list
41:03 Men's 1500: Centro Improves, Kessler Impresses in 800
48:05 Wightman better than ever?
51:01 Bryce Hoppel, Brandon Miller impress
56:13 RIP Evan Jager Olympic hopes?
01:00:48 Trouble in women's 800 as Ajee' Wilson and Raevyn Rogers bomb
01:07:54 LA meet success or failure?
01:17:12 Bekele back at Olympics
01:21:14 Male dominates girls competition in Oregon
01:32:27 Fake Josh Kerr
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NCAA conference madness: Colin Sahlman, Elliott Cook and the SEC sprinters shine, Employee 1.1 breaks 15:00 at age 36 and time to panic for Evan Jager and Craig Engels? May 15, 2024

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On this week's show, we celebrate the amazing runs put up by Colin Sahlman and Elliott Cook at their NCAA track and field conference meets, rave about the SEC sprint action, praise Phoebe Gill and wonder if it's time for Evan Jager and Craig Engels to panic. Ples which is more important to running - nature or nurture? We end the show with an interview of Employee 1.1, Steve Soprano, whose dreams became reality on Monday as he broke 15:00 for the first time at age 36. And Steve and Rojo end the show with a Supporter's Club exclusive - they rant about the worst sentence written by a running journalist in the year 2024.

Shownotes
0:00 Intro and Small Talk
5:30 NCAA men's 1500 talk starting with Colin Sahlman and Nico YOung and then moving to Elliott Cook and UWashington
17:45 Who is the NCAA 1500 favorite?
25:19 SEC Sprints Showcase
29:30 A middle schooler broke 15:00 this weekend
32:30 Phoebe Gill runs 1:57 at age 17
35:00 Track Fest and Olympic Standard Chasing or Lack thereof
37:52 Impressive Performances in the Steeplechase
41:13 Concerns and Hope for Evan Jager's Performance
43:43 Craig Engels runs bad but talks big
48:25 Krissy Gear's Success and Olympic Chances
48:58 Louis Grialva's Has A Plan
52:34 Exciting Match-ups in the LA 5K
57:16 Lack of Promotion for the LA Grand Prix
1:01:44 Predictions for amazing women's 400 at LA Grand Prix
1:03:45 Olympic Marathon Qualification Drama - Is This chasing of standards bad for the sport?
1:12:00 Nature vs Nurture. Rojo refuses to talk about the Bowerman mile but instead wants to talk about the Japanese NR in the 1500 is just 3:35 and what that tells us about genetics. Jon argues for nurture.
1:17:05 Steve Soprano, a 36-year-old father of 2, joins the show and talks about how his dreams became reality on Monday when he broke 15:00 for the first time
1:34:15 Supporter's Club exclusive where Steve and Rojo talk about the worst-sentence written in running in 2024 (It was about the Boston marathon) and what it means for society

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Is Centro Back? Nico Young's Range, Colin Sahlman (Guest), Sydney's Debut, and a Much Better World Relays May 08, 2024

Show notes

Colin Sahlman, the NCAA 1500m star for NAU joins us at 66:21 as our guest.

Before that we break down the latest in the track and field world where the tiny Oxy Invitional saw the 2023 debut of Sydney McLaughlin, and a hot 1500m where Nico Young took down milers Matthew Centrowitz and Colin Sahlman, but is Centro Back?

The revamped World Relays was a hit with Olympic qualification on the line, and the US won 3 of the 4 races, with Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke, and Lestile Tebogo turning heads. Noah Lyles and Team USA delivered should they run it back at the Olympics?

