Nico Young did it. He ran 12:45.27 to beat a star studded Diamond League field in Oslo Norway (and break Grant Fisher's outdoor record).

What does it mean for Nico? For American distance running? For Grant Fisher?

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Also, Grand Slam Track LA was cancelled. Is it the end of the league?

The NCAA championships kicked off last night as well.

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Introduction and Pop Culture Reference
• 00:46 Historic Win by Nico Young
• 02:18 Race Breakdown and Analysis
• 03:09 Nico Young's Future Prospects
• 05:32 American Distance Running Dominance
• 16:32 Grant Fisher vs Nico Young & US 5000m Team
• 30:48 Grand Slam Track LA Cancelled
• 36:58 Sustainability and Revenue Challenges
• 38:00 Attendance and Broadcast Contracts
• 41:47 Prize Money and Athlete Commitments
• 43:18 Future Prospects and Reflections
• 50:02 More: Oslo Diamond League Highlights, 3:50 Last Place in Mile
• 58:10 NCAA Championships Day 1

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Donavan Brazier is back, Jane Hedengren has taken a hammer to all the high school distance records, Cooper Lutkenhaus has Michael Granville's record, the NCAA championships are this weekend and so are the Oslo and Stockholm Diamond League meets.

What can Nico Young do in the world record 5000?

Hannah England joins us at 78:47 as the former World Championship 1500m silver medallist & NCAA champion, now broadcaster joins us to discuss the launch of her new podcast Podium podcast (Itunes here, spotify here), her transition to broadcasting the top meets in the world, Faith Kipyegon's sub 4 attempt, and even World XC in Tallahassee.

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Show notes:

• 00:00 Start
• 2:50 Donavan Brazier is back!
• 08:32 Race Video Here
• 13:40 Goosebumps from coming this far
• 16:29 Join the Supporters Club
• 17:20 Letsrun.com/VPN
• 18:36 Will Brazier Make Worlds in 2025?
• 20:41 The horizontal shuffle
• 23:09 Jane Hedengren Shatters High School Girls Mile & 2 Mile Records
• 27:35 Valby or Hedengren thread
• 33:46 Sophomore Cooper Lutkenhaus breaks Michael Granville's 800m record
• 40:06 Man Runs Marathon on 24 Hours Notice
• 43:24 USA Cross Country Championships to be at NXN
• 52:46 Oslo Diamond League: Can Nico Young the World (or American) record at 5000?
• 01:01:26 Cooper Teare / Graham Blanks
• 01:06:55 Mini NCAA Preview- Prediction Contest coming
• 01:13:30 2023 NCAA title vacated
• 01:18:47 Hannah England (Guest)
• 01:19:07 Hannah's New Podcast
• 01:20:31 The Passion for Field Events
• 01:22:48 Diamond League Broadcasts
• 01:25:31 Hannah's Broadcasting Journey (Itunes here, spotify here),
• 01:28:10 Grand Slam Track's reception in Europe
• 01:33:45 Faith Kipyegon's Sub-Four Attempt
• 01:38:39 Hannah's NCAA Experience
• 01:41:52 Balancing Science and Sports
• 01:42:58 High School and Future Stars
• 01:44:45 World XC in Tallahasse

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Grand Slam Track Talk moved to Historic Franklin Field and fans came out to watch.

Nico Young turned some heads in the 3000, what can he now do for 5000? Is he a global medal threat?

Josh Kerr got the best of Cole Hocker at 1500 but who is the favorite for Worlds?

Kenny Bednarek and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden domianted the 100 and 200. Are they favored for Worlds?

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Start
• 01:57 Fan Interactions and Personal Anecdotes
• 03:39 PR Running Camp *link
• 07:01 Grand Slam Gets a Much Bigger Turnout in Philly
• 20:58 Nico Young: Grand Slam's Biggest Winner?
• 30:25 Nico & Cole Going to Europe for 5ks
• 36:11 Hobbs Kessler's Progress *Interview
• 38:59 The men's 1500 delivered once again
• 43:23 The 1500 favorite for worlds is...
• 43:45 Marco Arop's Dominant 800 & 1500 Prospects
• 49:15 Diribe Welteji Impresses
• 56:29 Nikki Hiltz, Addy Wiley, Nia Akins Struggle
• 01:03:35 Josette Andrews
• 01:08:23 Sprints: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden & Kenny Bednarek Dominant
• 01:10:02 Who is 100m favorite?
• 01:12:08 NCAA Regionals: Jordan Anthony 9.75 100m
• 01:15:13 T'Mars McCallum 19.83
• 01:18:03 Jonah Koech 1:43 FTW
• 01:19:59 Olympic Marathon Trials Standards 2:16, 2:37

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Jonah Koech joins us at 88:50 to discuss his shocking Diamond League 1500m win (nice article here by Jon Gault) where the American went from 3:37 to 3:31 for 1500m and took down the Diamond League field.

