New York City Related News
Sunday, October 21 Marked Meb's
25th Anniversary In US
One Year After Finishing 9th in 2:11 in NYC in His Marathon Debut, Ed Moran Withdraws From New York With An Injury The injury? Posterior tibial tendonitis
Read This If You Think All Elites Are On Drugs - They Aren't U17 World Champs Are Next Year - Kirani James & U. Bolt are Past Superstars Kirani James ran 45.70 at age 15. Usain Bolt ran 20.40 into the wind. Some people are just total prodigies.
Random News On A Slow Tuesday
- 28 Yr Old Christine Ohuruogu Thought She'd Retire After London But Now She'll Keep Going The Brit, who once was given a one year drug ban, will
keep competing.
- With His Plantar Fasciitis Cured, Mehdi Baala Runs 4 x 800 And Says He'll Run Indoors
- Man Runs 2:46 At Baltimore Marathon Wearing Flip Flops
- IAAF Head Lamine Diack Halfway Through Visit To Beijing - Host of 2015 Worlds
- Sports psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters, the man behind UK cycling's success, is hired by UK track and field
- 21-year old Jack Green Says He's Still A 400 Hurdler - Not Just A Relay Specialist
- France’s triple Olympic gold medallist Marie-Jose Perec has been elected president of the Guadeloupean Athletics
Sunday Results: Amsterdam, Birmingham, Des Moines, US Army Ten Miler, Gyeongju
- Wilson Chebet Runs 2:05:41 At Amsterdam To Break The CR On A Windy Day Ethiopians Bentayehu Assefa (2:06:22), Abrha Gebretsadik (2:06:23), and Feisa Bekele (2:06:26) were
a close 2-4 all making their debut. Dutchman
Michel Butter ran 2:09:58. For the women World Half Marathon champ Meseret Hailu also
beat the CR to win in 2:21:09 as Eunice Kirwa was second (2:21:41) and Caroline Kilel DNFed.
*IAAF Recap
*Michel Buttler Is Just The 5th European Under 2:10 This Year - Micah Kogo Outkicks Abera Kuma By Two Seconds In A Thrilling Sprint To The Finish To Win Bupa Great Birmingham Run In 1:00:17 WR holder and World Half Marathon champ Zersenay Tadese was third in 1:01:06. All three broke B's 1:01:29 CR. Portugal's Sara Moreira won the woman's race over Ethiopia's former World Half Marathon champion Berhane Adere in 1:12:49.
- 2:05:37 Man Wilson Loyanai Wins Gyeongju Marathon In A Course Record Breaking 2:06:46
- Ethiopian Tesfaye Sendeku-Alemyehu Defends His Army Ten Miler Title In 47:48, Beating Out Augustus Maiyo (47:54) Kyle Heath and Robert Cheseret went 4-5 as Joseph Chirlee was 10th. Kerri Gallagher outsprinted defending champ Aziza Aliyu-Abate by one second in 56:09. *Full Results
- Samuel Ndereba Wins Over Antonio Vega At The Des Moines Half Marathon Ndereba ran 1:03:18 to Vega's 1:03:41. Jenna Boren won the woman's half
in 1:16:13 while James Kirwa won the full marathon for the 3rd straight
year in 2:16:54.
*Half Results *Marathon Results - Solomon Kandie Wins Duke City Marathon In CR 2:24:03 Kandie is the guy sponsored by Mattress Firm (video in far right column).
Jamaican Olympians Cash-In
- Jamaican Medalists (Gold, Silver, & Bronze) Were Rewarded With Anywhere From One Million To 250,000 Dollars Each
- Veronica Campbell-Brown Awarded The Courtney Walsh Award For Excellence And $500,000 In Jamaica She wasn't there to accept her award, but sent her sister on her behalf. You'd think for $500,000 you could at least show up.
Mo Farah Gets A Visit From His Twin Brother Hassan In England
Recommended Read: For The First Time Since They Were Separated At 8 Years Old, Hassan Farah Visits Mo In England
Mo, talking about his daughter, said, "She's taught [Hassan] 'fat ass, big bum bum' because she says he's a fat version of daddy."
*Twitter Post/Photo From Mo
Kenyan News: Brother O'Connell Gets Honored
- Coach
Colm William O'Connell Given An Honorary Doctorate Degree From Dublin City University For His "Unrivaled Contribution To Athletics In Kenya"
*Video: Brother Colm O'Connell And David Rudisha Talk To Junior Irish Athletes At Athletics Ireland Squad Day Great quotes from O'Connell, such as, "You must learn to control yourself. Athletics is not just about going out and training and flailing around a track or a field or a cross country course. You must think about your training, think about what you're doing."
*Irish Examiner Article On Brother O'Connell - Kenyan Sports Minister Promises That Report On What Happened In London Will Be Ready Soon And Kenyans Will "Know The Truth"
- World 800 Bronze Medallist Janet Jepkosgei Has Changed Her Nickname From "Eldoret Epress" To "Kenyan Airways (KQ) Express" ... Kenya Airways is her new sponsor.
- Gladys Chemweno & Isaack Korir Win Chepkoilel University College XC Race In Eldoret *Results
- Disabled Athletes In Kenya Face Challenges On Multiple Fronts As With Little Funding, Wheelchair Racers Are Left Without Proper Racing Equipment They are forced to use regular wheelchairs, which are heavier and more cumbersome than race chairs.
