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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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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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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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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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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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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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