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World Cross Country
ADAM GOUCHER WINS WORLD XC
Dibaba Comes From Behind to Win Women's Race;
Kenyan women sweep junior race
*Recap
*Results
In perhaps the biggest upset since Billy Mills at the 1964 Olympics, Adam Goucher kicked away from Kenenisa Bekele to win the World title. April Fools. Goucher however did have an incredible run and finished 6th, only 8 seconds back of Bekele in the best finish ever by an American in the short course race (which is being discontinued this year). Kenenisa Bekele was out for another jog and accelerated away from the field with ease for his 9th straight world xc title. If you've never seen Bekele run world xc, he wins every year, every race with ease. The US men were 5th in the short course. The Kenyan women won the junior race with a perfect score of 10.
PreRace:
*Athlete Quotes
Previous:
*Preview of Men's Races at World XC IAAF
*Preview of Women's Races at World XC IAAF
*Preview of Junior Races at World XC IAAF
Victor Conte Already Out of Prison He says jail was like a 'men's retreat' and that he didn't give Barry Bonds steroids. Considering he's an excon, we say the burden of proof is on Conte.
Kenyan News: Interview with Kenyan Star Wilfred Bungei, He Likes to Read and Country Music allafrica.com
*Ezekiel Kemboi Says He Wants Steeplechase World Record allafrica.com
Gilbert Okari, Guaranteed Women's World Record Headline Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Miler in DC
*Men's Elite Bios
*Women's Elite Bios
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.
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
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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
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US Collegiate Action Heats Up
Stanford Invite Is This
Weekend
*Results
Gabe Jennings 14:17 in the 5k.
Over 4,000 athletes will be Competing.
But that still may not be enough as a
lot of quality athletes claim they got left out
of the meet. Thankfully a secondary meet may be
taking place. *
*Start
Lists (PDF)
*Live
Results
Beijing Kicks Up 2008 Olympics Construction
Cathy Freeman Interview www.telegraph.co.uk
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
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
"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
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.
"Everybody in Kenya is trying to come to America. I had
no dream about coming because I knew this was impossible. It was a
miracle," Kiplagat said. "That is why I take advantage of every
opportunity. I came here, graduated in three years, and count myself
blessed"- Richard Kiplagat who graduated from Iona in 3 years and had a 3.75 GPA
"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
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Training
Advice:
Advice from the pros
.Top
10 Training Tips
LetsRun.com's
Weldon Johnson gives his top 10
training tips. They helped him run a 28:27 10k and will definitely help
you too.
No
Shortcuts
LetsRun.Com
coaching consultant John Kellogg
outlines his basic coaching approach and gives the four principals to
correct
training for elites. LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson translates
Mr.
Kellogg's approach so that it is beneficial for the masses.
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High
School Section
Interviews
Turn Back the Clock:
Interviews With Today's Stars on Their High School Careers
Rod
Dehaven: U.S. Marathon
Champ
Juli
Henner: U.S. Olympian
Todd
Reeser: Top Road Racer Wrestled in High School
Many
more
Training
Advice
Learn
how LetsRun.com running guru, John Kellogg, made a tiny private school
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World Cross on the Internet Live For some reason instead of giving us the international feed with multiple commentators, they flew Carol Lewis out there. Tons of people had trouble logging in like last summer.
Julia Emmons, Long Time Head of Atlanta Track Club, Peach Tree Road Race, Retires
Two Time Runner Up Elfenesh Alemu Withrdaws from Boston Marathon
French Police Say Eunice Barber was Uncontrollable When They Arrested Her
"Running on the steel deck of a light cruiser is not the best way to train...I think eventually I could have run four minutes, but we weren't thinking about that then. We never trained as hard as we might have. We didn't know enough to do that. But all in all, I'm very happy
with my running career"
-American miling legend and WWII veteran, Leslie MacMitchell, who died last week at the age of 85.