UK/Post Olympic News
- UK Distance Runner Steph Twell, Who Came Back From A Triple Ankle Break, Talks About Being Cut From UKA Lottery Funding "I have never been money driven, I love the sport and only want to get better, the beauty of the programme is access to the very best nutritionists, physios and strength and conditioning coaches."
- London 2012's Budget Surpluss Over $800 Million
- London Still Failing In Their "Inspiring A Generation" Legacy Goal So far, they've inspired 8% of people to take up a new sport.
- UK High-Speed Rail Company Saw Revenue Drop 5% Over The Summer Despite Being An Olympic Sponsor And Carrying Thousands More Passengers During Games www.insidethegames.biz
- Olympic Stadium Set To Host 2017 World Paralympic Championships
Sunday's Action *Bupa Great Birmingham Half Televised In UK On Channel 5 (10AM UK Time)
- Birmingham: World Half Marathon Champ Zersenay Tadese Headlines Bupa Great Birmingham Half Marathon Up against Micah Kogo (59:07).
Eliud Kipchoge was supposed to race, but has withdrawn.
Former World Half Marathon champ Berhane Adere is the heavy women's favorite.
*AW Preview
*Former World 5,000 Champ Eliud Kipchoge Pulls Out Of Bupa Great Birmingham Run Due To Illness - Amsterdam: Wilson Chebet (2:05:27) And Peter Kirui (2:06:31) Lead A Very Deep Men's Field At The Amsterdam Marathon Atsede Tsegay (half marathon WLer at 58:47) will make his marathon debut and Kiprono Cheruiyot (2:05:52) and Henry Sugut (2:06:58) are also in the field. Caroline Kilel and World Half Marathon champ Meseret Hailu lead women's field.
- American Distance Project's Augustus Maiyo, Robert Cheseret, Joseph Chirlee To Compete At Sunday's Army Ten Miler
- NCAA Weekend Action
European News
- Paula's Not The Only One: Other UK Athletes Who Lost Their Funding Criticize The Decision And Consider Where To Go 800m runner Marilyn Okoro, Marlon Devonish and Steph Twell among others
speak out.
*Other UK Athletes React Via Twitter Phillips Idowu tweets: "was I on funding?" - After Winning Silver In London Christine Ohuruogu Thought About Retiring, But Has Changed Her Mind And Said "I Wouldn't Mind Sticking Around"
- Spain's Former Steeplechase World Champ Marta Domínguez Is Moving Up To The Marathon
- After Losing In London, German Hammer WR Holder Betty Heidler Says She Probably Won't Still Be Competing In 2016
US & Worldwide Distance News
Alberto Salazar, Nina Kuscsik And Miki Gorman To Be Inducted Into NYRR Hall Of Fame Maybe we're biased, but Alberto should have been inducted by himself this year. Way more a legend than Kuscsik and Gorman. Plus if there is an annual induction ceremony, with 2-3 people a year, soon they'll be out of people.
- Jerry Schumacher Q&A: "Just because you are a great 10,000-meter runner or half marathoner, it doesn't mean you are going to adapt to the marathon ..."
- American Steepler Dan Huling: "It's pretty hard to swallow that I'd gotten in the top three (in the US) in every other year but 2008 and 2012."
- Molly Huddle Brief Chat She's not sure she can break 14:30.
- David Rudisha Wants To Help Build A Stadium In His Hometown Of Transmara
- NY Times Looks At Jogglers (People Who Jog And Run Marathons At The Same Time)
- Asics To Sponsor Foot Locker Cross-Country This Year
No Fall Marathon For Stephen Kiprotich
Olympic Marathon Champion Stephen Kiprotich Talks About What He's Been Up To And Why He Won't Run A Fall Marathon "It is simple: I am not ready for it. It is only two months ago since I won in London. Recovering from a marathon takes time, you know." Taking time to recover instead of rushing for a quick payday. That's the attitude that makes you Olympic champ.
- From The Weekend: Rennes Men's 10k & Women's 5K: New Delhi Half Marathon Winner Edwin Kipyego Wins 10k In 27:50 Ethiopian Buze Diriba won the 5k in 15:14.
US News: Christian Hesch To Do Interview Answering Your Questions
- Airs Monday: Christian Hesch To Be Interviewed On The Trailer And You Ask The Questions Send in your questions (anything you want) by Friday, 8:00 A.M. EST.
- Final Part Of Liam Boylan-Pett's Article On Sam Bair III And His Quest To Join His Father As A Sub-4 Miler Blair III: "It was funny. I didn't feel like I ran that great of a race. It's such a weird concept. I only had to come down 2 tenths of a second. If I would have done that in any other event, even the 800 where it would be more impressive to drop time, it wouldn't have even mattered. It's a barrier, and you need to run under, so you've got to do it."
- Bill Rodgers Running Center To Close
- Julie Culley Will Make Her Marathon Debut At The NYC Marathon She says she wants to go at least sub-2:34 and use this as a "springboard" for the 2013 track season. She'll need to be careful coming off it though; that was Lauren Fleshman's plan last year, too.
- Erik Van Ingen Is The Newest Member Of The OTC He's known for famously diving to win in a couple of races. Van Ingen: "People say, 'Oh, you dove. You look like a jackass.' But yeah, I dove, and I got what I wanted."
