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Nick Willis Profile The New Zealand press is asking what Willis' chances are to win Olympic gold now that he has won Commonwealth gold. Willis was eager (perhaps a bit overeager) to get back to training  as he said "Bejing is about 18 months away. I can't wait to get back training." Nick, we love you, but it's over 2 years till the 2008 Games.

Commonwealths: *Results
UK Athletics Performance Director Dave Collins Reacts To Criticism He Didn't Attend Commonwealths We actually think it's a great thing that money wasn't wasted on an administrator instead of athletes.
Surprise Surprise: Willis , Brannen Go 1-2 in Commonwealths 1500  Ron Warhurst's boys got the job done after Craig Mottram fell.
*Mottram's Dream of Gold Crushed in 1500m When He Falls Steeple: Kenyans Cap Great Day With Men's Steeple Sweep
10k: Boniface Kiprop of Uganda Wins 10k to Break Up Kenyan Domination
Relays: Jamaicans Dominate Relays at Commonwealths
*English Sprinter Do Poorly in Relays at Commonwealths
*Australia Gets Women's 4*400 Gold on DQ
*Dave Collins Blames Selection Process on Poor Showing of British Sprinters
*Australian Men Botch 4*100
Day 5
*Jana Pittman Overcomes Near 'Freemanesque' Pressure and Wins 400h Convincingly in Front of 83,000
*Kenya's Alex Rono Dominates Men's 800 The 21 yr old who was 7th in last year's world champs 1500 won by over a second.
*Michael Johnson Gives His Opinions On Australia's John Steffensen's Does MJ think Steffensen has a bright future?
Day 4
*Recap of Day 4 By IAAF Australia's John Steffensen set a pb in winning the 400 as Kelly Sotherton wins the multi and Mark Boswell defends hj crown. Uganda's world champion, Dorcus Inzikuru, got an unexpected challengefrom Melissa Rollison in the women's steeple. Rollison was one of those who accused Said Aouita of encouraging illegal drug use.
*Australai's Rollison Challenges For Win/Earns Silver In Inaugural Ladies Steeple
*Rollison Lets Feet Do The Talking
*Ireland's James McIlroy Fails To Advance in 800m He will run the 1500 heats starting Friday
*Janeth Jepkosgei Makes 800 Final For Kenya The other Kenyan ran a pb of 2:05 but didn't advance. Amazing to think her pb is only 2:05.
*England's Marlon Devonish Fails To Make 200m Final - It's the 1st time since 1966 that England will have no one in the 200m final.
400m Hurldes Are Thurs. And Australia's Jana Pittman Is The Star
*Pittman Says She's Ready
*Cathy Freeman Column: Jana Do It For the Love and Thrill
Day 3
*Unheralded Lisa Dobriskey Surprises in Commonwealth 1500m (Distance Recap from Day 3 of Commonwealths)
*Day 3 Recap of Commonwealths (Williams-Darling Upset in 400, Dean Macey Gets Decathlon Gold)
Steeple: Dorcus Inzikuru Wins Exciting Steeple over Melissa Rollinson
*Kelly Sotherton Gets Heptathlon Gold
1500: Ohuruogu and Dobriskey Get Surprise Gold Daily Telegraph
*Dobriskey Never Thought About Winning Prior to Race Times Of London
Day 2:
*Commonwealth Games Track Day 2 Recap IAAF
*Craig Mottram Makes a Bid for Gold But Settles for Silver at Commonwealths in 5k Mottram put up a huge fight and ran sub 13, beat the world champ Limo, but was upstaged by Augustine Choge.
*Can a White Man Ever Beat the Africans?
Recap of Mottram's Silver www.heraldsun.news.com.au
100: *Asafa Powell Coasts to Gold in 100m at Commonwealth Games
*Asafa Powell Gets His First Major Title Times of London
Shot Put: Hendrick Ramaala to Use 20k on April 1st as Final Prep for Flora London Marathon www.int.iol.co.za
Previous:
*Asafa Powell Makes it to 100m Final, Michael Frater, Mark Lewis Francis DQd for False Starts
*Tamsyn Lewis Out of Commonwealth 400 in Semis
*Dean Macey Leads Commonwealth Decathlon
Previous:
*Kerryn McCann Repeats as Gold Medallist in Marathon at Commonwealth Games With Sprint Finish on Track A great way to start off the track action especially for the home crowd.
*Tanzanian Samson Ramadhani Wins Commonwealth Marathon
*de Castella and Moneghetti Talk About the Marathon www.theage.com.au
100: Asafa Powell Makes 100m Semis Easily
*Christian Malcolm Pulls Out of 100m With Hamstring Injury
*Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis Francis Make Commonwealth Semis, Jason Gardener Out in 100m
Other: James McIlroy To Do 800, 1500 Double at Commonwealths BBC
*Daniel Batman's Ancestor was a Founder of Melbourne
*Dean Macey Hoping to Use Commonwealths to Spring His Way to Gold in BeijingBBC
Previous:
*Former Auburn Triple Jumper Leevan Sands Banned for Testing Positive
*Donna Fraser Out of 400m at Commonwealths BBC
*Dean Macey is Out for His First Gold, But Has Injured Hamstring for Commonwealth Gold Independent
*Asafa Powell Out for His First International Title news.ft.com
*Jason Gardener Backs Old Guard at Commonwealths