Ian Dobson Helping Raise AIDS Awareness With Face Aids Program at World XCs www.faceaids.org
John Steffensen, Commonwealth 400m Champ is Coached by John Smith, He
May Race Handicapped Race in Australia over 120m for $40,000 Fox Sports AU
Dave Collins Warns UK Athletes That They Will Not Continue to Receive Lottery Funding if they Continue to Underperform BBC
Interesting Email Conersation With Dean Macey Independent
On the Boards: Kenny Moore Talks About Prefontaine's Legendary 30/40 Workouts
Princeton's Finest: James Hogue, Alexi Santana Profile The con man may finally get some lengthy jail time. At once point, he helped Princeton to an HYP title and was nearing a degree. Denver Post
Kelly Holmes Likes Australia's Little Athletics Program That Gets Youngsters Involved in the Sport
World University Games XC Recap
Great Read: Vin Lananna Profile The guy did an unbelievable job at Dartmouth, then did even better at Stanford. His goals are even higher at Oregon.
Sammy Kipketer Misses World Record by 9 Seconds in Uptown 8k in Dallas
Eunice Barber to Sue Police for Brutality
"He could not have done more. Nobody born and raised at
sea level could have... But still Craig Mottram could not beat the Africans.
And if he is unable to, is there a white Caucasian who ever will? A
delicate subject but undeniably the major topic of debate last night as
the huge crowd spilled out into the city's bars. No point in evading
the issue. It is also what the athletes themselves talk about."
-Brendan Gallagher, writing about Craig Mottram, who got silver to Augustine Choge in the Commonwealth Games 5k, despite running sub 13:00 and defeating world champ Benjamin Limo
Former World Heptathlete Champ Eunice Barber Arrested after Biting Cops, She Alleges Police Brutality
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Carlos Carballo Gets $7,500 for Running a 2:19 at LA Marathon
Ryan Hall, Sara Hall, and Jorge Torres, Get International XC Wins in Chiba Hall's closest competitior was a high schooler from Kenya.
Sonia O'Sullivan Has Hamstring Injury May Miss Commonwealths BBC
*Jana Pittman May Have Had Secret Surgery
Oregon Preview Meet Dan Browne returned with a win in the 3k.
Vials, Syringes, Pills. Found at Australian Institute of Sport Come Up Negative
Victor Conte Says He Did Not Get Barry Bonds Steroids
*Victor Conte Says Book on Bonds Contains Lies
They Worry About Caffeine, While The Dopers Use HGH, Designer Steroids and Much More: "I am still of the opinion that the MLB anti-doping program is as easy to beat as taking candy from a baby"
-Victor Conte writing from prison on how easy it is to beat a drug test.
*Dick Pound Upset With World Baseball Classic Drug Testing
Kenyans Optimistic About World Cross
Khalid Khannouchi to Run LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle on April 2nd
Charges Against Lance Brauman, Arkansas Assistant, Now Involve Tyson Gay As Well Conceivably Gay's eligibility while at Arkansas could become an issue.
Good Read: Steve Cram Writes About Craig Mottram, John Landy, and Ron Clarke Landy tripped Clarke at nationals one year, stopped to see if he was ok, and then won the race. It was a mile. Guardian
Legends in Action:
*Michael Stember Runs a 16:28 5k
*Scott Anderson defeats former world championship team member Greg Whiteley at 8k Whiteley ran 25:30 according to Race Results Weekly but is missing from this result. Not sure who had more beer afterwards.
*Brifontaine Dominates Valley of Sun Half Marathon
Road Action:
Haile Gebrselassie Shatters 25k World Record in Netherlands
Korea: Zhou Chun-xiu Runs 2:19 to Win Seoul Marathon in Cold Conditions
*Gert Thys Wins His 3rd Seoul Marathon
*Ji Yeong-jun Expected to Be the Next Big Thing in Korean Marathoning
Japan: Harumi Hiroyama Comes From Behind to Defeat Shibu in 2:23 in Nagoya Marathon IAAF
USA: Meb Keflezighi, Blake Russell Win US 15k Titles Alan and Abdi were no match for Meb.
*Video Highlights
*Results
Istvan Gyulai, IAAF General Secretary, Dies of Cancer sports.espn.go.com
*Sonia O'Sullivan May Lose Her Loophole to Compete for Australia in Commonwealth Games, Cathy Freeman Tells Her to Pick a Country
*Tamsyn Lewis Feels for Jana Pittman, Men Have Been Yelling at Pittman on Runs
*Sarah Claxton Pulls out of England's Team for Commonwealth GamesBBC
Commonwealth's Are Coming
*Namibia's Agnes
Samaria Not Competing Due to Stress Fracture The 1:59 800 runner won a medal at the last Commonwealths.
