Boston Marathon Bombers Were Going To Attack Times Square
- Boston Marathon Bombers Were Planning On Attacking NYC's Times Square With The Rest Of Their Explosives Before They Were Stopped They were trying to drive to NYC in their stolen SUV, but the carjacking victim they were holding hostage escaped when they stopped for gas and called the cops.
- Seb Coe On Boston Bombings: "I heard it on a car radio and I felt sick to the stomach..."
- Moscow Organizers Will Install Metal Detectors For Spectators Along The Entire Marathon Course At This Summers World Championships
- OTB: Older brother triggers both bombs. Change anything? *No gun found in boat?
Kenyan Olympic Champs Getting Their Season Started
- Olympic Steeple Champ Ezekiel Kemboi Racing Eldoret 10k Road Race This Sunday
- David Rudisha Opening His Season With A 400 In Kenya This Weekend Others expected at the meet include Pamela Jelimo and Asbel Kiprop.
The BBC Looks Back At The Horrific Systematic Doping Of East Germany
- The BBC Looks Back At The Horrifying Stories Of The East German Doping Scandals Where Athletes Were Treated Like "Chemical Field Tests" "They talk of stolen childhoods and long-term health traded in for medals, of dissenters bundled into wooden crates and young women growing up to look and speak like men."
- BBC Looks At British 4x100 That Lost Gold Medal To East German Athletes And Asks The Question Why The IAAF Doesn't Correct The Record Books After This Well Documented Doping
Former East German sprinter Ines Geipel: "I do think the IAAF should at least react to it, should maybe honour them again, those who only got silver, or should in principle look at these lists. I simply don't know why it isn't being dealt with seriously."
- GB's Kathy Cook Was Denied Gold Medal Chances By East German Dopers
Other Doping News: - USADA Head Travis Tygart Claims That Lance Armstrong Has Evidence That The UCI Covered Up Doping
- Aslı Çakır Alptekin Left Off Turkish Team For Mediterranean Games As She's Being Investigated For Doping After Abnormalities In Her Blood Pa Embarassingly, defending European 100H champ Nevin Yanıt will be unable to compete in the stadium that was named after her because of doping ban.
2 Reviews & 1 Book Excerpt From John McDonnell: The Most Successful NCAA Coach In History
LRC Book Review By Former Hog Marlon Boykins: "Two Thumbs Up:"
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"The
book is full of insight into the hard-working, team-first ethos that
made us such a successful." We had two people review the book, including the 1:47 man Boykins, who was at Arkansas at the pinnacle of its heyday. "It was a self-contained UBER-COMPETITIVE atmosphere ... the sprinters, jumpers and distance guys all trying to show which group reigned supreme ..."
Book Excerpt The Legendary Story Of The 1989 Penn Relays DMR, Where 4 Kids From Arkansas, Texas And Missouri Beat 4 African Olympians And The Olympic 1,500m Champ The 1989 Mount St. Mary's Penn
Relays DMR team featured 4 African Olympians, including Olympic 1,500m champ Peter Rono. John McDonnell's Arkansas squad featured 4 kids from Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. A legendary motivational speech by McDonnell and Joe Falcon on the anchor made for one of the great upsets in Penn Relays history. Read
all about it in this excerpt from the new John McDonnell biography
LRC Review #2 John McDonnell D2 Coach Torry Olson We had Olson, who has an MFA in creative writing, give his take. "It's got a lot to offer anyone interested in
an incredibly sustained passion for the both the sport and the profession."
Countries Start To Name Their Marathon Squads For 2013 World Champs
- Kenya: Athletics Kenya Names World Champs Marathon Squad "Short List" Of 20 Athletes (10 Men, 10 Women) At first glance you might think "narrowing" the list down to 20 is absolutely useless; however, that leaves WR holder Patrick Makau and 2:03 man Geoffrey Mutai off the list. Those making the cut include defending World champions Abel Kirui and Edna Kiplagat as well as Boston/London champs Rita Jeptoo and Priscah Jeptoo and Eliud Kipchoge (2:05:30 debut at Hamburg last weekend).
- Japan: Japan Announces Marathon Squad For 2013 Moscow World Championships: 5 Men And 3 Women Yuki Kawauchi is among the 5 men selected.
- MB: How does the US determine who goes to Worlds for the Marathon?
*US only sending three to World Champs in marathon?
Boston Charity Updates *One Fund Boston Site
- One Fund Boston Has Raised More Than $20 Million For Boston Marathon Bombing Victims
- Saucony Donating 100% Of Sales Of "#BostonStrong Lace Medallions" To Benefit Boston Marathon Victims And Families
- Florida High School Senior And His 13-Year-Old Quadruple Amputee Brother Trying To Raise $1 Million For Boston Marathon Amputees Their site has been live for 2 days and they've raised $13,000.
- New Balance Makes $1 Million Donation To The One Fund Boston
Also Boston-Related: Utah Man Arrested For Making Joke "Bomb Threat" To Sale Lake City Marathon
US Road Mile Championships Were Yesterday *Results/Full Race Videos
Garrett Heath And Kate Grace Win US Road Mile Championships As 1,500 Medallists Manzano And Rowbury Struggle Heath won with 4:02.79 over Jeff See (4:02.91), Leo Manzano (4:03.59) and Craig Miller (4:03.60); Miles Batty was 6th (4:04.53). Grace won with 4:43.02,
outkicking Sara Hall (4:43.61) and defending champ Heather Kampf (4:43.69). Shannon Rowbury was back in 6th (4:45.39).
