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@d9monti Two or three on the straight to Buckingham Palace at the end of London marathon. And others along the course as well

I've never seen this and I have to say it's pretty cool... #RoadRunning #Athletics

@cpettit815 @ChrisChavez No. Finished back around 8th-12th place about 2min slower than they would've otherwise finished

@ChrisChavez Did they take the time off their final time?

Some more footage of the missed turn at the USATF Half Marathon Championship in Atlanta at the intersection of Nelson Street and Ted Turner Drive. Jess McClain is clearly just following the lead vehicle, like anyone would in her position. All the "you should know/memorize the course if you're a pro" discourse is ridiculous.

@ismaelmorillog @ChrisChavez Men had already run through, were marshalls and spectators not watching!?

@ChrisChavez Crazy that literally no one screamed anything at that intersection. The chain of unfortunate seconds.

@killa_pump @TimAdams76 Good summary of training environment from interview with his dad (top level runner in his day): youtu.be/soMunudeFEI?si…

@TimAdams76 they need to give this kid a world class trainer that understands his age and still growing. They need to ramp him slowly or they will run him into the ground. His conditioning already appears other worldly for a 16 year old he didnt even look gassed😅

If Sam Ruthe continues on this trajectory then he will be scarily good at the senior level. One of those generational talents that you pray stays grounded and is looked after well. Ruthe is one of the most promising middle-distance teenagers in the history of track and field.

@DelawareTrackXC @TimAdams76 16yo from NZ with a NZ & UK rep parents/grandparents. Coached by NZ rep and Olympian coach. Training partner with NZ Olympian. No training required. Lucky Genetics + Environment + Training + passion for the sport

@TimAdams76 has he ever been tested?

@josh_higginsss @stevemagness Grandparents and parents international level runners for England and New Zealand. Genetics for the win

@stevemagness Let’s hear your take on the possibility of Ruth doping, with brutal honesty? 😀

A 16 year old just ran a 3:48 indoor mile. That's insane. Mind blowing. Sam Ruthe from New Zealand. It's hard to wrap your head around the new reality of fast times in track. Especially for the phenoms.

@Brady_H I thought there wasn't any performances benefit of artificial sweeteners Vs real sweeteners in mouth receptors? Has there been developments since this was published? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19237430/

Diet Coke is the ultimate performance beverage. - 40 mg sodium = better hydration over water - 50 mg caffeine = moderate stimulation, better focus, endurance + strength - Artificial sweeteners activate oral receptors linked to ⬆️ performance, mimicking carbohydrates

@jgault13 All the congrats messages were great. Each with their own deadpan ribbing of Ollie. 😆

Loved the end of this week’s Coffee Club podcast. Either Cole Hocker is really good at keeping a straight face or he’s so locked in on Cameo that he treats a relay gold at World XC the same as a kid winning the state XC meet with their team. youtu.be/S_wIzRfrVTs?si…

@feelthebyrn1 @justindaerr Less injuries over the last year meant much less walking and cycling. But much more running! (4500k in '25 vs 3000k '24)

We called it Kenyan Training Get a locker at the pool and leave the car at home Ride/run/walk to the pool, the track, anywhere @justindaerr took it further, he would 'ride to the ride' All that easy volume adds up across a year

@srmills90 14:42 / 15:27 - she did it the hard way!! ☠️

European 10km record of 30:09 set by Jana Van Lent in Nice. 😳

@stevemagness Time for a Japanese corporate ekiden style quota on non citizen athletes? Say only 2 allowed to start in team scored races?

One big problem with our sport is very few put their own ambitions aside and look at what’s best for the health of our sport…on every level. It’s one reason why it’s dying. And more and more schools will cut XC and track…

@jgault13 Use a Japanese corporate ekiden relay style quota for foreign runners? Eg. 2 max non-citizens per team?

If you scored the top five American men at the 2025 NCAA cross country championships as a US all-star team, they would have scored 70 points. That's 13 more than Oklahoma State scored to win the men's race. letsrun.com/news/2025/11/w…

@Brady_H 45min hot bath is intense! So hard to stay in that long, annoying to get out & back in when ur unbearably hot, & then the water gets cold. Then again lots of homes have them. I strongly prefer sauna & chose my gym (walking distance from home) based on the fact they had one

Trained runners who used a hot bath for 45 minutes per day (40C/104F; 5x/week; 5 weeks) increased their VO2 max by ~4%, plus: - ⬆️ Hb mass by 33g - ⬆️ blood volume & cardiac function - ⬆️ speed at VO2 max by 0.8 km/h (0.5 mph)

@0xgaut @Brady_H Cold plunge is for the feels. Sauna/hot bath is for the blood bump🩸and heat performance 🔥

@Brady_H Don’t let the cold plunge people see this

@rakshithxaloori @CJHandmer @waitbutwhy Never read a Musk autobiography because of the fantastic @waitbutwhy articles

@CJHandmer I remember finishing Isaacson's bio on Elon and being disappointed. Fortunately, I stumbled upon @waitbutwhy's post on how Elon thinks: waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-co…

Imagine spending two years researching and writing an authorized biography on one of the most singular technology and business figures in history and still having so little curiosity and insight. Imagine thinking that the best Elon could contribute to government is to register his opinion that DoD procurement sucks. Everyone knows that! We have so little from the past, so little insight into the why and how of the people who built the world we have inherited. The best is detailed first person technical memoirs, such as those by Leslie Groves or Kelly Johnson, but even then. It's not much to work with. In 100 years we'll have a few bios of Elon and a million pieces of clickbait and, at the current rate, not a single usable "how to" for anyone interested in attempting to replicate the SpaceX/Tesla production function. Despite the fact that effective large scale technical management is on the critical path for civilization. It drives me crazy.

@ThePapaLinks Maybe find someone to bike with you and chat with?

Do you think if I made a posting on LinkedIn for training partners it’d get any traction?

@DavidEpstein That's how it feels starting next to elite sprinters. Especially when they make up the 200m stagger before your third step 😆

Possible false start there probably made the difference

@Alan_Couzens @feelthebyrn1 Why I stopped playing golf... practice sucks! Running practice is awesome!

Always a pleasure to chat with my good friend @feelthebyrn1 This time for #MSMRL So many💎of wisdom, but it all starts with If you want to be successful, if you want to be consistent: "The joy of training is what drives. It's ALWAYS been the driver" Full pod coming soon🙏

@brady_h See also, any evening racing!!

It’s so true.

Female Track Athlete of the Year nominee ✨ Repost to vote for Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 🇺🇸 in the #AthleticsAwards. Voting closes on Sunday 19 October at 11:59 PM CEST.