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Review: Running Within
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Good News: Based On The Marks A More Drug Free Europeans Are Underway:
*German's Jan Fitschen Runs 28:10 PB To Shock FIeld/Win Gold At Euros
Heptathlon: Hottie Carolina Kluft Wins In Front Of Hometown Crowd *Photos can be found here
100: Francis Obikwelu Wins in 9.99 as drug cheat Dwain Chambers fails to medal
LJ: 19 Yr Old British Long Jumper Greg Rutherford Proves He May Be Future Olympic Hope By Grabbing Silver 4 Yrs ago he was trying out with Aston Villa
UK Athletics Performance Director Dave Collins Under Fire: Lets see what he's getting ripped for - 1) Naming A Drug Cheat As Mentor to Young Athletes 2) Stating 70 people skipped drug tests and 3) Rating all the British Performances on a scale of 1 ot 10
Monday's Action: Exciting Women's 10k Highlights Day 1 of European Champs
*Photo of women's 10k from Europeans
100: Mark Lewis Francis, Dwain Chambers Struggle to Make 100m Semis at Europeans
Heptathlon: Brits Sotherton and Ennis are 2-3 in Heptathlon Behind KluftBBC
*Eunice Barber out of Heptathlon With Injury
Other; Germany's Ralf Bartels Wins First Gold at Europeans in Shot
*Jan Zelezny Looking for Elusive European Javelin Gold
*Day 1 British RecapBBC
Christine Ohuruogu, Poster Girl for London 2012, May Have Her Olympic Hopes Dashed with 3 Missed Drug Tests Guardian
Seb Coe Wants Drug Cheats Banned from Major Events for Life Guardian
Drug Scandal:
*Patrick Arnold Man Who Invented the Clear Gets3 Months Behind Bars
*Gatlin's Mother Says He Was Not Asked to Withdraw from USATF Champs
*IOC President Jacques Rogge Sees Positives to Doping Scandal BBC
*Court Ruling May Make it Difficult for WADA to Ban Cheats in Europe Sorry we don't believe athletes have a civil right to cheat.
Previous:
*ESPN Talks With Those Who Support Chris Whetstine Clearly whatever happened there was some bad blood as Nike rep Llewellyn Starks beat up Whetstine pretty bad.
*Trevor Graham Goes Into Detail About His Accusations Against Chris Whetstine
Post of the Week: Demographics of Dopers by Coach, Agent and Shoe Company
John Smith's HSI group getting some negative attention, plus of course Trevor Graham.
*USATF Wanted Gatlin to Skip Nationals
*Asafa Powell Upset He No Longer Has a Rival With Gatlin's Drug Positive
*Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Cuts Ties to Trevor GrahamBBC
AT&T US Nationals
*LetsRun.com 2006 Nationals
Homepage
*Results
*Start List
Sunday: LetsRun.com Recap Lagat
Outlasts The Return of Jennings and Manzano's Magic, Khadevis Robinson
Puts on an Exhibition, Hazel Clark Dives For the Finish, and Lincoln ThreePeats This year's nationals was a great track and field meet. Day 4 saw a $100,000 and a world leading run by Lashinda Demus in the 400m hurdles, world leaders by Torah Harris in the high jump, Walter Davis in the triple jump, Khadevis Robinson in the 800, Dominique Arnold in the hurdles, and Wallace Spearmon in the 200. But you want to read about Gabe Jennings return, Khadevis Robinson's domination, and the emergence of Nick Symmonds. Plus you learn how stupid all the guys who give out shoe contracts are.
*Final Day Recap from USATF
*Lagat Becomes First to Complete 1500-5k Double .indystar.com
*Final Day Recap from Indianapolis Star
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.
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
Also take a look at Amby Burfoot's look at Todd Williams' incredible American record at 15k in 1995, the same year he finished 9th at World Cross Country.
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
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.
LetsRun.com
Book Reviews 2 Good Reads on Milers 50 years apart:
Sub 4:00 and The Perfect Mile
"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)
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Your Welcome LRC Story: Drug Cheat Dennis Mitchell Bows to Pressure That We Helped Create and Does Right Thing And Steps Down As US Coach For British Meet Instead of focusing on whether there was or wasn't a coverup, we'll be
positive and give USATF the benefit of the doubt and state that we are
pleased that a convicted drug cheat isn't leading a US team. We're also pleased to hear they are trying to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Chinese Champs: Liu Xiang Wins Hurdles For 6th Straight Time. The real story may have been the performance of some of the juniors who may medal at world jrs. next week like Lin Xiangqian who won the men's steeple in 8:29.
