Letsrun.com's Track Talk

We discuss the death of the 5,000, the new Olympic qualifying procedures, the NCAA indoor meet, Grant Holloway's greatness, talk about Athing Mu getting beat by a high school freshman Roisin Willis, Anthony Rotich being an American, and we end with listener audio and then a full obit of the 5,000m. Full show notes below:Podcast is sponsored by FloydsofLeadville.com. Click here and use code LRMAR to get 10% off your first order< (If you just want to be entertained, we got a chuckle ourselves from our funeral ceremony at the beginning and 5,000m obituary at the end) 0:00 Beginning00:57 Funeral Ceremony for 5,000m8:21 Will long distance running remain a track event? 10:14 Getting rid of an "African" event15:16 The new IAAF Ranking System and qualifying for the Olympics 22:05 System actually isn't that bad but severely undervalues US Championships and Olympic Marathon Trials. 26:18 The college admission scandal and Rojo saying the going price for a track spot at Cornell was $200k 30:31 NCAA indoor talk 37:24 Coa