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Famed Olympic, Stanford Track Coach Payton Jordan Dies Jordan was a great coach, meet promoter, and athlete (World Record holder in the 4 x 110y in 1938 and he also ran a 14.35 100m at age 80). *San Francisco Chronicle Obituary On Payton Jordan"The greatest thing is the relationships and friendships I've gained
through athletics, and the rapport and mutual respect I had with my
fellow coaches." *LA Times Obituary On Payton Jordan"For all its warts, it's one of the wonderful ways to bring vitality into the world." *Payton Jordan Walked With Purposemercurynews.com *Stanford Article On Payton Jordan "He's a rare person. Payton had the rare ability to captivate people,
to inspire people to expand their wings and expand their limits. You look at guys who were coached by Payton and you see how
they treat their wives, treat their kids or run their businesses. These
are the examples of Payton's influence." - Stanford coach Edrick Floreal on Payton. *Share Your Memories Here
Reebok Boston Is Saturday And We've Got You've Covered *Meet Website *TV Reminder: 4-6pm Sun ESPN
LRC: Full Event-By-Event Preview Who says we don't like the sprints? LRC: A Fan's Guide To The 2009 Reebok Boston Indoor Games: Men's Mid-D & Distance EventsThe action on the men's side is unreal as there is a 1k to die for with
Boaz Lalang, Nick Symmonds, Christian Smith, David Krummenacker and Duane Solomon.That's 3 Olympians, a world champion and and world championships
team member all in one
race. The return of Alan Webb in the mile - and he's matched up with bronze medallist Nick Willis. A fantastic college mile led by Jeff See and 10 others that all want to break four. A men's 2 mile where Galen Rupp will have his hands full with Ethiopians
LRC: A Fan's Guide To The 2009 Reebok Boston Indoor Games: Women's Mid-D & Distance EventsAn expected American record attempt by Flanagan in the 5k, Kara Goucher in the 3k,a rematch of the Olympic Trials top 2 in the 800 and a great high school girls mile. LRC!2009 Reebok Boston Games Press Conference: Kara Goucher And PVaulters Ready To Shine A $25,000 bonus has been added for an
American
or world record in the pole vault. Goucher's press conference was full of insight into her Boston marathon plans.
LRC:The
Week That WasWe give a thumbs up to Lisa Koll, the nation known as the USA and more. We give a thumbs down to Stanford, a Manhattan shot putter and wonder if Jeremy Wariner really could break 1:50 for 800. Then we get ready to cheer on Cornell in the Millrose 4 x 800 for the Millrose Games.
Masters Running Performance Of 2009 *Hartshorne
Mile Recapand Results Better late than never, but these performances deserve coverage. 41-year-old Jim Sorensen flew to Ithaca from California and ran a 4:17.08 mile on a flat track, closing in 59 to the delight of the crowd. 43-year-old Alisa Harvey of Virginia ran 4:55.70 to run sub-5 as a master for the 3rd time at the Hartshorne race. *Hartshorne Mile Preview Recommended Reads: *New Testimony Released From Marion Jones Trial After you read this article, you will forever be sure that Marion, despite what she says on "Oprah," knowingly took illegal drugs to aid her performance. *Twilight
Of The Mountain God Rick Trujillo
NCAA Adding
Some Perspective To German Fernandez's Performance A Letsrun.com visitor wants to make sure we don't get too excited about Fernandez's 3:56.50, especially when compared to Kenyan youngster Matthew Kisorio. We looked up the all-time world indoor lists and Fernandez's performance in the mile is 67th all-time (as of 2008). Lisa
Koll Opened Up After Long Break With 9:09 3k In case you missed it and wonder where the NCAA record holder for 10k has been.
Fantastic Read: A Brief Chat With British Miler Neil SpeaightThis is a great read. If you think being a pro runner who has run 1:45 and 3:38 is full of glory, read this. He is 30, lives hand-to-mouth, lives at home and wonders if it's still worth it after being left off the 2004 team. But then again, he's never done it for the money.
Pro News Yoko Shibui Finally Runs A Conservative Race And Destroys Osaka Field According to Brett Larner's fantastic race recap, Shibui broke away at 30k, running 16:11, 16:33 and 7:02 (last 2.195k) to run a beautiful 2:23. She's jumping and laughing with joy after the race like she had
barely
run a step. Back in 2001, Shibui ran the fastest ever marathon debut for a woman, and in 2009 she may contend for a medal in Berlin, where she has run 2:19:41.
These Should Inspire You Meet The Unbelievable Kelly Jaske *Latest Jaske Thread She didn't run in high school, she didn't run in college. Now the 32-year-old Harvard law school grad is banging out 100+ mile weeks and just got 2nd in the US Half Championships while working a full-time job. Plus:
Poignant
Brief Chat With 44-Year-Old Super Mom Colleen De Reuck She was amazingly 3rd behind Jaske in Houston. For someone who no longer considers herself elite, De Reuck can still perform with the best.
LetsRun.com Rojo's Tour of China, Part 1 - Hanging Out With Usain Bolt Rojo went to the Puma Party put on for Usain
Bolt.
Open bar,
Chinese dancers putting on their best sorority girl imitations, and then Rojo going 1-on-1 with Bolt. Rojo actually asked Usain about moving up to the 800m. Bolt hinted the Jamaicans want him to run the 4 x 400m. More importantly, Bolt apologized for visiting Facebook instead of LetsRun.com.