– Exchange between Channel 4’s (UK) Jon Snow and Seb Coe where Coe is absolutely grilled on how he could’ve been the IAAF vice president without having any clue about the corruption going on with Lamine Diack and others.
Chaos could reign on Friday as a 43-year-old NCAA streak may be snapped and six ranked NCAA teams look like they'll be left out of the Big Dance, including two top-25 programs. Two podium teams from 2014 also are likely to be left at home. We break down and preview each region and you who will qualify for NCAAs should the current USTFCCCA Regional Rankings hold.
*LRC 2015 NCAA Regional Projections Assuming Everything Goes According To Form
*MB:Official 2015 NCAA XC Regional Live Discussion Thread
LRC Detailed ReactionThe 12 Most Interesting / Important Things From The WADA Report On Russian Doping Don’t have time to read all 323 pages of the blockbuster report? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with the 12 best points.
LRC Quick ReactionIt’s Worse Than We Thought: LRC Reacts To WADA Russian Doping Report The 300+ page WADA report is out (full report here, thread here) on a huge doping conspiracy in Russia that first garnered attention via a German ARD documentary late last year. The details are very amusing and depressing.
Video Seb Coe Gets Absolutely Grilled By Channel 4’s Jon Snow Journalism at its finest. If only the US media were this tough on US politicians.
UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension
Recommended Read France’s National Financial Prosecutor Talks Exclusively To Associated Press – Reveals Much Of Case Has Already Been Verified They’ve already verified that Lamine Diack pocketed “more than €1m” from the alleged cash-for-silence scheme. His son is at the center of the case but hasn’t been arrested as he didn’t return to France when they thought he would.
Yuki Kawauchi Defies Federation Expectations With Statement Of Intent To Run Own Race In Fukuoka The federation has stupidly said that all men must go out on 2:06:30 pace (a time only 1 Japanese man has ever run). Kawauchi said he’s pumped after finishing 6th in NY, but that he will run his own race and be top 3 in Fukuoka. “If I can make the podium then I know I can compete against the best in the world. If they still don’t put me on the Olympic team for that then there’s nothing I can do about it.”
*LRCVideo Showing That Kawauchi Gave It His All To Finish 6th In NYC
Ethan Hawke Tells Stephen Colbert He Would Have Rathered Be Anonymous When He Ran The NYC Marathon “But when your hamstring starts to cramp up and your calf starts to cramp up, you really want to be anonymous.”
USTFCCCA DI Regional Previews Hub Regionals are Friday.
Stat Geeks, This Is For You:A Compilation Of The Fastest Times Ever From Each Lane It covers the 200, 400, 400H and 4 x 100.
Guys, do you want attention from the ladies at Halloween next year? We've got the answer for you in this article. Inspired by this costume, we've started a 2015 LRC Halloween contest and will give out free T-shirts to the 3 best pics we get.
We highly recommend this book - hell, we call it "a triumph" - by Chris Solinsky's high school coach, Donn Behnke. Purchase here. 5 out 5 stars.
We also take a look at the Penn State women's upset at Big 10s, Thomas Curtin taking down Justyn Knight at ACCs and wonder whether the Foot Locker women's curse may come to an end this month?
MB: Former Columbia runner and American citizen Lisa Nemec (runs for Croatia) positive on doping control The former pretty good Ivy Leaguer has improved a ton post-collegiately from 16:31/34:19 to 2:25 in the marathon. Was it too good to be true?
Full Recap LRC Stanley Biwott Blasts 28:35 Final 10K To Capture 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Title (Updated) He had to be sensational over the final 10k to beat back a strong, strong challenge from Mo Farah’s #1 rival Geoffrey Kamworor. Meb finished 7th and Craig Leon 8th for the Americans.
Full Recap LRC Mary Keitany Repeats As 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Champion As Laura Thweatt Runs 2:28:23 DebutMary Keitany was back on top in NYC and is now tied atop the $500,000 Abbott WMM standings with one race to go. Sally Kipyego and Alana Hadley dropped out.
LRC A Look At Laura Thweatt’s 2:28:23 Debut And Decision To Skip The US Olympic Marathon TrialsWe break down Thweatt’s impressive debut and her decision so skip the Olympic Marathon Trials.
*MB: Thweatt won’t run marathon trials because …
Ritz reveals he has yet to hit 100 mpw a single time in all 2015 while Desi says she's super-motivated to be an Olympian as she doesn't think she "really lived up to the label the last time around."
*MB: 100 Days To The Olympic Trials - We catch up with Desi, Ritz and Jared Ward.
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