– Coach Mark Wetmore on freshman Ben Saarel, who not only is fast but has a 4.00 in engineering and passed up Stanford and Princeton for CU.
Gay's drug ban came down today and it was cut in half to one year for his cooperation with anti-doping authorities. There are no details on what substance Gay took or who gave it to him, so expect more from USADA. Gay did admit to doping at the 2012 Olympics (the US will lose its 4 x 100 silver medals), but not the Olympic Trials. We are also to believe Gay started doping mid-week between the London and Monaco meets.
Stanford: RW Full Preview Of Sunday’s Payton Jordan Invite The men’s 5k is getting most of the attention, but Sally Kipyego and Molly Huddle are in the women’s 10k.
World Half runner-up Mary Wacera headlines the field that has six sub-63:00 half men, including Aaron Braun, Shadrack Biwott and Ben Bruce.
Extensive Q&A With US’s World Indoor 60m Silver Medalist Marvin Bracy Marvin talks about his career from high school through winning silver at Worlds.
Haile G’s Masters Marathon World Record Attempt In Hamburg Is Off As He Pulls Out Due To Pollen Allergies
*LRCWorld Record Holder Andres Espinosa Of Mexico To Be Guest Of Hamburg Marathon Espinosa’s masters world record of 2:08:46 was going to be no easy feat for Geb, as it is the best Masters World Record in all of track according to the IAAF tables.
Mark Hollis went 18'8" in the pole vault and De'Sean Turner 8:33.89 in the steeple in the meet that hopes to entertain and let fans onto the track. Hopefully they can get the marketing down and attract bigger crowds.
More Weekend Entertainment:
Olympic 1,500 Champion Taoufik Makhloufi Leaves His Coach, Jama Aden Makhloufi (who is also leaving his manager) said it was an amicable break. He has been training in Kenya, apparently at times with Mo Farah. Other athletes in Aden’s group include Genzebe Dibaba and Ayanleh Souleiman.
*MB:Toufik Makhloufi left Jama Aden to Alberto Salazar?
A MUST READ: The Inside Story: How Did Meb Get Far Enough Ahead To Win 2014 Boston? Toni ReavisTells You Reavis has the scoop of what went on in the top African pack.
Lawyers For Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Concerned They Won’t Be “Adequately Prepared” For November Trial The defense team wants to receive the prosecution’s pre-trial materials earlier.
Update From USATF: Report On 3k DQs Coming In June It doesn’t take 4 months to acknowledge Andrew Bumbalough was DQed improperly.
Annie Bersagel PRs To Win 2014 Dusseldorf Marathon In 2:28:59; Gilbert Yegon Wins Men’s Race In 2:08:07 A nice PR and win for Beragel after her 13th place finish at the World Half Marathon Championships.
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LRCAmerican Strong: The Untold Story Of American Teamwork And How Ryan Hall Helped Meb Win Boston American Meb Keflezighi rightfully got the glory but his American competitors helped him out. The untold story of American Strong.
“Best @letsrundotcom article I’ve ever read I believe.” – @GreccoCole
LRC Dick Patrick – Meb Strong: How Meb Worked His Magic Once Again Meb once again pulled it off, when very few thought he could. Dick Patrick tells us how the deserving champ did it.
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