Archived Homepage For January 30, 2017
Archived Homepage For January 30, 2017

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix *Results

screenshot-74LRCFull Meet Recap: The Stars Deliver The Goods: DMR Women Shine With World Record*, Matt Centrowitz Wins Mile, Paul Chelimo Starts Off Undefeated, Hellen Obiri Outclasses And More The distance stars brought the goods as the New Balance women set a world best in the DMR, and Centrowitz, Chelimo and Obiri backed up their Olympic medals with wins in their events.

New World Record Distance Medley TeamLRC Jenny Simpson, Brenda Martinez, Sydney McLaughlin And Emma Coburn Set New DMR Indoor World Record* Of 10:40.31The New Balance pros and the high schooler McLaughlin got the year started off with a bang. Plus Simpson and Coburn talk about Coburn’s coaching change.

Casimir Loxsom signs with BrooksPenn State:Cas Loxsom Breaks Indoor World Record* In 600m Loxsom ran 1:14.91 to break the mark of 1:14.97 set by UTEP freshman Emmanuel Korir last week. Technically a world’s best but we’re cool with calling it a WR.
*Results Penn State freshman Danae Rivers won the mile in 4:34.87. DMR wins went to the Stanford women (11:01.39) and the Georgetown men (9:33.59).

Sports And Politics Collide

Whistleblower Stepanova Returns To Competition

Doping News: Jamaica May Appeal For Bolt’s Gold

America Has A New Distance Star

Sally Kipyego Wins 2014 NYC Half MarathonLRC America Has A New Distance Star: Olympic 10,000m Silver Medalist Sally Kipyego Now A Citizen The Olympic silver medalist at 10,000m in 2012 has a 5,000m pb faster than any American and was 2nd at the NYC Marathon this last year.

More US Distance News

Women In The News

A New ARD Report, A New Russian Whistleblower

Latest ARD Doping Report:New Russian Whistleblower Provides Footage Of Banned Coaches Still Working With Athletes And Says “No Changes Really Took Place”(includes video and article) Russian 1,500 runner Andrey Dmitriev thinks 70-80% of Russian athletes are doping. *Discuss

“If Matt Centrowitz writes a book, you buy it and read it.”

centro-jr-tatLRC Exclusive LetsRun.com Exclusive: Read Chapter Two of Matt Centrowitz’s New Book “Like Father, Like Son” LetsRun.com doesn’t beat around the bush. Neither does Matt Centrowitz. He’s so confident you’ll like his book, he’s letting you read a whole chapter for free. Purchase the book now and come back at the end of February and participate in the first ever LetsRun.com Virtual Book Club.

centrowitz-book-father-sonLRC Legendary Athlete, Father And Coach Matt Centrowitz Just Published An Autobiography – We Suggest You Read ItAn autobiography by a man who failed every single class in middle school and was in trouble with the law but went on to set an American record in the 5k, make two Olympic teams and raise a son who broke America’s 108-year Olympic drought in the men’s 1,500 has a lot of potential. Add in the fact that he roomed with Bruce Jenner and skipped school to hang out with Steve Prefontaine on the day he died and you’ve got a must read. Purchase Like Father, Like Son: My Story on Running, Coaching and Parenting now and be a part of the 1st-ever LetsRun.com Virtual Book Tour in one month.

The Harting Bros

US Indoor Action *All NCAA Results

Sprint Stuff

This Will Please Many

mitchell-gettyLRC Dennis Mitchell Is No Longer USATF’s Head Relay Coach The controversial coach is out as USATF apparently always hires a new relays coach after the Olympics.
*MB: Confirmed: Dennis Mitchell Out As US Relays Coach!!

The Week That Was Is Back From Paternity Leave

Principe (right) at the Dartmouth Relays with another fast kid: Aidan Cox, WTW Meet HS Star DJ Principe, Matthew Centrowitz Gets Disrespected, And A Statistical Reason As To Why Men’s Track Is More Popular Than Women’s This week we also take an in-depth look at how often the world #1 wins the Olympics and compare the depth of the three spring World Marathon Majors.

News From Africa

Sprints / Throws / Jumps News

International Track Results

Today’s Dose Of Random

Distance Pros Speak

Olympic News

News Of Note

More Upcoming Action: Get Psyched For The Wanamaker Mile

2016 Was A Record Year For Us In Terms Of Traffic – Thanks For Visiting

An Inside Look At How LRC Operates How a Ragtag Crew Of Almost Journalists Created Running’s Most Controversial Website Author Charles Bethea embedded himself with us during the US Olympic trials and got a behind-the-scenes look at how we operate. His article in Outside magazine includes some really nice quotes from Tim Layden, “… their best quality is that they don’t give a shit about offending people,” and Nick Willis, “It gave me a ton of inspiration. LetsRun is one of the primary reasons high-quality coaching and training have improved in ­America.”
*MB: Long Article on Letsrun… in Outside Magazine

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