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Carmen Douma Hussar Runs 4:28.43 for New Balance Games Mile Win
Stacy Dragila and Brad Walker Win Reno Paul Vault Summit
Olympic Marathon Intruder Horan Defrocked by Catholic Church
Doping Inquiry Begins in France on Lance Armstrong on Allegations in Book
Top Race of the Weekend:
Edinburgh XC:
Dibaba and Kipchoge Get Dramatic Victories
This was the top XC race of the season so far and had two tight finishes. Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba outsprinted world xc champ Benita Johnson on the women's side and world 5k champ Eliud Kipchoge led throughout but had to outsprint Dejene Berhanu for the men's win. American Tim Broe was 10th.
*Champs Kipchoge and Dibaba Are Only 20 and 19 Years Old
*Brits Haley Yelling and Kathy Butler No Match for Dibaba
Sunday's Action: Ethiopians' Zewdie and Kidane Get Wins in Seville
PreRace:
*Craig Mottram Trying to Suceed in an African Sport
Drug News: Baseball Unveils a "Stronger" Anti-Doping Policy and It's a Joke You have to get caught 4 times before you even get a 1 year suspension. Olympic athletes are doping even with the threat of a 2 year suspension on the first offense. Plus, baseball won't test for stimulants or be run by an independent agency, yet some people are calling this a breakthrough. Hopefully, the pr ploy won't work.
*Baseball Drug Policy Criticized by Experts
*Editorial: Baseball Policy Still a Joke
Convicted Drug Cheat Eddy Hellebuyck Fired as a High School Coach in New Mexico
*Eddy H Banned from Orienteering as Well
Man Attacked on Run by Wolf in Canada
World 5k Champ Eliud Kipchoge Taking Bekele's Place This Weekend at Edinburgh XC Meet
Debate Between Olympic Bidding Cities for 2012 Called Off
More Weekend Action:
Spain: Olympic 10k Medallist Zersenay Tadesse Easily Defeats Lebid in XC Race in Spain
Netherlands: Robert Cheboror Win Netherlands Half in 1:03
Kenya: Mbarak Shami Wins Paul Tergat's Half Marathon in 1:01:57 in Kenya
XC Action:
Spain: Benita Johnson Defeats Edith Masai in Matchup of World XC Champs
Saturday:
Belfast *Ritzenhein Wins in Belfast
The American junior xc bronze medallist picked up an easy win taking it to the 4 Kenyans in the field as his impressive European tour continued.
*Belfast XC Results (Ritzenhein Wins)
*Pictures From Ritzenhein's Win
Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge Wins Kenyan XC Race Vows to Defeat Bekele at Worlds
*More on Kipchoges Win from Kenyan Paper
Sad Sad News:
Fiance
of Kenenisa Bekele Dies While Running Alem
Techale, only 18 and
a promising talent herself, dropped dead while
going for a run with Bekele, the Olympic 10k
champ and world record holder at 10k/5k. The
pair were scheduled to wed in May. The funeral
will take place Wed.
De Lima to Run Lake Biwa Marathon in March
San Silvestre Races:
Ritz's Pro Debut: Updated
*Sergi Lebid Wins in San Silvestre in Italy, Ritzenhein Impresses by Pushing Pace, Finishing Third, Adere Wins
This was the pro debut for Ritzenhein and he may have been unknown to the Italians, but arguably the greatest talent in American running in 30 years, Ritz impressed them by pushing the pace versus the European XC champ Lebid and the Olympic marathon champ, Baldini. An article in Italian on this is here. Message board thread here.
*Picture of Lebid Winning
*Robert Cheruyiot and Lydia Cheromei Win San Silvestre Road Race in Sao Paolo
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Balco Case
There will be a hearing to see if some of Conte's statements are inadmissible as evidence.
*Full 16 Page Text of Judges Ruling
*Lengthy Article on Balco Case from Front Page of Today's San Francisco Chronicle
Footlocker XC Champs:
Aislinn Ryan and Ken Cormier Win Footlocker High School Champs Ryan was the runner-up in the northeast region and Cormier is from Arizona and was the West champ.
*Footlocker Cross Country Results, Photos and Video
2005 World Track and Field Championship "A" and "B" Standards Announced
The field events are generally tougher and the men's 800m became a lot harder to qualify in.
Previous ING NYC Women's News:
Paula
Radcliffe Wins Thrilling Duel Versus Susan Chepkemei
The two women battled stride for stride over the final miles neither
able to put more than a meter on the other. Finally, Radcliffe put in
one final kick over the final quarter mile to pull away and get the
victory and show she is still the top marathoner in the world, despite
her Athens misfortune, in the most dramatic women's finish ever at NY.
