The Indoor Season Is Here! New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Preview; Boston Marathon Unveils Loaded U.S. Women’s Field + How To Qualify For World Indoors

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Sports, Running

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Some light results took place over the week but it’s officially the indoor track season as a few pros drop some scheduling breadcrumbs as to when they’ll plan to step out onto the track for the first time this year.

Preet explains how qualifying for the World Indoor Championships works.

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is in Boston on January 24th and it’s loaded with Noah Lyles, Donavan Brazier, Bryce Hoppel, Grant Fisher, Jake Wightman, Josh Hoey, Jessica Hull, Elle St. Pierre, and a lot more. In some cases, the talent is split off into two close race distances and it’s not great!

Plus, the 2026 Boston Marathon women’s elite field is out and it is stacked! Sharon Lokedi is back to defend against a modest international group but it’s a ridiculous wave of U.S. talent headlined by Emily Sisson and Fiona O’Keeffe. Plus more news from the past week!

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Hosts: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Preet Majithia | ⁠⁠⁠@preet_athletics⁠⁠

Produced by: Jasmine Fehr |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@jasminefehr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:21.3	It is January 20th. I'm Chris Chavez.
0:38.5	I'm Chris Chavez.
0:39.7	And it looks like we've got the first real sign that it is 2026 and the indoor season is underway.
0:48.8	We had 19-year-old Aussie Kam Myers go to Seattle and and blast at 349 mile on the UW oversized track.
0:59.4	We also started to get some breadcrumbs of the stars starting to plan out when they're going to
1:05.8	step out onto the track with Keely Hodgkinson making some plans. Femke Bowles coach has spoken at about when
1:11.5	we might see her the first time over 800 meters. We're also going to preview the New Bounds
1:17.8	Indoor Grand Prix taking place in Boston this upcoming weekend, which has some pretty strong
1:22.9	and intriguing, not only fields, but distances, uh, being offered up.
1:28.3	Plus, we'll share our reactions to the 2026 Boston Marathon Women's Elite Field that got
1:34.8	released, uh, earlier today. And maybe Preak can also take a stab at educating us on the
1:43.6	qualifying process for the world indoor championships.
1:47.4	And yeah, I guess like, let's start with that, Breet, I guess, because there's so many of
1:52.3	these races taking place over the next coming weeks will be geared towards that.
1:57.9	Yes, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and Milrose games are maybe some of
2:02.6	the more loaded regular season, regular indoor season meets before each country's national
2:10.6	championships and then ultimately the world championships, which will be taking place in Poland
2:16.3	later this year. Prey, congratulations.
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