Quote Of The Day
– Ken Goe agreeing with LetsRun.com. USATF still has a lot of work to do. #USATFChange
LRCLeonard Komon Runs Fastest Half Marathon Debut Ever - Wins In 59:14 In Sprint Finish In Berlin
Komon was pretty spectacular and wanted even more - the World Record - as he went out with the wind in 13:39 (57:36 pace). LetsRun.com wind geniusJohn Kellogg estimates the wind might have cost Komon around 17 seconds. *Results
*Ken Nakamura:List Of Fastest Half Marathon Debuts In History*Chronological List Of All Sub-60 Half Marathons In History
Carlsbad 5000
*MB:Official 2014 Carlsbad Live Discussion Thread: Bleasdale & Gebremeskel Win – Lagat Gets American Record
Don’t Forget:Carlsbad 5k Live at 1:15 pm ET Rewatch both men’s and women’s races in their entirety. Toni Reavis on the broadcast.
*MB:Oh crap! Grunewald vs Hasay rematch at the Carlsbad 5k, who’s gonna win?
2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships*Official Thread*Results (Updated With Team Scores)
LRCGeoffrey Kipsang And Tiny Eritrea Have Days To Remember
Geoffrey Kipsang is a name you had better remember. The 2011 World XC junior champ got his first global senior title with an impressive 59:07 win without a rabbit as he led 30,000 runners to the finish line in the first time ever that the World Half Marathon Champs were a mass participation race. Tiny Eritrea got gold in the team competition.
LRCGladys Cherono's Gold Leads Perfect Kenyan Team As Bersagel And Kleppin Lead Strong American Effort
The Kenyan women were perfect and the American women almost got the bronze.
LRCJamaica Day 4: Rare Insider Access To A Racers Track Club Workout With Yohan Blake And Warren Weir, And Watching Track In The Bathroom At Usain Bolt's Sports Bar
Steve was given unprecedented access to a workout session of the famed Racers Track Club and learned the sprinters actually work their asses off. Afterwards, he celebrated in style at Usain Bolt‘s sports bar. Steve loved the establishment – the only problem is track was only being shown on the TV in the bathroom.
More In Our LRC Goes To Jamaica Special Section
2014 Texas Relays Have Begun *Results/Heats*All College Meets
Baylor Frosh Trayvon Bromell Sets Texas Relays And Baylor Record Of 10.02 (.9 m/s) He of course famously broke 10.00 last year but with an illegal wind. *Video
*MB:Leo Manzano’s 2014 outdoor campaign begins well with 1:47.34 win
*Ryan Crouser Sets Texas And Texas Relays Record Of 69’9″*Rotich 8:38 Steeple
2014 Jamaican “Champs” – Greatest HS Meet In World – *Champs Results*Live Stream
- LRC Zharnel Hughes Does It – Takes Down Yohan Blake’s Champs Record At 10.12!!! Hughes, who we talked to earlier this week, had to fight for it as second was 10.16.
*Video *Jamaica Gleaner
*MB:Zharnel Hughes runs 10.12 @ Jamaica HS Champs - Hughes Injured Hammy Running 10.12 – Pulls Out Of Champs 200m Final Fans wanted to see the first sub-20 in “Champs” history.
- Zharnel Hughes Runs Incredible 20.32 In 200 Semis Not Even Going All-Out In the 100 semis, he won running 10.68 into a 3.8 m/s wind.
- Champs 2014, Day 3 Highlights – Michael O’Hara Runs 20.60 PR In 200 And Loses His Semi
*O’Hara False Starts – Kicked Out Of 100 In Semis - Australia HS News: 48/1:51/3:52 Aussie Jonas Aranda Is Bound For Harvard
Distance News
- Bost Marathon Director Dave McGillivray And Former Boston Champ Both Have Learned That Runners Can Have Heart Disease, But Neither Is Giving Up On Running Even If It Kills Them “I subscribe to the old saw: ‘Exercise – it might not add years to your life, but it adds life to your years,'” said Burfoot.
*MB Discussion: Why runners can’t eat whatever they want - Mohammed Aman To Go For Noah Ngeny’s 2:11.96 1k World Record In Ostrava In June
MB:3 Recommended Reads
An Oral History Of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 100-Meter World Record This is an incredible 7,000+ words of running journalism at its absolute finest except it somehow fails to talk about the elephant in the room, PEDs.- A Great Profile Of Bill Meylan – The Guy Behind The Amazing Tully Runners Speed Rating HS Website We always wanted to profile the guy, who Syracuse coach Chris Fox says is behind the best site in the country, ourselves.