African Champs Are A Coming:
*African Champs Are Loaded In Distances: The 10k and 5k were switched so Bekele would compete
*Olympic Champ Ezekiel Kemboi Guarantees Medal Sweep in Steeple The competition should be fierce however for 1st as a World Cup spot is on the line. Kemboi: "We will be dancing all the way...It is going to be a walkover for us and there is no doubt about it."
*Botswana Officials Are Irate They Had To Pay Custom Duty on Free Kit They Got From Puma
Justin Gatlin's Legal Team Submitting Its Documents to USADA Legal Panel
Road To Eugene Meet Today:
*Road to Eugene Start Lists
*Road to Eugene Meet is Today in Eugenewww.usatf.org
*Alberto Salazar Turned 48 Yesterday
Previous:
*Russ Buller Gave up a Head College Coaching Job at Age 25 to Return to Vaulting and it Paid off With US Title This Year
*Road to Eugene Meet a Chance for Track to Move on After Gatlin Positive
Share Your Input: Road Race Management Survey on Drug Testing
Jonathan Wyatt Wins Another Mountain Event IAAF
Beach to Beacon: Tom Nyariki and Alevtina Ivanova Surprise at 2006 TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k Nyariki's win is a great story as the former 12:55 5ker was carjacked in 2003 and lost an eye in the carjacking. The 1997 bronze medallist at 5000m got the win at age 34 and picked up $10,000 for his efforts.
*Results and photos at link above
And What New Drug Will They Have Moved on to By Then? "There will be a test (to detect blood doping) within the next six years. ... I'm just not saying how much sooner it may be"
-scientist Michael Ashenden on how long it will take for anti-doping authorities to develop a test to detect blood doping
A Good Step, But You've Got to Catch the Cheats First: World Marathon Majors to Ban Drug Cheats for Life
More Doping News: Test to Detect Blood Doping May Take 6 Years to be Developed
*Editorial: Dick Pound is Undermining His Own Credibility
Study Shows Compression Tights May Really Work
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
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.
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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.
Marathon Training Program
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run a successful marathon? Sign up for our marathon training program.
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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
in Texas one of the best teams in the state. |
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*Kenyan (and Bahrain) Age Scandal Escalate Famed coach and LetsRun.com poster Renato Canova says that several World Youth Champs from Bahrain lied about their ages
Floyd Landis Offers Yet Another Excuse: Early this week, Landis had been appearing pretty smooth on a slew of American television shows but may blown it when he offered yet another possibility to Jay Leno: Maybe I ate something. News to Floyd: If you ate it, that's your problem, it's still doping. Your only bet to save face in America is to a) blame the French or b) claim sabotage or c) admit it as it's a forgiving country
More on the Amazing John Woodruff from Arizona Republic: "I'm most proud that I was able to do what I did in track and field in order to bring a good name for the Woodruffs."- John Woodruff
-NY Times Article on Woodruff
*There is a Race in Woodfuff's Name in PA
Canadian Champs:
*Canadian Champs Results
*Reid Coolsaet Defeats Paul Morrison by 4 Thousands of a Second at Canadian Champs
*Perdita Felicien Win Titles at Canadian Champs Nate Brannen won the 1500.
Nike Combined Events Challenge:
*US Wins Nike Combined Events Challenge The 110 degree temperatures and a German athlete having an ashtma atacked helped the US team.
*44 People Attend Nike Combined Events Challenge
*Bryan Clay Calls it a Season after Pulling out of Multi Event in Kansas
Runnersworld Turns 40
"I avoid posting on these boards
like I would avoid the plaque. But I never said I don't read them. So
after many moons away, I only return to give a HUGE congrats to Daniel
Lincoln. One of the nicest, more humble athletes in the sport these
days. I am very happy that he finally got the AR, because there is no
one else I can think of who deserves it more. I only hope he gets a
chance to lower it even more in the coming season. Congrats to a classy
guy, and to the new American Records holder! :)"
-Marc Davis (an 8:14 steepler himself) commenting on Dan Lincoln breaking Henry Marsh's 21 year old American record in the steeplechase
On the Boards:
*College Coaching Salaries Exposed If you're in it for the money get a job teaching high school. It pays better.
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.
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.
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.
If you want order VAAM click
here
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