– Mary Cain talking about her experience racing with high schoolers again for the first time in 2 years at USATF Junior Championships this past weekend. Cain easily won the 3,000 in 9:15.
Unknown Kenyan Silah Limo Wins Gold Coast Marathon In Australian All-Comers’ Record With 2:09:14; US’s Jeffrey Eggleston PRs By A Minute With 2:10:52 For 2nd Limo came in with a 1:01:26 half, but this was his full debut. Yuki Kawauchi was 3rd in 2:11:27, coming from way back after falling over a traffic cone.
*IAAF Recap
*MB: Jeffrey Eggleston 2:10:52 PR for 2nd at Gold Coast
What a meet. 3:57.22 for Simpson, first sub-13:00 of 2014, sub-4:00 for Rowbury, Emma Coburn, and Kiprop over Amos.
Full Meet Recap
LRC New Kenyan 1,500 Star Arrives As Centro Fails To PR, Dibaba Loses, Tyson Gay Returns In “Drug 100,” Bondarenko Goes For The WR, And Sum Keeps Streak Athletissima Lausanne was pretty special. Read all about it, including a bold run by American Molly Beckwith Ludlow.
LRC The Five Big Stories From Lausanne The 5 big stories from Lausanne: Justin Gatlin won the “Drug 100” vs. Tyson Gay, a new 1,500 star is here, 400 Running Supreme, Yohan Blake sucked, and more WR attempts in HJ.
LRC Video Highlights Of 2014 Lausanne Diamond League Meet
Fans React On The Message Board:Official 2014 Lausanne DL Discussion Thread
Full Coverage In Lausanne DL Special Section
Usain Bolt And Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Included On Jamaican 4 X 100 Squads For 2014 Commonwealth Games Neither competed at the Jamaican Trials, but got medical exceptions (Bolt after the meet was over) and were put on the relay teams.
Field Event Blog: US Jav Champ Kara Patterson Blogs About Rome, NYC, And Winning USAs
Reigning World Champion Pawel Fajdek Throws 82.37m World Lead In Velenje
Landry won after a late battle with Tyler Pennel. Sara Hall was the women's runner-up as husband Ryan ended up a DNF with more hamstring problems. *Photo Gallery
RIP Louis Zamperini – War Hero, American, Track Star And Man updated NY Times obit. Zamperini ran the 5,000 at the Berlin Olympics and then was shot down in WWII and survived 47 days on a life raft in the Pacific and 2 years in a POW camp. If you have not read his biography, it is a must, must read.
On The Boards: Celebrate Louis’ great life and pay your respects
LRC Chris Derrick, Ryan Vail And Other Elites React To Mo Trafeh EPO Bust
LRC ExclusiveMo Trafeh – American Record Holder At 25k – Caught With EPO, Is Retiring From The SportThe 2-time Foot Locker finalist, 8-time US road champion, and the US 25k American Record holder was recently caught with EPO in his possession, which he admits to purchasing for intended use but never actually using. *Discuss
Oregonian’s Ken Goe Comments On USATF DQ Report And, Like Many, Doesn’t Understand Why It Took So Long “For some reason, USATF chose to stall … I think it was a public relations disaster. It made the people running USATF look either distant and out of touch (best case) or calculating and inept (worst case).”
Short Q&A With Paula Radcliffe Talking About Her Career As Well As Random Things Like TV And Movies
RRWFive Storylines For The 2014 Peachtree Road Race – Where An American Will Win For 1st Time Since 1995 With $100,000 in American-only prize money, many big names have shown up- Olympians Hall, Abdi, Linden, Hastings, Meb and others like Christro Landry. To us, the story line is Josh McDougal‘s return.
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