– Founder and race director Gary Cantrell, talking about The Barkley Marathons, a 100-mile ultra-marathon in Tennessee. In the 30-year history of the race, there have only been 14 finishers. The race includes about 65,000 feet of climbing (more than twice the height of Mt. Everest) and a $1.60 entry fee … although RD Gary Cantrell says, “You pay for this with a chunk of your soul.”
MB: Official 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Live Discussion Thread
Press Conference And Course TourLRC Rejoice! Chris Derrick Is Just Like You – A Running Nerd; The Course Is Awesome, Tough And Dry; And The IAAF Shafts EthiopiaThe course is far from muddy but it needs to be seen to be believed as it will definitely feature strength.
LRCWorld XC Track Talk Preview Show Podcast Available For Download With Rojo live in China, the LRC team broke down the men’s and women’s races with audio from Chris Derrick and Renato Canova on Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah.
LRCTeam USA’s Chris Derrick Talks Medals, Belief, Kicking, And Even Supplements As He’s Ready To Lead Team USA And Challenge For Individual Medal The top US returner is coming off a solo stint in Flagstaff, AZ.
LRCRenato Canova Speaks From China On Derrick, Bekele And FarahSays both Derrick and Team USA have realistic shots at medals. Plus, Bekele’s training & whether Mo Farah would win World Cross.
LRCBurger King And Budweiser, 33 Hours 41 Minutes 56 Seconds Of Travel, What Happens To The Kenyans If It Rains? Rojo World Tour #1 Our intrepid journalist Rojo is off to Guiyang, China to cover World XC. On his last world tour, he rode camels in Jordan. In Guiyang installment #1, he breaks down his 33 hours 41 minutes and 56 seconds of travel, how rain will effect the Kenyans, and Burger King and Budweiser together.
Good Read:Is It Time To Make Doping A Criminal Offence? Former UK Anti-Doping Head Michele Verroken Thinks So (LRC Is All For It) “Why should there be an an automatic freedom pass back into sport once a ban has ended?”
LRC Good News, Bad News: Everything You Want To Know About The Nike Oregon Project And L-Carnitine Injections The Sunday Times reported that Alberto Salazar ordered his Nike Oregon Project athletes thousands of dollars of L-Carnitine supplements and experimented with injecting L-Carnitine on coach Steve Magness. We break it down. *MB: Salazar, Farah, talk about use of L-carnitine, a legal supplement with 11% performance. gains
LRCMo Farah Comes From Behind To Win Lisbon Half In European Record Of 59:32! (And Sprawls To The Ground Over Finishing Tape) (updated with recap/analysis) Half way into the race, Farah was dropped from the lead pack, but he hung tough and got the super-impressive win in 59:32 over Micah Kogo. Rose Chelimo won the women’s race in 1:08:22.
*IAAF Recap
LRCOfficial 2015 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon Live Discussion Thread
LRC Remembering LRCer Van TownsendThe running world lost one of its bright lights this week with the death of Van Townsend.
*MB: RIP Van Townsend: Share Your Respects Here
LRC Led By Laura Thweatt, The American Women Have A Great Shot At Another World XC Medal We look at the USA women’s chances (very good with much of Europe giving up) and have interviews with Sara Hall and Jen Rhines in China.
LRC Can Chris Derrick Lead The US Men To A Repeat Medal? Two years ago at the “Miracle on Dirt,” the USA walked away with a silver.
LRC Kenyan Women Try To Win For The Fifth Straight Time Kenya and Ethiopia have gone 1-2 in the women’s race at 17 of the last 18 championships and appear likely to do so again in 2015. Can defending champ Emily Chebet claim her third World XC title?
LRC Men’s Preview: Kenya Or Ethiopia? Shame On Europe For Waving The White Flag The world’s greatest foot race is Saturday in China (Friday night in the USA) and it should be Kenya vs. Ethiopia for gold with USA battling for bronze on the men’s side. Can Eritrea’s Teklemariam Medhin, the guy who had a malaria-like disease and slept in the airport two years ago but still got bronze, come out on top?
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Full Coverage: *2015 World XC Special Section
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Australia Names Team For 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships The championships are in Cali, Colombia in July.
2014 #1 Jairus Birech, Olympic/World Champ Ezekiel Kemboi And Evan Jager Lead Steeplechase Field For Pre Classic On May 30th Paul Kipsiele Koech (7:54), Olympic bronze medalist Abel Mutai, Dan Huling and former NCAA champ Matt Hughes are also in the field.
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