The winter world record onslaught continued as Jakob Ingebrgitsen got the indoor 1500 and mile records in one race, Grant Fisher ran 12:44 for his second world record in a week, and then Jacob Kiplimo topped it off with the greatest record of the bunch a 56:42 clocking in the half marathon.
We break it all down before we talk to Yared Nuguse @ 70:26 who held the indoor mile world record for 5 days.
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Show notes:
00:00 World record bonanza + Yared Nuguse
03:32 Jacob Kiplimo's 56:42 where is the splash page?
06:23 Greatest record on the books?
14:50 How do you explain it?
22:00 Marathon prospects and debut in London
25:36 Post of Week )
27:02 Thread of week: Running Conspiracy theories - Share the wildest story you've heard here)
34:59 Is he 10k favorite? 39:07 Coaching Dyna)mics: Jerry Schumacher vs. Mike Scannell
42:29 Kejelcha had mile and half marathon records at same time
43:10 Big pictures - record bonanza- what's going on?
45:44 John's Kellogg's view
49:45 US indoors this weekend, will it be streamed?
51:56 Keely Hodgkinson and the Keely Klassic
55:49 No Grand Slams for Jakob? Would that be a mistake?
59:20 Jakob's strategy at Worlds?
01:02:29 Have Jakob's chances for Worlds gone up or down this indoor season?
01:07:10 Post on Jakob )
01:10:26 Yared Nuguse joins the show
01:11:44 Breaking the World Record
01:12:44 Comparing World Records and Olympic Medals
01:13:21 Jakob's World Record Attempt
01:15:27 Relationship with Jakob
01:18:48 Race Strategies and Nerves
01:25:30 Any Olympic regret?
01:31:06 More aggression?
01:35:47 Training and Diet Insights
01:42:46 How are Americans so good?
01:48:44 Rest of 2025
01:50:10 Grand Slam and Future Plans
01:54:48 Concluding Thoughts
01:56:07 Mike Scannell on Jakob Ingebrigtsen being "the standard") *full interview here)
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