Yared Nuguse (guest) + Grant Fisher, Jakob, Jacob Kiplimo World Record Onslaught

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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
• 31:12 Grant Fisher's 5K World Record
• 34:59 Is he 10k favorite? 39:07 Coaching Dynamics: 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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