– Justin Gatlin talking after running 9.74 to win the Diamond League opener in Doha and put himself 5th on the world all-time list.
LRC Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet Takes Down Mo Farah In Doha 3,000 (updated) Reigning world youth and junior champ Yomif Kejelcha dared to take the lead from Farah late, and while he faded, Farah was defeated.
Rest Of The Meet:LRC 2015 Doha Recap: Track And Field’s Opening Day Amazes – The Rabbit Wins The Steeple, Dawit Sayeum Wins Her First DL Race, Ayanleh Souleiman Dominates, Justin Gatlin PRs + Two Triple Jumpers Over 18.00m The action in Doha was fantastic. It had a little of everything. A rabbit won the steeple, an 18-year-old the women’s 1,500 and some amazing sprint/field action. Should we do our first ever field event black page for the triple jump?
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LRC2015 Shanghai Preview: Ben Blankenship Takes On Big Boys Silas Kiplagat & Ronald Kwemoi; Eunice Sum (800) & Jairus Birech (Steeple) Open Up In Their Specialties Are you ready for some Sunday morning track and field? American Molly Beckwith-Ludlow, who split 1:59 at world relays, seems to be. In non-distance action, there’s a great HJ with Mutaz Essa Barshim & Bohdan Bondarenko, plus Merritt vs. James in the 400 and VCB vs. SAFP in the 100.
LRC Analysis Three Thoughts On 2015 Hoka One One: It’s Official – Mary Cain Is Struggling, USATF Had Better Finish This Meet, And Where Were The Fast Times?This meet was cancelled early due to lightning but not early enough to save Mary Cain from a disaster. Disaster #2 will be if USATF doesn’t figure out a way to finish this meet on Friday.
LRC Meet Recap:Manzano, Wheating, Loxsom Impress; Rowbury Struggles, Cain Really Struggles & The Jury Remains Out On Nick Symmonds The times were far from fast – we break it down for you.
US Road Mile: Minnesotans Garrett Heath (4:09), Heather Kampf (4:46) Sweep USATF Championships At Medtronic TC 1 Mile
Portland 2016 Worlds Countdown Clock To Be Unveiled On May 27th At Pioneer Courthouse Square The clock will be unveiled in Pioneer Courthouse Square on May 27th.
Wittenberg had been COO of the NYRR since 2000 and CEO since 2005 and was a strong advocate of the professional side of the sport. She helped put the NYC Marathon back on top as one of America's premier sporting events. *Discuss Her Departure Here
A Result Not Mentioned From The Weekend:Ajee Wilson Ran 2:00.65 To Win The Jamaican Invitational 800
Another Russian Racewalker Banned For DopingTatyana Akulinushkina gets 4 years in her second doping offense as only a 21-year-old.
What a week it was: Matthew Maton became the 6th high school sub-4, Haile Gebrselassie ended a tremendous career that was 7 years longer than LetsRun.com, Bernard Lagat tied an American record and set a masters world record, 4 state 2-mile records fell in one race, and Emily Sisson nearly lapped the entire Big East.
LRC Exclusive The Inside Story Of How American Ryan Bolton Helped Caroline Rotich Conquer The 2015 Boston Marathon He may have made the Olympics in the triathlon, but Ryan Bolton is a runner. In HS, Bolton dreamed of Running for the Buffaloes before going to Wyoming and nearly beating Meb Keflezighi at NCAA XC. Now he’s found his calling as a coach who just guided the unheralded Caroline Rotich to a stunning victory at Boston Marathon last month.
LRC The End Of An Era: The Great Haile Gebrselassie Retires One of the sport’s greatest ambassadors has officially retired after being at the top for two decades.
LRC Bernard Lagat Breaks Masters World 10,000m Record, Stephen Sambu, Betsy Saina Win Bernard Lagat ran 27:48 to get another world record. Discuss: Lagat just ran 27.50
*IAAF Race Recap
*UK’s Gemma Steel 2nd 6 Seconds Behind Saina
50 Years Ago Yesterday, Jim Ryun Ran The Only Sub-4 Mile Run In An Official High School Race Watch the historic video of Ryun running 3:58.3.
Q&A With Usain Bolt Talking About Changes In Training And Diet Now That He’s Getting Older He also talks about his WRs, doping and Justin Gatlin / Tyson Gay.
Podcast Interview With 2:15 Marathoner Tyler McCandless On His 4th Place Finish At The Pittsburgh Marathon McCandless is coached by former WR holder Steve Jones.
Marcus' twitter feed in the last day was that of someone crying out for help and he tweeted "there is going to be a suicide in the school right now" but a campus police officer who spotted him with a gun could not prevent him from taking his life. If you are considering suicide, please don't do it. Help is a phone call away: 1-800-273-8255 or via chat.
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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