This short film by Joel Wolpert sums up our enduring love with fall and the arrival of cross-country season. Written and voiced by James Leakos, a 13:42 collegiate 5,000m runner from Harvard.
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We had the Diamond League finale and the 5th Avenue Mile last week, but there was a ton of other interesting news and we break it down for you.
Seb Coe Gives Speech To Entire IAAF HQ Staff In Monaco “This is a dream come true to be able to shape a sport. We should wake up each morning excited to serve, knowing we have the greatest job in the world.”
LRC Full Brussels Diamond League Recap: Big World Leaders In Women’s Mile, Steeple And Men’s 5,000, But The Americans Come Up Short – Schippers Over Felix At 200m It was a great way to end the season as the 2nd DL finale of the year lived up to the hype as, unlike in Zurich, the stars were well recovered. There were a ton of world leaders and a great women’s mile. The men’s 5,000 produced 13 seasonal or personal bests but American fans were left wanting more. Canadian fans, the 5,000 record now belongs to Mo Ahmed. We break it down for you.
Brussels On The MBoard:
Lehigh Valley Got It Wrong: The Evidence Is Conclusive: Mike Rossi – The Viral Boston Marathon Dad – Is A Marathon Cheat And Should Never Have Been On The Starting Line In Boston In April, Mike Rossi gained international fame for his snarky response to a letter from his kids’ principal scolding him for taking them out of school for several days to watch Boston. A LetsRun.com investigation has revealed that Rossi’s principal was correct, the kids should never have been in Boston as the evidence is conclusive – their father didn’t legitimately qualify for the 2015 Boston Marathon. How confident are we that Rossi cut the course when he “ran” his 3:11:45 BQ qualifier at Lehigh Valley? Extremely. We’ll pay Mike Rossi $10,000 if he qualifies again in the next 12 months – and the qualifying time is 13+ minutes slower – 3:25.
*MB: Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?
Arkansas loses a lot to graduation but still has the country's most versatile runner in Dominique Scott. Michigan, with Erin Finn, will look to rebound after an injury-plagued 2014 saw them slip from preseason #1 to 18th at NCAAs. With both teams featuring such strong frontrunners, they crack our pre-season top 10.
Marathon Greats Wilson Kipsang And Meb Keflezighi Lead Men’s Field For 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Former world record holder Kipsang leads a field of five sub-2:05 men including Lelisa Desisa, Stanley Biwott, Gebre Gebremariam and Yemane Tsegaye. Also World XC champ Geoffrey Kamworor and Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi. Meb and Nick Arciniaga lead the American charge.
LRCWejo Speaks With Science Of Sport’s Ross Tucker: Paula Can Gain Credibility With More Transparency – Paula’s Explanations Are Plausible But More Info Is Needed – “You’re not dealing with Shobukhova … here!” Plus an explanation of off-scores and how single off-scores don’t mean that much.
3 Of Radcliffe’s Suspicious Blood Values Are Published By Sky News Two of her OFF scores were 109, which Sky News says is below a 111.7 altitude training level. The other – 114 – was taken immediately after a half marathon and Sky News says WADA now considers tests taken within 2 hours after a competition as invalid because exertion can affect the values.
Scott Jurek Agrees To Pay $500 Fine For Drinking Champagne After Breaking Appalachian Trail Record
5th Avenue: LRCNick Willis Coasts To 5th Avenue Mile Victory; Jenny Simpson Repeats Over Shannon Rowbury The stars were out in NYC, live on national TV. Willis (3:54.9) won his third title, destroying the field over the final 100, while Simpson (4:29.1) left it late to emerge victorious in a three-way kick over Rowbury (4:29.4) and Susan Kuijken (4:30.0). We break it down for you.
Mo Farah Runs 59:22 To Defend His Great North Run Title; Mary Keitany Gets Victory In 67:32 Like last year, Farah won in a sprint finish, this time beating Stanley Biwott by 2 seconds. Mike Kigen was third (60:10). After a slew of withdrawals on the women’s side, Keitany had a solo run as UK’s Gemma Steel took 2nd (71:00). USA’s Adrianna Nelson was 6th (72:29).
LRC2015 Chicago Marathon Elite Fields Released – Tsegaye Kebede And Florence Kiplagat Lead The Way – Deena Kastor, Blake Russell And Fernando Cabada Lead The American Entries The fields feature 4 sub-2:05 men and 4 sub-2:25 women (not counting US masters stars Joan Benoit Samuelson and Deena Kastor).
Emily Infeld Talks To Spikes Mag – Don’t Ever Give Up She thought about doing it last December when she told Schumacher, “I just don’t know if I’m built for this sport. My body just isn’t handling it.”
Huntington, IN Surprised Lauren Johnson By Naming Yesterday “Lauren Johnson Day”
Wed. Night Action: MB:David Torrence (3:53) And Amanda Eccleston (4:29) Win Hoka One One Long Island Miles Host Kyle Merber was 3rd in 3:58. *Race Video
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