Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:56 to smash the marathon world record at the Bank of American Chicago Marathon. In the process she became the first woman to go sub 2:10 . Is this the greatest distance performance ever?

Former American record holder and Olympic bronze medallist Deena Kastor joins us for an hour to break down Chicago and Ruth's incredible run and everything Chicago where John Korir got the win on the men's side (update from the pod: the first Ascis WMM win since Yuki Kawauchi in 2018 in Boston). CJ Albertson and Susanna Sullivan led the Americans.

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• Show notes: 00:00 Banter


• 00:39 Start


• 02:11 Deena Kastor's initial thoughts


• 06:04 Segue on American Runners' Performance


• 08:20 Kebede and Chepngetich both after WR


• 14:34 Rough patch at 35k


• 19:26 Skepticism and Doping Concerns


• 28:51 Deena on Paula & how record breakers change the mindset for everyone *Renato Canova post


• 36:05 Barry Bonds


• 39:49 Was this the Greatest Performance in Women's Distance Running?


• 40:55 Kudos to Carey Pinkowski


• 43:16 Kelvin Kiptum


• 45:33 Chepngetich's run was amazing


• 48:44 Paris for John Korir from Deena


• 58:40 Rojo's announcing plan


• 01:00:42 American women disappointed


• 01:03:44 Not Susanna Sullivan


• 01:04:57 CJ Albertson wants to be the top American at all the US WMM


• 01:09:37 01:12:06 Rojo's marathon PB?


• 01:17:33 Centro


• 01:17:57 Mile splits not always accurate


• 01:22:32 Greatest women's record?


• 01:24:51 Were Rojo's doping questions inappropriate?


• 01:29:16 NCAA XC - BYU puts 7 ahead of Oregon's #1


• 01:35:22 Wrap-Up and Announcements


• Links: everything Chicago Marathon here


• *Renato Canova post

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