The Virgin London Marathon - The World's Most Competitive - Was Sunday *Top Results *TV/Internet Viewing Info *Elite Entries
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 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
London Men's Preview
LRC The Greatest Men's Marathon Field Ever
The running world keeps on running Sunday on the grandest scale at the Virgin London Marathon that features what we are calling the strongest men's marathon field ever. In it you've got the course record holders at the World Marathon Majors (including the WR holder and fastest marathoner ever) all in their prime squaring off versus the Olympic champ. Spread the word as we break down the field.
On the boards: If You Don't Think London Is the Best Field Ever Tell Us What Is
LRC Women's Preview: Olympic Gold vs Olympic Silver vs World Champ
The women's field is stacked and led by Olympic champion Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia. Gelana will have her hands full on Sunday.
Flashback: Women's Olympic Marathon Photos
- 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 any athlete he's ever worked on (including many Olympians). He said, "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."
- 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."
- Quick Notes/Cheat Sheet On The Leading Men In London Field
- Photos From The First Ever London Marathon In 1981
- The Guardian Looks At The Legacy Of The London Marathon: "London - How It Made Us Want To Run Further, Faster, Fiercer"
- After Dropping Out Of 2 Of Her 3 Marathon Attempts, SA's Irvette van Zyl Looking To Break Her 2:33:41 PR In London
- 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
Note: In terms of Boston, we didn't find it appropriate to cover the race last week due to the tragic attacks. We plan on covering it one week after the fact. The runners will get the attention they deserve here on Tuesday.
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
Previous London News
- British Men Have A Winning Drought Of Their Own Going At The London Marathon Britain's last male London Marathon winner was Eamonn Martin 20 years ago. He believes Mo Farah could be the next when he runs the full distance next year.
- Farah Says He Definitely Won't Finish Race Despite Bookies Giving Him 25-1 Odds To Finish
- British Writer: "Mo Farah's Fun Run Will Have London Marathon Founder Chris Brasher Turning In His Grave"
- IAAF Preview
- Ross Tucker Of Science Of Sport Does A Short Preview On The London Men's Race: Thinks The WR Could Be Lost In The Battle For The Win
- Video Of London Marathon Route From The Air
- AW Preview: "London Marathon Not Just The 'Mo Show'" Includes look at wheelchair races, IPC Marathon World Cup and UK Youth "Mini Marathon."
- The Independent: "The Greatest Ever London Marathon Field: Hungry Pack Will Hunt Down The World Record"
- London Marathon Runners Say They Run In Solidarity With Boston
- London Marathon Gives $100,000 Donation To Boston Marathon Bomb Victims
- EA Article On Portugal's 3 Time European Indoor 1,500 Champ Rui Silva Making His Marathon Debut At London However, this London press release says he pulled out with a stress fracture or reaction lasts week.
- Women's Race: After A Disappointing London Olympics, Edna Kiplagat Is Looking For Victory At The London Marathon
- Sorry, Ladies: Researchers Says 1 In 3 Women Will Have Breast Pain During London Marathon They also "reported an apparent link between breast size and pain during exercise."
- On The Boards: If You Don't Think London Is the Best Field Ever Tell Us What Is
- Pre-Race Interviews
Previous London News
- Men's Race LRC Dave Bedford Breaks Down 2012 Virgin London Marathon Men's Field - Picks Geoffrey Mutai To Win Bedford clearly thinks this year's race is going to special and says a course record won't be good enough to win.
- After Running Career Is Oover, Stephen Kiprotich Will Go Back To Working As A Prison Guard "That is my place of work. Running is just a short period of time - after I retire I need to go and work."
- American Pat Rizzo At London Marathon With Heavy Heart
- Women's Race: Reuters: After Olympic Disappointment, Edna Kiplagat Looking For 1st London Victory
- RRW: Tiki Gelana Reboots At London Marathon After NYC Cancellation
- Mo Farah Feels The Heat
- RRW: Mo Farah says running 1st half of London was an easy decision
- Guardian: I'm no money-grabber, says Mo Farah over London Marathon criticism
- Telegraph: Mo Farah says running half the race is "not a gimmick"
Independent: Mo Farah is "shocked and hurt" by Marathon greed claims - 2-Time World Marathon Champ Abel Kirui Will Miss London Marathon With A Stress Reaction Kirui will miss at least 3 weeks, but says he still plans on being selected for Kenya's World Championships team and going for his 3rd consecutive title.