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Show notes:
00:00 Colin Sahlman audio
00:20 Sound Running Track Fest PPV $6.99 Details here
01:09 Intro
04:06 Charles Barkley audio
08:10 Kentucky Derby proves... never leave the rail...
12:34 Oxy Invitational: CENTRO's NOT DONE YET!!! - Nico 3:34, Centro 3:35 at Oxy
Week that Was
18:58 Post of Week: NICO YOUNG joins Haile Gebrsellasie as ONLY athletes EVER to ...
26:27 Thread: Does Nico Young have the best range of any US runner ever?
What about Lopez Lomong? 2007 NCAA 1500 final here
33:27 Deer Cooper Teare... do the steeple
38:03 Luis Grijalva not running great in 2024
38:49 Sydney runs 100 m hurdles, what about the double?
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46:29 Letsrun podcast jingle
49:40 World Relays had new Olympic qualifying format and US dominated
56:53 New format was a home run
59:50 Was Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland the biggest star?
01:02:48 US sending team to world U20s
01:07:23 Colin Sahlman interview
01:14:26 Indoors vs Now
01:18:48 College pressure
01:22:36 The Olympic Trails
01:25:44 Being a rock star in high school
01:27:42 The college adjustment
01:29:29 Difference in Mike Smith and Sean Brosnan training
01:33:58 His training
01:43:21 What has he learned from his coaches
01:49:11 Sound Running Track Fest PPV $6.99 Details here
Links: Week that Was
Post of Week: NICO YOUNG joins Haile Gebrsellasie as ONLY athletes EVER to ...
Does Nico Young have the best range of any US runner ever?
Deer Cooper Teare... do the steeple
CENTRO's NOT DONE YET!!! - Nico 3:34, Centro 3:35 at Oxy
2007 NCAA 1500 final here: Lomong over Manzano
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Sahlman & Young, Penn, Bermuda, US vs UK 1500m, Teare 5k or 1500?, No Sub 10s May 01, 2024

Show notes

Penn Relays, Bermuda Grand Prix, Shandhai Diamond League, adidas adizero Road to Records, the week was jampacked around the glob with action.

Yared Nuguse kept winning, the 100m guys aren't breaking 10 but Trayvon Bromell got married, and the 16 minute 4xmile barrier fell at Penn to Villanova.

Was high schooler Quincy Wilson or collegian Colin Sahlman, the most impressive performer of the weekend?

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Show notes:
00:00 Sarcoidosis awarness month
01:04 Start
07:30 A fragmented weekend
14:35 Penn Relays -Quincy Wilson the highlight?
17:41 Villanova men, Harvard women bring it
22:43 Yared Nuguse beats Ollie Hoare in mile?
25:31 Ajee Wilson 2nd
28:41 Craig Engels turns 30 tomorrow - US 1500m scene
30:10 More comments on mile from Rojo
34:57 adizero meet -Arop and Wanyonyi impresses
40:56 Colin Sahlman 1:45, Nico Young 1:47
44:53 Clayton Murphy 1:45.3
49:15 Which team is harder to make US or British 1500m Olympic team?
55:56 Cooper Teare 3:32 pb - 1500m, 5k or double at Trials?
01:04:28 World Relays this weekend
01:12:38 Trayvon Bromell gets married

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Bekele is Back, Christian Miller 9.93, Tsegay 3:50, Billionaires Zuck and Ratcliffe Impress Apr 23, 2024

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Kenenisa Bekele didn't win the London Marathon but he more than capture attention with his second place showing. Is it enough to get him to the Olympics one final time.

Peres Jepchirchir set the women's only marathon world record in London in a "tactical" 2:16.

High schooler Christian Miller ran a world leading 9.93 100m, could he possibly make the US Olympic team (and win Olympic gold?).

Billionaries Mark Zuckerberg and Jim Ratcliffe ran fast, there is a doping controversy involving China, USADA, and WADA, and a USATF legal update, along with the 800m opener of Josh Kerr.

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00:00 Start
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03:48 Kenenisa Bekele 2:04 2nd Place in London! Olympic chances article 1 article 2 *interview after NYC Half
25:48 British men vs US men *Emile Cairess training thread
29:00 Rojo sidetrack on women's 1500m and doping *link of 1500 champs
32:38 Peres Jepchirchir breaks women's only world record as 4 women go sub 2:17
43:40 Gudaf Tsegay 3:50m 1500 but might she only run 10,000 at Olympics
51:22 Sha'Carri Gets Beat, No SAFP or Elaine Thompson
56:29 First 13 Minute Women's 5000m in China This Weekend?
01:01:26 Christian Miller 9.93 as 17 year-old
01:11:10 Billionaires running fast: Mark Zuckerberg Sub 21 5k, Sir Jim Ratcliffe marathon
01:15:15 Jim Estes' defamation lawsuit vs USATF clears legal hurdle *USATF ruling here
01:20:06 Chinese Doping scandal or nothing to worry about? USADA and WADA threatening each other
01:28:56 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1 year where abouts suspension
01:34:16 Josh Kerr 1:45 opener
Links: Bekele article 1 article 2 *interview after NYC Half
Emile Cairess training thread
list of 1500 champs
USATF ruling here

