Someone's Got To Ask The Questions
– A slightly paraphrased version of a testy exchange between LetsRun.com’s Weldon Johnson and Justin Gatlin at the 2015 Prefontaine press conference. You can listen to the actual exchange here.
- Mo Farah Calls Out LetsRun Hype Machine, Says Galen Rupp Will Be an Olympic Champ,
- ncaa screws over 10k guy
- WEJO VS GATLIN!
- CAM LEVINS.. what can you say?
- Why can't Rupp kick in a 5k?
- Offiical 2015 NCAA Regionals Weekend Live Discussion Thread: Who are the biggest surprises and flops?
- 2015 Ryan Shay Elite Road Mile: July 25th
- The Lehigh Valley Marathon Is Not Going To Disqualify Mike Rossi – The Viral Boston Marathon Dad – Because No One Reported Wrongdoing As The Race Took Place
2015 Pre Classic *Results (Link Fixed) *TV And Streaming *Full Taped Race Replays If You Missed The Broadcast *Schedule And Entries*LRC Fan Poll Results (Or Vote If You Haven’t Voted)
LRCMo Farah Still Owns The 10,000m As He Takes Down Geoffrey Kamworor And Paul Tanui At Pre
The fast race Farah wanted did not materialize, but he showed he still is the boss and afterwards said Galen Rupp will win an Olympic gold medal and is his #1 rival at 10,000m.
Everything Else Friday:Mens 5,000m: The World And Galen Rupp Meet Yomif Kejelcha, Former Sprinter Carlos Villareal Kicks Like Mad In HS Mile
Kejelcha arrived, Galen Rupp had a nice opener, and Bernard Lagat set another record.
- Oregonian:Mo Farah Wins Prefontaine Classic 10K With Fourth-Fastest Time Ever At Hayward Field (26:50)
- HS Miles:Ryen Frazier (4:39) Wins In Close FInish While Carlos Villareal (4:05) Comes From Way Back With Big Kick
- Quotes From 800 Winner Maggie Vessey (2:00.07) And Galen Rupp
- USATF Headline:“Tianna Bartoletta And Joe Kovacs Steal The Show On Pre Classic ‘Distance Night'” Bartoletta won the LJ and Kovacs the SP.
- Press Conference Hilights: Quotes From Jenny Simpson Mutaz Essa Barshim, Kirani James, Allyson Felix And More
Friday Night OTB
- Mo Farah Calls Out LetsRun Hype Machine, Says Galen Rupp Will Be an Olympic Champ,
- Farah is a WIMP- refuses to push a 26:30 pace, runs 26:50
- CAM LEVINS.. what can you say?
- Kamworor’s Got an Excuse: His Back Hurt
- Why can’t Rupp kick in a 5k?
- WEJO VS GATLIN!
- RUPP GOES HOME DEVASTATED!!
- Bernard Lagat Pleased With His Opener Despite Getting Outkicked in a Slow Race
Highlights From The Prefontaine Press Conference
LRCJustin Gatlin Does Not Want To Talk About His Drug Past And Things Get A Little Testy With LRC’s Wejo Justin Gatlin has no interest in talking about his past drug suspension.
Video:7 Minutes With Jenny Simpson: Jenny On All Things 1,500m, Including Mary Cain’s Struggles
Saturday Men’s Preview LRCCan Centro And Leo Challenge In A Special Bowerman Mile? Can Evan Jager Challenge In His 2015 Steeple Debut? Plus Amos Vs. Aman At 800 The Bowerman Mile will highlight as usual as Ayanleh Souleiman, Silas Kiplagat, Asbel Kiprop and Ronald Kwemoi will look to recreate last year’s fireworks while Americans Leo Manzano and Matthew Centrowitz shoot for sub-3:50. The 800 also includes Taoufik Makhloufi and three-time world champ Ezekiel Kemboi makes his ’15 steeple debut.
Saturday Women’s Preview LRC Will Genzebe Dibaba Get The 5,000 WR? Will Molly Huddle Get The 5,000 AR? Plus Jenny Simpson Vs. Shannon Rowbury And A Totally Loaded 800Dibaba will target sister Tirunesh‘s 14:11.15 WR with Molly Huddle also in the field looking to run fast. The 800 is loaded with American stars Ajee Wilson, Brenda Martinez, Alysia Montaño and world champ Eunice Sum, while Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury tackle Sifan Hassan in the 1,500.
