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Kenya
To Host East African XC Championships in
2006 As Dry Run For 2007 Worlds
Coach
Of European Jr. 5k Champ Emily Pidgeon Arrested
On Rape Charges The 17 yr. old Pidgeon
and her parents are supporting the coach
for now and she is not the source of the
charges
Grote Poll Nationals Preview
The big dance in Terre Haute is less than a week away. Ryan Grote breaks down the 31 team men's field and tries to insult everyone outside the state of NJ along the way.
Leo Bookman NCAA Indoor 200m Champ Gets Public Warning for Positive Doping Test Fox Sports AU
Mombassa Kenya Gets 2007 World XCs IAAF
*Kenyan Athletes Officials Excited to Win World XCs EA Standard
*Kenyan President Excited to WIn World XCs EA Standard
IAAF News:
*1 Athlete With 'B' Standard Will Be allowed at Worlds with Countries That Have 'A' Standard Athletes 1 or 2 distance runners from the US may notw be able to sneak into worlds. IAAF
*Qualifying Standards for 2007 Worlds Announced IAAF
*World Athletics Tour to Be Top IAAF Tour in 2006 and the Only US Meet is the Pre Classic IAAF
Torri Edwards Has Her Drug Suspension Cut Short
Japanese News:
*Naoko Takahashi Ready for Her First Marathon in 2 Years in Tokyo Next Weekend www.japantimes.co.jp
*Great Britain's Success in Chiba Ekiden Depends on Radcliffe's Participation
Former National XC Champ John Korir Running Kenyan XC Race This Weekend EA Standard
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*IAAF Has Charitable Foundation to Help Promote Sport IAAF
*A Detailed Look at the Economic Impact of the Olympic Trials www.registerguard.com
Larry Wade Gets Drug Suspenstion
He can hurdle and he can party but he's now a drug cheat.
China Says It Can't Beat US in Medal Count in Beijing
S. African Road Athlete Admits to Using Drugs
She may get her sentenced reduced for cooperating.
NCAA XC News:
*Martin Fagan Profile in Irish Runner www.irishrunner.com
*Martin Fagan Brief Chat Runners World
*More XC News:
*ChasingTradition.com at Georgetown, Get the inside scoop on the Hoyas.
*Plus Check Out Alan Webb's Crib Video Watch him 'pull a Ritz' and play football in the street plus see his Mercedes.
ING NYC Marathon:
*NYC Champs Have a Full Day of Media Appearances After Marathon Past Champ German Silva, only one year older than Tergat, ran NY this year,as did former cyclist Laurent Jalabert.
*Abdi Abdirahman Talks About His Marathon PR
Post Race News:
*Tergat Happy with NY Win but Too Sore to Party it Up Sunday Night in the Big Apple
*Hendrick Ramaala Says His Legs Gave out on Him at End superathletics.co.za
*Cold May Have Affected Lornah Kiplagat in NY She was only 10th on the women's side. allafrica.com
*World Food Programme Congratulate Tergat
Previous:
UNBELIEVABLE FINISH:
TERGAT
OUTKICKS RAMAALA
The
world record holder, Paul Tergat, and the defending champ, Hendrick Ramaala,
battled it out during the final straight
separated by inches. In final 10 meters,
Tergat got a half foot ahead and Ramaala
dove for the finish but it was a futile
dive and Tergat triumphed by the smallest
amount. On the women's side Jelena Prokopcuka
got a narrow win over Susan Chepkemei. Chepkemei has a narrow lead until she started vomiting her fluids while running.
American Meb Keflezighi was with Tergat and Ramaala until the final mile and finished 3rd while fellow American Abdi
Abdirahman was 5th.
*Top
Results
*Full Results
Women:
*Jelena Prokopcuka Wins 2005 ING NYC Marathon for Latvia
NY Times
*Susan Chepkemei Vomits Down Homestretch to Come Up Short at ING NYC Marathon Again Guardian
Men: Meb Keflezighi Talks About His 2005 ING NYC Run Runners World
Photos: Men's Photos 2005 ING NYC Marathon www.nycmarathon.org
*The best individual photo of the men's finish we have seen is here
*Women's Photos 2005 ING NYC Marathon www.nycmarathon.org
PreRace: NYC is Back!!!:
"I'm the first to say, 'You know what? New York kind of fell behind for
a while; it's time for us to catch up, 'But now
we're caught up and now we're going to go head to head with the rest of
you and try to be even better"
-Mary Wittenburg, ING NYC race director, on the resurgence of the NYC marathon
Bad Boy II XC in NY: Roisin McGettigan Defeats Natalie Florence, Dan Wilson Wins Easily
Sonia O'Sullivan May Run for Australia at Commonwealth Games Daily Telegraph
Good Drug News: Patrick Arnold Indicted in Balco Scandal for Being Creator of THG Arnold has previously said he wasn't worried about being indicted because he believes the law is on his side.