NYC Marathon And Pro US News
Rec. Read: Lengthy
NY Times Piece On NYRR President Mary Wittenberg: "Running INC" Since taking over at the NYRR, Wittenberg has more than doubled the club's revenue. No one in our opinion has done more to promote running as a pro sport in America. Most of the criticism in the article is from those who say the NYRR has gone too far from the "grass roots" the club started with.
Wittenberg: "We're not sorry we're successful. To our critics, we say, we want you to come along."
*Mary Wittenberg To Receive Sports Leadership Award From The March Of Dimes New York Division
*MB: Wittenberg article in the NY Times
- RR: Good Article On Meb Keflezighi Talking About His 4th Place Finish In London And The Upcoming NYC Marathon "I really believe I can win New York again ... I still believe I can run 2:07, 2:08 on this course." He also doesn't rule out trying to make it to Rio 2016.
- Ian Dobson To Coach Elite Team In Eugene
- After A Collegiate Career Full Of Injuries, Alex Kosinski Is Now With The OTC And Looking To Finally Stay Healthy
- Shalane Flanagan On The World Half Marathon Champs: "I ran like a complete turd."
Upcoming Races
- Defending Champion Firehiwot Dado Pulls Out Of The NYC Marathon With An Injury
- October 28th: Interesting Matchup Between Tariku Bekele And Abel Kirui At The Bupa Great South Run 10 Miler Kirui finished runner-up behind Leonard Komen last year. Ireland's Alistair Cragg also in field. The women's field is led by Brits Jo Pavey, Claire Hallissey and Julia Bleasdale.
More Results From The Weekend
- Scotiabank
Toronto Waterfront Marathon: In Wet And Windy Conditions, Sahle Warga Becomes The First Ethiopian Winner In The Race's 23-Year History After all the talk of a big bonus for the 2:07 CR, Warga won in 2:10:36. Everyone fell off the pace that went out in 1:03:41. Favorites Kiplimo Kimutai and John Kiprotich took 2nd and 3rd (2:11:20 & 2:11:29).
NZ's Mary Davies won the women's race with 2:28:56 as the favorite Agnes Kiprop went out in 34:14 for 10k and 1:11:30 at the half, but fell way off and took 2nd (2:29:30).
*Ed Whitlock Sets Age 81 World Record At 3:30:29 And we guess it's the month for weird marathon records as a guy set the WR for fastest marathon dressed as a superhero (2:33:58) ... obviously he was the Flash. - Carpi Marathon And Trento 10K: Ethiopian Kasaye Sisay Lemma Wins In Carpi With 2:11:58 2008 5k bronze medallist Edwin Soi won the Trento 10k in 28:43 over World Junior 5,000 champ Muktar Edris (28:45) and 5,000 Olympic bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa (28:48).
Weekend Results: Road, Track, XC
- Dickson Kiptolo Chumba Is The Surprise Winner Of The Eindhoven Marathon With A CR 2:05:46 As Pre-Race Favorite Tadese Tola Was 4th (2:08:01) Franklin Chepkwony and Erick Ndiema finished second and third in 2:06:11 and 2:06:17. Aberume Mekuria was the women's winner in 2:27:20.
- Leonard Komon Takes His Third Straight Berlin 10k Victory In 27:46 On A Windy Day
- Ezechiel Nizigiymana (58:12) And Cynthia Jerotich (1:05:36) Win Paris 20k In Rainy Conditions *Results
- The Inaugural Nick Symmonds Springfield 800 Road Race Was This Weekend The fastest time of the day was 2:04.
- Africa Cross-Country Champ Joyce Chepkurui Wins Ndalat 8k XC Race In 26:01 Isaac Korir won the men's 12k in 34:40. *Results
Recommended Read: Liam Boylan-Pett Writes 4-Part Series On Sam Bair III, Who Struggled To Join His Dad As A Sub-4 Miler Bair gained fame for a series of near misses in college with 4:00.14, 4:00.35, 4:00.87 and 4:00.99, but continued the chase post-collegiately.
Ridiculously Deep Fields Set For November 3rd NYRR Dash To The Finish Line 5k *Full Elite Start Lists
Elite Field Announced For November 3rd NYRR Dash To The Finish Line 5k And Includes 17 Olympians Men: Chris Solinsky, Alan Webb, Matt Tegenkamp, Lopez Lomong, Evan Jager, Ben True, Andrew Bumbalough, Chris Derrick, Luke Puskedra, Cam Levins, Leonard Korir and German Fernandez. Women: Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Molly Huddle, Jen Rhines, Lisa Uhl, Kim Conley, Sheila Reid and Neely Spence. *Full Elite Start Lists
Marathon News: Martin Lel Joins NYC Marathon Field
- 3-Time London & 2-Time NYC Champion Martin Lel Added To NYC Marathon Field Lel is one of our favorites. So, too, was Ed Moran, who ran his debut here last year with a 2:11:47, making him the 4th-fastest American in 2011.
- Kenya Enacts New Marathon Selection Policy For Rio 2016, In Which No Athlete Who Has Run A Marathon Within Six Months Of Rio Will Be Eligible The real question now is how many times will Kenya change or go back on this policy before they actually pick their team?
2012 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon *Top 30 Results/Splits *Live Thread
Men Full Recap Kebede 2:04:38 Course Record, Ritz 9th 2:07:47 updated Tsegaye Kebede scorched the second half in 1:01:44 to run 2:04:38, a course record by nearly a minute. Dathan Ritzenhein ran a more than 2-minute PR of
2:07:47 to become the third-fastest American in history but amazingly that only got him 9th.