*Post-Race Video Interviews
Assorted Marathon News
- Good Read: The Guardian Looks Back At Brit Steve Jones' Career & 1985 London Marathon Victory Where He Set The CR, Even Taking The Time To Stop For A Bathroom Break He was in a duel with Spedding, but dropped behind when he took his "pit stop," but still came back to win in 2:08:16.
- Mo Farah's Thoughts After Going Halfway In London: "I was thinking, are they going to keep this pace going on?"
- Father To Run Marathon Blindfolded To Honor His Vision-Impaired Daughter And Raise Money For Charity
- Paris Marathon Generated 4.7 KWH Of Clean Energy By Having Runners Run Over Energy-Capturing Tiles About enough to power a laptop for 52 hours.
- Susan Partridge And Sonia Samuels Chosen To UK World Champs Marathon Squad Partridge ran a three-minute PR of 2:30:46 at London to get the Worlds "A" standard.
- UK Singer Katherine Jenkins Criticized For Running The London Marathon Looking "Flawless"
- NYC Marathon Registration Opens Today
- Cops Promise Big Presence For Nashville Marathon This Saturday
We Celebrate The 2013 Boston Marathon's Pro Race A Week After The Fact *Top 25 Results *Boston Photos *Boston Pre-Race Photos
Women's Race Recap & Analysis
LRC The Seven-Year Itch Is Met: Rita Jeptoo Closes Hard To Win Her Second Title Hometown favorite Shalane Flanagan closed hard but not fast enough to give the US its first win since 1985.
LRC Shalane Flanagan And Kara Goucher On The Beauty And Emotion Of The Boston Marathon Even before the
bombings, emotions were running
high for Goucher and Flanagan. We talk about their tears, the pro-American crowd and media, the incredile Joan Benoit Samuelson and even what Kara and Shalane do when there isn't time to go to the Porta Potty but a race you've trained a lifetime for is about to start.
Boston Bombing News
- Lauren Fleshman Talks About Being At The Boston Marathon During The Attacks "I think this has sent a powerful message about how marathons can mobilize people. Marathoners care about each other on a deeper level. It's something I've always suspected about the running community. Now there is hard evidence."
- 3 May Marathons In Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & Cleveland Joining Together To Raise Money For Boston Marathon Bombing Victims
- Massachusetts Observed A State Wide Moment Of Silence Yesterday At 2:50PM, Exactly One Week After The Boston Marathon Bombings
- Spanish Authorities Increase Security At Sunday's Madrid Marathon With 1,000 Police
- RW Interview With Stacy Shaw, One Of The Last Finishers Before The Bombs Went Off At The Boston Marathon
More Sad News: University Of Buffalo Track Athlete Found Dead In His Apartment
Pre Classic Will Feature Women's 400H With Olympic Champ Natalya Antyukh And World Champ (London Silver) Lashinda Demus Also in the field is the 2012 bronze medalist Zuzana Hejnova and the woman ranked #1 in 2012 by T&F News, Kaliese Spencer.
Running USA Releases National Survey Results On Demographics/Stats Of "Core Runners" Some interesting stats, including motivation for running and most popular race distance (half marathon).
The Virgin London Marathon - The World's Most Competitive - Was Sunday *Top Results LRC: Photo Gallery
Women's Race: LRC Priscah Jeptoo Finishes First In Women's London Marathon Marred By Wheelchair Collision Jeptoo was very
special
over the second half, but the race was marred by the fact that Olympic champ Tiki Gelana was wiped out from behind in a horrific collision with a wheelchair racer.
*Top Results LRC: Photo Gallery
More London: *Video Of Wheelchair Collision
Good News: Wheelchair Racers May Start Before Professional Women Next Year
*Josh Cassidy (Wheelchair Racer Who Hit Gelana): "One of these years a woman is going to have a leg broken, a career ruined."
*London Honors The Victims In Boston
*Some Are Selling Boston Memorabilia On EBay And Giving Proceeds To Charity
Recommended Read: Paula Radcliffe And Her Husband Reflect On Her 2:15:25 Marathon WR, Which She Ran At London 10 Years Ago Her physio at the time, Gerard Hartmann, says she has the highest pain tolerance of anyone he'd ever worked with. "She would hurt me rather than me hurt her. She would actually break me down because I'd have to go so deep into the sinews, I would have to ice my thumbs
afterwards I was in such pain."
Kansas Relays
- Kansas Relays: *Full Results *Cory Leslie Runs Away Early From Leo Manzano, Nick Symmonds, Lee Emanuel In Mile
Leslie ran 3:58.18 to Manzano's 4:00.13 and Symmonds' 4:00.21. Emanuel was 4th (4:01.98); AJ Acosta was 9th (4:11.73). Leslie also won the Blue Shoes Mile earlier this month.
*Article On Nick Symmonds And Beer Mile WR And Sponsorship
*Olympic Silver Medalist Michael Tinsley Wins 400H In World-Leading 48.77 At Kansas Relays 2005 world champ Bershawn Jackson was back in 5th (51.22).
*Kansas Meet Recap
Pre-Race London
- Steve Cram Talks About Paula Radcliffe's WR: "From a purely running perspective, that was the best performance I've ever commentated on."
