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Shelby Houlihan is timetrialing instead of racing, is Craig Engels back, and we've got Rojo's Rant with him going off on all the coaches Jerry Schumacher, Mike Smith, Mark Wetmore, Pete Julian and more.

We break it all down, discuss King Ches running for Kenya, Francine Niysonaba becoming a 5000m runner, and high school stars Erriyon Knighton running 20.11 to defeat Trayon Bromell and Jaylen Slade's 10.09 near loss to Noah Lyles.

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Show notes: 3:29 Hobbs Kessler 3:34. Does he turn pro? Kessler vs Nuguse vs Hocker
20:56 Refreshment break from DrinkLMNT . Try yours today for $5 here https://drinklmnt.com/letsrun
22:51 is Craig Engels Back?
27:45 Rojo's Rant: All the coaches are frauds
38:22 Shelby Houlihan 3:57 Time Trial instead of a race
45:33 What event are you most excited about for NCAAs? /NCAA Regionals
51:58 King Ches to try and make Kenyan 5000m team
57:59 Will Coburn medal? Rojo/Jon's bet
60:43 Non breaking news alert
62:03 High School phenoms
66:13 Dalilah Muhammad / Sydney McLaughlin update
68:52 Francine Niyonsaba gets Olympic 5000m standard
72:43 Olympic Trials 10,000m to have 2 sections
79:57 An Olympic team has arrived in Japan

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Hobbs Kessler Crushes It, Shelby Houlihan Time Trials, and all the Top Coaches Suck