Grandma’s Marathon

MB Kellyn Taylor Wins 2018 Grandma’s Marathon In 2:24:28 – Moves To #7 All-Time On US List Taylor ran a slight negative split (72:30 first half) and won by nearly six minutes.

• Taylor’s Boston Contract Forbade Her From Running Any Marathon For 60 Days – Grandma’s Was 61 Days After Boston
  *Elisha Barno Wins 4th-Straight Men’s Title In 2:10:06
  
• Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon Results Macdonard Ondara (63:33) and Simegn Abnet Yeshanbet (73:21) got the wins.

International Action

• France’s Jimmy Vicaut Roars To 9.92 Clocking To Win The Meeting De Marseille 100m It was the European 100m record holder’s 20th sub-10. Other action included Allyson Felix losing in the 400 (3rd in 52.01 in a race won by Italy’s Libania Grenot in 51.51) and Morocco’s Mostafa Smaili winning the 800 in 1:45.76 over GB’s Andrew Osagie (1:45.79).
• Moses Kibet (28:26) And Clémence Calvin (31:20) Win Langueux 10K In France Calvin was a surprise home win, breaking the French national 10K road record. Kibet won a close race outsprinting Ethiopia’s Yismaw Ayenu by a second with Gizachev Hailu Negasa (28:28) a close 3rd.
• Timothy Cheruiyot (1:44.74) And Cellphine Chespol (2:06.48) Win 800s In PRs At Kenya Prisons Champs The steepler Chespol had earlier also won the 1,500.
• England U23/U20 Champs: Jake Norris Breaks British Under-20 Hammer Record With 80.45m The men’s u20 3000 was won with a 56-second last lap after what AW’s Steve Smythewrites was “effectively a 2000m jog, a 600m warm up and then a 400m race.”
• Only 76 Points Separate The Top 5 Decathletes After Day 1 Of Ratingen Multi Meet Germany’s Manuel Eitel is the surprise overnight leader while World silver medalist Carolin Schäfer leads the women’s heptathlon.

European News

• Men’s 200 In Lausanne On July 5th Is Going To Be Insane With Lyles, Coleman And New Pro Michael Norman Plus Semenya vs. Muir at 1,500.
• 50 Days To Go: 2018 European Championships Medals Unveiled

Previous Distance News

• Lengthy Feature: Cross-Country Coach Scott Beigel Died A Hero In The Parkland Shooting Beigel was off during the period when the shooting happened but lost his life after herding a ton of students into his classroom.
• Results From 2018 HOKA NJNY Twilight : Travis Mahoney Wins In 3:41, Nicole Tully Wins In 4:09
• Scientific Studies: Pre-Race Sex Won’t Hurt Your Athletic Performance
• Aliphine Tuliamuk Will Try To Defend Peachtree Title, Injured Leonard Korir Will Not, But Chris Derrick And Sam Chelanga Are Racing The race is serving as the USATF 10k champs once again. Women’s race will also include Sara Hall and Emma Bates.
• Missouri Coach Marc Burns Calls Karissa Schweizer 5k Victory “… her best [title] yet, without a doubt, because everyone had thrown her out, everyone had left her for dead after Thursday.”
• After Running A Solo 13:35, Kemoy Campbell Is Hoping To Break Jamaican Record At Jamaican Champs “It would be great to see if I could get the Jamaican record in Jamaica,” said Campbell, who is now training alone. He set the current mark at 13 minutes 20.39 seconds in 2015.
• Former Providence runner Julian Oakley is thriving in his first year as a pro but it torn as to what is his event “My long-term future might be over 5k but I really like running the mile,” said Oakel who has run pbs in the 1500m (3:39.92), the mile (3:55.10) and 3000m this year (7:44.34)
• The Bowerman: 2018 Men’s Semifinalists A slew of collegiate record holders are on the list but we guarantee you two of them won’t win – Josh Kerr and Michael Saruni.

Ostrava Golden Spike *Results

• LRC 2018 Ostrava Golden Spike Recap: Echevarria Soars To 8.66 World Leader In LJ, Gatlin Tunes Up For USAs With Win In 100, Barega Wins Again Juan Miguel Echevarria was sensational as the 19-year-old became the 1st human to record 3 jumps over 8.50 in the same competition in 21 years. American Ben True was with the leaders in the 3k at the bell and ran 7:41.86 and Genzebe Dibaba got smoked in the 800 and failed to break 2:00. Plus Gatlin won the 100, Kim Collins retired, Selemon Barega got a world lead in the 3,000, Dafne Schippers defeated Ahoure in the 200, and more.
• Ostrava Live Thread
• Wejo’s Thoughts On Ostrava: Ostrava Was Entertaining: Echevarria With 3 Bombs In Long Jump, Gatlin Wins 100 (Video)+ 25 Guys In The 3k, 13 Women In 800 

More Long Jump News

Greg Rutherford Will Retire At The End Of The Year As Injuries Have Taken Their Toll: “I just don’t want to be in pain every day of my life.” His athletic career isn’t over as he’s hoping to become a pro cyclist. No joke.
*Greg Rutherford: London 2012 Long Jump Champion To Try Track Cycling After Track Retirement
*RR Tribute: Greg Rutherford Ends AGlorious Career As He Competed, Squeezing Every Last Drop From His Crumbling Body “In any other era, Greg Rutherford probably wouldn’t have been an Olympic champion. His winning mark of 8.31m in London would not have won gold in any other Games since Tokyo 1964, or set a world lead in any of the past 40 years. Had rivals Dwight Phillips and Irving Saladino been fit then it might not have been enough in 2012, either. But Rutherford possessed a determination which transformed him from a talented long jumper into a multiple champion.”

Mike Powell loans his 1991 WR singlet to Ostrava museum until Continental Cup takes place there at end of summer 

2018 Chorzow, Poland Diary: Brittney Reese Ends 2018 Season, Now Focus Is On Preparing For 2019 We are very confused by this. Who needs 10 months to get ready for 2019? *Discuss

Comrades Was Last Weekend But We Didn’t Have Space For It Up Top

RRW 2018 Comrades Recap: Bongmusa Mthembu Repeated, Ann Ashworth Pulled Off Upset In Women’s Race Ashworth, a 2:48 marathoner, was a surprise winner in the women’s race but the men’s race went according to form as Mthembu became the first guy to repeat since Stephen Muzhingi did in 2010-11.
*Amputee Runner Completes Comrades Marathon On His Crutches A wound prevented Xotani Luvuno from using his prosthetic, so he did it on crutches instead, completing the the 56-mile ultra in 15 hours, 50 minutes.
*MB: Comrades Marathon (Ultra Pace)