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European Indoors This Weekend:
Alistair Cragg Like Role As the Favorite at European Indoors
IAAF
*Heptathlon Bronze Medallist Kelly Sotherton Hopes to Give Carolina Kluft a Run for Her Money
*Carolina Kluft and Yelena Isinbayeva Commanding Center Stage at European Indoors
*European Indoor Women's Preview
IAAF
*European Indoor Men's Preview
IAAF
Injury Has Kelly Holmes' Competitive Juices Going Again, She's Excited to Compete at World Outdoors
Handicap Tightened for LA Marathon "Challenge"
The race was a joke last year as they let a 49 year old former drug offender pick up $100,000 because they made it too easy for the women, but it made for good tv ratings in LA.
*2005 LA Marathon to Have Live Web Video Feed Good news
Previous European News:
France: France's Ronald Pognon is Only 22 But He Now Has 60m European Record
Britain: World Record Holder in Triple Jump Jonathon Edwards Says Phillips Idowu Can Win European Gold
*British Hurdler Sarah Claxton Works at Tesco (A Department Store) But She Has Chance for European Glory This Weekend
World 800m Champ Algeria's Djabir Said-Guerni Training in Dubai for Title Defense
Tirunesh
Dibaba, World Indoor 5k Record Holder, World Outdoor 5k Champ, and
Olympic Bronze Medallist Has Her Sites Set on World XCs
Previous European Indoor News: N. Ireland's James McIlroy Thinks He Can Win This Weekend's European Indoor 800m
He's undefeated in 2005.
*Former Yalie Peter Coghlan and James Nolan Added to Irish European Indoor Squad
Kenyan Athletes Training for World XCs Get Their Daily Stipend Increased to $10 a Day
The federation said it had to scrounge to come up with the money. Maybe we should sponsor the Kenyan federation instead of Nike.
USATF Indoors
*Results
*USATF indoor Recap (Angela Daigle Gets Second Pro Win, $27,000 for Visa Championship)
Who?
*$25,000 Bonus is a Lot of Money to Track and Field Athletes
Boston Herald
*USATF Indoor Photos
Saturday:
*Jonathon Riley and Shayne Culpepper Win 3000M USATF Indoor Titles
(Full Distance Recap with 3k splits)
Jonathon Riley
and Shayne Culpepper
kicked to wins in the 3ks on Saturday at a meet that is lacking big stars or excitement
this year. A far cry from the Reebok
Boston Indoor Games last month, but USATF
national indoor meets are often pretty boring
(especially with no world indoors this year)
and there isn't much effort made at entertaining
the crowd as it's a national championship.
But overall track and field is on the upswing
and meets are getting better ratings than NBA
regular season games.
More: Toomey's
1500m win a Surprise Boston Herald
*Riley
Three Peats Boston Globe
*Riley finds familiar
Boston Herald
*Godina Takes Visa Championship Lead with Win in Shot at USATFs
USATF
Friday:
*Equipment Costs Erin Gilreath World Record in Weight Throw at USATF Indoors Believe it or not she's up for $25,000 in this rarely contested event, as the possible winner of the Visa Championship series.
Friday's British Indoor meet:
Kenenisa Bekele was beaten again, Yelena Isinbayeva set a world record in the pole vault again, Meseret Defar won the 3k, Kelly Holmes the 1k, and Leonard Scott won the stacked 60m over Mo Greene and Kim Collins.
* Isinbayeva Shows Vault Record is About Cash
*Kelly Holmes Only Bright British Result in Birmingham
*Top Birmingham Results
*Full Results
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.
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
Drug Scandal:
(click
here for a LetsRun.com behind
the scenes look at what this means for the track and field world)
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Good news: Gezahegne Abera Running Liverpool Half in Preparation for London on March 13th
Hopefully one of the most successful marathoners ever can get past injuries. He's only 26.
British XC Trials: Hayley Yelling and Kathy Butler Headline British XC Trials
*Paula Radcliffe To Be Given Until Tuesday to Decide If She Wants to Do World Cross
Alex Wilson Invite Start Lists (Nate Brannen in 800, Bret Schoolmeester 3k, Michigan, Wisconsin DMRs)
Kenya Having Two Meets This Weekend, One Track, One Field
We know which one most people would go to.
