Quote Of The Day
– University of New Mexico head coach Joe Franklin talking about why his distance squad, particularly 5,000m runners Luke Caldwell and Adam Bitchell, are successful.
2014 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Is Friday/Saturday – Men’s Coverage *Live Results, TV/Streaming Info*Start Lists/Accepted Entries
LRC2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Projected Team Scores – Florida men favored Is it really possible Arizona could win with just 2 scorers?
LRCThe Meeting Of The Minds: Top NCAA Coaches Share Their Thoughts Ahead Of The 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships The topics for discussion at the pre-meet press conference were largely distance-based as the coaches talked about racing at altitude, the men’s DMR, and Lawi Lalang’s triple (and whether Arizona could win the meet with just two guys). We also had a one-on-one conversation with Coach Franklin on his guys in the 5,000 and got an update on Princeton alum Peter Callahan.
Men’s Preview: LRCLawi Lalang Looks For History And Unprecedented NCAA Triple – Can His Legendary Status Get Even Bigger?(link fixed)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?
- Good Read:Lawi Lalang Looks To Make History: Lalang And Coach James Li Talk About The Historic Triple Coach Li said, “If there is one person who could attempt it, even think about it, it’s Lawi Lalang.”
- USTFCCCA Men’s Preview Including Sprints / Field Events
*USTFCCCA Event-By-Event Stat Compilation Detailed stats for all the meet entries, including PRs and place in the meet last year. - 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
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.
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.
2014 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Is Friday/Saturday – Women’s Coverage *Live Results, TV/Streaming Info*Start Lists/Accepted Entries
LRC2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Projected Team Scores – Oregon women favored Florida is ranked #1 but not according to us.
Women’s Preview: LRC Abbey D’Agostino Looks For History To Repeat Itself, Laura Roesler Looks For Individual Glory And A Wide Open Women’s Mile Last year, Abbey D became the first American to ever win NCAA indoor crowns in the 3,000 and 5,000 in a career, let alone the same meet. She looks to repeat that feat as Laura Roesler looks to move out of Jordan Hasay‘s shadow. And a wide-open women’s mile is there for the taking; might a steepler like Colleen Quigley win it?
*Oregon Women Looking For 5th Consecutive Indoor TitleLaura Roesler: “My sophomore year was a little different. We had Brianne (Theisen), English, Jordan, Anne, Becca – people who would score just a lot of big points. Whereas this year we’re going to have to nickel and dime and scrap.” *Photos: Ducks Land In Albuquerque
*USTFCCCA Women’s Preview Including Sprints / Field Events
*USTFCCCA Event-By-Event Stat Compilation
European Distance News
- Mo Farah Using NYC Half As A Gauge For London Marathon Debut Farah: “I want to be able to test myself, see where I am, and find out if there is anything that needs a little trigging, small things that we can change.”
*Farah Says Focus In NYC Is Competing And Trying To Win, Not Time - Farah Won’t Make Decision On Whether To Run Commonwealth Games Until 10 Days Before Farah says he’ll only race if his “speed is good” in his test race the week before and he only wants to go to Commonwealth Games if he’s 100%.
- Mo Farah Confident In His Decision To Move Up To The Marathon He points out that if London doesn’t go well, he can go back to the track.
- Good Read: Scottish 800 Runner Lynsey Sharp Returning To Competition This Month After A Year Out With Injury Sharp says now that she’s back running she realizes how miserable she was not training. With the Commonwealth Games at home, Sharp is hoping to run the 800 as well as a leg of the Scottish 4 x 400.
- 2:03 Irish High Schooler Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Might End Up At Villanova
Important Industry News
- USATF Releases Qualifying Standards And Field Sizes For 2014 USA Outdoors The page doesn’t say anything about filling the fields after scratches, which is a huge issue. The question now is will the distance runners boycott or will USATF act now to remove ambiguity which leads to favoritism.
*MB:USATF: Congrats on qualifying marks, add this and you’re set - Former TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Exec David Abeles Named CEO Of Competitor Group – He Vows To Support Elites “Having elite athletes is an absolute must. It’s incredible to have a chance to run beside a world-class athlete.”
- Entire Commonwealth Games Track Is Being Built On Stilts So It Will Fit Inside Football Stadium The Commonwealth Games stadium is the first track to ever be built with such technology and LetsRun.com has been told that it could allow for a World Championships to be held at any NFL stadium like Dallas Cowboys stadium.
- MB:American Prof. Thomas Murray named to IAAF Ethics Commission Read
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.
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
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
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