Archived Homepage For October 22, 2017
Archived Homepage For October 22, 2017
Quote Of The Day
– Justin Gatlin talking to ThePostGame.com about how he thinks Usain Bolt will back in 2019.
- Norways Sondre Moen - a guy we've never heard of - just ran 59:47 at Valencia half. 3rd best half by a non-african
- Claudia MF Lane - She just crushed Sarah Baxter's Mt. Sac course record with a 15:49
- Ryan Bailey, who was 4th in the 2012 Olympic 100, just made the 2018 Winter Olympics on boblsed
- RW says 43% of women - just 4% of men - have been harassed on their runs
- New user/post system troubleshooting thread
- What the worst big school at cross country in the NCAA?
- Famous rock bands that don't have the ability to play their music live
Jepksogei WR #6 In 2017 *Results
LRC Joyciline Jepkosgei Does It Again With WR #6 – Runs 1:04:51 For Valencia Half Marathon To Break Her Own World Record By 1 Second Jepkosgei’s amazing 2017 continued. In April she broke the 10k, 15k, and half marathon world records in one race. Last month, she broke the 10k record (and 5k world best) and now she’s lowered the half record again. *IAAF
This Weekend’s Previews *Tracking & Results For Toronto*TV & Streaming For Toronto
- Toronto: 2017 Toronto Marathon Preview: Dickson Chumba Headlines He wants the 2:07:05 CR. The race also includes defending champ Philemon Rono, past Tokyo winner Endeshaw Negasse and 2:04 man Tadese Tola. The women’s race has three 2:24 women in Fatuma Sado, Marta Megra and Sutame Asefa. *Free Live Stream At 8:15 AM ET
- Valencia: 2017 World’s Fastest Woman (Joyciline Jepkosgei WR Holder) And Man (Abraham Cheroben) Are Both Racing Valencia Half This Sunday Valencia will also host the 2018 World Half in March. *Free Live Stream May Exist At 9 AM CET (3 AM ET)
- Venice: Venice Marathon Preview: Priscah Cherono Will Try To Defend Her Crown
Profile Of Marine Corps Marathon Race Director Rick Nealis: For 25 Years, The Person Behind The “People’s Marathon” An interesting read for sure. When he started, the race spent zero on security. Now it’s a lot. The man who convinced Oprah Winfrey to race in year #2 wants to leave the sport better off and thus the race will offer reduced entry fees to those under 17 next year.
Lots Of Action In New York In Two Weeks
Shoes Companies Release Their 2017 New York City Marathon-Themed Running Shoes Personally, we love the look from Altra.- USATF’s Black Tie & Sneakers Gala – Which Features The 2017 USATF National Track & Field Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – Will Air November 8 On The Olympic Channel AJ Calloway, the co-host of TV’s “Extra” entertainment news magazine program, and “BET Breaks” host Jordyn Rolling will host the festivities.
High School Stuff
Will XC Eventually Be More Popular Than Football?Participation Rates In High School Cross-Country Have Been Steadily Increasing While Football Decreases- DyeStat:American Fork Boys Win Eighth Title In Nine Years, North Summit Girls Extend Streak To Five In A Row At Utah State Champs
*MB:Utah State Meet – 33 under 16:00, 3 under 15:00 at 4,260′ - MileSplit Catches Up With Former HS Runner 20 Years After Her Team Was DQed At The Florida State Meet For Having Different Style Running BriefsJessica Atrio: “Any girl who doesn’t want to wear a uniform like that shouldn’t feel required to wear a uniform like that, just as anyone shouldn’t have the right to tell someone what to wear.”
- Greensboro City Council Approves $200,000 Support For New Balance High School Outdoor Nationals
Upcoming Action / Looking Ahead
- Next Weekend:Ethiopians Getu Feleke And Feyse Tadese Added To Frankfurt Marathon Fields Feleke (2:04:50) has the fastest PR in a field with six sub-2:08 men while Tadese (2:20:27) heads a list of seven sub-2:25 women. Sara Hall is also in the women’s race.
