1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:09,640 It is January 6th, 2020. Sixth, I'm Chris Chavez. 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,880 I'm Preet Bajeth here. And this week in track and 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,080 field, I feel like this episode might have to be called This 4 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,360 week in cross country because we're focusing on. 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,680 The world cross. Country championships, They'll 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,080 be taking place in Tallahassee this weekend. 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:31,640 We'll be there on site partnered with A6 to do a pre show, post 8 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,720 show and then we'll be bringing you interviews and lots of on 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,960 the ground coverage. And then in addition to that, 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,360 there are some other races taking place this weekend in 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,720 Houston, the Houston half and the Houston full. 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,080 Then in addition to that, there's also Valencia. 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,440 There's a 10K that is set to be pretty Dang fast and. 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,280 To kind of. Get people up to speed a little 15 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,040 bit. Let's take a broader look at 16 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,959 2026 Preet. And you always do a good job of 17 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,720 kind of explaining like what's ahead. 18 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:14,400 And this will, I think, tail in very nicely with the entries for 19 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,120 the world's cross country championships, which came out 20 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,760 this morning and why there are big names that are missing for a 21 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:26,120 wide variety of reasons. But when in the last episode, I 22 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,440 think I called 2026 an off year, one person in the comments 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,840 section was like, well, you know, that there is like a world 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,000 cross country championships and a world ultimate championship. 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,080 I'm like, no duh. But I think the reason everyone 26 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,160 calls it a off year is because there is no traditional Olympics 27 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,360 or World Championships taking place. 28 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,280 And this is the first time since 2018 that that's been the case 29 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,760 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 30 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,640 The postponement after 2020 just led to this pile on that we've 31 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,360 had of World Championships and Olympics every year, every year 32 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,880 since 2021. And it's been a good thing, I 33 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,320 think, because like we have a big event to look forward to. 34 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,680 And I feel like World Athletics also felt the same way. 35 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,960 And that's why they created the World Ultimate Championships, 36 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,360 Higher stakes, much more of ATV product I think is how they're 37 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:25,280 billing it, so that people can watch the biggest stars over 3 38 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,120 days and then big prize money also on the line. 39 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,600 So the World Ultimate Championships are what takes the 40 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,120 place of an Olympics. Or a world. 41 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,920 But it's still not your traditional global championship 42 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,880 because not every country, not every event is being contested 43 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,080 there. So when you hear a bunch of 44 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,800 these athletes. And people refer to this as an 45 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,480 off year. That is why. 46 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,720 But I'll toss it over to you, give the peoples your sort of 47 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,360 like a bigger picture overview of the events to look forward 48 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,600 to. In 2026. 49 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,240 Yeah. So I think obviously we're 50 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,280 starting off this weekend with with the world cross country. 51 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,480 But then I think indoors have a slightly different complexion to 52 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,800 it, partly because we don't have a major, you know, end of year 53 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,160 championship. So I think we might see a few 54 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,520 more people target the world indoors, which is happening in 55 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,840 in Toran, Poland. I'll be hopefully there on the 56 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,880 ground to see that one, which is going to take place in March. 57 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,680 And obviously we'll have the regular indoor circuit ahead of 58 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,280 that. And then we lead into the summer 59 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,360 where we have obviously the World Ultimate Championships and 60 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,600 to qualify in September. But to qualify for that you need 61 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,640 to be, if you're not an Olympic or world champion, you need to 62 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:54,480 be in the top 16, top 12, or maybe if in in the field events, 63 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,800 I think it's even top six or top eight of the rankings. 64 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:02,960 So you have to then compete in the highest point meets, the 65 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,560 most competitive meets, the fastest races to try and get up 66 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,280 there in the world rankings. And you know, we will probably 67 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,960 get the chance to do a bit of world rankings number crunching 68 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,079 when it comes down to it. But what I think it essentially 69 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:19,040 means is the highest ranking points meets on the circuit are 70 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,519 the Diamond League. And so I do think we will see a 71 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:24,240 lot of Americans hitting the Diamond League pretty hard this 72 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,720 year in comparison to previous years because a, they don't need 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:34,040 to stay in the US to focus on USA's to make a world or an 74 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,920 Olympic team, which has often been part of the reason why we 75 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,720 don't see Americans sort of doing the entire Diamond League 76 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,320 circuit, which you see a lot of European and other athletes 77 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,360 doing. And you know they, they often 78 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,720 take a break in the middle of the season just to prep for USA 79 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,960 whilst here you know, they don't have to do. 80 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,760 That and just really quick. It is January 6th and as of 81 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:02,080 right now, we don't know when or where the US Championships are 82 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,440 set to take place. If you look at the calendar that 83 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,960 World Athletics puts out, they usually block off I think 2 84 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,400 weekends to be like national championship weekend. 85 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:16,400 So my assumption is that it'll be the last weekend of July or 86 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,600 first weekend of August. Something one of it's one of 87 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,520 those two that World Athletics has blocked off. 88 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,040 But the fascinating part is that we don't know where it's going 89 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,320 to be yet because. We've. 90 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,600 Just grown accustomed to going to Eugene for the US 91 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,080 Championships ever since the new Hayward got built. 92 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,840 But there hasn't been anything put out by Tracktown just quite 93 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:43,600 yet if that means we're going to go back to Eugene. 94 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,040 The last time, I think it wasn't in Eugene, it was in Des Moines 95 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,880 in Iowa, which I'd be open to going back there. 96 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,480 Is there a new city that steps it up and bids for it? 97 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,680 I think a lot of this was still sort of getting decided a week 98 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,680 or two after the annual meetings. 99 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:06,400 I think the board, the the the bids for them were due in 100 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,440 December. So it is kind of just funky to 101 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,400 be in the year without knowing when the outdoor championships 102 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,160 are set to take place. But that's just a side tangent 103 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,480 of, you know, kind of the, the funkiness to the to the schedule 104 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,360 so far as we look ahead, because, you know, we were 105 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,680 putting together calendars and coverage plans for a variety of 106 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,800 different things. And I was like, I guess we we 107 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,400 don't know where we're going for USA is just quite yet. 108 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,880 Yeah, and I suppose, you know, the World Ultimate 109 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Championships, it will only involve a small number of 110 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,440 athletes, which means that there's a whole chunk of 111 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,160 athletes who will kind of maybe do something interesting, maybe 112 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,880 do something different. We may see some athletes who 113 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,160 decide that they're not going to do as much in 2026, have a bit 114 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,840 of a rest and a refresh to go again in 2027 and 2028 in the 115 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,760 build up to LA. Maybe maybe that is also what 116 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,680 we'll see from some athletes. I think if you're a European 117 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,040 athlete, you will also be focused on the European 118 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Championships which take place in mid August. 119 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:14,400 And there's also the Commonwealth Games which involve 120 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,160 the British nations and you get a lot more British athletes 121 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,640 because we get 4 countries instead of just one in each 122 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,960 event. And then there's also the 123 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,040 Kenyans and the Australians and, and obviously Julian Alfred is 124 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,000 from Saint Lucia as well. That's Commonwealth country, so 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,240 maybe we'll see her there as well. 126 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,720 But yes, you'll see. So you'll see athletes maybe. 127 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,000 I think Aussies in particular love the Commonwealth Games. 128 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,600 So I imagine we'll get strong Aussie representation there and 129 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,680 the Brits because it's because it's a home championships for 130 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,120 them as well. So yeah, it's it's quite a big, 131 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,120 you know, if you are a European athlete, there are some other 132 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,040 things to target as well, particularly for those athletes 133 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,440 who might not quite make that top 16 or whatever it is for the 134 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,960 World Ultimate Championships. And especially here, remember, 135 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,000 there's no country cap. So here's some of the distance 136 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,160 races might be filled with Kenyans and Ethiopians. 137 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,800 It may be that some of the sprints are filled with US 138 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,320 athletes. So you know there there may be 139 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,000 some events where you know it becomes a bit trickier to 140 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,600 qualify. Do you think that gives some of 141 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,560 the, I guess like the Commonwealth Games or the 142 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,120 European athletes a little bit of an edge? 143 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:29,240 Because those championships are probably worth a good amount of 144 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:30,720 points too, right? And. 145 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,480 They're not worth as much as you think. 146 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,360 So a Diamond League performance I think is still better. 147 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,000 So it's a bit of a weird 1. And it also depends because 148 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,280 they're championship races, so it depends how fast they run. 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,559 And I'm not going to trust the weather because they're 150 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,560 competing in Britain. So you never know. 151 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,880 Yes, you can get some points, but I think the Commonwealth 152 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,200 Games actually doesn't have very many points at all. 153 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,920 Europeans might have a bit more because they're a continental 154 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,360 championships. So yes, so that those could, 155 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,880 could help get at least the winners or the medallists there 156 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,360 may maybe help those guys. All right. 157 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,760 And so then one point that ties into World Cross is that the 158 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,600 qualifying window for Commonwealth and Europeans is 159 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,320 already open for certain events. Yeah, yeah, it I mean, it's open 160 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,600 for for all the events now, but obviously for those people 161 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,880 targeting things like the 10K, this is road 10K season. 162 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,800 So there's been, you know, just last week Jana Van Lentz, one of 163 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,680 the other Belgian cross country runners that I was raving about 164 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,320 just a couple of weeks ago, but this is a different one. 165 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,320 She just ran thirty O 9 for the 10K broke the European records 166 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,000 previously held by Alish Mccolgan and Paula Radcliffe, 167 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:50,040 depending on how you look at it. So pretty impressive run from 168 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,920 her. And if you think back a couple 169 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,680 of years ago, up for the Olympics, when we were looking 170 00:09:55,680 --> 00:10:00,480 at that 3020 standard, sorry for Tokyo, for the women, there were 171 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,280 not many women in the world outside of Kenya and Ethiopia 172 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,960 that ran that standard. So to run thirty O 9 is hugely, 173 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,840 hugely impressive. So that was a great performance. 174 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,320 But as I say, it's road 10K season and there are a lot of 175 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,000 European athletes that are targeting that, which has meant 176 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,560 that some European countries haven't really sent people to 177 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,120 Tallahassee or they haven't sent their strongest teams. 178 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,920 Yeah. All right, so let's let's hit on 179 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,840 some of the big ones that are racing this weekend in Valencia. 180 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:34,040 So there's a showdown between Andreas Almgren and Yomif 181 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,240 Kajalcha in the 10K in Valencia, correct. 182 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,000 Isaac Camelli as well. Right. 183 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,360 I don't see kajalcha on this latest start list that I have 184 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,000 got. Yeah. 185 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,880 So it's it's Edwin Kerrgatz in there, one of the Kenyan 10K 186 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,400 guys, Andreas Almgren and yeah, Isaac Camellia, probably the 187 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,680 biggest names. There's a lot of the top Brits 188 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:59,640 running there, which is why they're not a world cross. 189 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:05,040 And yeah, some of the other top Germans and, and, and stuff as 190 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:05,920 well. So. 191 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:11,360 Who's the headliner? On the oh, sorry, yes, on the 192 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:17,120 women's side, headliners, I mean, there's from there's, 193 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,760 there's a few Ethiopians, actually quite a few Ethiopians. 194 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,840 A notice my Bratu is probably the one that I've heard of 195 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,480 Lakina Amabel and gear my wit Gebrizee hair, who are the 196 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,040 fastest in the field. But there's also Ailish Mccolgan 197 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:38,520 and Sam Harrison from GB. But yeah, Marta Garcia of Spain. 198 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,880 And there's a few other kind of athletes who are kind of 199 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:46,640 stepping up to the 10K from shorter distances, like Alice 200 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,560 Fino's fourth place from the steeple in in the Olympics. 201 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:56,280 OK, All right, so let's. And then in Houston, the entries 202 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,160 for that one came out. The half marathon always seems 203 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,840 to draw a little bit more star power. 204 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:07,240 And so at the Houston half men's side, Vincent and Getich, who I 205 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,480 believe was on the podium at the Tokyo Marathon last year and 206 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,600 represented Kenya at the World Championships, he's the fastest 207 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,920 man on paper, 59-O9PB, but I. Believe that's a couple years 208 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,320 old. So then you've got Galen Rupp in 209 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,080 second, also with an old PB from 2018 to 5947. 210 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:29,440 So the, I guess most recent really good performance goes to 211 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:32,640 Hilary Bore, who's 3rd on the start list, 5955. 212 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,440 And then he ran a little bit faster than that, I think at the 213 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,320 NYC half. Or that actually might be the 214 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,280 time that he ran at NYC, but it's not record eligible. 215 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,360 There's a chance Hilary Bore could win this whole thing. 216 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,520 Good American presence would be a sambasa, Sam Shalenga, Andrew 217 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,760 Coley, Alex Mayer. They got Sam Shalenga and Galen 218 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,840 Rupp facing off in the year 2026 just after what is this, almost 219 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,800 2 decades after their Foot Locker cross country race or 220 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,240 their NCAA race? I'm sorry. 221 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,000 And then Cam Levins is also in it men's side is is very deep. 222 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,880 But the most intriguing person, I think on the start list is the 223 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,120 debut of NCAA cross country champion Haptam Samuel. 224 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,680 He's a junior at New Mexico and he just ran 13 O3, I believe at 225 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:27,680 the at BU last month. And so for him to step up to the 226 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,200 half marathon distance. Now The funny thing is that I 227 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,840 guess on the start list, he was listed as like Eritrea. 228 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,560 He's told Sidious in the past that like he's no longer going 229 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,920 to represent Eritrea internationally. 230 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,680 It sounds like he's seeking US citizenship. 231 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,160 But again, that process could take a while. 232 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,920 Now the good thing is that he hasn't, if the clock has started 233 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,880 on any sort of transfer of allegiance, usually it's like 2 234 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,360 years from the last time you you represented a country 235 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:03,800 internationally. And for him, that was 2023 236 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,280 Budapest World Championships. I'm pretty sure was the last 237 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,840 time that he competed at worlds for Eritrea 'cause he sat out 238 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,440 the 2024 Olympics and the 2025 World Championships despite 239 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,800 having the 10K standard. So you know. 240 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,440 As we get. Closer to 2028 which is now 2 241 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,960 years away. Kind of crazy to think Hampton 242 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,440 Samuel could be at the US track trials by then or a contender 243 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,520 for the marathon team and and those marathon trials if the 244 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,400 process goes smoothly. So just something to down the 245 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,400 road keep an eye on. On the women's side in Houston, 246 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,520 the half marathon, Siggy Geber Salama, who has run World Cross 247 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,480 in the past and been a strong person for the Ethiopian team 248 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,360 staying on the roads, leads the half marathon field with her 249 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:57,400 6421 personal best. Then after that you got a couple 250 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,960 other Ethiopians and Kenyans up at the top of that list. 251 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,080 But of the American interests, US half marathon champion Taylor 252 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,920 Rowe is the fastest with 6722 PB. 253 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:14,800 Amanda Vestry, who also qualified for the Road World Rd. 254 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:19,040 Roading Championships last year before those were cancelled, is 255 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,640 running again. Annie Frisbee, Dakota Popeane 256 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,080 star-studded marathon squad right there. 