Archived Homepage For August 21, 2014
Archived Homepage For August 21, 2014

New York City Marathon Champions Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo Return to Defend Titles in NovemberMutai will be going for NYC title #3 – no one has won 3 since Alberto Salazar in 1982.

Week That Was

1st Ever – 2014 LetsRun.com Top 10 NCAA XC Countdown

smith lockhart osuLRC 2014 Men’s XC Preview: #6 Portland & #5 Oklahoma StateThe Portland Pilots have six guys who have run under 29:30 for 10,000 on the track and thus have good reason to believe this is the best Portland team ever.Oklahoma State lost its top 2 from last year but Dave Smith hopes an increase in focus helps the Cowboys, who will be led by 13:27 man Kirubel Erassa, contend. “(Last year) we weren’t always crossing T’s, dotting I’s.”
Previous:*#8 Wisconsin & #7 Indiana
*#10 Villanova & #9 Iona

2 Recommended Reads

RR#1: Phil Hersh Profiles Kenenisa Bekele’s Preparation For 2014 Chicago – Bekele Says He Has No Regrets About His Track Career Bekele says he’ll do more long runs in preparation for Chicago as the marathon in Paris was harder than he thought it would be.

RR#2: German Long Jump Champ Gets Huge Feature In NY Times – And For Good Reason – He’s Got 1 LegMarkus Rehm won the German nationals with a massive 8.24 (27+ feet), which would have won him silver at Euros (which the Germans wouldn’t let him compete in). We don’t get the controversy – the IAAF should 100% ban all athletes with prosthetic legs.

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Youth Olympics

LRC Profile The Long Road: Jordan McNamara’s Injury-Filled Path To Success A big fan of the sport since HS when he had pictures of Webb, Lagat and Goucher on his wall, Jordan McNamara is so determined to rise to the top that 14 stress fractures haven’t been able to stop him from becoming one of America’s best milers. Plus insight on OTC members Ben Blankenship, Pat Casey, Hassan Mead, Ciaran O’Lionaird and Andrew Wheating.

At Last, The DL Resumes – Thursday At 2pm ET – 2014 DN Galan*Start Lists/Schedule*TV And Streaming

Live Now: MB: Official 2014 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread

W1500: LRCJenny Simpson Pulls Away Over Final 50 Meters For Her Second Career Diamond League VictoryIndoor WR holder Genzebe Dibaba took this one out very quickly but was caughton the final lap.
*MB: Wow: What a 1500!!!! Jenny Simpson wins it in Stockholm!!!

M5000: LRCGalen Rupp Goes For It, Fades To 13:05 as Muktar Edris Arrives With World Leading 12:54.83 In addition to Edris’ win, Ndiku broke 13:00 for the first time but most of the men in this one were reminded that a 5k is 5000 meters not 2500.
MB:
RUPP GOES FOR IT – Comes up short over last 500 – 13:05. 

M800: MB:Adam Kszczot crushes Nijel Amos in 800 – Is this white guy the world’s best ?


Pre-Racee: 5,000:LRCGalen Rupp Battles Caleb Ndiku; Ben True And Hassan Mead Chase Sub-13:00While many of the top entrants have been racing CGs and African champs, Galen Rupp toes the line for the first time in six weeks – will he get the first DL victory of his career? Plus only one man has broken 13:00 this year – will that trend  continue in Stockholm. Can Cam Levins get the Canadian record?

W1,500/Steeple:LRC Jenny Simpson Vs. Sifan Hassan Vs. Abeba Aregawi; Emma Coburn Highlights SteeplechaseThese two women’s races are loaded as Simpson will try to get the AR in a race that features 4 of the 5 fastest women in the world in 2014.

*M 800:LRC Can 1500 Man Ayanleh Souleiman End Nijel Amos’ Dominance?Amos has only lost once all year and it was to a 1,500 man and Souleiman is in great shape.

IAAF Full Meet Preview It’s been more than a month since the last DL action. American fans, get pumped.
*Stockholm Press Conference Highlights – Simpson/Rupp Talk Simpson on w1,500: “There is no strong, heavy favorite.” Rupp also talked about why it’s hard to run fast.

It’s Time To Get Excited For Some Fall Marathons

NYC: RRW A Rejuvenated Kara Goucher Is Ready To Race Again: “The passion is definitely back and I am excited for it to start.”An honest Goucher admits that at the end in Portland she was going through the motions, “running it out” as the “passion was kind of gone.” Remotivated, she’s going to race the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September and then New York (not announced but what else could it be?).

Chicago: MB:Kenenisa Bekele vs Eliud Kipchoge in ChicagoMarathon:what do you think about this duel?

Eindhoven:Road 10km And 15km World Record Holder Leonard Komon To Make Marathon Debut On October 12th In Eindhoven, Netherlands Sorry, we initially said Eindhoven was in Belgium.

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Sprint News – Usain Bolt Finally Runs His First 100 Of The Year

LetsRun.com Goes To The New Balance Falmouth Road Race *Results

Coach James Li of the University of Arizona and Stephen Sambu after Sambu won the 2014 B.A.A. 10-K in a world-leading 27:25 earlier this year (Photo by Karen Locke)

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LRC  Stephen Sambu Breaks Away To Win Falmouth Road Race By 45 Seconds; Betsy Saina Wins Close Affair Over Gemma Steel, Molly Huddle Sambu’s incredible summer continued as Ben Bruce was 4th. Huddle was third on the women’s side.
*MB:And the winners of 2014 Falmouth Road Race Are … Stephen Sambu and Betsy Saina (Molly Huddle 3rd, Ben Bruce 4th).

LRCKyle Merber, Katie Mackey Win Titles At Falmouth Mile Merber left it late but swung wide on the final turn to beat David Torrence and get revenge on Garrett Heath, who beat him at the Michigan Track Classic last week, running 3:56.46 for the victory as Jordan McNamara was a non-factor. Mackey went wire-to-wire and ran away from Stephanie Brown and Morgan Uceny to win in 4:27.79.
*MB:Merber wins Falmouth mile!*MB:Katie Mackey wins back-to-back Falmouth Miles