Quote Of The Day
– Chris Solinsky talking about how despite being the first non-African to go under 27-minutes in the 10k and being a sub-13 5k runner, he hasn’t made an Olympic team. He’s still chasing the dream, though, and wants to make it in the marathon (or 10k) in 2016.
- Malaysia Airlines: Passengers' cellphones still ring, is China hiding the truth?
- Renato Canova - can you please tell us more about Caleb Ndiku
- My 45 year old friend claims that if he breaks a 5:00 mile this makes him the 15th fastest miler ages 45-59 is this true
- Derrick versus True at Gate River Run on March 15th - Who you got?
2014 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Is Friday/Saturday *Start Lists/Accepted Entries*Schedule & TV/Streaming Info
Men’s Preview: LRCLawi Lalang Looks For History And Unprecedented NCAA Triple – Can His Legendary Status Get Even Bigger?Last year, Lawi Lalang set meet records in the mile and 3k. How could he top that? Well, heis set to attempt THE TRIPLE. The triple no one has ever done before, the mile, 5,000, 3,000. Can he pull it off? We break down all the NCAA men’s distance action.
LRC Meet New Mexico’s 5,000 Studs Luke Caldwell And Adam BitchellCaldwell, who was 10th in NCAA XC, has improved from 14:37 to 13:29 in less than a year by running up to 100 mpw at 6:10 pace or faster, Bitchell broke 14:00 on less than 50 mpw. Could one of them take down Lalang?
*RR:Oregon 400 Ace Mike Berry Is Much More Than Just A WC Gold Medalist – He Also Runs A Mentorship Program For At-Risk Young Men We almost used this article as QOD. “I grew up in a community where a lot of people don’t make it out.”
US News
- Q&A With Molly Huddle Ahead Of Her Half Marathon Debut At NYC Huddle wants to try the 10,000 on the track this year and do a marathon before 2016 (even as early as this fall) and says this is part of the process of moving up to that.
- Meeting Between USATF And TFAA Postponed Due To Scheduling Miscommunication The meeting was supposed to be Monday and the article doesn’t say when it’s been rescheduled for.
- Mark Wetmore’s Colorado XC Team Honored At White House For Winning NCAAs They were 1 of 19 championships teams honored.
- RW Researches When You Can Run In Major City Parks In wake of a Central Park runner getting ticketed for running in the park too early, they’ve contacted a bunch of major city parks to see which you have to watch out for.
- The Color Run Settles Dispute With Photographer Who Claimed They Used His Photos Without Permission After 7 months of back-and-forth they came to an undisclosed settlement agreement.
UpdatedCHANELLE PRICE GETS THE GOLD!!!!!
Chanelle Price took it out really hard and hung on to win gold at 800 at the World Indoors. Wire-to-wire, world-leading time for the win. Impressive. Updated with analysis, comments, video interview.
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Week That Was
LRC8 Thoughts About The 2014 World Champs: Chanelle Price Is Golden, 26 Years Old Is Over The Hill In Running, Bold Frontrunning Rewarded, DQ City, Love For Ashton Eaton, And Genze Bulut, Treniere Moser And Ajee' Wilson Were Far From Golden
We tell you why Chanelle Price's gold medal was even rarer than you think, why running is definitely a young person's game, discuss what gets your DQed on the international level, ponder how Ashton Eaton isn't a cross-over star, look at the disappointing runs of Ajee' Wilson, Treniere Moser and Genze Bulut, and share with you two message board gems.
Good Read:Q&A With Chris Solinsky Talking About His Decision To Move To The Marathon, The Training And Mistakes He’s Made In His Career Solinsky says even if he didn’t get hurt, he always thought the marathon would be a good event for him anyway. He hasn’t given up on the 10k completely, though, and may run one this spring.
Post-Sopot/2014 World Indoor News
- Brits Are Obsessed With Wondering – Can British 60m World Champion Richard Kilty Join Sprinting Elite? The good news for Kilty is 72% of sprinters under 6.50 in 60 have broken 10.00.
