January 16, 2016 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

“Up to this point, I always believed my best races were still ahead of me. I’ve explored every issue to get back to the level I’ve been at, and my body is not responding. I realized that it was time to stop striving, to finally be satisfied and decide ‘mission accomplished.'”

– Ryan Hall talking to the New York Times about why he’s retiring at age 33, ending an amazing career during which he put up 4 of the 5 fastest marathons ever run by an American-born athlete.

*MB: Breaking: Ryan Hall Retires at Age 33

Super Fast Collegiate Mid-D Action

MB: America’s newest star has arrived!! True frosh Donovan Brazier runs 1:45.93 in first-ever collegiate 800!! No rabbits, legitimate track and he’s just .05 off of the American collegiate record. Unreal.

MB: Penn State’s Brannon Kidder breaks collegiate record in men’s 1000 with 2:18.26
MB: Raevyn Rogers also ran really fast today – 1:26.34 for 600m That’s faster than the CR but it was run on an oversized track.

Ryan Hall Has Called It A Career

LRC Ryan Hall Has Retired – We Remember The Six Most Glorious Moments Of His Amazing Career Picking the greatest moments from his amazing career wasn’t easy but we’ve got our six favorites. Ryan, you will be missed.

LRC: 30 Minutes Of Video With Ryan Hall From December: “I’m not going to be someone who hangs on. When I know my body has had enough then (I’ll retire). I’ll always run and always love the sport.”

Amby Burfoot: Ryan Hall Dared To Be Great
Toni Reavis Reflects On Hall’s Great Career “Good luck with it, Ryan. And thanks. We’ll not see one like you again soon.”

More Weekend Action:

Daily Relay: The Weekend’s Best Matchups
Saturday: 16-Year-Old Candace Hill Will Make Her Pro Debut At The UAB Invite She’s in the 60m against Nigerian Olympian Gloria Asumnu. AR holder Chaunte Lowe in the HJ.
Tamirat Tola, Conseslus Kipruto, Teklemariam Medhin, Timothy Toroitich And Moses Kibet Are All Racing Seville XC This Weekend
20th Hong Kong Marathon Is This Weekend – Race Preview

More Should Coe Stay Or Go?

NYT Columnist (And Lauren Fleshman) Thinks Coe Should Get 2nd Chance “With so much corruption in international sports, there would be no guarantee that Coe’s successor would be blemish-free.”
Radcliffe Thinks Coe Can Reform The Sport “I do believe he’s someone who cares deeply about our sport and will fight to put those changes in place.”
Matt Lawton:Lord Coe Still Standing After Athletics’ Darkest Day
Daily Mail:Lord Coe Breaks Bread With The Powerful. … So How Could He Know Nothing About Arguably The Greatest Sporting Scandal Of The Modern Age?
Phil Hersh: In Surreal Turn, Condemnation Of IAAF Leaders Exempts President Sebastian Coe
Independent: Astonishing That Lord Coe Did Not Hear The Whispers
Independent:Lord Coe Declared Fit To Clean Up Athletics – But Was He Part Of The Problem?
Telegraph: Lord Coe Admits To Failings

News From Oregon

Outside Magazine: “Can Galen Rupp Pull Off A 10,000 And Marathon Double In Rio?” They argue “it wouldn’t be that crazy” and remind you that back in 2012 Alberto Salazar predicted that Mo Farah would do that double for Rio.
*LRC’s Take: Will Galen Rupp Do The Olympic Marathon Trials?
Vin Lananna Says TrackTown USA Won’t Ask Lawmakers For $15 Million To Upgrade Hayward Field Ahead Of 2021 Worlds “We’re going to have to fundraise it. It may slow the project down.”
Good Read:The Oregonian: “Track Town Trips Over World Champs Funding Request” An in-depth look at the funding situation in Oregon and why organizers cut back their request for funds by more than a third, “admitting they miscalculated the level of political support for the event.”
Brianne Theisen-Eaton Hopes Portland Will Be Scene Of First Global Title Right now she’s Mrs. Silver as she’s finished runner-up in three consecutive World Championships (two outdoors, one indoors).
Register-Guard Roster Breakdown: “What To Expect From UO Men’s Indoor Team”Eric Jenkins was a key loss, Edward Cheserek is a key returner, Matthew Maton is a key newcomer.
RG UO Women’s Roster BreakdownJenna Prandini going pro was a big loss.

2016 Boston Marathon Field Announced

LRC Three Quick Thoughts On The 2016 Boston Marathon Field Both defending champs will be back. In terms of PRs, the men’s field is a little stronger than last year.

*MB: 2016 Boston Marathon field announced.
*MB: Neely Spence Gracey running Boston – good idea?

Neely Spence Gracey Skipping Olympic Trials To Debut At Boston Marathon

Weekend Action

Jordan Hasay 4:49 Mile, Shannon Rowbury 8:53 3k, Centro 7:55 3k At Tracktown USA Indoor Meet In Portland The meet was held on the track that will host World Indoors. *Full Results *Ken Goe
World Champ Shawn Barber’s Hot Start To Season Continues – He Joins 6.00m Club (19-8.25) At The Pole Vault Summit In Reno

US Stars In The News

USA 10,000m champion Molly Huddle in advance of the 2015 .US National Road Racing Championships in Alexandria, Va. (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly) Molly Huddle Gets Huge Feature In Her Hometown Paper Ray Treacy summed the 31-year-old up perfectly: “The thing is she just keeps getting better.”