LRCListen To The LetsRun.com Pre-Pre Internet Podcast From Friday Night
LRCIt’s On: Rabbits Going 13:15-13:20 For Farah In 10k, Sub-13:00 For Rupp In 5k, 14:10 (WR) In Women’s 5k It should be a great one tonight.
*RRW:Genzebe Dibaba Eyeing Fast Time, Potential WR At Prefontaine Classic
More Pre Classic Coverage In Our Pre Special Section
NCAA Preliminary Rounds *Live Results / Schedule / Start Lists For East*Live Results / Schedule / Start Lists For West *West Region Live Stream
MB: Offiical 2015 NCAA Regionals Weekend Live Discussion Thread: Who are the biggest surprises and flops?
MB: Arkansas Kemoy Campbell drops out of 10k while leading
MB: Who was your biggest surprise to be left home in the 10k?
MB:ncaa screws over 10k guy
Ken Goe: “The NCAA regional track meets have zero appeal for spectators.” That’s not the point. The point is to get the best 24 people to Eugene and have a better actual NCAA meet than by letting people qualify on time in April.
Other Action This Weekend – UAE Healthy Kidney 10k In Central Park
- NYC Saturday: LRC Stephen Sambu Will Try To Defend His UAE Title Against Wilson Kipsang, Lelisa Desisa, Geoffrey Mutai And Ben True
*Ben True Hoping To Finally Master The 10k Distance, Which He Considers An “Untamed Beast” - 2-Time World XC Champ Emily Chebet Looking For 3rd Freihofer’s Run For Women 5K Title In Albany On Saturday
Eatons – Ashton And Brianne – Are Ready For This Weekend’s Gotzis Hypo-Meeting- Meb Keflezighi And Jen Rhines Are Racing USATF Masters Half Marathon Champs At Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon Of San Diego
Pedro Pablo Pichardo Moves His TJ PR From 18.06m To 18.08m In HavanaJonathan Edwards, it’s time to get nervous.
Competitor Group – It’s Time To Lawyer Up
Federal Judge Says Lawsuit Alleging Rock ‘N’ Roll Race Volunteers Are Exploited Can Proceed
*MB: Yes! Judge denies Competitor Group’s request to dismiss lawsuit saying its use of volunteers violates labor laws
Distance News Of Note
Molly Huddle, Heather Burroughs, Courtney Babcock React To News That Mary Cain Is Home In NY, Not With Nike Oregon Project Huddle: “It’s not what I expected her trajectory to be, (but) I would say not to worry until she’s had a year to work it out.”
*MB: Mary Cain Is Taking a Break from the Nike Oregon Project- 34-Year-Old Danny Mackey Has Dream Job Coaching Brooks Beasts, Which He Got After Being Rejected By 200 Colleges Makey applied to 200 coaching jobs and got a single interview. He didn’t give up on the dream and now is coaching 11 pros.
- Ugandan Coach Peter Wemali Facing Two New Sexual Abuse Charges The Uganda Athletics Federation has been accused of ignoring Wemali’s transgressions and there is talk of an athletes boycott.
Saturday Morning Action – UAE Healthy Kidney 10k *Results
MB: Ben True takes down Stephen Sambu, Geoffrey Mutai, Wilson Kipsang at UAE 10k Joyce Chepkirui edged Gladys Cherono for the women’s title as both ran 32:33. *Results And Post-Race Interview With True
More Articles On Steve Prefontaine
Recommended Read:Grantland.com: Forty Years After Pre’s Death, His Life Continues To Affect Athletes Everywhere – And His Loss Haunts Those At Home A lengthy piece on the life, career and death of Prefontaine. A lot of info you won’t have known from watching the movies, including the debate about whether he was drunk (and if the accident was his fault) the night he died.- Steve Prefontaine’s Sister Neta Visits Pre’s Rock On The Eve Of The Anniversary Of His Fatal Crash
Kenyan News
David Rudisha Battling To Be Fit For June 7th Birmingham DL Meet He’ll announce Monday whether or not he’ll be racing as he recovers from injury which made him DNF the Ostrava 600.- Athletics Kenya President Isaiah Kiplagat Confident That He’ll Be Elected As IAAF VP We really hope the IAAF has some more competent candidates than him.
