Joshua Cheptegei is Distance Running's New King + Monaco Madness

Correction to podcast: The 2020 Marine Corps Marathon is only virtual this year. We reported erroneously that it was still slated to be held in person in the podcast.

Joshua Cheptegei ran 12:35.36 to break Kenenisa Bekele's world 5,000m record, Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a European 1500m record and Monaco more than lived up to the hype.

Fast domestic times at the Music City Distance Carnival including a 4:01 by a high school sophomore. Peachtree 2020 is cancelled, one big marathon in the US is still on, and Stockholm DL is on Sunday. We break it all down.

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Jon's great read: 25 Years Later: A Look Back At One Of The Greatest Nights In Distance Running History

**Rojo's COVID chart of the week.**

Deleted thread of the week: Could Donald Trump finish a mile running without walking... time?

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