| Where are US stars Jonah Koech, Josh Hoey, & Athing Mu-Nikolayev? Three of America’s best middle-distance runners are MIA in 2026. Koech was one of the most unlikely US champions in history last year and now neither his two coaches from last year nor his agent from last year have any idea where he is. |
 “I Thought It Wasn’t Possible” – Frederik Ruppert on Breaking the Historic 8-Minute Steeplechase Barrier In 2015, American Evan Jager came oh so close to sub-8 in the steeple. Now, more than a decade later, Germany’s Frederik Ruppert has made history and become the first non-African to break 8:00. How did he do it? |
| Jayden Deleon runs super fast to take US U20m crown from Quincy Wilson — is he now the better 400m prospect? Deleon nearly beat Wilson indoors and now has done it outdoors. Deleon also is taller and has better 200m speed. Is he now the #1 US 400m prospect in the HS ranks? Also did you know none of the 10 fastest 400m US high schoolers have ever medaled individually at the Worlds or Olympics? |
| Rachel Entrekin Never Ran High School or College Track. Now She’s One of America’s Best Ultrarunners. She never ran high school or college track, wasn’t sponsored until last year, and now she’s LetsRun.com’s May Runner of the Month after one of the greatest performances in ultrarunning history. |
| Summer of LetsRun |
| Why Weight Training is Vastly Overrated for Cross Country Runners If a young runner has 30 minutes of free time, there are about 5 different ways they can productively spend that time: Sleep more, run more, socialize, study or lift weights. We explain why weights are the least important item on the list. |
| This week’s podcast |
| Niels Laros is back! Femke Bol wins again! Chaos in Kenya. Quincy Wilson gets beat. Where are the US stars? Podcast llistener Niels Laros is back and better than ever – at least in the 800, where he ran a 1:43.83 pb to earn a dominant win in Hengelo. We’ll tell you why he’s now our favorite for the Bowerman Mile at Pre (just eight days away!). It was actually double Dutch as Femke Broeders-Bol joined him with a 1:57.41 win at the same meet. Across the North Sea, Georgia Hunter Bell earned a dominant 800m win at the British champs but Keely Hodgkinson left the start line of the 400m in tears. The Kenyan Commonwealth Games trials were chaotic as always, and we’ll tell you how that dysfunction benefits USA and Europe.And America has another Diamond League winner thanks to Addy Wiley’s 800 win in Doha. In the high school ranks, Quincy Wilson was beaten by another rising high school 400m star – is Jayden Deleon now the US’s #1 400m prospect? Plus some of America’s best runners are still MIA in 2026 – where are Athing Mu, Jonah Koech, and Josh Hoey?Plus lots of World Cup talk at the end. |