The Death of the 5,000m, New Olympic Track Qualifying Procedures, Grant Holloway Machine, NCAA Indoors, the Future of the Diamond League -LetsRun.com Track Talk

We discuss the death of the 5,000, the new Olympic qualifying procedures, the NCAA indoor meet, Grant Holloway's greatness, talk about Athing Mu getting beat by a high school freshman Roisin Willis, Anthony Rotich being an American, and we end with listener audio and then a full obit of the 5,000m. Full show notes below:Podcast is sponsored by FloydsofLeadville.com. Click here and use code LRMAR to get 10% off your first order< (If you just want to be entertained, we got a chuckle ourselves from our funeral ceremony at the beginning and 5,000m obituary at the end) 0:00 Beginning00:57 Funeral Ceremony for 5,000m8:21 Will long distance running remain a track event? 10:14 Getting rid of an "African" event15:16 The new IAAF Ranking System and qualifying for the Olympics 22:05 System actually isn't that bad but severely undervalues US Championships and Olympic Marathon Trials. 26:18 The college admission scandal and Rojo saying the going price for a track spot at Cornell was $200k 30:31 NCAA indoor talk 37:24 Coach Mike Smith getting it done at NAU 40:00 Brexit & our sponsor Donald Trump 2020 41:24 DMR Talk- You don't start Mariano Rivera EVER 47:53 Grant Holloway "Flustered" Audio. How many Olympic medals can he win? 53:47 Anthony Rotich is a US Citizen 57:21 Discussion of our "secret" podcast guest for next week- Olympic medallist, Boston & NYC Marathon Champ, who was spotted in Wejo's apartment 58:15 We want more wife/viewer audio. Fake Ryan Hall where are you? 60:20 Athing Mo gets beat by high school freshman Roisin Willis and Ming responds better than the pros. 66:53 Listener audio and more discussion of Diamond League 72:30 Formal Obituary for the 5,000: 1912-2019 Be sure to support the LetsRun.com advertisers who make this all possible: *HealthIQ: Erik the LRC Web Guy Is on Track to Save $19,400+ on his life insurance over 30 years thanks to HealthIQWant to be on the show? If you've got ideas for the shoe feel free to email us [email protected] or call 844-LETSRUN