A Busy Monday For The Nike Oregon Project

LRCMary Cain Pulls Out Of 2014 World Indoors – Worried About “Discomfort” In Her Lower Calf Cain was a near-lock for a medal. Now America’s #1 medal prospect without a doubt is fellow teen phenom Ajee’ Wilson, who is ranked #1.
Update: Ken Goe Of Oregonian:“If this were the Olympics, she probably would run.” – Alberto Salazar
MB: Mary Cain injured, pulling out of World Indoors. Heather Kampf goes as alternate!!!

Dathan Ritzenhein Pulls Out Of 2014 Boston Marathon With Groin Injury – Moses Mosop Out As Well – Ryan Hall And Abdi Are InWe had kind of wondered if Ryan Hall would start training for his next marathon and only tell people he was doing it when things had been going well. That seems to be the case.
*Ritzen says he’s training now but a sports hernia from work in weight room put him too far behind
*Statement On Moses Mosop’s Withdrawal From 2014 Boston Marathon Mosop has a right knee injury and hopes to be in sub-2:06 shape 4 weeks after Boston.

LRCMatthew Centrowitz Goes On Twitter To Say "I'll be racing in the outdoor season as normal." And Deny "Ugly Rumors"

• Wow:200 Go Under 66 Minutes At Japan National University Half Marathon ChampionshipsHideto Yamanaka won the race in 1:02:09. This was a record for most runners sub-66 in a single race.
• High Schooler Brianna Schwartz Runs #8 Fastest Time On US Prep All-Time List Crawling To The Finish Line She ran 4:42.58 to win Pennsylvania State Champs after collapsing and crawling the final meters. She said, “It was like slow motion. The (finish line) official said I probably lost two seconds.”
• Indoor ISTAF Berlin: Germany’s Malte Mohr Vaults 5.90m To Become Favorite For World Indoors With France’s recent WR holder Renaud Lavillenie out with injury, Mohr becomes the new favorite.
• EA Weekend European Recap: Portugal’s Ana Dulce Felix Wins 5th Straight National XC Title
• Hassane Ahouchar (2:17) And Ji Hyang Kim (2:34) Win New Taipei City Wanjinshi Marathon
• Irish Distance News: Recap Of Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country Championships

Weekend Pro Action

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  Sally Pearson Runs World-Leading 7.79 In Berlin

  This was one of the most attended indoor track meets of the year as it had over 10,000 fans and didn't have an event over 60m but did have an indoor discus. *Results

• Houston Champ Bazu Worku Wins 4th Marathon In 5 Tries At Lake Biwa

  Worku has made a nice living running frequently and winning.
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  Morocco's Aziz Lahbabi Runs Fastest Time By A Non-East African (59:25) To Win Rome-Ostia Half Marathon

  Caroline Chepkwony held off 2012 Boston champ Sharon Cherop on the women's side.

Sunday Pro News Of Note

Neely Spence Gracey To Have Knee Surgery To Remove Fragmented Piece Of Patella

• Sandra Perkovic Throws Massive 70.51m At Croatian Winter Throwing Championships

  Perkovic set 2 PRs and improved her previous best by more than  a meter (4.5 feet) and went over the 70m mark for the first time.
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  Asics Becomes Title Sponsor Of Mammoth Track Club

  Legend Deena Kastor is the president of Mammoth Track Club and an Asics athlete, so not a huge surprise.

7 Days Until 2014 World Indoors

Gold And Silver For USA? LRC Full Kenyan And Ethiopian Squads Unveiled For 2014 World Indoors – Chanelle Price And Ajee’ Wilson Will Face Zero Competitors From Either Country The Ethiopian women actually had no one qualified in the 800 and the only Kenyans qualified were from last year’s times. *Kenyan Team Named For World Indoors

• Britain’s 20-Year-Old Laura Muir Has #3 Time In World At 800 And 1,500 Heading Into World Indoors Muir wasn’t that great at track as a youngster but now is shining. Discuss: What is up with women’s mid-d this year with 2:00.94 and 4:05.32 being the #3 times in the world?
• Kiwi Shot Putter Tom Walsh Training With Val Adams In Switzerland Before World Indoors Adams is paying for Walsh to train with her; it sounds like as he’s a construction worker trying to make it as a shot putter. This is his first major international meet.
• After 3 Disastrous Indoor Races (2:11, 2:07, 2:07), Pamela Jelimo Gives Up On Indoor Season And Kenya Won’t Be Sending Anyone In Women’s 800
• RR: Q&A With World #2 Chanelle Price, Who Is Flourishing Now That She’s Not Focusing On Just Running

Solinsky Doing The Marathon

LRCChris Solinsky Is Moving Up To The Marathon

USATF Controversy

2nd Good Read: Grunewald’s Coach Dennis Barker: Time To Act“The controversy that involved the women’s 3K was just one of several incidents that created an uncomfortable meet environment, but became a catalyst for athletes, coaches, and fans to question the credibility and independence of USATF.”

A Hollow Victory? Everything Still Remains Unanswered

LRCEditorial: Far From Resolved, All Of The Questions Leading To The Uproar About USATF’s Initial DQ Of Gabriele Grunewald Remain The results has been changed but none of the issues that led to the nationwide uproar have been addressed – just glossed over. #USATFchange #integrityofsport

A Pro Speaks Out: LRCMark Wieczorek: “Either USATF indeed does have conclusive video evidence or they, in collusion with Alberto and Nike, lied and cheated to manipulate the system.”The 800 Olympic Trials finalist says there is “so much to be answered for” and hopes this doesn’t end up being remembered simply “as a happy, good feeling memory where an athlete did a good thing.”