RRW Meb Keflezighi And Shalane Flanagan Both Refuse To Call Themselves Favorites For Next Months Marathon Trials

The Latest Seb Coe / IAAF News

A bearded Seb Coe is grilled in a recent interview with CNN's Amanda Davies. LRCAnti-Doping Experts Michael Ashenden and Robin Parisotto Issue Statements In Response to WADA IC Report – Both Men Are Willing To Let Seb Coe Lead The IAAF Moving Forward Both men found encouraging aspects in the WADA report and in the end, both took the high road and concluded their statements by saying they are willing to let Seb Coe lead the IAAF.

Alan Abrahamson: Sebastian Coe Is The Answer, Not The Problem
Telegraph Columnist Thinks The Fact That Coe Is Risking His Entire Reputation On Heading IAAF Will Make Him A Better Leader Plus the columnist thinks Coe is “pathologically committed” to the sport unlike most bureaucrats for whom it’s just a job.
IAAF Wants To Figure Out What Happened To $25 Million Russian Bank Supposedly Gave It In 2013 For TV Rights The suspicion if a large proportion of the money was pocketed by the Diacks.
Russian Olympic Committee Head Says WADA Admits It Has No Proof Doping Positives Were Delayed Because Lamine Diack Had Become Good Friend With Vladimir Putin
Head Of UK Athletics Welcomes Investigation In 2017 Worlds, Says London Has “Nothing To Hide” We agree. Awarding the Worlds to London was a no-brainer.
USATF Says It Will “… fully cooperate with the IAAF on any actions or requests that they deem appropriate” Into 2021 Worlds Investigation
Germany Wants Emergency IAAF Membership Meeting After Latest WADA Report

The 2016 US Marathon Trials Are Less Than One Month Away

LRCLess Than A Month From LA 2016, Kevin Hanson & Desi Linden Talk Marathon Trials, Bobby Curtis & Galen Rupp

Linden went into depth about her Trials buildup and the trickiest parts of the LA course, while Hanson discussed Linden and Bobby Curtis before discounting Galen Rupp's chances (should he elect to run) and reminding people why they shouldn't underestimate Jake Riley.

LRCChris Derrick On The Olympic Marathon Trials, Pro Running Being A Sweet Part-Time Job, The NY Jets, And The Decreasing Marginal Utility Of Income

Chris Derrick joined us on the podcast and talked about his potential marathon debut at the Trials, the doping crisis in the sport, the ticking clock on 60 minutes, Twitter, the New York Jets, how he "was" a big fan of LetsRun.com and how professional running is like a part-time job.

Meb Keflezighi And Shalane Flanagan Share Their Thoughts On The Olympic Trials Marathon Course

Upcoming Action

Feb. 6th:Kim Collins Vs. Mike Rodgers Over 60m In Karlsruhe, GermanyDafne Schippers vs. Dina Asher-Smith in the women’s 60m.
Feb. 20th:Ajee Wilson And Brenda Martinez Will Go Head-To-Head In Millrose Games 800Erik Kynard vs. Derek Drouin also announced in the HJ.
Feb. 20th:Jessica Ennis-Hill Will Compete At Glasgow Indoor GP In The 60HMo Farah and Greg Rutherford were already announced.

WADA Report #2

LRC Dick Pound’s Puzzling Endorsement Of Seb Coe, Looking For Heroes And Where Is The “Wow” Factor? – Analysis And Reaction To Part 2 Of WADA Report The good, the bad and the ugly from the report.

Recommended Read: ESPN’s Bonnie Ford:Strict Liability Standard Applies To Olympic Athletes, But Not Their Leadership Olympic athletes are held to incredibly high standards. If they do anything wrong, even unintentionally, they are banned for two years. We should hold the administrators to similar standards.
IAAF Statement They are thankful for WADA’s work but point out that all of the Russians were ultimately banned.
Even Though She Was Basically Exonerated By The Report, Paula Radcliffe Is Upset The IC Didn’t Go Even Further In Clearing Her Name “I was a little bit disappointed, given I had submitted written requests to the independent commission – and specifically to WADA – asking the WADA experts to release their evaluation of my data and it didn’t quite go that far. But I think they did underline the fact that those allegations did not have substance.”
Police Investigate London World Championships Bidding Will Eugene, Oregon, be next?
America’s Top Anti-Doping Official Travis Tygart Says It’s Too Late For Russia To Be Ready For Rio
Tygart Is Upset That WADA Didn’t Declare IAAF Non-Compliant With WADA Code
It Is Clear Ex-IAAF Chief Lamine Diack And Sons Grasped Any Opportunity
European Athletics President Hansen Calls For “Cultural Revolution” In Track
Athletics Doping Scandal Q&A

Sprint And Hurdle News

Andre De Grasse Says It Was Hard To Leave USC But He’s Adjusting Well To Life In Phoenix
Devon Allen Has Returned To The Oregon Track Team His freshman campaign in 2014 was unreal as he won NCAAs and USAs but he missed all of last year with an injury.
400H Bronze Medalist Jeffery Gibson Is Taking Cello Lessons

More Distance News

Video Interview: Matt Llano Trying To Get In 2:09 To 2:10 Shape For The Trials
NXN Champ Kate Rainsberger Blogs About Her Experience At Great Edinburgh XC She was the top American in the junior race in 5th place.

London Produces Yet Again

LRCInsanely Good Women's Field Announced For 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon - Is This Race Tougher To Win Than The 2016 Olympics?

Once again, London has secured an amazing field with five women who have run under 2:20 and eight under 2:21. All of the top 5 from our 2015 World Rankings are in the field including the winners of 2015 Dubai, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York and Worlds marathons.