257 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,200 Natasha Rogers, Susanna Sullivan, Erica Kemp. 258 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,160 Erica Camp, who ran the marathon last year and ran 222 in 259 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:34,960 Houston, is dropping down to to the half. 260 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,680 And the intriguing debuts here would probably be Annie 261 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,800 Rodenfeld, who hinted at this when we did the broadcast of the 262 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,160 Dash to the finished 5K. And then after that, it was 263 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,600 Laura Galvin from Mexico, who's competed at worlds and Olympics 264 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,440 for them, is running a half marathon. 265 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,200 So she could also get to herself up up there on the North 266 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:05,520 American list potentially. So that is the Houston half as 267 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,120 we kind of look at it in the marathon. 268 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,800 I think the most interesting person I saw entered was Zuhair 269 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,400 Talbi, who's again working on that transfer of allegiance from 270 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Morocco to the United States. And he's run super well in 271 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,800 Houston before. And so he can run a fast time 272 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,640 there. And it's he's just in limbo. 273 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,880 Like it won't count towards like the US all time list, but we'll 274 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,520 just kind of keep people in mind. 275 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,640 It's like by the time 2028 rolls around, he could also be a 276 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,560 contender for that team too. So that's a snapshot of. 277 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,440 Houston, I think the on the women's side of Houston, the 278 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:47,680 former 3/3 time champion de Geffer from Ethiopia, she's now 279 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,920 an American citizen with a 22134 personal best. 280 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,080 So that's an interesting development. 281 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,440 According to the according to the the press release from 282 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,240 Houston, how old is she? I don't know how old she is. 283 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,520 But yeah, this is I'm just reading the press release and 284 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,240 obviously from British perspective, Kelly Hoga Thackery 285 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:12,520 is the other fast person in the in in in the field with a 221 24 286 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,599 personal West. I've I've found that a couple 287 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:20,920 times of just sort of like, are you talking about bouze? 288 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,800 Berk. Tayed deriba berk, tayed de 289 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,640 geffa let. Me see if I could find her on 290 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:32,560 the Oh I see OK I'm doing a quick search as well you could 291 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,040 hear Preet's. My keyboard clacking away. 292 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:37,960 Yeah, his keyboard clacking away. 293 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,320 Because I guess in the last. Couple of years we've had a 294 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,280 couple Ethiopians switch allegiance over to the United 295 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,240 States and then maybe you start to think, oh, that person could 296 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,000 be a really, you know, strong contender for our Olympic team 297 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,160 because they have this really fast PB, but we're getting them 298 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,640 in at the tail end of their career. 299 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,120 And so like, I'm looking at De Geffe here, 35 years old. 300 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:07,200 That PB of two, 2240 is from 2019. 301 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,280 So I'm not necessarily thinking, oh, this is going to be someone 302 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,480 who totally shakes up the US marathoning rankings. 303 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:22,720 Like she hasn't broken or she ran 229 and 2020, 1231 and 2022, 304 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,480 but hasn't broken 225 since 2020. 305 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,080 So, yeah, I mean, I think this might be another one of those 306 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,480 instances where it's like, oh, OK, this person is on the back 307 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,720 half of their their career, but adds depth, I think to to the 308 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,040 US. All right, so that's Houston. 309 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:47,120 We touched on Valencia Houston. Let's give our just sort of like 310 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:52,760 gut reactions to the entries that were finally published for 311 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,240 the world's cross country championships. 312 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,240 We're going to do a more thorough preview later on in the 313 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,320 week live from Tallahassee, myself, Eric Jenkins, Aisha 314 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:09,760 brought Lear will be on site. But my first thought was because 315 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,400 this isn't off here, like it's kind of surprising how many 316 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:18,560 stars are skipping out on it. And I pulled a couple stats that 317 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,480 I tweeted out earlier today. And I want to start with the 318 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:27,280 women's side. So the big story that we talked 319 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:32,720 about in the last episode is the two time champion, the Olympic 320 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:37,280 and World 5000m and 10,000 meter champion, Beatrice Chibet will 321 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,600 not be competing in Tallahassee. Last week we were just like, oh, 322 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,040 that's strange. You know, we thought that she 323 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,120 would be a shoe in for the roster and then she put up her 324 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,120 Instagram post and it said, see you in 2027. 325 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:55,280 And then we did get a couple messages like, oh, you guys 326 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,920 didn't, you know, theorize or think that she was pregnant? 327 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:04,400 Which it turns out she's starting a family in 2026 and 328 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,160 will return to racing in 2027. It was announced by her and her 329 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,840 agency after I think a little bit of this speculation started 330 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,080 to get out there for that, you know, with that 2027 mention. 331 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,760 And frankly, you know, and I've responded to a couple of people 332 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,600 in the Spotify comments on this. It was like, it's not a, it's 333 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,680 not on two guys like us to then speculate on a woman's 334 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,200 pregnancy. And so that's where sort of like 335 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,480 I felt weird. The thought did. 336 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,520 Cross our minds, Preet and I did, you know, exchange messages 337 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,840 about like hell. Like that's probably what she 338 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,640 meant. But we weren't just going to 339 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,600 cast that out there on the podcast. 340 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:42,560 So, you know, we tried. We decided to play it safe on 341 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,280 not going down that path. But a couple days later she 342 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,360 announces it herself, which is I think how it should be done. 343 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,600 And she won't be competing in 2026. 344 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,080 I mean, Congrats to her and super happy that, you know, 345 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,720 she's taking the step to, you know, start a family. 346 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,960 I kind of go back to just sort of, you know, the similar way 347 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,760 that Faith kept being on took a little bit of an absence when 348 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:16,640 she was also at the height of her, you know, career to start a 349 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,200 family. And then she came back and has 350 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,720 been, you know, dominant in the 1500 ever since. 351 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:25,560 So we'll see what happens, but in the bigger picture of things, 352 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,600 it's not just world cross. Then then also means that the 353 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,400 there is a spot that just opened up at the world ultimate 354 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,480 championships in the 5K in just the 5K. 355 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,240 There's no 10K at the world ultimate championships because 356 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,800 Beatrice Trebet had claimed the one by because she's the Olympic 357 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,120 and the world champion. So one spot just opened up to 358 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:51,800 the to the rankings. All right, So the so that was 359 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,800 Beatrice Tribet being out. And then I think what we 360 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,800 mentioned on the last episode was, oh, so this means that it 361 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:03,320 would be a great chance for Nadia Batakladi to win the whole 362 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,720 thing, the European champion and someone who's been a silver 363 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,560 medalist behind Tribet in the past on the track. 364 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,640 And then it turns out, as the entries were published, Italy is 365 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,920 not sending a team on the women's side or the men's side. 366 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:24,800 I think, and this is the second consecutive world's cross 367 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,960 country championship, that there is no women's Italian team. 368 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:34,320 In fact, there are only 14 teams, 14 countries on the 369 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,240 women's side that will field a 4A full team that can score. 370 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,640 So you have 6 athletes that race per country and the top 4 from 371 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:47,400 those six will score. Only 14 countries will be in the 372 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:53,960 team standings, and overall, it's 101 women entered in the 373 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,080 race. Now, there are reserves that 374 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,760 factor into all of this. This is the smallest women's 375 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,200 field since the pandemic. Just by one, there were 102 376 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,720 women at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships, 107 at 377 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:17,640 the 2024 ones in Serbia. And looking at it, it just like, 378 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,800 I mean, I'm still excited to see really, really good races, but 379 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,280 we don't have any of the medalists from the 5K or the 10K 380 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,080 because Faith keep big on also skipping out in the women's 381 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,360 race. And then I did a closer look. 382 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:41,800 I was like, OK, how many of the finalists from Tokyo in the 5K 383 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,280 and 10K are in this one? And so taking a closer look at 384 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:52,760 it, of the 27 women's finalists in the 10K from Tokyo, just 385 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,320 seven are entered in Tallahassee. 386 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,840 Of the 16 finalists in the 5K, only two are entered. 387 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:05,000 And then if we broaden it a bit more to Paris, six of the 25 388 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:10,360 from the 10K and two of the 16 from the 5K are in Tallahassee. 389 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,320 So I, I know some people are just like, well, that's track 390 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,080 and this is cross country, but this is an off year and I feel 391 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,080 like there. Is a lot of those. 392 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,560 Athletes like they don't have, there's the 10K runners don't 393 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,400 have you. You said that some of the 394 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,240 Europeans are obviously chasing EUR and Commonwealth qualifying 395 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:36,560 times, but for the most part I feel like it should draw some 396 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,800 more of those bigger names. So I, I, I I just was a little 397 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,200 surprised at the lack of. I think the other thing, I think 398 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,160 the other thing might also be contract related, right, is that 399 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,000 people who are chasing contracts, who you know, running 400 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,040 a fast 10K time, if you're a distance runner, running a fast 401 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,280 10K time on the roads is more likely to get you a contract or, 402 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,560 or get you a bonus or something than than racing at the world 403 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,480 cross country championships. And that's probably another 404 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,640 thing that factors in because we've seen a few people 405 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,680 announcing that their contracts have expired and stuff over the 406 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,600 last week. Or so, yeah. 407 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,320 But and then on top of that as well, you don't get paid to run 408 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,800 at worlds cross when you're representing your country, but 409 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,960 you might get an appearance fee at, you know, the Valencia 10K 410 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,120 or one of these Spain 10K races. And there's also prize money 411 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,160 that you can get while you're there. 412 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,200 Yeah, I guess like there's small prize money at the world cross 413 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:35,000 country championships, but money sometimes can talk and then 10K 414 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:42,520 runners can sometimes take the opportunity of not no global 415 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,600 championships. This could be the year to move 416 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,360 up and test the marathon. So there you might also have 417 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:52,280 some people from those 10K finals who have moved on to 418 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,800 running at in Boston or London this upcoming spring. 419 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,720 And on the men's side, the numbers were a little bit 420 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,720 better. Jimmy Gressier is the only 421 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,680 medalist from the five and 10K in Tokyo that will be in 422 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,720 Tallahassee. Of the 25 men's finalists from 423 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,200 the 10K11 are entered. Of the 16 finalists in the 5K 424 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,920 from Tokyo, six are entered. And then from Paris, it's 9 of 425 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:24,080 25 from the 10K and four of 22 from the 5K. 426 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,560 And this one, I guess like they're it's it's really good 427 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,520 people who are doubling back from Tokyo to be in Tallahassee. 428 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,240 You got Jimmy Gressier, Niko Young, Thierry, help me with 429 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,440 this one. The spent the Spaniard. 430 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,920 And Dukem and IO. And. 431 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,640 And Dukem and Mayo, we're just going to need to have that as a 432 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,800 little audio file that will play throughout the weekend because 433 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,840 you, you'll, you'll nail it. I'll never get it right. 434 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:56,320 Adrian Will will, Scoot, Grand Blancs, Brihua Aragawi, Dan 435 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:05,040 Kibet, man these names from Burundi, Aghi day in Takuru 436 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,960 Tamanya, that was close enough. Golvir Singh from India, 437 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,320 Celestine, Indi Kumana, That one was a little bit easier in MO 438 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,040 Ahmed that those are the guys who are doubling back from 439 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,120 Tokyo. So that's that's a strong 440 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,040 showing for sure. And then when you expand it to 441 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,320 the 5K, Kai Robinson, Binyam Mahari, Yon Shrub, like. 442 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:31,960 In all honestly, I look at the French team as a very underrated 443 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,240 squad that could stun some people in Tallahassee this 444 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,720 weekend. Led by Jimmy Gressier for sure. 445 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,320 Yeah. I mean, obviously the Spanish 446 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,400 team also edged the French team at Eurocross. 447 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,080 So they're a very strong team as well. 448 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,880 And they are across team, you know, but there are only four of 449 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,920 them I think entered here. So it may, maybe they, they, 450 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,040 they might struggle if, if one of them doesn't score then or 451 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,640 doesn't score well, then they might, might fall down the, the 452 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,040 team scores a bit. But yeah, Ethiopia definitely 453 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,880 looking very, very strong. When Yeah, so you mentioned 454 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,960 Ethiopia looks strong. I think Ethiopia has the best 455 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:11,360 1-2 punch of the whole of all the countries because you got 456 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:18,280 Buryhua Aragawi who was silver and then you got Binyamahari who 457 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,960 posted the fastest 10K time last year although he doesn't have as 458 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,720 much cross country experience I think. 459 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,320 I asked someone from from Ethiopia the other day. 460 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,840 I was like, is this his first? Cross country race. 461 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,160 Because he doesn't have anything on record on one of the 462 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:37,280 databases that I was looking at, but he maybe he has one race in 463 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,600 Ethiopia. But I think you've got to 464 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,280 acknowledge that where they train, they don't train on 465 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,200 tracks over there. They train basically cross 466 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,600 country all the time, right? It's not, I don't think it's, I 467 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,720 don't think it's far. Yeah, but I mean, I'm, so I'm, 468 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,600 I'm my hopes are still high for Binyam Mahari to do really well 469 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,680 this weekend. And then I took a closer look at 470 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,800 the Kenyan team that is competing. 471 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,080 And so they're led by Daniel Benyo, who was the number one 472 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:10,880 ranked Kenyan or #1 ranked 10K runner in 2024 because he was a 473 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,720 silver medalist in Budapest. And then he falls at the pre 474 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,840 classic men's 10K, which doubled as the Kenyan national selection 475 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,680 race for the World Championships. 476 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:28,040 I don't know for the Olympics and he didn't get selected to 477 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,400 the team even with the discretionary spot by Athletics 478 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,880 Kenya. So he's like, all right, well, 479 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,200 I'm going to move to the marathon and he does OK at the 480 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,040 marathon he runs two O 6 and then last year runs I believe 481 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:44,520 like two O 7 again and he runs Chicago. 482 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,080 I think he runs like 2O8IN Chicago and then three weeks 483 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,960 later wins the Kenyan cross country championships. 484 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,840 It sounds like maybe he's going to contemplate returning to the 485 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,960 track. Yes, there's a bunch of money in 486 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:03,560 the marathon and he could probably still cash in on that. 487 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,720 But for 2027, he could potentially return to the track 488 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:12,000 as we saw like the Kenyan men missed the podium in the 10K at 489 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,520 the World Championships for the first time since 2000, 2011. 490 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,800 And that's like that's a no no. Like they they're very upset. 