The Brooks Run Guide interviews Walid Suliman’s most amazing adventures from 1500m to 50k. Stories from Walid.

December 22, 2025

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RunBlogRun presents

Brooks Run Guide Interviews

With Walid Suliman

member of

Brooks Beasts Track Club

Episode 8:

December 22, 2025

This is a repeat and a repost.

Brooks is asking that we rename the series Brooks Run Guide, and Waleed was the first test (new links, the whole kabosh).

Watching the interview a second time brought to mind some new discussions that we thought you might just enjoy seeing

pointed out!

Walid Suliman went to Ole Miss in college, where he learned what “targeted learning” means.
Under: Danny MackeyWaleed focuses on 1500 meters outdoors and 3000 meters indoors.
in high school Walid started out as a soccer player and then switched to running.
Is his first love running? Mediterranean!
In high school VirginiaWaleed had a meeting they called #MeetthePolarBear!!
Running in high school was beautiful low mileage.
in high school Walid ran 4:04 1600 meters/mile and 1:49 for 800 meters
Walid is studying History and Arabic studies in college
Walid was born in Jordan and speaks fluently Arabic
To him his parents supported his sports, but school always came first
valid has a great sense of humor and: likes to travel
He marked the end of the 2025 season by running a trail 50 kilometer racethat’s 33 times his normal race distance.
Waleed Suliman’s Outdoor personal bests: 3:33.82 for 1500 meters (2024), 3:51.86 per mile (2024), 1:47 for 800 meters (2021)
Waleed Suliman’s Indoor personal bests7:39.39 for 3000 meters (2025), and 3:55.60 per mile (2021)
Waleed Suliman’s personal best29:57.0 for 10,000m XC (2018), timed for 50km trail (2025)
Enjoy the interview!
Thanks to Walid Suliman for his sense of humor, time and love for sports.
Thanks to Brooks Sports Marketing for the interview series.

Learn more about Brooks running time www.brooksrunning.com

To view #BrooksRunGuide Interview series.

The Brooks Run Guide Interviews 1-10 (Danny McKee, Brandon Miller, Jaelyn Williams, Kayleigh Delay, Sadie Engelhardt, Anna Gibson, Isaac Benjamin, Gary Martin, Waleed Suliman, Julian Flores, Keith and Kevin Henson). https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/12/the-brooks-running-guide-interviews-episodes-1-10-autumn-winter-2025.html?swcfpc=1

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Larry Eder has been involved in athletics for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now a journalist and blogger. His first article, about Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from USA Track and Field to the American version of Spikes magazine. He currently leads content and marketing development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. On RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to long-distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most I’ve ever done besides running.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys.

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