Very Important: Researches May Have Found New Way to Detect Steroids Anti doping is only as good as the tests and the sporting bodies have spent very little on good research. La Times
NCAA XC Polls:
*Wisconsin Men Back on Top of Coaches Poll They swept 8 of the top 9 in the Big Ten to jump back ahead of Arkansas although Arkansas remains #1 in the Grote Poll.
*Women: Duke Unanimous #1 Still
*The Post-Conference Grote Poll Ryan Grote gives his entertaining breakdown of the NCAA men's XC teams. He's got Arkansas #1.
LetsRun.com NCAA Super Polls Voting:
Who is going to the Big Dance?
Voting is open and you have your chance to predict not only the top teams in the nation but also the top teams in each region. LetsRun.com viewers were perfect in predicting the men's conference champs.
NCAA XC Conference Action:
*Weekend Schedule/Results
Monday:
ACC
Women's Results: #1 Duke Women Dominate
Men's Results: Virginia Edges Florida State for its 2nd ACC Crown Ever
Sunday:
Big Ten:
Women's Results: Michigan Wins
Men's Results: Wisconsin Totally Dominates Sweeping 8 of Top 9 Spots
Saturday:
SEC: Women's Results: Tennessee wins its 3rd straight.
Men's Results: Arkansas wins its 32nd straight title. The top 3 guys ran off course but even if they were dqd Arkansas would have won. Amazing.
Pac 10: Women's Results: Stanford defeated Asu by 6 for its 10th straight.
Men's Results: Cheseret Wins, But Stanford Gets Team Title
Conference USA:
Women's Results: Rice Women Win
Men's Results: UTEP Dominates
Big Sky:
Women's Results: Individual Results: NAU Goes 1-2
Men's Results: Individual Results: NAU Goes 1-2, Gets Title
Big West:
Women's Results: UC Irvine Wins
Men's Results: Cal Poly Wins
CAA:
Women's Results: William and Mary defeats James Madison
Men's Results: Ian Fitzgerald of W&M Leads William and Mary to Title
Horizon League: Recap: Butler Men, Women Win
Moutain West:
Women's Results: BYU Wins
Men's Results: BYU Wins
Friday:
Big12: Women's Results: Colorado Women Win Again
Men's Results: Colorado Edges Texas
BIG EAST: Women's Results: Notre Dame Wins Over Providence
Men's Results: Notre Dame Men Dominate
Men's Recap: Martin Fagan Breaks Van Cortland Course Record
Heps: Women's Results: Columbia Women Win
Women's Recap: Caroline Bierbaum Leads Columbia to Title Once Again
Men's Results: Dartmouth Wins, Defeat Princeton
Men's Recap: Ben True Takes Individual Crown as His Dartmouth Men Win
MAAC: Women's Results: Iona Women Win
Men's Results: Total Domination: Iona Sweeps Top 8 Spots
"I left a piece of me on that race course that day. If I had to leave part of myself on any race course, that was a good
place."-Dick Beardsley on his famed battle with Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon. Beardsley according to this article still knocks out 70 to 90 miles a week.
Drugs Drugs Drugs
Recommended
Read:A
Great Look at The East German Doping
Program
NCAA XC News:
Polls, Polls, Polls:
Grote Poll: Post Pre NCAAs Edition
The humorous pontificator ranks the top NCAA men's XC teams. In this edition, he takes on travel agencies (schools that import all their runners), altitude tents, and he breaks his word and ranks Stanfurd #4.
*Mondo Men's Cross Country Poll Arkansas still on top.
*Finishlynx Women's Cross Country Poll: Duke gets all the first place votes and Stanford moves up to #2.
