RunBlogRun presents: Conversations with Larry: World Record Mania

The World record mania in this track season kept others very excited. The 2025 Millrose Games on February 8 had WR at 3,000m, with Grant Foster and Cole Hocker breaking the previous record. Right after that, Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler battled over the mile, both going under 3:47, with Yared Nuguse setting a new WR for the mile in 3:46.33.

Yared Nuguse, 117th Millrose Games
The Armory, New York, NY, USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

Five days later, on Thursday, February 13, 2025, Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the 1,500-meter (3:29.83) and Mile (3:45.14) World records in the same race. The last time that happened was in 1954 when John Landy broke the 1,500m/Mile!

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sets WR at 1,500m and Mile at Meeting de Lieven, February 13, 2025. Photos by Maxime Delobel

On February 14, 2025, Grant Fisher broke the world record of one Kenenisa Bekele, who ran 12:49.60 in 2004, with Grant Fisher’s brilliant 12:44.09. Grant ran the last 6 minutes of the race by himself, running 30-31 seconds per lap in a no-man land. In second, Jimmy Gressier of France ran 12:54.92, both a French National record and a European record!

In addition, Mondo Duplantis set a new World record in the pole vault on February 28, with his 6.27 meters, or 20 feet, 6.75 inches. This was Mondo Duplantis’ eleventh world record!

Mondo Duplantis, August 5, 2024, photo by Christel Saneh for World Athletics

The challenge for writers in describing these athletes is this: how to describe athletes at their very best, who make these incredible performances look so easy. They are not. These are athletes at their very hightest fitness and they are giving their all.

February was awash in World Records, and we discussed their significance on Convos with Larry’s podcast!

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RunBlogRun presents Conversations with Larry

Topic: World Record Mania

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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