- November 5:Course Record Holders Buze Diriba and Tyler Pennel Return For The EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler The men’s field is lead by World steeple 5th placer Stanley Kebenei and Boilermaker champ Silas Kipruto while Diriba will face World Half bronze medalist Mary Wacera in the women’s race.
- February 15:Polish Mid-D Stars Kamila Licwinko, Angelika Cichocka And Marcin Lewandowsk Will Feature At The IAAF World Indoor Meet In Torun, Poland
- Spring: Thanks To Construction Delays, Oregon Will Have Three Home Track Meets In 2018 They were originally not supposed to host any meets at Hayward until NCAAs.
Elite Distance Stuff: Team Ajee Wilson Grows
Kendra Chambers Joins Joins Ajee’ Wilson’s And Charlene Lipsey’s Training Group Under Coach Derek Thompson In Philadelphia Now sponsored by Oiselle, Chambers does a quick Q&A about the move to Philly and more.- Lawrence Cherono Feels Like He’s Ready To Race The World Marathon Majors After Winning Amsterdam In A CR 2:05:09 Tilastopaja.org says Cherono has run 10 marathons, but most of them have been over 2:10 and this was a big PR from his previous 2:06:21.
- Mary Keitany’s Husband Hints That She’ll Arrive In NYC In Similar Shape As When She Ran 2:17:01 In London Keitany has ruled out going for the outright 2:15:25 WR in the future though, saying, “You don’t plan to run a world record time, but run as fast as you can. Then see where it leads you to.”
Molly Seidel And Abbey D Are BAAACK
More Weekend Action *Toronto Results
Toronto: Philemon Rono (2:06:52) Breaks All-Comers Record And Wins $50,000 Bonus By 2 Seconds – Marta Merga (2:28:18) Wins Women’s Race (results only) Dickson Chumba was second in 2:09:11.
- Venice Turns Into A Farce: MB: EPIC FARCE AT VENICE MARATHON AS LEADERS GO A LONG WAY OFF COURSE
Performance Of The Weekend? LA Times: Claudia Lane Destroys Mt. SAC XC Course Record By Running 15:49 The 2016 Foot Locker champ took 11 seconds off Sarah Baxter‘s 16:00 course record.
*MB: CLAUDIA MF LANE
Two Of America’s Biggest Non Prize Money Marathons Were This Weekend *Marine Corps Results *Baltimore Results
- Marine Corps: Desta Beriso Morkama (2:25:14) And Sarah Bishop (2:45:07) Win
- Baltimore Was Saturday: Jordan Tropf – Former Navy Runner And Hopkins Med Student – Wins Men’s Title In 2:29:06 Silvia Baage won the women’s race in 2:59:36.
- New Baltimore Finish Line Gets Rave Reviews And Is Compared To Boston Marathon’s Finish On Boylston Street
Other Links That We Found On A Lazy Saturday Afternoon
- Great Article: Where Are They Now? A Look At What Happens To Irish NCAA Athletes Each year about 15 Irish athletes come to the NCAA. Some have become famous coaches like Ray Treacy and Marcus O’Sullivan.
- Emma Coburn Likes To Watch TV On The Road Her favorites are The Office [US version] and the Great British Bake Off.
- Ryan Bailey, Who Was 4th In The 2012 Olympic 100, Just Made The 2018 Winter Olympics On Boblsed
- Texas Tech Unveils New Track That Is Part Of New $48 Million Indoor Facility
Hour-Long+ Podcast With Steeple Medalist Courtney Frerichs- Luvo Manyonga To Leave University Of Pretoria Training Ground And Train Closer To Home In Port Elizabeth The idea of a former drug addict moving closer to where that addiction began probably is making some people nervous.
- Q&A With University Of British Columbia Steeplechase Star John Gay The 20-year-old NAIA superstar has run 8:36.
- Stephen Francis Steps Down As Head Caoch At MVP – Hands Reigns Over To His Brother Paul He’ll still coach select individual pros.
