Archived Homepage For April 12, 2018
Archived Homepage For April 12, 2018

Until The Boston Marathon

rw-hires-horizontal-dark-on-whiteLRC LetsRun.com $200,018 Running Warehouse Boston Marathon Prediction Contest You too could be an American winner in Boston on Monday. Give us your top 3 from our scorer and the winning time. RWarehouse gift certificate and adidas sub 2 racing flat to winners.

radioshowLRC Blowout Boston Marathon Coverage Starts Friday with 3 Straight Days of 2 Hour Live Runner’s Digest Podcasts with Toni Reavis from Tracksmith Trackhouse There is one place to be for your Boston coverage this weekend. Actually two: LetsRun.com and the Tracksmith Trackhouse (if you’re in Boston).

Galen Rupp wins the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in a personal best 2:09:20 (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)LRC Men’s Preview, Part I: Galen Rupp Seeks Revenge Against Defending Champ Geoffrey Kirui An American-born man hasn’t won the Boston Marathon since 1983. Galen Rupp enters Monday’s race in the form of his life, but will that be enough as the men’s field is a lot more difficult to win this year than last?

LRC Men’s Preview, Part II: How Will The Americans Fare? We give you all you need to know on all the Americans not named Galen Rupp.

Flanagan ended the U.S. women's drought in NYC; can she do the same in Boston?LRCWomen’s Preview: Flanagan And Hasay And Huddle And Linden, Oh My! An American woman has never won the Boston Marathon during the professional era. That could change on Monday as a “Fantastic Four” from the USA takes on a shallow international field.

Jordan Hasay and Molly Huddle in advance of the 2018 Aramco Houston Half-Marathon (photo by David Monti for Race Results Weekly)The Inside Scoop LRCThe Running Experts Sound Off & Tell Us Who Will Win Boston & Whether They’re Rooting For Galen RuppWe reached out to 8 of America’s top athletes/coaches and 6 got back to us with their feelings about the Boston Marathon which will take place next Monday. Most expect big things from Molly Huddle in the women’s race and Galen Rupp in the men’s.

Week That Was

Screenshot 2018-04-10 at 15.32.09LRC 30 Years Ago, Belayneh Densamo Ran the First Sub-2:07 Marathon, Erick Kiptanui And Joan Melly Are Half Marathon Stars Ridiculous road action including Betsy Saina getting it done in Paris.

Will Mt. SAC Lose The 2020 Olympic Trials?

It Was An Incredibly Busy Weekend On The Roads

Rotterdam MB: Kenneth Kipkemoi Comes From Behind To Win Rotterdam Marathon In 2:05:44 In His Debut The 33-year-old winner has PRs of 13:03/26:52/59:01 at shorter distances. Visiline Jepkesho won the uneventful women’s race in 2:23:47. *Video Of End Of Men’s Race

Paris MB:Betsy Saina Holds On For Narrow 4-Second Win In 2:22:55, Paula Lonyangata Defends In 2:06:25 The third time was certainly the charm for Saina, who DNFed her 1st two marathons last year, but got the win in #3. Ex-doper Mathew Kisorio, who once said there was lots of doping in Kenya, was 2nd in the men’s race.

Berlin Half MB:Wow: Erick Kiptanui Goes For WR (13:32 Through 5k), Wins In 58:42!! He was on WR pace through 14k.

Lengthy Reads We Really Enjoyed

Paul Kimmage Catches Up With Ireland’s Catherine McKiernan 20 Years After Her London Marathon Win The country girl who never liked the spotlight that came with being a star was a 4-time World XC runner-up who found her home in the marathon where she was the best in the world in 1997-1998, but injuries prevented her from Olympic glory. This nearly 6,000-word piece is much more than about just running – it’s about life – and finding yourself after a devastating divorce.

How Gabby Thomas Developed Into The 200m Collegiate Record Holder At Harvard Coach Kebba Tolbert has done a masterful job. Read all about it in this 3,500+ word piece by Johanna Gretschel.

Where Your Dreams Become Reality Podcast

Screenshot 2018-04-11 at 17.48.44LRC  Tyler Andrews: From 18 Minutes For 5k In High School To 50k World Record? Tyler Andrews couldn’t break 18 minutes for 5k in high school and was a “music nerd.” Friday he’ll attempt to break the 50k world record on the track. How did he get so much better? Our “Dreams Become Reality” podcast attempts to find out.

2018 Commonwealth Games *LRC CG Preview*CG Schedule & Results*TV & Streaming

Looking Ahead On The Roads

$200,018 Running Warehouse Indoor Prediction Contest Winners

profileLRC The Best Of LetsRun.com: We’re Giving Away 4 Pairs Of Shoes To Needy High Schoolers Thanks To The Winner Of Our Running Warehouse Prediction Contest The winner of our indoor prediction series is giving away his prizes.

2015 CCC ChampionshipLRC Meet The Winners Of Running Warehouse Indoor Prediction Contests – One Guy Has A Chance To Win The NCAA Triple Crown Of Prediction Contests Yes, the winner of our NCAA XC contest also won our NCAA indoor contest. Pretty amazing.

Previous Commonwealth Games News

Day 3: Caster Semenya Storms To Commonwealth Games 1,500 Title Semenya ran 4:00.71 to set a championship record and dominate Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech (4:03.09) over the final 150m.
*IAAF Recap:Jamaica Strikes Back With Double Gold From Ronald Levy (110H) And Kimberly Williams (TJ) In the 400, Isaac Makwala got redemption from last year (where he wasn’t allowed to race the World 400 final) by taking gold here in 44.35. Grenada’s Lindon Victor won the decathlon and Nijel Amos was the fastest through the 800 heats (1:45.12).
*England’s Olympic Bronze Medalist Hammer Thrower Sophie Hitchon Had A Nightmare Final As She Fouled All Three Of Her Attempts New Zealand’s Julia Ratcliffe won the event with 69.94m.

Blake_YohanFH-WorChp11Day 2:Akani Simbine (10.03) Upsets Yohan Blake For 100m Gold The women’s 100 went to Michelle-Lee Ahye (11.14). Tom Walsh also won the shot put as expected.
*GB’s Adam Gemili Had To Withdraw From The 100 Final With An Injury
*World Mountain Champ Stella Chesang Wins Women’s 10k For Uganda
*MB: Day 2 Commonwealth Games Discussion Thread

Day 1 CG: MB: Joshua Cheptegei Runs 3:58 Final 1,600 To Beat Mo Ahmed For 5,000 Gold Wisco star Morgan McDonald was a well-beaten 8th.
*Dai Greene Suffers Yet Another Injury Setback, Withdraws From Commonwealth Games With Grade 1 Hamstring Tear

US Track Action

Cruz Culpepper crushed it the final lapArcadia: LRC Cruz Culpepper Gets His First Major Win With 56.8 Final Lap In Mile, Mooney Twins Impress, Great Oaks Wins 5 Of 6 Distance Relays Cruz Culpepper, son of Olympians Alan and Shayne, got his first major high school win and he’s only a sophomore. The winning times in the distance races were 4:13.14, 4:39.63, 8:50.95, and 10:02.56. *Official Arcadia Thread *LA Times Recap

Screenshot 2018-04-08 at 01.26.46LRC USC’s Michael Norman Runs 20.04 Into Wind, Steven Gardiner Runs 19.75 National Record Includes video of Norman’s run.

Previous NCAA News

2018 Commonwealth Games – Day 4

Negative News

Post-Weekend NCAA Updates