Quote Of The Day
– Lauren Fleshman writing a petition to USATF calling for them to stop rewarding athletes who have served drug bans. When USATF does things like hiring drug cheat Dennis Mitchell as a paid coach, they send the wrong message about their attitude towards doping.
- LRCers: We Need Your Shoe Reviews, The Quest for 1,000 More Reviews Starts Now
- Andre De Grasse has gone pro, allegedly for min of $11.25 million - could go as high as 30 million!!
- Renato Canova: This is how deep is doping in Kenya
- I will wire $50 via PayPal for the first person that can guess my 5k time within 5 seconds
- Hypocrite? Nick Symmonds is whining about Olympic budget cuts, says he needs 'hospitality and comfort'
- Running Times to cease publication 2016
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- Most dangerous cities in the world ( Chicago not in top 50! )
From Tragedy To Triumph
LRC Feature The Miracle In The Black Hills: A Coach, A Fallen Teammate And A Season For The Ages In July, Black Hills State’s Gage McSpadden was struck by lightning and tragically killed at the age of 21. The team’s dream of a first-ever NCAA appearance, one that McSpadden had guaranteed, appeared to be shot. No one will ever forget how they responded.
LRC10 Weeks Out From The Olympic Trials - How Will Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher & Amy Cragg Stack Up On Sunday At The Rock 'N' Roll San Antonio Half?
With many of the leading contenders for the Trials competing, we should get a great sneak peek at what to expect in LA in 10 weeks.
*MB: Official 2015 Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Thread: Who you got - Flanagan, Goucher or Cragg?
More US Marathoning News
International Distance Action
- Saturday In Australia: Zatopek 10K PreviewDavid McNeill, Brett Robinson and US’s Brian Shrader lead the field. Word is there will be a pacer at 27:40 pace through halfway.
Sunday: Dennis Kimetto Wants To Win And Run Under 2:05 At Sunday’s Fukuoka Marathon- Sunday: Evans Cheruiyot (2:06:25 Vs. Gezahegn Girma (2:07:11) And A Slew Of Other Sub-2:10 Men Highlights Singapore Marathon Winners from the past two years, Kenya’s Sharon Cherop and Ethiopia’s Waganesh Mekasha, lead women’s race.
- Next Sunday: Final Entries Confirmed For Next Weekend’s SPAR European Cross-Country Champs
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A Lot Of Great Action Set For This Weekend
Fukuoka Marathon Preview: World Record Holder Dennis Kimetto Vs. Former WR Holder Patrick Makau This is a stacked field as it also includes Bernard Koech (2:04:53), Getu Feleke (2:05:41) and former World 10,000 bronze medalist Martin Mathathi. Plus Yuki Kawauchi.
*SPIKES Takes A Look Back At The Storied History Of Fukuoka It is the third-oldest marathon in Japan, having been first run in 1947. Past winners include Frank Shorter, Haile Gebrselassie and Makau.- Sunday: Meseret Defar Making Her Comeback From Pregnancy At The Montferland Run 15K
Sunday: Jordan Hasay, Kim Conley, Sara Hall And NCAA Champ Molly Seidel Lead Sacramento Track 10,000Chelsea Reilly, Emma Bates, Jen Rhines, Becky Wadealso racing. Men’s field is led by Ben Blankenship,Chris ThompsonandSean Quigley.
- Friday: IAAF Preview Of IAU 50K World Champs In Doha: Zimbabwe’s Shingirai Badza And USA’s Camille Herron Lead Fields US’s Zachary Ornelas is in the men’s field.
Say It Ain’t So
LRCDid Mike Rossi - The Viral Marathon Dad - Try To Cheat LetsRun.com Out Of $10,000 On Saturday?
Has Mike Rossi cut yet another course, this time in an attempt to win $10,000 from LetsRun.com?
*MB: Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?
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 here. 5 out 5 stars.
LRC NXN RecapJunior Casey Clinger Wins Thrilling Boys' Race At 2015 NXN; Great Oak (CA) Claims First Team Title
Clinger, who as a soph ran 4:13/9:03 at altitude and was 8th at NXN, used a late move on the final uphill to pull away from Carmel (IN)'s Ben Veatch to win in 15:03. His win kicked off a great day for the state of Utah. Just 33rd in the nation in terms of population, Utah had 3 teams in the top 12 in the country. In the team race, Clinger's American Fork squad came up just short, taking second with 163 points to Great Oak's 114.
