– Reigning Boston Marathon champ Meb Keflezighi, who will try to defend his title today in Boston – the first American title defense in 29 years.
LRC 9 Takeaways From The 2015 Boston Marathon – Desi And Ritz Lead Late, One Of Meb’s Gutsiest Races Ever, Teg Doesn’t Like The Marathon + America’s Next Great Marathon Star? (updated) It was a tremendous foot race in Boston with some American drama before Caroline Rotich pulled the huge upset and Desisa showed he is boss.
Top Results Desi 4th, Shalane 9. Ritz 7, Meb 8th
Caroline Rotich Outkicks Dibaba, Desisa Is Too Good, As Desi, Ritz, And Meb Lead For Much Of Race NYTimes recap.
Boston On The Boards:
MB: Official 2015 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread Read the live blow-by-blow recap.
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Desisa, who won just before the bombings two years ago, will finally get to properly celebrate a Boston victory after he kicked away from Yemane Tsegay after Dathan Ritzenhein led for much of the race and Meb Keflezighi looked tremendous before vomiting.
Caroline Rotich pulled the big upset in Boston as the successful half marathoner outkicked even money favorite Mare Dibaba for the win after American Desi Davila led for much of the race.
Plus interviews with Meb and the winners. More interviews in our LRC analysis of the race.
LRC Listen To (Or Download To Itunes) The LRC Boston Marathon Recap Runner’s Digest Podcast/Radio Show Nick Arciniaga and The Professor of the Marathon Sean Hartnett were the the guests on the final live show at the Tracksmith popup shop in Boston. See you next year in Boston.
Updated, with quotes and analysisas the two Saucony-based athletes got the AR at a “hometown” race. Marc Davis was on hand to see his record go down. *Ben True Vid*Molly Huddle Vid
Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeskel And Dawit Seyaum Win BAA Invitational Mile Seyaum ran 4:35 as Heather Kampf (4:37.0) and Morgan Uceny (4:37.7) were a close 2-3. Gebremeskel won easily in 4:04.1 as Chris O’Hare was 2nd (4:07.0). *Results
*LRC Video Interviews: Dejen Gebremeskel, Heather Kampf, Morgan Uceny, Chris O’Hare
Mary Cain Gets Beaten By Annie Leblanc 4:16.17 To 4:17.91 (discuss) Leblanc is an Oregon junior who did not make NCAAs indoors this year but has run 2:04 in the past. The importance of Cain’s outdoor season only got even bigger. Ken Goe has article on the race here that has quotes from Leblanc. More Pepsi Relays and Mt. SAC below.
*MB: Annie LeBlanc does it again – Takes down Moser in 800 after beating Cain in 1500!!
*Annie Leblanc Stays Humble After Beating The Pros “I’m pretty sure she had been training hard before this race. It’s really early for her, just like for Mary Cain. This doesn’t show how good they are.”
Kenneth Mungara took down Andres Espinosa's master's WR in the marathon, Ryan Hall lost another high school record to Webb, Kodiak, Alaska pop 6,423 has had 2 sub-8:50 2 milers, Jake Riley ran a tremendous race of an unspecified distance, and two reasons why you should never quit.
LRC Analysis:Eugene Worlds 2021: Details And Three Quick Takes – USATF Thriving Under “Old School” Way Of Doing Business In a special vote, the IAAF decided to bypass the normal bidding process to give the 2021 championships to TrackTown USA. We break it down.
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