Jama Aden Indicted on “Public Health” Charges In Relation to Raid in Sabadell Spain Last Year We don’t know what this means at this point as a year later, no athletes have been sanctioned from the raid despite EPO being reportedly found in a room.

2017 London DL Is Sunday Morning *Schedule & Entries & Results *TV & Streaming (9-11am ET)

LRC 2017 Anniversary Games Preview: Brazier, Amos & Kiprop Headline A Ridiculous Men’s 800; Mo Farah & Laura Muir Try To Defend Home Turf Vs. The Americans The 2017 IAAF World Championships are less than a month away, but if you can’t wait until then, consider Sunday’s Müller Anniversary Games a preview. Sunday morning’s action (9-11am ET) will be fantastic as the meet features many of track and field’s biggest stars including Mo Farah, Allyson Felix, Laura Muir, Fred Kerley, Elaine Thompson, Keni Harrison and Mariya Lasitskene. The men’s 800 is unreal with Donavan Brazier, Asbel Kiprop, Nijel Amos and Adam Kszczot. The women’s mile is almost as good as Muir takes on Jenny Simpson, Kate Grace and Hellen Obiri. Farah faces Eric Jenkins, Ryan Hill and Hassan Mead in the men’s 3,000.
*IAAF Preview London is where Keni Harrison set the WR last year
*The Latest Updates From London, Including Press Conference Video

International Weekend Action *Canadian Champs: Schedule, Results And Streaming Info

• Andre De Grasse Runs 10.11 To Win His Third Consecutive Canadian 100m Title De Grasse was disappointed by the slow time and said he was annoyed he couldn’t listen to music before the race as he forgot his headphones at his hotel.
  *MB: Official 2017 Canadian Champs Discussion Thread
• Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev Equals European-Leading 100m Mark With 9.97 At Turkish Super League Meet Guliyev becomes just the 6th European ever to have broken both the 10-second and 20-second barriers in the 100/200.
• Asian Champs Day 2: Hassan Taftian Won Iran’s First Ever Title In The 100m With A 10.25 Upset Victory Over Asian Record Holder Femi Ogunode Hosts India got a pair of golds in the 1500s from Ajay Kumar (3:45) and P U Chitra (4:17).
• Asian Champs Day 1: Iran’s Ethsan Hadadi Highlights By Winning His Fifth Asian Discus Title Super hot conditions (90+ degrees) lead to super slow distance races as the men’s 5000 was won in 14:54 (slowest ever winning time) and the women’s 15:57.

The TrackTown Summer Series Championship Is In the Books *Results

LRC Robby Andrews Gets The Worlds Standard But Not The Win, Windle Leads PR Parade, Eccleston Wins And So Does NY Empire Mid-d fans were not disappointed as Andrews got the standard, Gregorek the win, and Drew Windle kept delivering the goods.

LRC Post-Race Interviews From NYC

• Discussion: ROBBY ANDREWS GETS THE STANDARD
• How fast did The Freeze run that 100m tonight?
• TTSS Was A Great Meet, Idc What You Say
• Robby Andrews race scheduler – Fire that person now

This Normally Would Have Been Big News

Eliud Kipchoge Targets World Record At 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon If he breaks the 2:02:57 World Record, there will be no debate of his mark being legitimate.

• And This Would Have Gotten More Attention: Avery Anderson Is Named UCLA Track Coach The former Bruin football and track star was the coach at California State Northridge.
• De Grasse Confident Going Into Canadian Nationals This Weekend
• Professional Runner From Kenya Outruns 2 Bears While Training In Maine Woods Says it was scarier than encountering a leopard in a tree in Kenya.
• Anniversary Games 2017: Rooney And 4 X 400m Team To Get Bronze Medals From 2008 Olympics This Weekend At London DL Meet
• Rutherford Out Of Anniversary Games With Ankle Injury

Everyone Has The Marathon Bug

Brianne Theisen Eaton Is Going To Run The 2017 BOA Chicago Marathon “The biggest misconception among the general public is probably how often and far Ashton and I run. People think that we could run a 10-miler or jump in a marathon no problem. Let me put it this way, when we were training for the Olympics, we would complain about a 5-minute run, saying that ‘our calves got too tight,’ ‘our feet hurt,’ or ‘it’ll make us slow.'”

Hope You Had A Good July 4th *Top 20 Peachtree Results

Leonard Korir And Aliphine Tuliamuk Win USA 10K Titles At AJC Peachtree Road Race Korir won a close race over Shadrack Kipchirchir as he outkicked him by 1 second (28:16 to 28:17) while Sam Chelanga got third in 28:25, Derrick 4th and Lagat 5th. Tuliamuk won her 6th US road title in 32:49 as Sarah Pagano took 2nd (33:01) and Jordan Hasay 3rd (33:08).
*Top 20 Peachtree Results
*MB: Great job Bernard Lagat 28:42 10k and 5th place at the USA championships. Kevin Castille where were you?

