He's Ready To Face Mo - But A Little Help From Above Never Hurts
– Caleb Ndiku talking about Thursday’s 5,000 battle with Mo Farah in Lausanne. In their only other matchup, Farah was phenomenal as he ran 3:28 for 1,500.
*MB: Mo Farah vs. Ndiku, Alamirew, Longosiwa and more in Thursday’s Lausanne DL 5000
- Big development: US and UK anti doping have asked for WADA to ban synthetic thyroid meds!!!
- Wow: USATF accidentally gives Craig Leon Pan Am spot to Tyler McCandless. Should TrackTy give up slot?
- Did an LRC visitor fly over Calgary in chair carried by balloons?
- Marathon team for the USA at 2015 Worlds - who is going?
- Throwing nuts in backyard to squirrels - my wife says I'm nuts
- If I ate one Big Mac and drank one Coke a day (no other food or liquids), how long until I die?
2015 Lausanne DL Is Thursday – Oh, Baby, What A Meet *Schedule, Results & Entries (2-4 pm ET) *TV & Streaming *2014 Coverage
MB: Official 2015 Lausanne Diamond League Live Discussion Thread This meet might be the best meet all summer save for the World Champs.
Women’s Preview: LRC Emma Coburn Goes For AR In Steeple; Jenny Simpson Tries To Keep Winning Streak Alive In 1,500 + Sub-2 For Rowbury? Teammates Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson will look at a minimum to mark themselves as favorites for Worlds. Could they also get American records in the process? Shannon Rowbury will look to become just the 5th woman in history to join the sub-2:00/sub-15:00 club.
*MB: Will Emma Coburn follow Evan Jager in Lausanne with an AR?
Men’s Preview:LRC Worlds Comes Early: Thursday’s Lausanne DL Meet Is Totally Loaded – 5 Of The 6 Fastest 5,000 Men Will Battle With Mo Farah And Caleb Ndiku In 5,000; Amos, Aman, Rudisha And Centro In 800 The distance fields in this one are unreal. If you want to know who the favorite for Worlds is in the 5,000 and 800, you must watch this meet.
*MB: 2015 Lausanne 800m – What a Great Field – Amos, Aman and Rudisha + Centro!
- Men’s 100 Will Be Incredible With Powell, Gatlin And Gay
*MB: Making SFH proud – Great Asafa Powell pre-Lausanne quote: “This is the biggest race I’m going to be in for the season.” - Lausanne Press Conference Highlights: Rudisha: “The injury is completely gone now.”
Caleb Ndiku Is Excited To Race Mo Farah But Does Urge Kenyans To Pray For Him In their only matchup before, Farah ran 3:28 for 1,500.- Mo Farah Returns To Competitive Action But Is “Conspicuous By His Absence” At Press Conference
- Tyson Gay Says He Doesn’t Think He Should Be Labelled A Drug Cheat “When you put key words or a syringe by somebody’s name, it manipulates someone’s mind to believe you intentionally tried to do something and get away with it,” said Gay. “That wasn’t the case. If I would have made a decision to intentionally do something to hurt the sport I wouldn’t have come back.”
- Pedro Pablo Pichardo Vs. Christian Taylor Triple Jump Rematch Eagerly Anticipated
- Allyson Felix Says Bob Kersee Will Watch Her Run In Lausanne Then Decide If She Should Double At Worlds
- Allyson Felix Says Bob Kersee Will Soon TalkTo People In Charge Of Olympic Schedule To See If They’ll Make The 200/400 Double Doable Like They Did For MJ
- Full List Of Americans Competing In Lausanne
Full Coverage In Our 2015 Lausanne DL Special Section
Mid-Week Action In Italy, Ireland & Hungary – Cork City Sports Meet *Results*Free Video Replay *Full Lignano, Italy Results
Lignano, Italy *MB: Kerri Gallagher Is Going To Worlds – Runs 5-Second PR (4:03.56) – Efraimson 4:05 Gallagher had a 4:09 PR prior to USAs.
*MB: Jenkins 7:41 3k in Lignano!
*LRC Full Results – Jenkins crushed m3,000, Riseley won m800, Willis m1,500.
