Quote Of The Day
– Stephanie Catudal blogging about the life of being married to a professional endurance athlete. She talks about how she met her future husband, Tommy Rivers Puzey, when he was on down time recovering from a hip injury and the shocking lifestyle change that came when he got healthy.
- Bekele claims he's not done with the track and wants to break his own 10K WR
- Do you feel bad for Cam Levins?
- I, admittedly not a Rupp fan, think he will threaten the indoor mile WR
- more brooks beasts coming?
- Michael Johnson: Best Range Ever From 100M - 400M, but could he break 4:00/mile? YES!!!!!
- What is the worst ever finale for a TV series?
- Rupp 5k record ~POST RACE WORKOUT
Weekend US Action *Top Results *Full college schedule
LRCLeading US Distance Track Results For 1/17-19: Pat Casey opens at 3:58, Alan Webb at 4:02, Shannon Rowbury 2:07, Jordan Hasay and Katrina Coogan 2:08Pat Casey‘s first race as a pro resulted in the first global sub-4 of the year. Shannon Rowbury‘s first race for coach Salazar was a modest 2:07 as Jordan Hasay got an indoor pb of 2:08.
USA Half Marathon Champs Are Sunday In Houston – Houston Marathon And Half Coverage *Free USATF.tv Live Stream @ 7:50AM ET
USATF: Fast Fields Set For USA Half Marathon Championships In HoustonMeb Keflezighi leads a men’s half field that includes Aaron Braun, Luke Puskedra, Shadrack Biwott and Josphat Boit. The women are led by Serena Burla (2013 US #2 at 26.2 ), Becky Wade (2013 US #5), Sara Hall, Adriana Nelson, Mattie Suver and Olympian Lisa Uhl in her third career half.- Competitor Q&A With Meb Keflezighi Ahead Of US Half Champs Meb is fit and healthy and says he’s making more money now than back when he was with Nike. 12 smaller sponsors > 1 big one.
- RRW: After Fall Marathon Disaster, Patrick Rizzo Ready For Chevron Houston Marathon Interesting piece on the 2:13 man who talks about how he became deaf as a teenager after getting braces and didn’t regain any hearing until they came off 2 years later.
- Fernando Cabada Says He’s In The Best Shape Of His Life Ahead Of This Weekend’s US Half Marathon Champs “My goal is to run well enough to make the world half marathon championships … I’d like to say, is to win.”
- RR: The Hunger Of Scott Wietecha: 32-Year-Old Teacher, Father Of Two Is Dreaming Of 2:13 In Houston This Weekend This is an EXCELLENT and inspiring read by Jon Gugala.
- More Houston Coverage – Houston Marathon & Half Page
News From Europe
- Tons Of Top Sprinters Will Compete At Glasgow International Meet On January 25; Augustine Choge Vs. Bernard Lagat In The 3K Big names will include US’s Mike Rodgers, UK’s Dwain Chambers and James Dasolu and former World Champion Kim Collins. Kenya‘s World 1,500 bronze medalist Hellen Obiri will also compete.
- Russia’s Olympic HJ Champ Ivan Ukhov Has The World Record In His Sights After Jumping Highest Indoor Mark In 21 Years Ukhov cleared 2.41 officially, although a re-measurement for record purposes showed that the bar was actually at 2.42m.
- Desperate?European Olympic Committee Giving Millions Of Dollars In Funding To Countries Who Agree To Send Their Top Athletes To Inaugural 2015 European Games
- CAS Upholds Life Ban On Russian Jav Thrower Lada Chernova
- President Putin Tells Sochi 2014 Volunteers Gay People Should “Leave Children In Peace”
Sprints / Jumps: Best Indoor HJ In 21 Years
Russia’s Olympic High Jump Champ Ivan Ukhov Jumps The Best Indoor Performance In The World For 21 Years With 2.41mMariya Kuchina set a PR and World lead for women going over 2.00m.- Jamaican Toxicology Expert Testifies That The Banned Stimulant Oxilofrine Doesn’t Improve Speed Then why is it banned?
- Video Of Asafa Powell’s Mom At Doping Trial: “God will take care of everything.” The trial will resume on February 12th.
- Sally Pearson Will Defend Her 60m Hurdles World Indoor Title In Poland She says she hopes to see the US’s Brianna Rollins there.
Weekly Recap
WTWMary Cain Loses, Excitement For Desi And Ritz In Boston (And Bekele In Paris), Garrett Heath's Scalps And The Underpaid UK Athletics CEO?
This week, we don't panic about Mary Cain's loss in her pro debut, we get excited for Ritz and Desi to run Boston, praise Garrett Heath for taking the ultimate two scalps, and we note an ignominious anniversary for Ryan Hall. Plus talk of Geoffrey Kipsang, John Trautmann, Mark Coogan, Kenenisa Bekele, Chris Derrick and more.
