Sam Ruthe 3:48 Mile @ 16, Cole Hocker #1 in World?, Millrose, Kiplimo's Record Gets Tossed

The 118th Millrose Games delivered a great show and we break it all down. But the biggest performance of the weekend was in Boston not Millrose as Sam Ruthe, just 16 years old, ran 3:48 in the mile to become the youngest man ever under 3:50 by more than a full year. Cam Myers dominated the Wannamaker Mile in 3:47, Colin Sahlman broke a 37-year-old NCAA 800m record with a 1:44.7 victory, and Cole Hocker looked every bit the world's best distance runner in winning the two mile. Meanwhile, Roisin Willis set the American indoor 800m record in Boston, Nikki Hiltz got a big win, and Cooper Luktenhaus added another high school record to his collection.

But it wasn't all celebrations. Is Bryce Hoppel's window closing? Why can't Ollie Hoare find his form? Is Hobbs Kessler's injury excuse a relief or a red flag? The episode also digs into the controversial decision by World Athletics to invalidate Jacob Kiplimo's 56:42 half marathon world record due to drafting behind the lead vehicle. Plus: Is it good for young stars to experience defeat? Should Cam Myers skip World Indoors for a domestic meet? And what exactly happened with the Millrose pacing lights?

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Links:

• Sam Ruthe's family running history thread: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13396729
• Thread: Biggest winners of the weekend: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=14027044
• Thread: Cole Hocker is the #1 distance runner in the world right now: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=14027201
• Jacob Kiplimo's world record invalidated: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=14027173
• Millrose two mile pacer responds: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=14024895
• Post of Week on Faster Times

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro and Soccer Banter
• 02:55 Jon's Birthday
• 05:06 LetsRun Meetup in SF
• 09:32 Sam Ruthe's Historic 3:48 Mile at 16
• 11:00 Comparing Teen Phenoms: Ruthe, Ingebrigtsen, Laros, and Myers
• 26:23 Colin Sahlman's 1:44 800m and NCAA Record
• 40:08 Bryce Hoppel, Donovan Brazier, and the Men's 800 Landscape
• 46:00 Cole Hocker Wins Millrose Two Mile
• 47:23 Is Cole Hocker the World's Best Distance Runner?
• 55:00 Cam Myers Dominates the Wannamaker Mile
• 59:00 Hobbs Kessler's Struggles and Ollie Hoare's Decline
• 64:50 Athing Mu, Jane Hedengren, and Learning to Lose
• 70:20 Nikki Hiltz Wins the Women's Wanamaker Mile
• 73:13 Can Hiltz win Olympic gold in LA 2028, what about Faith Kipyegon?
• 82:30 Cooper Luktenhaus's High School 600m Record
• 86:00 Roisin Willis Sets American 800m Record
• 96:25 Jacob Kiplimo's Half Marathon Record Invalidated
• 100:14 Millrose Pacing Controversy and Weekend Wrap-Up

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