Today is Monday, July 21st, 2025, and on this day in 2023, Faith Kipyegon set what remains the current official world record in the women's mile.

In this episode we will hear how women's "world's bests" and later world records fell over the 102 years of recordkeeping, learn about Faith Kipyegon's incredible career, and speculate on where the women's mile will go from here.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• https://worldathletics.org/news/report/hassan-breaks-mile-world-record-in-monaco
• https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62226390
• https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/faith-kipyegon-14413305
• https://web.archive.org/web/20250423153851/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/23/faith-kipyegon-audacious-bid-first-woman-sub-four-minute-mile
• https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/meet-the-pace-team-for-faith-kipyegons-breaking4-mile-attempt/
• https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a65234650/faith-kipyegon-breaking-4-timing/
• https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a65191857/faith-kipyegon-breaking4-results/
• https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/faith-kipyegon-2019-kenya-1500m-child
• https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/focus-finalists-faith-kipyegon-ryan-crouser
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/sports/olympics/faith-kipyegon-wins-1500-meters.html
• https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6245452
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-15-sp-34390-story.html
• https://www.8020endurance.com/fastest-mile-run/

Today is Sunday, July 20, 2025 and on this day in 1876, the IC4A (precursor to NCAA) hosted the first intercollegiate track and field meet in the United States.

In this episode, we'll hear which college sports predated track and field, which events made an appearance at this first official meet, and which US President was supposed to be in attendance.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod. He is available to take on additional work if you are looking to get into the podcasting/YouTubing space and need some help on the technical side. You can email him at robontherunpodcast@gmail.com

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Today is Saturday, July 19, 2025 and on this day in 1900, 14 men started the second ever Olympic marathon, and only half of them finished.

In this episode, we'll learn about the 1900 Paris Olympics - which were held as a component of that year's World Fair - and the inhospitable conditions that made a full half of the athletes who began the marathon able to complete it. Plus, the secret that the champion was keeping from Olympic officials...

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This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• ⁠https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68519⁠

• ⁠https://www.olympedia.org/results/56066⁠

• ⁠https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900⁠

• ⁠https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/athletics/marathon-men⁠

• ⁠https://www.paris.fr/en/pages/the-incredible-story-of-michel-theato-1900-games-marathon-winner-27633⁠

• ⁠https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/07/this-day-in-track-field-july-19-michel-theato-wins-paris-olympic-marathon-1900-by-walt-murphy-news-and-results-service.html⁠

Today is Friday, July 18, 2025, and on this day in 2004, middle distance phenom Carrie Tollefson won the 1,500 meter final at the US Olympic track and field trials in Sacramento, CA.

In this episode we will hear about Tollefson's devastating loss in the 5,000 meters earlier in the trials, learn how she pivoted her focus toward the 1,500 to win and make the Olympic team, and then we'll sit down with Carrie Tollefson herself to hear what that day was really like.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• ⁠https://mn.milesplit.com/articles/280307/olympic-legends-of-minnesota-carrie-tollefson⁠

• ⁠https://www.letsrun.com/2004/w1500mfinal.php⁠

• ⁠https://ucan.co/blogs/energy-lab/olympian-carrie-tollefson-on-digging-deep-and-not-holding-back⁠

• ⁠https://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2012/05/carrie-tollefson-one-last-shot-to.html⁠

• ⁠https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/carrie-tollefson-14322879⁠

• ⁠https://2026specialolympicsusagames.org/get-involved/game-changers/carrie-tollefson⁠

• ⁠https://villanova.com/news/1999/6/21/tollefson_wins_fourth_career_national_championship.aspx⁠

• ⁠https://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_5000ok.htm⁠

• ⁠https://mn.milesplit.com/articles/325950/all-time-minnesota-class-a-state-champions-1975-present⁠

• ⁠https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2004.pdf⁠

Today is Thursday, July 17, 2025 and on this day in 1988, Florence Griffith-Joyner, better known as FloJo, celebrated breaking the women's 100m world record in an incredible time of 10.49 seconds. To this day, her record still stands.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• • ⁠https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-flojo-records-8b1b7f8cf40dbe90a80bd40e308ab590⁠

  • ⁠https://www.npr.org/2023/09/21/1200371618/remembering-olympic-gold-medalist-florence-flo-jo-griffith-joyner⁠

  • ⁠https://www.recognizepod.com/135-challenge/florence-griffith-joyner-the-ruler⁠

  • ⁠https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/florence-griffith-joyner⁠

  • ⁠https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1988.pdf⁠

  • ⁠https://lawattstimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342:the-mother-behind-the-olympian-reveals-the-spirit-that-was-flo-jo&catid=12&Itemid=110⁠

  • Aaseng, N. “A to Z of African American Athletes”. (2011). Facts on File.

