Archived Homepage For April 08, 2015
Archived Homepage For April 08, 2015
Quote Of The Day
– Chanelle Price, the 2015 World Indoor Champion, explaining how she’s improved a ton after college with the same coach (JJ Clark) she had during a college career where she barely improved at all (2:01.61 HS PR to 2:01.49 in college).
News From Kenya
Another Big Name Going Down?Kenyan Press Reporting That A “Fairly Famous” Marathoner Has Failed A Drug Test They say this athlete has won two major marathons in the last year (although it’s unclear if they mean WMM).
*MB:Another prominent Kenyan gets popped?- Respect The Distance:Florence Kiplagat Out To Overcome Her Marathon Fears At London 2015 “I have a mental or psychological problem when it comes to marathon. One has to run 42km before finishing, it is so tiresome. I always lose hope towards the finish but this time, I will try to do my best.”
- Kenyan World Relay Squad Looks To Be Led By David Rudisha And Asbel Kiprop The full teams will be decided at a trial meet this week which includes 80 athletes, but some big names, including Eunice Sum and Mercy Cherono, were already left out.
- 42-Year-Old Former WR Holder Catherine Ndereba Running Her First Marathon In More Than 3 Years At The Nagano Marathon Next Weekend April 19th She ran 2:35:08 in her last marathon to finish 22nd in Nagoya.
- World XC Champ Agnes Jebet (Tirop) Now Focused On Winning World Champs She’ll work on her speed by running the 1,500 at the Shanghai DL meet on May 17th.
Bolt / Sprint News
Usain Bolt’s Coach Glen Mills Isn’t Worried About Facing Justin Gatlin “We take all competitors with a level of seriousness and I don’t see Gatlin as a joke, but the truth of the matter is Usain at his best doesn’t have much to worry about …”- Usain Bolt To Compete At 2015 World Relays In The Bahamas We’re glad Bolt will be there, but think this meet should be every 4 years instead of every year.
- IAAF Recap Of CARIFTA Games: 16-Year-Old Christopher Taylor Wins U18 400 In 46.64 And Anchors Jamaica’s 4 X 400 To The Win World 400H champ Jaheel Hyde won triple gold in the 400H, 110H and 4 x 400. Barbados’ Mary Fraser won the 800 (2:11.63), the 1,500 (4:41.44) and the 3000 (10:27.91). In the U20 400, Jamaica’s Akeem Bloomfield won in 45.85. *Full Results
Sprint Stuff
Recommended Read:“Imagine If Picasso Had Never Picked Up A Paintbrush … That Would Have Been The Equivalent Of A World Without Jeremy Wariner Running Track” Great profile talks about how he ran 50 seconds in his first 400, almost did football instead of track at Baylor and his rise to 2004 Olympic gold and 2008 silver.- Glen Mills Urges Usain Bolt To “Protect His Legacy” Mills: “I told him that despite the fact that he has achieved all that he has set out to achieve in the sport … he has to maintain the standard that he has set for himself … That has got to be the motivation going forward – protect your legacy.”
- Good Read: NY Times Writer Visits Jamaica To Talk To Usain Bolt And Go To Jamaican Boys And Girls Champs Talking about Jamaican sprint dominance, former WR holder Dennis Johnson said, “Every little kid running in kindergarten believes they could be Usain Bolt. We’re going to dominate sprint for the next 50 years.”
Distance News
- After Coming In As Not “A Superstar Recruit,” Kaitlyn Benner Has Impressed At Colorado, Winning US Junior XC Champs And Getting 27th At Worlds CU coach Heather Burroughs: “She has surprised us. It’s not an insult, I think, for us to say that she’s gone way beyond what we expected …”
- Ethiopians Girmay Birhanu (2:07:26) And Meselech Melkamu (2:27:24) Win Daegu Marathon
- MB: Matthew Maton runs 2 mile in 9:03 as an unattached athlete; kicked off HS team?