491 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,920 So they want they want to restore some order in the 10K 492 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,920 and Daniel Benio's like, all right, I'll if I if, if me 493 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,320 coming back to the 10K is what it takes to get our country back 494 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,680 on the podium, then he might be willing to make that move. 495 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:37,800 And so he leads the the team. There's no Ishmael Kip Karoui. 496 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,520 He he has been added to the team. 497 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,400 So he was a late, well, he's a late add to the team. 498 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,600 So he obviously came fourth in the 10K at the World 499 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,160 Championships, but he came 15th at their trials, which is why he 500 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,800 wasn't initially selected to the team. 501 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,560 But then there was a late announcement. 502 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,520 I think it was just last week or something where he was added to 503 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:00,200 the team and he is now on that. And yeah, yeah, he wasn't on the 504 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,880 initial team, so that is a late out. 505 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,480 But there are 8 guys on his list. 506 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,640 So we don't necessarily know which six are going to be 507 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:12,280 running. But Ishmael Crew obviously is. 508 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,560 He was their top finisher at worlds. 509 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:19,960 He won the NCAA 10K last year. He placed in there obviously at 510 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,280 Pre as well to to make that Kenyan team for Waltz so. 511 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,200 All right. So I mean, there's actually, I 512 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,760 would say they've got a really strong 1-2 punch as well when 513 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,840 you've got Ebenyo and Kip Kurui, because those will be the two 514 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,560 guys leading them. Because behind them you've got, 515 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,160 you know, Kevin Chesang, who's 20 years old, Dennis Kemboy, 19 516 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,360 years old, Robert Koich, 28 years old, Shadrach Koich, 28 517 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,280 years old, Weldon Lagat, 27 years old. 518 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,560 It's a mixed bag. Like you got guys who have no 519 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,160 experience competing at the global stage and also not. 520 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,600 The best of? PBS like there's a, you know, 521 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:59,600 Koech is a 1312 guy. One of them's 60 minute half 522 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:05,360 marathoner, Weldon Lagat ran 1333 for five K, 2724 for 10K. 523 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,800 So it's like, it's not even like the strongest Kenyan team that's 524 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,920 coming to Tallahassee behind Kip Karoui and a Benyo. 525 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:17,120 So I'm not necessarily sold on their chances to repeat as the 526 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,240 gold medalist. And then if you look at if you 527 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,640 want to give the edge to Ethiopia, they've also got like 528 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:31,400 a very young squad behind Irigawi and Mahari. 529 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,200 Mahari's super young. But the rest of the guys, 530 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,320 Dolphin Chilimo, 20 years old. Dan Kibet, 21 years old, 531 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,280 Emmanuel Kibet. Oh, no, this is the Ugandan 532 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,480 team. I'm sorry, the Ugandan team 533 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,440 behind Kaplimo, now they've made the podium of the last couple 534 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,800 times. Jacob Kaplimo, I mean, there's 535 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,040 not too much to say about him except that he's probably the 536 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,240 favorite. I give him major props for 537 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,480 committing to world cross country championships because 538 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,760 there's a good chance that he could just be taking this time 539 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:07,640 to get ready for the London Marathon and going and trying to 540 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,720 RIP a fast time there. But back in the 80s and in the, 541 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,840 it used to be that this event would draw some of the best 542 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,440 marathoners in the world, like the the world's cross country 543 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:23,520 champions were known as like the hardest race and, and would 544 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,120 bring out the best distance runners. 545 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,320 So many of them were would be marathoners. 546 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,480 It's been, I guess since, well, in recent years now you put 547 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,040 Kiplimo in there because he's now in heading into the second 548 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,040 year as a marathoner. But before that, maybe Joffrey 549 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,160 Kemwar, who won this for a couple times and then and was 550 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,560 the New York City Marathon champion. 551 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,080 He may have been like the last guy who was like a really good 552 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,920 marathoner to still run cross country. 553 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:53,720 So when there's been just sort of like this thought of like has 554 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:58,120 world cross losses shine a bit, part of it is like you have to 555 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,400 incentivize some of those top marathoners to to show up. 556 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,440 And I give Kiplimo big props for, for, for showing up, but 557 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:10,080 he's got a young team behind him because he's #2 Joshua chapter 558 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,440 guy is committed to the, the money in the, in the marathon, I 559 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,679 think at this point. Yeah, absolutely. 560 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,880 But yeah, I think it's still intriguing that you you've 561 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,280 obviously got you've got France, you've got Ethiopia, you've got 562 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,480 Kenya and and the USI think has got a shot of of being up there. 563 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,840 It sort of depends how quick they go out, I suspect. 564 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:35,400 But if they don't go out crazy quick and then then I think 565 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,400 everyone's in the mix. I'm glad you're the one who said 566 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,719 it because I didn't want it to just sort of come off as just 567 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,159 sort of like American bias to think like. 568 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,400 Should we be thinking about finishing in the top five? 569 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,440 Maybe you're in the podium. I think, I think that, I think, 570 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,840 I think here that there aren't. I mean, there are a huge number 571 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,120 of teams that have got 4 scorers to start with, right? 572 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,040 And, and four that are going to score well. 573 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,880 I think the US team is one of those that has, you know, we've 574 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,120 put forward a, a strong team for the US and yeah, there's 575 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,800 therefore a good chance that, you know, when you've got Grand 576 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,120 Blancs, Nico Young, Parker Wolf, etcetera in there. 577 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,720 I think you, you and Rocky Hanson, given what he's done 578 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:18,640 recently, I think you, you, you've got to think that that 579 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:22,320 there's a good shot of, of being close to the podium. 580 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,840 I think you know it, it is hard and to know how things are going 581 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,800 to shake out in the world cross because we don't really 582 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,640 obviously see these guys run in the same way. 583 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:37,280 And when you've got you know, 6 Ethiopians, 6 Kenyans, 6 584 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,400 Ugandans, etcetera upfront and then a bunch of others. 585 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,040 We've got Tanzania, we've got Gabriel Guiller who's who's a 586 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,920 very good marathoner who could potentially feature pretty 587 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,440 highly. And there's lots of other, you 588 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,400 know, Adrian Wilsgut and other sort of odd runners from from 589 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,520 various countries who could who could feature right up there. 590 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:59,120 So it's, you know, you don't really know how the placings are 591 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,000 eventually going to shake out for the team score. 592 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,760 And and we don't really get much info to kind of really give us a 593 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:12,000 good, good insight into that. But yeah, it would, you know, I 594 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,520 think there's every possibility that that the Americans do quite 595 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,120 well. Yeah, it's like you can't really 596 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:20,120 necessarily draw a ton off of like track PBS and how it'll 597 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:24,040 convert to cross country. But I I mean. 598 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,880 You should take I guess. Some confidence of the fact that 599 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,600 like you've got 2. Sub. 600 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:38,360 Sub 1250 guys in Grand Blanks and Nico Young, you've got other 601 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:43,120 guys who are close like I think Rocky Hansen's A13O7 guy. 602 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,600 Same thing with Ahmed Mohammed. And from my understanding, isn't 603 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,520 Tallahassee's been fast in the past as well? 604 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:58,400 So when you line up track PVS, sometimes it's like the US team 605 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:04,520 looks a bit more impressive than the, you know, the back half of 606 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:10,040 the, the Ethiopian and or not maybe not the Ethiopian, but at 607 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,800 least like the Kenyan and Ugandan pack. 608 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:16,560 So that's where sort of like if it it's, it's apples to oranges, 609 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:21,440 but at the same time, it could get you thinking that the US has 610 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,280 a shot to do pretty well. So that's the men's side. 611 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,760 Before we move on, I did want to shout out the best named athlete 612 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,560 in the game. Who is the Seychelles? 613 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,720 Is Gaylord silly? That is literally his name. 614 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,680 It's a fantastic name. 39 years old coming to to world cross 615 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,440 country. Where is he from? 616 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,240 I can't remember seeing them with Seychelles, which which is 617 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,160 a group of islands in the Indian nation. 618 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,400 Yeah, I guess like fun, fun fact for people listening who want to 619 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,440 know, just sort of like, oh, what countries will be at the. 620 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,760 So I did do like an in and out. Like we have 15 new countries in 621 00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:00,240 on the men's side, 11 countries out compared from 20/24 to 622 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,760 20/20/26. So the 15 new countries that 623 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,520 will be represented in 2026 men's side will be Bolivia, 624 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:14,600 China, the Ivory Coast, Guam, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Namibia, 625 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:19,680 Philippines, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Senegal, 626 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:24,600 Sudan, Sweden, Venezuela. So the, and I think given all of 627 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,680 the, you know, the political climate here in the United 628 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,720 States, Venezuela, I believe will be represented by Luis 629 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:34,320 Orta. And he had an Instagram post 630 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,960 actually that just went up yesterday. 631 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:42,320 I think about his feelings after, you know, President 632 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,760 Donald Trump and his administration is captured, the 633 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,120 Venezuelan president and brought him into custody in the United 634 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:54,560 States and the reactions that you see on the news from the 635 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,520 Venezuelan community. And so he kind of puts, you 636 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,040 know, he shares his thoughts plus what it's going to mean to 637 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,960 represent Venezuela this upcoming weekend. 638 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,840 So I came across that. I thought it was interesting. 639 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:10,760 So all right, then let's touch on the women's side. 640 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,520 So the individual race, it's pretty wide open. 641 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:20,800 Agnes Ingettich, who was the bronze medalist in 2024 or 2023, 642 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:27,600 world 10K road, 10K world record holder. 643 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,920 She's, you know, probably the person to beat. 644 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:37,360 I would say in in this one, the Ethiopian squad pretty strong, 645 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:44,440 Sheree Demise, Ashley Boeke. I think these are all names that 646 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:49,280 I kind of recognize from some of those like the the Rome Diamond 647 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,520 League 5K or like the Xiamen Diamond League 5K when it's like 648 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,800 60% of an Ethiopian field. Like these are some of those 649 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,520 names that occupy those start lists well. 650 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,160 Sunny at Guetta Chu, interestingly, was the one who 651 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:08,000 won the U20 race last time out, so she's kind of moving up so so 652 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,960 she could well be be a contender. 653 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:17,000 You get that a lot on the Ethiopian side where it's their 654 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,040 junior team. Like when you look at the 655 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,800 credentials for some of these athletes at least like on the 656 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,880 men's side, and it probably applies to a couple of these 657 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:29,200 women as well that oh, they were like the 3K gold medalist or the 658 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,480 5K silver medalist at the World E 20 championships. 659 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,960 The problem is going to be for Ethiopia in EU 20 race is that 660 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,640 they're not going to be able to have too many people competing 661 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:49,280 because they have one guy entered in EU 20 race and three 662 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,920 women entered in EU 20 race for this weekend. 663 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:59,400 And that's because they ran into visa issues and weren't able to 664 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,720 get clearance to travel to the United States. 665 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,880 So I, I, when I was snooping around yesterday to try and 666 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,240 figure out to start writing at least a preview, I was like, we 667 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:11,640 have no idea who's competing at this thing. 668 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,480 So I messaged someone from in Ethiopia and I was like, have 669 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,600 you heard of anyone who's like on this team? 670 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,480 And so they sent me like the results of the national 671 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,240 championship and who may be part of it. 672 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:26,280 But then they noted it was like, out of 32 Ethiopian runners, 12 673 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,840 were unable to obtain US visas. Most of them are under 18. 674 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,760 And they will attend an interview at the US Embassy in 675 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,960 Addis Ababa tomorrow as a last chance. 676 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,960 And so then today I kind of checked in and I was like, I'm 677 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,360 guessing the visa appointment didn't work out and they were 678 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,400 like, not good news. So that is super unfortunate. 679 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:50,960 And you also have to wonder, I guess, like what if this is 680 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,480 going to be an issue in other sports because the United States 681 00:41:54,480 --> 00:42:01,200 is hosting the World Cup this summer and the the the the 682 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,600 Winter Olympics, I think coming up as well, then the LA 683 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,040 Olympics. So, yeah, I mean, immigration 684 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,920 hot button issue in the United States, but sometimes it could 685 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:16,160 seep into sports as well. All right, so back to just sort 686 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:22,320 of like the entries in this one we had on the women's side, the 687 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,800 US women's team. We we know who's been running 688 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,960 for a couple weeks now, Weenie Kolodi is one of the track 10K 689 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,280 stars from Paris who at least like, you know, made the team 690 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,200 and is here Same with Kerscher Schweitzer. 691 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:37,600 They're like, you know, a really strong duo for the United 692 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,760 States. Katie Izzo was really impressive 693 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,800 at the US cross country championships. 694 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,720 I feel good about this US women's team. 695 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,520 It's just a matter of like, how will they find a way to crack 696 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,000 The Ethiopians, the Kenyans and also Uganda? 697 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,840 Uganda's got Rebecca Chalanga, Sarah Chalanga, George 698 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,720 Sheptoyak, like those are three athletes that have represented 699 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:03,920 Uganda at a world championship in recent years, So they've got 700 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:09,160 quite a bit of depth as well. And then, you know, I'm looking 701 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:14,360 at some of these other countries and it looks like 14 countries 702 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,120 have at least 4 athletes entered for the team race. 703 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:21,960 So yeah, I mean, it'll be, it'll be fun. 704 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:27,560 We'll do a deeper preview come later this week when we are in 705 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:32,200 Tallahassee and we get a chance to, you know, hear and see who 706 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,200 will actually be assembling these squads because, you know, 707 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,480 again, some of these note reserves. 708 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,600 And we don't want sort of like any confusion or start to jump 709 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,000 into like, all right, who's competing, Who's not? 710 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,200 And then for the people wondering, all right, like, this 711 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:51,280 sounds fine and dandy. Like, where can I watch it for 712 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,000 the viewers in the United States? 713 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,600 I know this, I guess like I was digging around and I couldn't 714 00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,800 find anything on Peacock. When you search by like live and 715 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:06,280 upcoming, I like click even on like the the category for track 716 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:08,160 and there wasn't anything that would come up. 717 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,560 So unless they they add it in the next day or so, my 718 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,120 understanding and what I've been told is that you'll be able to 719 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,160 stream the world cross country championships on Peacock and 720 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:24,760 that there will also be ATV window live on CNBC. 721 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,760 So that's how you can watch World Cross country this 722 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,000 weekend. Sidious Mag will be on site with 723 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,040 a six. We're doing pre show, post show. 724 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:41,840 And then myself, Eric, Aisha, Mack, we've got our team of 725 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,680 four. Those are those could be our 4 726 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:49,080 scores unless Audrey or Paul will also be there on site. 727 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,640 So we got six. We have our full team of six and 728 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:57,080 only four will score in the Fun Run Community race that follows 729 00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,280 the cross country championship. So we'll see. 730 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,720 You know how we all shake out. Eric and Mack did finish ahead 731 00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:09,200 of me at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5K. 732 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:14,120 They put the squeeze on me and I wasn't able to match their 733 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,240 closing speed. So we'll see how I do. 734 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:21,000 I haven't run cross country since a long time. 735 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,960 I would say my maybe my last cross country race was in 2000 736 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:30,360 and 17 or something like that. It was like an all comers race 737 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:35,400 in Courtland Park. So we'll see how I how I do my 738 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,640 thoughts on the course. Looks funky, kind of looks like 739 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:41,720 very Spartan racy. And I like. 740 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:46,800 I'm pretty you're the resident Brit here, like who I know you 741 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,360 guys are all just so high and mighty on like what real cross 742 00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,120 country is and this doesn't. Really fit in. 743 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:56,480 No, I mean we, we know that that Florida course and that that's 744 00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:57,880 used quite frequently fenced delays. 