*Amazing MB Prediction: AUSTIN TAMAGNO will be upset by CASEY CLINGER
LRC NXN Recap:Katie Rainsberger - Daughter Of A Boston Marathon Champ - Wins 2015 NXN Title As F-M Girls Win 9th Title In 10 Years
Everything went according to form at NXN as the favorites delivered and Bill Aris became the John Wooden of girls cross-country running. Plus a 12-year-old finished in the top 15!
Doping News
Sign This Now:Lauren Fleshman Starts Petition To Get USATF To Stop Giving Honors And Privileges To Drug Cheats For example, hiring drug cheat Dennis Mitchell as a paid national team coach.- Mo Farah And Galen Rupp Trained With Marathoner Daniele Meucci, Who Is One Of The Italians Facing A 2-Year Doping Ban Reportedly, Meucci ran with them occasionally in Oregon in 2012.
- Athletes At The North Face 50 Mile Want Past Italian Convicted Doper Elisa Desco Out Of The RaceMagdalena Boulet: “I guess the kind way to say it is that I’m disappointed that the race organization allowed her into the elite field.”
Pro Distance News: Ritz Is Injured
Dathan Ritzenhein Adjusting His Marathon Training As He Deals With Hip Injury Leading Up To The Olympic Trials He has bursitis in his hip and is doing about half his mileage on the Alter-G.- Florence Kiplagat Focused On Breaking Her Own Half Marathon WR Rather Than The Olympics She wants to get under 65 minutes and until she knows she’s on the Kenyan Olympic squad isn’t going to change her training for a race she might not run.
- Past Individual Champion Alemayehu Bezabeh Will Lead Spanish Team For Euro XC Champs Next Weekend
Seb Coe Grilled For Three Hours By UK Culture, Media And Sport Select Committee
Seb Coe Grilled With Three Hours Of Questions Over Doping Scandal Coe was asked the same questions and, for the most part, gave the same answers he’s been giving.- The Telegraph:“More Questions Than Answers From A Master Politician … Evasive Responses Left The Committee Barely Any The Wiser” Apparently at one point Hajo Seppelt burst out with “Liar” and “Not true” in reaction to Coe’s words.
- Guardian’s Sean Ingle:“Coe: From “King Of World After London 2012″ To Waffling Apologist For IAAF”
- Coe Admits To Concerns Over Doha’s Right To Host 2019 World Champs Coe avoided answering whether he was going to launch an investigation or not.
NCAA Photos Galore *D1 Men’s Race (514 Photos) *D1 Women’s Race (486 Photos) *D1 Banquet*D1 Post-Race*DIII Men (257 Photos) *DIII Women (185 Photos)
There’s More Money In Track Than You Might Think
Andre De Grasse Goes Pro – Signs With Puma In Richest Initial Deal In Track History – $11.25 Million The Canadian will no longer be running for USC as he’s joined Trayvon Bromell, who signed with New Balance, in the pro ranks.- Good Read: Trayvon Bromell Thinks He And De Grasse Could Be “The Next Biggest Things” Bromell says he “would have been crazy” not to go pro when the opportunity was offered to him.
- Podcast:Andre De Grasse Says Puma Made Him An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse
*MB: Andre De Grasse has gone pro, allegedly for min of $11.25 million – could go as high as 30 million!!
Random Distance News
- British Astronaut Tim Peake To Run A Marathon In Space He will actually also be the first Brit in space. With no gravity, he’ll have to run with a harness strapping him down to the treadmill.
Former UPenn 4:10 Miler Sets Guiness WR For Fastest Marathon In A Santa Costume 29-year-old Brian Lang ran 2:54:02 at the Philadelphia Marathon to break the previous record by 1:48.- New Rules Requiring 6-Hour Time Limit At Boston Will Affect Members Of The “Quarter Century Club” Some of the longest Boston “streaks” will be in danger as they finished just over or under 6 hours in the 2015 race.
Did You Not Get All Your Gifts On Black Friday And Cyber Monday? We Have A Solution For You
LRC Book Review"Two Hours" By Ed Caesar - A Wonderful Book Worthy Of 5 Stars And One We Consider "The Definitive Book On The Modern Elite Marathon"
Looking for a great Christmas present? We have a suggestion. Ed Caesar's new book Two Hours covers everything you would want to know about the marathon, from its roots in ancient Greek lore all the way up to the establishment of big-money major-city marathons in the late 20th century. It includes incredible behind-the-scenes access of Geoffrey Mutai in 2011 when he destroyed the course records in both Boston and New York. 5 out 5 stars.
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