World Record in 10k May be in Sights of Kenyan Japanese Sensation Samuel Wanjiru "I hope to run 12:50 5000m, 26:15 10000m and 58 minutes half marathon next year" IAAF

NCAA Indoors: Meet Results
Day 2: Arkansas Wins Again, Johanna Nilsson Dominates Arkansas as expected got its 42nd NCAA Crown while Johanna Nilsson of NAU showed she's a true phenom as she pulled off the mile, 3k double with ease, blowing away the field in both, to go with her XC championship in the fall.
Day 1: Arkansas Men Start Well NWArkansas Times After 41 NCAA titles you shouldn't be surprised but Arkansas did well at Day 1 of the NCAA Meet. Josphat Boit won the 5k that went out in 4:40 and Arkansas also won the DMR to put itself in a good spot to pick up another title and are ahead of John McDonnell's expectations.
*Rhodes Scholar Garrett Johnson Wins Shot Put
Other Collegiate Action:
*DII NCAAs *DIII NCAAs
*Canadian Indoor 'NCAAs'
*NAIA Results Emailers and message boarders want you to know the mile was faster than the NCAA mile. So are many high school miles.
Pre Meet
*AP Preview Of Meet
*Arkansas is Counting on Said Ahmed for Big Points at Nationals, and It Gambled on Him Getting in Nationals With Provisional Times nwanews.com
*Texas Women, Arkansas Men Have Comfortable Margins Heading into Meet According to Trackwire.com *Men's Event by Event Predictions *Women's Event by Event Predictions
*Meet Website

2 Kenyans Dropped from World XC Junior Team for Being Overage

Lengthy Profile on Craig Mottram www.smh.com.au
*Australian Olympic Boss Comments on Jana Pittman Moving to UK to Escape Media Scrutiny
Editorial: Team Jana Pittman Running off at the Mouth

Drugs
German Drug Cheat Grit Breuer Suing IAAF The ironic thing is she was coached by one of the worse drug cheat coaches out there.

You No Longer Can Keep Your Head in the Sand: Barry Bonds a Steroid and HGH Cheat We're sure some of you wanted to believe he was clean and he didn't know what he was taking, but now Sports Illustrated and a new book prove otherwise. And this proves clean drug tests don't mean anything.
More Doping News: Interview With Dick Pound, Head of World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) BBC
*Austrian Athlete Implicated in Doping Raid Retires
*Kenteris and Thanou's Lawyers Say Dick Pound, Head of WADA, is Prejudiced Against them

Japanese Car News and Running:
The Good: LA Marathon by Honda to Offer US Prize Money, Olympic Trials Qualifier Bonuses for First Time
The Bad: Former Kenyan US Road Star Brian Sherrif is a Man Without a Country Stranded in Japan and Says the Mazda Corp Owes Him Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars for Running on Their Corporate Ekiden Team A very interesting read.