Updates From Africa
Troubling: Former 5,000 World Champ Benjamin Limo Resigns Position As Athletics Kenya Branch Chairman Over AK’s Unwillingness To Combat Doping Limo claims that AK does not look out for athletes’ interests and protects managers and coaches who are connected with doping.- AK Boss Isaiah Kiplagat Says There Might Be Some Foreign Agents Banned Or Arrested Next Week
- Moses Kipsiro May Flee Uganda Due To Death Threats From Coach Peter Wemali
- PAAK Launches “Run Clean” Campaign To Fight Doping In Kenya
Jumps News
Athletics Weekly Profile Of HJer Mutaz Essa Barshim Barshim talks about winning bronze at London 2012, going for the WR and how he got his start in track as a race walker.- Interesting:Study Finds Male High Jumpers And Pole Vaulters Embrace Risk More Than Women Male jumpers in top-level athletics events are more likely to pass on heights and the tactics often pay off.
- Yelena Isinbayeva Has Sights Set On A Spectacular Farewell As She Wants To Set A Pole Vault WR That Will “Stay For 100 Years” “I have a 5.10m jump on my mind but at the same time, I think that 5.15m is the limit for women.”
Very Interesting Running Science Articles
- Exercise Physiologist Ross Tucker Explains The Pain And Pacing Strategy Of The 800 Meters Tucker talks about the fine line between going out hard, but not too hard. “If you run an even-paced 800, you’re under-performing. The guy who slows down the least is usually the winner.”
*MB: The PAIN of the 800 meters explained by an exercise physiologist - Science Looks At The “Second Wind” … Does It Exist And What Causes It? Very likely it involves either neurochemical or psychological factors.
More Distance Stuff
If You’re In Flagstaff: Documentary On Caballo Blanco (From The “Born To Run” Book) Premiering April 27th In Flagstaff The documentary on Micah True is titled Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco.- Kids Today: High Schooler Takes Selfie While Leading XC Race; Photographer Catches Shot Of It And Wins Award The runner sprinted to the front to get the shot, but ended up finishing 61st of 81 runners.
*MB: How would you react if you were this kids coach?
Week That Was
Olympic News – Bye Bye Boston, Hello LA?
- Recommended Read Alan Abrahamson: Boston 2024 Is Doomed: Be Done With It – USOC Should Bump Boston, Pick LA As “America’s Olympic City.” An informative read. Abrahamson thinks LA should be named as the next city to host the Games no matter when we win them. Abrahamson does live in LA.
- 2004 Olympic 110H Champ Liu Xiang To Announce Retirement Next Week, Reports Say Given it’s the year 2015, his retirement announcement will come via Weibo according to the Shanghai Daily.
*MB:Liu Xiang To Retire
Mid-D/Distance News
David Rudisha, Blanka Vlašić, Ajeé Wilson Join Usain Bolt At adidas Grand Prix In New York On June 13 If you live in NYC and don’t attend this one, you no longer have the right to call yourself a track fan.
Sweet: David Rudisha Will Go After 600m World Record In Ostrava On May 26th- Mark English Signs 2-Year Sponsorship With Sky Sports He’ll be in the 600 race with Rudisha.
28th Marathon des Sables Is Taking Place This Week In The Sahara
We thought this was one of the hardest races in the world until we learned about the Barkley (Ultra) Marathon in Tennessee.
Meet The Two Australian Athletics Commentators Who Have A Cult Following
Track Distance News
One Everyone Missed? Sarah Baxter Made Her Collegiate Debut With A 4:29.54 1,500 For 6th Place At Willamette Invy The race was won by Oregon’s Frida Berge in 4:23.99. Both raced unattached. *Full Results- Good Read:Lauren Fleshman Blogs About Struggling With Injury Issues And “Identifying Her Life Through Running First” Fleshman had hoped to make USAs this year and get the 15:20 standard for Worlds, but that’s not looking like it will happen right now.
- April 3-4: Entries For 2015 Stanford Invitational: Stacked Fields In Every Distance Event Men’s 10K: Edward Cheserek, Eric Jenkins, Futsum Zienasellassie. Women’s 10K:Shalane Flanagan, Dominque Scott, Kate Avery. Men’s 1,500: Lopez Lomong, German Fernandez, Stanley Kebenei, Andy Bayer (also listed in steeple). Women’s 5,000: Emma Bates, Gabe Grunewald, Marielle Hall.
This Stuff Actually Isn’t April Fools
Mo Farah Racing 3,000 Against Absolutely Stacked Field At The Doha DL Meet On May 15th Farah will face world 5,000 silver medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet, world indoor 3,000 champ Caleb Ndiku, 12:48 man Yenew Alamirew, world 5,000 bronze medalist Isiah Koech, Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa, Edwin Soi and Albert Rop.