745 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,480 It's kind of it's, it is what it is, right. 746 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,120 It's a, it's a flat class course. 747 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,200 It's not particularly muddy, I mean. 748 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:05,720 Some people think it's short, yeah. 749 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,440 But you know, at the end of the day, they they tried to put a 750 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,160 bit of fun in there and we saw that, you know, that Euro cross 751 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:18,480 country course was very strange as well and produce some 752 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,640 interesting results and and some some fun races. 753 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,800 So, you know, I hope that whatever they've done to this 754 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,120 course here to add to the kind of basic flat nature of it, I 755 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,240 think will will add enough intrigue to to keep things 756 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,880 interesting. All right, that does it for our 757 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:37,520 brief touch on world cross country and some of the events 758 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,480 to watch in 2026. In the second-half of this 759 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,280 episode, you're going to hear our. 760 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,880 Bold. Predictions for 2026. 761 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,240 And so for that, we decided to bring in a couple more members 762 00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:51,640 of the Sidious Mag team. 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Predictions for 2026 in track 841 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,760 and field. I guess we can also touch on the 842 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:27,520 marathons and then events that will also be taking place that 843 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:32,440 maybe are outside of your traditional track norms, but for 844 00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,320 this I've enlisted. The help of. 845 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,720 A lot of the Sidious team, I guess we did a public call out 846 00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:42,200 who wants to share their bold predictions and so on this we've 847 00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:47,760 got David Mellie, Mack Fleet Anderson, Emeril, Paul Hoff 848 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:51,160 Mahoney, and then Preet Majithia and myself. 849 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:53,600 We invited Ayesha. She couldn't make it. 850 00:51:53,600 --> 00:52:00,120 She's at her day job at Adobe. But we are going to separate 851 00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:06,040 this into different categories. So the first category is news 852 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,840 and cultural. So for this I'm thinking just 853 00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:11,560 sort of like bigger picture ideas because The thing is with 854 00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,640 predictions is many times people are just like, well, I think 855 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,920 this person is going to run this or this person is going to win 856 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,360 this. And sometimes those predictions 857 00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:20,880 could get boring. So we want to get a little bit 858 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:22,480 creative and think bigger picture. 859 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,760 And so that's maybe I think things that will fall into the 860 00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:29,560 news and cultural side of things. 861 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:33,520 Then we'll do some performance related predictions. 862 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:37,240 And then lastly, because the big event of the year will be the 863 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:44,320 World Ultimate Championships, we can have a bunch of predictions 864 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,480 tied to that in that third category. 865 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:50,520 So. For news and cultural I guess. 866 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:56,800 I can lead us off because one of the events that will, I think, 867 00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:03,240 pop off in the track and just general sports landscape if it 868 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:07,120 does happen, because I don't believe ticket sales have 869 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:11,040 started for it and it's slated to be in May, is the enhanced 870 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:16,280 games. And I know that we kind of at 871 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,640 the very beginning of it where like this is so silly, like 872 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,280 we're going to totally turn a blind eye to it and ignore it. 873 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,280 But once Fred Curley got added to it, it was sort of like, all 874 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,720 right, that is a pretty big star. 875 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,480 It is worth a little bit of our attention. 876 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:33,520 But my bold prediction, and I don't know how bold it exactly 877 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:37,320 might be, is that while this whole thing has been built on 878 00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:42,160 the premise that you will can juice up and and dope your way 879 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:47,000 to breaking bolts world record. My prediction is that what if 880 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:50,320 the enhanced games men's 100m actually happens? 881 00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,920 None of the guys in that race are going to break 10 seconds. 882 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:58,200 That includes Fred. It's matati, I think is also in 883 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:02,560 it as well. And there's a French guy. 884 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:06,480 I, I I'm forgetting who it was. Anderson, your initial thoughts 885 00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,880 on none of these guys breaking 10 seconds? 886 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:15,400 I This is pretty bold, I think because mainly because of Fred. 887 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,720 If Fred wasn't there then I probably would agree. 888 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:22,440 It's happening in May I'm. It's early. 889 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,840 It's early. One of my things was like, I 890 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:27,240 don't even know if it actually does happen or it gets delayed. 891 00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:32,720 But I think the fact that Fred is there and he is more than 892 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:36,800 capable of breaking 10, that makes it really bold of like, 893 00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,120 OK, if if he doesn't break 10, then it's this is just like, 894 00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:41,960 what's the point? The whole marketing idea was 895 00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:43,800 like, break the world record, use whatever. 896 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:47,280 It's like, yeah, I don't know. From my understanding too, and 897 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:50,280 it sounds like from a behind the scenes standpoint is that 898 00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,560 they're struggling. The women's one is not even 899 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:57,720 going to come close to trying to break Flojo's world record 10 900 00:54:57,720 --> 00:55:02,640 four like no chance like the and and they're struggling, I think 901 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,040 to recruit athletes on the women's side. 902 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,000 I think there's only one female sprinter committed to the whole 903 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:12,360 entire thing as of right now. And we're, you know, 4 1/2 904 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:17,520 months away from this event. So I think on the track side of 905 00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:20,440 it, it's going to be a total bust. 906 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:24,320 And I guess that's a Hooray for clean sport. 907 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:30,840 But at the same time, it doesn't even seem like anyone's juicing 908 00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:34,080 for this thing. Fred continues to be tested by 909 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:39,200 USADA and there hasn't been any positive tests reported by the 910 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,080 three athletes who have signed up on the men's side or on the 911 00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:47,160 the one on the women's side. So if the it's a big health and 912 00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:50,600 Wellness push that without the drugs, like it kind of defeats 913 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:54,840 the whole purpose of what it was sold as in the beginning. 914 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,880 So I guess I'm going out and I'm just saying no one's breaking 10 915 00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:02,360 in the enhanced games men's hundred, and you want to have 916 00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:05,160 any other thoughts before we jump to the next news and 917 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:09,760 cultural prediction? All right, we'll go to Mac. 918 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:15,080 On the Mac, What's your news and cultural prediction for 2020? 919 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,840 6. My, I guess, bold prediction. 920 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:25,320 I wish it seemed a little bit bigger deal, but the major races 921 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,280 are out and smaller minor races are going to be in. 922 00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:32,480 I think there's going to be kind of a big counterculture push of 923 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:37,680 like what is quote UN quote cool are going to become these like 924 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:41,400 smaller local races. And I could I could see like 925 00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:48,920 kind of the a mass narrative change about getting into these 926 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,080 major marathons and it being kind of the coolest thing to run 927 00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:56,960 a local, smaller race. You kind of already see it in in 928 00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:01,320 some of like the online chatter about people who qualify, you 929 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,800 know, to New York or Chicago or Boston especially, or how 930 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:08,720 difficult it is to get into, you know, like the London Marathon 931 00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:13,560 that socially, at least online, it's going to be kind of like a 932 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:17,320 cool thing to push out that you're choosing not to run one 933 00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,240 of those marathons and you're actually choosing to run a 934 00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,520 smaller local race. So you think the world majors 935 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:24,680 get? Like cancelled culturally. 936 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:29,760 I, I think it's going to, I, I could easily see it happen like 937 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:32,520 where people are kind of like look down upon for like 938 00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:35,600 accepting entries like that for some, some reason. 939 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:38,840 I don't know what that reason is, but it'll be like a, yeah, 940 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:43,080 I'm supporting my local marathon instead of going and doing that 941 00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:47,400 and kind of being like a, yeah, well, I ran my, I ran my PB at 942 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:51,880 my local town race. And you, like you chose to like, 943 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,520 burn the environment down to the ground by traveling to Chicago. 944 00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,560 I I see. That online when people, when 945 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:02,040 you have like the influencers who were like, I ran all six 946 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:07,760 majors in one year or now it's 7 majors and then like a handful 947 00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,520 of the comments in there, while yes, you, you will attract the 948 00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:14,200 people like that's so cool, man. Then there are a couple that are 949 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,760 like, yeah, but you destroyed an entire rainforest. 950 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:22,680 Yeah, I mean that. That's just Yeah, I, I, I, I'm, 951 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:25,520 Yeah. For 2026, small local races in 952 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:29,000 the big mages are out. All right, all right. 953 00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:33,040 Anyone else have any counter thought to that whole entire 954 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,200 thing? No. 955 00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:39,240 All right, we'll move to David. David, you're what's your 956 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:41,760 cultural or news bold prediction? 957 00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:44,600 21st of all, sorry my audio is not great. 958 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,840 We were going to live with it, but this is also a marathon 959 00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:50,560 debut. Marathon take. 960 00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,880 We're going to get a lot of big marathon debuts this year. 961 00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:57,080 If you look at where we are in the schedule, the lack of a 10K 962 00:58:57,080 --> 00:59:00,800 at World Ultimate Championships and the fact that if you do want 963 00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:05,040 to dip your toe in the marathon and then dip it back out if it 964 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:09,320 doesn't go well, you have plenty of time to cure back up and and 965 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,520 kind of pick a lane for the next Olympic cycle. 966 00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,320 But this fall especially, you know, I don't want to call 967 00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:20,080 anyone out, but like, if you're Grant Fisher or what he Kincaid 968 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:23,720 or, you know, one of these guys, Sean Mcgourty, one of these guys 969 00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:28,280 that's, you know, found his most success in the 10K on the track 970 00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:31,800 recently, but hasn't like really all the way committed to the 971 00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:34,120 roads. This is the year to do it. 972 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:38,000 And there's so little downside in terms of, you know, passing 973 00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,920 up medals, passing up checks, you know, the ability to kind of 974 00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,440 go back to the track if you if it doesn't go well. 975 00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,800 I think we're getting a lot of big marathon debuts this fall. 976 00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:52,920 I can see it. It's a it's a like low risk, 977 00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:55,840 high reward opportunity for people in the fall. 978 00:59:55,840 --> 00:59:59,800 Plus you'd likely would get paid like I think it's. 979 01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:02,840 Probably not going to be a surprise if Weenie Colati debuts 980 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:06,840 in the marathon this fall. And it's at the same time 981 01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:09,080 someone like Weenie's a little bit different because it's been 982 01:00:09,080 --> 01:00:14,160 more of a methodical, thoughtful approach to similar to Sharon 983 01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,200 Loquetti is making sure that the transition happens at the right 984 01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:19,920 time. And so I can see that on the 985 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:23,440 subject of a lot of things that we'll see more of this year. 986 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:28,240 We just saw it with Beatrice Chibet, but pregnancy 987 01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:32,720 announcements, I think in 2026, like this is the year I think 988 01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:37,920 that athletes, especially some who like are in events that you 989 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:41,080 know, they are not going to be contested at the World Ultimate 990 01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:45,200 Championships or maybe you're not quite ready to move up in 991 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,480 distance or don't have the versatility to try to a 992 01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:50,840 different event. This is the year to, you know, 993 01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:54,920 try and start a family or add to the family like and I think that 994 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:59,400 we'll see a lot of that. And again, I wonder, you know, 995 01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,040 some people have already gotten started in the process of that 996 01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:07,080 and we'll find out in the coming months that ex athlete won't be 997 01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,120 competing during the outdoor season. 998 01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:13,160 So I think there'll be some more of that as well. 999 01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,960 All right, we'll move to pre pre. 1000 01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:20,960 What's your news and cultural? Mine's a bit of an offbeat one. 1001 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,920 I'm going to say that Cole Hocker, who's just released a 1002 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:26,560 new single. Him and Jakobin Britsen link up 1003 01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,880 to to to release a Josh Curtis track. 1004 01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:33,800 I think this one's I of all the ones that have been spit out so 1005 01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:36,480 far as the least likely. It probably is. 1006 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:40,000 I think it's more likely that we get Jakob and Mondo linking up 1007 01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:43,360 because that's their kind of more Scandinavian neighbors and 1008 01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,040 and and so on. But I thought that was a fun one 1009 01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:46,880 just to throw. Out that's. 1010 01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:48,400 A crazy old prediction. Would be the. 1011 01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:53,440 We should make a bigger thing of what it's. 1012 01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:54,120 True. Yeah, Yeah. 1013 01:01:54,920 --> 01:02:00,280 It's true we should make a bigger thing about like, oh, 1014 01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:05,040 Cole Hawker got X more streams on Spotify than Mondo Duplantis. 1015 01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:08,880 And just like pit people, like pit two really good athletes 1016 01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:11,360 against one another for their musical talents. 1017 01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:14,800 All right, Anderson, what do you what do you have for news or 1018 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:18,840 cultural for 2026? So I have that. 1019 01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:23,800 I show Speed is going to compete in an actual meet in 2026. 1020 01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:27,760 I think obviously he's done the thing with Noah. 1021 01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:32,600 We just saw him do the thing with Ray Schlitzelay, but I 1022 01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:34,720 think he actually competes in a meet now. 1023 01:02:35,120 --> 01:02:38,920 I'm not saying it's gonna be like a big meet, like a Diamond 1024 01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,120 League or. Come on, Anderson, you gotta say 1025 01:02:41,720 --> 01:02:44,240 to make it bold, you gotta say he's gonna be at USAS. 1026 01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:48,600 That that'd be like too much. I I think it ends up being where 1027 01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:52,240 at least by the end of the year, he gets some mark on World 1028 01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,200 Athletics. Like we can see Tyree kills 1029 01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,120 races there. We can see DK and Metcalf there. 1030 01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:59,880 That I think happens with I show speed and I see it in like the 1031 01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:02,640 build up to the LA Olympics. Now, I'm not saying he's going 1032 01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:05,720 to qualify to compete there, but I think he's going to be heavily 1033 01:03:05,720 --> 01:03:08,960 part of whatever like, you know, branding and promotion. 1034 01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:13,520 And I think he just did like the like the I Show speed ghost pro 1035 01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:15,400 situation where he did a whole bunch of things with other 1036 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,520 sports. I think he actually dipped his 1037 01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:21,000 toes into track and field, maybe 100, maybe a long jump, but he 1038 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:23,160 actually gets a competition under his belt. 1039 01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:27,160 I like it. And I think that, yeah, to your 1040 01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:30,920 point, NBC is cutting that check. 1041 01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,840 It's just a matter of like how big it is, I think at that point 1042 01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:37,600 for him to be involved in their coverage in a similar sort of 1043 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:42,800 vein to Snoop Dogg in 2020, 2024, they probably bring Snoop 1044 01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:45,800 Dogg is back, I think apparently for like the Winter Olympics. 1045 01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:49,760 So do you keep Snoop involved? And then you add, I show speed. 1046 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:53,520 You're just tapping into. When we looked at the past of 1047 01:03:54,280 --> 01:04:01,600 the TV ratings for NBC and these track broadcasts, the 18 to 20 1048 01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:05,080 to 34 demographic is all always terrible. 1049 01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,800 TV audiences tend to skew much older. 1050 01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,880 Now streaming, I guess those numbers are harder to find. 1051 01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:20,120 Peacock, they're private. But with if I show speed brokers 1052 01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:25,240 some sort of relationship with NBC to do some sort of simulcast 1053 01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:29,480 or stream parts of like the LA Olympics, I mean, those numbers 1054 01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:31,480 would be huge. Like you look at what he's doing 1055 01:04:31,480 --> 01:04:37,440 right now and he's on this like 28 day live stream in Africa 1056 01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:41,240 where I I think like it's a like constant stream the whole entire 1057 01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:44,760 time for 28 days. It's insane. 