US Record Holder Deena Kastor to Run Berlin Half Marathon on April 2nd

NCAA News:
*2006 NCAA Women's Indoor Fields Announced
*2006 NCAA Men's Indoor Fields Announced
*Message Board Thread

Kenyan XC Trials:
* Isaac Songok Wins 4k at Kenyan XC Trials, Unheralded Hosea Macharnyang Wins Men's 12k, Prisca Jepleting and Alice Kimeto Win Women's Races IAAF
*Kenyan Team for World XCs Announced

Collegiate Action:
Eastern Champs:
Men's Results: Penn State Wins, Cornell second. Josh McDougal 7:53 3k, Rojo's Cornell 4*800 squad wins with top time in the nation this year.
Women's Results: Georgetown wins, Cornell's Morgan Uceny 2:04.42 800
Last Chance Meets:
Notre Dame: Alex Wilson Invite Results Wisconsin DMR gets in, qualifiers in women's 3k and 5k.
Washington: Results 2 sub 4 minute miles, Galen Rupp gets in 3k with 7:54 3k

LetsRun.com Analysis:
The World Marathon Majors Are Born Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and New York announced they were becoming the World Marathon Majors, along with the Olympic Games and World Champs, and would form a winner take all, World Marathon Major Series. We analyze (yes we actually wrote something original for the site) what this means for the sport and express a few concerns. Find out all the details.
More on the Majors: Paula Likes New Major Marathon Series Daily Telegraph

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

"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

World Half Marathon Champs
LetsRun.com Coverage:
LRC Exclusive!!!!! 3.5 MB Quicktime Video of Crazy Men's finish.
*Results

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

Lisbon Half-Marathon Is  A Barn Burner Once Again 2005 London marathon champ Martin Lel won in 59:30 as world marathon record holder Paul Tergat was 4th in 59:42 as all together 7 Kenyan's ran under 62:00. The two will race in London. In the women's race, Selina Kosgei upset 3 time champion Susan Chepkemei.

City-Pier-City Half Marathon Recap The fastest half marathon of the weekend was in Lisbon but in The Netherlands another 6 Kenyans broke 62:00. So in one weekend, that's 13 Kenyan' men under 62:00. To put that in perspective, realize zero American men ran that fast that in 2005, and only Khalid Khannouchi  did it in 2004.

Kenyan David Kipkorir Sets 2006 Leader in Winning Rome Marathon in 2:08:36. Ukrainian Tatyana Hladyr wins women's race in new pb of 2:25:44. The men's race also was marked by an impressive second place finish by Italian Daniele Caimmi in 2:09 who is on the comeback trail.

Commonwealth 5k Champ Augustin Choge Has Come of Age  "He is the most versatile athlete that I have coached yet. (He is) strong, determined and very focused, "- legendary coach Brother Colm O'Connell

*Michael Johnson Gives His Impressions on Commonwealth Games BBC
*Steve Cram Says There is No Quick Fix for British Sprinters BBC
*British Olympic Head Calls on Seb Coe to Rescue British Athleteics Team
*England Has 50 Year Low in Athletics at Commonwealths, UK Performance Director Defends His Decision Not to Go to GamesTimes of London

Isabella Ochichi Is Ready For Commonwealths/World XC

Point-Counterpoint: Is Britsh Athletics In A State of Crisis? One columnist says yes, another says no.

Pay for Performance - Britain's Govt. Pledges 350 million for Athletes in 2012 Games The country wants to finish 4th in medal count at the London Olympics and be the first European country.