Women Full Recap Baysa Edges Jeptoo In A Thriller Two-time Paris champ Atsede Baysa and Rita Jeptoo battled all the way to the line. They both raised their hands but Baysa was the winner. Renee Metivier
Baillie's marathon debut was great as she's now #8 all-time in US history at 2:27:17.
LRC Ritz Runs A Big 2:07:47 PR To Become Third-Fastest American And Finish 9th Dathan Ritzenhein ran a solid race to become the third-fastest American ever. That only got him 9th place in the race, but this was a big step in the right direction for Ritz.
10 Years Ago, Paula Radcliffe Raced To A 2:17:18 World Record (with pacing help from LRC's Wejo) Radcliffe is back in Chicago to celebrate.
*Video: Korir Talks: Is There Something About Faith & Successful Distance Runners? A new film, tRANscend, is coming out next summer.
BMW Berlin Marathon *Yahoo Photos *Video Of Berlin Finish
Even If They Fixed The Race, Athletics Kenya Boss Congratulates Mutai And Kimetto The WMM should disband its $500,000 first place gimmicky prize going forward if this is the outcome that is encouraged. LRC's recap and message boarders are quoted extensively in the article.
*Km-By-Km Splits In Berlin Updated
LRC Geoffrey Mutai Wins?* Berlin And World Marathon Major Title In Bizarre Finish (AKA Did Dennis Kimetto Let Geoffrey Mutai Win $500,000?) The 2012 BMW Berlin Marathon was a masterpiece on the men's side until the final 2km. The fastest marathoner ever, Geoffrey Mutai, and his training partner and breakout star in 2012, Dennis Kimetto, were
putting on an exhibition,
running side-by-side with each 5km faster than the one before it and on world record pace. Then the wheels fell off and there was the sprint for the finish. The problem is the mad dash for home never occurred and that left some wondering what the hell happened? Were they both completely trashed or had Kimetto deferred to Mutai, helping him win $500,000? Aberu Kebede won on the women's side for the 2nd time in a PR of 2:20:30.
- Kimetto: "I was not expecting to finish close to him since I knew I could not beat him, but I'm delighted with today's performance."
- Race Broadcast: "If anything, it may be a pre-planned thing, you know."
- Science Of Sport's Analysis Of Berlin
LRC Does Politics
LRC Meet The Man Who Changed American Politics Started The Paul Ryan Marathon Controversy LRC Poster and 2:29 marathoner Bill Walker started the thread that made Paul Ryan's marathon time a matter of national discussion. Until now, Mr. Walker has received no
credit for his contribution to the American political landscape. Meet the man behind it all. Plus learn who he's voting for.
Saturday:
LRC Mo Farah Completes The Double As The British Fans Go Wild The British fans got what they wanted on the final day of Olympic track competition (marathon tomorrow is on the roads and doesn't end in the stadium) as Farah won a tactical 5,000. Bernard Lagat came up just short in his quest for his first Olympic medal for the US as he was 4th, Rupp 7th and Lomong
10th.
*MB: Official
men's 5000m thread *That was the
worst 5000m final in an Olympics ever
Friday
W 1,500: LRC Disaster Strikes Twice As Morgan Uceny Gets Tripped Again And A Former Doper Wins Gold Disaster struck twice in the 1,500 final. First at the bell when, unbelievably, Morgan Uceny was sent sprawling for the second straight year. It struck again a lap later when a former doper won gold and her compatriot, who has gone from 4:18 to 4:01 this year, nabbed silver.
*Pat Forde: "Saddest sight of the Games"
*Woods: "Half a lifetime of preparation, of dreaming, shattered in an instant."
Usain
Bolt Wins 200 To Become A "Legend" Bolt became the first man to win the 100 and 200 at back-to-back Olympics and become a legend in his own words. We thought he was already a legend. After leading the Jamaica 1-2-3 sweep, Bolt trashed Carl Lewis, saying he has "no respect for him" as a result of Carl's thinly-veiled drug allegations at Bolt.
More Bolt-Lewis: *Bolt Rips Lewis
Memo To All LetsRun.com Fans - You Now Have As Many Tour de France Titles As Lance Armstrong
Cycling Feds Strips Lance Armstrong Of 7 TDF Titles & Bans Him For Life "The UCI will strip him of his seven Tour de France wins. Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling. He deserves to be forgotten in cycling."
Insurance Company Wants Its Money Back "Mr Armstrong is no longer the official winner of any Tour de France races and as a result it is inappropriate and improper for him to retain
any bonus payments made by SCA."
We 100% Agree - Declare Amnesty For Cycling & Then Do It For Track
Former Team Managers React To Armstrong Verdict "We need to put in place a system of amnesty so that everyone can come clean and we can truly start from scratch, because the real problem is, where do we go from here? We have to go to the end."
*Lance Armstrong Removes Mention of TDF Victories From His Twitter Profile
*Disgraceful: Lance Armstrong Texted Pat McQuaid And Tried To Find Out Verdict Ahead of Time
*Mary Wittenberg: NYC Will Strip Lance Of His 2006 NYC Marathon Finish Let's hope he didn't dope to run 2:59.