- Former Missouri Star Shannon Leinert, With Job And PhD In Special Ed In Hand, Is Now Part Of OTC
#USATF Still Doesn’t Get It
LRCUSATF Talks About The "New Conclusive" Evidence That Got Gabe Grunewald DQed
The LRC take is it was not new or conclusive. And if it was, then Grunewald should still be DQed.
- Ken Goe Agrees: “USA Track & Field makes one poor decision after another.”
- Track And Field Athletes Association (TFAA) Calls On Sponsors Not To Punish Athletes Who Boycott USATF
- Brooks, Saucony And Oiselle Will Support
- Lashinda Demus To Fellow Athletes: “ASK what YOU can do for your sport.” – The Time To Come Together Is NOW
US Distance Names In The News
- Q&A With Brett Gotcher, Who Is Running Boston: “I actually feel like I don’t have a good gauge of my fitness at all.”
- Ryan Vail, America’s Lone Elite In London, Thinks He’s In PR Shape And Is Ready To Go Out In 65:00 He’ll be running with Brits Scott Overall and Chris Thompson and rabbited by Fernando Cabada.
- Q&A With NCAA DIII Mile Champ Coby Horowitz Of Bowdoin
- 2014 NCAA Outdoor Form Chart #1: TFN Projects Oregon Men To Win
- 2014 NCAA Outdoor Form Chart #1: TFN Projects Oregon Women To Win
Loaded Carlsbad 5,000 Is Sunday *Men’s Field*Women’s *Watch Live For Free On LetsRun At 1:15pm ET
RRW Seeking Marc Davis’ American Road Record Of 13:24, Bernard Lagat Is Pumped For 5k Road Debut The record will be easier to get than the win as Dejen Gebremeskel is looking for victory #4. The women’s race will feature a rematch of the women’s 3k from USAs: Grunewald vs. Hasay II.
- Toni Reavis’ 2014 Carlsbad 5k Preview: “2014 promises something more, shoulder-knockin’ competition.”
- Grunewald Has No “Ill Will” Toward Hasay
- LRCRace Will Be Broadcast Live For 1st Time Ever – Watch It For Free On LetsRun
- MB: Oh crap! Grunewald vs Hasay rematch at the Carlsbad 5k, who’s gonna win?
- MB:800 bronze medalist Brenda Martinez: “I do want to move up in distance.” – Andrew Wheating read this
Men’s Shot Put Mania In New Zealand
Valerie Adams, Who Has Won 44 In A Row, Is Pumped For Men’s Shot Battle Between Gill And Walsh At NZ Champs: “It’s almost like I’m the warm-up before the big game comes along.” “I’m not going to rip my undies up to throw some massive throw.”
*Val Adams: “I’m just the curtain-raiser.”
*MB:Who you got in NZealand shot put showdown – Gill or Walsh?
More Field Event News
Distance News
Sprint News
LRCZharnel Hughes Does It! Breaks Yohan Blake's Champs 100m Record With 10.12
The crowd went absolutely nuts as two high schoolers ran 10.12 and 10.16. LRC on site with video and more.
- Usain Bolt Has Minor Injury In His Foot – Won’t Race Until Mid-June
*Original L’Equipe Article In French - So Sad: Two-Year-Old Daughter Of 2000 Olympic Long Jump Silver Medalist Jai Taurima Has Less Than A Week To Live
- 200 Ace Wallace Spearmon Jr. Is Another Top American Name That Is Sponsorless But Healthy
- Michael Johnson: “You can practice for 10,000 hours but it’s critical to have talent.” “We can’t fool ourselves in sports. It’s all about athletic ability now. Everyone at the highest level has it.”
Odds And Ends – Tracktown, Canada?
