Really impressed by the USATF LDR January 2026 Report that was sent to us this morning. It was a long email, but incredibly informative. Combo of recapping big performances/athletes and news for this year. Kudos to the chairs for that.
In Olympic Trials Marathon news, looks like the site bids have been received and the goal is for a site to be chosen by May 2026.
In the last five years I watched a man run 2:08 while he was in medical school so excuse me if I don’t find your banned substance fueled marathon story impressive.
I’m a huge fan of finding new music especially when it’s a newer artist I’ve never heard of or has very few listens.
But I keep worrying if I’m listening to something that’s AI created.
Spotify needs to have a label for AI created stuff. I don’t want to support that shit.
I’ve had a bit of a theory about the vf2. Basically ran every workout/lr in it for 4 yrs.
Did my use of this shoe style for this long have an effect to my foot strike/stride pattern/muscle use.
Or
Could I have been a super responder to the geometry of this particular shoe?
I got a little silly this weekend ahead of D3 Cross Country Conference Championship weekend. The kids are racing but which logo reigns supreme? I’m here to answer that.
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77 miles on 5.
Time for some Blind Pig at the source.
I ran my first four years without a gps watch and used map my run for everything lol.
Quit your “x-maxing” and get your miles up big dawg.
I feel like most new runner focus way too much on optimizing the little things.
Dawg, just put one foot in front of the other consistently and be patient. Not everyone is gonna be okay at it within a year.
It took me damn near almost 20 years to get somewhat competitive.
A general rule of thumb on the other app has been
If their profile says “bowtied”, move along.
With the new updates coming on the bird app it looks like I need to take my talents here.
And by talents I mean shitposting.
I think the age here puts cooper ahead. He’s 16. Knighton ran that at 18.
Typo on this one, 1996 was the year here. Still nuts.
Michael Granville’s 1:46.45 stood as the high school record since 1998.
An event widely contested with many attacks on it over the years.
Lutkenhaus broke that. Then he ran over 3 seconds faster than his own record.
That’s the greatest high school performance I’ve ever seen.
An image of Tim Robinson wearing jeans, with little dots on the crotch. It says “CALICO CUT, TIM ROBINSON HAS GREAT JEANS”
you gotta give
The letsrun article is unfortunate for the image of the USATF. There’s a lot of people in the organization that are working hard with a very limited budget and having the head of it be consistently dismissive isn’t helping.
any event ryan crouser is not at cannot legally be called a championship, just btw
Honestly. Facts.
the only way that hulk hogan leaves a “complicated legacy” is if you’re not sure which one of his many evils to talk about first
There’s a bunch of influencers who are a value add to the community and do things to grow it.
Then there’s people who have created a fandom disguised as a community.
The former will be here when this fad is over. The latter will move to their next content creation endeavor.
I saw a popular influencer imply that there is racism when dudes complain about influencers.
As a minority who’s spent most of his life in this sport (majority of it when it wasn’t popular) I have to say
I have no issues with people who are adding to the community.
I have an issue with grifters.
Say what you will about this being a Nike marketing stunt.
When’s the last time we had so many eyes on a woman in track and field like this outside of the Olympics? Particularly in the distances.
That’s pretty cool, man.
Absolutely. If this is seen as a proof of concept for sponsors it’s gonna be one hell of hole to climb out of.
Sponsors, tv, athletes, fans.
I didn’t expect this much track news on the first day I decided to bust out my throws crewneck at work.
I’d argue that the GST news leak may be more harmful to the brand than the inevitable cancellation.
You now have 12 hours of speculation from the fans and the media, an angry fan base that has to change their plans, and athletes in the dark.
As a So Cal native I don’t know how you come back to LA next year after such an abrupt cancellation.
The city ain’t gonna be about it. Especially when you got things like this being leaked as excuses.
Last week the USATF announced the Men's and Women's Olympic Trials Marathon Standards. With this news breaking, I’m joined by fellow trials chaser, Rose City Track Club's own Lauren Ross to chat about the trials standard and lessons/tips for those chasing.
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One of the oldest boys HS records goes down as Cooper Lutkenhaus breaks Michael Granville’s 1:46.45 800 record from 1996.
Lutkenhaus runs 1:46.26 to win the Brooks PR invitational over Owen Powell in 1:46.63.
He’s only a sophomore…
We’re back.
@Predamame, @chcknparmchenzo and I recap the next stop on the Grand Slam Track tour. Welcome to Miami!
We give our takes, critiques, and praises of a fun weekend of track and of course talk about the shenanigans from last week on Twitter.
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