Hungary: Kendra Harrison Runs 12.28, Omar McLeod Runs 12.96 In Hungary Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran 49.86, and David Rudisha ran a seasonal best of 1:44.90. *Full Results
*MB: David Rudisha (1:44.90 sb) returns to his winning ways in Hungary 
*Meet The 86-Year-Old Who Has Run All 48 Peachtree Road Races
*Runner In Cardiac Arrest Collapses At Peachtree Finish Line Not surprisingly, conditions were very hot and humid in Atlanta today.

Alaska: The Legend Grows: Allie Ostrander Wins Women’s Alaska Mount Marathon!

Fans/Athletes React To The TrackTown Summer Series

• Ken Goe: TrackTown Summer Series Very Popular With The Athletes, But What About The Fans? Multiple athletes said how thankful they were for the chance to compete at home in the US, but it remains to be seen if the series will make track any more popular.
• Oregon Public Broadcasting Talks To Fans After The Second Summer TrackSeries Meet In Portland The meet offered a chance for fans to get up close and personal with the athletes.

TrackTown Summer Series Portland *Results *Video Replay *Live Thread

LRC Portland Recap: Robby Andrews Drops Out As Ben Blankenship Wins A Thriller Over Merber And Engels, Windle Keeps Rolling The men’s 1,500m didn’t get the Worlds qualifying standard but it was three abreast racing down the homestretch. Drew Windle continued his good form in the 800 and Stephanie Garcia won the 3,000m.
Discuss: Robby Andrews just dropped out with 350 to go

Ken Goe Recap Of Portland: Surprise, Ben Blankenship Wins The 1,500 At The TrackTown Summer Series

Robby Andrews Post-Race Interview: “I’d be lying if (I said) there’s no pressure to get the world championships standard.” Plus news he’s been staying with Clayton Murphy.

Sprint/Field  News

• Bermuda Invitational Results: Wallace Spearmon Gets A 20.98 Win If that’s the final race of his career, it’s not a bad way to go out.
• Omar McLeod Says Paris Was “Juast A Bad Day” – He Had Cramps In Warmups
• South African Sprints Coach Expert Breaks Down Wayde Van Niekerk’s Chances For Double, 200m World Record
• Italian Champs Recap: Yadisleidy Pedroso 55.09 400m Hurdles The Highlight
• Janek Oiglane (8170) Of Ukraine And Alina Shukh (6208) Win European Combined Events Team Championship
• South African Junior Clarence Munyai Sprints 20.22 At African Junior Champs In Algeria

Distance News / Upcoming Action

• Recommended Read: Profile On Former Irish Olympic Miler And Current Agent Ray Flynn Looking Back At When He Broke 3:50 In The Dream Mile In Oslo Flynn ran 3:49.77 to set the still-standing Irish record and says that is the race he is “… most proud of. … I didn’t win any Olympic medals, but I think I got as much out of myself as I could.”
• Sunday: Robby Andrews Going For The 1,500 World Standard At TrackTown Summer Series Meet At Mt. Hood Community College In Oregon Andrews has until July 21st to run the 3:36.0 standard. There won’t be any rabbits in this one though, so he’ll have to hope for a fast pace or set it himself.
• Recommended Read #2: The Oregonian: “No Mystery About Ben Blankenship’s Race Plan Sunday At Mt. Hood – He Will Run To Win” “I would rather be last every time for 100 times to give myself a chance to win once.”
• Sunday: Kenneth Mungara Chasing A Hatrick At The Gold Coast Marathon In Australia He’ll face Yuki Kawauchi, whom he only beat by 1 second last year. Abebech Afework (2:23:33) leads the women’s race.
• July 4: Bernard Lagat, Chris Derrick, Leonard Korir And Shadrack Kipchirchir Lead Field For Peachtree Road Race The women’s race has Jordan Hasay, Neely Gracey and Aliphine Tuliamuk.
• MB: Craig Engels to NOP… BTC, OTC go home DEVASTATED

Distance News

• Recommended Read: Ed Caesar: “The Epic Untold Story Of Nike’s (Almost) Perfect Marathon From the special shoe development which started in 2014 all the way through Eliud Kipchoge‘s near miss, Caesar tells the inside story behind the Breaking2 project. A great read with lots of interesting insights like the fact that Kipchoge couldn’t sleep the night before the attempt he was so nervous and that the shoe designers joked that it would be “great” if their shoes were banned – “Just by opening an orange box you have an advantage? That’s the holy grail.”
• Mo Farah Admits He Still Has “A Lot More Work” To Do To Be Prepared To Defend His World Titles In London Farah said Ostrava was “OK, but not great” and showed he’s a bit rusty.
• European Indoor 1,500 Champ Marcin Lewandowski Gives Shares His Tips For Sport And Life “Unless you are David Rudisha you need to see what is happening during a race. You need to be smart, you need to think during a race and be alive to the tactical variables.”
• Trailer For New Boston Marathon Bombing Movie Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Is Out You might be thinking to yourself, “Didn’t this already come out?” Well, that’s because there were two other Boston movies out earlier this year (the movie “Patriot’s Day” starring Mark Wahlberg and “Boston: The Documentary” narrated by Matt Damon).
• Gabriele Grunewald Launches Her Own Website