Happy New Year: 2020 Tokyo Olympic Predictions + Best of LetsRun.com 2019

Happy New Year! A new year and decade are here and we look back (at the top articles and threads of the year and decade) and ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Who is more likely to get gold Kenenisa Bekele or Evan Jager, Shelby Houlihan or Matthew Centrowitz, Ajee' Wilson or Donavan Brazier? What about Bryce Hoppel or Clayton Murphy, Mo Farah or Muktar Edris? Who gets more medals Jerry Schumacher’s Bowerman Track Club or Pete Julian’s unnamed group. We have a Hakone Ekiden/ Nike Vaporfly talk, Alberto Salazar segment on Sifan Hassan, and end with predictions for Mary Cain in 2020 as she kicked off the year with the Midnight Run in Central Park. Looking for a great race this winter? Run the Publix Atlanta Marathon, Half, 5k, the day after the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. More details here. Show notes:Start: Happy New Year: Top articles of year13:58 Top threads of year19:35 Articles of the decade20:49 Crazy stuff of year25:49 Employee 1.1 Sub 5 Streak Continues Update: Oops it really didn't. 30:05 Post of Decade Thread is now up32:07 Hakone Ekiden/ Vaporfly segment of week38:27 Tokyo Olympics Rapid Fire Round: Who is more likely to win gold…49:50 Alberto Salazar segment54:14 Biggest favorite for gold in Tokyo is58:06 Who gets more medals: Bowerman or Pete Julian group65:16 Mary Cain back racing will she make Olympic Track and Field Trials? Looking for a better pair of running shoes at a better price? We’ve got you covered here. https://www.letsrun.com/shoes Got an audio question / opinion for the podcast? Call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786) and hit option 7. 2019 LetsRun.com Rankings here. We want your feedback on this episode and the show in general https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/bc2c8c51-a3c3-493e-9809-bb26424492f4