# Joshua Cheptegei

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August 14, 2020 - Joshua Cheptegei sets current 5,000m world record

Today is Thursday, August 14th, 2025 and on this day in 2020, after Covid had cancelled nearly every in-person international track competition for 5 months, Ugandan runner Joshua Cheptegei set the world record in the 5,000m at the Herculis Meet in Monaco.    In this episode, we'll hear about Chep…

BNP 029: Trump Goes Bananas at UN, Malawi Election Delivers a Bitter-Sweet Shocker: What Does It All Mean?

Send us Fan Mail From Donald Trump’s fiery turn at the United Nations General Assembly to Malawi’s contested elections exposing cracks in African democracy, this week captures the chaos and resilience shaping the continent. In Tokyo, African athletes like Joshua Cheptegei and Faith Kipyegon bring g…

Amsterdam Marathon, what's next for Joshua Cheptegei and Great South Run

After a long delay to publish due to AWS (!) Rich and Hannah look back at the action on the roads over the past week, including victories for Marc Scott and Verity Ockenden at the Great South Run and a review of the Amsterdam Marathon - which featured the latest attempt over the distance for Joshua…

Jane Hedengren debut, Parker Valby & Katelyn Tuohy return, Joshua Cheptegei vs Conner Mantz + Keely Hodgkinson

Jane Hedengren blew her NCAA debut out of the park? Could she be the favorite at NCAA cross country? Joshua Cheptegei's improved in marahton #3 in Amsterdam, but is he even better than Conner Mantz? What about Mo Farah?marathon performances and questions whether he's cut out for the distance, com…

London Marathon 2026 | Elite Men (International)

Could the course record fall this year?! In the final episode of elite announcement week, we preview the men’s race - Sabastian Sawe’s back to defend his title, with Jacob Kiplimo also returning after his first marathon win in Chicago - 2:01:25 is the time to beat. Joining them are Olympic champio…

Performance Development, Doping and Youth Performance

After some personal updates and race discussion, we head to community shoutouts and some great questions from listeners. Following this we look at lessons from the Knicks win, including trends that we see repeatedly in sport. We then touch on some observations and fun facts from the football (socce…

Adventure Travel with Daan Oxener - Home of Friends Guesthouse & Community Experiences Uganda

Guest BioDaan Oxener is the co-founder of Home of Friends Guesthouse & Community Experiences Uganda, a community-rooted guesthouse and adventure travel hub based in Kapchorwa on the slopes of Mount Elgon. Originally from the Netherlands, Daan’s path to Uganda began with an early fascination for Afr…

The 2025 Tokyo Marathon: Instant Reactions From a Wild Race

Our editors Alex, Katelyn and Michael discuss the 2025 Tokyo Marathon moments after the elite races wrapped up. They break down all the action, including a surprising win on the men's side, and a risky move by defending champion Sutume Kebede in the women's race. Plus, the look at track great Joshu…

Wait, Super Shoes Don't Actually Make You Faster?

On this week's episode of the Marathon Handbook Podcast, our editors Alex, Katelyn and Michael first do a mini preview of the 2025 Tokyo Marathon, which released its elite fields this week, including one intriguing starter, Joshua Cheptegei. Then they talk about three super weird footwear stories: …

#393 Jake Smith - How He Overcame Red-S to Save His Pro Running Career + Breakthrough 2:09 Marathon at Berlin

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Jake Smith! Jake is a professional runner for Nike out of the UK based out of Cardiff. Jake has an amazing story and we are so grateful he was able to share it with us on this pod. Early on in his career, Jak…