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BREAKING: Donavan Brazier is reuniting with Pete Julian.

After running 1:42.16 under Mike Smith in '25, Brazier struggled with fatigue at altitude in '26. Now he’s heading to Denver to team back up with the coach who guided him to World Championship gold.

Full details & exclusive quotes from Julian and Smith:
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www.letsrun.com Back to the Future: Donavan Brazier reunites with Pete Julian after training with Mike Smith for... After a disappointing 2026 season, Donavan Brazier is reuniting with the coach who guided him to the 2019 world title. Pete Julian believes Denver's lower altitude — roughly 2,000 feet below Flagst...
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Five months ago, a high school runner running just 8-10 miles a week came to the LetsRun message board asking for training advice.

We offered to coach him. The results have been remarkable.

From 10 miles a week to 65.

From a 9:58 two-mile to a sub-15:00 3-mile - and a shot at the California state meet.

Our Summer of LetsRun experiment, updated:
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www.letsrun.com We coached a 9:58 two-miler running just 10 miles a week. How fast is he now? In May, a West Coast prep who had run 9:58 on 8–10 mpw asked the LetsRun forum how fast he could get with real training. We took the challenge and agreed to coach him. Now mid-way through cross...
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The SEC vs. Big Ten debate isn't just for football anymore.

At the SEC Cross Country Championships, ZERO American men finished in the top 10.

At the Big Ten Championships, 8 of the top 10 men were Americans.

Across both sexes, 95% of SEC top-10 finishers were foreign, compared to just 25% in the Big Ten.

What explains this enormous divide?
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www.letsrun.com Foreign runners took 95% of the top-10 spots at SEC cross country. In the Big Ten, 75% were... Across the Power 4 conferences, 65% of top-10 cross country finishers were international runners. But the breakdown between conferences is staggering: the SEC saw 95% of its top 10 go to foreign-born...
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Heading into NYC, African-born men had won 111 of the last 113 World Marathon Majors (98.2%). Andreas Almgren blew that wide open in 2:06:01. Full WTW analysis on his historic run, the crazy fast American men's times, Ciara Mageean's passing & NCAA XC: letsrun.com/news/2026/11/w…
www.letsrun.com WTW: African-born men won 111 of 113 majors. Then came Andreas Almgren. Jess McClain shocks NYC,... Sweden's Andreas Almgren's win in NYC looked so effortless we have to ask, "Is he the Jakob Ingebrigtsen of the long distances?" Plus, four American men break 2:07:30 and miss the top five, Jess...