Kenyan News: Athletics Kenyan Revokes One Year Ban on Susan Chepkemei
Sad: Double World Champ Billy Konchellah Serving 2.5 Years for Rape in Finland
*Tension High As Kenyan Athletes Await Final Selection of Kenyan Team for World XCs
Old School: Paul Burgess Broke 6.00m Mark Last Week Before 15 Spectators
Dave Collins Facing Skepticism as He Takes over as UK Athletics Performance Director
Collegiate Action:
Big 10:
Men: Wisconsin Men Win 5th Straight Big Ten Final
Championship running
is great as the men's mile went out in 2:33.
Yes 2:33. And although Nick Willis closed
the final 800m in the Olympics in 1:48, no one
wants to make it a one lap race with Sean
Jefferson
as he came out on top.
*Big 10 Men's
Results
Women: Michigan Women Win Big 10s
Lindsey Gallo won the mile, 3k, and 5k,
very impressive.
*Big 10 Indoor Women's Results
Heps: Cornell Sweeps Indoor Heps
LetsRun.com's Rojo's distance guys impress.
*Heps Results
SEC: Sec Recap and Results
(Arkansas Men Back on Top, Tennessee Women Win)
Saturday:
Big 12:
Nebraska Sweeps Big 12 Indoor Track Champs
Nebraska won the titles
but Texas frosh
Leonel
Manzano
stole the show by torching the field over the
final 2 laps to run a 3:59 mile. CU's
Renee Metivier won the 3k, 5k, and was 2nd
in the mile.
*Big 12 Indoor Results
*Message Board Thread on Texas Frosh Manzano's Sub 4
*Big 12 Day 1 Indoor Results 2005 (Metivier and Vaughn Win 5ks)
Big
10s:
*Big 10 Day 1 Recap
7:55 3k win for Michigan's
Nick Willis over Tegenkamp, plus
a mile qualifier for Willis, DMR win for Brannen
and an
800 qualifier without a shoe?
*Big 10 Day 1 Results
*Brannen, Willis Lead Michigan on Day 1 at Big 10s
Washington: Washington Results (Cheseret 3:59
Mile and 7:51 5k, Ryan Hall 7:56)
SEC: SEC Saturday Results (Arkansas 1-2-3 in 3k)
*Wallace Spearmon World Leader in 200m at SEC in 200m Prelims
Mountain West :Results (BYU Sweeps)
*Heps: Heps Day 1 Recap
Conference USA: Houston Sweeps Conference USA
*Conference USA Day 2 Results
Nothing special for Lashawn Merrit.
Big Sky: Results (Weber State Women, Idaho State Men Win)
Other:
*Richard Kiplagat 7:52 3k
You can blame Wejo for
this as he's the one who told Paula to go to
Flagstaff Paul
Radcliffe Moves Back to Albuquerque To Train
Due To Unusual Bad Weather In Flagstaff's.
Her diary also reveals she had her 1st ever
indoor track session while in Flagstaff (proving
our point that indoors is bad for you!!)
Collegiate Action:
Big East: Notre Dame Men Pittsburgh Women Win Big East
*Big East Results Men
*Big East Results Women
Saturday:
*Nick Willis Runs 3:58, Brannen 1:50
ACC: Florida State Men, Miami Women Win ACC Titles Ealier we said it the UNC women won. Sorry the ACC website had the wrong story up.
*ACC Women's Results
*ACC Men's Results
US XC Champs:
*Young
Talent Shines on Sunday - Ritzenhein, Flanagan
Win Senior Races as Rupp Wins Juniors and Withrow
Makes Senior Team Ritzenhein
cruised to victory but Alan Webb did
make things interesting by jumping in the race
and at least making Ritz work a little for 5k
before dropping out.
Tim Broe Goes 3 for 3 in Vancouver, Colleen De Reuck Wins at Age 40 Broe showed he's still America's best 3k/5k runner, but will be skipping worlds once again. Colleen De Reuck dominated a the age of 40.
Adam Goucher got 2nd and Liberty freshman Josh McDougal was 4th.
*USATF XC ResultsPowered by Tyson Invite
(in Arkansas): Full Results
*East Carolina Freshman La Shawn Merritt Runs 3rd Fastest 400 Ever, Bernard Lagat Misses Mile World Record Merritt and Lagat both ran the 3rd fastest times ever in their events. Pretty damn impressive for anyone much less an 18 year old freshman. Perdita Felicien was beaten in her comeback after her Athens disaster. Alistair Cragg won the 3k and Nate Brannen was way short of the collegiate mile record.
*USATF Recap
*Powered by Tyson Athlete Quotes
*Top 3 Results from Powered by Tyson Invite
*Full Results
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
"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.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
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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