This Week In Track & Field: LA Marathon Epic Finish By Nathan Martin — But More Lead Car Controversy; Jacob Kiplimo Breaks Half Marathon WR + Fred Kerley Banned Two Years
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
This week, Chris Chavez, Mac Fleet, and Kyle Merber break down the biggest highlights from the LA Marathon, Jacob Kiplimo’s new half marathon world record, Fred Kerley’s suspension, the most anticipated events at the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend, and lots more.
Discussed in today’s episode:
- Nathan Martin closed out a heroic final sprint and big negative split to win the LA Marathon in 2:11:18, just 0.18 seconds ahead of runner-up Michael Kamau. He split 66:18-65:00 to reel in Kamau.
- Jacob Kiplimo returned to the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon (the same course where he first made history in 2021) and broke the half marathon world record again with a 57:20 victory. He took 10 seconds off the previous record held by Yomif Kejelcha (57:30).
- The AIU announced 2x Olympic medalist and 2022 World champion Fred Kerley received a two-year ban for whereabouts failures, sidelining him through August 2027. Results from Dec. 6, 2024 – Aug. 12, 2025 have been disqualified.
- The most anticipated distance events at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend.
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Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez + Mac Fleet | @macfleet + Kyle Merber | @kylemerber
Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr
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| 0:27.7 | All right, it is March 9th. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm Chris Chavez, joined by Kyle Murber and Mack Fleet for this week in track and field. |
| 0:38.7 | Initially, we thought that this would be a little bit of a slower week come the results but we ended up getting treated to a world record in the half marathon from jacob leapo uh well actually |
| 0:45.8 | pending ratification which we know has been a an issue for him in the past and then the lea marathon |
| 0:53.4 | went super viral online thanks to a |
| 0:56.8 | incredible finish by Nathan Martin. But then it got a second wave of viral fame because |
| 1:04.7 | additional footage was released. We love it when additional footage gets released. And |
| 1:10.7 | there was more to just sort of the setup of |
| 1:13.9 | the crazy finish that everyone saw when the Kenyan who was leading at the time nearly made a wrong |
| 1:21.4 | turn with less than a mile to go. So we'll unpack that. We also had some standard chasing out in Philadelphia. |
| 1:29.5 | And then this upcoming weekend we've got NCAAs, New Balance Nationals, NYC, Havs. |
| 1:36.0 | So you're catching us right in the middle of all of it. |
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