Natosha Rogers
United States
Personal Bests
Marathon
2:23:51
3/9/2025
Half Marathon
1:08:35
1/19/2025
10 Miles Road
52:29
10/6/2024
10 Kilometres Road
32:00
9/21/2024
Road Race
37:04
8/18/2024
United States
Marathon
2:23:51
3/9/2025
Half Marathon
1:08:35
1/19/2025
10 Miles Road
52:29
10/6/2024
10 Kilometres Road
32:00
9/21/2024
Road Race
37:04
8/18/2024
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This week in the Lap Count Newsletter, Kyle Merber spoke with Natosha Rogers.
In 2012, as a junior at Texas A&M, Natosha Rogers followed up her NCAA 10,000m victory with a second place finish at the US Olympic Trials despite a mid-race fall. Although her time of 31:59 did not qualify her for the Games, running fans took immediate appreciation of her talent. A decade later she finally qualified to represent the United States at a global track championship in the 10,000m in Eugene.
Then in 2023, representing her current sponsor and club, Puma Elite, she did it again, this time doubling in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Budapest.
Rogers qualified for the Olympic Trials via the half marathon and holds a personal best of 1:09:36 – it will be her debut at the distance. Given Molly Seidel’s success in her debut at the 2020 Trials, we wanted to hear how Natosha’s foray into the new distance was going.
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In this episode, we are catching up on the latest running stories I find particularly noteworthy right now. We’re talking about Sifan Hassan heroically winning the London Marathon, Emma bates crushing it at Boston as the first American female finisher, as well as some of the other stories you should check out if you haven’t already.
1:02 - Sifan Hassan Wins London in 2:18: Fasting for Ramadan, Stopping Twice, Making History
7:08 - Emma Bates 1st American in Boston Marathon 2:22: Run Fearlessly, Remember Your "Why," and American Marathon Record Goals
10:45 - Puma Women Are Going Places: Fresh off a training block in Kenya, Natosha Rogers, Fiona O’keefe, and Konstanze "Koko" Klosterhalfen form the Dream Team
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Natosha Rogers and Fiona O'Keeffe share details about their training camp in Kenya, why they joined Puma elite, Natosha's move from Colorado to North Carolina, Alistair Cragg's training philosophy, culture of the team, just missing the 30:40 10km A standard with their 30:48 and 30:55 10k times at The TEN, when to expect the marathon debuts, why they dislike Strava, and a whole lot more.
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On this week's show, it's silly season in the track and field world with athletes switching teams and signing new contracts. The Boston Marathon unveiled its deepest fields maybe ever. The Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile and men's 800 fields were released. World Athletics has posted the schedule for all athletics action at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
3:25 – Recent athlete signings & moves: Natosha Rogers to PUMA Elite | Josette Norris to On Athletics Club | David Ribich to Union Athletics Club | Charlie Grice, Eric Avila to Very Nice Track Club | Paige Stoner, Cruz Culpepper to HOKA NAZ Elite | Stephanie Bruce unretires, re-signs with HOKA NAZ Elite
11:15 – Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile: Olli Hoare is back to defend his Wanamaker mile title after setting the indoor Australian mile record with last year's 3:50.83 victory. His biggest challengers this year include Cole Hocker, Mario Garcia Romo, Yared Nuguse, Johnny Gregorek, Sam Tanner, Sam Prakel, Neil Gourley + more.
15:57 – Millrose Games Men's 800m: Bryce Hoppel returns after last year's victory but will be up against Clayton Murphy, Noah Kibet and Cade Flatt.
18:09 – The Boston Marathon fields include Eliud Kipchoge, Evan Chebet, Benson Kipruto, Albert Korir, Daniel Do Nascimento, Conner Mantz and Scott Fauble on the men's side. There are five women with sub-2:18 marathon PRs and the big stars are Amane Beriso, Sharon Lokedi, Lonah Salpeter, Sara Hall, Gotytom Gebreslase, Emma Bates and Edna Kiplagat.
26:57 – World Athletics' 2024 Olympic schedule has all evening finals. Track and field at the Games will be held from Aug. 1 to 11.
32:58 – Buy or Sell: World Bests, World Record Pending Ratification*, Off Distances, Jake Wightman Losing, Bobby Kersee, Track Meets In Los Angeles.