  • ⁠https://books.google.com/books?id=iSxylfm58foC&q=florence+delorez+griffith&pg=PA91#v=snippet&q=florence%20delorez%20griffith&f=false⁠

  • ⁠https://www.espn.com/classic/s/add_griffith_joyner_florence.html⁠

  • ⁠https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-26-sp-8397-story.html⁠

  • ⁠https://sports.yahoo.com/elaine-thompson-herah-narrowly-misses-212228141.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall⁠

Today is Wednesday, July 16, 2025, and on this day in 1978, the first annual Boilermaker race was held in Utica, New York - a race that would grow to one of the biggest and most iconic 15Ks in the country.

In this episode we will learn about the radiator company that started it all, what that first race looked like back in '78, and then meet Joe Wilczynski, one of 7 athletes who has completed all 48 editions of the Boilermaker.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• Pitarresi, J. (2002), “Utica Boilermaker: America’s premier 15K road race”. North Country Books. Utica, Ny.

• ⁠https://uticaboilers.com/why-choose-us/company-history/⁠

• ⁠https://www.wktv.com/news/boilermaker-founder-looks-back-on-46-years-of-race-history/article_9e98a256-1467-11ee-a772-67bdda303cbe.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.romesentinel.com/boilermaker-2025-womens-15k-winner-veronica-loleo/article_eaa0ad7c-13d6-49e2-94fe-ee2277adba3a.html⁠

• ⁠http://www.polymorphs.net/results/boilermaker/1978_boilermaker_res.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.greatersyracusesportshalloffame.com/kathy-mills-parker⁠

• ⁠https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/13089/IndividualResult/BHYq?resultSetId=566284#U107227411⁠

• ⁠https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/local/2025/07/13/boilermaker-utica-2025-live-updates-race-winners/84510160007/⁠

• ⁠https://foundationhoc.org/community-impact/community-impactinitiatives/donor-profile-earle-c-reed⁠

• ⁠https://www.cityofutica.com/community/events/Boilermaker⁠

• https://www.boilermaker.com//15k/#1666200824667-5ba3b48c-a350

Today is Tuesday, July 15, 2025, and on this day in 1912, 68 men set out to run the Olympic Marathon in Stockholm, Sweden.

In this episode we will hear about the 35 who finished, the one who collapsed and died, and the one who went missing, only to be found 54 years later.

This episode is sponsored by MyRaceTatts, the awesome temporary tattoos with motivational phrases that I love to wear during races. Listeners of Today in Running History can get 15% of your purchase with ⁠this link⁠, or by using my code "HILLARY" at checkout.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Today is Monday, July 14, 2025, and on this day in 2022, Jim Thorpe was finally re-instated as the sole winner of the 2 Olympic gold medals he won at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.

First we'll learn about the logistics of Thorpe's events - the decathlon and the pentathlon - and then we will mee Dr. Matt Andrews, an American sports historian and professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Dr. Andrews will tell us how Thorpe's story played out, and why it took over a century to make things right.

This episode was edited and produced by my good friend and confidant, Rob Garcia. Check out his podcast, ⁠⁠⁠Rob on the Run on Youtube⁠⁠⁠, or on Instagram as @robontherunpod.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and share, then connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram as well at @running_up_that_hillary⁠⁠⁠, or check out my website at runningupthathillary.com.

Bibliography:

• https://www.unc.edu/discover/jim-thorpes-olympic-wins-restored-110-years-later/
• https://mylesapparel.com/blogs/journal/the-greatest-athlete-of-all-time?srsltid=AfmBOorPgbADvMckmBNQdxV-1HDpS_Gd--s8VjFF1_pVsIr9An50kByw
• https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/jim-thorpe-backlash-olympic-medals-debacle-and-demise-carlisle
• https://history.unc.edu/faculty-members/matthew-andrews/