- Paula Radcliffe Warns Mo Farah About Not Wasting His Peak Years And Waiting Too Long For The Full Marathon "Being in that shape does have a short window ... When you're there you think it's going to last forever, you think you're just unbeatable. ... That only does last for a small window of time."
- The London Marathon Will Be The First Race Since 2011 Mo Farah Has Entered And Not Won Farah: "As an athlete, it is always hard not to try to win. But I haven't done the training and my body won't allow me to do that. I would probably get dropped."
- Farah Says He'll Have To Get Used To The Pain Of The Marathon "I'm all right dealing with pain, but it's different pain. Being a track runner to a marathon runner is completely different."
- London Marathon Adds 40% More Police Force For Extra Security
- Doctors Warn Over Taking Pre-Race Painkillers Which Can Lead To Serious Side Effects Such As Stomach Bleeding
More Boston News
- MB: Terrorist KILLS his brother according to police chief
- Usain Bolt's Irish Manager, Ricky Simms, Was Less Than 100 Yards From Boston Bomb Explosion
- Authorities Say They Took A Gamble By Releasing Suspects' Photos To The Public, But Say That Forced Them To Move And Led To Their Capture Article looks at how they analyzed tons of photos and video from the race. There is also a quote on an interaction with someone who talked to them the day after the bombing before they fled.
- AP: "For Bombing Suspects, Question May Be Who Led Whom" Includes quotes from a lot of family/friends who knew them.
- The Boston Finish Line: Witness Talk About What The Bombing Was Like
Bolt Will Definitely Be At London Anniversary Games
- It's Official: Usain Bolt Will Compete At London Anniversary Games At The Olympic Stadium In July; 100 On Day 1 And 4 X 100 On Day 2 Others competing include Mo Farah in the 3,000, Galen Rupp and Leo Manzano in the "Emsley Carr Mile," Aries Merritt, Sally Pearson, Kirani James, Sanya Richards-Ross vs. British silver medallist Christine Ohuruogu in the 300, Jessica Ennis and more. *Telegraph Article
- Ricky Simms Talks About What It's Like To Manage The Sport's Biggest Star Simms: "We do a lot of things for Usain and other clients that are not simple business things. Like buying flights, buying cars, PlayStations, tuxedos, whatever. One hour I'll be doing management work for him, one hour I'll be doing agent work for him. Another time I'll be doing big brother work for him."
- Oscar P Not Welcome At London Anniversary Games UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner: "I don't want to see the Sunday of the Anniversary Games turning into a media circus. It would overshadow every other athlete that was there."
*Good Read: South African National Championships Came And Went Without Oscar Pistorius "Where does Pistorius the athlete go from here? Where does he end up? And does he matter anymore?"
Yohan Blake Out For Up To 6 Weeks With Hamstring Injury The injury occurred during the UTech Classic meet where Blake DNFed, grabbing his right hamstring.
The 117th Boston Marathon *Top 25 Results *Boston Photos *Boston Pre-Race Photos
LRC Top 25 Boston Results: Rita Jeptoo And Lelisa Desisa Win The action was exciting as Portugal's Anna Dulce Felix was reeled in after having a 1+ minute lead at 35k. The men's race ended up being a 3-way sprint
for home between
Gebre Gebremariam,
debutante Micah Kogo, and Desisa. Shalane Flanagan and Jason Hartmann led the American
charge with 4th-place finishes. The American men, thanks to Daniel Tapia and Craig Leon, place 3 in the top 10!
Race Recaps/News:
- LRC We Covered It Live With 2 Different Blogs:
*Live Boston Message Board Thread
*Coveritlive Coverage - IAAF Recap
- Competitor Women's Recap: Some Interesting Quotes From The Chase Pack As Anna Dulce Felix Gapped Them Eventual 3rd placer Sharon Cherop on what she said to countrywoman/eventual winner Rita Jeptoo: "Let us move forward. These ladies may end up winning the race. They have already gone far. I was so worried," Jeptoo replied, "I'm not going now." *Men's Recap
- AP Recap Flanagan: "The hardest part about Boston is the Bostonians want it just as bad as we do, which really tugs at our heart. We all want it too. We want to be the next Joanie." *2nd AP Article
Boston On The Boards:
- Lesisa Desisa Wins Boston 3 Months After Winning Dubai (And $200,000)
- Jason Hartmann deserves more respect
- Why was Boston so slow?
- Joan Benoit Samuelson - new Masters World Record?!
- You know it had to be asked: how would a healthy Ryan Hall done in today's Boston Marathon?
- I would rather be a mediocre runner and look muscular than win the Boston marathon and look like a skeleton
- Daniel Tapia!!! Couldn't Break 10 for 2 Mile in HS, 9th at Boston!!!
- Live Boston Message Board Thread
Penn, Drake And Payton Jordan Are This Weekend *Schedule/Results/Live Stream Info
*TV Viewing
Info (Drake On ESPN3 Friday 7:30-9:00PM ET. On ESPN2 Saturday Taped 8:00-9:30 ET. Penn On Live NBC 1-3 PM ET Sat. (3-5 PM Universal)
- Penn: Day 1: LRC Villanova Wins Record 11th DMR Title With Michigan a scratch, the Wildcats were the class of the field and ran like it as they defended their crown from last year. Plus we recap the HS girls distance action. *AP Recap
- Walt Murphy's Incredible 2013 Penn Relays Meet Preview The dean of Eastern track and field has previewed the entire meet like only he can.