*Pre NCAA Photos trackandfieldphoto.com
*Weekend Results Here
Chile Pepper This meet was sick upfront as Africans swept the top 11 places led by a 28:27 by Josphat Boit (who won last year in 29:22). Forget about pre-nats, this was the toughest meet upfront this weekend. #1 Arkansas won easily.
*Team Results *Indiv Results
PreNationals:
White Race:
Men: Individual: Josh McDougal Dominates The Liberty sophomore had the best time on the day in all the races
* Team Results: Colorado Wins over Notre Dame
Women :
Individual Results: Christine Bolf of Colorado Wins
Team Results: Michigan Edges Arizona, Colorado 4th
Blue Race:
Women: Individual Results: Victoria Mitchell of Butler Edges Caroline Bierbaum of Columbia
Team Results: Stanford Defeats Notre Dame
Men: Men: Individual Results: Josh Rohatinsky Wins
Men's Team Results: Stanford Wins Easily
*Combined Women's Results here
More Weekend Results here
PreRace:
*McDougal Hoping to Win
It's Not All About Pre NCAAs:
"This will probably be the best meet we've ever had"- John McDonnell on the stacked Chile Pepper field that includes #1 Arkansas, #6 Arizona, and #11 UTEP
*Shawn Forrest Talks About Chilepepper Invite Runners World
World Half Marathon Champs
LetsRun.com Coverage:
Two Surprises of a Different Sort: Shami Celebrates Too Soon, Tomescu Surprises
Mubarek Shami was just meters away from winning the world half-marathon title, yet he celebrated too soon and Fabiano Joseph passed him on the line to win the title after finishing 2nd the last 2 years. On the women's side Constantina Tomescu surprisingly dominated the field. The US men led by Ryan Shay and Jason Hartman had their highest finish ever.
LRC
Exclusive!!!!! 3.5 MB Quicktime Video of Crazy Men's finish.
*Results
Photos: *Women's Photo Gallery of 2005 World Half Marathon Champs
*Men's Photo Gallery of 2005 World Half Marathon Champs
*Istvan Gyulai Upset Britain Didn't Send Men's Team to World HalfYahoo UK
*British Women's Team Fifth at World Half Yahoo UK
*IAAF Rigthly Criticizes British Men For Sending No-One The country got the Olympics, how about supporting the sport in the non-Olympic years?
Drug News: IOC Athletes Commission Asks for French Lab Involved in Armstrong Affair to Be Suspended for Violating WADA Code
WADA will lose credibility if it does not sanction violations of its code and admit it when there are problems with drug tests.
*Jerome Young Trying to Get His Lifetime Ban Overturned He was busted for the two drugs that have the most suspicious tests nandrolone and EPO.Guardian
*Mafia Allegedly Trafficking in Performance Enhancing Drugs in Italy (Estimated 500,000 Users in Italy) Guardian
Incredible: 3 Year Old Boy Running Up to 30 Miles a Day "I can run and eat to my heart's content here"- says the 3 year old. And eating is very important to an incredibly poor child whose mother sold him for $20.
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
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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Kip
Keino Causes Furor In Kenya For Supposedly
Ripping Rugby Team "We are out to
build a strong team (for the next Commonwealth Games) unlike in the
past when it was packed with joy riders. And holiday makers."
Indian
National Records At 800 Set At Day 2 of
Asian Indoor Games The women's
20 year old record of 2:08 was smashed with
a 2:06.07 while the men's new record is
1:50.69.
US Club Nationals This Weekend: Nike
Farm Team ' and See Jane Run Try and Defend Crowns
Past Weekend XC Action: Adam Ismael Wins Portuguese XC Race but 4 Time European Winner Paulo Guerra Does Well IAAF
*William Chebon and Fatima Maraoui of Kenya Wins Milan XC Race IAAF
NCAA Regionals Recap:
*NCAA Field Announced
*Results
LetsRun.com Recaps:
SouthEast Region Recap: Duke and McDougal Impress
NorthEast Region: Iona Back on Track, BC Wins Supertight Women's Race
Things went largely according to form at the reiongals. Loyola of Chicago was the big winner on men's side from the at-large system (24th only at prenationals but a win versus Eastern Michigan in a small meet), and Princeton perhaps the biggest or closest loser as they were 4 points from an automatic spot and aren't going to nationals.
On the boards: Who got the best/worst of the regionals?