*Oakley Drops Armstrong
US News: Lolo Jones Bobsledding, Mary Cain, Hesch And More
- Is Lolo Jones Serious About Trying To Make The U.S. Bobsled Team? She Finished 2nd This Weekend In A US Team Selection Race & Has More Races Planned Maybe she figures she'd only have to wait until 2014 to try to win an Olympic medal.
- And The Hypocrite Of The Year Award Goes To ... Christian Hesch Calling Out Mo Trafeh As A Drug Cheat Back in January, he tweeted a picture of Mo Trafeh dropping out of the Marathon Trials and said, "Thank God ... was afraid of what would happen if yet another doper was rewarded ..."
- Blogger Talks About Why It Might Be A Mistake For Mary Cain To Leave Her HS Team For Salazar
*MB: Salazar is formally coaching Mary Cain - The Forbes Fab 40: The World's Most Valuable Sports Brands We'll give you one guess which company tops the list.
- NCAA XC: Previews Of Conference Champs This Weekend
- Ashton Eaton Answers The Question Of Why Track Athletes Keep Getting Better Eaton's response: "Because we keep marrying each other."
Lance Armstrong's First Comments Since USADA Report
- Lance Armstrong In His First Public Remarks Since USADA's Report: "It's been a difficult couple of weeks. I've been better and I've also been worse."
- Former Cyclist And Journalist Explains Why He Never Did An Interview With Lance Armstrong "Well, I like to give everyone a blank sheet of paper but I couldn't do it with him ... probably the most cynical, hypocritical bastard in the history of sport."
US High Schoolers Mary Cain And Sarah Baxter Get Some Press
- High School Superstar Sarah Baxter Crushes Course Record At Mt. SAC Invite With 16:00 She beat out the 2001 CR of 16:16 set by Amber Trotter and is well faster than Jordan Hasay ever ran here.
*Video: Sarah Baxter DOMINATES Mt. Sac XC Meet
*Video Interview With Baxter - OTB: SARAH BAXTER 16:00 MOUNT SAC!!!!! *Sarah Baxter > Jordan Hassy, Abbey D agistino, and everyone else *Could Sarah Baxter win NCAA XC Championships right now!?
- Salazar Has Found His Next Project: Alberto Salazar Officially Coaching High Schooler Mary Cain, Who Will No Longer Run For Her HS And Will Race NYRR Dash To The Finish Line 5k Salazar: "A talent like hers only comes around once in a generation. If you get a kid like her running right at a
young age, she can accomplish incredible things. ... There were some biomechanical glitches in her stride, along with some imbalance and strength issues. If that stuff got fixed, this girl could accomplish anything."
Other US News: - Christian Hesch Responds In Comment Section To A RunBlogRun Diatribe He claims that the quotes in the NY Time article that said he "didn't race on it" were paraphrased and taken out of context.
- For A Long Time Aisha Praught Wasn't Sure If She'd Be Able To Have A Post-Collegiate Career, But Now She's On The OTC "It was just crazy, finally achieving something that you knew was inside, but you just couldn’t quite find."
More Armstrong Stuff
- NY Times: How Armstrong's Wall Of Silence Fell Rider By Rider Race director Andrew Messick on his conversation with Floyd Landis: "Lance Armstrong never came up. But he did make a comment on the Mafia. He said, When you're in the Mafia and you get caught and go to jail, you keep your mouth shut, and the organization takes care of your family. In cycling, you're expected to keep your mouth shut when you test positive, but you become an outcast. Everyone just turns their back on you."
- UK Decathlon Great Daley Thompson Calls For Cycling Be Banned From The Olympics Thompson: "Armstrong is a cheating b*****d and that's all there is to it. It's a terrible situation for anyone who cares about sport in its purest sense."
This Should Be Interesting: UCI To Respond To USADA's Armstrong Report On Monday
- Coming Monday: UCI To Respond To USADA's Lance Armstrong Report
*MB: BREAKING: UCI to issue statement re Lance on Monday - In Wake Of USADA Report, Dutch Bank Rabobank Ends Their Sponsorship Of Professional Cycling Their managing board said, "For the bank this is an inevitable decision. We are no longer convinced that the international professional world of cycling can make this a clean and fair sport. We are not confident this will change for the better in the foreseeable future."
- Ex-UCI Anti-Doping Chief Says Pat McQuaid "May Have Wavered" Over Doping Anne Gripper: "The UCI may have failed to take some actions that we should have taken at the time but since 2006 we have been really committed to this issue."
- Good News For Armstrong: RW's Scott Douglas Explains Why Making Dopers (In This Case Christian Hesch) Pay Back Unfairly Won Prize Money Isn't Always A Possibility Competitor Group Vice Pres.: "Would we launch a legal campaign to go after it that's going to cost more than he won? That would be illogical."
- It'd Be Sad If It Ever Really Came To This: Scientists Argue "Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport?" They say "the legalisation of drugs in sport may be fairer and safer."
- SA Sprinter Who Tested Positive Blames It On Team Doctor Giving Her The Wrong Birth Control Pill
US News
- Sanya Richards-Ross Talks About Having The Support Of Jamaican Athletes In The Effort For A Global Athlete Union "I have spoken to Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce; the only top athlete I have not spoken to as yet is Veronica Campbell-Brown, but they are all on board and all want to be part, so we are just working on what that is going to look like."
- Former NAIA Athlete Lauren Johnson Joins The OTC, But To Train For What Event? In college she was a long hurdler and basketball player and since then she has spent time focusing on the 800, mile, and steeplechase. She thinks she wants to focus on 1,500/steeple for 2013.
