– Australian 61:25 half marathoner and former All-American Shawn Forrest, talking about being diagnosed with type one diabetes after he rushed to the emergency room almost blind with an “off the charts” blood sugar count and a body that was shutting down.
What are the Olympic chances of Grant Fisher and Anna Rohrer? How will Kenenisa Bekele do in his marathon in Dubai next month. Plus Club Nats XC, European XC, Kevin Sullivan moving to the marathon, Stephanie Hightower making the wrong news off the track, and LRC on the BBC.
Kenenisa Bekele’s Third Marathon Will Be In Dubai On January 23rd; Now Being Coached By Renato Canova Bekele said that he learned a lot from his disappointing race in Chicago and that things have gone well since then. Canova has taken over his training and is with him in Ethiopia.
*MB: RENATO CANOVA is Bekele’s new coach!
*Bekele On The Possibility Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon “I don’t think human beings can do that, but maybe a new generation in the future … maybe in 10 years.”
Suspended Adrian Peterson Considering Retiring From NFL And Pursuing Olympic Dream In The 200/400 Peterson apparently has a has a wind-legal 10.26 (or 10.19) from high school and a 21.23 200 (wind-aided) and 47.6 400.
*Philip Hersh: “Adrian Peterson In The Olympics? Not A Chance” His times from high school are nowhere near being competitive with today’s elites and he’s 29 years old.
LRC Grant Fisher & Anna Rohrer Become Legends, Win Second Titles One pushed hard throughout, one waited until the final 800, but both were utterly dominant in earning their historic second wins. Where do they stack up in terms of all-time greats?
Foot Locker On The Boards:
*Official 2014 Foot Locker Live Discussion Thread
*Make your predicitions now, When does Grant Fisher break 4:00 and how close to Webb’s 3:53 does he get?
*Footlocker Nationals!! WEST Team, What happened?
*Fisher=Centro, Maton=Rupp
*Five reasons why I hope Grant Fischer doesn’t win footlocker.
MB:WSJ Does Profile of Bill Aris – Call Him ‘The Lombardi’ of Teen Running
Jo Pavey Finishes 3rd In Vote For BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton won with golfer Rory McIlroy runner-up. *Pictures Of Final Candidates
LRC 10 Years Later: Finding Kenny Cormier 10 years ago, Kenny Cormier was atop the running world. Three years later,he was completely out of the sport. Here’s his story.
LRC WTW: Double Wins For Bill Aris, Sarah Disanza Rocks It, Jeff Eggleston Goes For It, Paula Radcliffe Improves, And More We recap the week that was and talk about Sarah Disanza rocking it, Jeff Eggleston going for it, Paula Radcliffe improving, Patrick Makau returning and investigate whether Bill Aris is the greatest high school coach ever?
Q&A With 2:10 American Jeffrey Eggleston
*MB: Who says Americans don’t go for it? Jeffrey Eggleston sure did. 2:10 marathoner went out in 63 at Fukuoka last weekend!!
LRC BBC World Wants To Know Why IAAF General Secretary Nick Davies Wrote A Passionate Letter To LetsRun.com Instead Of Issuing A More Traditional StatementLRC co-founder Weldon Johnson gives his thoughts. Bad reporting or not, maybe the names should come out.
LRCResults: Ryan Hill And Laura Thweatt WinZap Fitness dominated the men’s team competition as the BAA was 2nd. In the women’s team, the BAA won over the Boulder Running Company/adidas. Perhaps more importantly, German Fernandez was third in the men’s race.
*MB: German’s back baby!! 3rd at 2014 Club Nats
Scott Reid In Orange County Register: Stephanie Hightower Betraying Sport To Chase Her “Own Self-Serving Agenda” He accuses of her of working behind the scenes to take Bob Hersh‘s spot on the IAAF Council, saying she pushed to alter the USATF selection procedure to do so.
*MB: Damning indictment of Stephanie Hightower
Actor Who Plays Louie Zamperini In “Unbroken” Admits He’s Never Run A 5k He also admits to taking “a little bit of artistic license” and inventing Zamperini’s “finishing style.”
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