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We recap a crazy weekend of racing, fueled by some margaritas. The first Under Armour shoe giveaway winner is announced, and we dive into the Track Meet, Emily Sisson's Half Marathon American Record, Cooper Teare's 3:34, what Bowerman TC is up to, and debate how long we could hang in a last person standing competition where you have to run 1 mile, eat 1 donut, and drink 1 beer every 15 minutes.
Track meet topics: Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins easy, Brooks Beasts and Tinman Elite come up short, Natosha Rogers flexin' in the 5000, Abdihamid Nur gets the 5000m NCAA record, Lex Young and Colin Sahlman are studs, Allie Wilson and Nia Akins 1:58, Zouhair goes beast mode to win the 10,000, Andy and Ford hooking it up with the kid's questions, and more.
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On Beer Mile After Dark Ep5, we are bringing you the #facts no one else will. We have the scoop on the real reason Molly Seidel was off her game at the 2022 Boston Marathon. We also discuss the Oregon 4xMile world best attempt this weekend with Cooper Teare, Cole Hocker, James West, and Matt Wisner. Plus, we play matchmaker for Natosha Rogers and give our hot takes on Gabriela DeBues-Stafford leaving BTC, the latest in the Shelby Houlihan case, and obnoxious listener questions.
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Drunk hot takes from this weekend in running you didn't know you needed to hear. Friends of the pod stepped up and performed this weekend: Natosha Rogers on the roads, Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker getting the 5000m standard on the track, Bryce Hoppel gets bronze, Isaiah Harris guts it out for Team USA, Heather MacLean and Josette Norris run strong in the 1500m. Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Galen Rupp go home devastated.
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We sit down with Kevin Hanson of the Hansons Distance Project in Chicago ahead of the Windy City Invite. Hansons Brooks has several athletes competing, including Natosha Rogers. Presented by Beer Mile Media and Heartbreak Hill Running Company.
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Natosha Rogers details the ups and downs of her running career, including stepping away from the sport entirely to enter the working world while battling knee pain after surgery. Get to know her inspirational story of grit and determination in the action-packed episode. It's also reckoning day for Adam and he gets roasted hardcore.
Natosha's accolades (so far): NCAA champ (2012) while at Texas A&M; 2nd in the 10,000m at the 2012 Olympic Trials; USA Cross Country National Champ (2019); 10,000m personal best of 31:12 (2020)
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Sat down with Keith and Kevin Hanson while in Atlanta to discuss the history of the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project as it celebrates 20 years of advancing U.S. distance running.
We start by going back to the brothers’ roots in Michigan and the state of the sport in America before helping improve it. The Hansons made an emphasis on group training, which stood out to them from studying Ethiopians, Kenyans and Japanese. It started off as a $250,000 investment in a team that helped provide housing, health insurance, travel and equipment for a few runners but later blossomed with a partnership with Brooks.
In 2008, they put Brian Sell on the U.S. Olympic Marathon team. They also helped develop and guide Des Linden into a two-time Olympian and Boston Marathon champion. In this episode, they’ll share some of the behind-the-scenes stories of those breakout moments in their history.
Also, what’s it like for them to take on the challenge of rebuilding the likes of Dathan Ritzenhein or bringing Natosha Rogers into an Olympic team contender for 2021.
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Natosha Rogers won the NCAA 10,000 meters as a junior in 2012 and then finished second in the same event at the U.S. Olympic Trials. However, her 31:59 performance was just 14 seconds shy of meeting the Olympic standard to qualify for the Summer Games in London. She decided to leave behind running to study abroad and go about her senior year as a regular student. She took a break but returned and signed a professional contract in 2014 only to start to get injured. She had a rough time adjusting to life as a professional and dealing with injuries and moved back to Colorado under coach Steve Magness. Rogers stunned many with the success she found on the roads in 2017 and qualified for the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. The flu knocked her out of competing and then in a rush to return and make up for fitness, she injured her knee. Procedures and treatment went awry and the future of her running career was fading fast. It's hard to believe that someone who was working a desk job at a tech company until July 2019 has found a way to get back to the top level of U.S. distance running. Last month, she won the USATF Cross Country Championships in San Diego and is already competing indoors. The big focus is the 5,000 meters or 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in June. How did we get here? She details the rollercoaster ride.
Recommended reading: In Her Return to Running, Natosha Rogers Finds Strength in Setbacks by Taylor Dutch for Runner's World https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a30756174/natosha-rogers-finds-strength-in-setbacks/
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