- University Of Minnesota's 9-Time All-American Hassan Mead Joins The OTC "In the back of my mind, I had no doubt where I was supposed to be."
- 5 Things You Should Know About 2:11 Man Andrew Carlson He'll be running his second marathon at NYC and his dog has run 10 miles in 62 minutes.
- Man Went From Weighing 538 Pounds In 2000 Now Down To 238 And Will Race NYC Marathon He already ran a half marathon in 1:48 back in 2006.
- Chris Nicholas Trying To Become The First Person To Run Across The US Twice In A 12-Month Period To Raise Money For Charity He already did it once and now is on for trip #2, which will be around 6,000 miles.
More Lance Armstrong Doping News
Lance Armstrong To Be At Gala Tonight For 15th Year Anniversary Of Livestrong Lance will have to issue a mea culpa at some point, will it start Friday? For years, the cheat berated those who said he doped as his sponsors turned a blind eye to the evidence out there.
- A Look At Travis Tygart, Head Of USADA AP
- Lance Armstrong Quote Taken Down At Olympic Training Center
- Velo Nation: Stripping Lance Armstrong Of Tour Titles Is Necessary Even If Guys Behind Him Were Cheats
- Deadspin: A Full List Of The Brave, Brave Companies That Dropped Lance Armstrong Only After Nike Did
Deadspin: "Nike Dumps Lance Armstrong In The Smarmiest Way Possible" "Like Nike didn't know ages ago that Lance rode up the Pyrenees with four million cc's of oxygenated dinosaur plasma stuffed into his veins." Nike needs to do an investigation into the allegations the company helped cover up an Armstrong positive. - Excellent Editorial On Lance Armstrong Case In Science Of Sport Blog Quote of the Day from this article.
- WADA May Change 8 Years Statute Of Limitations
- Previous: Nike Cuts Ties From Lance Armstrong, Takes His Name Off Nike Building
We'll Say This For Athletics Kenya - They Keep Things Interesting
Crazy: Athletics Kenya Issues A One Week Ultimatum To All Foreign Coaches Working In Kenya To Get Out Of The Country AK chairman Isaiah Kiplagat claims that the foreign coaches are responsible for the doping cases in Kenya and that "These coaches have been extracting blood from some athletes and mixing them with others things to qualify their doping claims."
Other Doping News: South African Sprint Star Tsholofelo Thipe Fails Drug Test
*Doping Cases For Two Jamaican Athletes Who Tested Positive Adjuourned For Silly Reasons Hopefully this doesn't turn into a Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou (Greek sprinters) situation and get postponed forever.
Some Good Interviews With US Athletes
- Recommended Read: Good Interview With Chris Solinsky On His Comeback, Plans For His Upcoming 5k In NYC And Goal To Make The Worlds Team This Outdooor Season "It still kills me to see people win in a kick. For whatever reason, it just rubs me the wrong way. It was driving me nuts watching those [US Trials] races."
- David Torrence Does Interesting Interview On Reddit, Where The Fans Ask The Questions "I think it is a shame and a disgrace ... At the sub-elite level [Hesch] was competing at, those guys REALLY need the money ... So to see someone like him that cheated those guys that are doing their best to live their dream ... just leaves a sick taste in my mouth."
- Q&A With Tyson Gay: He Says He Still Plans On Trying To Be At The Olympics Again In 2016 Even Though He'll Be 34 "I think coming through all the adversity and the injuries, the rehab I went through, that’s actually made me who I am today."
- After A Hip Injury And 2 Stress Fractures, Ben Blankenship Is Back Healthy And One Of The Newest Members Of The OTC In 2011, he beat NCAA 1,500m champ Andy Bayer, but then was gone for over a year.
- Extensive Interview With US's 1968 Olympic Steeplechase Bronze Medalist George Young Younger runners, you may know him from the Pre movies.
- Lisa Uhl Talks About Why She Left Jerry Schumacher
Christian Hesch Admits To Taking EPO, And Other Drug News
- NY Times: Christian Hesch Admits To Taking EPO
This is
a perfect example of how cheating doesn't just happen at the top level of the sport. There are guys who ride under the radar and take away prize money from other deserving clean athletes. And his arguments that he ran the races clean because the EPO was "out of his system" is ridiculous. Doping can benefit you for years.
*Hesch Writes Public Apology For Doping *RW Article Detailing How Hesch Initially Denied Doping
*MB: Christian Hesch doping article in the NY Times/Competitor.com - Armstrong's Lawyer Challenges Accusers To Take Lie Detector Test, But Then Says Lance "Might" Be Willing To Take One His lawyer said the only reason Armstrong would refuse a lie detector test was because he had "moved on." Yeah, okay.
Pre-Nats And Wisconsin adidas Invitational In The Books - Pre-Nats Results
- Pre-Nats: Colorado Men Dominate As BYU And Oregon Take Second And Third UTEP freshman Anthony Rotich won in 23:01 as Paul Chelimo and Terefe Ejigu were a close 2-3.
*Women Pre-Nats: Florida State Beat Oregon; Wichita State's Aliphin Tuliamuk-Bolton Beats UTEP's Risper Kimaiyo Oregon's Alexi Pappas took 3rd, Bernard Lagat's sister Violah (Florida State) was 4th, and Jordan Hasay rounded out the top 5.