- Botched First Hurdle Cost Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Gold In Sopot – He’s Now Focused On Europeans He hopes to compete alongside his brother Thomas, who was a finalist in Moscow.
News From Britain
- Jonnie Peacock, Paralympic Sprinter – In Pictures
They were taken to raise awareness of meningitis B. Jessica Ennis-Hill is now visibly pregnant – says goal is still 2nd gold in Rio 2016. - Jessica Ennis-Hill, Who Is Coached By A Man, Calls For More Female Coaches In Athletics
- Jenny Meadows Agrees With LetsRun – Leading Indoor 800s Is Smart Plan
Post-Worlds: *2014 World Indoors Section *Results*LRC Day 1 PM Photos *LRC Day 1 AM Photos*LRC Day 2 PM Photos*LRC Day 3 Photos
- Good Read: Alan Abrahamson Calls For Change To Track Meets, Which He Says Are Like A “Circus” As There’s Way Too Much Going On For A Casual Fan To Follow “In those four-plus hours you saw – deep breath now – 14 events, two semifinals and 12 finals, as well as 17 medal ceremonies. Essentially, you went to the circus.”
- A Year Ago, GB’s 60m World Indoor Champ Richard Kilty Almost Quit The Sport And Joined The Army And Now He Wants To Become The 2nd White Man To Go Sub-10 Kilty’s life has improved a lot as he’s also had run-ins with the law in the past, including 4 months ago paying a large fine for putting his fist through an estate agent’s window.
Saturday
Some Weekend Reading Material
LRCFemale Track And Field Stars: "Dirty" Or "Clean" Doping Poll Results
Without further ado, we present to you the results of our current female stars doping polls - from Molly Huddle (8.4%) to Carmelita Jeter (89.4%) and everyone else in between, who do the most sophisticated track and field fans think are "clean" and who do they think are "dirty." *Discuss The Poll Here
Weekend Road Action
- NYC Half: RRW: Seven Story Lines Ahead Of Sunday’s NYC HalfMo Farah vs. Geoffrey Mutai and Matt Tegenkamp, Molly Huddle and Sally Kipyego making their half marathon debuts.
- US 15k – Gate River Run:MB: Derrick versus True at Gate River Run on March 15th – Who you got?The men’s battle between True and Derrick obviously headlines (also includes Arciniaga, Curtis, Bruce) but Shalane Flanagan leads a very deep women’s field that includes Janet Bawcom, Amy Hastings, Mattie Suver, Amy Van Alstine, Alexi Pappas. *Full Entries
*Derrick Q&A – He Says He’s Ready*Race Preview
Looking Ahead To Track
- June 14th: adidas GP:First 4 Stars For 2014 adidas Grand Prix Announced – Bohdan Bondarenko To Make US Debut, Sally Pearson, Jenn Suhr And Yohan Blake To Run As Well
- IAAF: “USA’s world indoor record whets appetite for IAAF World Relays.”
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce And LaShawn Merritt Will Headline May 3rd Jamaican International Invitational
Pistorius Updates
Police Forensic Expert Says Oscar Pistorius Was On His Stumps (Not Prosthetics) When He Broke Down Bathroom Door This contradicts Pistorius’ telling of events where he said he broke the door down after he fired the gun. The prosecution says he tried to break it down before firing.- Friend Testifies That Oscar Pistorius Had Argument With A Cop Who Touched His Gun
- Friend Says Pistorius Had A “Love For Guns”
Oscar Pistorius Vomits, Weeps In Court During Autopsy Testimony
Pistorius’ defense lawyer also produced cell phone records and said the security guard lied and that Pistorius actually called him first that night, not the other way around. The guard disagreed, but we don’t understand how there is confusion if there are actual cell phone records available.
Saturday Night
Updated With Post-Race Reaction1,500 Final W: Aregawi Dominates For Gold, Treniere Moser Misses The Medals, And Heather Kampf Falls
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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