Cole Hocker’s American Record, Faith Kipyegon’s Road Debut & The Jeans Marathon Guy

This week on The Running Story, Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth break down the five biggest stories in the running world.

🔥 Cole Hocker runs the second-fastest indoor mile in history and breaks the American indoor mile record.
🏃‍♀️ Faith Kipyegon makes her surprise road debut in Monaco — is a marathon next?
👖 Truett Hanes (The Jeans Guy) runs 2:36 at the Austin Marathon — is Olympic Trials qualification realistic?
👟 On’s new super shoe prototype gets World Athletics approval.
🏈 A Super Bowl halftime performer logs his show on Strava… and it goes viral.

We cover:

• Cole Hocker’s 3:45.94 indoor mile
• Sam Ruth’s US racing debut
• Faith Kipyegon’s 29:47 road 10K
• The future of women’s marathon racing
• On’s Cloudboom Dev prototype
• The viral Super Bowl Strava upload
• Truett Hanes’ Olympic Trials ambitions

00:00 – Intro: This Week in Running News
00:30 – Barkley Special Episode Mention
01:10 – Story 1: Cole Hocker Breaks Indoor Mile Record
02:30 – Sam Ruth’s Big Test Against Elite Milers
04:50 – What’s Next for Sam Ruth in 2026
05:45 – Story 2: Super Bowl Halftime Show Logged on Strava
06:30 – Viral Sugar Cane Costume Workout Explained
07:30 – How Strava Got Him a NYC Marathon Bib
08:45 – Story 3: On’s New Super Shoe Prototype Leak
09:30 – World Athletics Approval & Prototype Rules
10:15 – Helen Obiri’s London Marathon Opportunity
11:00 – New Midsole Tech and Cloudboom Updates
13:15 – Can On Compete With Nike & Adidas?
14:30 – Story 4: Faith Kipyegon’s Surprise Road 10K Debut
15:30 – Negative Split Win in Monaco
16:30 – Could Faith Kipyegon Run a Marathon One Day?
19:30 – Story 5: Truett Hanes “Jeans Guy” Austin Marathon
20:40 – Running 2:36 in Denim: How Serious Is He?
21:45 – Olympic Trials Standard: Still a Long Way to Go
22:45 – Tearaway Jeans vs Racing Shorts Debate
24:50 – Wrap-Up &

Check out our Barkley Marathon episode!
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