*Colorado Press Release: Men 1st, Women 7th Includes quotes from Mark Wetmore. - Wisconsin: Top Ranked Wisconsin Men Get Buried As They Finish 17th; Lawi Lalang And Stephen Sambu Go 1-2 In 23:03 & 23:07 Jim and Joe Rosa lead Stanford to the team title as Iona, Oklahoma, and Texas take 2-4. 5th ranked Portland was way back in 12th. Wisconsin finished without returning All-Americans Reed Connor (unattached) and Mohammed
Ahmed (sat out) and Coach Byrne is thinking of redshirting them after this poor team performance.
*MB: OFFICIAL Adidas Wisconson Invite Thread *Who did Maverick Darling get in a scuffle with? *Must be embarrassing to be from Wisconsin right now. *WISCO INVITE & PRE-NATS - Women's Wisconsin Results Iowa women win the team title as Cal Poly freshman Laura Hollander wins individually. Katie Flood was 29th.
- Chile Pepper: Men's Chile Pepper Results: Oklahoma State Men Win *Arkansas Women Take It *MB: Chile Pepper?!?
- Rankings: Pre-Nationals Weekend Leads To A Ton Of Shuffling In The DI Regional Rankings
Twin Cities And US Women's 10k Champs *Women 10k Champs Results *Twin Cities *San Jose Half
- Monday Tufts: In 10k Debut, Chelsea Reilly Wins US Title At Tufts 10k She's coached by Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (who was 15th in 33:50). Neely Spence was 3rd American (32:45) as Jen Rhines was 5th. Kenya's Hellen Jemutai took the open title in 32:30 after having finished 3rd in the BAA half the day before. *Results
- Twin Cities: Jeanette Faber Sets Her 13th Straight PR At 2:32:38 To Win Twin Cities Marathon On The Race's Coldest Day In 12 Years Past Grandma’s winners Chris Kipyego and Berhanu Girma duked it out, with Kipyego winning in 2:14:55 to Girma's 2:15:04. Sean Quigley was third in 2:15:06 *Full Results
2012 World Half Is In The Books *Results *MB: World Half Thread
Zersenay Tadese Dominates World Half - Wins Record 5th Title Tadese put on a show at the 5k mark and won by 32 seconds.
*LRC US Men, Led By Top-20 Showings By Augustus Maiyo And Luke Puskedra, Finish 4th
*South Africa's Stephen Mokoka Moves From 16th At 15km To 8th At Finish
*Amateur Kawauchi Is Top Finisher & Japan Running News Brett Larner Rips The Entire Japanese System As A Result How can a self-trained guy who has won two marathons in six weeks beat the best of the Japanese corporations?
Ethiopian Women Stun Kenya And Win Individual And Team Titles
The Kenyan women had the five best times in the field but someone forgot to tell that to the Ethiopians, who went 1-2 to win as Meseret Hailu (68:55) edged Feyse Tadese (68:56).
*LRC Shalane Flanagan Falls Off Early - Fades To Disappointing 25th Place Finish As US Women Finish 5th Flanagan went out in the top 10 at a sub-70 pace but ended up in 74:41 as just the
third US finisher.
LRC "Non-Running" Running Photo Of The Week
LRC LetsRun License Plate Spotted In Texas: What Does It Mean? A car (Porsche?) in Texas has been spotted with a 26.2 sticker and a LTS RUN license plate. We assume the owner has run a marathon, but more importantly ... do they come to LetsRun.com? Of course they should, but we want your help in unraveling this mystery.
Olympic Track & Field *Daily Schedule/Results *Complete T&F Schedule *LRC Check Prediction Contest Scores/Change Picks
W 5,000: LRC Meseret Defar Stunningly Stops The Coronation Of Tiruneh Dibaba The script was all set. Tirunesh Dibaba was to complete the "Double Double" and become the first women track athlete with four individual golds. Only thing was, the person making history ended up being Meseret Defar.
Thursday
800 Could Be Was Epic:
LRC David Rudisha Becomes A Legend By Winning Gold With A World Record In The Greatest 800 Race In History updated David Rudisha went after in London and delivered, as he became the first person to break 1:41 in the 800. The rest of the field went
after
Rudisha and delivered as well as 7 of
8 runners PRed in a truly epic race where places 1-8 set new all-time best time-for-place marks. Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds became the 2nd
and 3rd Americans to break 1:43 and amazingly neither medalled.
*MB: Rudisha
1:40.91 WORLD RECORD!!
*Epstein: How low can Rudisha go in 800?
*Science Of The Sport Analyzes The Olympic 800 Final And Rudisha's Race Strategy
LRC Duane Solomon And Nick Symmonds React To Their Historic Olympic 800s That Leave Them Short Of The Medals The sub-1:43 club has two more Americans. Unbelievably both of them will leave London without medals. Nick Symmonds ran faster in the final than he thought was humanly possible for him.
LRC Column/Editorial: Sarah Attar Makes Olympic Track And Field History For Saudi Arabia In 800m, But Is It Enough?
Imagine the outrage if the South African delegation made its black
athletes walk behind the whites and told them to not give interviews or
mingle with whites."It's time for the IOC to stop supporting sexism. Gender discrimination
should be treated no differently than racial discrimination. ... How about for a start, the Saudi women come out first at the closing
ceremonies? Come out before anyone else enters the stadium, that would
be a step in the right direction."