*MB: Farah back to dodging competition- Every Runner In The Race DNFs At The Barkley Marathons If you didn’t read about the 100-mile ultra marathon that has a 1% finisher rate, we recommend you check out the article we made our “Quote of the Day” on Saturday.
- The Fargo Marathon Wants Will Ferrell To Sign Up In 2003, Farrell ran the Boston Marathon in 3:56:12.
30th Carlsbad In The Books *Results*LRCPhoto Gallery
LRCGenzebe Dibaba (14:48) And Lawi Lalang (13:32) Take Home Titles At 2015 Carlsbad 5,000
Dibaba missed out on the world record (14:46) but was still very impressive, winning by 25 seconds. Lalang beat fellow Kenyan Wilson Too (13:35) for the men’s title, while Bernard Lagat was third in a world masters best of 13:40.
*Photo Gallery
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
US Distance News
LRCQ&A: World Champion Chanelle Price Talks About Maturing, Last Year’s Foot Injury, And Her Plans For The 2015 Season We catch up with Price, the former HS phenom who is finally clicking with JJ Clark, after she ran a world-leading 2:00.62 last weekend at the Florida Relays in her first 800 since June 2014. Up next is a loaded 800 at the Drake Relays on April 24 and hopefully the World Relays, where Price aims to help the U.S. defend its 4 x 800 gold.
*Discuss: MB: A Q&A With Chanelle Price
- Meb Keflezighi Is Motivated For Rio 2016 So His Daughter Can Watch Him At The Olympics Since She Was Too Young To Remember London 2012 Meb also put his support behind Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics, which has run into a lot of opposition from city residents.
- Shalane Flanagan Focused On Being Top 3 At Boston She had a shortened training cycle as she had an injury and has done less mileage (up to 110 rather than 130), but more quality.
- Based On Her Post-Stanford Comments, Flanagan Will Be Taking A More Tactical Approach To Boston “I think it’s going to be a much tighter finish which is going to make for a really great event. I think it’ll be a little more tactical this year and an overall closer race because there will be 10 sub-2:23 women.”
Meet The Eatons
Recommended Read:“It’s All About The Journey For Ashton Eaton And Brianne Theisen-Eaton, The Planet’s Most Athletic Couple” The Oregonian’s Ken Goe spends a day with the Eatons and coach Harry Marra, giving some great insight into the power-couple’s daily training routine and overall relationship.- Video Interview With Coach Harry Marra With Footage Of The Eatons’ Workouts
- 2nd Article: “What I learned photographing Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen.”
A Long Time Coming: Liu Xiang Officially Retires
China’s 2004 Olympic 110H Champ Liu Xiang Officially Retires The 31-year-old cited injury as the reason, saying, “I hate my foot, I love my track and my hurdles so much, and if I hadn’t injured my foot … but then there are no ifs in this world. I injured myself, and can only accept it silently.”‘- China.org Claims Liu Xiang Waited Until Now To Retire Because Of Sponsorship Reasons Apparently many of his sponsorships were expiring around this time and also one sponsor wanted their ad to run the day after he retired.
- Good Read:Opinion Piece For ChinaDaily.com: “Lessons Must Be Learned From Liu Xiang’s Retirement” Writer doesn’t think Liu’s career was handled well and says Chinese sports need to move on from “puberty” to “grown-ups.”
- Good Read:Spikes: Liu Xiang’s Fellow 110 Hurdlers Share Their Memories Of The Olympic Champion’s Career Kind words from Jason Richardson, Lawrence Clarke, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and more.
Previous Distance Updates
Q&A With World XC Champ Geoffrey Kamworor (Podcast And Transcription)Boston Bombing Trial Updates
- Jurors Begin Deliberating Charges Against Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev After Lawyers Make Their Closing Arguments
*Victims Present In Court For Closing Arguments - Oops:Running Times Published A Poorly-Phrased Tweet Last Week About Finishing The Boston Marathon “In One Piece” It didn’t get the best reaction on Twitter as the Boston bombing trial is going on, but it was swiftly deleted.