Sonia O'Sullivan Pulls Out of Commonwealths

German Coach of Nils Schumann, Katrin Krabbe, Grit Breuer Gets Prison Sentence for Doping Athletes

Hendrick Ramaala to Use 20k on April 1st as Final Prep for Flora London Marathon www.int.iol.co.za

LA Marathon :
Cherono and Grigoryeva Set Course Records
Benson Cherono and Lidiya Grigoryeva both broke course records on Sunday. Each picked up $35,000 for the win and a Honda car worth $28,000. Cherono also got $25,000 for a sub 2:09 while Grigoryeva got $20,000 for a sub 2:26, but Grigoreva got the big payday with an extra $100,000 bonus in the Banco Popular battle of the sexes.
*Two Cops Die of Heart Attacks at LA Marathon
*Message boarders enjoy live race stream
Pre-Race:
*Time Difference in Battle of Sexes Race Set as Difference in Course Records at LA Marathon www.latimes.com
*Kenyans Cooking Ugali in Hotel Kitched at LA Marathon cbs2.com

Dathan Ritzenhein Out of Worlds With Walking Pneumonia

Joseph Ebuya Out To Make His Name At Commonwealths and World XC for Kenya

Steve Ovett and Seb Coe Give Their First Joint Interview in 22 Years They probably got some nice cash at the corporate gig as well, but it wouldn't have happened except Ovett's kid wanted Coe's autograph.
*LetsRun.com message boarder goes into detail about the Ovett and Coe breakfast.
*A Look at the 1980 Olympic 800m Final Daily Telegraph

Boston Marathon Announces 2006 Field Defending men's champ Negussie, plus Meb and Culpepper, debut of John Korir, and more. No Ndereba on the women's side.

French Agent who Treated Kenyan Runners Like Animals Gets Jail Time One of his runners was Evans Cheruyiot who ran 57:19 for 20k. Amazing he could run that fast while being treated so poorly. Perhaps we should sponsor Cheruyiot.
*More on the French Agent Jean Conrath

World Indoors:
In Case You Missed It:
*World Indoor Recap
Results
Day 3:
Kenenisa Bekele Becomes First Athlete to Win World Titles Indoors, Outdoors and in XC. Mutola Gets Her 7th Indoor Title But if you live in the US you wouldn't know about Bekele as the race was left off the television coverage despite being the most hyped race of the championships.
*Final Day Recap of World Indoors IAAF
*Mutola Gets Her 7th
*Wilfred Bungei Wins Close Men's 800m at World Indoors
*Russia Goes 1-2 in Women's 1500m at World Indoors
*Bekele Wins World Title 'Fun Run' Independent
*Andre Niklaus Defeats Bryan Clay in Heptathlon at World Indoors IAAF
*USA Recap of Final Day of World Indoors www.usatf.org
Day 2 Saturday: Day 2 Recap of World Indoors IAAF
*Day 2 Distance Recap of World Indoors
*USA Recap from Day 2 of World Indoors Meseret Defar retained her 3k world title, Ivan Heshko pulled the upset in the men's 1500, Derval O'Rourke of Ireland got the surprise win in the hurdles and Isinbayeva won the pole vault before the home country crowd.
*Day 2 Distance Recap of World Indoors
*Ivan Heshko Upsets Daniel Komen in 1500m Final at World Indoors IAAF
*Olympic 5 000m gold medallist Meseret Defar Retains Her 3k World Title
*Derval O'Rourke of Ireland Surprise Winner of 60m Hurdles Times of London
*Ivan Heshko Upsets Daniel Komen in 1500m Final at World Indoors IAAF
*Recap of Derval O'Rourke's Win IAAF
*Isinbayeva Wins Pole Vault Before Home Crowd at World Indoors IAAF
*Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Wins His 800m Semi in Style
*Jason Gardener's Decision to Not Defend World 60m Indoor Title Will Only Be Worth It If He Gets Commonwealth Gold in 100 Times of London
Day 1 Friday:
Day 1 Recap: USA Dominates with 2 Sprint Golds, Shot Put Gold Leonard Scott, Melissa Barber, and Reese Hoffa all got gold for the US with world leading marks. In the 3000m qualifying, Kipchoge, Bekele, and Shaheen all advanced to set up Sunday's anticipated showdown in the best race of the championships. Bekele is hoping to become the first athlete with world indoor, outdoor, and xc titles. Americans Chris Lukezic (1500) and Khadevis Robinson (800) were the only US distance runners to advance.
*Bekele Brothers, Shaheen, Kipchoge All Advance to 3k Final at Worlds
*Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Easily Qualifies for Semis in 800
*Americans Dominate Day 1 at World Indoors With 3 Golds and 3 World Leaders, but Only 3000 Fans on Hand Yahoo UK
*Day 1 Recap of US Performers at 2006 World Indoors With athlete quotes from the USA Team.
*Leonard Scott Gave up on Pro Football Dream, but It Brought Him Gold at 60m in Moscow IAAF
*Bekele Trying to Become First Ever with World Titles Indoors, Outdoors, and in XC
*AP Preview
*US Runners Ready Friday the men's 800 will get under way with K. Robinson and Krummenacker competing for USA. The women's 3k has switched to a final only.
*Karen Harewood Is Britain's Best Bet for Medal Most of the top runners went to Commonwealths but the 2:00 800 runner is seeded 3rd.
*Mark Findlay To Make British Sr. Debut The 60m runner is barred from the Olympics as he was busted for steroids at age 22 in what he says was a mistake.
*Men's 3k With Bekele, Kipchoge and Shaheen Could be Top Event at World Indoors
*Roman Sebrle Says Flu Has Hurt His Chances at World Indoors, He Says Bryan Clay is the Favorite
*Christian Cantwell Hoping to Defend His World Indoor Shot Title This Weekend
*Kenya Sending 5 to World Indoors This Weekend The indoors will be streamed pay per view on the internet and will be shown on OLN Sunday from 3-5pm eastern.