Athens bronze medallist, American
Deena Drossin dropped out and
world XC champ Benita Johnson only ran 2:38:03 in her debut. Link above
requires NY Times
registration, for a link that does not require registration see below:
More on Women's Race:
*Radcliffe
Gets Thrilling Victory in NY
Daily Telegraph
*London
Times Recap
of Radcliffe's Race
*Stomach
Problem Hindered Radcliffe During Race Guardian
*Radcliffe
is Brave Once Again
Telegraph
*Mile
by Mile Recap of ING NYC Marathon from Runnersworld
*Steve
Cram Talks About Paula's Win
Results, Prize Money: ING
NYC Marathon Recap, Top Results and Prize Money
Photos: Women's Photos\
Olympic Track
and Field:
*Track
and Field Results
Sunday: Meb
Gets Silver in Marathon, Leader Attacked by Deranged Spectator
American Meb
Keflezighi's silver medal was a
surprise in the marathon (first American medal in this event since
1976), but not the biggest surprise in the race, as the leader of the
race, Brazilian Vanderlei de
Lima, was attacked by a deranged Irish fan
near the 23 mile mark. de Lima would gamely hold on for the bronze
medal despite losing valuable time, not to mention his rhythm. Italian Stefano
Baldini got the gold. America
was the only country to leave with more than one medal in the Olympic
marathon after Deena Kastor's bronze in the women's race. Briton's
Jon Brown was 4th for the 2nd straight Olympics.
Great
Photo: Photo
of Man Holding De Lima as Cop, Fans Try to set Him Free
*It
was a Long Struggle for Meb to Return to Athens He was there
as a
10ear old refugree
*Brazilians
to Appeal to Court of Arbitration in Sport for De Lima to Get 2nd
Marathon Gold
*More
on Man Horan Who Disrupted the Athens Olympic Marathon Associated
Press
*Meb
Keflezighi Audio Clip about his Silver
*Editorial:
Vanderlei de Lima Represents Olympic Spirit Washington
Post
*Marathon
Mayhem and Triumph a Fitting End to Athens Games San
Francisco
Chronicle
*Photo: Athens
Olympic Marathon Leader Vanderlei de Lima is First Confronted and Tried
to Avoid the Fan Victor
Sailer
Saturday: El
Guerrouj, Kelly Holmes Get Historic Doubles Hicham El
Guerrouj triumphed
in a thrilling stretch run over Kenenisa
Bekele for his second gold medal
of the Games, while Kelly
Holmes sprinted to her second
gold and a national record in the women's 1500m. In other action,
Britain stunned the US 4*100 men's team
to get its only men's track and field medal of the Games and rectify a
horrible Games for the British men. In the 4*400, the US
men and women swept the 4*400 titles.
*IAAF
Recap of Saturday
Event by Event from Saturday:
Men's 5k: Hicham
El Guerrouj Cements Legacy With 5k Gold after 1500m Win USA
Today
*El
Guerrouj Imitates Paavo Nurmi and Gets 5k, 1500m Double Independent
Women's 1500m:
*Move
Over Paula: Kelly Holmes is Golden Girl of British Track and Field
After Double Golds
*Kelly
Holmes Says If She knew She Had to Run a PR She Wouldn't Have Shown Up
*A
Look at Kelly Holmes, Her Upbringing and Career
Men's 800m: Yuriy
Borzakovskiy's Late Burst Gets 800m Gold over Wilson Kipketer
4*100 Men: Darren
Campbell Gets Sweet Revenge on Critics with 4*100 Gold
4*400: US
Men, Women Sweep 4*400 Titles
Women's High Jump: Russian
Yelena Slesarenko Upsets Hestrie Cloete American Amy
Acuff passed up a jump for a
bronze medal.
Javelin: Steve
Backley Comes Up Short Again 4th in His Final Olympics in Javelin
Friday: Liu
Xiang Gets Gold Medal, Ties Colin Jackson's World Record in 110 Hurdles
Pole Vault: Tim
Mack, Toby Stevenson Go 1-2 in Pole Vault for US
4*100: Botched
Relay Between Marion Jones and Lauryn Williams Costs US in 4*100
It sent Marion Jones home with 0 medals after failing to medal
in the long jump.
*Lauryn
Williams Dad Puts Blame on Marion Jones
Long Jump:
*Marion Jones
Doesn't Medal in Long Jump or 4*100
*Editorial:
Marion Jones a Long Way from Sydney
*Russia
Sweeps Long Jump
Qualifying 4*100:
*US
4*100 Men's Team Impresses in Qualifying
And the
winner is:
Best
Running
Movie of All-Time: Fire on the
Track
After
sitting on the results for months, we're proud
to announce that the best running movie of all-time as selected by our
viewers is a not an academy award winner, Chariots
of Fire, or a
highly publicized film produced by Tom Cruise (Without
Limits),
but rather a running documentary,
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine
Story. Read all about the
voting and see
the 10 best running
movies of all-time as selected by our viewers.
