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College XC:
Grote Poll Addendum B
Grote tells you who the top 31 men's xc teams are in NCAA D I and takes on Stanfurd and Gaylord once again.
*Mondo Men's PreSeason Rankings Wisconsin on top as expected but Colorado and Arkansas getting votes.
*US Men's XC Regional Rankings
*Julie Henner Joins George Mason Staff
Live Television for 2005 Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile
Hopefully, now maybe just maybe they're heading towards getting the marathon back on live national television which any major sporting event has (except NBC's Olympics)
18 Year Old Samuel Wanjiru Sets Pending WR in Half Marathon Pretty amazing for an 18 year old kid. The debate on the boards before this run was whether he should be the junior of the year.
Paula Radcliffe Has Her Sights on Beijing Yahoo UK
Gleukos Becomes Sports Drink of USATF and USA XCs to be on TV as a Result We've never heard of the product, but already like it.
Heshko Ready for Great North Mile after World Athletics Final Win Yahoo UK
CVS Downtown 5k/US 5k Champs:
Adam Goucher and Amy Rudolph Win US Titles Goucher and Rudolph were 3rd and 4th overall, respectively, in the open races. Khalid Khannouchi ran a 14:17.8 as he tries to come back from injury.
*Results
Sydney Marathon Recap
*Lameck Aguta, Former Boston Marathon Champ, Back Racing Again, Happy to Be Alive after Being Put in a Coma The cops kicked him and put him in a coma after a car wreck after his Boston win. news.ninemsn.com.au
World Athletics Final: *Results
Day2: Day 2 Recap of 2005 World Athletics Final
Meseret Defar pulled off the distacne double and Bernard Lagat came up just .05 seconds short of a 3k, 1500m double. The Americans picked up 7 wins including another win from the ageless Allen Johnson.
*Allen Johnson Wins 110 Hurdles at World Athletics Final, Wants to Compete Until BeijingIAAF
*Event by Event Recaps
Day 1 Recap of World Athletics Final: Jeremy Wariner and Justin Gatlin Badly Beaten Wariner coasted in the final 15 meters with an injury and Gatlin too complained of an ailment afterwards but Tyson Gay ran a sizzling 19.96 into a 1.5 meter headwind.
2005 World Athletics Final Day 1 Distance Recap: Lagat, Defar, Jamal Impress Bernard Lagat had another sizzling kick in a longer distance event (3k) and will go for the 1500m double today. Tirunesh Dibaba suffered a rare loss.
*Tim Benjamin Defeats Jeremy Wariner, Sets PR, Finishes 2nd at World Athletics Final Guardian
*Event by Event Recaps of World Athletics Final IAAF
*Christine Akron Sets Season's Best in 100 But Loses to Veronica Campbell in 100 at World Athletics Final IAAF
*Justin Gay Runs Incredible 19.96 Into Strong Headwind to Win 200 IAAF
*Frantz Kruger Fifth in Discus at World Athletics Final superathletics.co.za
Paula Radcliffe Headlines British Team for Commonwealth Games BBC
*Jade Johnson Criticizes British Athletes for Skipping Commonwealth Games to Do World Indoors Next Year Yahoo UK
*Hammer Thrower Mick Jones to Compete at Commonwealth Games at Age 42 Yahoo UK
Paula Radcliffe to Run Commonwealth Games But Won't Double, She Talks About British Performance at Worlds Guardian
S. African Team for World Half Marathon October 1st in Edmonton Announced superathletics.co.za
US Media on Whether Lance Should Make a Comeback Fox Sports AU
New Alliance New Haven Road Race: Abdi Abdirahman Sets U.S. 20 km record, Blake Russell Dominates USA 20 km Championships
Sadly Abdi ran off course or his American record time would be even faster. Making sure the runners run on an accurate, measured course should be the #1 priority of a race. Perhaps we should start a directory of races that offer some sort of guarantee not only of an accurate course but accurate mile markers, although Abdi was the only one to go off course.
*New Haven Road Race Results
*Photo of Abdi
Park Forest 10: Alene Amere, (Alene Reta, Amara Leta,), Wins His real name is Alene Emere Reta (thanks to David Monti at Race Results Weekly for this info). He raced in 2001 as Alene Emere but wants to be known as Alene Rete. He's the same guy who served a drug suspension but then tried to run under a false name, Amara Leta, at this year's Peachtree and was DQd.
Lance Armstrong News:
*Armstrong Engaged to Sheryl Crow, May Ride Another Tour: "I'm thinking about it, I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."
