Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:56 to smash the marathon world record at the Bank of American Chicago Marathon. In the process she became the first woman to go sub 2:10. Is this the greatest distance performance ever?
Former American record holder and Olympic bronze medallist Deena Kastor joins us for an hour to break down Chicago and Ruth's incredible run and everything Chicago where John Korir got the win on the men's side (update from the pod: the first Ascis WMM win since Yuki Kawauchi in 2018 in Boston). CJ Albertson and Susanna Sullivan led the Americans.
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Show notes: 00:00 Banter
00:39 Start
02:11 Deena Kastor's initial thoughts
06:04 Segue on American Runners' Performance
08:20 Kebede and Chepngetich both after WR
14:34 Rough patch at 35k
19:26 Skepticism and Doping Concerns
28:51 Deena on Paula & how record breakers change the mindset for everyone *Renato Canova post
36:05 Barry Bonds
39:49Was this the Greatest Performance in Women's Distance Running?
40:55 Kudos to Carey Pinkowski
43:16 Kelvin Kiptum
45:33 Chepngetich's run was amazing
48:44 Paris for John Korir from Deena
58:40 Rojo's announcing plan
01:00:42 American women disappointed
01:03:44 Not Susanna Sullivan
01:04:57 CJ Albertson wants to be the top American at all the US WMM
01:09:37 01:12:06 Rojo's marathon PB?
01:17:33 Centro
01:17:57 Mile splits not always accurate
01:22:32 Greatest women's record?
01:24:51 Were Rojo's doping questions inappropriate?
01:29:16 NCAA XC - BYU puts 7 ahead of Oregon's #1
01:35:22 Wrap-Up and Announcements
Links: everything Chicago Marathon here
*Renato Canova post
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