Archived Homepage For September 01, 2017
Archived Homepage For September 01, 2017

2017 Brussels DL*Full Results *TV & Streaming Information

kipruto-wins-gettyLRC 2017 Brussels Diamond League Recap: World champs Conseslus Kipruto, Faith Kipyegon and Hellen Obiri earn Diamond League titles In the men’s steeple, Evan Jager went for it but ran out of steam while Jenny Simpson ran a big seaonal best in the 1500 but got smoked. *FULL RESULTS

lyles-noah-brussels-2017-1America’s Next BIG Track Star Is HereLRC 20-Year-Old Noah Lyles Wins 2017 Diamond League 200 Final in Brussels How do you spell “total stud?” NOAH.

MB: Official 2017 Brussels DL discussion thread – Say it ain’t so The 2017 season end is near.

Fall Marathon Season Is Near

Doping Updates

Not Your Everyday News

Distance Updates: Crazy Quadruple For Ingebrigsten

Previous World University Games News  *Live Stream*Live Results, Start Lists, Schedule

Jamaican News

2017 Weltlkasse Zürich*Full 2017 Results *Video Of Farah’s Race

Screenshot (570)LRC The Great Mo Farah Ends His Track Career With An Epic Win After One Of The Craziest Finishes We’ve Ever Seen What a great way for one of the all-time greats to end his track career.
*Watch One Of The Craziest Race Finishes Ever (video)

Screenshot (534)LRC  What A Meet! Zurich Recap: Jebet Goes 8:55, Semenya, Kendricks, Manyonga, Barshim Stay Undefeated As Kenya Dominates 1,500, Gatlin Loses 100 The first DL finale of 2017 was an incredible track meet. We break it down with analysis, results and video.

Full Zürich coverage including our pre-race coverage in our special section.

Doping News: Only (?) Three Positives So Far From London

Jamaica / Bolt Updates

The Men Of The 800

Pre-Brussels News

LRC 2017 Memorial Van Damme Preview: Jager & Kipruto Chase Sub-8:00, Jenny Simpson Tries To Turn It Around, Amos & Obiri Look To Cap Dominant Seasons All great things have to come to an end and the 2017 IAAF Diamond League season concludes with the 2017 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday. We break it down for you.

Masters News

Track Season Is Winding Down *Zagreb Results

Weekend / Early Week Action

More Distance News

Distance News / Recommended Reads

LetsRun Exclusives

Emma Coburn Bronze MedalLRC Q&A:Emma Coburn Reveals The Greatest Race She’s Ever Seen, Greatest Workout Rep She’s Ever Run & What She Thinks Jenny Simpson Could Run In A Steeple Trust us, this isn’t your normal boring interview where you learn nothing about the person. We learned a lot about Coburn by sitting down with her in Zürich.

gabe-grunewald-videoLRC WTW: Gabe Grunewald Keeps Inspiring Us, Shalane Flanagan Gets Upgraded To Silver, And Why Wasn’t Dawit Seyaum At Worlds? A look around the running world.

Galen RuppLRC Is The 2017 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Being Watered Down So Galen Rupp Can Win It? Normally a world marathon major like Chicago has at least 6 or 7 sub-2:07 guys who can challenge for the win. This year Chicago has just two. Is a victory for Galen Rupp almost pre-ordained?
*MB: Is the 2017 Chicago Marathon being set up so Galen Rupp is almost guaranteed to win it?

Mid-Distance News

2017 New Balance Falmouth *Results

Stephen Sambu of Kenya wins his fourth New Balance Falmouth Road Race in 32:14 (photo by Chris Lotsbom for Race Results Weekly)RRW Stephen Sambu Edges Leonard Korir To Win 4th-Straight Falmouth Title; Sambu Is Now Winningest Man In Falmouth History Olympian Leonard Korir didn’t want to do any of the leading but Stephen Sambu was still able to outkick him and move past Bill Rodgers for the most men’s wins in Falmouth history.

RRW Kenya’s Caroline Chepkoech Crushes Field To Repeat As Falmouth Women’s Champ, Wins With Largest Margin Of Victory In 35 Years Jess Tonn took home top American honors.

Craig Engels edges Nick Willis (center) and Colby Alexander at the 2017 Aetna Falmouth Mile (photo by Chris Lotsbom for Race Results Weekly)RRW 2017 Falmouth Mile: Craig Engels Wins His First Pro Race Over Nick Willis, Hannah Fields Edges Nicole Sifuentes For Women’s Title

Labor Day Weekend Distance Action

2017 New York International Field Released

keitany-wins-londonMB:Defending Champs Lead The Way In New York’s International Field  Including Ghebreslassie, the men’s field features 6 sub-2:08 guys including Desisa and Kamworor. Including Keitany, the women’s field features three sub-2:20 women and five sub-2:22s.

Road News: Bekele Joins Berlin

2017 World University Games In The Books *Live Results, Start Lists, Schedule

ISTAF Berlin – Semenya Gets 600m Record *Results

Caster Semenya Breaks 20-Year-Old 600m World Best At ISTAF Berlin MeetSemenya ran 1:21.77 to break the previous mark by almost a second. Ajee Wilson also got under the previous world best, running 1:22.39 for second with Francine Niyonsaba third. *Race Video
*MB:Congrats! Caster Semenya ran 1:21.77 to break 600 m WR held by 1:22.63 Ana Guevara (Mexico) set in 1997

IAAF Meet Recap:Kenya’s Norah Tanui Breaks Meet Steeplechase Record With 9:03.70 As Gesa Krause Gets German NR In 9:11.85Colleen Quigley was 3rd (9:15.97). Other top action included Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen taking the 1,500 in 3:58.92, Sam Kendricks staying perfect in the PV by beating Worlds medalists Piotr Liesk and Renaud Lavillenie, and Aries Merritt (13.17) and Christina Manning (12.54) taking the sprint hurdles.
*MB: 3:58.92 for Klosterhalfen in Berlin today
*MB: What happened to Courtney Frerichs in Berlin? Frerichs didn’t finish, but had tweeted before the race that she was only pacing.

More Sprint Stuff

Saturday / Sunday Action

General State Of The Sport News

Duel In The Sun

solar-eclipseLRC Investigates Epic iPhone Failure: iPhone Fails To Record Solar Eclipse – Is This A Sign From Above It’s Time To Short Apple (AAPL)? A LetsRun.com investigation reveals that Apple’s much-hyped iPhone is incapable of properly recording the solar eclipse. Is this a sign that it’s time to dump AAPL?
*MB: Discuss

A Look Back At 2017 Worlds

LRC Track Talk Post-Worlds 2017 Podcast We took a look back at the highs and lows of Worlds, wondered if Emma Coburn‘s gold was the result of white privilege and got excited for the rest of the DL season. Archive coming soon.

Coburn and Frerichs take gold and silverLRC The Grades Are In: USA Distance Runner Report Cards From The World Championships In London We rank everyone from A++ to D.

edris-wins-farah-loses-2LRC The Five Races We Most Want To See After The World Championships, Including Jenny Simpson Vs. Emma Coburn In The Steeple The good news for track fans is they should see 4 of these matchups in the next 2 weeks. The Jenny vs. Emma one is the only one not likely to happen.

Sam Kendricks On Top of World in 2017LRC What A Year Sam Kendricks Is Having And Hope You Didn’t Bet Big On The Favorites If you placed bets on the favorite at Worlds, you would have lost a lot.