Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks joins summer intern Joseph Carroll and Jonathan Gualt to discuss his amazing run in Paris and look ahead to Sunday's race in Silesia where Rooks will race the Diamond League for the first time and possibly take a shot at Evan Jager's American record. Want a bonus podcast every week? Join the LetsRun.com Suppor…

The Diamond League is back on Thursday in Lausanne and Sunday in Silesia with the headline match-up being Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Lausanne. Rai Benjamin and Noah Lyles have called it a season but Grant Fisher has not and his coach Mike Scannell joins us at 52:13 to talk about Grant's amazing year, career, and fut…

A great Paris Olympics are in the books and we finally pay our proper repsects to Sifan Hassan. Is she the female distance GOAT? Cole Hocker is still your 1500 Olympic champion. Who were the biggest winners and losers in Paris? Show notes: 00:00 Feldspar 01:10 Start 08:59 Grades for Noah and Sha'Carri 22:06 Sifan Hassan's gold and unbelievable Olym…

Cole Hocker did it, running a 3:27.65 Olympic 1500m record to win the gold in an epic race as Josh Kerr got silver, .01 ahead of Yared Nuguse who got bronze as Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished 4th off the podium. We break it all down with audio from Hocker and Kerr and Nuguse's coach Dathan Ritzenhein. Gabby Thomas got gold in the 200 and we've got a Je…

We delve into the first half of our Paris predictions exploring medal contenders in the men's 1500m, men's 10,000m, and women's 800m and steeplechase. Jakob vs Josh updates + what about Faith Kipyegon? We've always got Grant Fisher talk and we talk a little about the future of NCAA track and field at 77:21 before Drew Hunter joins us at 93:20 to ta…

Christian Taylor, the two-time Olympic and four-time World Champion in the triple jump, joins us on the eve of the Olympics to reflect back on his amazing career and look ahead to what is next. Want daily podcasts from Paris 2024? Last chance to join Supporters Club at 50% off. LetsRun.com/subscribe and use code GOAT50 00:00 Join the Supporters Clu…

In this episode of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, the hosts Jonathan Gault, Robert, and Weldon Johnson dive into the latest news in the world of track and field. They discuss the recent London then turn to the Paris Olympics and it's crazy marathon course. NBC's sprint analyst Ato Boldon joins at 57:51 to break down all things Paris Olympics 1…

USA Olympic 1500m legend Matthew Centrowitz reflects on his career at 85:28. (Part 1 of the Centro interview is here). Prior to that we break down all thing Monaco including Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:26.73 European record in the 1500 and Jess Hull's world record in the 2000m. What's Jakob's best strategy to defeat Josh Kerr? Plus Kate Grace retires, t…

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 J…

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 deepe…

2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials: Highlights, Medals, and Future ProspectsWith 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, Hob…

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…

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 Nu…

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 - …

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 fanta…

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 abou…

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 Cheruiy…

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 touc…

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 inter…

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 interv…

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 …

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 Sahl…

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…

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…

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. Join the Supporters Club todayWe're giving the first 10 minutes of this Supporters Club only pod to everyone. If you want the Boston…