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College Action: Arkansas Guys Not too Impressive on Day 2 of Arkansas Meet
*Nate Brannen 7:58 3k
*Matt Withrow 8:06 3k for the Former Footlocker Champ
Australian Outdoor Season Underway
*Josh Ross Sprints 10.12 in Australia
*Paul Burgess Continues to Impress in Pole Vault in Australia
Arkansas DMR Provisionally Qualifies for NCAAs, Wallace Spearmon Sets ArkansasRecord
Benita Johnson's #1 Focus is World XC Not London Marathon
Olympic Pole Vault Champ Tim Mack Has Injury Will Sit Out Indoors
Nike Taking Over Discovery Kenya Race, Program in Kenya With Dr. Rosa
USATF Teleconference on Millrose Games Excerpts
HP Houston Marathon (US Half Marathon Champs)
*Kelly Keane, David Cheruiyot
Win
*Dan Browne 2nd in Half Marathon, Wins US Half Marathon Champs
*Kelly Keane Gets Win on Her Local Course at HP Houston Marathon
*Pre Race: Dan Browne Out for Revenge
Carlsbad Marathon/Half:
*US Citizens Ibrahim Aden and Kim Fitchen Young Win Carlsbad Half Marathon
*2005 Carlsbard Marathon Recap
Julius Sugut Gets Win in Bombay Marathon and $30,000
Other Weekend Action:
*John Kibowen Wins Kenyan Armed Forces XC Championships
Adam Goucher 13:43 5k Win Over Steve Slattery
Flora London Marathon News:
*Paul Tergat Says World Record Isn't on His Mind for London Marathon This Year
*Susan Chepkemei Signs On to Race Radcliffe at Flora London Marathon
Olympic Gold Medallist Angelo Taylor Arrested on Chil Molestation (Statutory Rape) Charges
He's 26 she was 15. The cops caught them in a park.
*more detailed account here (requires AJC.com registration)
Former Paris Marathon Champion Beatrice Omwanz Wins Armed Forces 30k
Inquiry on Kenteris and Thanou Before Greek Doping Officials Begins
Jeremy Wariner Looks Back at His Incredible 2004
The Olympic 400m champ was only 8th in his NCAA region in 2003.
Jolanda Ceplak Wants European Indoor 800m Title This Winter
The Best Gets Better:
*Paula Radcliffe Running Flora London Marathon (This article Says Getting £500,000 to Run Which Is Nearly a Million $)
London is the top marathon because it doesn't rest on its laurels. It already has a tremendous men's field for its 25th anniversary. Now it added Paula Radcliffe, paying a nice sum to get her.
*This Article Says Radcliffe's Appearance Fee is £260,000
*Another Article Supporting the £500,000 Fee
USADA's Legal Tab High Thanks in Part to $250,000 in Extra Legal Fees fighting Regina Jacobs
We still wish Suzy Hamilton would sue her for the hundreds of thousands in dollars she lost to the cheat who now is a realtor in California.
PF Chang's Rock N Roll:
Shitaye Gemechu Repeats, Fellow Ethiopian Terefe Yae Wins Mens Crown at 2005 PF Chang's Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon
*PF Changs Rock N Roll Arizona Results Hayley McGregor was 2nd in her debut and American Chad Johnson was 5th in 2:16.
Meb and Deena Top US Road Rankings for 2004
Saturday: Cheruyiot and Cheromei Get 2nd Wins in S. America in a Week
Friday: Ethiopians Get Double Wins in Dubai Marathon
More on Lydiard:
*Lydiard's Son Remembers Peter Snell Getting Dropped on the First Run With Lydiard's Boys
Snell went on to win 3 Olympic medals, gold ones.
*Peter Snell Still Spreading the Lydiard Gospel Although it Wasn't Always Smooth Sailing
*Why Didn't Lydiard Get the Recognition he Deserved in New Zealand?
*More on Lydiard: He Was Greatly Appreciated Abroad, But Ironically Not as Much in New Zealand
*Arthur Lydiard Didn't Just Coach the Stars
*Lydiard Cartoon
*2nd Lydiard Cartoon
Hellebuyck's 'Stunned' by Doping Decision Against Them
The school principal is going to decide whether Eddy should still be coaching there. He should not. Convicted drug cheats who do not express remorse should not be coaching.
Wada to Rule on Altitude Chambers
Somehow this article made the front page of the Washington Post sports section. Athletes by and large accept the chambers.
