September 13, 2014 Homepage Archive

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Even Gun Owners Think It Was Murder

“There has been a widespread expression of outrage across the board. There are many people in the legal profession who believe she got it wrong. It has met with a lot of disappointment in the court of public opinion, including on the part of gun owners.”

– South African attorney Martin Hood reacting to the Oscar Pistorius verdict. One columnist went further: “There are good prospects for the state to appeal on a point of law. The higher court might even rebuke her for getting it wrong. The mistake she made really was elementary.”

Big Weekend: 5th Avenue Mile Saturday, Continental Cup Saturday-Sunday

5th Avenue Mile Is Sat In NYC *Full Results

MB: 2014 Fifth Avenue Mile Official Discussion Thread – Jordan McNamara & Jenny Simpson win! *Full results here

RRWReigning Champion Jenny Simpson Eager To Cap Season With Fifth Avenue Win The two-time champion has passed up a chance to win $30,000 at the Continental Cup to run in NYC.

RRWMary Cain And Matthew Centrowitz Lead Nike Oregon Project Charge Down Fifth Avenue

More: Random Q&A With Brenda Martinez She has a rescue cat that invited itself into her house and never left, doesn’t like cereal, prefers steak to chicken and wants to run the NYC Marathon one day.
Laura Weightman And Hannah England Lead British Charge
RunnersTribe Chronicles The Rise Of Jenny Simpson And Explains Why She Should Be Ranked #1 In The World In 2014

News From Scotland

IOC Vice President Sir Craig Reedie Predicts Scottish Athletes Would Stick With The UK If Scotland Declares Independence He says most stars would “follow funding” and refuse to represent a newly-independent nation.
The Telegraph Looks At The Many Possible Sporting Implications Of Scottish Independence As far as Rio 2016, Scotland would plan on competing as its own nation and Scottish athletes would have a choice of switching or sticking with the UK.
Haile Gebrselassie To Defend His Title At The Great Scottish Run On October 5th He said that his training is going well despite having knee surgery earlier in the year. GB’s Jo Pavey leads the 40+ charge in the women’s race.

Upcoming Marathon Action: Kipsang Vs. Mutai In NYC

Wilson Kipsang, Geoffrey Mutai And Stephen Kiprotich Lead Elite International Field For 2014 TCS New York City Marathon Defending champ Priscah Jeptoo faces runner up Buzunesh Deba as well as Edna Kiplagat and Mary Keitany in her return to the marathon.
*MB: 2014 new york marathon elite field
Berlin Is In 2 Weeks: Dennis Kimetto (2:03:45) Takes On Emmanuel Mutai (2:03:52), Tsegaye Kebede (2:04:38) And Geoffrey Kipsang (2:06:12) Ethiopia’s 2:21 runners Feyse Tadese and Tirfi Tsegaye will face Shalane Flanagan on the women’s side.
2:04 Men Tsegaye Mekonnen And Getu Feleke Each Hoping To Be The First Ethiopian Man In 30 Years To Win The Frankfurt MarathonAberu Kebede (2:20:30) leads the women’s field.
Betsy Saina Making Her Half Marathon Debut Oct. 12th At The BAA Half
Strong Men’s Elite Field To Challenge Leonard Komon At Marathon Eindhoven On October 12th The top PR in the field is Kenyan Jonathan Maiyo with 2:04:56.

Track & Field’s Grand Finale – The 2nd IAAF Continental Cup Is Saturday And Sunday Schedule / Results (1:30 ET Sat., 12:30 ET Sun.) TV / Streaming

MB: Official 2014 Continental Cup – Marrakech, Morocco 9/13-14 – Discussion Thread

LRC Women’s Preview: Great Mid-D Action On Tap With Sum Vs. Wilson Vs. Sharp, Rowbury Vs. Hassan; Coburn Battles Ayalew In Steeple The 3,000 and 5,000 are lacking depth (and we propose a combining of them at this meet), but there’s nothing wrong with the mid-d events as world champ Eunice Sum will take on world leader Ajee Wilson and the in-form Lynsey Sharp. Shannon Rowbury will look to end her season with an elusive victory over world leader Sifan Hassan and world junior champ Dawit Seyaum. Finally, American record holder Emma Coburn faces Diamond League champ/world leader Hiwot Ayalew and world junior champ Ruth Jebet in the steeple.