- Drake: LRC 2013
Drake Relays Preview: $500,000+ In Prize Money = A "Dream 1,500" With Rowbury, Simpson, Uceny And Cain + Some Other Amazing Fields Did you know that a Diamond League meeting pays $10,000 for first and that Drake is paying $25,000 this year? Major props to supermarket chain Hy-Vee for injecting Drake with some major cash. As a result, they have created a number of races they are calling the "London Games Rematch." In addition to the 1,500 (7:20 pm ET Fri. ESPN3), there
are two stacked
hurdles races. The men's 110H has Aries Merritt vs. all of the other London medallists, whereas the women's 100H has two
+
the
virgin Lolo Jones.
More Drake News - Olympic Silver Medalists Bjornk Otto And Yarisley Silva Win Drake Relays Mall PV Competition Otto cause France's Olympic champ Renaud Lavillenie to suffer a rare defeat winning with a "Pole Vault at the Mall" record by clearing 19-0¼.
- Lolo Jones Says She's Returning To The Track From Bobsledding "Hercules Strong" And As Aries Merritt Did Last Year, Has Moved To The 7-Step Approach She'll face Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells on Saturday.
- 5 Questions With Brenda Martinez Who Said Her Coach Joe Vigil Told Her She Could Solo The "A" Standard At Mt. Sac Where She Ended Up Running 4:04
- RunnerSpace Q&A With Shannon Rowbury Who Says She'd Like The "A" Standard And The Win At Drake Relays This Weekend Talking about the Turkish 1500 runner who tested positive she said, "I felt from the beginning that it was unfair to allow convicted drug cheats to compete in World or the Olympics, events that are meant to honor sportsmanship and integrity as well as national
pride."
- Payton Jordan: *Entries & Meet Schedule *Webb & Solinsky Running Stanford 5k On 28th
- USTFCCCA Penn/Drake/Payton Jordan Preview Men’s 5000 includes Cam Levins, Sam Chalenga, Evan Jager, Leonard Korir, Chris Solinsky and Alan Webb, women's 5k: Kim Conley, Sara Hall and Amy Hastings, women's 10k: Jordan Hasay, Alisha Williams, Lisa Uhl and Neely Spence; Emma Coburn in the steeple.
More Penn News - USATF Preview Of "US Vs. The World" At Penn Relays This Weekend US DMR relay pool includes Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds, Duane Solomon, Andrew Wheating and Erik Sowinski. Will be broadcast live on NBC from 1-3 p.m. ET. Meet is also on Universal Sports from 3-5 p.m. ET.
- DyeStat Penn Relays Preview: 11 Top Prep Storylines
International News
- JapanRunningNews' Brett Larner Analyzes Japan's Marathon World Champs Selections And Offers Some Criticism Of The Japan Federation's Women's Selection They chose to only send 3 women even though 2011 Daegu World Championships marathon 5th-placer Yukiko Akaba ran 2:24:43 for 3rd at the London Marathon (one of their selection races).
- France's 2008 Olympic 1500 Bronze Medalist Mehdi Baala Says He'll Retire After This Year's World Champs
- Weird Twist In Oscar Pistorius' Brother's Court Case As The Judge Had The Entire Courtroom Leave The Building And Travel To The Scene Of The Alleged Crime Pistorius' brother is accused of driving recklessly and causing the death of a woman motorcyclist.
- World Junior Championships 200m Champ Delano Williams Says He Has Considered Representing Jamaica At The Senior Level He is from Turks and Caicos so cannot run for them at the Olympics since they aren't recognized by the IOC, but currently runs for the UK since Turks and Caicos are a British overseas territory.
- Russia’s Olympic HJ Champ Anna Chicherova IAAF Online Diary Who Says Training Has Been Going Well
- Seb Coe Makes Changes At BOA Tightening Their Budget And Letting Their Elite Performance Director Go They will no longer involve itself with coaching athletes or mentoring coaches.
- Olympic Stadium Will Host Five Games During 2015 Rugby World Cup
Previous Penn/Drake News
- Penn:
- World 800 Bronze Medallist Janeth Jepkosgei Leads Kenyan 4 X 8 For Penn Relays Also on the team are former Olympic 1,500 meters champ Nancy Langat, World Indoor 3k champ Hellen Obiri and Winnie Chebet.
- Olympic 400 Silver Medalist Christine Ohuruogu Leads GB 4 X 4 Squad For Penn Relays Eilidh Child, Shana Cox and Perri Shakes-Drayton make up the other 3. GB will also send teams in the women's 4 x 800 and men's 4 x 100, DMR and 4 x 400.
- MileSplit Prep Penn Relays Preview
- Carmelita Jeter Pulls Out Of Penn Relays And Doha DL With Injury After Pulling Up And Finishing Last At Mt. SAC 100
Drake: - AP Looks At Some Of The "London Rematches" At Drake Relays Will include the 110 hurdles (Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson, Hansle Parchment), the 100H (Lolo Jones, Dawn Harper, Kellie Wells), as well as most of the top pole vaulters from the London Olympics, including champs Jenn Suhr and Renaud Lavillenie.
- Live On ESPN3: Drake Relays Will Have Live Streaming On ESPN3 On Friday From 7:30-9:00PM ET It will also be broadcast on ESPN 2 on Saturday from 8:00-9:30 p.m. ET.
- RW Q&A With Morgan Uceny After Her Season Opener At Mt. SAC, Where She Ran 2:05.50 In The 800 She'll be in the 1,500 at Drake Relays this weekend. She talks a bit about training in Kenya this winter, training/racing plans and her new life in the UK.