- Did Travis Tygart Play A Role In Covering Up Sex Abuse Allegations For US Swimming? The author seems to think so as Tygart was a lawyer for firm that worked with US Swimming.
US XC News
Nice Read Furman All-American Allie Buchalski (7th In 2015) Runs With Memory Of Deceased Father On Her Mind Her dad, who died in his sleep on New Year’s 2015, helped her get started in the sport by coming up with a month-long training plan for her when she was 6.- Isaac Wood Agrees With LetsRun – New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon Are The Ones To Beat In Louisville – Citius Mag
- Mt. SAC HS XC Is This Weekend – 10 Story Lines To Follow
- Triathlete Page Lester Made Foot Locker Last Year On 20 MPW
The Latest Corruption News
- Putin Accuses United States Of Pressuring IOC Into Banning Russia From 2018 Winter Olympic
- Embarrassing: Kremlin Says Putin’s “Old Friend” Steph Blatter Welcome To Attend World Cup In Russia
- Email Allegedly Shows Papa Massata Diack “Tried To Lock African Votes” To Take 2020 Olympics To Tokyo The logic of bribery in sports baffles us.
- WADA Publishes RUSADA’s Testing Statistics They conducted 2,778 tests last year with 503 in track and field.
Big City Marathon News
- New Qualifying Times Guarantee Entry To The 2018 Chicago Marathon Runners who hit a time based on gender and age (3:10 for under-30 men, 3:40 for women) get to skip the registration lottery.
A Look At The Celebrities Running This Year’s NYC Marathon They include actor Kevin Hart, model Karlie Kloss, former NY Giant Tiki Barber and women’s running pioneer Kathrine Switzer.- Dr. Michael P. O’Leary Named Next President Of The B.A.A. O’Leary is currently a tenured Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
- Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice:Milwaukee Marathon Is The Wrong Distance For The Second Year In A Row Last year it was ~.5 too long, this year ~.8 too short. Now they just need to be .3 too long next year and they’re golden.
Q & A With The Legend Who Has Held An American Track Record Longer Than Anyone Else
LRC Q&A Johnny Gray Talks About Having American 800 Record For 32 Years, Why He Considered Taking Drugs, & His Thoughts On Ajee Wilson Gray, the longest holder of a US track record (32 years and counting), shares all in this no-holds-barred interview. Who does he think has more potential – Clayton Murphy, Donavan Brazier or Boris Berian? Does he have doubts about Ajee Wilson after her positive test? All of that and more.
*MB: Fantastic Johnny Gray interview
*MB: Is Johnny Gray’s American Record run the fastest negative-split 800m of all time?
*MB: JOHNNY GRAY TRAINING
Negative News
MB:RIP Former Michigan All-American And 2:10 Marathoner Bill Donakowski, 61 Donakowski was the 1977 Big Ten XC champ, a multi-time All-American and won the US Marathon Champs in 1986. *Obituary- RIP Former William And Mary Coach Dan Stimson Stimson was the head coach at W&M for 25 years, coaching 64 All-American performances and an Olympic appearance.
- Fundraising Campaign For Triathlete Matt Russell, Who Was In The ICU After Colliding With A Vehicle During The Ironman World Championships Last Weekend Russell has been released from the hospital and is recovering under medical observation.
Will Usain Bolt Be Back In 2019?
- Bolt Eyes Football Career In 2018 – Says “A Lot” Of Cubs Have Expressed Interest The odds of this happening at a legitimate level are in our minds at best 10% of him returning to track.
- Justin Gatlin Says Usain Bolt Will Party For A Year, Then Return To Sprinting If we could bet on it, we’d be tempted to agree depending on the odds.
Interesting Coaching-Related Links
- Why Listening To A Podcast While Running Could Harm Performance Your body has to figure out where to send its energy and generally it’s going to the brain, not the body, if forced to choose.