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Boston, NCAA Standouts (Colin Sahlman, Parker Valby, Adam Spencer, Jacious Spears), and a Bizarre Discus Record for the Ages Apr 17, 2024

Show notes

The 128th Boston Marathon is in the books and Sisay Lemma put on an exhibition the first 20 miles of the race and held on for the win as Hellen Obiri blasted the final 5 miles to win her battle with Sharon Lokedi.

CJ Albertson joined the sub 2:10 club.

What's up with the Kenyan and Ethiopian Olympic teams?

Alicia Monson is out of the Olympics, what about Parker Valby's chances?

Colin Sahlman ran 3:33.9 to get the big win at Bryan Clay. Is he a contender for the Olympics?

Adam Spencer won the Aussie 1500m title, Jacious Sears blasted a 10.77, Mykolas Alekna broke the oldest men's world record on the books, and the Diamond League is really dead in the US as it will be on Flotrack in 2025.

We break it all down.

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01:22 Start
09:17 Sisay Lemma goes out in 60:19 and wins
18:53 15:06 5k in Women's race as Hellen Obiri battles Sharon Lokedi
25:28 Who is favorite for women's Olympic Marathon?
33:09 Sifan Hassan
34:31 Kenyan Olympic team and Evans Chebet
38:07 The broadcast
44:28 Japan vs America
48:19 Best thing in running this week: CJ Albertson joins sub 2:10 club *thread
55:50 Easier to be good at marathon than track?
58:26 Parker Valby 30:50 10,000m and Alicia Monson out of Olympics
01:05:58 Colin Sahlman 3:33.9 win, how good is Newbury Park, Mike Smith? video thread
01:24:46 Adam Spencer of Wisconsin wins Aussie 1500m champs *video
01:36:45 Jacious Sears 10.77 100m for Tennessee *link
01:41:29 38 year-old discus world record broken in tiny town in Oklahoma *video
01:51:20 Diamond League to be on Flotrack in 2025
Links: Sisay Lemma goes out in 60:19 and wins
15:06 5k in Women's race as Hellen Obiri battles Sharon Lokedi
Jacious Sears 10.77 Video
Adam Spencer Aussie 1500 Video
Colin Sahlman video thread
Ryan Eiler, 3rd American man at Boston, almost out of nowhere
CJ Albertson 2:09:53 for 7th and top American
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.
Discus World Record Video

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Parker Valby 30:50 10,000m, Boston Marathon Scoop, + OJ is Dead (10 Minute Preview) Apr 12, 2024

Show notes

The Boston Marathon is here and Jon and Wejo are in Boston to break it down after Boston media day.

Parker Valby has run 30:50 for 10,000m to smash the American record and LRC even reflects on the death of OJ Simpson.

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Show notes:
0:00 2024 Boston Marathon Live Preview Show sequence
02:50 Parker Valby 30:50 10,000m
09:35 Boston Marathon Preview -weather should be perfect
11:58 Men's Preview -Evans Chebet goes for 3peat
17:27 Why is Lemma running Boston instead of NY?
22:39 Ron Mann back coaching a Boston contender
24:56 The American men - CJ + Elkanah Kibet less can be more, wants to run 2:04?
31:03 Women's Preview - Hellen Obiri back to defend
40:31 American women - Emma Bates and Sara Hall lead way
45:13 Boston Predictions
52:57 Aussie Olympic 1500m final set
57:04 Simeon Birnbaum out for year
01:00:50 OJ Simpson is dead
01:12:15 Jon has the LetsRun Credit Card

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Boston, Parker Valby 10k, Arcadia, Aussie Olympic 1500m Trials - Eclipse Apr 10, 2024

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The solar eclipse has come and gone but some things are still the same- controversy with USATF as they are not sending a team to the World Under 20 Championships this year.