1058 01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:50,320 And the viewership on that while he's sleeping, sometimes there's 1059 01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:52,120 a thousands of people watching this dude sleep. 1060 01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:56,280 So yeah, I mean, it'd be a no brainer. 1061 01:04:56,280 --> 01:05:00,000 He'd just be let's see, late to Bogo internet's having a field 1062 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:04,800 day with that because he is Tobogo slipped out of the blocks 1063 01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:09,720 and let him win. Mac, you were you had a great 1064 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:13,120 text in our text thread. You said just a typical let's 1065 01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:15,720 see lay Diamond League effort being put into that. 1066 01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:20,160 But yeah, I mean, I I I like it. I like this one. 1067 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:21,680 Anderson. Paul, you had your hand up to 1068 01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:24,280 with some thoughts. All I'm going to say is 1069 01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,760 Anderson, Don't forget he's also thrown discus with me, Calissa 1070 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:30,600 Lecner. So it might not just be a 1071 01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:32,360 Sprint. Maybe he'll do like a decathlon 1072 01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:35,560 or something. I that that would be I could see 1073 01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:40,160 I show speed decathlon being some sort of like Peacock like 1074 01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:44,280 additional bonus feature in the lead up to the 28 trials or 1075 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,600 whatever it might be. All right, Paul. 1076 01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:50,360 Well, you give us your news and cultural prediction for 2026. 1077 01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:57,720 This one would kind of end up being more of a news in 2027, 1078 01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:02,240 but I think this year very much a pipe dream. 1079 01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:05,080 But I think Hammer is so compelling. 1080 01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:08,520 They put in the Diamond League in 2027, which I know the 1081 01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:11,120 excitement and interest around the event isn't really the 1082 01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:13,600 issue. It's kind of facility issues in 1083 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:17,720 a lot of the European stadiums. But I think we're in the best 1084 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:19,320 age of Hammer that we've ever seen. 1085 01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:23,160 And so I think there's a chance everyone wants it, at least all 1086 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:26,280 the throwers want it. I think there's a chance we 1087 01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:29,400 could see enough momentum in the Hammer this year to get it in 1088 01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,920 the Diamond League in 2027. OK. 1089 01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:37,880 In a similar vein, I thought you were going to go like World 1090 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:44,040 Athletics implements some sort of like AI is such a prominent 1091 01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:50,320 thing in just life and, and in general nowadays that it will 1092 01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:54,520 infiltrate the sport in some, I'm going to go ahead and say 1093 01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:58,800 dumb rule that World Athletics will try to impose upon a 1094 01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:01,720 certain event. They'll be like something is 1095 01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:07,000 going to be determined by AI and it's going to be totally botched 1096 01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,760 or mismanaged because what we've learned is that AI doesn't 1097 01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:12,560 necessarily need to be applied to every single thing. 1098 01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:16,600 I feel like World Athletics is going to try and promote 1099 01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:19,680 something as like we're on the cutting edge of doing something 1100 01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:24,760 and here's AI coming into the sport to be the marker for 1101 01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:26,400 shopping. Like shopping marks are going to 1102 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:30,640 now be measured by AI like that. It could be something as dumb as 1103 01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:31,800 that. I think you're. 1104 01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:35,560 Forgetting that World Athletics is not the most likely culprit 1105 01:07:35,560 --> 01:07:38,520 for this. USATF is like 2 years removed 1106 01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:41,960 from trying to sell us NFTS. If anyone is going to do a 1107 01:07:41,960 --> 01:07:46,960 stupid AI gimmick to try and, you know, gin up some sort of 1108 01:07:46,960 --> 01:07:48,920 fan support, it's going to be USATF. 1109 01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:50,840 Oh, you're saying the Max Siegel chat bot? 1110 01:07:50,840 --> 01:07:53,880 Like the AI chat bot is coming in 2026. 1111 01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,800 All right, Mac. I was just going to say they'll 1112 01:07:56,800 --> 01:08:01,560 use AI as the the new long jump and triple jump judge off the 1113 01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:06,160 the launch board. It's like track has such an 1114 01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:07,440 officials problem. Like you. 1115 01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:12,600 You go to a track meet, there's not a single young official in 1116 01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:15,600 attendance. You look around and like all 1117 01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:21,000 these people are cash and Social Security checks and they're 1118 01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:24,600 someone's going to look at that and be like the, I know, I know 1119 01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:27,359 the solution. We're going to have AI in the 1120 01:08:27,359 --> 01:08:30,359 same way like baseball's trying to do the robot UPS and all that 1121 01:08:30,359 --> 01:08:32,000 stuff. Someone's going to look and be 1122 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:36,600 like we're going with AI officials at track meets 1123 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:39,640 starting next year and we're going to start testing it out at 1124 01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:45,800 high school events and will be official will official list by 1125 01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:49,720 the 2029 World Championships. That could be it. 1126 01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:54,960 Anyone else have any other ones that they want to rattle off of 1127 01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:58,640 like news or cultural bold? Predictions for 2026. 1128 01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:03,920 Does DK Metcalf ever race Noah Lyles or is that just a loss to 1129 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,120 history? You're thinking Tyree kill. 1130 01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:10,080 Whichever either both do they both race, I show speed. 1131 01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,080 Tyree Kill snapped his leg in half this year. 1132 01:09:13,080 --> 01:09:14,960 I don't know how interesting that would be anymore. 1133 01:09:16,279 --> 01:09:20,760 I also think the momentum on that is like gone after last 1134 01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:23,399 year. Like they hyped it all up and 1135 01:09:23,399 --> 01:09:25,359 Noel's like, yeah, I had this whole thing in Times Square, but 1136 01:09:25,359 --> 01:09:28,439 then he got injured. I, I think it's just like Tyree 1137 01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:32,399 kill between, yeah, getting his injury and like, I don't know, 1138 01:09:32,399 --> 01:09:35,279 some controversial things like I, I don't know, I think it's 1139 01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:39,399 probably gone. I had another one that I just 1140 01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:40,680 wrote down. It's just like a silly one. 1141 01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:44,120 I think that some like a professional runner. 1142 01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:50,720 It could be Clayton Young gets DQ D at a world major for 1143 01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,840 wearing Oakley meta glasses. Well, I. 1144 01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:58,200 I hope I think that someone at a high profile event like a track 1145 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:02,160 meet, say worlds or world ultimate or a national 1146 01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:05,480 championship will get DQ D for wearing the Oakley meta glasses 1147 01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:13,400 because one, they look cool to some people and they are capable 1148 01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:16,600 of recording video and we're seeing that all over Instagram 1149 01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:18,000 now. People are sharing the videos. 1150 01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:23,520 We did it with a New Balance indoor nationals last year or 1151 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,640 two years ago now. So we're kind of ahead of the 1152 01:10:26,640 --> 01:10:32,600 curve on this, but it's not allowed on the in professional 1153 01:10:32,600 --> 01:10:38,440 races because of recording devices and also not that anyone 1154 01:10:38,440 --> 01:10:40,320 would go as far to use this. But like if? 1155 01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:42,720 You have your phone in your back pocket and you have the Meta 1156 01:10:42,720 --> 01:10:44,240 glass on you. You could feel the phone call 1157 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,760 and if you're running a major marathon or whatever it is and 1158 01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:49,240 you have your coach in your ear and says go now or whatever it 1159 01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:52,640 is, it's grounds for for getting DQ. 1160 01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:55,720 So I think that someone will learn the hard way and get DQ 1161 01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:59,000 for wearing Oakley Meta glasses, maybe at Ncas, but then again, 1162 01:10:59,480 --> 01:11:03,080 the rules at Ncas are so flimsy it seems like. 1163 01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:08,120 And the other one that could be people getting in trouble would 1164 01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:12,720 be with Cauchy and all this, this unregulated betting. 1165 01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:17,440 Someone will post their race and be like, I, you know, what is 1166 01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:19,920 the outcome of XYZ race and they're in it. 1167 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,120 And they'll place a bet on themselves or their friends 1168 01:11:23,120 --> 01:11:25,960 will, or whatever it is, and they'll tank. 1169 01:11:26,480 --> 01:11:29,200 Because I think that one's, I think a little bit crazier than 1170 01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:33,520 just regular sports betting. And so I think the AIU will have 1171 01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:38,760 its first Cal Sheet case in 2026. 1172 01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:41,920 So. Paul Yeah. 1173 01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:47,480 So I've got two more One I think Winners Alliance is going to 1174 01:11:47,480 --> 01:11:52,880 invest in the World Shot Put series, and the other one is 1175 01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:56,920 partially just as a salty University of Florida student. 1176 01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:00,680 I think Jacoby Jordan decommits from Texas Tech and goes 1177 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:04,400 somewhere else again. He apparently likes to do that. 1178 01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:08,760 We're overdue for a good track celebrity relationship. 1179 01:12:09,080 --> 01:12:13,280 We got like, you know, Anna Hall used to be dating that tennis 1180 01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:14,840 player. There was the whole thing with 1181 01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:19,680 Nick Simmons and. And Shelton, She's engaged to a 1182 01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,080 Giant's receiver. Yeah, we need a good like still. 1183 01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:26,800 Like Tate McRae or like role model like some sealess 1184 01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:30,320 celebrity has to has to date a a track star that we need one of 1185 01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:32,600 those in 2026. Sydney Sweeney, right? 1186 01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:36,080 Like who's? Sweeney's too big for for little 1187 01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:37,920 old track. I think we need like a like a, 1188 01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:43,120 you know, Real Housewife of Salt Lake City or something. 1189 01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:45,400 We are. Sydney, Sweden is too big for 1190 01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:46,960 track. But then like Nick Simmons is 1191 01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:50,120 allowed to date, go on a date with Paris Hilton. 1192 01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:51,560 I feel like Nick then you can make it. 1193 01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:56,040 You can make the case that Nick Simmons is too small for for 1194 01:12:56,040 --> 01:12:58,720 Paris Hilton. I feel like if if if. 1195 01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:03,280 Nick If Paris Hilton was in Nick Simmons League then any track 1196 01:13:03,320 --> 01:13:04,520 runner would be in Sydney, Sweden. 1197 01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:06,280 It's a good point. It's a it's a different time. 1198 01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:08,760 I don't know. I do feel like this pre maybe 1199 01:13:08,760 --> 01:13:11,560 could weigh in like a love Islander could could start 1200 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:14,040 dating Keeley Hodgkinson like this does seem like something 1201 01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:15,240 that could easily come out of breath. 1202 01:13:16,440 --> 01:13:20,040 Oh, I did have AI think that was another one for news and 1203 01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:21,600 culture. I think Keeley Hodgkinson does 1204 01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:25,520 traitors UK celebrity like they they did one season of that. 1205 01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:27,080 I think Keeley would be perfect for it. 1206 01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:30,280 They had Tom Daley and I think that they should cast Keeley 1207 01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:33,080 Hodgkinson in the next time that they do that go around. 1208 01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:35,760 I think she and I think she would be really good at it. 1209 01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:40,040 So that's my other sort of like cultural take. 1210 01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,880 I'm sure there's some other things we could probably could 1211 01:13:42,880 --> 01:13:45,520 have touched on. Matt Choi gets reinstated by New 1212 01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,560 York Rd. Runners for the New York City 1213 01:13:47,560 --> 01:13:49,520 Marathon or. I don't know. 1214 01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:52,360 There there could be a variety of things, but let's move on to 1215 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:55,440 because I feel like these this is the one where we'll have the 1216 01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:57,640 most sort of like rapid fire ones. 1217 01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:02,320 And at the same time, like the most of we probably all can list 1218 01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:05,720 off performance related predictions. 1219 01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:11,600 So this could be person runs X person breaks X sort of record. 1220 01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:15,240 So let's go with Preet on this one. 1221 01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:17,360 You lead us off. What are some of the performance 1222 01:14:17,360 --> 01:14:19,200 related predictions that you've got? 1223 01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:24,640 So I had Noah Lyles breaking his American record in the 200 1224 01:14:24,640 --> 01:14:26,080 meters, but not breaking the world record. 1225 01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:34,600 So running somewhere below 1931 but not below 1919, I had nobody 1226 01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:37,640 breaking 142 in the 800, which I think is quite similar to a 1227 01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:40,160 prediction I had last year, but I'm going to go with it again. 1228 01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:44,040 And I had Donovan Brazier winning the World Ultimate 1229 01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:47,480 Championships 800 meters for good measure. 1230 01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:55,000 And then finally for a more fun one, I had Anna Hall running 158 1231 01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:58,400 in the 800 meters. That one I think is your highest 1232 01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:01,400 likelihood one because like, she's pretty wide open right now 1233 01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:05,920 in terms of just what can she choose to do in the off year 1234 01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:08,440 without the Hiptathon being at the World Ultimate 1235 01:15:08,440 --> 01:15:10,600 Championships. Yes. 1236 01:15:10,600 --> 01:15:13,160 So yeah, I really hope she does run an open eight. 1237 01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:16,560 I mean, she said she's gonna focus on got sis again, but 1238 01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:20,040 yeah, she'll hopefully do some other events as well. 1239 01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:23,400 Anderson, how do you feel about his No Lyles prediction? 1240 01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:28,040 I don't know I I did have a prediction that someone runs 19 1241 01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:33,400 at least 19 three this year, but I don't know if Noah Lyles is 1242 01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:34,880 the one. I don't know if he's going to 1243 01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,920 break his personal best. I I was thinking more like Brian 1244 01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:41,600 Lavelle, Kenny B or let's see lay one of them. 1245 01:15:41,680 --> 01:15:44,400 I don't know if Noah AI don't even know if Noah focuses on the 1246 01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:49,200 200 this year and then BI think he may be. 1247 01:15:50,240 --> 01:15:51,800 Well, no, I don't. I don't think he's passed his 1248 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:54,800 his PB yet, but I I don't know. I'm not as confident in that. 1249 01:15:54,840 --> 01:16:00,160 What do you think he focuses on? I think he does the 400 in the 1250 01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:01,600 few races that he runs this year. 1251 01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:04,040 I don't think he runs very often this year, but I think he tries 1252 01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:07,960 the 400 to because he he tried last year but he got injured. 1253 01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:10,360 Not saying he would have done it at worlds but like I think he 1254 01:16:10,360 --> 01:16:13,000 wants to like take an off year to try something different. 1255 01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:16,640 Do you think the more time he takes away or like as he it 1256 01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:19,480 takes the time to just go all in and say he says, all right, 2024 1257 01:16:19,480 --> 01:16:22,000 is going to be the year I'm going to go all in on the 400, 1258 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:24,520 right? Doesn't that hurt his hundred? 1259 01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:29,080 You think in terms of just like if he has these audacious goals 1260 01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:33,840 of breaking Bolts world record, you're focusing on the 400 kind 1261 01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:36,200 of takes away from that, unless he's just giving up on the fact 1262 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,080 of like, yeah, no one's touching 95. 1263 01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:41,680 Yeah, maybe. I mean, I, I think he definitely 1264 01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:45,080 wants to still like I think he said he wants to double in 2027 1265 01:16:45,080 --> 01:16:46,960 and beyond and stuff in the 100 and 200. 1266 01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:50,600 But like, I, I think he probably also realizes like let me let me 1267 01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:53,760 try and like get an opportunity in an off year and in like the 1268 01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:55,320 last couple years I have in my career. 1269 01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:58,960 Like he's not going to be at the top for, you know, many more 1270 01:16:58,960 --> 01:16:59,800 years. These guys are coming. 1271 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,600 So I don't know. Paul, you had some thoughts. 1272 01:17:03,360 --> 01:17:07,040 I pre I was just wondering do you think he's going to pass 1273 01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:12,360 Johan or and or do you not have any super specific positions on 1274 01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:14,600 where you think is 19 two is going to end up? 1275 01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:19,160 I think it's just that, you know, I, I've said it in the 1276 01:17:19,160 --> 01:17:23,400 past that he doesn't do as well in terms of times when he double 1277 01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:26,120 s or when he's focusing too much 100 and I and I think he really 1278 01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:29,160 wants a world record. So I think he's going to try 1279 01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:33,680 and, and I think he realises 95 is, is, you know, if he, if you 1280 01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:36,160 in his heart of hearts, he probably realised 95's a bit bit 1281 01:17:36,160 --> 01:17:38,160 too much. So that's why I think he might 1282 01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:41,320 try and push for the, the 200 world record. 1283 01:17:41,320 --> 01:17:44,800 And, and that's where he breaks his PR if he focuses on it, 1284 01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:47,160 because I think it was just so easy for him to come back and 1285 01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:50,640 run 195I mean like from injury, the way he did that last year, 1286 01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:52,080 it's still quite, hugely impressive. 1287 01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:55,680 So I, I do think he could get close to that again. 1288 01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:58,800 But I I do think Bolt's record might be a little bit of stretch 1289 01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:00,400 too far. Yeah, Mac, you were shaking her 1290 01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:03,520 head. You're like with with Noah 1291 01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:07,840 running faster in 2026. I think it's just tough for the 1292 01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:12,560 for a lot of the, I think it's tough for a lot of people to be 1293 01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:15,000 in like that type of shape in an off year. 1294 01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:21,360 You just have to be so perfect in everything with with like the 1295 01:18:21,360 --> 01:18:25,640 most focus to do that kind of stuff. 1296 01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:29,400 And generally that happens in Olympic years or you know, in 1297 01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:32,040 world champs years. And like those records come 1298 01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:37,440 during those major championships or the path towards them in the 1299 01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:41,400 lead up. And like, I don't know, I don't 1300 01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:45,360 know if I see Noah that locked in this year during an off year 1301 01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:48,080 and he would just like everything would have to be 1302 01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:52,240 perfect in order for him to PB because of where he is on the 1303 01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:55,400 all time list. So yeah, it's just it's hard to 1304 01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:56,920 do all. Right. 1305 01:18:56,920 --> 01:18:59,400 Let's go to Anderson. Anderson, give us your or David, 1306 01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:00,640 did you have any last thought there? 