– Welshman Steve Jones talking about the 2:08:05 WR he set in Chicago 30 years ago. Even at mile 23, he had no idea he was on record pace. When he finished, he thought he might have set the course record, not the WR. The 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is next week.
Notre Dame has an extremely deep men's field (10 of the top 25, led by #10 BYU), but the best race of the weekend is Saturday in Seattle, where half of the men's top 10 (#2 NAU, #5 Portland, #6 Stanford, #7 Indiana, #9 Villanova) will square off. The women's races aren't as strong, but #3 Oregon vs. #4 Stanford at Washington should be compelling, with a potential debut from Stanford's Aisling Cuffe. In other action, the #6 FSU women trek up to Paul Short to face #5 Georgetown while the #1 Colorado men race at the Rocky Mountain Shootout.
*Aisling Cuffe Out For Most (Or All) XC Season With A Stress Fracture According to this blog post by one of the Stanford men.
Dennis Kimetto Receives Hero’s Welcome, Sucks Down Some Fermented Cow’s Milk, On Return To Kenya
All Three Medalists Disqualified In Men’s 800m On Day Of Controversy At Asian Games Two lane violations and an obstruction so the medalists finished 4th, 5th, and 6th. Agar Almntfage of Iraq celebrated like he actually earned it.
*6th Placer Who Ended Up Third: “I was sad for the disqualified three guys.”
Margarita Mukasheva Wins Women’s 800 In 1:59.02 India NR holder Tintu Luka held on for silver after going out in 1:27.43.
LRC Feature The Wetmore Formula Those who know him best insist there aren’t any secrets to Mark Wetmore’s success as a distance coach. Yet few can match his accomplishments. How does he do it? We go back to his Bernard High roots in the 1970s and do our best to explain. Chris Lear has read this piece and loved it: “This is why I go to letsrun. Thanks for the read.”
Discuss On The MBoard: LetsRun.com Investigates: What Makes Mark Wetmore So Special?
LRC The Gunslingers Of Boulder Mitch Kastoff catches up with the defending champs, who return everyone from last year and then some, and finds a very confident group.
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