69 boys went sub 9:00 for 3200 at Arcadia, Parker Valby is running a 10k, the Boston Marathon is almost here, and the Aussie Olympic Trials 1500 features Cam Myers, "Stewie" McSweyn, Ollie Hoare, and Adam Spencer. Who comes out on top?

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04:24 Eclipse talk
09:50 Rojo Rant- USATF Not sending a team to World U20s
20:05 What 2023 Worlds team members won't make Olympics? Subscriber pod
25:58 3200 madness at Arcadia
35:09 Parker Valby entered in 10k
42:22 Wejo back from eclipse
55:13 55:13 Boston next week- Evans Chebet goes for 3 peat
56:56 Bank of America Medal "Controversy"
01:00:14 Boston Weather
01:05:03 Kenyan Olympic implications -Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi
01:06:09 Athletes returning from US Olympic Marathon Trials
01:07:55 Mary Keitany appreciation
01:10:50 Shoes/Drugs
01:13:03 Australian Olympic Trials - Men's 1500 is loaded *entries
01:27:48 Bad news Grant Fisher
01:32:17 Dude runs across Africa

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World XC: Kiplimo and Chebet Repeat, April Fools Highlights, & America's 800m Dark Horse Apr 02, 2024

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Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet repeated at World XC but what happened to Agnes Ngetich and Joshua Cheptegei?

April Fools came and went and what were the craziest stories in the sport in the last year?

And it's not an April Fools joke that a Texas A&M Aggie ran an NCAA leading 1:44:46 and may be a dark horse candidate at the Olympic Trials.

Plus Elizabeth Leachman broke the high school 5000m record.

0:00 Start
04:13 World XC - Cheptegei and Ngetich left out of medals - women problems for Ngetich?
10:39 Beatrice Chebet for the win
10:54 Cheptegei on the decline?
15:41 Kiplimo- can he get it done on the track?
21:30 Kenyan women dominate women's race - why don't more people care?
38:37 Weini Kelati and Anthony Rotich lead Americans
48:02 April Fools homepage
01:00:02 Truth stranger than fiction - what was the craziest story of the last year?
01:04:31 Sam Whitmarsh - Texas A&M 1:44.46
01:13:19 Florida Relays 4x100s
01:14:40 Elizabeth Leachman breaks high school record in 5000 *article
01:24:24 Post nuptial shutoff thread and shirt
Links: Elizabeth Leachman high school 5000 record
April Fools homepage
Post nuptial shutoff thread and shirt

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World XC Preview, NIL & Track, Jerry Races Some of His Guys, 4x100 Record Broken Mar 27, 2024

Show notes

Rojo and Jon break down the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade Serbia which take place this Saturday. Jon will be there and Rojo won't be on hand to smoke cigarettes or chase gorillas.

A nearly 26 year old high school record fell, Jerry Schumacher is actually racing his guys, and what is in store for track and field in the NIL era (Nico Young signed with adidas). We break it all down, plus our relationship thread of week.

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00:41 Start
03:45 World XC memories Rojo's Trip to Jordan More on Jordan *Boulder US cross
12:56 Men's Preview - Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo lead way, challenges from Berihu Aregawi and Sabastian Sawe. *World XC Men's Preview
28:31 Anthony Rotich leads American men
31:43 Women's race - Beatrice Chebet defends, Kenyan women and 28:46 woman Agnes Ngetich to dominate?
43:02 Rojo has lost his running shoes
46:31 Can Weini Kelati get top 10?
48:36 Wejo joins
56:13 Jerry Schumacher races some of his guys - Simeon Birnbaum debut *Thread
01:03:50 Future of Track with NIL / Nico Young signs with adidas
01:17:00 2 schools break 26-year-old high school 4x100 record in same race
01:20:37 Relationship thread of week
01:27:34 Email of week
Links:
World XC Men's Preview
Rojo's Trip to Jordan
More on Jordan
Boulder US cross
Thread of week: My gf is an objectively good partner, but I don't feel like I want to marry her or combine lives...
Thread on Jerry's guys racing

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