1307 01:19:00,640 --> 01:19:03,600 You know, I also think the 200 is different from the 100 and 1308 01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:08,040 that like one of the the way you run fast, unless you're bull is 1309 01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:11,920 like you have someone to race either at the start or the end 1310 01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:15,520 of the race. And like realistically, like how 1311 01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:19,280 much are we going to see Lyles match up to Lavelle or to Bogo 1312 01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:20,720 this year? Like, I think that's going to be 1313 01:19:20,720 --> 01:19:22,840 pretty infrequent. One of my closing thoughts on 1314 01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:27,520 this, just know Lyles 200m related is I think Brian Lavelle 1315 01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:30,360 finishes 2026 as the fastest 200m runner of the year. 1316 01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:34,440 He was coming on at the right time I think at the World 1317 01:19:34,440 --> 01:19:38,280 Championships and he give the guy if he if the season would 1318 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,920 have gone a month longer, who knows? 1319 01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:43,040 He could have been and we could have had Jamaica. 1320 01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:44,760 Gold medals in the 100 and the 200. 1321 01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:49,120 So I, I, I, I just really liked what I saw Brian Lavelle's 1322 01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:51,560 following a very similar trajectory to what we saw from 1323 01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:54,120 cause Shane Thompson 2023 to 2024. 1324 01:19:54,120 --> 01:19:58,520 I feel like in the, in the 200 and it just makes it more fun. 1325 01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:01,760 I think especially if we get another at this point, then it'd 1326 01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:07,240 be USA versus Jamaica versus Africa rivalry with to Bogo 1327 01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:12,480 Lyles and and. Lavelle in the 200, so and on 1328 01:20:12,480 --> 01:20:15,920 top of that, Kenny B just for within the United States. 1329 01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:21,480 So that was one of my predictions for the sprint's 1330 01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:24,440 performance related, Anderson, We'll go to you. 1331 01:20:24,440 --> 01:20:26,760 What are your sort of predictions? 1332 01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:28,560 Yeah. So, yeah, sticking in the 1333 01:20:28,560 --> 01:20:31,920 sprints, I have Botswana breaking the four by four world 1334 01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:34,680 record this year. I think they're going to take 1335 01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:38,200 the opportunity that the USA is not going to take with, you 1336 01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:41,640 know, USA in an off year is not going to be like put all their 1337 01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:43,600 guys together. I think Botswana is going to be 1338 01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:45,640 like, let's take this record. And they're pretty close. 1339 01:20:45,640 --> 01:20:47,480 Like they got silver at the Olympics. 1340 01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:50,680 They were less than 3/10 of a second off the world record. 1341 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:53,960 The USA obviously was closer, but I think they get that world 1342 01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:57,800 record. I think Grant Holloway comes 1343 01:20:57,800 --> 01:21:00,560 back and breaks the 110 hurdle, right? 1344 01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:04,160 World record this year outdoors had a very off year. 1345 01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:07,880 He couldn't explain like what exactly was going on. 1346 01:21:07,880 --> 01:21:11,280 I know maybe early on he had some injury issues, but like at 1347 01:21:11,280 --> 01:21:12,360 worlds he was just like, I don't know. 1348 01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:15,800 I think he's just like, all right, let's just like go for it 1349 01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:17,160 and he just breaks the world record. 1350 01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:21,760 This also could be you over over correcting from last year, 1351 01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:22,920 right? Didn't you say? 1352 01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:28,480 And you got confronted by Grant Holloway over your, your, your 1353 01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:31,440 prediction last year, which was remind people. 1354 01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:36,920 All I said was that Dylan Beard versus Grant Holloway at USA 1355 01:21:36,920 --> 01:21:39,720 Indoors is gonna be an interesting race to watch, 1356 01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:43,240 because Dylan Beard had just one Bill Rose, and he had run like a 1357 01:21:43,240 --> 01:21:45,480 relatively fast time. I was like, this might be 1358 01:21:45,480 --> 01:21:46,640 exciting. That's all I said. 1359 01:21:46,680 --> 01:21:50,320 I didn't say Dylan Beard's gonna win, but Grant Hallway, he did 1360 01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:53,040 his thing, continued to go undefeated, so he he called me 1361 01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:55,120 out on it. But yeah, I'm not predicting him 1362 01:21:55,120 --> 01:21:56,800 to lose anything. I think he's going to break the 1363 01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:59,560 world record. I this this goes to show you 1364 01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:01,160 that it's like. Sometimes the PERS pay. 1365 01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:04,800 Attention to to what we say. On the on on the show and for 1366 01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:07,040 better or for worse. I mean, it's cool in that sense 1367 01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:08,240 of it. And other times I'm just sort of 1368 01:22:08,240 --> 01:22:11,240 like, guys come on, like you guys are athletes and, and, and 1369 01:22:11,240 --> 01:22:14,760 professionals, Like, if you don't get all bothered over 1370 01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:18,000 what's being said on a, on a, on a podcast, it's our job to, to 1371 01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,720 make things interesting and, and drum up a little bit of hype for 1372 01:22:21,720 --> 01:22:24,720 some of these races. So to Anderson's point, to 1373 01:22:24,720 --> 01:22:28,840 Bogo's already calling out the US for their relays. 1374 01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:31,480 He went on Twitter and he said we don't need the hype when we 1375 01:22:31,480 --> 01:22:33,920 have the heart tell the US to bring their facets and they're 1376 01:22:33,920 --> 01:22:36,200 still going to be looking at our back numbers. 1377 01:22:37,240 --> 01:22:41,640 And that's because the US is not fielding a 4 by 4 team for the 1378 01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:44,000 World Relays. But Botswana wants it. 1379 01:22:44,080 --> 01:22:49,120 They want they want a rematch. And so we'll see. 1380 01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:51,160 We'll see if anything changes on that front. 1381 01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:55,600 All right, we'll go to Mac. What are your performance bold 1382 01:22:55,600 --> 01:23:02,280 predictions for 2026? I'll go, I'm going NCAA's and 1383 01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:06,080 I'm going to go. Owen Powell wins outdoor NCAA's 1384 01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:11,200 in the 1500 and to double up also he gets second in the 1385 01:23:11,200 --> 01:23:14,840 indoor mile obviously. Obviously if healthy, he didn't 1386 01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:19,560 run cross, so I don't know if he just redshirted or was injured, 1387 01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:24,560 but assuming he's healthy, I think I think he's going to do 1388 01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:27,720 some some pretty special stuff this outdoor year in his 1389 01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:28,960 freshman year. Do you have any? 1390 01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:31,200 Disclosures to make there, but just sort of like your 1391 01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:35,680 connections? 00 disclosures to make here. 1392 01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:43,360 No, I have not talked to Andy or Marissa recently, but just based 1393 01:23:43,360 --> 01:23:47,680 off of my own, my own personal experience and and how how good 1394 01:23:47,680 --> 01:23:54,160 Owen was or is going into his freshman year and knowing I just 1395 01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:58,320 what I did my freshman year and how good Owen is, I think that 1396 01:23:58,320 --> 01:24:00,320 that's what he's going to do. That's that's a good one. 1397 01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:03,920 And maybe, maybe Paul can research this live in real time. 1398 01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:10,120 Who's the last freshman to win the NCA 1500 meter title 1399 01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:13,640 outdoors? It would have been me if my foot 1400 01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:18,680 wasn't broken, but. Cole Hawker, Did he win 1401 01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:21,840 outdoors? His freshman year. 1402 01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:26,280 It was in a battle against Yard. It actually may have been. 1403 01:24:26,280 --> 01:24:30,360 It actually might be all right. Wasn't Cole so wouldn't 1404 01:24:30,360 --> 01:24:31,680 technically a red shirt freshman? 1405 01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:33,040 I don't know if we're counting though. 1406 01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:34,440 Oh, yeah. No, no, I'm talking. 1407 01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:35,880 Yeah, let's talk. Yeah, true. 1408 01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:38,560 Yeah, true freshman is what we're we're thinking. 1409 01:24:38,600 --> 01:24:42,840 He he did win in 2021. I guess whether we we count that 1410 01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:48,360 or not, you know the stickler. But he may have been red shirt 1411 01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:52,640 because of COVID year right? I get I this is just great radio 1412 01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:56,200 for people. We'll get our answer. 1413 01:24:56,200 --> 01:24:57,520 Hopefully by the end of the episode. 1414 01:24:57,560 --> 01:25:00,160 All right, Max, since I have you here, I guess one of my bold 1415 01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:06,920 predictions in the 1500 Isaac Nader, the world champion, runs 1416 01:25:06,920 --> 01:25:09,560 326 and proves to the world that he actually is just like the 1417 01:25:09,560 --> 01:25:16,720 best. 1500m runner in the world runs. 320 PBS by two seconds. 1418 01:25:17,320 --> 01:25:21,200 I think 2 seconds. No, I I think Isaac Nader's 1419 01:25:21,560 --> 01:25:23,240 gonna have AI. Don't know if we'll see Isaac 1420 01:25:23,240 --> 01:25:26,080 Nader race this year. If that's that's where my money 1421 01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:28,720 would be. We'll see him again next year. 1422 01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:32,760 I think I well, Isaac Nader, you've got your hand up and 1423 01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:37,200 we'll go to you in a SEC. But he it's switched training 1424 01:25:37,200 --> 01:25:38,840 groups, making a little coaching switch. 1425 01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:41,200 I mean, who does that? The year after they win the gold 1426 01:25:41,200 --> 01:25:43,040 medal at the World Championships. 1427 01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:46,880 Now he's training with Lewandowski alongside Niels 1428 01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:50,320 Laros and and with Timothy Cheriot. 1429 01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:53,640 That's that might signal 320. 6 I. 1430 01:25:56,280 --> 01:26:00,080 Was just going to say the dude ran just about 3 weeks ago and 1431 01:26:00,080 --> 01:26:02,360 the dude is fit. Like he is insanely fit. 1432 01:26:02,360 --> 01:26:04,200 Like he what? Did he race 3 weeks ago? 1433 01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:08,360 He erased the 2K relay and he came from about 10th place to 1434 01:26:08,360 --> 01:26:12,400 come second at the at the mixed relay for you across. 1435 01:26:12,440 --> 01:26:15,680 But like he he was yeah, he's fair. 1436 01:26:16,040 --> 01:26:19,200 He's ready to go so. I'm not writing them off. 1437 01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:25,360 I'm not writing them off. No, I, no, I, it's, I just 1438 01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:27,840 forget that people are already racing right now. 1439 01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:30,080 And I do remember him. Actually, now that Preet 1440 01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:32,280 mentions that I do remember his crazy legs. 1441 01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:35,400 So yeah, no, Chris. All right, I'm back on board. 1442 01:26:36,040 --> 01:26:39,720 326 Isaac Nader Middle finger middle finger to the world is 1443 01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:41,560 like everyone thought it was a fluke. 1444 01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:44,840 I'm actually the best Anderson now. 1445 01:26:45,800 --> 01:26:48,560 I think, and maybe someone could correct me, it looks like German 1446 01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:54,600 Fernandez in 2009 was the last freshman to win in Oklahoma back 1447 01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:56,880 in the day. All right, so it'll be Owen 1448 01:26:56,880 --> 01:26:59,680 Powell. In 2026, true freshman to win 1449 01:26:59,680 --> 01:27:03,160 NCAA championship. All right. 1450 01:27:03,480 --> 01:27:07,520 We'll go to Paul next on our predictions for performance. 1451 01:27:08,680 --> 01:27:13,200 All right, I did these. These aren't all throws. 1452 01:27:13,680 --> 01:27:16,800 Some of them are though. So I think the biggest one is 1453 01:27:16,800 --> 01:27:19,640 also like Pre and Anna Hall prediction. 1454 01:27:20,120 --> 01:27:23,760 And I was basing this off of what she told me at US Outdoors 1455 01:27:24,040 --> 01:27:26,800 where she was going to focus on Gotsis. 1456 01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:31,040 And then afterwards she said she was primarily going to focus on 1457 01:27:31,400 --> 01:27:35,080 long jump and then some open 4 hundreds and four hurdles. 1458 01:27:35,800 --> 01:27:39,400 So I think at God says she comes within 100 points of the world 1459 01:27:39,400 --> 01:27:42,760 record, which would be like 160 point PB. 1460 01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:47,120 She her throws were worth 100 points more in Tokyo than they 1461 01:27:47,120 --> 01:27:49,960 were in Gotsis. She's getting better and better 1462 01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:55,400 in like the hurdles and and the long jump kind of as she 1463 01:27:55,480 --> 01:27:57,280 continues to recover from injury. 1464 01:27:57,280 --> 01:28:00,000 So I think that's what I think she's going to do with Gotsis, 1465 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:03,560 and then afterwards I think she's going to run 53 in the 1466 01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:06,240 four hurdles and jump at least 670. 1467 01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:08,480 Damn. Anderson said. 1468 01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:12,800 Wow, yeah. That, like, even within 100 1469 01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:15,160 points of the heptathlon world record, is crazy. 1470 01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:19,120 Well, so I I did like I knew that was insane because I know 1471 01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:22,760 just how far JJK is away from everyone. 1472 01:28:22,760 --> 01:28:26,960 But if you take her throws from Tokyo, which were a full meter 1473 01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:30,800 better in the shot put and two meters better in the jab and put 1474 01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:33,960 those and got this, that's 100 points right there. 1475 01:28:34,160 --> 01:28:40,040 She had a pretty bad day, or not bad but her hurdles PB is almost 1476 01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:42,040 half a second faster than what she ran and got. 1477 01:28:42,040 --> 01:28:43,760 This. She didn't have her best day in 1478 01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:49,320 the long jump obviously 2017 or whatever she ran an 800 might be 1479 01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:53,720 a little harder to replicate but I think it's within the like. 1480 01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:56,920 Saying she would break the world record flat out right now is 1481 01:28:57,200 --> 01:29:01,040 absurd, but I think within 100 points might be possible with 1482 01:29:01,120 --> 01:29:03,960 another like kind of perfect two days from her. 1483 01:29:04,240 --> 01:29:06,480 Preet. Yeah, no, I was just going to 1484 01:29:06,480 --> 01:29:10,040 say I'd already booked my tickets to got sis to go and see 1485 01:29:10,040 --> 01:29:12,520 that this year because yeah, I absolutely agree with Paul. 1486 01:29:13,400 --> 01:29:16,720 It's going to be amazing. Like she, she has so much like, 1487 01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:20,600 bandwidth to improve given the way her PBS are and her long 1488 01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:23,720 jump just is. She has the weirdest long jump 1489 01:29:23,720 --> 01:29:25,760 run up you have ever seen in your life, right? 1490 01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:27,600 It's bizarre. I don't know, Anderson, if you 1491 01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:29,360 have any thoughts on it. If you see her long jump run up, 1492 01:29:29,680 --> 01:29:33,160 like I don't understand, she literally stops and then jumps. 1493 01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:35,960 And I think it's partly because it's where she got her injury. 1494 01:29:35,960 --> 01:29:37,600 And so there's a bit of hesitation. 1495 01:29:37,600 --> 01:29:40,080 But if she she gets her confidence back on that, like 1496 01:29:40,080 --> 01:29:41,880 she could go so much further a long jump. 1497 01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:44,400 And I think even a high jump, I mean, she's very good at the 1498 01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:46,800 high jump, but her high jump run up as well. 1499 01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:51,160 She loses all that momentum weirdly by hopping first and 1500 01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:54,120 then stopping. And yeah, it it kind of. 1501 01:29:54,680 --> 01:29:58,360 So yeah, there's there's clearly so much scope for improvement 1502 01:29:58,360 --> 01:29:59,880 there. So I'm very excited by out of 1503 01:29:59,880 --> 01:30:00,640 all. Prospects. 1504 01:30:00,640 --> 01:30:01,760 How would you say she long jumps? 1505 01:30:03,520 --> 01:30:07,720 I think she jumps in the six 70s. 6-7 All right, which? 1506 01:30:08,080 --> 01:30:10,600 She's jumped a win date at 675 before. 1507 01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:15,240 I think her win legal PB is 661. David, because you got to run in 1508 01:30:15,240 --> 01:30:18,800 just a SEC, what are your performance related predictions? 1509 01:30:18,920 --> 01:30:20,360 Yeah. So I got a Sprint one and a 1510 01:30:20,360 --> 01:30:23,080 distance one. The Sprint 1 is that I think 1511 01:30:23,080 --> 01:30:27,760 we're seeing both 10/5 and 9/6 this year. 1512 01:30:28,320 --> 01:30:34,240 My reason for that is that we, if you look, no one might be 1513 01:30:34,240 --> 01:30:38,440 might be getting on the late half of the 20s, but cause Shane 1514 01:30:38,440 --> 01:30:42,400 Thompson, Oblique Seville, Melissa Jefferson Wooden and 1515 01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:47,240 Julian Alfred are all 24 years old, which is like entering the 1516 01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:50,880 meat of their primes. And they're also all athletes 1517 01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:54,680 that very well could match up with one another multiple times 1518 01:30:54,680 --> 01:30:57,880 this year and push each other to in really historic times. 1519 01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:02,080 Obviously, you know, pre classic is a fast sprints track. 1520 01:31:02,920 --> 01:31:07,720 You know, in Jamaican nationals, the world ultimate champs, you 1521 01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:11,320 know, there's probably a little less motivation to like front 1522 01:31:11,320 --> 01:31:14,960 load the work at the start of the season for to like peak for 1523 01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:17,840 a world ultimate champs. So folks might want to, you 1524 01:31:17,840 --> 01:31:21,320 know, really burn down a fast one earlier in the summer. 1525 01:31:21,320 --> 01:31:25,440 So I think that's a real possibility. 1526 01:31:26,200 --> 01:31:30,920 I don't think like low 10/5 or 96 but like breaking the barrier 1527 01:31:30,920 --> 01:31:33,880 I could see happening. And then what's your distance 1528 01:31:33,880 --> 01:31:35,920 one? I don't think either American 1529 01:31:35,920 --> 01:31:38,080 1500 record is surviving the year. 1530 01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:43,400 I think it the women's is probably more likely to go down 1531 01:31:43,400 --> 01:31:47,200 than the men's, but you know, there's so many active people 1532 01:31:47,400 --> 01:31:49,880 fast in their primes. You know, I, I could easily see 1533 01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:52,760 Cole breaking his own record. I could also see someone else 1534 01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:55,800 doing it, you know, and the, the women's side, obviously 1535 01:31:55,880 --> 01:32:00,600 Sinclair, Nikki, you know, all Ali coming back. 1536 01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:03,080 There's obviously all the, you know, post collegians that are 1537 01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:07,320 really fast and and fall talent. I think, you know, given again, 1538 01:32:07,320 --> 01:32:10,880 like the lack of need to like hold back and peak for a 1539 01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:13,520 championship, you're going to see more fast races, you're 1540 01:32:13,520 --> 01:32:17,840 going to see more Americans going to Europe and and both of 1541 01:32:17,840 --> 01:32:19,920 those records feel very gettable to me right now. 1542 01:32:20,600 --> 01:32:22,160 Yeah, I can see that. I agree with you, David. 1543 01:32:22,160 --> 01:32:26,080 I feel like 2025 like. That were those were two sort of 1544 01:32:27,080 --> 01:32:31,240 not expectations, but just sort of things that people saw as 1545 01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:36,600 more likely with both Nikki and Sinclair's success. 1546 01:32:36,680 --> 01:32:41,720 Is that oh, all right, like at the Paris Diamond League or 1547 01:32:41,720 --> 01:32:45,440 Monaco or something like that, that either one of them would be 1548 01:32:45,800 --> 01:32:49,000 capable of breaking Shelby Houlihan's 1500 meter record. 1549 01:32:49,200 --> 01:32:53,600 And then from there, that kind of like with how close people 1550 01:32:53,600 --> 01:32:56,800 have gotten, it's led to more confidence and, and thought that 1551 01:32:56,880 --> 01:33:01,480 OK, like an American could be ready to medal in the 1500 at 1552 01:33:01,520 --> 01:33:02,960 the global championships as well. 1553 01:33:02,960 --> 01:33:06,040 And Nikki finished fifth, which which was amazing. 1554 01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:09,520 But you know, progress is happening. 1555 01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:14,840 And so I think I'm with you on on at least I, I think the, the 1556 01:33:15,080 --> 01:33:19,800 women's 1500 American record falls in 20202026. 1557 01:33:20,840 --> 01:33:22,520 All right, Paul, we'll go back to you because you had a couple 1558 01:33:22,520 --> 01:33:27,680 more predictions. Yeah, so I think NCAA wise, I 1559 01:33:27,680 --> 01:33:31,880 think the newest Oregon Duck, Mikala Selecna, finally wins an 1560 01:33:31,880 --> 01:33:35,800 NCAA title, even though Ralford Mullings is also back in the 1561 01:33:35,800 --> 01:33:40,280 NCAA. So we could see two guys over 70 1562 01:33:40,280 --> 01:33:45,320 at NCAA's, which is ridiculous. If he does that, I think he also 1563 01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:49,400 wins the Bowermann 'cause I don't see a reason he wouldn't 1564 01:33:49,400 --> 01:33:53,680 go back to Ramona this year. And if he does that, I don't see 1565 01:33:53,680 --> 01:33:56,040 a reason he wouldn't break his own world record again. 1566 01:33:57,960 --> 01:34:03,120 I think in the men shot a record-breaking 12 plus men 1567 01:34:03,120 --> 01:34:07,600 throw 22 meters. The record currently is 11 from 1568 01:34:07,600 --> 01:34:11,480 2023 and last year we had eight. But there were a lot of guys 1569 01:34:11,480 --> 01:34:16,800 like Tom Walsh, Zayn Weir, Jack O Gill. 1570 01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:21,080 There's a lot of guys who had thrown 22 before who didn't have 1571 01:34:21,080 --> 01:34:24,120 their strongest years last year, So I think that's a possibility. 1572 01:34:25,640 --> 01:34:31,280 And then lastly, I think there's not like AUS team to make out of 1573 01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:34,720 USA's this year, but I think of the women that finished top 1574 01:34:34,720 --> 01:34:39,240 three in the 5K at USA's last year, I think none of them 1575 01:34:39,240 --> 01:34:41,920 finish in the top three in the five KUSA's this year. 1576 01:34:41,960 --> 01:34:45,520 Who are they? So that's Josette, Shelby and 1577 01:34:45,520 --> 01:34:47,840 Elise. What do you have against them? 1578 01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:52,200 So I think Elise may be focusing more. 1579 01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:56,000 The biggest part, I think Ellie coming back, I think that takes 1580 01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:58,680 a spot. I'm going to be super optimistic 1581 01:34:58,680 --> 01:35:01,800 and say Parker coming back makes a big difference. 