Monday
400 Final: 19-Year-Old Kirani James Wins Grenada's First Olympic Gold In The 400 Luguelin Santos took silver and Lalonde Gordon bronze. Kirani James is Mr. Clutch at age 19. Incredible.
SI: US 400m Dynasty Comes To An End
Goodbye, London
Getting High Praise In The Email Inbox:
LRC Mediocre Great Britain: You Lived Up To Your Name "For a country where pessimism is now part of the national consciousness, the Olympics were a resounding success. Not okay, not pretty good, but truly Great ..."
LRC The Incredible Meb Keflezighi Reacts On Just Missing A Medal, Ryan Hall & Abdi Talk About Dropping Out Post-race reaction from the Americans and the medallists. Meb used the fact he was slighted and not introduced to the worldwide audience at the start, even though he was the only Olympic medallist in the field, to fuel him. Ryan Hall reacts to his first
non-top-10 result and Wilson Kipsang says he has no regrets about the 14:11 3rd 5k.
Olympic Marathon: LRC The Unheralded Stephen Kiprotich Of Uganda Stuns The Field And Wins The 2012 Olympic Men's Marathon Uganda's only Olympic medal of the 2012 Games has a great color to it and it came in a historic event, as after getting dropped at
the 35km mark (21.7 m), Kiprotich stormed back to the lead at the 23-mile mark and stunned the world and Kenyans Wilson
Kipsang and Abel Kirui as the US's Meb Keflezighi was a surprise 4th. Kipsang tried to do his best Sammy Wanjiru impersonation with a crazy 14:11 5k early in the race, but that 5km segment at 1:59 marathon pace may have done him in later.
Exercising In Your 70s May Help Prevent Brain Shrinkage
Lynn Jennings Wins Race - Rowing Race
The Pole Vault And The 20-Foot Barrier Only WR holder Sergey Bubka has ever gone over and this writer argues that no one else ever will without improved technology.
Kawauchi Hat Trick: Yuki Kawauchi Wins Chiba Aqualine Marathon By Over 10 Minutes In 2:17:48 This is his 3rd marathon win following wins at August's Hokkaido Marathon and a CR at September's Sydney Marathon.
Watch Out For That Last 5K: Study Finds That Most Cardiac Arrests In Marathoners Happen Between Mile 23 And The Finish Line
And You Thought London's Opening Ceremony Was Weird: Russia's Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Feature "Dead Souls And Mermaids"
Interesting: Study Shows Why Running At Night Feels Faster "When running at night, in the dark, objects further away aren’t visible
and
you only have close-by objects
to use as reference, and so you get a greater sense of speed compared to running during the day."
Well Done, Mattress Firm (We Need More Sponsors In The Sport Doing This)
Dopestrong
Episode #3 Of On The Run (Sponsored)
Usain Bolt Planning His Next 4 Years
- Recommended Read: SI'sTim Layden Catches Up With Usain Bolt In New York On His Plans Moving Forward; He Would Like To Try LJ But His Coach And Agent Rather He Didn't Due To The High Injury Rate Some great quotes from Bolt on future plans, Tyson Gay, Carl Lewis, and even admitting to "panicking" after he lost to Blake at the Jamaican Trials.
- ESPN Q&A: Talking Business/Sponsorship With Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt Makes SNL Cameo During Vice Pres. Debate Skit *Article
The NYC Marathon Returns To Live Television
ESPN Going All Out On Coverage Of ING NYC Marathon It's a fact sporting events of signifcance are shown on live national TV (or tape delay prime time in case of the Olympics). The ING NYC Marathon is back on ESPN2 this year and ESPN2 is going all out on its coverage announcing today that Sports Center anchors John Anderson and Hannah Storm will lead the broadcast. With the way ESPN works, this also means you'll likely see some pre-race and post-race coverage. Tim Hutchings and others on the broadcast as well. Unfortunately no Toni Reavis.
2012 Fifth Avenue Mile Photo Gallery
LetsRun.com T-Shirts Hit The Streets Trails
LRC High School Team Dominates In LetsRun.com T-Shirts If you're going to run fast, you should also look good doing it. That's what the Blue Valley Northwest XC team did in Topeka, Kansas as they sported their new LRC T-Shirts and swept four of the top 10 places last
weekend.
With Wejo no longer competing, maybe we should sponsor them.
LRC Guest Columnist: Lactic Acid - Is It All That Bad?
LRC From Time Magazine To NBC Commentators: Why is everyone still so confused about lactate (and exercise physiology)? LRC guest scientific contributor, PhD Matthew Goodwin, takes a look at some common exercise physiology misconceptions. His #1 target: The idea that lactic acid causes muscle soreness.
Nick Symmonds' Beer Mile AR
Saturday Photo Gallery: Usain And Mo
Day 7 Olympic Photo Gallery: Rudisha And Bolt
Day 4 Photo Gallery: King James, Felix Sanchez, Jenn Suhr, Women's Steeple
Day 3 Photo Gallery: Men's 100, Men's Steeple, Women's 400, More
Women's Olympic Marathon Photo Gallery
Day 2 Photo Gallery: Olympic 10,000m Final Photo Gallery
A Legend Passes Too Young
LRC Eight-Time US Cross-Country Champion Pat Porter Dies In Plane Crash Updated: We've added a great photo of Porter with 3-time World XC Champ Lynn Jennings.
*Authorities: "There are no indications as to what may have caused this accident." Porter and his 15-year-old son and a neighbohood friend have perished.