– Ultra-runner Pete Kostelnick speaking after breaking the 36-year-old record for fastest run across the United States. Kostelnick finished the 3,067-mile trek in 42 days, 6 hours and 30 minutes (72 miles per day average), breaking the old record by more than 4 days.
LRC WTW: Props to Notre Dame and Molly Seidel, A 51 Year Losing Streak Comes to an End, Is Mary Cain = Georgie Clarke, and Shannon Rowbury Day in San Fran We drop down to highlight some DII conference action, talk about Mary Cain staying home, Molly Seidel staying in college, and of course drugs.
LRC The Amsterdam Marathon Was Super-Deep And Fast, The Toronto Marathon Dropped An Illegal Rabbit Out Of A Car, Ed Whitlock Still Going Strong, EPO Non-Positives And More Learn what’s happening in the running world.
LRC Evan Jager’s Fairy Tale 2016 Continues As He Gets Married In SwedenJager married Sofia Hellberg-Jonsén on Saturday in Sweden. Read about the wedding and how they met.
*MB:Sorry Ladies (And Fellas): Evan Jager Is Married!
LRC LetsRun.com NCAA National And Conference Fan Polls Now Open – Who Is The National Top 10? Who Comes Out On Top This Weekend? National and conference voting now open.
LRC Mary Cain Leaves Nike Oregon Project – John Henwood (Not Alberto Salazar) In Charge Of Her Training She’s still only 20 and now a full-time student at Fordham.
RRW: “Rejuvenated” Mary Cain Explains Coaching Change Cain says the decision was primarily about location (since she doesn’t plan on leaving NY anytime soon), but that she enjoys Henwood’s hands on approach as he even runs some of her workouts with her.
Discuss: Mary Cain leaves Oregon Project
Rio 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Invited To Serve As Grand Marshals For TCS New York City Marathon On Sunday, November 6Galen Rupp won’t be attending due to family commitments.
IAAF Announces Nominees For 2016 World Athlete Of The YearAshton Eaton, Keni Harrison and Christian Taylor were the only Americans to make the cut.
LRC Q&A: Washington Coach Greg Metcalf Talks About The Win At Wisconsin, A Showdown With No. 1 Colorado At PAC-12s And Whether This Is His Best Team Since The Loaded 2008 Squad Only #11 in the pre-season polls, the Huskies dominated at Wisconsin, putting all seven women in the top 50 and going 1-6 in the open race, and are now #2 in the land. Now it’s on to PAC-12s, which features four teams ranked in the top 11 nationally. The UW staff has already scored the PAC-12 meet on paper; where do they have Washington finishing? Plus should NCAAs be hosted by UW at Chambers Bay golf course (site of the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament)?
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