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*Dick Pound Head of Wada Says There is 'Evidence of Doping' With ArmstrongFox Sports AU
US Athletes Doing Their Part to Aid Katrina Victims
Sunday's Golden League Meet:
*Recap IAAF
*Results
Lebedeva Wins $1 Million Jackpot, Lagat 12:59.29
In the anticipated 5k, Bernard Lagat ran a 53.41 final lap to destroy the field winning in 12:59.29. He came up short of Bob Kennedy's American record 12:58.21, but after watching Lagat's run on Sunday his future appears to be at 5k and the record may be gone soon. Alan Webb stayed with the leaders until the final lap (running a very impressive 13:10) and Adam Goucher never was a factor as his hot or cold 2005 continued. The meet overall was lacking in star power as some athletes prepared for next week's World Athletics Final (when the meet recap focusses heavily on the javelin you know this to be the case), but Lebedeva picked up the $1 million Golden League prize by winning the triple jump by only 3 centimeters.
*Lagat, Komen in Impress in Berlin (Lagat Runs 12:59 for 5k) Lagat says, "This was just a test I am remaining a miler."
*Lebedeva
on Yamile Aldama coming within 3 centimeters of her on the final jump:
'My heart skipped a beat when I saw how far she had landed' Guardian
*Lebedeva Says She No Longer Has to Worry about Her Future Thanks to the $1 Million Independent
*Jason Gardener Runs 10.09 in Berlin Yahoo UK
Yesterday's Quote of the Day: "It's hard to explain without going into detail, but if you
look at it historically, the worse the performance-enhancing drug
problem became, the worse America did internationally, overall. They
didn't fare as well under the system that existed before 2000, when
there really wasn't much testing. It's my personal belief that now they
will fare much better."
-Frank Shorter, Olympic gold medallist in the marathon.
LRC Exclusive:
Interviews
of Participants at Papa John's
US 10 Mile Championship
*Robert
Gary Interview - The Ohio St. cross
country coach has somehow managed to coach and
make the last 2 Olympics teams. Learn how he
does it.
*Matt
Lane Interview The 4th placer at the
last 2 OlympicTrials is running more road races
this year
*Abdi
Abdirahman Interview 2004 US Olympian
Abdi keeps it real and effortless shifts the
talk from his from his pimped out ride to his
pursuit of American records when he's interviewed
by 1996 Olympian Marc Davis.
*Chris
Graff Interview: The runner-up at last
year's race and winner in 2003 has quit the
Nike Farm Team and is training on his own in
Washington, DC. Read about some of his amazing
workouts in the Farm where he'd close workouts
with a 4:05 mile.
*Pete
Julian Interview The cancer survivor
shares he now trains by perceived effort.
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
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.
A Look Back at a Truly Great Run: Todd Williams American Record at 15k
Williams was on fire in 1995, and his 15k is one of the best American records. He finished 9th at World XCs that year when all the best in the world raced in one race. Nice read by Amby Burfoot.
Great Interview With Pete Julian
He wants to bring US cross to Boulder in 2007 and has a nice outlook on life after surviving cancer.
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
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Bernard Lagat to Sue IAAF over EPO Positive "A" Sample Being Announced
He wants a cool half million. We think all "A" samples should be publicly announced, and all drug hearings should be open to the press to make the system more transparent, although Lagat's reputation did suffer as a result of the false announcement.
*Catherine Ndereba, Werknesh Kidane, Derartu Tulu, Berhane Adere, Edith Masai All Racing Half Marathon in Britain This Weekend
*World Half News: Sileshi Sihine Leads Ethiopian World Half Team, Berhane Adere Pulls Out IAAF
*US Team Announced for World Half Marathon Champs
2000
Olympic Marathon Champ Naoko Takahashi to Square Off With 2004 Bronze
Medallist Deena Kastor at Jefferson Hospital Distance Run This Weekend
Philadelphia, PA
Goucher, Rudolph Talk About Winning US 5k Road Titles www.zwire.com
Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Named IAAF Rising Star of the Year Daily Telegraph
3 Other Riders from 1999 Named as Positives in Armstrong Affair L'Equipe never named the names of the other riders besides Armstrong who reporetedly were positive for EPO when their "B" samples from the 1999 Tour were tested.