Beatrice Chebet blasted an 8:11, Addy Wiley nearly won the 800, whereas stateside Athing Mu returned to racing the 3rd heat of the 1500m at the Sound Running Track Fest where Eduardo Herrera got a big win in 12:59.

Conner Mantz had a nice Bolder Boulder win and what happened to the USATF NYC Grand Prix?

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Rabat & Sound Running
• 00:23 Introduction and Episode Overview
• 03:21 Rabat Diamond League
• 04:57 WTF Jonah Koech 3:31 Diamond League Win
• 15:57 800 or 1500?
• 23:30 Ottawa Marathon: CJ Albertson & Rory Linkletter Boston Double
• 28:18 What's a good marathon? *link
• 29:09 Beatrice Chebet 8:11 3000
• 33:47 Wang Junxia
• 39:06 Who!? Frederik Ruppert 8:01 Steeple for Germany
• 45:08 Tshepiso Masalela Over Wanyonyi in 800
• 47:12 Wanyonyi
• 49:04 Addy Wiley Nearly Wins 800
• 52:20 Femke Bol's Season Opener
• 57:13 Sound Running TrackFest
• 1:01:48 Eduardo Herrera 12:58
• 1:05:42 Athing Mu 2nd place
• 1:14:57 Conner Mantz's Bolder Boulder Win
• 1:17:29 USATF NYC Grand Prix Cancelled
• 1:28:50 Jonah Koech
• 1:29:31 How surprised by 3:31 win?
• 1:35:42 Relationship to Rudisha
• 1:38:36 800 or 1500?
• 1:42:25 Training
• 1:46:04 The Marathon?

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The collegiate action heated up with fast times across the board and some controversy at the ACC Champs.

Sophie O'Sullivan looked impressive, Simeon Birnbaum's delivered, Parker Wolfe was impressive, but is Ethan Strand the one shoe companies should be focused on?

The Johnson twins are now a force in NCAA sprinting and Nick Symmonds made it to the top of Mt. Everest.

Grand Slam Track has made some changed and Sha'Carri Richardson had a disappointing opening to her 20245 season. We break it all down.

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Intro
• 00:22 Start
• 06:09 PR Running Camp *link
• 06:52 Join the LetsRun Supporters Club *link
• 07:36 Breaking News: Athing Mu at Pre Classic
• 11:05 NCAA 1500m and Ethan Strand's Performance: 50.6 400?
• 16:52 America's next steeple star!?
• 21:13 Geordie Beamish vs Ethan Strand
• 25:00 Adam Spencer over Nathan Green at Big 10 1500
• 25:18 Oregon's Koitatoi Kidali scores 0 points, is he NCAA 800 favorite?
• 28:42 NCAA 800m Heated up
• 34:55 Women's 1500m Sophie O'Sullivan's Journey
• 40:10 ACC Men's 5000m Controversy Causes Ethan Strand to Run 13:13!
• 50:44 Team Dynamics?
• 53:40 Simeon Birnbaum's Impressive Weekend
• 56:13 Comparing Birnbaum to Grant Fisher
• 57:52 Debate on Celebrations and Sportsmanship
• 01:05:19 Johnson Twins at Clemson Go 1-2
• 01:07:11 Maggie Liebich Dreams Become Reality Athlete of Week *thread
• 01:11:09 Sha'Carri Richardson's Season Opener
• 01:21:05 Grand Slam Track Format Changes
• 01:30:37 Remember Eugene Summer Series?
• 01:34:05 Nick Symmonds' Everest Climb
• 01:37:20 Upcoming Track Meets

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American 800m superstar Clayton Murphy has hung up the spikes and joins us at 65:37 to discuss his career.

Prior to that we break down Jakob Ingebrigtsen's achilles injury and Athing Mu running the weirdest 1500m we've ever heard of. Plus, Casey Clinger set an American record at 25k and should we be alarmed that the USA only left World Relays with one gold medal?

