This is The Lap Count newsletter by Kyle Merber, as read by Chris Chavez.
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In this week's newsletter:
– Rewarding mid-tier marathon races?
– Faith vs. Sifan vs. Sydney vs. Mary vs. Athing vs. Keely vs. Femke in an 800
– Track in football stadiums
– How a road race fan can get into cross country and track
– Best places to train in America
– NIL athletes and wearing their school's sponsor
– Most notable XC conference championship performances and early NCAA XC predictions
– Predicting the future of the Bowerman Track Club
– Trading pro runners
– How to attract more non-endemic sponsors to the sport
– U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials start time latest
– Biggest underdog who can qualify for Paris
– NYC Marathon storylines to pay attention to
+ more rapid fire highlights from the past week

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