LetsRun.com! 2005 LetsRun.com Super NCAA XC National and Regional Polls: Wisconsin Back on Top
Check out the LetsRun.com picks to make nationals. The top 2 in each region will automatically go to nationals.
Paula Radcliffe Pulls out of Sunday's 15k in Netherlands, Expected to Pull Out of Japanese Ekiden as Well
She's Got Bronchitis Guardian
Orange Classic Expected to Continue On With a New Sponsor and Meb and Khalid Possibly Racing
This is Frank Shorter's hometown race.
State Government in India Fears 3 Year Old Marathon Boy Being Exploited
He did a 33 miler recently.
Article Compares Susan Chepkemei to Paul Tergat They're the same exact for 5 world cross country titles and 2 Olympic medals.
*Susan Chepkemei Says She'll Keep Fighting in the Future to Come Out on Top
Eritrean Ministry of Information Praises Meb
He shouldn't be too proud as it is almost like being praised by the North Korean Ministry of Information.
Cost Conscious Chinese Cutting Back on Some Olympic Facilities
Drug News: Scientists Say World Records May Not Get Any Faster Without Drugs
*Cyclist Roberto Heras Positive for EPO
Catherine Ndereba Leads Kenyan Team at Chiba Ekiden EA Standard
*Gebremariam and Melkamu Lead Ethiopia Team at Chiba Ekiden IAAF
London Does it Again!
*Paul Tergat, Haile Gebrselassie and Hendrick Ramaala to Run 2006 Flora London Marathon The good news for Boston is its easier for an American to win. Daily Telegraph
Eugene News:
*Galen Rupp's 2005 XC Season is Over
*Hayward Field to Undergo Renovations for 2008 Olympic Trials Lananna is restoring Track town's old glory.
Doping News: 2 Biggest Surprises from 2000 Olympics, Nils Schumann and Kenteris. Both Have Their Coaches Implicated with Doping
*Sun Yingjie's B Sample Positive as Well
*Darren Campbell says Drug Cheat Dwain Chambers Should be Welcomed Back after His Drug Ban BBC
William Kiplagat Wins Seoul Marathon Kiplagat is the mentor of Samson Barmao who comes from a very poor family but won the Nairobi Marathon this month at the urging of Kiplagat.
Saturday: Ritzenhein Wins US 10k Champs
He won easily in his first race back from injury. US 10k track champ Katie McGregor won the women's race which was not a US championship.
*More on Ritz from Mobile Paper
*Results
*LetsRun.com viewers' Halloween Photos Up
(you can still submit yours)
Colorado and Michigan in the albums.
Kenyan News: Paul Tergat to Lead Kenyan Delegation to Moscow allafrica.com
*Yobes Ondieki Speaks About Kenyan Athletics
Previous NYC News:
*Mary Wittenberg In Charge of NYC The head of the NYRRC was a competitive rower and runner herself. NY Daily News
*Bill Rodgers in NY Talking About His 1976 Win www.nynewsday.com
Olympic 400m hurdles silver medalist Danny McFarlane Training With Felix Sanchez www.caribbeannetnews.com
Commonwealth Games News:
*Craig Mottram in No Rush To Decide If He'll Do 1500/5k Double or 5k/10k Double at Commonwealths
*Kenyan Runners Urged to Choose Between Track or Cross Country This Winter With Commonwealths and World XC Overlapping
E. German Athletes Suing Government for Forced Doping as Federation Investigates Old Possibly Doped Records on the Books Guardian
Steve Cram Writes About Future of Athletics in Britain Guardian
NCAA XC on the Message Boards:
On Wisconsin Men: "I sincerely accept your apology
for disrespecting my statement that Wisconsin could do a team tempo run
at Big 10s and still win. My assertation turned out to be even more
accurate than I once thought. They could have just jogged(as a
team)with Minnesota's top runner and still won easily"
*NCAA Women's XC Discussion after the Conference Meets
*Who Will Win NCAA Men's Indiv, Team Titles?
Stars Back Kenyan World XC Bid EA Standard
NCAA Conference News:
*LetsRun.com NCAA XC Super Polls: Conference Predictions The esteemed viewers of LetsRun.com give their conference rankings and national rankings.
