Jon is back from Japan. Which World Champ did he bump into near Kyoto?

The crew breaks down a crazy 2025 track and field season. What were the biggest shocks and surprises? What does the future hold?

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The Chicago Marathon is next week and so is Athlos and NCAA XC (Jane Hedengren's debut) and USA XC (World XC qualifier) are fast approaching. What are we most excited about? And what about the latest Kenyan doping scandal.

Show notes:
00:00 Meeting a World Champion in Japan
01:35 Welcome to the Let's Run Podcast
02:39 Podcast Team Reunion
04:48 Rojo & Jon's living situation
09:56 Analyzing the 2025 Track Surprises
10:15 The biggest surprise of 2025 was...
12:03 Cole Hocker's 5000
16:57 Brazier
19:04 Josh Hoey
22:37 African men won no track titles 1500-10k
28:12 Jon Gault audio on Cole Hocker
32:31 Athing Mu's year
37:43 Guess how many Olympic champs repeated in Tokyo
41:42 Grant Fisher
45:46 Grand Slam Track
49:45 Jimmy Gressier
51:29 Sydney was Sydney
54:18 Michael Norman, Emmanuel Korir
56:54 Upcoming Marathons and Expectations
01:00:50 What are you most excited about for the fall..
01:05:51 US Cross Country Championships
01:13:50 The #1 ranked US 800 and 1500m runner are...
01:18:44 World Ultimate Championships in 2026
01:24:28 Kenyan Doping scandal with bus conductor
01:29:58 Chicago & Athlos next week

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