- LetsThrow.com Team Of 40 Scientists Were Commissioned By The IAAF To Study Every Scientific Parameter Of 2017 Discus Finals – Here Is What They Learned
News From The Commonwealth
- South Africans Expecting To Rock April’s Commonwealth Games As April Is When Their Nationals Are Anyway
- With No World Outdoors In 2018, The 2018 NACAC Champs In Toronto On August 10-12 Will Get Big Time Attention 15,000 fans are expected to watch more than 600 athletes from 31 countries. A minimum prize fund of C$160,000 (US$128,000) has been allocated for each event and it will be on the CBC.
Andre De Grasse Is Eager To Get Back Into Competition After Hamstring Injury, 1st Goal Is 9.84 Canadian Record He says the key is to improve his first 30 meters.- After 4 X 100 Gold, It’s A Different World For Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake The former LSU star doesn’t get how Usain Bolt deals with all his off track responsibilities. “After we’d won the gold and we had all these obligations I said to myself ‘how does Usain Bolt do this every day?’ That’s his life, every day! I’ve got even more respect for him now. It was already at the top but now it’s ‘hey man, hats off to you.'”
4 X 100 Gold Medalist Adam Gemili Took Up Track After Soccer Clubs Said He Couldn’t Go To College If He Signed A Pro Contract- Details Of British Swimmers’s Private Conversations With Team Psychologists Were Disclosed To Coaches And Used Against Them One word – embarrassing.
Women’s Distance News
Runner’s World:Emma Coburn Just Had The Wedding Every Running Couple Dreams Of Check out some photos from Coburn’s and Joe Bosshard‘s Hawaii wedding.- Quick Q&A Catching Up With Alexi Pappas Pappas is training for her half debut, has started her own YouTube “vlog” and shares some other random tidbits like her favorite pre-race song and favorite poets/authors.
- New Study Intervenes To Help Female Collegiate Distance Runners Eat Enough Studying 180 athletes at UCLA and Stanford, MD Michael Fredericson found that a significant number of runners weren’t getting adequate nutrition or calories which lead to increased risk of injuries.
- Carrie Tollefson Does Podcast Q&A With Stephanie Bruce Bruce talks about balancing training with family life, doping scandals, and her thoughts going into the NYC Marathon.
- Carrie Tollefson Interviews 3-Time Olympian Jen Rhines Rhines talks about mental toughness, nutrition and racing as a master.
- 2011 Worlds 1,500 Silver Medalist Hannah England Elected Chair Of UK Athletics Athletes’ Commission
Sprints And Jumps
Video Interview:Pole Vault World Champ Sam Kendricks Actually Started Out As A Cross-Country Runner Kendricks says he has a lot of miles on his legs since he started running back in 4th grade and comes from a family of runners with two brothers and a dad that all run.- Good Read:After Two Disappointing Home Championships At London 2012 And 2017, GB Hurdler Andrew Pozzi Hopes Third Time’s A Charm At Birmingham 2018 CWG 2017 was only Pozzi’s second full season back after five or six foot surgeries, but after being in the shape of his life during indoors, he tore his hip flexor five weeks before Worlds and failed to make the final.
- Usain Bolt To Be The Starter At The Circuit Of The Americas F1 Grand Prix On Sunday
- GB Sprinter James Ellington Has Had Three Surgeries And Is Still In Pain Since His Motorcycle Crash 10 Months Ago, But Is Determined To Compete Again He admits watching GB win 4 x 100 gold at London Worlds was tough as he would have likely been on the squad.
- 2008 Olympic LJ Champ Irving Saladino Talks About How He Overcame His Struggles With Persistent Fouling For years Saladino would either foul out of competitions or not jump far because he was afraid to be too aggressive and foul, but overcame the issue to go out on a high note in his final season before retiring in 2014.
Week That Was
WTWWTW: A Closer Look At BYU's Dominance, Praise For Mo Farah, Galen Rupp, & Katelyn Tuohy, Let's Get Excited For World Indoors
We also take a look at the 2017 TCS Amsterdam Marathon and tell you what Bulldogs of Yale show what they have in common with Georgetown other than a bulldog as a mascot. Plus Kyle Merber's wedding makes the Daily Mail.
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