– Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor after leading Kenya to a 1-2 finish at the 2015 World Cross-Country Championships. Kamworor now turns his attention to beating Mo Farah on the track.
LRC Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor Wins 2015 World XC Champs To Officially Arrive As A Star; Fierce Team Battle Goes To Ethiopia On The TiebreakerKamworor and teammate Bedan Karoki hammered from the front as Africa put on a clinic on how to run XC as Chris Derrick was the top non-African in 24th.
Women:19-Year-Old Agnes Tirop Becomes Youngest Winner Of World Cross Since Zola Budd Ethiopia won the team title as the US women, led by Sara Hall in 20th, were 7th.
Juniors:Letesenbet Gidey Leads Ethiopian Sweep Of Medals In Girls Race
*Ethiopia’s Yasin Haji Wins Junior Boys Race As Kenya Wins Team Title
LRC Interviews: Sr. Men*Chris Derrick Talks After Finishing 24th
*Brett Robinson 28th*Ryan Vail 34th *Bobby Curtis 37th
*Geoffrey Kamworor, Muktar Edris And Bedan Karoki Respond When Asked What They Need To Do To Beat Mo Farah
Sr. Women:Sara Hall Talks After Finishing 20th
Jr. Boys: Justyn Knight And Conner Mantz Talk After Finishing 25th And 29th
*John Dressel Talks After Finishing As Top American In 27th
Jr. Girls:Kaityln Benner Talks After Finishing 27th
LRC David Rudisha Is Surprisingly Challenged To The Finish, Improves To 1:44.94 In Melbourne
The long trip to China proved to be well worth it. Have we finally found a rival worthy of Mo Farah?
LRC Interviews:Chris Derrick Talks After Finishing 24th *Brett Robinson 28th*Ryan Vail 34th*Bobby Curtis 37th
Race video, results and interview. Discuss here
Dathan Ritzenhein and Alvina Begay are the athletes who would appear to have broken the rules. Even more interesting is Salazar thought L-Carnitine would help Ritzenhein improve 2-3 minutes in the marathon. *Discuss Here
LRCGenzebe Dibaba Shoots For World Record (14:46); Bernard Lagat & Diego Estrada Eye American Record; Dejen Gebremeskel Goes For 5 Straight We spoke to Dibaba and her coach Jama Aden (among others), who offered an explanation for her struggles at outdoor World Championships. Andy Vernon also offered his thoughts on Mo Farah and Bernard Lagat talked about his special relationship with coach Li.
Press Conference And Course TourLRCRejoice! 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.
Rio 2016 Releases Olympic Competition Schedule
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.
LRCThe Most Popular Running Shoe On LetsRun.com Is … Not Made Anymore … The Nike Pegasus+ 30Thousands of you filled out our detailed running shoe survey in the fall and more of you ran in the Nike Pegasus+30 than any other shoe. Only problem is all of you need to find a new shoe, help us out below:
LRCThe Improved LRC Running Shoe Survey Is Back – Three Minutes To A Better Running ShoeThe running shoe buying process sucks and we want to improve it with data. We took your reviews from the fall, made a running shoe beta site, and have improved our survey to ask you what shoe your previously ran in. We now need more reviews from you on the latest shoes.
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
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
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