- When Will Mary Cain Start Her Outdoor Season?
- Athletes Will Go Where The Money Goes: Drake Relays Meet Director Brian Brown Talks About How Their New Sponsorship With Supermarket Chain Hy-Vee Let Them Offer The Huge Prize Money To Pull Olympic Quality Fields On this year versus previous years, he said, "I had been the one pursuing, (but) athletes were the ones pursuing (me), saying, 'I want to come.' It was one of those situations where you knew the tables had turned. It was
fun
to be in that position."
- Roads: IAAF Preview Of 100k IAU European Championships In Belves, France On April 27th
Oregon News
- Oregonian's Ken Goe Follows Along And Describes A Long Workout Day With Galen Rupp And Mo Farah (Includes Video) 5-hour day including speedwork, gait analysis, and core/weight room training.
- Pre Classic Steeplechase Will Feature All 3 London Medalists With Ezekiel Kemboi, Mahiedine Benabbad And Abel Mutai Also in the field is 7:54 man Paul Koech, World Junior champ Conseslus Kipruto, Evan Jager and Donn Cabral.
- Running Banned At Three Oregon Wildlife Refuges Because It Could "Stress" The Animals However, hiking and deer hunting are still allowed. So you can kill the animals, just don't spook them.
Other US: - US Government Sues Lance Armstrong For Defrauding Sponsorship By Doping
- Erik Kynard Named USATF Athlete Of The Week For His WLing 2.34 HJ Win At Mt. SAC
Other Track News
- Florida Men, Texas A&M Women Take Command Of D1 National Rankings
- Today's Selflessness Act: UNH Thrower Ends Career To Donate Bone Marrow To A Stranger
- Super Coach Dan Pfaff Named As Head Coach At World Athletics Center In Phoenix, AZ Athletes re-locating to Phoenix to work with Pfaff include Greg Rutherford, Steve Hooker, Brad Walker, Holly Bleasdale and Steve Lewis.
- Ken Goe: "On The Beauty And The Dearth Of College Dual Meets" The dual meet between Oregon and Arkansas men this past weekend was great, but duels like that won't work everywhere.
- Athletics Kenya Sues Youths Ministry For Interfering/Stopping Their Elections
- Oregonian Photo Essay: "A Day Of Training With Galen Rupp And Mo Farah"
- Yohan Blake (200) And World XC Champ Japhet Korir (5,000) Announced For September 6th Brussels Diamond League Meet
- Random: Artist Sculpts Usain Bolt Figure From Conch Shell
- Asics Resigns Sponsorship Deal With Lolo Jones
We Celebrate The 2013 Boston Marathon's Pro Race A Week After The Fact *Top 25 Results *Boston Photos *Boston Pre-Race Photos
Men's Race Recap & Analysis
LRC 2013 Boston Marathon Men's Race: Lelisa Desisa Wins 3-Way Kick For Title And Remains Undefeated At The 26.2 Distance The race ended up being a fan and promoter's dream - a 3-way kick between 3 big names for the title. Since the local CBS station went to commercial, we hype
up the finish for you and ask
if marathoning has a new #1 in Desisa. John Kellogg explains to you why the times were slow (2:10:22 FTW) and we point out how the slowest guy won the kick and just how special our predictions were. Plus Jason Hartmann (4th), Daniel Tapia (9th), Craig Leon (10th) and Rob Watson (11th) meant four North Americans in the top 11.
LRC Long-Time Track And Field Official
Tommy Meagher Reacts Heroically
To Boston Marathon Bombings Many of you certainly recognize Meagher - who in many ways is the "face" of running in New England. He passed the guts test with flying colors.
LRC LetsRun.com
Visitor Will Brown Talks About The 2013 Boston Marathon Terrorist Attacks The 60-year-old marathoner was just 2.5 blocks away and says "it was the biggest sound" he'd ever heard - so loud he "thought it was possibly a plane crash."
More Post-London News
- Video Of Mo Farah At London Press Conference: Says He Learned A Lot Running The First Half He thinks he's capable of running anywhere from 2:09 to under the British record (2:07:13 by Steve Jones in 1985), but says, "Who knows?"
- Farah Woke Up Late And Almost Missed Bus And Had To Stop And Go Back For One Of His Drinks During London
- *Video Interview With Farah: Says A Big Challenge For Him Was Picking Up His Drinks (He Missed One And Dropped One)
- Athletics Kenya Disappointed With Their Men's Performances At London And Boston They met yesterday to discuss selection for Moscow World Champs.
- UK Paper Talks About Mo Farah Emulating Lasse Viren By Winning The 5,000/10,000 Again At Rio And Also Running The Marathon No way this happens. The article further killed their credibility by saying Galen Rupp has a 2:07 marathon PR (Farah was talking about Ritz).
- Irvette van Zyl Unsure If She'll Run Worlds After 2:31:26 In London (link fixed)
- Scottish Athletes Do Well Over The Weekend As 7 Hit The Standards For The Commonwealth Games (Which Will Be In Glasgow In 2014) Susan Partridge ran 2:30:46 for 9th in London.
- Virgin Money Signs On As London Marathon Sponsor Through 2017
The Virgin London Marathon *Top Results
Men's Race LRC Marathon Gods 1, Distance Runners 0:
World And Course Record Attempts Disintegrated As Everyone Bonked After A Crazy-Fast First Half The totally loaded men's field tried to live up to hype as they went out on WR pace, but in the end it proved to be a destructive pace.