1582 01:35:02,360 --> 01:35:06,480 I I mean, it's probably a pretty tight turn around for Whitney 1583 01:35:06,480 --> 01:35:08,960 Morgan. I think she gave birth in 1584 01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:12,520 December, but like Ellie's done that kind of turn around before. 1585 01:35:13,760 --> 01:35:17,920 That's that's fair. Paul's learning how post 1586 01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:21,600 maternity women's bodies work live on this podcast. 1587 01:35:22,360 --> 01:35:28,120 Maybe Elise, I mean, maybe she does do more 15. 1588 01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:32,080 Maybe Trevor and Jenny just make her 15-8 or something. 1589 01:35:33,320 --> 01:35:34,840 I don't know. That was just kind of one that 1590 01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:37,680 popped into my head the other night when Audrey and I were 1591 01:35:37,680 --> 01:35:40,640 talking about and I was like, I think I could make a decent 1592 01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:43,160 enough argument for that one. Yeah, I could see it. 1593 01:35:43,160 --> 01:35:46,920 I think. I don't know if all three don't 1594 01:35:46,920 --> 01:35:49,800 make it, but I could see. Well also there's nothing to 1595 01:35:49,800 --> 01:35:53,080 make, but like you said, finishing in the top three. 1596 01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:54,760 Yeah. I mean, this is one of those 1597 01:35:54,760 --> 01:35:58,120 events that had has crazy turnover over the last couple 1598 01:35:58,120 --> 01:36:01,400 years. Some and some of them might not 1599 01:36:01,400 --> 01:36:04,960 even show up to race like that's a absolute possibility. 1600 01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:08,160 So no, that's Paul. That's I don't think as far 1601 01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:10,600 fetched as what some people might think because we're gonna 1602 01:36:10,600 --> 01:36:13,920 see a lot of a lot of people that made the last two US teams 1603 01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:16,800 won't even be at USA's this year. 1604 01:36:17,760 --> 01:36:23,080 Yeah, Anderson. Just have one well, just two 1605 01:36:23,080 --> 01:36:25,600 quick others from the the time ones I do have. 1606 01:36:25,640 --> 01:36:28,680 So Rye Benjamin said that he's gonna be or he wants to do the 1607 01:36:28,680 --> 01:36:33,000 402 hundred this year. I think him and probably let's 1608 01:36:33,000 --> 01:36:35,760 see lay to below as well. I think they both throughout the 1609 01:36:35,760 --> 01:36:40,760 season run sub 10, sub 20 and sub 44 in all three events, 1610 01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:42,680 which has never been done before. 1611 01:36:42,680 --> 01:36:46,040 There's been or well, actually Wade Vandekerk today in 2017. 1612 01:36:46,040 --> 01:36:49,720 But like in one season, they break all those barriers. 1613 01:36:49,720 --> 01:36:52,240 I think they can all do it. And Rye Benjamin, Rye Benjamin 1614 01:36:52,240 --> 01:36:55,200 has run 10 O three in the 100 and he's run 21. 1615 01:36:55,400 --> 01:36:57,280 I'm sorry, 19 nine in the 200 already. 1616 01:36:57,440 --> 01:37:00,800 So he's capable and let's see, Lay is showing he's capable. 1617 01:37:00,800 --> 01:37:03,120 So I think that actually might go down. 1618 01:37:03,320 --> 01:37:07,720 Sub 10 by Rye. Yeah, he ran 10 O3 What year? 1619 01:37:07,720 --> 01:37:10,760 20, 2020, 20/20/2020. That was like the that was in 1620 01:37:10,760 --> 01:37:13,480 that like AP Ranch situation. When everyone is running for 1621 01:37:13,480 --> 01:37:14,480 their contracts. Yeah, yeah. 1622 01:37:15,840 --> 01:37:18,640 So, but he's he has a, he has a talent. 1623 01:37:18,640 --> 01:37:21,200 So I think, I think Rye will actually put it together. 1624 01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:22,840 He's like not worried about the 400 hurdles. 1625 01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:26,200 And the other thing I do have is call. 1626 01:37:26,280 --> 01:37:29,400 Actually, I'm going to Step 4 higher with Anna. 1627 01:37:29,400 --> 01:37:32,720 I think she runs 52 seconds in the 400 hurdles. 1628 01:37:32,720 --> 01:37:34,760 I think she's more than capable of that. 1629 01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:39,320 So that is what I think I see from Tara, from Anna and the one 1630 01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:41,040 other field 1, Tara Davis would call. 1631 01:37:41,320 --> 01:37:45,000 I think she becomes a second best American in the long jump. 1632 01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:49,800 Where she jumps at least at least 731 is like the what 1633 01:37:49,800 --> 01:37:52,880 Britney Reese and Marian Jones have jumped behind Jackie 1634 01:37:52,880 --> 01:37:54,440 Joyner. Kersey is like 749. 1635 01:37:54,680 --> 01:37:57,800 I think she jumped 730 something in the long jump this year. 1636 01:37:58,160 --> 01:38:04,360 OK, that had me thinking just sort of like does cause of 2025 1637 01:38:04,480 --> 01:38:06,440 Athos added the women's long jump. 1638 01:38:06,440 --> 01:38:12,080 Do they add another event to their slate of for 2026? 1639 01:38:12,080 --> 01:38:13,520 I'm trying to think of what it could be. 1640 01:38:13,880 --> 01:38:17,560 If you were Alexa Zohanian, what event would you add for 2026? 1641 01:38:18,920 --> 01:38:21,160 I'd probably have like the shot put or something. 1642 01:38:21,760 --> 01:38:23,400 I'd I'd yeah at a throw event in there. 1643 01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:27,960 Yeah, I think shot, I think the the personalities in that are 1644 01:38:28,440 --> 01:38:32,520 it, it's the easiest I think to display because like that's 1645 01:38:32,520 --> 01:38:34,640 something you could put in Times Square next, I think. 1646 01:38:34,920 --> 01:38:38,000 It could be. Well, yeah, but we're not 1647 01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:45,520 talking about jumps, Chris. Come on, I think Chase in Times 1648 01:38:45,520 --> 01:38:47,280 Square would be so much fun to watch. 1649 01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:50,480 So that's that would be my vote, unsurprisingly. 1650 01:38:50,760 --> 01:38:52,360 I think we got to get out of Times Square. 1651 01:38:52,680 --> 01:38:54,840 Like the long jump was cool there. 1652 01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:59,680 I think you got to find somewhere else to do another 1653 01:38:59,680 --> 01:39:02,840 event somewhere else. Times Square doesn't need to be 1654 01:39:02,840 --> 01:39:05,800 the answer to to everything. There's there's other cool 1655 01:39:05,800 --> 01:39:08,240 places. I mean, and I would argue that 1656 01:39:08,240 --> 01:39:11,040 Times Square isn't cool. And that's just coming from 1657 01:39:11,520 --> 01:39:14,360 someone who lives here in New York and tries to avoid it every 1658 01:39:14,360 --> 01:39:17,520 single day. All right, Anderson, I want your 1659 01:39:17,520 --> 01:39:20,400 reactions to a couple other performance ones that I've got. 1660 01:39:20,800 --> 01:39:27,000 I think this one is Gabby Thomas, who I guess recap for. 1661 01:39:27,120 --> 01:39:29,800 She's going to spend more time in the 400 this year is what she 1662 01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:31,560 said on podcast or something like that. 1663 01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:34,320 What exactly was it? She did, and it's weird because 1664 01:39:34,320 --> 01:39:38,640 she didn't really like announce it, but she said it on a podcast 1665 01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:42,440 where, yeah, she said she's going to spend more time in the 1666 01:39:42,440 --> 01:39:46,000 400, but she was kind of vague. It seems like she was alluding 1667 01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:50,320 to moving into being more of a four 2 runner for the rest of 1668 01:39:50,320 --> 01:39:52,840 her career as well, because she's talking about like 1669 01:39:53,360 --> 01:39:55,200 extending the life of her career, trying to reduce 1670 01:39:55,200 --> 01:39:58,800 injuries and like 400 training. And she's been doing like miles, 1671 01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:01,600 like she's been running a lot. So yeah. 1672 01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:04,240 Yeah, I was trading messages like Gabby to try and figure out 1673 01:40:04,240 --> 01:40:08,600 like what her mile time trial was and Tan just had them 1674 01:40:08,600 --> 01:40:12,600 running it weird. I think it's been like a it's 1675 01:40:12,600 --> 01:40:15,040 been a couple weeks of just like it. 1676 01:40:15,080 --> 01:40:19,200 It was like, all right, it's a broken mile, but with two 1677 01:40:19,200 --> 01:40:22,160 hundreds or with six hundreds. So it hasn't been like the all 1678 01:40:22,160 --> 01:40:26,160 out one mile time trial until I think maybe yesterday was 1679 01:40:26,160 --> 01:40:27,920 finally it, but I haven't heard what the time was. 1680 01:40:28,200 --> 01:40:32,200 So then you're that additional nugget of her running the 400 1681 01:40:32,200 --> 01:40:34,160 more doesn't bode well for my prediction. 1682 01:40:34,160 --> 01:40:36,040 My prediction was that or maybe it does. 1683 01:40:36,040 --> 01:40:39,920 Actually, it totally does. Gabby breaks 49 before breaking 1684 01:40:39,920 --> 01:40:42,520 11. Thoughts. 1685 01:40:43,800 --> 01:40:47,160 I think that's very realistic. I think that's very, very 1686 01:40:47,160 --> 01:40:49,720 realistic. Yeah, 'cause like she can, she 1687 01:40:49,720 --> 01:40:53,400 can run a 400 like relatively early season and probably break 1688 01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:57,440 49 'cause she literally ran 49 one in April at Grand Slam. 1689 01:40:57,560 --> 01:41:01,720 So I think that's way more realistic than running sub 11. 1690 01:41:02,200 --> 01:41:05,040 All right, then my other last performance related 1 is that 1691 01:41:05,200 --> 01:41:09,840 Shawnee Miller Weibo comes back, puts people in their place in 1692 01:41:09,840 --> 01:41:15,720 the 400 and reinsert herself as actually if if we want to be 1693 01:41:15,720 --> 01:41:22,240 bold and maybe because I think if we think Sydney doesn't run a 1694 01:41:22,240 --> 01:41:26,120 whole lot this year, then Shawnee will. 1695 01:41:26,520 --> 01:41:30,800 Miller Weibo finishes 2026 as the second. 1696 01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:34,400 Well, yeah, regardless, she'll finish 2026 as the second best 1697 01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:38,920 400m runner in the world. That that, I think is bold. 1698 01:41:39,280 --> 01:41:40,560 Yeah, because it's either like she's. 1699 01:41:40,560 --> 01:41:42,960 Behind Sydney or she's behind Paulino. 1700 01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:49,720 And yeah, I just think like she's back from Instagram video 1701 01:41:49,720 --> 01:41:51,560 clips. I think she looks fast already. 1702 01:41:52,800 --> 01:41:56,200 So being like a like it's an MLB reporter at spring training 1703 01:41:56,200 --> 01:41:59,040 making the most out of like a very grainy photo from a 1704 01:41:59,040 --> 01:42:00,920 distance. Like that's how I'm judging 1705 01:42:00,920 --> 01:42:03,000 Shawnee Miller Weibo's return. And then the only other 1706 01:42:03,800 --> 01:42:07,720 performance related one that Preet might appreciate because 1707 01:42:07,720 --> 01:42:11,200 it's marathon related. I think Letessenbeck Guiday, who 1708 01:42:11,200 --> 01:42:15,040 we haven't seen in like 2-3 years, returns and runs 211 for 1709 01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:17,680 the marathon. The half marathon world record 1710 01:42:17,680 --> 01:42:22,680 holder has 62 minutes To think that she can't run 211 with 1711 01:42:23,200 --> 01:42:26,960 super shoes and just advances in training plus now mom strength. 1712 01:42:28,120 --> 01:42:29,760 I think that sounds like 211 to me. 1713 01:42:30,680 --> 01:42:34,440 So I think that's that'll be one hell of a comeback. 1714 01:42:35,960 --> 01:42:38,880 Preet your thoughts. Yeah, no, I, I love to see it. 1715 01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:39,920 She's one of my favourite runners. 1716 01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:42,120 So yeah, it would be very exciting to see that one And, 1717 01:42:42,120 --> 01:42:45,000 and I hope she does. But that reminds me of one that 1718 01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:47,880 I was thinking about and that is that Sifan Hassan, because she 1719 01:42:47,880 --> 01:42:52,360 did talk about last year how coming into London, I think she 1720 01:42:52,360 --> 01:42:56,200 hadn't run any other races and this year, so she, I think it's 1721 01:42:56,200 --> 01:42:58,560 kind of suggested she might run half marathons and stuff. 1722 01:42:58,920 --> 01:43:01,080 I think Sifan Hassan tries to break the half marathon world 1723 01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:03,000 record does break the half marathon world. 1724 01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:08,040 Record 62762 Yeah or whatever. And not 62, but yeah, 60, yeah, 1725 01:43:08,040 --> 01:43:11,120 62 something. I think 606250 something. 1726 01:43:11,120 --> 01:43:14,080 So yeah, or not. But you know, that's such a 1727 01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:16,440 fast. I think I think she goes for. 1728 01:43:18,560 --> 01:43:22,120 It on that note, do you think Ruth Chapin Getich's world 1729 01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:29,440 record with stands stands a test of 2026 or or you? 1730 01:43:29,520 --> 01:43:31,000 You're nodding your head, saying yes. 1731 01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:35,520 Yeah, I, I, I, I just don't see how they can overturn it unless 1732 01:43:35,520 --> 01:43:37,360 they, because I think they, they're just not going to be 1733 01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:39,680 able to find anything that proves she was doping at the 1734 01:43:39,680 --> 01:43:42,360 time. So, and, and that means that 1735 01:43:42,360 --> 01:43:43,960 they won't be able to overturn it because they haven't been 1736 01:43:43,960 --> 01:43:47,200 able to overturn any other, many other world records and, and 1737 01:43:47,200 --> 01:43:51,320 things which we know are sketchy just because, you know, even if 1738 01:43:51,320 --> 01:43:55,200 someone tested positive afterwards, you can't, you know, 1739 01:43:55,360 --> 01:43:57,600 they, they can't go back and remove results and they really 1740 01:43:57,600 --> 01:43:59,000 struggle with that from a legal perspective. 1741 01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:02,240 All right, I I might beg to differ. 1742 01:44:02,240 --> 01:44:04,120 I'm going to think that they're going to find something in the 1743 01:44:04,120 --> 01:44:06,880 text messages. I hope so. 1744 01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:11,400 All right, let's move on to World Ultimate Championship 1745 01:44:11,400 --> 01:44:13,520 predictions because I think when we were rattling some of these 1746 01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:16,160 off in our text, we thought, all right, this person's going to 1747 01:44:16,160 --> 01:44:19,520 win this event or this person's going to qualify for this event. 1748 01:44:19,880 --> 01:44:24,920 So I'll lead us off and maybe it snap, it steals one from 1749 01:44:25,040 --> 01:44:29,120 Anderson. It's going to be Rye Benjamin 1750 01:44:29,120 --> 01:44:32,480 wins the 400 at the World Ultimate Championships over. 1751 01:44:32,480 --> 01:44:39,880 Let's see Le to Bogo Thoughts. Yeah, I, I wasn't, I did have 1752 01:44:39,880 --> 01:44:42,320 Rye winning the 400 that I had that prediction too. 1753 01:44:42,400 --> 01:44:46,240 I'm, I'm not sure if, let's see Le runs the 400 though. 1754 01:44:46,400 --> 01:44:48,800 That's my only hesitation. But I do have Rye winning the 1755 01:44:48,800 --> 01:44:51,000 400. I I think he'll be able to get 1756 01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:53,160 it. Paul, you have thoughts on that 1757 01:44:53,160 --> 01:44:55,240 one? No. 1758 01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:56,280 OK. All right. 1759 01:44:56,280 --> 01:44:58,040 Well, that I guess it wasn't all that bold. 1760 01:44:58,760 --> 01:45:01,840 All right, we'll go to Mac. Any World Ultimate Championship 1761 01:45:01,840 --> 01:45:04,560 predictions? Yeah, mine is less so who's 1762 01:45:04,560 --> 01:45:08,760 going to win, but my bold predictions on sorry, excuse me, 1763 01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:12,480 a couple of their discretionary picks. 1764 01:45:13,120 --> 01:45:16,200 Oh, OK, yeah, 'cause World Athletics gets Bipreet explain 1765 01:45:16,200 --> 01:45:19,080 this one like, 'cause you're, you're the master of like some 1766 01:45:19,080 --> 01:45:21,480 of this, this, this qualifying stuff. 1767 01:45:21,480 --> 01:45:26,760 So essentially if someone who's not got a wild card by being a 1768 01:45:26,760 --> 01:45:30,200 world champion, Olympic champion or Diamond League champion or 1769 01:45:30,200 --> 01:45:33,280 isn't in the top however many spots in the rankings depending 1770 01:45:33,280 --> 01:45:36,560 on the event, and therefore don't qualify for the Ultimate 1771 01:45:36,560 --> 01:45:40,760 championships directly. World athletes can give out I 1772 01:45:40,760 --> 01:45:43,160 think one wild card. I don't know whether it's one 1773 01:45:43,160 --> 01:45:45,040 per event or they've got a limited number of wild cards 1774 01:45:45,040 --> 01:45:49,800 they can give out. And so that will effectively I 1775 01:45:49,800 --> 01:45:54,200 think go to people who basically have maybe have been injured and 1776 01:45:54,200 --> 01:45:56,280 therefore haven't had the chance to get a ranking, but might be 1777 01:45:56,280 --> 01:45:59,200 superstars etcetera, etcetera. So Matt, who are? 1778 01:45:59,240 --> 01:46:03,840 You or or if basically if you're 1 of Seb's favorite athletes, 1779 01:46:04,280 --> 01:46:06,760 you can get picked. All right, so Matt, who you got? 1780 01:46:07,280 --> 01:46:10,320 Yeah, I think Femka Bowl is going to get the 800 meter 1781 01:46:10,320 --> 01:46:15,120 selection from them. I think Anna Hall is going to 1782 01:46:15,120 --> 01:46:19,960 get the 400 meter hurdle selection from them because now 1783 01:46:19,960 --> 01:46:21,680 they're lacking stars in that event. 1784 01:46:22,360 --> 01:46:28,640 And I mean, based off our conversation earlier, let's say 1785 01:46:28,640 --> 01:46:32,440 I show Speed gets gets a race under his belt under an 1786 01:46:32,440 --> 01:46:35,480 accredited track meet. Why not throw him in? 1787 01:46:36,360 --> 01:46:39,040 Yeah, why not? Do you want eyeballs? 1788 01:46:39,040 --> 01:46:40,320 Why not? Why not? 1789 01:46:40,320 --> 01:46:43,240 You want eyeballs? Let's get I show speed to mount 1790 01:46:43,240 --> 01:46:47,680 SAC, get a race under his belt, and then we'll just throw them 1791 01:46:47,680 --> 01:46:49,880 into the World Ultimate Championships later in the year. 1792 01:46:50,080 --> 01:46:51,640 As a discretionary spot, I love it. 1793 01:46:52,120 --> 01:46:57,280 Brilliant idea. All right, Preet, give us your 1794 01:46:57,280 --> 01:47:02,440 world ultimate predictions. So my big one was Emmanuel Wang 1795 01:47:02,480 --> 01:47:06,760 Yoni winning the 1500 Beaters Championships. 1796 01:47:08,840 --> 01:47:12,520 Yeah, No, I, I mean, I think he's, he's that good and I think 1797 01:47:12,520 --> 01:47:17,320 he could do it. So just just like it's it, it's 1798 01:47:17,320 --> 01:47:21,040 harder, it'd be harder for him to win that event than winning 1799 01:47:21,040 --> 01:47:27,040 the 800 I think. So then why risk $150,000 payday 1800 01:47:28,600 --> 01:47:31,120 and by going back chasing the harder event when like you're 1801 01:47:31,120 --> 01:47:33,680 the you've been the best 800m runner in the last three 1802 01:47:33,840 --> 01:47:36,920 championships, 2 championships. Yeah, I'm, I'm just thinking 1803 01:47:36,920 --> 01:47:40,000 it's, it's an off year. It's a chance to be bold, chance 1804 01:47:40,000 --> 01:47:42,760 to be different. And and yeah, he gives given 1805 01:47:42,760 --> 01:47:44,400 he's beaten the entire Olympic podium. 1806 01:47:44,680 --> 01:47:51,080 Like why not? In April, OK, Mac, you did you 1807 01:47:51,080 --> 01:47:52,720 have thoughts on that one you. Reacted to it too. 1808 01:47:52,720 --> 01:47:54,400 You laughed. Yeah. 1809 01:47:54,400 --> 01:47:58,840 I mean, just financially, I don't that doesn't make that 1810 01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:02,560 much sense for him. I mean at that level, like he's 1811 01:48:02,560 --> 01:48:05,160 cleaning up right now in the 800, so. 1812 01:48:06,240 --> 01:48:09,120 He'd have to go run so many Diamond League fifteens to get 1813 01:48:09,120 --> 01:48:11,480 his ranking up. No, or you could just get 1814 01:48:11,480 --> 01:48:13,520 selected. You could just get selected in. 1815 01:48:13,520 --> 01:48:14,680 Yeah. I love it. 1816 01:48:14,720 --> 01:48:17,680 I love it. It's like talking about what 1817 01:48:17,720 --> 01:48:21,280 World Athletics own rules are. It's like, no, they they're they 1818 01:48:21,280 --> 01:48:25,040 can make up whatever rule they want to get whoever that they 1819 01:48:25,040 --> 01:48:28,040 need to. Yeah. 1820 01:48:28,040 --> 01:48:29,680 I mean, that's fun to. I mean, we're talking about bold 1821 01:48:29,680 --> 01:48:32,200 predictions here. So like, no one's right or wrong 1822 01:48:32,200 --> 01:48:36,280 here. I would I would like to see him 1823 01:48:36,280 --> 01:48:39,640 in a couple bigger fifteens this year for sure. 1824 01:48:39,640 --> 01:48:42,640 But again, like I hate even asking this question. 1825 01:48:42,640 --> 01:48:48,080 Like is it beyond World Athletics to like have rabbits 1826 01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:50,240 at the World Ultimate Championships? 1827 01:48:50,240 --> 01:48:53,320 Like I want to see when you only race these guys in a non 1828 01:48:53,320 --> 01:48:55,640 rabbited race. And so I'm like, oh, I'd love to 1829 01:48:55,640 --> 01:48:57,520 see him race these guys in a Diamond League, but they're all 1830 01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:02,560 rabbited. So like, I just I pray to God 1831 01:49:02,560 --> 01:49:05,480 that there aren't rabbits at in Budapest later this year. 1832 01:49:05,480 --> 01:49:07,920 Oh, don't, don't say it that matter of fact. 1833 01:49:07,920 --> 01:49:10,760 We don't don't put it past them. Wave lights. 1834 01:49:12,160 --> 01:49:14,360 They're well, it's so stupid. I hate it. 1835 01:49:14,560 --> 01:49:18,960 My yeah, my boldest prediction for this year is no rabbits at 1836 01:49:19,320 --> 01:49:23,080 Diamond League races this year. But we all know that's wrong. 1837 01:49:23,560 --> 01:49:26,280 Yeah, I hate to break it to me that there are wave lights and 1838 01:49:26,280 --> 01:49:29,600 rabbits all exist. And one of my bold predictions 1839 01:49:29,600 --> 01:49:33,640 is that Mac is going to find where the wave lights are 1840 01:49:33,640 --> 01:49:36,720 plugged into and in the middle of a race, just go and unplug. 1841 01:49:36,720 --> 01:49:40,360 And you know what? He'll be doing everyone a favor. 1842 01:49:40,360 --> 01:49:42,960 They're like, oh, now this race got really good all of a sudden. 1843 01:49:42,960 --> 01:49:46,640 Yeah, your boldest prediction is is I finally turned the corner 1844 01:49:46,640 --> 01:49:52,160 on rabbits and wave lights. That's true pre Did you have any 1845 01:49:52,160 --> 01:49:54,760 other world ultimate predictions? 1846 01:49:56,480 --> 01:50:01,720 I was going to say, well, I think it was kind of associated 1847 01:50:01,720 --> 01:50:04,160 with the other one, which was, I think I said it earlier, but 1848 01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:07,400 Donovan Brasier winning the 8 hundreds because I think that 1849 01:50:07,400 --> 01:50:12,400 would be a fairy tale ending and and I think he's capable of it. 1850 01:50:12,800 --> 01:50:18,480 So I'm going to go with that. Yeah, that was that was my my 1851 01:50:18,480 --> 01:50:23,240 other one that I and maybe my other one that I also kind of 1852 01:50:23,240 --> 01:50:26,840 had maybe a nostalgic one. But Sharika Jackson comes back, 1853 01:50:27,440 --> 01:50:31,280 runs 21, five and wins the wins the 200 as well. 1854 01:50:32,240 --> 01:50:35,360 Anderson thoughts cuz I I and give us an Elaine Thompson her 1855 01:50:35,360 --> 01:50:38,920 raw, bold prediction here. I mean, for Thompson raw, I was, 1856 01:50:38,920 --> 01:50:41,760 I was going to say actually had Sharika as one of those athletes 1857 01:50:41,760 --> 01:50:44,640 who would get one of these discretionary because she's not 1858 01:50:44,640 --> 01:50:47,480 an Olympic champion, not a world champion dealing with injuries. 1859 01:50:47,480 --> 01:50:49,480 And she's one of like World Athletics favorite. 1860 01:50:49,480 --> 01:50:52,920 So I don't know. I don't know if I have, I don't 1861 01:50:52,920 --> 01:50:56,280 know about Elaine Thompson hurrah, bold predictions. 1862 01:50:57,000 --> 01:51:01,400 I'm not as confident on that. I do have Sydney, I don't know 1863 01:51:01,400 --> 01:51:04,640 how bold it is, but I have Sydney winning the 200 at 1864 01:51:04,640 --> 01:51:08,320 Ultimate Championships. I think she's going to run an 1865 01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:11,200 either run enough races or she'll get that discretionary 1866 01:51:11,200 --> 01:51:14,720 pick to go to world to go here and then she'll win the 200 1867 01:51:14,840 --> 01:51:19,120 against a high quality field with like Julian, with Melissa, 1868 01:51:19,280 --> 01:51:21,280 like I think she'll actually get that win. 1869 01:51:21,640 --> 01:51:24,000 I like this. I like that a lot, Anderson. 1870 01:51:24,040 --> 01:51:26,240 And so this is the first time we've had you on the podcast 1871 01:51:26,240 --> 01:51:29,680 since me and Preet discussed this when the 2028 schedule came 1872 01:51:29,680 --> 01:51:34,720 out and me and Preet reacted and you know, one to the outrage 1873 01:51:34,720 --> 01:51:37,840 that on social media a lot of people were like, I can't 1874 01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:40,520 believe that the 404 hundred hurdles double is impossible. 1875 01:51:40,520 --> 01:51:43,280 Like what a tragedy, like we wanted to see Sydney do that. 1876 01:51:43,720 --> 01:51:50,400 And my counter thought to that was like, I think Sydney in 2025 1877 01:51:50,400 --> 01:51:54,600 proved that she'll accept a challenge head on and you'd be 1878 01:51:54,600 --> 01:51:56,920 like, all right, these are the cards that are being dealt. 1879 01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:58,760 Like I'm going to make the most of it. 1880 01:51:58,760 --> 01:52:02,240 And I said that if you told her now that, hey, the 2028 schedule 1881 01:52:02,240 --> 01:52:06,280 is going to be the double that is possible for you is 204 1882 01:52:06,280 --> 01:52:09,800 hundred, She's like, bet, like I'm going to go after that. 1883 01:52:09,800 --> 01:52:13,200 And I think I, I kind of like this because then you use 2026 1884 01:52:13,200 --> 01:52:19,840 as a test to step down and make some improvement to the 200 and 1885 01:52:19,840 --> 01:52:23,520 set yourself up so nicely that you already got a buy for 2027 1886 01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:24,800 worlds. Like she doesn't have to run 1887 01:52:24,800 --> 01:52:27,600 another 400 till she gets on the track in Beijing. 1888 01:52:27,600 --> 01:52:31,600 And then from there, it's like, all right, you start to 1889 01:52:31,600 --> 01:52:35,280 establish yourself in the 200 by 2028, now that you're like, all 1890 01:52:35,280 --> 01:52:37,800 right, we've kissed the 400 hurdles goodbye. 