"The world has lost interest in distance races like 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and even cross-country because they are regarded as competition between Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes"
-Paul Tergat

Japanese News: Jose Rios of Spain Wins Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:09:15
XC: 2 Japanese Runners Win Fukuoka IAAF XC Race The world xc race will be there at the end of the month.

Indoor Action:
*France, Russia Win European Indoor CupIAAF
Germany: Wilfred Bungei Wins 800 in 1:45, Ralf Bartels Throws Shot over 21 Meters in Germany
France: Christine Arron Impresses in French Meet
*World Champ Nadzeya Ostapchuk Throws Shot 20.86m

Athletics Kenya is Doing Well Financially but Athletes Have Complaints

Australian Brisbane Recap
*Jana Pittman Defeas Nicola Sanders in Brisbane in Hurdles
*Brisbane Results
*Christian Malcolm Upstages Mark Lewis Francis in 100m in Australia as Patrick Johnson Wins

Rain Halts Final S. African Outdoor Meet

Brief Chat With Moulton Twins: They Both Ran 2:15 Marathons Runners World

Craig Masback and Mary Wittenburg Talk About NYRR Becoming Presenting Sponsor of US Distance Project

Asafa Powell Says He's Still the Fastest Man on the Planet

30th Edition of Bloomsday Roadrace Will Have Timing Chips, New Route

Response to PJ Browne's Article: An Irish Athlete's Perspective on the Scholarship System "What coaches and athletes alike need to realize is that running is not the sole objective of attending a college. If running was to be the only objective, why go to college to begin with? Coming to America was the best thing that could have happened to me."-Eamonn O'Connor

Married Thanks to LetsRun.com:
"I don't want to say it. It sounds crazy but it was a dream come true"
-John Stiner, on getting married to his wife, Sarah, who he met on the LetsRun.com message boards. Read about their incredible story.

WADA Confident it Can Detect Super EPO It shouldn't be. It can't detect HGH or regular EPO very well. Drug research funding is way too low.

"This is not coming out of retirement, this is just me showing that if you just enjoy what you are doing and stay in there and set little goals. I do a lot of speaking, I've spoken to every group in Australia and I tell them back when I ran I set little goals and I think here I am telling these guys, but I've got to do it myself and tonight was really a chance to walk the walk"
-Steve Moneghetti, who at age 43, broke the world best for the 1 hour run for master's, averaging sub 5 minute pace the whole way as Ron Clarke, John Landy, and Robert De Castella watched him run.

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,"

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