What's The Deal With The 10,000m? Unpacking Olympic Qualifying After Sound Running's The Ten | The Lap Count

This is The Lap Count newsletter by Kyle Merber, as read by Chris Chavez.

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In this week's newsletter:

– The TEN heard ‘round the world 🌎

– Catch a ride on the sub-27:00 train 🚂

+ more rapid-fire highlights from the past week

You can read this week's newsletter here ➡️ https://www.thelapcount.com/p/10k

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