– Britain’s 20-year-old sprint star Dina Asher-Smith explaining how her university studies have provided her with some perspective on life and sport.
LRC IAAF Announces 2017 World Championships Entry Standards – Which Ones Got Easier And Which Ones Got Harder? Find out what the pros will have to run, jump or throw if they want to compete in London next summer. Also why is the IAAF sexist
LRC Would A Marathon On A Track Be Faster Than A Marathon On The Roads?What would happen if this LetsRun meme became a reality?
*MB:Marathon on a Track (Surface) – How Much Faster if Any Do You Think it Would Be?
More News From Africa Wayde van Niekerk And Many South African Stars Likely Won’t Be At 2017 SA Champs – They’ll Be At World Relays Instead
LRC New $50,000 BMW Or A $70,000 Lexus? What It’s Like To Go Pro In Track & Field As A TeenagerIn recent years, Ajee Wilson, Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimson, Drew Hunter, Kaylin Whitney, Candace Hill, Vashti Cunningham and the Lyles Brothers have all gone pro early. We take a look at that it entails.
LRC 2016 NXN Girls’ Preview: Fayetteville-Manlius Favored For 10th (!!!) National Title; Consensus U.S. #1 Brie Oakley Takes on 4:07 1500 Runner Kate Murphy in Individual RaceAmerican distance fans, it’s time to meet Brie Oakley. Oakley, who only started running last year, posted the top Tully Runners speed rating in six years at the Colorado state meet (32 secs faster than Katie Rainsberger ran in ’15) but Murphy hasn’t lost all fall and has killer track speed. Team-wise, F-M are the favorites but will need all five scorers to run well as there’s a big gap to #6.
LRC 2016 NXN Boys’ Preview: Casey Clinger Looks To Make History & Lead American Fork (UT) To Its First National Title No boy has ever won two NXN individual titles, but defending champ Casey Clinger could do just that on Saturday. He’s also the top man on the nation’s top team, American Fork, which will be looking to improve on its runner-up finish last year and win it all in Portland.
Could We See A Garrett Heath – Mo Farah Rematch?Farah Wants To Run Great Edinburgh XC On January 7th Farah: “I placed second in this race last year and hope to go one better in 2017.”
MB:Chris Derrick runs 27:38.69 in Japan, race is dominated by 3:28 man Ronald Kwemoi in 27:33!November is full of intrigue in Japan. Race video available.
*Japan Running News Recap
PoleVaultPower’s Becca Peter Interviews USATF Presidential Candidates Jackie Joyner-Kersee And Vin Lananna Read how each candidates responses differed to a series of questions about their views on a variety of issues impacting the sport.
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LRC Video: Deer Collision Sends NCAA D-III Runner Flying During Cross-Country Race If you think a cramp is the worst thing to fear in a race, you’ve never had anyone yell, “Watch out for the deer!”
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