*London Press Release - RRW Preview: Olympic Champion Stephen Kiprotich Facing Another Big Challenge In London The field includes Geoffrey Mutai, Patrick Makau, Tsegaye Kebede (2:04:38), Emmanuel Mutai and defending champ Wilson Kipsang. Pacemakers will take the men's lead pack through halfway in 1:01:45.
- Kipsang Thinks Having Mo Farah In The First Half Of The London Marathon Could Help Their Chances At Breaking The World Record "Mo will have a lot of attention and it will help the guys who are finishing the race to relax and let him have all the attention for the first half. Maybe he'll also help control the pace and make sure the pacemakers go on the right schedule."
- Wilson Kipsang And Patrick Makau Say They Kenyans Will Work As A Team During The London Marathon
- Olympic Marathon Champ Stephen Kiprotich Didn't Think He Had A Future In Running When He Was Younger Because He Was Always Sick As a youngster, he missed three years of school due to illness and was always sick off and on, but eventually got better.
- Kipsang On Running London After Boston: "When you are running and you are thinking something like that can happen, you can't concentrate. We should have no fear ..."
- Former Race Director Dave Bedford Will Be The Official London Marathon Starter
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," Arles 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
- Shalane Flanagan Post-Race: "What we all dream about as athletes is winning and Kara and I really wanted to win this for everyone ..." ... "I really wanted to thank them and I was hoping a laurel wreath was the way to thank them."
- Good Post-Race Video With Goucher Talking About The American Drought In Boston And What's Ahead For Her
- RW: Notable Names In The Results: How Joan Benoit Samuelson, Shalene's Sister And Others Fared 1968 champ Amby Burfoot was about 3/4 of a mile away from a 4:26 finish when he was among the first runners diverted from the course after the explosions.
- World Marathon Majors Update 2012-2013: WMM Series Leaderboards Post-Boston Tsegaye Kebede and Wilson Kipsang are tied for the lead for the men and Rita Jeptoo leads for the women.
- Japan's Hiroyuki Yamamoto And US's Tatyana McFadden Win Boston Wheelchair Races
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
The Virgin London Marathon - The World's Most Competitive - Was Sunday *Top Results *TV/Internet Viewing Info *Elite Entries
Men's Race LRC Marathon Gods 1, Distance Runners 0: World and course record attempts disintegrated as everyone blew up 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 suicidal 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.
*Top Results
*MB: Imagine if a in-form Ryan Hall had run London this year...
Hamburg: 20035000 World Champ Eliud Kipchoge Wins Debut in 2:05:30
*MB: HAMBURG MARATHON LIVE - ELIUD KIPCHOGE DEBUT
Weekend Track Action *Mt. Sac Saturday Results *Thursday/Friday *All College Weekend Meet Info/Results
- Mt. SAC: 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' 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 13.37sec, 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 45.72sec 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 1500 World Lead And Crushed A 20-Year 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 1500 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!!!
- Kansas Relays: *Full Results *Corey Leslie Beats 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).
*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
- 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 4x4 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 1500 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 3200 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 American
*Suspects are brothers, suspect 2 DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV 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 - RW Interview With Shalane Flanagan On Boston Bombing: "I just feel like more than anything we’re pissed off that someone did this."
- Manhunt In Boston Forces Bruins And Red Sox To Postpone Games
- Penn Relays Won't Allow Fans To Bring Backpacks Into The Stadium
- NYRR Adding Enhanced Baggage Security To Its Central Park 4-Mile Race This Sunday
- 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
Sprint News/Upcoming Track Action
- Exciting Action Set For May 4th Jamaican Invitational: 2008 400H Olympic Champ Will Get Her First Big Test In The 100H Against Dawn Harper Usain Bolt will race Wallace Spearmon and Warren Weir in the 200, Shelly-Ann Frazer-Pryce, Kerron Stewart and the USA's Bianca Knight in the 200, Veronica Campbell-Brown vs. Alyson Felix and Natasha Hastings in the 100, World leader
Stephanie McPherson against GB's Christine Ohuruogu in the 400, and US's Ryan Bailey and Doc Patton in the 100.