Ireland: Big Green Domination LRC Abbey D’Agostino And Will Geoghegan Are Dominant Winners At 2015 Cork City Sports International Athletics Meeting In the women’s 3k, Mary Cain led from 1k to 2k but Abbey D dominated the final 900. In other action, in the battle of guys who have run 13:21 this year, Brett Robinson took down Jeff See. Heather Kampf and Michael Rutt won the 800s as Will G schooled everyone in the mile.
*MB: Merber, Cain, Riley Masters, Abbey D, L. Wallace all in Ireland’s Cork City Sports Meet today (free YouTube feed) 2:25-4 pm ET
Hungary: IAAF Istvan Gyulai Memorial Recap: Ronald Kwemoi Beats Silas Kiplagat By Over A Second In 1,500 (3:37 To 3:38)Evan Jager fans should rejoice as Jairus Birech raced again (is he overracing?) and won in 8:16. Barshim won the HJ (2.36m); Fajdek heaved a world-leading 83.12m,
*Sprints: LaShawn Merritt Loses Again – Runs 44.43 As Teenager Steven Gardiner Runs 44.30 Justin Gatlin ran 10.02 (-1.1m/s wind) as VCB ran a season’s best 10.99 (-1.2m/s wind).
*Omar McLeod Suffers “Slight Hamstring Cramp” In European Debut, DNFs
2015 Barcelona *Results *Race Video
Wow LRC Genzebe Dibaba Runs 3:54.11 For 1,500 In Barcelona – The Fastest Time In The World Since 1997 Jenny Simpson fans, it’s time to start praying that Dibaba doesn’t double at Worlds as she just ran the fastest 1,500 since 1997. Also Ayanleh Souleiman put up a 1:43.08 world leader in the men’s 800. *Video
*MB: Genzebe Dibaba just ran 3:54.11 for 1500 in Spain!
More Big News From Wednesday
LRC Analysis Eliud Kipchoge, Emmanuel Mutai & Geoffrey Mutai Announced For 2015 BMW Berlin Marathon A year ago, in his sixth career marathon, Dennis Kimetto set the WR in Berlin at age 30. Will history repeat this year when the 30-year-old Eliud Kipchoge toes the line in his sixth career race at 26.2? What type of chance does Geoffrey Mutai – the Roger Federer of men’s marathoning – have?*MB: Eliud Kipchoge. Emmanuel Mutai and Geoffrey Mutai in 2015 Berlin Marathon
*Eliud Kipchoge Is Excited About Berlin “Dennis Kimetto’s world record would be hard to break so soon, but everything is possible if the conditions are right and people are prepared for the task.”
2015 Paris DL And AJC Peachtree Photos
Appalachian Trail Record Holder Jennifer Pharr Davis Is Ready For Her Record To Be Broken By Scott Jurek She’ll obviously still hold the women’s record. In what other event is the women’s WR better than the men’s?
NOP Doping Investigation
- WSJ: Members Of The U.S. And U.K. Anti-Doping Agencies Have Submitted Appeals To Ban Synthetic Thyroid Medication On The Grounds That They Could Be Misused To Boost Performance
*MB: Big development: US and UK anti doping have asked for WADA to ban synthetic thyroid meds!!! – - LRC David Epstein Talks To House Of Run: “I don’t know if any sanctions will or won’t come out this … My perception is that a lot of athletes, and especially in track and field, don’t want to have to play the pharmacy games in order to compete.”
Excellent Guest Column
LRC Dealing With Depression: How I Got Past Suicidal Thoughts While Running In College For a while, life didn’t feel real to Nico Composto – it existed entirely in his head. Might a fall from the 12th floor window make all the pain go away? Thankfully, Composto realized that suicide wasn’t the answer. He shares his powerful story of how he overcame suicidal thoughts out of a desire to help others.
Vin Lananna Is Trying To Grow The Sport – Are You?
- Great Idea: Following In BIll Bowerman’s Footsteps, Vin Lananna Will Offer Free Coaching To Eugene Locals In Basics Of Running And How To Run 5k, Half And Marathon
- Details About Vin Lananna’s TrackTown Summer Series Idea For 2016 That Would Keep Athletes From Running To Europe Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif. might all have meets.
UK News
- Former Ok State 13:15 Runner Tom Farrell Talks After His Win At The UK Champs 5,000m
- 19-Year-Old British 800m Champion Kyle Langford, Who Ran 1:47.41 At Age 18, Talks In Depth About Winning His First British Title
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