Stanford Invite *Results *Florida Relays Full Results *All NCAA Results
LRC Stanford: Gelete Burka Outkicks Shalane Flanagan, Grunewald PRs And Wins On A Special Day, Brits Stabler And Aitchison Impress, German Fernandez Is Back! Flanagan showed she’s ready for Boston, Gabriele Grunewald got a nice PR and win in the 5,000m 6 years after being diagnosed with cancer, Sam Stabler of Lamar had the breakthrough of the meet in the 5,000m, Oliver Aitchison showed he’s becoming a force at 1,500m, German Fernandez got his first win since 2012 and Erin Teschuk got some attention.- Maggie Vessey 2:01:58 @ Stanford *Results
- Florida Relays Full Results Alabama’s Alex Amankwah won the 800 in 1:45.91 over Ryan Schnulle (1:46.89). Rhianwedd Price took the 1,500 in 4:11.67.
- Chanelle Price Runs 2:00.62 World Leader, Aleec Harris Edges Jason Richardson, David Oliver
- At Least Something Went Well For Kentucky:Kentucky’s Kendra Harrison Runs 400H WL With 54.94
Stanford On The Boards:
- MB:Arkansas’ Dominique Scott moves to #6 all-time in NCAA at 10,000 with 32:11.60
- MB:GERMAN IS BACK BABY!!!! Fernandez won Heat 1 of the 1,500 over Sam Penzenstadler although Heat 2 had a faster time.
- MB:Cheserek and Jenkins go sub 29:05 to get NCAA qualifiers Barrios got the win in 28:12.
- MB:Thomas Awad 13:33.29, Ivy Second Best All Time
- MB: Tara Erdmann running Stanford 5k ” Unattached”
Good News For Rojo:New Study Finds Fast Food From McDonalds May Help You Recover Just As Well As Sports Products
TheStar.com: “Sport Of Race Walking Has Colorful History” Apparently race walking originated in the late 1800s out of the sport known as “competitive pedestrianism,” where packed stadiums would watch people walk and gamble on it.
More Weekend Results: Two Oceans
- Kenya’s Hiram Ngatia Runs 13:13.66 5,000 WL At Kanaguri Memorial Meet In Japan He beat world 10,000 bronze medalist Paul Tanui, who ran 13:19.62.
- Motlokoa Nkhabutlane And Caroline Wostmann Are Winners Of The 2015 Two Oceans Marathon The 56K ultra in South Africa had an accompanying half which was won by Stephen Mokoka (64:00) and Lebogang Phalula (1:14:48).
- OT Qualifier Mike Cassidy Wins Mike Brennan 5K On Staten Island Bill Rodgers also ran, finishing in 24:32.
Pre-Stanford News
- Jerry Schumacher Explains Shalane Flanagan’s Late Entry In The Stanford Invite 10k
- 2015 Florida Relays Results
Alberto Salazar Is So Impressed By Work Of Oregon Men’s Distance Coach Andy Powell That He’s Asked To See The Ducks Training Logs
*MB: Why would Alberto Salazar ask to see Andy Powell’s training logs when I’ve heard Salazar writes the workouts for UO?
Professional News
Boston Athletic Association, Adidas Open Boston Marathon Museum It’s just blocks from the finish line.- Statement From USATF CEO Max Siegel On The Clarification Of Indiana SB 101
Ultra Sports Live Launches Real-Time Tracking Technology For Ultras- Kenyan Journalist Dreaming Of 1-5 London Finish For Edna Kiplagat, Priscah Jeptoo, Florence Kiplagat, Mary Keitany And Jemimah Sumgong He calls them the “London 5.”
- Yelena Isinbayeva Thinks 5.15 Is The Limit For Women In Pole Vault
Yesterday Was The First Of April
- Did You Miss Our April Fools Page?It Is Here (link fixed)
University Of Oregon Student Paper Falls For Our Edward Cheserk / Eric Jenkins April Fools Article The author fell for it hook, line and sinker. He admitted to his mistake with good humor on Twitter.
*Yikes! And So Did The PAC-12 Network- USATF Video:Matt Centrowitz Announces He’s Moving To The Marathon He along with USATF spokeswoman Jill Greer made the announcement in a press conference and the boards exploded: *Centro making changes?*CENTRO MOVING TO MARATHON?!*Matt Centrowitz running the marathon???
- We Wish This April Fools Was True:“Stephanie Hightower Out, Bob Hersh In As USATF Board Backpedals” Hightower: “I realized that I could better serve my country … [as an athlete.] … With that in mind I instructed my board to overturn my previous decision.”