Course record holder Emmanuel Mutai had a 28-second lead at 40km but ended up losing by 29 seconds as three different people had the lead in the last 4 miles. In the end, Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede was the winner.
LRC: What Happened to World Record Patrick Makau? He Didn't Stay With Leaders for 10k
*Top Results
*MB: Imagine if a in-form Ryan Hall had run London this year...
LRC: Photo Gallery
More London Men: *Side Stitch May Have Helped Kebede Come From Behind To Victory Independent
*Mo Farah Will Run Full London Marathon In 2014
*Editorial: Half A Mo Better Than No Mo Telegraph
Hamburg: 2003 5,000 World Champ Eliud Kipchoge Wins Debut In 2:05:30 The fastest marathon of the weekend.
*MB: HAMBURG MARATHON LIVE - ELIUD KIPCHOGE DEBUT
Weekend Track Action *Mt. SAC Saturday Results *Thursday/Friday *All College Weekend Meet Info/Results
- Mt. SAC: IAAF Recap: Erik Kynard World-Leading HJ Win Over Jesse Williams, English Gardner 11.00 Hundread As Jeter Pulls Up
*Mt. SAC Saturday: Duane Solomon Wins 800 In 1:46 Over Eric Sowinski (1:46.05) As Cas Loxom Is 5th (1:46.77) Ashton Eaton won his 200 heat in 20.76 and was 3rd in the 110 hurdles (13.37), beating World champion Jason Richardson (4th in 13.39). In the 800, Oregon's Laura Roesler won in 2:01.75 as Morgan Uceny was last in 2:05.50. *Mt. SAC Saturday Results
*World-Leading Sprints Around The US: US's Mike Rodgers Sets (Wind Legal) 100m World Lead With 10.04 At Mt. SAC Relays, Beating Out Ryan Bailey (10.18) Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare ran WLing 200 (22.31). Elsewhere, in Louisiana, Aries Merritt won the 110m hurdles in 13.37, Jamaican Natoya Goule won the 800 in WLing 2:00.76, in Florida, Tyson Gay ran 45.95 in the 400 to finish 2nd to Tony McQuay (45.88), Justin Gatlin won the 100m in 10.06 and in Texas, Jeremy Wariner raced his first 400m of the season in 45.72 to finish runner-up to David Verburg (45.56).
*Oregon's English Gardner Runs World-Leading 100 In 11.00 Her time was a school record, No. 2 all-time in PAC-12 history and No. 6 all-time in NCAA history.
*Erik Kynard Clears WLing 2.34 meters Elsewhere, IU's Derek Drouin jumped 2.31, which would have been the WL. Jesse Williams also jumped 2.31m this weekend. - Thursday/Friday Results: Brenda Martinez 4:04, Ben True / Patrick Casey 3:40, Will Leer 13:21, Abbey D'Agostino 15:11, Shalaya Kipp 9:52 Steeple True had the fastest 1,500 of the day with 3:40.07, beating out Casey's 3:40.27 from heat 1.
Behind Casey, 6 more were sub-3:42.
*Brenda Martinez Set The 1,500 World Lead And Crushed A 20-Year-Old Meet Record At Mt. SAC "This year my training's been a lot different. I actually believe in the strength I have under me. I never put this kind of work in, so I knew I wasn't going to die off."
*Diego Estrada Ran "Out Of His Comfort Zone" To Close With A Fast Last Lap And PR In Mt. SAC 1,500 He was 7th place in 3:41.90.
*OTB: Abbey D 15:11.35 at Mt. Sac!!
*Will Leer!! 13:21 5k!!! gotta love the guy!
*Holy smokes!!! Brenda Martinez 404 1500 @ Mt. Sac!!!
*Laura Hollander Back!!!
- Oregon Relays: *Live Results *Photos *Register-Guard: Arkansas Men Nip Oregon In Dual Meet's Final Event To Win The Meet The Razorbacks' Akheem Gauntlett held off Oregon's Mike Berry to win the 4 x 4 in 3:07.14 to 3:07.39 and the meet 86 to 77. Elijah Greer won the 800 in 1:46.20 and Mac Fleet did the same in the 1,500 at 3:40.21.
*Ken Goe Recaps Distance Action At Oregon Relays: Julia Lucas Wins The 1,500 (4:16); Andrew Wheating Wins The 800 (1:49) Hassan Mead won the 1,500 (3:41.03), Japan's Tsuyoshi Ugachi won the 5k over Ben Blankenship in 13:56.95 as Oregon's Parker Stinson was 3rd (13:59.83). Jordan Hasay and Bridget Franek ran the 5,000 together as a controlled effort in 16:01.
*Andrew Wheating Says The Focus Will Be On The 800 This Year, Though The 1,500 Isn't Off The Table "The 1,500 is one of those puzzles I haven't cracked yet. I'm not giving up, but the 800 was my bread and butter my senior year (at Oregon), and I'm going back to what I know best."