- Edmonton Mayor Unveils “Tracktown Canada” Moniker – Announces They’ll Host Canadian Nationals In 2015 And 2016
- Team USA World Masters Recap
- GB Rocked Friday At World Masters Indoors
- Wang Zheng (77.68) Smashes Asian Hammer Record In China
- Study Of More Than 40,000 Runners Shows Those That Run The Most Mileage Are Least Likely To Get Macular Degeneration
More LetsRun.com Goes To Jamaica
LRCJamaica Day 3: Lifting With Yohan Blake; Hanging At The Car Wash With Warren Weir; Getting Pumped Up With Calabar High; And A 1 AM 10-Mile Run In KingstonSteve Soprano went inside the weight room with sprint stars Yohan Blake and Warren Weir and then had lunch at the car wash with Weir, who later gave a crazy “Champs” pump-up speech to Calabar High. Before the night was done, Steve decided he absolutely had to go for a 10-mile run at 1 am on the streets of Kingston.
- LRCMeet Zharnel Hughes: Can The “Next Usain Bolt” Take Down Yohan Blake’s 10.21 And Bolt’s 20.26 “Champs” Records? Is 18-year-old Zharnel Hughes of Anguilla the heir apparent to Usain Bolt?
- More In OurJamaica Special Section:
Previous “Champs” News
- Author Is Amazed By How Much Faster Jamaican High School Times Are Than They Were 20 Years Ago
- 14-Year-Old Christian Taylor Runs 48.71 Or is he 13? MB: Kirani James watch out – 13 yr old runs 48.71 for 400 at 2014 ‘Champs’ in Jamaica
- Zharnel Hughes Ready For O’Hara Clash He’s looking forward to racing 10.29 100m man Michael O’Hara, whom he respects.
- Studs Will Have To Compete All 5 Days At ChampsJavon Francis, the 45.24 WChamps team member, might compete all five days along with 10.29 100m Michael O’Hara.
- More On Zharnell Hughes: Could He Be The Region’s Next Star? “My mother is here for ‘Champs,’ and I’m so happy with that, because I always run well in front of her.”
- More On IAAF High Peformance Training Center (HPTC) Half the athletes are far, far away, including four from Mauritius.
Exclusive LetsRun.com Goes To Jamaica
LRCJamaica Day 3: Lifting With Yohan Blake; Hanging At The Car Wash With Warren Weir; Getting Pumped Up With Calabar High; And A 1 AM 10-Mile Run In KingstonSteve Soprano went inside the weight room with sprint stars Yohan Blake and Warren Weir and then had lunch at the car wash with Weir, who later gave a crazy “Champs” pump-up speech to Calabar High. Before the night was done, Steve decided he absolutely had to go for a 10-mile run at 1 am on the streets of Kingston.
LRCMeet Zharnel Hughes: Can The “Next Usain Bolt” Take Down Yohan Blake’s 10.21 And Bolt’s 20.26 “Champs” Records? Is 18-year-old Zharnel Hughes of Anguilla the heir apparent to Usain Bolt?- More In Our:Jamaica Special Section:
3 Recommended Reads
- RR #1: Last Summer, Chanelle Price Wanted To Quit, Now Thanks To God (And More Mileage?) Chanelle Price Is A World Champion It’s amazing to think last summer Price bombed in the semis of USAs: “I remember lying in the hotel room thinking: I have to stop. I can’t do this anymore.” *Discuss
- Track And Field History: RR #2:A History Of The Texas RelaysBill Little, a long-time sports info guy at UT who has been attending the Relays since 1962, has written a fantastic piece on the history of the relays.
- RR #3: At 1st Olympics, Pole Vault Champ Bill Hoyt Had To Fake An Illness To Go As Harvard President Wasn’t A Fan Of Sports The article also reminds us the 1st winners didn’t receive gold medals, rather silver, and that the 1896 Olympics led to the creation of the Boston marathon in 1897.
Over A Month And Counting
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ack And Field Association Is Irate USATF Keeps Blowing Them Off About ABQ DQs“It is unacceptable for the collective voice of the athletes to be disrespected and dismissed.” We agree. USATF’s FIRST priority should be to insure the integrity of competition.
*MB:USATF Responds to DQ: “Public suggestions to the contrary, the topics related to Albuquerque are not quick fixes.”
*Andrew Bumbalough’s Agent Tom Ratcliffe Still Hasn’t Received A Response From USATF “It’s very frustrating. I haven’t let it drop. I’m not going to let it drop.” In case you missed it, here is what happened initially with Bumbalough: The Inside Story Of The Andrew Bumbalough DQ.
2014 TCS NYC Marathon Lottery In The Books: 9,170 Of 77,087 Accepted
11.90% of people got accepted. Almost as hard as getting into an Ivy League school.
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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