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Best Running Camp in America *link
• 01:23 Start
• 03:31 Jakob OUT!?
• 13:31 Athing Mu Wins a 1500 by nearly a minute
• 25:05 Thread on Mu
• 30:24 US 25K Championships: Casey Clinger sets American record in pro debut
• 38:08 2:06 Marathoner Zouhair Talbi an American citizen
• 43:21 The Pope is American and a White Sox fan
• 45:37 AI experts email rojo@letsrun.com
• 47:32 Mo Aman doping scandal
• 52:24 World Relays: USA wins 1 of 5
• 01:00:07 Doha Diamond League Friday
• 01:02:42 Cooper Teare Prediction
• 01:05:37 Clayton Murphy interview
• 01:06:31 Why retire now?
• 01:15:12 Favorite moment
• 01:18:03 Proving doubters and Letsrun wrong
• 01:21:18 What happened in Tokyo?
• 01:23:53 The Double Attempt at US Championships
• 01:28:12 Destroying Josh Kerr at NCAAs
• 01:31:33 The Oregon Project Experience
• 01:40:29 Life After Professional Running
• 01:43:01 Who had better career him or his wife Ariana Washington?
• 01:45:20 What will happen to 800 world record?
• 01:47:12 His sports card business venture
• 01:52:48 PR Running Camp *link

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Cordell Tinch blasted the hurdles in China while Masai Russell got the American record in Miami. Josh Kerr got a big 1500 win, Grant Fisher cruised in the 5000 and is Nikki Hiltz a threat in the 1500?

Grand Slam Track is halfway done with it's inaugural season. How are they doing?

Ethan Strand took down Abel Teffra in the collegiate ranks but the best action of the weekend may have been in Texas where high school junior Tate Taylor ran 9.92 and two freshman ran 10.16 and 10.17.

Plus Fred Kerley got arrested again. What does it mean for his career?

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Dreams Become Reality? Grand Slam Miami, Diamond League Shanghai, Texas 100m Madness
• 00:37 Start
• 04:03 Dreams Become Reality Cordell Tinch and Jacory Patterson
• 11:09 Grand Slam Big Picture after 2 Meets
• 17:51 Broadcast/ Doubling
• 29:02 Diamond League broadcasts
• 31:08 Grant Holloway worries?
• 36:18 Grant Fisher's Performance
• 38:15 Cooper Teare's Weekend
• 41:45 Supporters Club dads
• 43:21 what does Jakob think?
• 46:37 Is Nikki Hiltz a women's 1500 threat?
• 54:19 NCAA 1500m Hype: Ethan Strand over Abel Teffra
• 59:48 High School 100m Madness in Texas
• 01:08:34 Fred Kerley arrested again

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What a weekend!

Nathan Green and UW turned heads at Penn but what about Ethan Strand and Gary Martin?

Sabastian Sawe won London and staked his claim to #1 marathoner in the world although John Korir may want to argue. Former #1 Eliud Kipchoge put up a fine performance.

Sifan Hassan's 4 month lay-off was too much as Tigist Assefa set a women's only world record and took home over $300,000.

The Diamond League opened and Beatrice Chebet was better than ever, while Karsten Warholm got a 300m world record. What's up with Grant Holloway?

And what about Faith Kipyegon's sub 4 attempt?

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• Show notes:
• 00:00 Penn Relays, Diamond League, London
• 00:35 Start
• 06:16 Villanova and Penn Relays Discussion
• 10:54 NCAA Men's Miling analysis
• 20:08 Quincy Wilson 43.99
• 29:29 Phenoms, Evan Jager & Parker Valby
• 33:41 Adidas road event
• 41:55 London Marathon Recap
• 45:15 Sabastian Sawe or John Korir, Who is #1 in the World?
• 51:19 Evaluating Eliud Kipchoge's performance
• 57:00 Marathon Human Interest Stories
• 01:01:35 Women's Race: Tigist Assefa over Hassan
• 01:10:22 Weather
• 01:13:30 Diamond League opener and Beatrice Chebet's unbelievable close in the 5k
• 01:17:17 Karsten Warholm
• 01:20:55 Trouble for Grant Holloway?
• 01:23:29 Kipyegon's Sub-Four Minute Mile Attempt
• 01:34:19 Closing Thoughts and Supporters Club

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