- Other NCAA/HS: Robby Andrews Wins Princeton Larry Ellis Invite 800 In 1:48.18
*ACC Champs: Florida State Men, Clemson Women Win
*8:46 HSer: Sean McGorty Runs Solo 8:46.07 3,200 At VA Meet
*MileSplit Weekend HS Coverage: Ben Saarel Wins Mt. SAC Relays Mile In 4:08.55
*DyeStat Oregon Relays Coverage/Live Results
- Kenya In Kenya: Recap Of Fifth NBK/AK Athletics Weekend Meeting In Mombasa County
*Kenya's World Youth Steeplechase Champ Norah Jeruto Wins At Kenya Secondary Schools Champs With A 10:11
RIP Sean Collier *One Fund Boston Charity
- RIP: Sean Collier MIT Cop Murdered By Boston Bombers Collier was a great guy according to media accounts and died protecting us all. His roommate said it best: "The best
guy got shot
down by the biggest scumbags."
*More From MIT - Other Boston News: One Suspect Dead, Other Captured, In Boston Marathon Bombing Case
- OTB: Suspect's Uncle Gives Press Conference. Real AmericanV is 19 years old
*Why rob a 711 before you go to MIT with a bag of bombs?
*Suspect #2s dad says whole thing is 'inside job' and 'Hell Will Break Loose' if son is killed - Boston Finisher Medals Going For Over $500 On Ebay The president of the medal company called it "pretty disgusting."
*Discuss *Listing Going For $685 *Other Listings
The Horror In Boston *Video Of Explosion *CNN Photos (Warning: Some Intense Images) *Boston Race Photos
- LRC LetsRun.com Message Board Gets Credit For Helping Make Clearest Photo Of Boston Marathon Suspect Go Viral
- Daily Mail: How Internet sleuths found crucial marathon picture first
- NY Times: "One posted it in a running forum, from where it went viral."
- UK "Quadruple-Checking" London Marathon Security
- Boston Blasts Remind Ugandans Of 2010 Twin Blasts That Killed 74 At Rugby Match
- Former 'Nova Star & 1996 US Olympian Vicki Huber Rudawsky Writes About Boston And Atlanta Bombings
- London Planning Many Tributes To Boston, Including 3 Moments Of Silence
- Kenneth Feinberg, The Attorney Who Oversaw Compensation Funds For Victims Of The September 11 Attacks, Will Head Out Giving One Fund Money
- Amby Burfoot, Boston 72 Hours Later
The Week In Review
LRC No Boston Hat Unless It Has A Swoosh, The 2013 London Marathon, US 1,500 Stars Struggle, & How Do You Pronounce Tsegaye Kebede? This week we take a look at the struggles of the US 1,500 stars Manzano, Rowbury and Uceny, wonder if it's the year that Brenda Martinez and Will Leer break through, wonder if Abbey D will break 15:00, wonder what the name of the 2013 New York City marathon will be, explain to you why the men's times were so slow in London, tell you what Eliud Kipchoge, Paul Tergat and Haile G have in common, and lament the fact that Andrew Wheating can't wear a Boston cap unless it has a Nike swoosh on it. All of that and more including Usain Bolt the king and a HSer runs 8:46 in 15 mph winds.
US News
- This Could Be Jeff Demps' Last Week With The Patriots He wants to do track and football and the Patriots haven't made it clear to the public if they're willing to let him do both.
- Galen Rupp Talks About Winning His Silver Medal And How He's More Motivated Than Ever To Win "I remember sitting back with Alberto when I was in high school, just 14 or 15 years old. "He told me that 2012 and 2016 were probably going to be the two Olympics when I would be physically capable of getting a medal. It was such a long-term goal when we talked about it, even back then..."
Upcoming Spring/Summer Action
- May 9th: Nick Willis, Boaz Lalang, Garrett Heath, Aaron Braun And Craig Miller Lead Men's Field For May 9th Medtronic TC 1 Mile The women's field is headlined by US's Phoebe Wright, Heather Kampf, Aussie Olympian Gen LaCaze and Canadian Olympian Nicole Sifuentes.
- Aries Merritt And Brittney Reese Added To Fields For Next Month's NYC adidas Diamond League Meet Others previously announced include Tyson Gay, David Rudisha and Veronica Campbell-Brown.
- Mo Farah Will Compete For The UK At This Summer's European Athletics Team Championship On June 22nd & 23rd
- Renaud Lavillenie (PV) And Christophe Lemaitre (200) Added To Fields For Paris DL Meet On July 6th Usain Bolt has already been announced for the 200.
From The Weekend: Hyogo Relays Results: Patrick Mutunga Wins 10,000 In 27:40 Over Paul Tanui And Martin Mathathi
May 12th: Prague Marathon Preview: 2:05 Man Albert Matebor Is The Favorite Over Mariko Kipchumba (2:06:05), Benjamin Kiptoo (2:06:31) & Philemon Limo Women's favorite is Lydia Cheromei (2:21:30 from last year in Dubai) who faces Caroline Rotich, Koren Jelela (2:22:43) and Ehitu Kiros (2:23:39).
Kenyan News
- IAAF To Set Up A Blood Testing Center In Eldoret, Kenya, Which Should Be Established In The Next 3 Months Also looking at putting one in Eldoret or Nairobi.
- Athletics Kenya And Department Of Sport Agree To Start AK Polls On April 30
Recommended Read: IAAF Profile On Ethiopia's World Junior XC Champ Hagos Gebrhiwet, Who Is Being Referred To By Some As "The Next Kenenisa Bekele" The 12:47 5,000 man had a more difficult than usual East African "rags to riches" story as he had lost both this father and mother by the time he was 13 and actually quit running and school at one point to do farm work to provide for his 5 younger siblings.