World Steeple Champ Dorcus Inzikuru Injured in Car Wreck
*Questions and Concerns About Inziku's Accident
Jolanda Ceplak Has Surgery, Changes Coaches Will Miss 2006 Indoor Season IAAF
Chump Change in Qatar: Kenya Gives Medallists from Helsinki Cash ($1300 for a Gold Medal) EA Standard
Surinam's Letitia Vriesde to Move Up to 1500, Steeple Now That She is 41 IAAF
China to Send More Track Athletes Abroad to Compete to Toughen Then Up Prior to 2008 Games
Shadrack Hoff Wins S. African Road 10k Champs
Felix Sanchez: 'When I am 100% fit, the story will be different' He says Bershawn Jackson is his biggest rival.
High Jumper Kajsa Bergqvist Named UNICEF Ambassador IAAF
Weekend Marathons
Venice:
Mubarak Shami Comes Through As Favorite
For Victory
It was nice to see Shami
get the victory as he was the one who earlier
in the month let up at the finish line and
lost the world half-marathon championships
as a result earlier (LRC
Exclusive!!!!! 3.5 MB Quicktime Video of Crazy Men's finish
at world half)
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
*Newcomers
Barmao and Chptanui Take Titles (Daily
Nation
recap) Barmao
was a total uknown until yesterday's life
changing win. Cheptanui broke the course
record. *IAAF
Recap of Race
Pre-Race
News
From Kenya
Former
Boston Marathon Champ Timothy Cherigat
Entered Nairobi Marathon Day Before The
Race Cherigat
ran Chicago two weeks ago and finished
10th. He evidently thinks he's recovered
enough to pick up the first place check
of roughly $40,000.
*Elly
Rono Will Be Running His 41st Marathon
From Venice
Venice
Marathon Preview Courtesy of IAAF
Paula
Radcliffe Will Defend London Marathon
Crowd
The great Brit will run once again in
her native country as she turned down
offers from Osaka and Boston. She'll
race in London just a month after
she'll try to win the 5k and 10k at
Commonwealths.
Jon Brown Reveals His Training Secret: Training With Survivor Flagstaff Member Matt Smith Runners World
If you don't know what the hell
Survivor Flagstaff is then click here.
Paul Tergat's Foundation to Help Those With Sporting Talent
"The foundation was born out of conviction that our society is rich in the potential found in its people" -Paul Tergat
ING Amsterdam Marathon:
Gebrselassie 2:06:20
It's a 2005 world's best for Geb but he was disappointed afterwards. He went out in a fast 1:02:01 halfway and the wind hurt him in the 2nd half.
*Gebrselassie Says Wind Cost Him 2 Minutes in Amsterdam Marathon
*Geb's splits 5k by 5k (too fast between 10 and 15k and a negative split would work better, Tergat split 1:03:04 in his world record run)
*On the boards: How old is Geb?
Eugene Gets 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials
LetsRun.com NCAA Super Polls:
Razorbacks and Duke on Top
The Arkansas Razorbacks are #1 by a narrow margin on the men's side while Duke is a dominant #1 on the women's. Neither Duke or Arkansas will be at this weekend's Pre-NCAA meet.
*This Weekend's Schedule Showing Who Is Going Where
Nice
Reuters Article on Martin Keino's Retirement
The son of the legendary Kip Keino
was best known for being the world's best
pace-setter. If he were American, he'd be
known for being a multi-time Olympian as
he was smoking fast.
Great Read: Catching Up With Todd Williams and Ed Eyestone www.runningstats.com
Paul Tergat
*"As the holy scriptures say, 'for whoever much is given, much is
expected,' it is, therefore, my duty and privilege to help in any small
way in giving back to society."
-Marathon world record holder, Paul Tergat, speaking after founding a sports foundation that will help disadvantaged youths.
*Tergat's hamstring injury has healed and he says he's ready to go at NYC: "I expect good results as I am in good shape"
but he's out of next week's Half Marathon in Britain, but interestingly Gezahegne Abera (remember him, formerly the greatest marathoner in the world) is running. www.registerguard.com
Jos Hermans Tells Why Ethiopians Beat Kenyans: According to Jos it has little to do with training: "Ethiopians have more respect for their women, which
explains why their women athletes perform better than their
Kenyan counterparts, who excel in junior championships only to
pander to cultural and domestic demands later in life" and "A mentally prepared athlete can
easily beat a physically prepared one,"
Underfunded Labs Now Admitting EPO Test May Not be as Clear Cut as They Once Said Guardian
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.
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
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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