LRC Men’s Preview: Amos Vs. Aman, Jager Vs. Birech, Ndiku Vs. Lagat And A 1,500 Worthy Of The Olympics Move over, Diamond League. The 2nd annual Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco is the DL finals on steroids as this two-day meet has $2.9 million – six times more than a DL meet. There should be some great mid-d/distance matchups, including Nijel Amos vs. Mo Aman vs. Adam Kszczot in the 800, Bernard Lagat vs. Caleb Ndiku in the 3,000 and Jairus Birech vs. Evan Jager in the 3,000 steeple, but we’re most excited about the men’s 1,500, which one could argue is better than an Olympic final. Plus Duane Solomon will race for the first time in almost two months.

Good Read:“YouTube Man” Julius Yego Hoping To Win Another Title At IAAF Continental Cup The Kenyan javelin thrower has been on fire this season winning both the African Championships and Commonwealth Games.
Derek Drouin Thinks High Jump WR Could Go Down This Weekend At IAAF Continental Cup The field has four of the five men who have cleared 2.40 or better this season.
Renaud Lavillenie Wants To Break 6m At The Continental Cup He’s only lost once in 23 competitions this season, but says, “It has been an incredible season, but there is no rule to say I must win. I have to be conscious of this always to keep my focus.”
*Lavillenie Is Captain For Team Europe
Former 800 WR Holder Wilson Kipketer Says He Regrets Never Getting The Chance To Race The Continental Cup And Is Excited To Watch
Lamine Diack Sad That This Is His Last Continental Cup As IAAF President

Weekly Recap – The Week That Was

WTW Was The Great North Run Fixed? Chicago Is Loaded (Up Front) With Talent, Betsy Saina’s Dream 2014, NCAA XC Gets Under Way And Proof That Indoor Track Is As Fast As Outdoor We ponder if Mo Farah‘s Great North Run win was fixed (with video), praise Betsy Saina‘s incredible 2014, get excited about the BofA Chicago Marathon, talk a little NCAA XC and Eric Jenkins, and ponder indoor vs. outdoor tracks in light of Galen Rupp‘s 1,500 in Brussels.

Interesting Read: “Why Running Movies So Often Look Unbelievable” From the lap counter counting up instead of down, to Brad Pitt running the wrong way around the track, running movies are often full of inaccuracies.

Runners in the Real World

Final Day to back Student Playwriting Competition in Buffalo (ends at 6pm eastern) The project is led by legendary Yale 800m runner Neil Wechsler.

2014 NCAA XC *All Results

Weekend NCAA XC Preview: Nationally-Ranked College XC Showdowns From Coast-To-Coast Penn State’s Harry Grove Spiked Shoe Invitational is one of the highlights as the women’s race has #5 Georgetown, #13 Syracuse, #20 West Virginia and #29 Penn State while the men’s race features #8 Syracuse and #29 Georgetown.
Spiked Shoe Meet: – Nationally ranked Syracuse, Georgetown, WVU, and Penn State were all there. *Syracuse B team nearly wins men’s meet, Penn State men win by 6 *Penn State women win as well
Battle of Prestige: Princeton men win HYP Yale, which has never won xc crown, almost upset #19 Princeton. *Women Too

Sunday In The Czech Republic

IAAF Preview Of Sunday’s Usti nad Labem Half Marathon: 4th Fastest Man Of All Time Atsedu Tsegay (58:47) Leads Field He’ll face Simon Cheprot (59:20) and Azmeraw Bekele(59:39). Ethiopia’s Firehiwot Dado leads the women’s field with Correti Jepkoech (31:05 10K) and Helah Kiprop (1:07:19).

Random

Photoshopped Picture Puts Mutaz Essa Barshim’s 2.43m HJ Into Perspective Barshim’s jump is as high as the rim on a basketball hoop.
*Photos: Things Barshim Could Jump Over
Study Says Staying Fit Improves Sleep Quality In Middle Age In large study, as people lost fitness, sleep complaints increased.
London 1908 Olympic Medal Among Those Featured In Live Boston Auction Next Week

The Crazy Things People Say

We Guess He Has To Pay The Bills Somehow:Q&A With Banned Sprinter Steve Mullings About His Book, “Banned For Life” Mullings, whom LetsRun.com famously got removed from the 2005 NCAA meet, was rightly banned for life in 2011 after a second doping offense. Asked if the book was so others could learn from his mistakes, Mullings gave this gem of a quote: “I wouldn’t say I made a mistake … But I want people to learn [from my situation] so that nobody can sabotage them as they sabotaged me.”
The President Of The Russian Athletics Federation Says Russia Is Doomed For Failure Unless They Start Getting Scores Of Naturalized Black Citizens Valentin Balakhnichev: “Black athletes, who form the backbone of the British team … Meanwhile, we’re currently doing almost nothing to bring young black talents into our squad to help us stay at a leading position in Europe and the world.” *MB: Russian Athletics Head – We’re doomed for failure unless we get more black athletes.