UKers Will Get To Run In The Olympic Stadium
- 5-Mile Road Race Will Finish Inside Olympic Stadium On July 21st As The First Event In The Stadium Since The Games
- Mo Farah Video Interview Talking About Public Fun Run And This Summer's Anniversary Games
From Last Weekend: Paul Kimugul (29:04) And Natasha Fraser (32:42) Get Comfortable Wins At Vancouver Sun Run 10k US's Ian Burrell was 2nd in 29:17 and Donn Cabral was a distant fifth at 29:49. *Full Results
Philadelphia Expresses Interest In Bidding To Host 2024 Olympic Games
Drug News
- Russian Hammer Thrower Alisher Eshbekov Gets 2-Year Doping Ban Anyone been keeping a tally? We've lost count.
- Italy Gives Former Race Walk Olympic Champ Alex Schwazer A 3-And-A-Half Year Ban He was excluded from the London Olympics after testing positive for EPO before the Games.
Questions On The Boards
- Best comment you've ever gotten while running?
- Would you run for a foreign country in the Olympics if you had the B standard?
- 2:20 Marathon: How Much Talent Required?
- If Mo had stayed in, he would have won the London Marathon?
- Can Rupp go sub 2:05 in the marathon?
Eventually, They Get Caught Did USADA Waste Its Time?
MB: 2004 Olympic 200 Champ Shawn Crawford Gets 2-Year Doping Ban It's not a surprise that Crawford, who worked with Trevor Graham but was never busted, is now out for 2 years for missing 3 drug tests. However, Crawford supposedly retired last year. Crawford should have notified USADA so as not to blemish his record and then USADA wouldn't have to waste its resources on this. *WADA Statement *More
Jamaican Sprinting News
- Asafa Powell Back In Training After Hamstring Injury; Isn't Sure If He'll Be Ready For May 4th Jamaican Invitational
- Yohan Blake And Veronica Campbell-Brown Will Headline Edmonton Track Classic In Canada On June 29th
More News From The Weekend
- Abbey D'Agostino And Erik Kynard Named USTFCCCA Athletes Of The Week D'Agostino ran 15:11 at Mt. SAC (No. 3 in-season collegiate performance all-time) while Kynard beat world champ Jesse Williams in the HJ with 2.34m.
- Louisiana State University Mid-D Runner Natoya Goule Headlines Jamaican Performances This Weekend With A 2:00.76 WLing 800
- MileSplit Interview With Ben Saarel, Who Ran 4:08.55 Over The Weekend To Win At Mt. SAC With A 54 Last Lap
- Frosh Austin Tamagno Runs 4:11.1
- More Weekend HS Results: Elise Cranny Sets Colorado Soil Record At 1,600 With 4:47.56 Courtney Corrin set the national freshman LJ record at 20-11.
- IAAF Releases 2013 World Youth Lists Top 10 (Outdoor)
Blue Collar / Inspirational Runner Of The Week
LRC Meet Conner Paez: "Please don't cut off my leg. Please just don't amputate my leg. I can't lose my leg. I need to run." Two years ago, Conner Paez was on top of the world as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania (8:16, 14:18). Then his life turned in a second as he was broadsided by a car while on his motor bike. The injuries were bad, very bad. He almost lost his leg, then some toes. Doctors told him he'd never compete again. What's he doing this weekend? Competing again.
Prince Harry And Richard Branson In London (Flash Gallery, More Coming)
Non-London Weekend Road Action
- Yuki Kawauchi Wins Freezing Wet Nagano Marathon In 2:14:27 He became the first Japanese man to win in the 15-year history of the race. Russia's Natalia Puchkova won the women's race in 2:30:40.
- Sunday: IAAF Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon Preview: Silas Kipruto (59:39) Leads Over Kiprop Limo (59:55), Nicholas Kipkemboi (60:15) & Yakob Jarso (60:07) Women's field includes former two-time World Marathon champion Catherine Ndereba, Alice Mogire (1:09:57), Worknesh Degefa (1:07:49), Tadelech Bekele (1:09:31) and Yebrqual Melese (1:09:45).
- 2008 Olympic 5k Silver Medalist Eliud Kipchoge And Former Half Marathon World Champ Wilson Kiprop Will Go Head-To-Head At Haspa Marathon On Sunday This will be Kipchoge's debut and only Kiprop's 2nd marathon. Also included in the field are Chele Dechasa (2:06:33), Joseph Gitau (2:06:58), Lawrence Kimaiyo (2:07:01) and Limenih Getachew (2:07:39). Ukraine's Kateryna Stetsenko (2:27:51) leads for the women.
MB Haile Gebrselassie: Happy 40th Birthday!
On 40th BDay - Haile Recaps His 5 Favorite Races And His Biggest Racing Regret Haile's favorite race? The Sydney 10k. His one regret? No Olympic gold in the marathon.
*10 Of Haile's Greatest Races
Boston Marathon Race Photos
2013 BAA Mile And 5,000 Photos
Carlsbad Photo Gallery
2,000+ World Cross-Country Photos Now Up
Learn From The Pros
LRC Ten Training Tips From Bernard Lagat, Dathan Ritzenhein And Abdi Abdirahman The American men took center stage at the NYC Half on Thursday. You can watch video interviews with the top American men (Lagat here, Ritz here and Abdi here) and we will have more on their race preparations on Friday, but in the meantime we compiled ten training tips from Bernard, Dathan, and Abdi that you can use in your own training.