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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.
100m Splits At The Olympics Have Amazing Story To TellYou have to read this article; you will be amazed at some of the splits they found. For example, Tirunesh Dibaba ran a faster 100m split at the end of her blazing 10k than any woman ran the same 100m split in the 1,500m.
Flotrack
Interview With German Fernandez If you are a runner wondering how to get faster in the mile, this interview says it all. Fernandez basically did no speedwork before popping his 3:56, just running it off of strength and base. He surprised everyone, including himself. And he drops the "G" word - G for Gold.
The Shock Has Worn Off Enough That We Can Recognize Dorian Ulrey Got 2nd In 3:57 *Fernandez's Coach: "It's not bad." *Dorian Ulrey: "I Was Hoping For Faster."In his first race for the Hogs, Ulrey had the lead until 200 meters to go when he was passed and spiked. "First mile of the year, you can't get p***** off at 3:57. I got the automatic and the p.r. Overall, the fitness is good, the psyche is good. It's going to be a good season."
Texas A&M Opens New Indoor Facility In Style - With Win Over Rival TexasThe new facility is hosting NCAA indoors later this year. It was opened with a big meet, a dual meet against rival UT on the men's side and the No. 6 Aggies got the win over No. 7 Texas 81 to 77 in front of 3,000-plus fans including the president of A&M and the big
donor Mr. Gilliam. It was
the first ever indoor meet at A&M. The ladies beat Tennesee. Message Board: Texas vs. Texas A&M
*Photo Gallery *Video Coverage Of Meet *Results Lots of interesting distance results as there were 3 guys at 1:49.89 or better for UT in the 800m.
LetsRun.com Boston
08 LetsRun.com Party Photos The party hosted by Puma was a
smashing success. A packed house, as those passionate
about running (from ages 5 to 65+) came to celebrate a great weekend in
Boston. LetsRun.com fans celebrated with Rojo, Wejo, Matt Taylor, and a
few legends in the sport, including former marathon world record holder
Steve Jones and Olympic Silver Medallist Sonia
O'Sullivan.The Harpoon beer was flowing,
DJ Inkognito kept things going and contrary to popular
opinion, there was a healthy mix of males and females. The reviews were
excellent. "It's refreshing not to see the same 50
people (industry insiders) at a party." "Most favorable female-to-male
ratio I've seen in a long time."
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London
Men: Lel
Leads 3 Under 2:05:30!!!, Ryan Hall 2:06:17 Ryan Hall
Goes Through Halfway on World Record Pace
The 2008 Flora London Marathon will be remembered for a long time. The
lead pack of 9 went through 5k at 14:21 (2:01 pace). They continued
together (yes, all 9) through halfway on world record pace (1:02:13).
Ryan Hall then went to the front soon after and asked the pacemakers to
go FASTER. Soon Hall was off the back, but he would catch the
leaders briefly again and go on to run 2:06:17. Until Sunday, only 7
guys had ever run under 2:06:15, now 11 have. Up front, it came down
to a 3-man battle over the final mile before Martin Lel
got his 3rd straight World Marathon Major win over the final quarter
mile as he led 6 guys under 2:07 and to $50,000 bonuses each.
Recap, photos, video above
This Guy Has
Totally Won Back Our Respect Maasai
Warriors Finish Marathon link fixed One of them
went back to the course and finished the race a day after being forced
to go the hospital after a ceremonial wrap cut off his circulation. He
said, "It was very important for me to do this. This is what I came to
England for."
LetsRun.com Ryan
Hall Reflects On His Incredible Run We tell you (and let you watch) what Ryan, his dad,
his granddad, his coach and even Martin Lel had
to say about Ryan. Lel was full of praise for the
American and shocked by Ryan's attempt to get the pacemakers to go even
faster. If Hall didn't already have your respect,
he does after reading this article, as he pays homage to a throwback
type of guy - Steve Jones. Text and Video.
LetsRun.com
Video: Ryan
Hall Talks About His 2:06:17 at the 2008 Flora London Marathon *More
LRC London Videos Here *Photo Gallery
2008 ING New York City Marathon *Results *Searchable Results *Video: Men's Highlight Video *Photo
Gallery
Women's Race: Paula Dominates Goucher Third
Paula Radcliffe showed why she's the best marathoner in the world as she dominated the women's field in the second half of the ING NYC Marathon. Radcliffe took a different strategy this year in NY. She led every single step of the way, but she said with the high winds her plan this year was to save something for the end and run negative splits and it showed. She poured it on the final six miles, winning by nearly two minutes. Radcliffe never looked back and said when she turned
for the final quarter mile at Columbus Circle, she wasn't even positive she had the race won. American Kara Goucher ran up front for most of the race and had a successful debut in third in 2:25.53 (American debut record). Olympic silver medallist Catherine Ndereba, Dire Tune, Rita Jeptoo and Gete Wami were left in Radcliffe's wake, causing Wami to tie with Irina Mikitenko for the World Marathon title. The World Marathon Major race directors were
then left to vote to break the tie. They voted for Mikitenko and just like that she got $500,000
and Wami got nothing. *Radcliffe Doesn't Look Back En Route To 3rd Win *Paula Destroys Top-Class Women's Field *Mikitenko Awarded WMM Prize In Tie-Breaking Vote *Women's Recap And Race Replays From UniversalSports.com *Paula Post-Race Press Comments On the boards: Wami gets nothing of World Marathon Prize while tying for spot #1 Men's Race: Marilson Gomes Dos Santos Storms From Behind To WinComing into the 2008 ING NYC Marathon, Abderrahim Goumri had the distinction of being the top marathoner in the world who had never won a marathon
(2nd in London in 2007, 3rd in London in 2:05:30 this year, and 2nd in NY last year). On Sunday in NY, he was clear of
the field and on his way to what seemed to be his first marathon victory. However, savvy 2006 NY champ Marilson Gomes Dos Santos saved his best for last and stormed from behind in the final mile to overtake Goumri and get the win (afterwards Goumri said a missed fluid bottle might have caused him to run out of steam). Dos Santos ran 1:02 for the second half for a big negative split. Veteran Paul Tergat said he twisted an ankle on the course but returned to action with a fourth place finish.
American Abdi Abdirahman led the American charge in 6th place
as four Americans were in spots 6, 7, 8 & 10. *Men's Recap and Race Replays From UniversalSports.com *Gomes dos Santos Is Going To Disney To Celebrate *NYT: New York Brazilians Say "Gomes who?" On the boards:Nate Jenkins at NYC marathon?