"Excuse me if I sound hoarse, but
I have a head cold. Usually head colds are due to changes in the
weather, but in my case, it is due to a change in attitude on
letsrun.com"
-Colorado Cross Country Coach, Mark Wetmore, coach of the 2004 Men's and Women's NCAA XC Champions, speaking at the Arthur Lydiard Tour Stop last night in Boulder, about the change in heart of many letsrun.com posters after Wetmore's unbelievable coaching job this year.
NCAA XC: CU Sweeps NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Crowns
Mark Wetmore worked his magic at Colorado again as both his squads captured upset wins. The men's win was the bigger upset of the day. Simon Bairu of Wisconsin won the individual crown to help the heavily favored Wisconsin Badgers, but in the end it was not enough as Colorado eked out a 4 point victory by moving up late in the race.
*Mud No Problem for Kim Smith as She Dominates
*Bairu's Win Sweet and Sour Wisconsin State Journal
*Wetmore, Buff's Work Wonders Boulder Daily Camera
*Stanford Men, Women Disappoint San Francisco Chronicle
*Stanford Inexperience Showed
Results:
*Men's Individual (Simon Bairu of Wisconsin Wins)
*Men's Team
*Women's Individual (Kim Smith of Providence Wins)
*Women's Team
Photos: *Track And Field News
*Fast-Women
*Men's Racing
ING
NYC Marathon Men:
Ramaala
Finally Gets It Right, Meb 2nd
Hendrick Ramaala of
S. Africa is a tremendous half marathoner but had never put it together
in a full marathon. As he said, "I am notorious for being a bad
marathoner."
On Sunday, that changed, as he held on to win the ING NYC
marathon despite being dazed at the finish, while American
Meb Keflezighi wrapped up an
incredible 2004 with a second place finish, just 2 and a half months
after his Athens silver medal. For a recap that does not require NY
Times registration, click
here.
More on Men: A
Look at Top American Men from Runnersworld
*Mile
by Mile Recap of ING NYC Marathon from Runnersworld
Results, Prize Money: ING
NYC Marathon Recap, Top Results and Prize Money
Photos: Men's Photos
LetsRun.com
Book Reviews 2 Good Reads on Milers 50 years apart:
Sub 4:00 and The Perfect Mile
Read the review of story on Alan Webb's (and Nate
Brannen's) first brush with adversity. Plus, read
about 3 great milers trying to be the first under 4 minutes 50 years
ago.
More
isn't always better:
"I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted
that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would
have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of
self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train
with his body. He trains with his mind."
-Hicham El Guerrouj on
why he didn't win Olympic gold in 2000
Must
Read(s):
"I think that the sports in which you read about doping tend to be the
cleaner sports. I mean, I think if you put Major League Baseball
players and NFL players through lie detector tests [about whether they
use performance- enhancing drugs], fully 50 percent would fail..I did
this bike race, 75 hours. But I didn't feel any sense of achievement. I
found it depressing. Because, to me, athletic endeavors should be one
of the most pure of endeavors. Why else do it? It's a sense of testing
yourself."
-author Stuart Stevens,
who for 8 months got on just about every performance enhancing drug
imaginable to see how it would affect him, and wrote about the ordeal
for Outside Magazine. The
results were simply amazing as he put on 14 pounds without lifting a
weight, had increased endurance, better vision, and less soreness. The
quote above is from a Newsday
piece where Stevens says the ordeal left him more ardently opposed to
drugs in sports. The entire article from Outside
Magazine where Stevens recaps
his experience is
a must read and is now available in its entirety on line and can be
found here.
(If you'd like to subscribe to
Outside Magazine you can do so
here for only $15.99 a year
(cover price is $47.40)
In case you
missed it:
Todd Williams Hangs them up
In our lengthy 3 part interview, Todd Williams, the premier 10,000m
runner in the US, talks about his illustrious career and the sport of
running in general.
Part I
here, Part II
here, Part III
here
Drug Scandal:
(click
here for a LetsRun.com behind
the scenes look at what this means for the track and field world)
1981
Grandma's Marathon
Dick
Beardsley who had run 2 sub 2:13 in 3 weeks defeated
Garry Bjorklund in a great duel as two Minnesotans were under 2:10
Mr.
Martin Franklin Revealed
Thanks
to the viewers at our site we've got some photos
and information on Martin Franklin the fraud who for a brief moment on
Sunday was the 5th American and $4,750 richer at the New York City
Marathon.
Problem was he took the subway from the start to the finish.
A
Legend Passes: "I
don't train; never have. I don't think of running as training. I just
go out and run each day, and let the racing take care of itself"-
Jack Foster of New Zealand, who
ran a 2:11:17 marathon at the age of 41 to win silver at the
Commonwealth Games in 1974. He died in a bike accident yesterday at the
age of 72.
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