2014 London Is Going To Be Awesome – Men’s Field Announced – Mo Farah Faces A Stiff, Stiff Test
LRC6 Thoughts On The 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Elite Men’s Field – A Win By Mo Farah On April 14th Would Be The Greatest Achievement Of His Career Fantasy marathoning will once again be taking place in the real world in London yet again this year as the field is loaded. We break it down and tell you why if Farah wins it will be the best accomplishment of his career. But we also tell you how last year’s field was deeper and who isn’t running London.
*RRW: 2014 London Elite Men’s Field Announced – Mo Farah To Face Stacked Men’s Field The field includes six sub-2:05 guys, including world record holder Wilson Kipsang and 2:03:02 man Geoffrey Mutai.
*UK Headline:Farah Braces Himself For Baptism Of Fire In London Marathon
*MB:FARAH TO FACE WORLD’S BEST AT 2014 LONDON MARATHON :elite field announced
*MB:Ibrahim Jeilan Running London!
No, It Isn’t April 1st:Convicted Oregon Pimp Sues Nike Over Lack Of Shoe Warning Label Apparently he stomped some guy’s face in, was sentenced to prison and is suing Nike for $100 million as they didn’t have a warning label saying the shoes could be used as a deadly weapon. You can’t make this stuff up.
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LRCWhen Should You Give Up The (Olympic) Dream? We Tell You - The Oldest American First-Time Olympians Revealed
Along with the oldest American first-time Olympians, we crunch the numbers and tell you which US 1,500 guys should "hang 'em up" before 2016 and why there is hope for Chris Solinsky to make his first Olympic team in 2016.
Interesting Distance Stuff
- NJ-NY Track Club Team Members Share Their 2014 New Years Resolutions It’s interesting to just go down the list of names and realize how stacked this team is now: Robby Andrews, Russell Brown, Kyle Merber and Donn Cabral to name a few.
Worth A Click:Phoebe Wright Tweets: “Let’s be real, who hasn’t wanted to face swap Galen Rupp and Mary Cain.”- Guys, Your Girlfriends Can Relate:Chronicles Of An Endurance Athlete’s Wife The wife of a triathlete talks about how she got a false first impression of his life as she met him when he was on down time recovering from an injury and had already fallen in love with him by the time he got healthy.
- IAAF Profile On Norway’s Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal, Who’s Training For The World Half Marathon Championships In Copenhagen March 29th Bjerkeli used to be a cross-country skier and still uses it as cross training when she’s home in Norway in the winter.
- Study Finds Exercise Doesn’t Lead To Increased Calorie Consumption There are a lot of runners out there putting in 100-mile weeks who would probably disagree.
- Massachusetts House Votes To Create “Boston Strong” License Plate Some portion of plate cost would go to One Fund Boston.
Galen Rupp 13:01.26 Photo Gallery (100+ Photos) *Full Event Coverage
BU Record Attempts – Rupp And Levins Deliver – Cain And Moser Come Up Short *LRC Photo Gallery*Full Event Coverage
LRC 5 Thoughts After Galen Rupp’s American 5,000 Record And Mary Cain’s World Junior Indoor 1,000 RecordTeam USA Fans, we’ve got great news. Alberto Salazar said Rupp’s #1 goal for indoors isn’t these records but taking on the World in Poland.
LRCGalen Rupp Breaks American Indoor 5,000 Record – Runs 13:01.26 In Boston Lopez Lomong‘s American record didn’t even last 365 days. Rupp took the lead with 1,600 to go and shattered Lomong’s mark as his old college rival Sam Chelanga ran 13:04.35 and Cam Levins got the Canadian record of 13:19.16. Mary Cain and Treniere Moser were nowhere near Jen Toomey‘s American record but Cain did get a new world junior mark.
Message Board Talk:2014 N.O.P. Women’s 1k – Men’s 5k AR Attempt Live Coverage Thread
*Galen MF Rupp 13:01.26!!!!!!!!
*My wife is going to have a baby within 2 hours, should we name it Galen?
Other Distance Stuff
- Field For Feb. 16th Kumanichi 30K And Kumamoto-jo Marathon AnnouncedYuki Kawauchi is in the marathon while many collegiate stars from the Hakone Ekiden will race the 30K.
- SA’s Irvette van Zyl Pulls Out Of London Marathon With Injury
- AW Preview Next Race In British Athletics Cross Challenge Series: Charlotte Purdue Leads For The Women
Other News
- 26.4.26 Running Charity Under Investigation For Fraud By The IRS There are accusations that only $30,000 of the $103,000 the foundation raised can be accounted for.
- Chicago Marathon Will Us Lottery For 2014 Entry After Technical Issues With 2013 Registration
- Saucony And Runner’s World Present “Finding Strong” Screening At The Collective During Sundance Film Festival The film which “depicts the transformative power of running” and premiered at the NYC Marathon.
BU Pre-Race News
LRCThree Thoughts About The Nike Oregon Project’s American Record Assaults In Boston In 2014 Will Jen Toomey‘s 2:34 women’s 1k AR go down? No chance. What about Lopez Lomong‘s 13:07 men’s 5k? Discount Rupp at your own peril. Plus did you know that Galen Rupp‘sattempt at the mile record on Feb. 8th won’t happen live on national TV at Reggie but instead will happen the same day at a college meet? What about the Sport?