1891 01:52:37,880 --> 01:52:40,360 At this point, I've put the world record pretty far out 1892 01:52:40,360 --> 01:52:42,800 there. Sure, breaking 50 would be nice, 1893 01:52:42,800 --> 01:52:44,640 but what does it mean in the grand scheme of things? 1894 01:52:45,040 --> 01:52:46,880 204 hundred? That's the challenge. 1895 01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:50,120 Let's let's let's prove to the world that I can do it. 1896 01:52:50,240 --> 01:52:54,280 And I like that. I I'm, I mean, yeah, I'm excited 1897 01:52:54,280 --> 01:52:57,280 by that thought. Yeah, I, I think exactly you 1898 01:52:57,280 --> 01:53:00,680 just said this is a year cuz she's shown what you could do in 1899 01:53:00,680 --> 01:53:03,520 the 400. She just needs to prove that she 1900 01:53:03,520 --> 01:53:05,400 is capable. I think we all believe she's 1901 01:53:05,400 --> 01:53:08,120 capable in the 200 and like at least has a lot of untapped 1902 01:53:08,120 --> 01:53:09,800 potential. She just needs to prove for us 1903 01:53:09,800 --> 01:53:16,480 to herself like OK, let me drop 21721 six probably like and then 1904 01:53:16,800 --> 01:53:19,400 she can make her decision on what happens in 2028 at the 1905 01:53:19,400 --> 01:53:21,840 Olympics. I think that's solid for Sydney. 1906 01:53:22,120 --> 01:53:23,800 Mac, are you in agreement too? Just sort of because we've, 1907 01:53:23,880 --> 01:53:28,120 we've talked about this in the past of how everyone like a 1908 01:53:28,120 --> 01:53:31,440 track fan thinks 404 hundred hurdles would be a crazy double 1909 01:53:31,440 --> 01:53:34,080 to try and accomplish at the, at the LA Olympics. 1910 01:53:34,280 --> 01:53:37,800 The, the normal sportsman doesn't really care about the 1911 01:53:37,800 --> 01:53:40,360 400 hurdles at a stage like that. 1912 01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:44,600 Sydney doing 24. Very reminiscent, of course, of 1913 01:53:45,160 --> 01:53:50,800 Michael Johnson at the the the the Olympics in the 90s that 1914 01:53:51,040 --> 01:53:53,640 that propelled him to this stardom. 1915 01:53:54,320 --> 01:53:58,160 If Sydney could do it on A at the home Olympics, it would. 1916 01:53:58,520 --> 01:54:03,200 It's more impactful to a casual sports fan than 404 hundred 1917 01:54:03,200 --> 01:54:04,560 Hertz. Oh, for sure. 1918 01:54:04,560 --> 01:54:06,800 And I've I mean, I've never been in the camp that's been like, 1919 01:54:06,800 --> 01:54:11,400 oh, she should do the four hurdle and open for like double. 1920 01:54:11,400 --> 01:54:12,640 I don't think I've never made sense. 1921 01:54:13,480 --> 01:54:18,440 People got to acknowledge that the 400 meter hurdles are as big 1922 01:54:18,640 --> 01:54:21,040 of an event as they are right now because of her. 1923 01:54:21,880 --> 01:54:24,760 And so like the reason that it means anything right now is 1924 01:54:24,760 --> 01:54:27,800 because she's been running it for so long at the level that 1925 01:54:27,800 --> 01:54:30,800 she has. So yeah, I mean, she's she's 1926 01:54:30,800 --> 01:54:32,280 done everything she could in that event. 1927 01:54:32,360 --> 01:54:37,040 And Cindy gets a lot of shit for one, like perceive not racing 1928 01:54:37,040 --> 01:54:39,360 enough when she races actually pretty much just as much as 1929 01:54:39,360 --> 01:54:46,200 everybody else and like not showing like emotion that other 1930 01:54:46,360 --> 01:54:48,960 people like would be satisfied with or something like that. 1931 01:54:49,400 --> 01:54:54,000 To be as good as she is, like she's a effing dog out there. 1932 01:54:54,000 --> 01:54:58,000 Like you have to be like a blue blood red blooded like 1933 01:54:58,000 --> 01:55:00,960 competitor out there. Like when she's on a track, she 1934 01:55:00,960 --> 01:55:02,840 wants to beat everyone. She wants to kill everyone. 1935 01:55:03,400 --> 01:55:08,560 And like that gets me excited. What Anderson is talking about, 1936 01:55:08,560 --> 01:55:12,880 about her dropping down to the 200 to race Melissa, Because I 1937 01:55:12,880 --> 01:55:14,840 think that that's actually what Sydney wants to do. 1938 01:55:14,840 --> 01:55:16,600 Like, yeah, she doesn't necessarily show that on a 1939 01:55:16,600 --> 01:55:21,120 track, but like Sydney wants, I think Sydney wants to show 1940 01:55:21,120 --> 01:55:24,200 everybody like, no, I'm I'm the big dog here. 1941 01:55:24,800 --> 01:55:27,640 And like what? What would be a better example 1942 01:55:27,640 --> 01:55:30,000 than like going down and racing to 200? 1943 01:55:30,440 --> 01:55:32,880 And we've seen her race to 200 before in in LA. 1944 01:55:32,880 --> 01:55:35,680 Was that last year? She beat Gabby, Jennifer and me. 1945 01:55:36,160 --> 01:55:39,120 She beat everyone in the 200. Like the biggest event of that 1946 01:55:39,120 --> 01:55:42,640 day was that women's 200. And she she cleaned up. 1947 01:55:42,640 --> 01:55:47,040 It wasn't even close. Yeah, that that's got me 1948 01:55:47,040 --> 01:55:48,680 excited. I just hope that we're still 1949 01:55:48,680 --> 01:55:52,280 like in the prime of her career for her to be able to drop down 1950 01:55:52,280 --> 01:55:54,480 like that because that that is something that it's really 1951 01:55:54,480 --> 01:55:59,240 difficult to do. But yeah, that that I mean, 1952 01:55:59,360 --> 01:56:01,720 she's already shown that she's not afraid to move events. 1953 01:56:01,720 --> 01:56:04,960 And when, you know, she moved over, you know, into the open 4 1954 01:56:04,960 --> 01:56:07,680 cleaned up there. And yeah, I think going down to 1955 01:56:07,680 --> 01:56:11,440 the 2 is is even more exciting. Anderson, I'll come back to you 1956 01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:13,600 for any other ones that you have on the World Ultimate 1957 01:56:13,600 --> 01:56:15,120 Championships. But while we're on the subject 1958 01:56:15,120 --> 01:56:17,480 of the 200 at World Ultimate Championships, people may take 1959 01:56:17,480 --> 01:56:21,040 this as, you know, an act of absolute absolution. 1960 01:56:21,880 --> 01:56:25,120 But I'm gonna go with gout. Gout. 1961 01:56:25,760 --> 01:56:30,960 Is in in for the world Ultimate Championships in the 200 he's he 1962 01:56:30,960 --> 01:56:34,920 finished 2025 as the 20th fastest man. 1963 01:56:34,920 --> 01:56:37,960 So if you go on a descending order list like that doesn't get 1964 01:56:37,960 --> 01:56:39,960 you into the world ultimate championships. 1965 01:56:39,960 --> 01:56:44,120 But knowing that he does command the star power, he's got to lay 1966 01:56:44,120 --> 01:56:46,120 into some of these diamond leagues, especially when he 1967 01:56:46,120 --> 01:56:51,440 attracts viewership numbers and a whole continent of fans toward 1968 01:56:51,440 --> 01:56:54,000 him. He's going to run well enough at 1969 01:56:54,000 --> 01:56:58,600 the at these diamond leagues to boost his world ranking. 1970 01:56:59,000 --> 01:57:02,400 And he's going to be among the Now, I'm not saying he's going 1971 01:57:02,400 --> 01:57:05,640 to medal at the World Ultimate Championships. 1972 01:57:05,640 --> 01:57:08,000 I do think that he will qualify for it. 1973 01:57:08,000 --> 01:57:11,960 So he'll be among the, what is it, 12 or 16 best 200 meter 1974 01:57:11,960 --> 01:57:16,560 runners in the world. And so for all the people that 1975 01:57:16,560 --> 01:57:21,120 were upset at us during the World Championships because of a 1976 01:57:21,400 --> 01:57:26,560 silly pun, there you have it. We are very high on Gout Gout's 1977 01:57:26,600 --> 01:57:30,840 chances for the Ultimate Championships in 2025. 1978 01:57:30,840 --> 01:57:36,360 S take that and run with as many headlines and articles as you 1979 01:57:36,360 --> 01:57:38,920 guys did over the graphic from last year. 1980 01:57:39,000 --> 01:57:42,640 Anderson, back to you. What are some other predictions 1981 01:57:42,640 --> 01:57:44,880 you've got? Just two other quick ones. 1982 01:57:44,880 --> 01:57:47,480 Yeah, well, let's say three. I mean, I do have Gabby, 1983 01:57:47,720 --> 01:57:48,960 somebody off her running the 400. 1984 01:57:48,960 --> 01:57:51,760 I think she will win it at Ultimate Championships. 1985 01:57:51,760 --> 01:57:54,080 That's my bet over. You're showing me Louie Bow 1986 01:57:54,400 --> 01:57:58,040 maybe bet, but I think she runs it and gets the 400 at Ultimate 1987 01:57:58,040 --> 01:58:00,400 Champs. I think Delilah Muhammad who 1988 01:58:00,560 --> 01:58:03,240 seemingly has not retired. I don't think she's. 1989 01:58:03,280 --> 01:58:05,840 Retired, like she, I guess like this was a closing loop on 1990 01:58:05,840 --> 01:58:07,560 something print and I may be talking about in the last 1991 01:58:07,560 --> 01:58:10,480 episode of our, of our podcast, which is sort of like, is 1992 01:58:10,480 --> 01:58:13,360 Delilah retired or not? When I checked back in after 1993 01:58:13,360 --> 01:58:16,040 Femca Bowl announced her transition, she said she still 1994 01:58:16,040 --> 01:58:19,520 had yet to make a decision. But then based off of Instagram 1995 01:58:19,520 --> 01:58:25,840 stories, Delilah posted some video of like, I think it was 1996 01:58:25,840 --> 01:58:30,480 the whole Arkansas pro training groups like sheets for the for 1997 01:58:30,480 --> 01:58:31,960 the weight room or for some workout. 1998 01:58:31,960 --> 01:58:34,960 And she was among there and it said 400 hurdles next to her 1999 01:58:34,960 --> 01:58:39,760 name on the piece of paper. So I presume that means that 2000 01:58:39,760 --> 01:58:43,520 she's coming back in 2026 in the 400 hurdles. 2001 01:58:44,080 --> 01:58:47,440 Yeah, so I think she wins the foreign hurdles at Ultimate 2002 01:58:47,440 --> 01:58:49,480 Champs. Great way to go out especially. 2003 01:58:49,480 --> 01:58:55,160 With no Sydney no. Femka, that's her path. 2004 01:58:55,600 --> 01:59:00,240 The last one I do have is kind of it's Ultimate Championships 2005 01:59:00,240 --> 01:59:04,360 adjacent, but I think in at least two of the events that 2006 01:59:04,360 --> 01:59:07,520 they left out of the Ultimate Championships, we see world 2007 01:59:07,520 --> 01:59:10,760 records broken throughout the year and there's like backlash. 2008 01:59:10,760 --> 01:59:15,440 So for example, like the the hammer throw, the women's hammer 2009 01:59:15,440 --> 01:59:17,120 throw is not at the Ultimate Championships. 2010 01:59:17,320 --> 01:59:19,600 And maybe we see Cameron Rodgers, I don't know. 2011 01:59:19,600 --> 01:59:21,280 I don't know if she'll actually break the world record. 2012 01:59:21,320 --> 01:59:25,280 That's like it's kind of steep, but maybe she does the the men's 2013 01:59:25,280 --> 01:59:29,520 3000 meter steeplechase, right? Was it either, was it Wale or 2014 01:59:29,520 --> 01:59:31,480 the other Ethiopian? One of The Ethiopians, they 2015 01:59:31,480 --> 01:59:34,000 broke it like two or three years ago, relatively recent. 2016 01:59:34,160 --> 01:59:35,960 Maybe we see that record go down, right? 2017 01:59:35,960 --> 01:59:38,440 Like, I don't know, we see a record go up. 2018 01:59:38,520 --> 01:59:40,040 Valerie Allman in the discus throat. 2019 01:59:40,040 --> 01:59:43,040 Maybe she finds a way to get 3 or 4 meters to break the record 2020 01:59:43,400 --> 01:59:46,640 and then there's a backlash of like the greatest events that 2021 01:59:46,640 --> 01:59:49,280 have these world records are not going down at your quote UN 2022 01:59:49,280 --> 01:59:50,920 quote biggest meet of the year. So. 2023 01:59:51,280 --> 01:59:54,400 I I like that on your note about the steeplechase, I'm gonna, 2024 01:59:54,720 --> 01:59:56,680 it's, I don't think it's that bold, but some people might 2025 01:59:56,680 --> 01:59:59,720 think because it, it is a little bit of a jump in his PBI think 2026 01:59:59,720 --> 02:00:02,720 George Beamish becomes the first white guy to break 8 minutes in 2027 02:00:02,720 --> 02:00:06,400 the in the steeplechase. He was so close to being Evan 2028 02:00:06,400 --> 02:00:09,040 Jaeger. But I think it'll be George 2029 02:00:09,040 --> 02:00:14,720 Beamish and it'll be at the Monaco Diamond League in 2026. 2030 02:00:15,240 --> 02:00:18,440 Paul George Beamish breaks 8, but he's beaten in the same race 2031 02:00:18,440 --> 02:00:21,320 by Frederick Rupert. Oh, OK. 2032 02:00:21,360 --> 02:00:22,600 All right. Really. 2033 02:00:22,600 --> 02:00:23,920 So then he wouldn't be the first white guy. 2034 02:00:23,920 --> 02:00:25,440 Then it'd be Frederick Rupert. Yeah. 2035 02:00:25,760 --> 02:00:27,840 He still breaks 8. He still breaks like that, OK. 2036 02:00:28,840 --> 02:00:31,120 All right, Paul, give us your your and and do you have a 2037 02:00:31,120 --> 02:00:33,200 reaction to the Cameron Rodgers mentioned that Anderson had? 2038 02:00:33,920 --> 02:00:37,840 I think, I mean, it's like Anita's world record is a really 2039 02:00:37,840 --> 02:00:42,280 big number, but when you look at what Cameron did at Worlds, that 2040 02:00:42,280 --> 02:00:46,600 was almost a 2m PB and that's something we had really kind of 2041 02:00:47,160 --> 02:00:50,320 known that she was capable of for a long time and she just 2042 02:00:50,320 --> 02:00:55,400 kind of needed it to sync up. So I don't think it's 2043 02:00:55,400 --> 02:01:00,920 necessarily out of the question. But also, I mean, I think when 2044 02:01:00,920 --> 02:01:04,920 Anita broke the world record for the first or when Anita threw 2045 02:01:04,920 --> 02:01:08,920 what is the world record right now, I think she was maybe close 2046 02:01:08,920 --> 02:01:12,920 to 30 because I was in it wasn't she broke the world record in 2047 02:01:12,920 --> 02:01:14,720 Rio, the world record that stands now. 2048 02:01:14,720 --> 02:01:21,160 She threw in 2016 after Rio. And so I mean, Cameron still got 2049 02:01:21,160 --> 02:01:25,280 a lot of years to just continue building strength and technical 2050 02:01:25,280 --> 02:01:27,680 prowess. So like, it's not a bad thing if 2051 02:01:27,680 --> 02:01:31,040 it's not this year. But I do think that is on the 2052 02:01:31,040 --> 02:01:33,960 table on the right day. OK. 2053 02:01:34,280 --> 02:01:35,760 All right. What are some of your World 2054 02:01:35,760 --> 02:01:36,920 Ultimate Championship predictions? 2055 02:01:36,920 --> 02:01:39,840 I know you have you have it out for them a little bit because 2056 02:01:39,840 --> 02:01:41,560 they didn't include some of your favorite events. 2057 02:01:42,160 --> 02:01:46,200 I I was going to say, my first prediction is that they regret 2058 02:01:46,200 --> 02:01:49,440 not having either discus, either shot put or women's hammer. 2059 02:01:49,440 --> 02:01:52,200 In it and keep them up at night every day of 2026. 2060 02:01:53,600 --> 02:01:58,080 I think about the events that will be there for both javelins. 2061 02:01:59,480 --> 02:02:02,520 I think in the women's jab, you see someone who's never won a 2062 02:02:02,520 --> 02:02:06,680 global medal win the World Ultimate Championship, which is 2063 02:02:06,680 --> 02:02:08,880 that's just how women's jab works. 2064 02:02:10,040 --> 02:02:13,080 Pre just reminded me of something that I don't know if 2065 02:02:13,080 --> 02:02:16,440 I'm going to steal his Thunder on that one, but I think a a 2066 02:02:16,800 --> 02:02:20,480 likely candidate for that is Adriano Vlogos, who's 2067 02:02:20,680 --> 02:02:24,360 ridiculously good from Serbia. She's I think this is going to 2068 02:02:24,360 --> 02:02:27,920 be her age 22 season. Wait, what about 21 maybe? 2069 02:02:27,960 --> 02:02:31,520 Chinese girl who's like she's. Like, OK, well that's that's the 2070 02:02:31,520 --> 02:02:35,920 one Pre reminded me of 'cause I I had thought about that last 2071 02:02:35,920 --> 02:02:39,480 night, but I thought she was still going to be 17 this year. 2072 02:02:39,720 --> 02:02:43,360 And World Athletics doesn't allow U18 athletes to compete in 2073 02:02:43,360 --> 02:02:47,200 the throws at global championships, which is why she 2074 02:02:47,200 --> 02:02:48,720 wasn't in Tokyo, even though she. 2075 02:02:48,760 --> 02:02:50,400 Yeah, explain. Explain it to the to the 2076 02:02:50,440 --> 02:02:53,160 listeners who don't know how. This has been ridiculous. 2077 02:02:53,280 --> 02:02:56,600 Like, the best javelin thrower in the world arguably has not 2078 02:02:56,600 --> 02:02:58,840 been able to compete at any of the last couple World 2079 02:02:58,840 --> 02:03:02,240 Championships because she's a teenager in China. 2080 02:03:02,960 --> 02:03:09,160 Yeah, So Yanzi Yi, it started in 2024 when she was a couple weeks 2081 02:03:09,160 --> 02:03:14,360 before she turned 16, she broke the world U20 record in the 2082 02:03:14,360 --> 02:03:18,960 women's javelin through I think. Then it was at like 6460, which 2083 02:03:18,960 --> 02:03:20,880 broke the record by almost a meter. 2084 02:03:21,400 --> 02:03:25,320 And then this year she had multiple throws over 65 meters. 2085 02:03:25,320 --> 02:03:28,880 So she's now almost 2 full meters better than any other U18 2086 02:03:28,880 --> 02:03:31,720 thrower or U20 thrower in world history. 2087 02:03:32,440 --> 02:03:37,880 But World Athletics has a rule where if you're AU 18 athlete, 2088 02:03:38,640 --> 02:03:41,840 you cannot compete in any of the throws at a global 2089 02:03:41,840 --> 02:03:43,520 championships. Like she could have been in 2090 02:03:43,520 --> 02:03:48,360 Paris last year as a 15 year old if a 16 year old, I guess if she 2091 02:03:48,360 --> 02:03:53,480 was in any event other than a throw and like she's one of the 2092 02:03:53,480 --> 02:03:55,920 absolute best in the world. Like I think she finished last 2093 02:03:55,920 --> 02:03:58,480 year maybe 4th on the world list. 2094 02:03:58,520 --> 02:04:03,120 I think in 2024 she might have been 5th at the end of the year, 2095 02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:09,200 but she turns 18 in May, as pre reminded me a couple minutes 2096 02:04:09,200 --> 02:04:12,880 ago. So she should be there in her 2097 02:04:12,880 --> 02:04:15,480 first global championship experience, which is going to be 2098 02:04:15,480 --> 02:04:17,440 really fun. So I think either her or Adriana 2099 02:04:17,440 --> 02:04:20,360 Vilagos are really strong candidates to win the women's 2100 02:04:20,360 --> 02:04:22,320 title. Yeah, 'cause I just looked it up 2101 02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:23,760 for you, Paul. Yeah. 2102 02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:28,560 Is it Yanzi Yi? That's that's Yanzi Yi was ninth 2103 02:04:28,560 --> 02:04:33,920 in the world in 2024 and then fourth in 2025, or maybe even 2104 02:04:33,920 --> 02:04:34,280 third. I. 2105 02:04:34,600 --> 02:04:38,720 Think anyway, I think it was, yeah, third. 2106 02:04:39,880 --> 02:04:42,160 Yeah. So she's finally going to be 2107 02:04:42,160 --> 02:04:44,880 able to compete on the stage that she deserves this year, 2108 02:04:44,880 --> 02:04:48,480 which is going to be really fun to watch in the men's javelin. 2109 02:04:49,400 --> 02:04:52,880 I would say Arshad Nadeem wins the World Ultimate Championship 2110 02:04:52,880 --> 02:04:55,880 in his only competition of the year, but that's not that bold 2111 02:04:55,880 --> 02:04:58,240 of a prediction given how his seasons usually go. 2112 02:04:58,640 --> 02:05:03,120 So I'm going to. This is the most outlandish 2113 02:05:03,120 --> 02:05:06,200 thing I think I've ever said, and I'm going to say that. 2114 02:05:06,240 --> 02:05:10,960 Johannes Vetter wins the 2026 World Ultimate Championship in 2115 02:05:10,960 --> 02:05:13,600 the men's javelin. Hasn't competed at a global 2116 02:05:13,600 --> 02:05:15,920 championship since the Tokyo Olympics. 2117 02:05:16,440 --> 02:05:19,680 But I think the second best thrower to ever, the second best 2118 02:05:19,680 --> 02:05:22,240 javelin thrower in world history comes all the way back. 2119 02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:24,880 I wish takes the win and Buddha best. 2120 02:05:25,120 --> 02:05:30,160 I I wish for just downloads and views sake you would have just 2121 02:05:30,400 --> 02:05:33,680 given this to. Niraj. 2122 02:05:33,680 --> 02:05:36,520 Niraj Chopra, But I guess he got it. 2123 02:05:36,520 --> 02:05:39,600 That wouldn't be as bold as to just say that he would win. 2124 02:05:40,400 --> 02:05:43,320 Yeah, pre I'm. I'm going to make it equally 2125 02:05:43,320 --> 02:05:44,800 bold. One of the other injured dudes 2126 02:05:44,800 --> 02:05:49,080 goes and wins it. There's the guy who came fourth. 2127 02:05:49,240 --> 02:05:52,640 Was it Yado, Sachin Yadav, Kishore But or Kishore Yadav? 2128 02:05:52,640 --> 02:05:55,560 And then there's another like two or three other guys who are 2129 02:05:56,080 --> 02:05:58,360 equally good, who I think they're all a bit 2130 02:05:58,360 --> 02:06:00,560 interchangeable. And yeah, one of them comes 2131 02:06:00,560 --> 02:06:02,120 along and wins. Wins, well, ultimate 2132 02:06:02,120 --> 02:06:04,680 championships. Have you guys been fed like this 2133 02:06:05,560 --> 02:06:10,880 Indian sprinter on Instagram reels of like this teenage kid? 2134 02:06:11,120 --> 02:06:13,560 I don't even know how how old he is, but like apparently he's 2135 02:06:13,560 --> 02:06:19,120 running like 48 for the 400 and he's like this. 2136 02:06:20,000 --> 02:06:23,040 He he like gets up at 5:00 in the morning, feeds the cows and 2137 02:06:23,040 --> 02:06:26,280 then gets on a train, then travels like for two hours to go 2138 02:06:26,280 --> 02:06:29,080 to a track, does a track workout, and then travels all 2139 02:06:29,080 --> 02:06:31,880 the way back home And like he does his day in a life video 2140 02:06:32,040 --> 02:06:35,400 every single day. And his name is Parvez Khan. 2141 02:06:35,400 --> 02:06:37,760 No, no, he's serving a suspension. 2142 02:06:38,800 --> 02:06:46,000 But this Indian guy, this Indian sprinter, he it's like day 58 to 2143 02:06:46,120 --> 02:06:49,960 on the road to LA. His goal is to represent India 2144 02:06:49,960 --> 02:06:54,120 at the 2028 Olympics and he's doing his daily Instagram vlogs. 2145 02:06:55,240 --> 02:06:58,400 My bold prediction would be that this dude gets into a Diamond 2146 02:06:58,400 --> 02:07:00,120 League and like they give him the opportunity. 2147 02:07:00,120 --> 02:07:03,080 Like it's, it's if you follow the guy, if he pops up on your 2148 02:07:03,080 --> 02:07:07,000 Instagram reels, which now he may because our phones are 2149 02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:09,440 listening to us at all times and, and, and they hear you 2150 02:07:09,440 --> 02:07:13,680 listening and discussing this, you're going to follow this 2151 02:07:13,680 --> 02:07:15,560 account. And then you'll get to see him 2152 02:07:15,560 --> 02:07:17,640 on a start list of a Diamond League later on in the year. 2153 02:07:17,640 --> 02:07:20,680 Although he's got to run a little faster than 48 seconds 2154 02:07:20,680 --> 02:07:24,600 for the 400. But I'm all in like of just this 2155 02:07:24,600 --> 02:07:29,160 dude's road to the LA Olympics and really from nothing to 2156 02:07:29,240 --> 02:07:32,080 hopefully getting to the the Summer Games. 2157 02:07:32,080 --> 02:07:34,160 So. He's getting the discretionary 2158 02:07:34,160 --> 02:07:39,560 spot for World Ultimate. Him I show speed and then throw. 2159 02:07:39,760 --> 02:07:43,880 If we're going for like maximum exposure by adding influencers 2160 02:07:43,880 --> 02:07:48,680 in there, I don't know, throw in Truett Haynes, the the, the guy 2161 02:07:48,680 --> 02:07:51,600 who runs the marathon in jeans, who now says he's going after 2162 02:07:51,600 --> 02:07:57,840 the OTQI think he's run 226 for the marathon and was vocal about 2163 02:07:57,840 --> 02:08:00,160 like, his next big goal is to try and run the OTQ. 2164 02:08:01,480 --> 02:08:04,280 And now there's a population of people being like, this dude's 2165 02:08:04,520 --> 02:08:07,080 out of his mind. You know what, for being bold. 2166 02:08:07,280 --> 02:08:09,840 Then predictions say Drew Hayne's going to get the OTQ 2167 02:08:10,520 --> 02:08:13,560 for, for the marathon at some point, maybe not this year, 2168 02:08:13,560 --> 02:08:16,800 maybe next year. All right, I think we've 2169 02:08:16,800 --> 02:08:19,440 exhausted just sort of all of our bold predictions. 2170 02:08:19,440 --> 02:08:23,560 And this will be interesting to see who's right on any of these 2171 02:08:23,880 --> 02:08:29,520 in 2020, in 2026. Last year, I got to rest on my 2172 02:08:29,520 --> 02:08:32,160 laurels all throughout the season when I think I said to 2173 02:08:32,160 --> 02:08:34,560 Preet and Anderson that Melissa Jefferson Wooden was going to be 2174 02:08:34,560 --> 02:08:38,320 really good at the 200. Paul, did you have a bold one 2175 02:08:38,320 --> 02:08:43,480 that played out this year? I forget what my bold prediction 2176 02:08:43,480 --> 02:08:47,480 for this last year was, but I had one that I forgot. 2177 02:08:47,480 --> 02:08:48,880 Sakes. I don't think any of us had 2178 02:08:48,880 --> 02:08:52,120 anything about World Cross this weekend. 2179 02:08:52,120 --> 02:08:54,800 So my yeah entries just came out today. 2180 02:08:54,800 --> 02:09:00,480 Finally, and I think Sneaky podium might be a bit rich, but 2181 02:09:00,480 --> 02:09:05,000 like top five in the relay, I think Morocco could surprise 2182 02:09:05,000 --> 02:09:07,040 some people. Their team is, it's basically 2183 02:09:07,040 --> 02:09:13,920 all NCAA athletes, but he, LR, Fawi and Salma, Al Badra. 2184 02:09:14,200 --> 02:09:16,400 And then the men, they've got Flawed, Miss Audi and Honest 2185 02:09:16,400 --> 02:09:18,920 Society, who was at South Carolina a couple years ago. 2186 02:09:18,920 --> 02:09:21,280 And I don't know, there I was looking through the teams and 2187 02:09:21,280 --> 02:09:27,400 those were probably a little like NCAA confirmation bias in a 2188 02:09:27,400 --> 02:09:29,720 way. But I was like, I know all those 2189 02:09:29,720 --> 02:09:30,920 names. Those people are all really 2190 02:09:30,920 --> 02:09:33,640 fast. The most random prediction could 2191 02:09:33,680 --> 02:09:35,920 be asked. For to close out the. 2192 02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:39,080 Podcast. Well I I was hoping more people 2193 02:09:39,080 --> 02:09:41,800 would have ones about World cross so it wouldn't seem so 2194 02:09:41,800 --> 02:09:45,120 random, but I guess I'll just throw that one in there at the 2195 02:09:45,160 --> 02:09:49,160 end. All right, well, we'll, we'll 2196 02:09:49,160 --> 02:09:52,160 have some of these transcribed and in an article so we can 2197 02:09:52,160 --> 02:09:55,600 easily find out and see what we all predicted throughout the 2198 02:09:55,600 --> 02:09:59,080 year. And then in addition to that can 2199 02:09:59,080 --> 02:10:02,800 come back to it all and people can take a celebration lap when 2200 02:10:02,800 --> 02:10:07,880 things turn out right. And in a year, we can revisit 2201 02:10:07,880 --> 02:10:10,200 this and see where we were right or where we were wrong. 2202 02:10:10,840 --> 02:10:14,680 But that does it for our Bold Predictions episode of the CGS 2203 02:10:14,680 --> 02:10:16,800 Mag podcast. Once again, we will be at the 2204 02:10:16,800 --> 02:10:18,840 World Cross Country Championships this weekend with 2205 02:10:18,920 --> 02:10:24,960 a six, and we'll be bringing you live updates, interviews, shows 2206 02:10:25,000 --> 02:10:27,360 and more. So stay tuned to the CGS Mag 2207 02:10:27,360 --> 02:10:29,720 channels for that you got. We'll probably get some updates 2208 02:10:29,720 --> 02:10:32,520 from Houston and some coverage from there as well. 2209 02:10:33,040 --> 02:10:37,480 And yeah, it's good. It's 2026, another year full of 2210 02:10:37,880 --> 02:10:42,000 track and field. All right, that's a wrap on 2211 02:10:42,000 --> 02:10:44,240 today's episode. Thanks for listening, for the 2212 02:10:44,240 --> 02:10:47,240 time, the curiosity, and for making this show part of your 2213 02:10:47,240 --> 02:10:50,320 routine or your run. 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