*IAAF Preview - MRI Shows Yohan Blake Suffered Two Minor Tears To His Hamstring And He Won't Compete Again Until Jamaican National Trials
- Blake Pulls Out With Injury And Olympic 100 Champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Will Race May 10th Doha 200
- Anniversary Games Tickets Sell Out In Just 75 Minutes
- Ad Campaign For Rome Golden Gala Diamond League Meet Show Usain Bolt And Other Athletes In "Royal Attire"
- Asafa Powell Says He Misses Training With Michael Frater, Who Was Forced To Leave MVP TC After A Rift Formed Between Him And Coach Stephen Francis
The Horror In Boston *Channel 7 News Update (Video) *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
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
Non-Boston/London News
- White Lightning Christophe Lemaitre To Race Justin Gatlin And Ryan Bailey In 100m At Penn Relays
- Outdoor USATF Championship Series Kicks Off With USA Vs. The World At The Penn Relays
- A Preview Of A Busy Weekend For Japanese Runners - Some In London, Some At Mt. SAC, And Yuki Kawauchi In Another Marathon
- Oscar P "Not Welcome" At Anniversary Games At London's Olympic Park This Year
- Track And Field - The World's Most Global Sport - Record 205 Nations Have Entered 2013 World Champs
- Oregon And Arkansas Excited For This Weekend's Dual Meet
- Expected Diamond League Stars Allyson Felix And Veronica Campbell-Brown Speak To Media About 2013
- Ryan Whiting Threw 21.65m At Kansas Relays
Previous Boston Bombing News
- FBI Releases Photos, Video Of 2 Suspects Message board thread.
- Runners Plastered On Front Page Of NY Post As Possible Suspects Are Two Legit Runners The media has been botching the investigation left and right, but no one has botched it worse than the Post. More here and here.
- How You Can Help: One Fund Boston Established To Raise Money For Families Affected By The Boston Bombings
*You Can Also Buy A Boston 2013 T-Shirt Where All Profits Go Towards One Fund
*RW: How To Help Or Show Support For Boston Includes list of everything from donations to memorial runs. - AP Article On Third Boston Bombing Victim, BU Chinese Graduate Student Lu Lingzi Her parents described her death as a "dagger in our hearts."
- Yankee Fans Pay Tribute To Boston By Singing Red Sox's Anthem, "Sweet Caroline" During Game At Yankee Stadium After the 9/11 attacks, Boston was singing "New York, New York."
- Tribute Paid To Boston Marathon Victims And First Responders During Boston Bruins Game With Moment Of Silence And Special Video Includes moving video of whole stadium singing the national anthem.
- Raptors, Celtics Pay Tribute To Boston Marathon Victims Prior To Tipoff
- Bill Rodgers: "It's such a human sport. I don't think these bombers get that - that when they attack the Boston Marathon, they don't just attack America. They attack all the countries with runners in the marathon."
- Ken Goe: "Why attack a joyous celebration of human achievement? That's what terrorists do." "To go ahead and live life without reservation in full understanding of the uncertainties and the possibilities is the kind of courage that makes the ultimate difference."
- Wesley Korir: "My attitude to marathons will never change but my attitude to life may change."
- Friend Of Heat Guard Ray Allen Among Those Injured In Boston Attack The family was among those who lost a leg and that another friend owned the restaurant that employed the 29-year-old woman who was killed.
- 1968 Boston Champ Amby Burfoot Was At 25.5 Miles When He Had To Stop; Shares Experience In The Crowd Of Confused Runners Halted So Close To The Finish
- After Blasts, Chris Rupe, M.D. Went From Marathoner To Medic 30 Seconds After Finishing His First Boston
- Animal Rights Activists Outraged After Sochi Officials Announced They Would Kill More Than 2,000 Stray Cats And Dogs Before 2014 Winter Olympics To "Ensure The Safety Of Visitors"
- Jamaican Team Concerned With Security Ahead Of Penn Relays Some parents are hesitant to send their children.