Melbourne: Craig Mottram Steals the Show From Asafa Powell Mottram ran 4:50 and Australian and area record and the 10th fastest ever. (John Walker ran 4:51 30 years ago) Asafa Powell won the 100m in 10.29 into a headwind on a coll night.
*Asafa Powell Shows He's the Favorite at Commonwealths
*Jana Pittman Pulls Out With Slight Injury
*Results Carmen Douma won the 1500m, Nick Willis in the 800.
PreRace: Australian Melbourne Preview IAAF
*Asafa Powell Running His First 100m in 7 Month Today in Australia www.smh.com.au
More Commonwealth News: Nick McMomick Fine With Being Underdog at Commonwealths in 1500
*Benita Johnson Was Hoping to Beat Radcliffe at Commonwealths in 10k
*One in 4 Athletes at Commonwealths Will be Drug Tested
London Marathon Director Dave Bedford Thinking Positively About Radcliffe's Withdrawal from Commonwealths He's hoping it will help her run faster in London
Paula Radcliffe Out of Commonwealths With Foot Injury The Games lost her and swimmer Ian Thorpe, two of the biggest stars. She still plans to compete in the Flora London Marathon.
More Commonwealth News: Steve Cram Writes About the Relevance of the Commonwealth Games and Gives His Preview of Events to Watch
*2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour Gets Underway in Melbourne on Thursday
*Patrick Johnson and Matt Shirvington are Ill and Likely to Miss Thursday's Commonwealth Warmup Meet
*Jana Pittman, Tamsyn Lewis Feud Has Simmered Down
Olympic Torch May Pass Through Taiwan in 2008 Fox Sports AU
Great Read: "I didn't run for glory, I didn't run for money-although I never walked away from a paycheck. I really ran to see how good I could be. If that mental attitude and dedication to being the best you can possibly be translates to anyone else, if I can serve as a role model in that way, I will consider myself as having a positive influence on the sport. American distance running will get better; my records will eventually be broken and that's a good thing."
-American 5k legend Bob Kennedy in an interview conducted by the top American miler of the 1990s Steve Holman
Dathan Ritzenhein Pulls Out of World Cross More misfortune for the young American.
*Message board thread
This Weekend:
World Indoors: Preview of Track Events at 2006 World Indoors IAAF
*Preview of Field Events at 2006 World Indoors IAAF
XC: A Few US Runners to Prepare for World XC Champs at North and Central American XC Champs This Weekend
*World Indoors to Be on OLN This Weekend
ING Becomes Title Sponsor of Bay to Breakers Road Race
Consider Saving a Ton of Money andSupporting a Supporter of Running:
Kiwi News: Kim Smith Recovering from Pulmonary Embolism of Lungs
It's believed to be a result of immobilizing her leg due to her achilles injury.
*Nick Willis Picks up Small Virus Before Commonwealths
Gebrselassie on How Athletes Are Treated in Kenya vs Ethiopia:
"One time (Chicago Marathon Champ) Osoro Ondoro is shot in the neck, the next time (marathon world record holder) Paul Tergat is robbed of his car. What's all this? Had they killed Ondoro, and I thank God
that did not happen, it is like killing a nation.Athletes are precious. They bring fame to a country and they should never be treated with such cold bloodedness... We are revered in Ethiopia and not even robbers can dare attack us"
-Haile Gebrselassie where he also talks about making the sure the sport is entertaining for fans
On the boards: LetsRun.com viewers give their take on 'Crash'
"Paul Maurer, in The Gift, not only presents an interesting and captivating story, but he explores the deeper questions of why runners run, why we compete, and what makes such a simple sport, running, so rewarding to those of us who do it. The Gift is one of the best running books I have ever read.
"
-LetsRun.com's Weldon Johnson on a new Running novel, The Gift
(The Gift is now available from Amazon.com)
So True: "Eight years ago, Yesalis and UCLA labratory
chief Don Catlin were asked independently how much money it would take
for research to really fight doping, and both said the figure would be
in excess of $50 million. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency spends roughly
$2million a year on research."-New York Daily News writer T.J. Quinn, a man who understands the charade of the 'clean' Olympics.
"I don't want to short-change my fans and
myself, I know I am more talented than I have shown the world. I want to go out
there and show my full potential. Once I have shown my full potential,
regardless of my age, that's when I have been on top I don't want to
leave before it's my time to leave and I don't want to stay too
long."