Kenenisa Bekele and Yelena Isinbayeva Athletes of the Year for 2nd Straight Year, Gatlin, Dibaba Gets Performances of Year
Tim Benjamin Has His Sights on 2006 European, Commonwealth Titles Yahoo UK
It's Official: Paul Tergat to Run 2005 ING NYC Marathon
In case you haven't noticed the people at the NY Road Runners have resurrected tremendously the quality of the competitive fields of their race the last couple years. No longer is Chicago alone solely atop the US marathon rankings.
Elana Meyer to Scale Kilimanjaro Next Week allafrica.com
Scottish Team for Commonwealth Games Announced BBC
De Lima Settles for Bronze (Loses CAS Appeal) He'll probably be the most remembered person from the 2004 Olympics for getting attacked while leading the Olympic marathon. BBC
Kelly Holmes Needs to Be Fit by End of Year to Make Commonwealth Games Team Daily Telegraph
Interview with Dorcus Inzikuru allafrica.com
Falsely Convicted for Using EPO, Athlete May Sue WADA Maybe this lawsuit will make WADA publicly admit that funding for drug testing research is a joke, and the cheats will always be ahead unless funding is vastly increased. Guardian
Los Angeles to Bid for 2016 Olympics They're one step ahead of NY as they have a stadium already built. USA Today
Good Read: A Nice Look Back at Don Bowden, The First American Sub 4 Minute Miler and a Student Athlete The 20 year old Cal student took an exam the day of his race.
2005 Real Berlin Marathon Elite Field Announced: Olympic Champion Mizuki Noguchi the Highlight
The 2005 Grote Poll Preview Ryan Grote breaks down the top 31 men's teams in NCAA XC. Along the way we're sure he'll be sure to humor and insult you at the same time. He's got Wisconsin at #1 and his pick for the NCAA champ is a guy who has never run an NCAA race in his life.
S. African Coaches to Mull Helsinki Disaster allafrica.com
British News: Jason Gardener Says Lane 1 Draw Possibly Cost Him Sub 10 100
*Tatyana Tomashova Facing Tough Test at BUPA Great North Mile September 17th IAAF
*Catherine Ndereba Running BUPA Great North Half Marathon September 18
The Emperor is Back: Gebreslassie Runs World Record 44:26 in 26C/78F Degree Weather He came through the 5k in 13:46 (and had to run that distance 2+ more times). IAAF
*Gebrelassie 10 Mile World Record Results
Other Weekend Action:
Virginia: James Mwangi Breaks Course Record at Fifth Annual Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon
Werknesh Kidane won the women's side and 2000 Olympic chap Naoko Takahashi was 4th in 1:10:30.
Russia: Russia Defeats USA in Dual, Isinbayeva Comes Up Short in World Record Attempts Dwight Phillips won the long jump and 4*100 and ran the 100 as well.
*2005 Russia US Challenge Results
London: Derartu Tulu Wins Hydro Actove Road 5k in London over Susan Chepkemi BBC
*Hydro Actove Road 5k Results (Tegla Laroupe won the Birmingham Version of this Race in 15:56)
Scotland: Jason Mbote, Hiroko Miyauchi Win Great Great Scottish Run BBC
Africa: African Junior champs Recap IAAF
Meb
Keflezighi Living His Dream But Still Looking for Acceptance as An
American Despite His Entire Running Career Being as an America CNNSI
Donna Fraser Wins 100, 200, and 400 at UKA Challenge final in Manchester Yahoo UK
*Recap of Day 3 of Asian Champs IAAF
*Moreno and Tikhon Win Hammer at World Athletics Final IAAF
Preview of US 20k Champs on Monday in New Haven nhregister.com
*Elite Field for 2005 US 20k Champs in New Haven Katie McGregor is not in the field as reported by USATF earlier this week.
*Sara Wells Running US 20k Champs Runners World
*Preview from Running USA
Khalid Khannouchi to Return to Action Sept 11th at US 5k Champs at CVS 5k www.zwire.com
JK Speaks: Progressing To Peak Fitness
LetsRun.com coaching guru John Kellogg talks about progression runs and the art of the sport versus the science of the sport.
British Sports Minister Richard Caborn Proposes Drug Companies Fund Anti Doping Research to £12m Million a Year
While the US Congress dances around one of the main issues (money), Caborn has proposed something that might make a difference. If the pro sports leagues would kick in their fair share as well, serious anti-doping research could be done. In other good news, it was announced that the HGH test now can be used on non-whites.
Vitamin C Can Help Marathon Runners Not Get Colds
The surprising news is may not do much for the general population.
Drug News:
WADA Admits to Some Problems With Nandrolone Test
"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.
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.
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
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