Investigation News: - Investigators Hunting For A Man Seen Dropping A Bag In Department Store Surveillance Video And In A Finish Line Image
- Federal Officials Deny That Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Is In Custody
- FBI Seen Searching Apartment Seeking Clues In Attack
- Country On Edge: In The Wake Of The Boston Marathon, Security Has Upped Nationwide Against Other Possible Threats Including another Bomb threat in Boston's federal courthouse, suspicious packages being investigated, and preliminary tests showed letters sent to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker contained the poison ricin.
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.
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.
Other News
- May 21st IAAF World Challenge In Beijing: US's World Indoor HJ Champ Chaunte Lowe Vs Russia's Olympic Champ Anna Chicherova Kellie Wells is in the 100 hurdles and the men's and women's 2011 World javelin champions Mattias De Zordo and Russia’s Mariya Abakumova will compete.
- Zola Majavu Takes Over As Athletics South Africa Administrator To Work Out Problems With The Dispute Ridden Group
- Q&A With Jamaican 400 Hurdle Olympic Finalist Leford Green
- Former WADA Head Dick Pound Speaks In Jamaica: "It is no secret that there is a lot of cheating in sports ... cheaters should be punished."
Random
- After Previously Saying He Would Drop Legal Action If He Failed To Win Judicial Review, Leyton Orient Soccer Club Owner Says He'll Keep Fighting He said he'll keep it going "well into the next decade" if necessary.
- Following Criticism From Animal Welfare Groups, Sochi Officials Cancelled Plans To Kill More Than 2,000 Stray Cats & Dogs Before 2014 Winter Olympics
- New Device Might Make It Easier To Read While Running On A Treadmill Special goggles match up with text on a monitor to accommodate for the up and down motion of running.
US News
- Jen Suhr's PV WR Ratified By IAAF
- USATF Profile On Pro Phoebe Wright, Who Almost Quit Running After She Could Barely Keep Up In Warmups As A Freshman At Tennessee
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
More Athletics Kenya Voting Problems
After Being Postponed 5 Times, How Can They Still Be Shocked? Voters "Shocked" As Athletics Kenya Elections Were Stopped Yet Again A court order temporarily stopped AK from holding its elections.
Boston Marathon Race Photos
Cycling News: Who Is Dirtier, Lance Or The UCI?
- Leaked Internal UCI Memo Shows That Lance Amstrong Tested Positive Four Times During The 1999 Tour de France
- Cycling Ireland Vice President Anthony Moran Resigns From Post And Reveals It's Because He's Lost Faith In The UCI And Pat McQuaid "There is only so much a man can take and personally I couldn't say to the UCI 'jog on, everything's fine' because I don't believe it is."
2013 BAA Mile And 5,000 Photos
Non-Boston News
- Oscar Pistorius Seen "Flirting And Downing Shots" At Restaurant His spokesperson says he was out of friends for the first time since the incident and was not acting inappropriately.
- June 1st: London Rematch: Pre Classic 800 Will Include All 8 2012 London Olympic Finalists David Rudisha, Nijel Amos, Duane Solomon, Nick Symmonds ... you name them, they got them.
- Elite Fields Announced For 2013 USA 1 Mile Road Championships On April 23rd Includes Leo Manzano, Will Leer, Craig Miller, Shannon Rowbury, Christin Wurth-Thomas and Sara Hall.
- Cycling Ireland Nominate Pat McQuaid For Third Term With UCI
Mo And Galen (And The UK Press), You'll Want To Read This (aka Here's A Headline For The UK Tabloids)
LRC Dejen Gebremeskel Tells LetsRun He Wants To Try 10,000/5,000 Double At Moscow World Champs He also reveals that he views his compatriot Hagos Gebrhiwet and not Mo Farah as the biggest threat. *Discuss
Carlsbad Photo Gallery
In Case You Missed It: April Fools On LRC
Did you not visit on the April 1st? LetsRun.com's 2013 April Fool Page Is Here
MB: *April fools page too obvious *What was your favorite April Fools 2013 headline
*Capital FM April Fools Joke On WMM Cutting Prize Money For Kenyans Fooled Many Causing Outrage On Social Media
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.