Archived Homepage For August 12, 2014
Archived Homepage For August 12, 2014

Mid-Day Update

LRCNijel Amos Slays Another Giant, Takes Down Mo Aman and Wins 2014 African Championships 800 Let there be no doubt, Amos is the current ruler of the men’s 800. Talk about a negative split, 57-51.

Kenenisa Bekele Will Run His Second Career Marathon At The 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Bekele ran 2:05:03 in Paris and says his goal is to break the 2:03:45 CR in Chicago. *Discuss

European Champs Start Today *Schedule/Results (link fixed) *Watch Live On 9 Feeds (link fixed)

Week That Was

WTWChris Solinsky or Galen Rupp? Mo Farah is No Bannister or Rudisha, Anniversary for Joan Benoit, Love for Kendal Williams

Hard to believe now, but before he got injured Chris Solinsky may have had the better career than Galen Rupp. That and much more as we analyze the past week.

 Long-D News 

Previous African Champs News

Eritrea’s Nguse Amlosom (Tesfaldet) Wins Eritrea’s First-Ever Medal (And Gold) At African Champs In Men’s 10,000 Morocco’s Mustapha El Aziz was 2nd and CG silver medalist Josphat Bett was third as Moses Kipsiro was a DNS.

A Real Running Hero

LRCA Real Running Hero: The Flo Groberg StoryTwo years ago, former Maryland track and field and cross-country runner Flo Groberg helped thwart a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. This is his story.

 Random Stuff 

A Few Interesting Links We Found On A Slow Weekend