*BU Press Release: Galen Rupp And His NOP Teammates Will Be Going For 6 American Records At BU Over Next 4 Weeks
*Toni Reavis Slams Track And Field’s Focus On Times “Trying to market the sport via time is self-defeating.”
NCAA Results *All Weekend NCAA Meets (Some With Live Streaming)
- USTFCCCA Preview Weekend NCAA Action: Arkansas Vs. Texas Dual Meet Headlines The top ranked Arkansas men took on No. 15 Texas and the No. 1 Texas women faced No. 7 Arkansas.
*Results Patrick Rono won the 800 (1:52) as Stanley Kebenei won the mile (4:11). - Oregon Ducks Open Season Saturday At University Of Washington Indoor Preview
*Results*Meet Info
More Weekend Distance Action
- Preview For Sunday’s Carlsbad Marathon And Half MarathonStephen Sambu returns to defend his title after he won here last year in his debut (1:03:02). He’ll face Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Alemayehu (1:02:23 PR).
- IAAF Preview: Uganada’s Timothy Toroitich And Ethiopia’s Hiwot Ayalew Favorites For Sunday’s IAAF XC Meet In Sevilla, Spain Toroitich faces Kenya’s Emmanuel Bett, 2011 World XC silver medalist Paul Tanui and 2012 Olympic steeple bronze medallist Abel Mutai. Ayalew will be up against World 5,000 silver medalist Mercy Cherono and World XC junior bronze medalist Alemitu Haroye.
- Japan Running News Preview: National Men’s Ekiden Wraps Up Championship Ekiden Season This Sunday
- Team USA Minnesota’s Heather Kampf Defends Her Title At The Bermuda Mile With 4:44Sarah Brown was second in 4:46. Results will be posted here.
- MileSplit Weekend HS Coverage: US #1 In Girls DMR Gets Lowered Twice In 2 Hours
Bekele And Symmonds Chasing Fast Times In 2014
Kenenisa Bekele: “I want to run a world record in my first marathon.” AFP quotes Bekele saying he wants to run the marathon WR in Paris, but he hasn’t talked about this in any other interview.- Not Done On The Track: Bekele Says Running The Marathon Doesn’t Mean He’s Done On The Track And He Still Wants To Try To Break His 10,000 WR He didn’t care about getting outkicked by Garrett Heath at Great Edinburgh XC as he’s running 150 miles a week and no speed work.
- Nick Symmonds Going For The American 1,000m Record At The NYRR Millrose Games Symmonds thinks the 1,000 is a much better distance for him than the 800. The current record is held by David Krummenacker from 2002 at 2:17.86.
*Symmonds Talks About Fishing In Oregon And Compares 800 Runners To Different Types Of Fish Symmonds says David Rudisha is the great white shark.
And So Are The Kenyans
- Geoffrey Mutai Excited To Be Part Of The “Very Tough” Field In His London Marathon Debut Will he be going for a PR? He said, “To me, it’s a record, no matter what anyone says and it is my hope that one day, I will run a similar time in a legal course to prove to anyone who doubts it …”
- Kenyan Steeplechase World Champ Milcah Chemos Isn’t Interested In Defending Her Commonwealth Games Title And Instead Is Focused On Breaking Her 9:07 PR Talking about winning Worlds, she says it was even more satisfying to do it in Moscow since Russians had beaten her so many times in the past.
More Distance News
- Current Pros Give Advice To College Runners On What They Would Do Differently If They Could Redo Their NCAA Careers Hear what Jordan Hasay, Emma Coburn, Cam Levins, Andy Bayer and others say their biggest mistake in college was.
- American College Runners, Be Jealous:Hakone Ekiden Winners Toyo University Greeted By Throngs Of Screaming Fans At Victory Rally “The 700-seat Inoue Enryo Hall was sold out and packed to overflowing, almost entirely by female university students.”
Upcoming
- Friday:World 10,000 Silver Medalist Gladys Cherono And Leonard Oletiptip Defend Their Titles At Kenya Defence Forces XC Champs Former Olympic 1,500m champion Nancy Chebet is in the women’s field and former World Military Games 10,000m champion Mark Kiptoo and former World XC champ Joseph Ebuya are in the men’s.
- Course Record Holder Atsedu Tsegay Returns To The Prague Half Marathon On April 5th Tsegay ran 58:47 there in 2012 and this year will face Kenya’s sub-60 man Philemon Limo. The women’s field is led by Ethiopia’s 2011 NYC champ Firehiwot Dado.
- IAAF Preview: Kenya’s Jason Mbote (2:07) And Japan’s Kazuhiro Maeda (2:08) The Men To Beat At The Feb. 2nd Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon
- 2004 Athens Olympics Marathon Gold Medalist Mizuki Noguchi Pulls Out Of Osaka International Women’s Marathon With Femoral Stress Fracture
- New Ultra Race Series Links Together 10 Races On 5 Continents
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