- Kenya: ATHLETICS KENYA DISBANDED: Government Set To Be On Collision Path With Affected Federations”
*MB:Athletics Kenya (AK) Disbands - Japan:World XC Silver Medalist Bedan Karoki To Transfer Nationality To Japan Brett Larner took a dig at the USA with a fake quote that read, “We need to look to what the U.S.A. is doing right in order to win medals. Most of their best athletes are immigrants …”
- BBC:Mo Farah To Switch Back To Somalian Nationality
April Fools OTB
Doping News
Ken Goe Gets Quotes From Alberto Salazar On The Nike Oregon Project’s Use Of L-Carnitine Salazar did confirm Steve Magness tested the supplement first. “A few of my athletes tried it but found no benefit so they no longer use it. … was done so within WADA guidelines. … My assistant coach volunteered to test it first to determine if further use was worthwhile.”- Russian Olympic Racewalker Elena Lashmanova Will Likely Have Her 2-Year Ban Extended And Miss Olympics After Claims She Competed During Her Suspension
*From The Archives:Canadian Proves That 2012 Russian Olympic Champ Competed While Banned!Evan Dunfee has done an amazing job showing you how the Russians have doctored photos to make it look like Lashmanova’s race took place in 2012, not 2014. - UK’s National Anti-Doping Panel Appoints Charles Flint As New President
2015 World XC Special Section *Results
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 4 Takeaways From An Awesome World XC Champs: Get Used To The Name Geoffrey Kamworor, The Vindication Of Sara Hall, LRC Is Popular In China, And African Domination Is A Good Thing 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
More in our World XC Special Section
3 World XC Getty Images Photo Galleries:
1) Pro Photos From Getty Images
2) NewRojo’s Women’s Photos
3) New Rojo’s Men’s Race Photos
Bolt Is Back
Usain Bolt Will Compete At June 13th adidas Grand Prix In NYC The last time Bolt raced in NYC was at this meet in 2008 and he set his first WR with 9.72 in the 100.- Slow Motion Video Of Usain Bolt Gym Session
Russian News
- Ultimate Ageism:Russian Parliament Considering Law That Would Bar Athletes From Competing In More Than 2 Olympics The law isn’t expected to pass, but if it somehow did, it would stop Yelena Isinbayeva from competing at Rio 2016 as that would be her 5th Olympics.
- Former 800 Olympic Champ Yuri Borzakovskiy Permanently Named Russia’s New Head Coach Article mentions that WADA has been questioning some Russian athletes at competitions despite “protests by team officials.”
*Borzakovsky: “I’m sure that all of the country’s athletes understand clearly that the past should remain in the past. … all of its athletes are ‘clean’ now.”
NCAA Stuff
- Top 10 NCAA Marks In Each Event From The Weekend Top sprint times included Najee Glass (45.19) in the 400 and Beejay Lee in the 100 (10.09).
- Updated D1 Rankings Have Texas A&M Men And Women Still On Top The top 4 men’s teams remained the same, but the Arkansas women made a big jump from 7th to 3rd.
First Phase Of Boston Bombing Trial Concludes Today
- NBC Video: Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Reaches Closing Stages However, this is just the “first trial” where the jury decides a verdict and it will certainly be guilty. The “second trial” will decide the sentence of life without parole or the death penalty.
- Trial Sentencing May End Before Marathon Monday On April 20th
- Previous Article:Defense Rests In 1st Phase After Calling Only 4 Witnesses The defense is arguing that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not get the death penalty because he was just following his older brother who was the mastermind.
- With Final Intense Testimony, Prosecution Rests In Boston Bombing Trial
Interesting Olympic News
- Blogger Asks “Is it heresy to say that the Olympics could be good for Boston?”
- The Plot From So Many Sci-Fi Movies Is Coming True:Robots Preparing To Welcome Tourists At Tokyo 2020 Olympics One hotel is actually hoping to save money by using the robots for jobs people would normally want to be paid for.
- IOC Releases Compensation Figures For President Thomas Bach And Members With Goal Of Financial Transparency Bach gets $242,000 “to cover some of the president’s personal costs related to the execution of his function.”
Throws News
- High School Javelin Record Holder Haley Crouser Among Several Athletes Leaving The Oregon Track Team Also distance runner Ryan Pickering.
