TWICE AS NICE 🥇🥇

krusty :P used experience to her advantage at the 2024 @baa Invitational Mile, positioning herself perfectly to kick to her second straight win in 4:43.

The HOKA NAZ Elite steeplechase specialist channeled last year’s victory into a U.S. title later in the…

Devastating news: American 5,000m/10,000m record holder Alicia Monson announces she will miss the 2024 Olympic Trials and Olympics due to a torn meniscus.

Very tough break after Monson was 5th in the 10,000m at last year’s World Championships.

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Krissy Gear won the B.A.A. Mile this morning!! In her post-race interview she revealed how much it meant to her, her pre-race mantra, her spring schedule, and much, much more. Way to go Krissy!! (PC: Jane Monti)

LetsRun.com interview: bit.ly/4avRDnP

BOSTON 5k Results:

W: Mercy Chelangat 8th in 15:32

M: Alex Masai 7th in 13:48

Way to go!!

KRISSY GEAR WINS AGAIN!!!

B.A.A. mile champ for the second year in a row!!

🗣️”This year I have a lot of pressure… On Monday I work hard. Marathon is about being smarter and mentally focused so for me I’m much ready.”

Hellen Obiri knows the pressure is on the defending champion of the Boston Marathon, but she’s ready for Monday.

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.JOHN KIPKOSGEI KORIR hopes to follow in his big brother Wesley's footsteps & win the #BostonMarathon .

'It really gave me a lot of inspiration,' he told me of Wesley's 2012 win. 'Now I want to see if I can win.'

My story via RunnerSpace here: buff.ly/43U2ci9

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Press conference Boston Marathon

'Now I can say I'm a marathoner,' Hellen Obiri of the OnAthleticsClub told reporters this morning. She won both the #BostonMarathon and #TCSNYCMarathon in 2023 and hopes to win Boston again on Monday.

'We are a very strong field. You have to work extra hard.'

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Boston Marathon Tip
This race more than most is a perfect example that TIME IN THE BANK is a disastrous game plan.

Tomorrow morning Alex Masai and Mercy Chelangat take on the Boston 5k at 8am ET. Krissy Gear defends her title at the B.A.A. Mile at 11:30am ET. Previews for both races in today's newsletter: bit.ly/3JnMVMV

Parker Valby certainly didn't invent cross training, but her tremendous success with it has some people rethinking the role it can play in their training. She discusses her training regimen, which is unusual for a high-level runner, here. runnersworld.com/runners-storie…

She’s one of the most successful women runners in Boston history - and she keeps coming back for more. bit.ly/3UfAedC

When the 2014 Boston Marathon winner was disqualified for doping, the runner-up moved into first place.

But she never got the winner's prize money.

A decade later, the marathon still owes her $100,000.
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Boston Marathon media day.

What does Emma Bates recall from last year’s race?

“Leading the friggin’ Boston Marathon was pretty cool.”

10,000M NCAA RECORD FOR PARKER VALBY

30:50.43! In her first-ever 10,000m, Gators Track and Field & Cross Country’s
Parker Valby breaks Lisa Uhl’s previous record of 31:18.07 (which stood for 14 years). Valby took 28 seconds off the record! 🐊

No. 11 on the all-time US list! 🇺🇸

Parker Valby just OBLITERATED the NCAA 10k record in her debut at the distance.

In just 5 months, the following barriers have fallen in NCAA distance running:

-sub-13:00 5k (men)
-sub-15:00 5k (women)
-sub-27:00 10k (men)
-sub-31:00 10k (women)

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Supercharged and healthy again after missing the U.S.Olympic Trials, the American superstar is poised to improve on her fifth-place finish from last year. bit.ly/4cRfboQ

BREAKING: Here's your first look at the new Nike kits that will be worn by the U.S. track and field team at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Gabriel Oguda CITIUS MAG It's actually Green