Archived Homepage For November 11, 2015
Archived Homepage For November 11, 2015

NCAA XC Regionals Are Friday

LRC2015 NCAA Regionals Men's Cross-Country Preview: Who's On Track To Qualify For The Big Dance? What Two 2014 Podium Teams Will Be Left Home?

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

WADA Report Fallout *Full WADA Report

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.

coe-channel-4Video 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.

Previous Post-WADA Doping Report News

Some Non-Doping Distance News

US Road News

Previous Doping Scandal News: Coe Speaks

LetsRun.com Investigates

LRCUVA Has Reassigned Banned Doper Martin Maric To Intramural And Recreational Sports - He Won't Coach Throws At UVA This Year

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

The Latest On The IAAF Doping Scandal

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.

LetsRun’s Hero Takes A Stand

kawauchi-nyc-2015Yuki 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

Pro Distance News

RIP Chariots Of Fire

Breaking: HUGE Doping News

US Road News: The Trials Are Only 3 Months Away


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.

Russia Reacts With Anger Rather Than Shame

Field Event News

Sprint / Field Event News

African Women Distance News

The Latest In The IAAF Doping Scandal


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.

The Aftermath Of Halloween – The Best Day Of The Year In College

LRCOuch - We Have An Early Leader In The 2015 LetsRun.com Halloween Costume (Amazing Pic)

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.

Running Science – Run Them Hills

Book Review – The Animal Keepers Is Certainly A Keeper

LRC Book Review"The Animal Keepers" By Donn Behnke - A Terrific Tale Of What It Means To Be A Team

We highly recommend this book - hell, we call it "a triumph" - by Chris Solinsky's high school coach, Donn Behnke. Purchase here5 out 5 stars.

Negative Legal News

LetsRun.com NCAA Analysis

LRCNCAA XC Weekend Recap: Grant Fisher Is Running, Ben Saarel Is Not (For Now), And What's Wrong With The Wisconsin Men?

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?

 Updated NCAA Rankings 

Depressing News

Nemec_Lisa-BostonM15[1]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?

TCS New York City MarathonThe 2015 TCS New York City Marathon*Results *Mile-By-Mile Splits *Video Highlights

Stanley Biwott Wins 2015 TCS NYC MarathonFull 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.

Screenshot (197)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 …

Other Countries, Athletes And Officials React To WADA Report

Alysia Montaño: From “Also Ran” To USA’s Most Credentialed 800m Runner Ever

Monday’s “Game Changing” Doping Report

International Weekend Action

Previous US Road News

100 Days Until The 2016 US Olympic Trials Marathon

LRC100 Days Until The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials: Catching Up With Dathan Ritzenhein, Desi Linden And Jared Ward

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.

Previous IAAF / Lamine Diack Updates

Change – Is There Hope For The Sport?

Injured? These Pros Tell You To Not Give Up

More Doping Updates