- Official At Meet In New Jersey Impaled In The Heel By A Javelin Firefighters had to cut the javelin with a saw before he could be put into an ambulance. His injuries weren’t considered life threatening.
The Quest For A Better Running Shoe
LRCThe Improved LRC Running Shoe Survey Is Back – Three Minutes To A Better Running Shoe The running shoe buying process sucks and we want to improve it . 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.
A Documentary On The Terramura Comes Out Saturday
Documentary On Tarahumara Running Tribe Is Being Released Out On Saturday Digitally On Vimeo On Demand
The name is “Goshen: Places of Refuge for the Tarahumara Tribe.” Rent for $4.99, buy for $12.99. Watch here.
Runners Old And New Making News
Important Administrative News
Moses Kipsiro Says Coach/Policeman He Accused Of Rape Has Murdered Another Athlete That Spoke Up Against Him & Tried To Abduct Kipsiro’s Brother The policeman denies everything and says it’s all made up, even the sexual assaults, by Kipsiro, who votes differently than him.
*Moses Kipsiro: “I am fearing for my life and my family. Yesterday one of my brothers (Ayeko Simon) was arrested over an incident.”
*Daily Mail: Mo Farah’s Training Partner Moses Kipsiro Receives Death Threats After Accusing Coach In Uganda Of Raping Young Female Athletes
Sergey Bubka Makes His Case For IAAF Head – Promises Complete Review Of Athletics If Elected
His “Vision 2025” document is now out.
*Athletics Weekly On Bubka
Australia And New Zealand Name Initial Teams For IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 Memo to those down under – Worlds are in August, not April. As a result, Australia currently has zero men from 1,500 through 26.2.
In The World Of Controversy
- Good News For Dathan Ritzenhein:WADA Issues Statement On NOP L-Carnitine Usage – Doping Rules NOT Broken With 2011 AdviceThe Sunday Timeshad previously implied that Ritz might have inadvertently broken doping rules. *Denver Post Article
- Bad News For Journalism: LRC PAC-12 Network, World’s Biggest Track Fan Fall For LetsRun.com April Fool’s Day Hoax (updated with video)
Bad News For Asian Women: Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand Cleared To Compete At Asian Champs While Awaiting The Verdict In Her Gender Controversy Case With CAS Like Caster Semenya, Chand has hyperandrogenism and her body naturally produces testosterone above guidelines set by the IAAF.- AP: Ugandan Athletics Federation Investigating Moses Kipsiro’s Claim That Coach Peter Wemali Made Death Threats Against Him Shouldn’t the police be investigating?
- Kenyan Article Says Kipsiro Took His Overseas Allowances For World XC And Then Stepped Off Team Bus And Disappeared This article also says he received a death threat from a woman.
Spring Marathon Season Is Coming
April Fools? Two-Time World Marathon Champion Edna Kiplagat Thinks The WR Could Go Down At This Month’s London Marathon The article came out on the 31st so we assume she’s serious when she said, “The world record is very possible with proper pace setting and conducive weather.”- Q&A With Kara Goucher Talking About Her Last Year Since She Moved To Colorado And Making The Team For 2016 “The only race on my calendar is the Olympic Trials Feb 13, 2016. Anything else is secondary to that goal.”
- Video:Shalane Flanagan Talks About Her Strategy For This Year’s Boston Marathon
- Yuki Kawauchi Wins Nerima Kobushi Half Marathon In 65:39 He’s still on the comeback from injury saying he’s at about “75% of normal.”
More Distance News
US 800 Runner Molly Beckwith-Ludlow Talks About How She Got Lost On A Run During Her First Trip Overseas She left the apartment at 3PM for a 45-mintue run, but didn’t end up getting back until 7:30PM.- Video Highlights From World XC, Carlsbad 5,000, Prague Half And Berlin Half If you weren’t
crazydedicated enough to stay up until 3:30AM ET watching World XC Champs, check out some of the highlights. - HSer Austin Tamagno Runs 4:06.26 Full Mile At Azusa Pacific Meet Of Champions
- RIP:George Spitz, Who Sparked Idea For Five-Borough NYC Marathon, Dies At 92
Another Sunday, Another NOP L-Carnitine Story
LRCCorrection See Below: Sunday Times Says Alberto Salazar's Group May Have Inadvertently Broken Anti-Doping Rules With L-Carnitine Injections
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
The Search For A Better Running Shoe
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.
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