More Weekend Action
Gotzis Hypo-Meeting: Jessica Ennis-Hill Starts First Heptathlon In Three Years – Can She Still Cut It?- Athletics Weekly: “Eaton Duo Set For Gotzis”
- Guardian Article On Ennis’ Comeback
- Free Live Stream: World #1 PVer In 2014 Fabiana Murer Highlights Golden Fly Series Meet On Saturday Stream starts at 12:45PM ET.
- RRW:Can New Star Caroline Wöstmann Win Comrades Marathon?
- Live Streaming And Results For European Champion Clubs Cup Track & Field
- Random: Firefighter Sets New WR By Running 6:45 Mile In 25 Pounds Of Gear
2015 Comrades Is Sunday (Saturday Night US)
- Bruce Fordyce Says 2015 Comrades Race Is Wide Open It might be especially brutal as there could be a downpour at the start. $30,000 is on the line for first and $123,000 for a course record. LetsRun.com is officially rooting for American Sage Canaday.
- Defending Men’s Champ Bongmusa Mthembu Has Only A Best Career Up Run Of 12th
- Can South African Caroline Wostmann Become The 1st South African Woman Since 1998 To Win The Title? Wostmann was the surprise winner of Two Oceans during her buildup, but Russian women have won 12 of the last 14.
- Road Construction Means Runners Will Run An Extra 877 Meters As Compared To 2013 Up Run
- 2015 Comrades By The Numbers
Sebastian Coe And Sergei Bubka Are The Only Presidential Candidates For Aug. 19th Election2015 Ostrava *Full Results
LRCDavid Rudisha Pulls Up Injured At 2015 IAAF World Challenge Meet In Ostrava, Usain Bolt Runs 20.13 In 200 Plus Asbel Kiprop in the 1k, Dejen G. in the 5k, Asafa Powell in the 100, and a new Kenyan national record in the javelin. Updated: Rudisha says it’s not “a very serious injury” and he hopes to be back training within a few days.
*IAAF Recap: Sharika Nelvis Steals The Spotlight With A 12.55 100H Into A 1.7 m/s Wind
*Bolt: “You can’t be satisfied if I don’t break 20 seconds.” He said the cold/rainy conditions were partly to blame for the slower time.
The Legend Of Steve Prefontaine Continues To Grow – Steve Prefontaine Gets His Own Graphic Novel
LRC Book Review The Art Of Running By Matthew Crehan – A Graphic Novel Telling The Story Of Legendary US Distance Runner Steve Prefontaine Over the years, movies, books, T-Shirts – just about everything imaginable – have been made to tell the inspiring life story of Steve Prefontaine. But now for the first time, there is a comic book graphic novel that tells his story.
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.
3 World XC Getty Images Photo Galleries:
1) Pro Photos From Getty Images
2) New Rojo’s Women’s Photos
3) New Rojo’s Men’s Race Photos
Outside Articles On Pre
Great Read:Eugene Register-Guard: 40 Years After The Death (May 30, 1975) Of Oregon Track Legend Steve Prefontaine, Mysteries As To What Killed Pre Linger – Or Do They? The responding officer certainly doesn’t think so: “He died because he consumed too much alcohol and drove. That was the truth of the matter.”
*Never-Before-Seen Photo Of Steve Prefontaine Surfaces In Eugene Register-Guard Story
*Good Read:Steve Prefontaine Believed Running “Could Save You,” So He Often Went To The Local Prison To Run With Prisoners (link fixed)- Shannon Rowbury Thinks She’s Ready For Pre 1,500 – Alberto Salazar Is Still Tempted To Move Her To 5,000
- Loaded 5,000 On 40th Anniversary Of Pre’s Last Race Celebrates Pre
- Pole Vault WR Holder Lavillenie Will Make His DL Debut At Pre He’s ready to return after dealing with a bruised shoulder.
- Ken Goe: Mary Cain Takes A Break From The Nike Oregon Project
- Good Read:Genzebe Dibaba Talks About Hopefully Carrying Her Indoor Success To Outdoor And Says Her Coach Thinks She Can Run 14:10 In the past, the extreme rainy season in Ethiopia and/or injuries have hindered her training for outdoors. Last summer, she trained in Europe and she wants to keep doing that, and is hoping for big things.
- Jesse Squire: This Weekend’s Best Matchups
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
Runners World Honors You and the Brojos
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American Strong: The Untold Story of How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston
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A Real Running Hero:
The Flo Groberg Story
Flo Has Now Won the Medal of Honor