-Justin Gatlin on his plan to go after Asafa Powell's world record this year
Bob Kennedy Retires
Kennedy was the best long distance track runner in America in the last 30 years and maybe the best one ever. He lost the love to compete this past fall and has called it a career, but has left his mark on a generation of distance runners.
*Share your favorite Kennedy moment here.
*How do You Rank Kennedy's career?
*More on Bob Kennedy's Retirement www.runohio.com
"they sent guys like myself,
Shorter, Rogers, and Salazar down to this lab in Georgia. They told us
that we would get the same benefits and run the same times that we ran
at only 80 miles. I personally never listened and went out and did
130-140 miles because that gave me the confidence I needed. At the end
of my era, lots of these marathoners started listening to these
scientists and lowered their mileage alot. US Marathoning began to turn
into an all time low. But its rising now, and just like it slowly
declined it will slowly increase. Don't expect an overnight change, but
give it a few years."
-message boarder reportedly paraphrasing Dick Beardsley on why US marathoners in the 1980s were deeper than US marathoners in the 2000s
More on This Later: It's Not Just the US: Track and Field's Popularity Lagging in Europe
Arthur Lydiard Quotes:
"Train Don't Strain"
-famed distance coach Arthur Lydiard
Friday's Lydiard Quote: "Americans arrogantly want it all now, this is
why they finish last. Speed must be used in proper proportions. Build
and build like the Afrikans. This is the only way to realise your
potential."
-famed distance coach Arthur Lydiard
'Suddenly I got to the age of 36, and one day I realized I can't ever run any quicker than I'm running at this moment"
(Coe reportedly stopped midwork and never ran another competitive step)
-SebCoe, 2 time 1500m gold medallist and former 800m world record holder, according to Frank Deford in an audio essay on the doping scandal.
Great
Advice:
"I am glad that because I chose to focus on a personal goal, pursued
passionately and today I bear testimony of what it can yield, even
beyond my wildest expectations. I hope that this will somehow encourage
someone here today as well, to pursue his dream and vision...Usually, I
get quite enriched whenever I have an opportunity to positively touch
the life of someone. Such opportunities to show concern enable me, and
indeed all of us, to share what God has placed into our hands."
-World Record Holder in the Marathon and Humanitarian
Paul Tergat in his acceptance
speech for his honary degree from Bloomfield College in New Jersey.
A
True Gentleman and a Paid Male Escort, Unbelievable:
"He's
a true gentleman"
-Canadian marathoner,
Peter Vail, on LetsRun.com's Weldon
Johnson in an Arizona
Daily
Sun profile on
his "running" house, plus an update on steeplechaser Anthony
Famiglietti
(and if you'd like to go back in the LetsRun.com archives and read
about "Surivor Flagstaff", the attempt by 5 of the World's sexiest
distance runners to live in a one bedroom apartment click
here)
More
Great Advice for the Greatest Distance Runner Ever:
Haile Gebrselassie says work hard, be patient, and take your
recovery days seriously. Good Read.
Great
Read/Advice: Such a Simple Sport:
"I train twice every day except on Sundays and on Christmas Day."
-the great
Haile Gebrselassie, on his training over the holidays. He says his New
Year's resolution is to win the gold medal at 10k and break the 10k
world record. And Gebrselassie is still young as it is only 1996 in
Ethiopia (we swear).
Great
Read: "...there
would be days I would run 70 km (43 miles) and then there are days I
would run 20 or so. I just mentioned that figure (70) to state that
there are days I would actually run up to 70 or so. The fact that I can
run that much gives me confidence and makes me believe I am doing a
good job."
-former world record holder in the marathon Naoko Takahashi in Part I
of a fascinating interview with Japan
Times on her training
*Part
II Here
Inspirational
Running Poem
You
know you're a runner if....... (our
reader's
fill in the blanks with some hilarious responses on the message boards)
Is it the
VAAM?:
"I
thought for a few minutes my legs would be sore. But my legs
weren't
heavy at all. I went jogging and felt as good as ever."
-Naoka Takahashi won won the
Berlin marathon and
reportedly went for a "long run" the day after. Takahashi credits some
of her success to VAAM, the sports drink from made from stomach
acid of killer hornets that she drinks.
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