– Cindy Ofili, the Michigan junior and NCAA 100H runner-up, talking about how she feels British even though she only set foot in the country for the first time this week.
LRCRobby Andrews Gets It Done, Runs 3:35.82 To Officially Make U.S. Team At 1,500 (Full Meet Recap) Andrews won handily. Edward Cheserek (3:37.08) was only the second UO guy in the race as Colby Alexander, who didn’t even make it to NCAAs or the final of PAC-12s, ran 3:36.49.
LRC Paris Preview: Team USA’s Steeplers Take On The World’s Best; Makhloufi, Kiplagat And Souleiman To Battle At 1,500 The meet should be great. Fresh off a great run at the U.S. Champs, Evan Jager, Donn Cabral and Dan Huling face a stacked steeple field led by ’14 world #1 Jairus Birech and world/Olympic champ Ezekiel Kemboi. Taoufik Makhloufi, who ran 2:13.08 for 1,000 on Wednesday, takes on stalwarts Ayanleh Souleiman and Silas Kiplagat.
World Record Attempt LRC Paris 5k Preview: Almaz Ayana & Genzebe Dibaba Will Battle For The Win – And The World Record?In 16 additions of the Meeting Areva in Paris, a World Record has never gone down. Ayana (14:14 PR from Shanghai in May) and Dibaba (14:18i PR from Stockholm in February) will be looking to change that in a field that is truly comparable to better than a World Championships final. Behind them, the race contains the top four finishers from World XC and the top 7 fastest women over 5k in 2015.
LRC Podcast Post-USA / Pre – Paris Edition of Track Talk Live In the 75 minute show, we looked back at USAs, talked toping and looked ahead to Paris and said why Jenny Simpson should be paying close attention to the 5000.
More Sprint News: Akani Simbine’s Coach Was So Excited After Simbine Called To Tell Him He’d Broken 10.00 On Wednesday, He Didn’t Sleep All Night Long
Full Trancsript Of Mo Farah’s Sky Sports Interview With Jim White
SkySports: Prove I’m A Cheat Or Leave Me Alone
*Guardian: Farah insists he will split from Alberto Salazar if doping claims proved
*Telegraph: Mo Farah says he will dump Alberto Salazar if allegations against coach are correct
*Independent: Salazar must prove innocence or I’ll be first person out
*BBC: Mo Farah says he is 100% clean
More Doping News: Victor Conte Thinks Use Of IGF1LR3 Is “Rampant” – Says He’s “Heard Hundreds Of Athletes” That Are Microdosing 7mg Of Testosterone A DayBoth forms of cheating appear to be nearly undetectable and the IFG1LR3 only costs $200 for a 40-day supply.
*Jamaica Anti-Doping Agency Joins The Modern World – Has Started Blood Testing
Cam Levins Beats Mo Ahmed To Win 5k, Nicole Sifuentes Wins w5k
Kara Goucher said she doesn’t like being labeled a liar and said she will come out with a lot more information to show she is not one.
*MB: “People have been threatened at this meet” – Kara Goucher
*MB: When asked if he’d testify under oath, Salazar says he’d have to ask his lawyer
*MB: Is Rupp prepared to testify under oath? “We’ll see.”
*Oregonian: Kara Goucher has harsh words for Salazar after women’s 5,000 and hopes everyone gets to testify under oath
LRC Questions Arise Regarding Alberto Salazar’s Explanation For Testosterone Experiment On His Sons – In 2006, Alberto Salazar Said The Idea That Gatlin Was Sabotaged Was “Preposterous On So Many Fronts” A key part of Alberto Salazar‘s defense is that he tested testosterone on his sons as he was fearful that someone like Chris Whetstine could sabotage Galen Rupp, not because he wanted to see how much micro-dosing one could get away with.
Goucher, Lagat, Centro, Solomon, Symmonds, Johnson, Infeld, Huling and Blankenship make the cut.
Bored At Work?Watch The Peachtree Road Race Pre-Race Press Conference With Shalane Flanagan At 11am ET On Thursday For FreeGebre Gebremariam (Team Africa), Daniele Meucci (Team Europe), and Yusuke Hasegawa (Team Asia), as well as Tatyana McFadden, will also be at the presser. The race itself will be live on USATF.tv on July 4th starting at 7:15 am ET. NBC Sports Network will have a highlight show on July 6th.
Q&A With Lindsey Scherf, Who Went From 2:37 To 2:32 At Grandma’s
Learn All About The “Town Of Runners Champions” – Bekoji, Ethiopia – Which Has Produced Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba And Derartu TuluWe assume Genzebe Dibaba is from there as well. The town’s population – 16,730. Can you say Sports Gene? You can now watch the documentary, Town of Runners, for $4.99.
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