From Hocker to Mu: The Shocks & Surprises of 2025 & What Comes Next

Jon is back from Japan. Which World Champ did he bump into near Kyoto? The crew breaks down a crazy 2025 track and field season. What were the biggest shocks and surprises? What does the future hold? Become a Letsrun.com VIP to get our 2nd podcast every week Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today for exclusive content, a bonus weekly podcast, shoe savings, and more. Cancel anytime . https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe The Chicago Marathon is next week and so is Athlos and NCAA XC (Jane Hedengren's debut) and USA XC (World XC qualifier) are fast approaching. What are we most excited about? And what about the latest Kenyan doping scandal. Show notes: 00:00 Meeting a World Champion in Japan 01:35 Welcome to the Let's Run Podcast 02:39 Podcast Team Reunion 04:48 Rojo & Jon's living situation 09:56 Analyzing the 2025 Track Surprises 10:15 The biggest surprise of 2025 was... 12:03 Cole Hocker's 5000 16:57 Brazier 19:04 Josh Hoey 22:37 African men won no track titles 1500-10k 28:12 Jon Gault audio on Cole Hocker 32:31 Athing Mu's year 37:43 Guess how many Olympic champs repeated in Tokyo 41:42 Grant Fisher 45:46 Grand Slam Track 49:45 Jimmy Gressier 51:29 Sydney was Sydney 54:18 Michael Norman, Emmanuel Korir 56:54 Upcoming Marathons and Expectations 01:00:50 What are you most excited about for the fall.. 01:05:51 US Cross Country Championships 01:13:50 The #1 ranked US 800 and 1500m runner are... 01:18:44 World Ultimate Championships in 2026 01:24:28 Kenyan Doping scandal with bus conductor 01:29:58 Chicago & Athlos next week Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today for exclusive content, a bonus weekly podcast, shoe savings, and more. Cancel anytime . https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on your podcast app and spread the word to friend. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/8c8c6413-b775-4a2d-b77c-c12466b375c8