– Galen Rupp talking ahead of tomorrow’s Prague Marathon about bouncing back from his disappointing DNF at the Boston Marathon.
LRC Official Prague Marathon- Galen Rupp Prediction Thread
LRC What To Expect From Galen Rupp At The 2018 Prague Marathon – Is Khalid Khannouchi’s 2:05:38 AR In Danger? Plus a defense of Rupp aimed at those of you who think he’s a 2:09 guy or not tough. *10 Minute LetsRun.com Podcast on Rupp and Prague
RRW Galen Rupp Ahead Of Volkswagen Prague Marathon: “This is shaping up really well.” Q&A with Rupp before Prague.
LRCOfficial Gwen Jorgensen Prediction / USATF Half Marathon Champs in Pittsburgh Thread Plus an interview with Gwen pre-race.
Listen On Demand:LRC Podcast: Kiprop Tests Positive, Rupp Is Running Prague, USATF Pulls Trials From Mt. SAC + Gwen Jorgensen Is Running USATF Half Listen via soundcloud, itunes, Stithcher, or via download.
MB: Michael Saruni Runs 1:43.25 To Break Donavan Brazier’s NCAA 800m Record At Arizona’s Desert Heat Classic Saruni ran over a second PR to break Brazier’s 1:43.55 mark from 2016.
*Post-Race Video Interview With Saruni
LRC Distance Recap Caster Semenya Sub-4 For First Time, 17-Year-Old George Manangoi 3:35.53, Emmanuel Korir Wins, Jenny Simpson Comes Up Short Of AR, Murphy 1:47 Caster Semenya went sub-4 for the first time, 17-year-old George Manangoi ran 3:35.5, and Emmanuel Korir got another win and Jenny Simpson came up short.
LRC 20-Year-Old Noah Lyles Runs 19.83 To Stay Undefeated In Diamond League – “My goal is just to dominate.” Race video as well.
LRC Doha Sprint & Field Recap: Noah Lyles, Steven Gardiner, Ta Lou, Keni Harrison Run Fast, Pichardo, Röhler, Perkovic Excel Eight world leads start the 2018 Diamond League season off right.
Mt. SAC Is OUT As 2020 Olympic Track And Field Trials As Bidding Is Reopened Because Of Lawsuit Things never seem to go easy for USATF. The USATF press release does not make clear, but Mt. SAC considers itself as out of the running for 2020. *Discuss
*OC Register:Mt. SAC Official Says They Were “Blindsided” By USATF’s Decision To Take Away The 2020 Olympic TrialsBrian Yokoyama said that neither Max Siegel nor any other top USATF officials were on the conference call informing them they had lost the Trials. Yokoyama also added, “Our stadium will be finished (by 2020). That’s a non-issue, although apparently not to USA Track.”
LRC History Of Prize Money At The Olympic Marathon Trials Last week it was announced that the 2020 US Marathon Trials will be hosted by the Atlanta Track Club in Atlanta, Georgia and that with “B” qualifiers getting their travel paid for, more money will go back to the athletes. The more inclusive approach of the 2020 Trials inspired us to go back and look at what the past Olympic Marathon Trials did in terms of paying prize money.
LRCPost-Race Interviews From London
LRC Final Crazy 4:22 Opening Mile And 13:48 Opening 5k Can’t Stop Eliud Kipchoge From Winning London In 2:04:17 And Showing He’s Still The Greatest On The Planet A 4:22 opening mile and 13:48 first 5k were way too fast, but they couldn’t stop Eliud Kipchoge from winning London.
LRC Final Vivian Cheruiyot Does It Again, Pulls Off Huge Upset And Wins 2018 London Marathon In 2:18:31 Vivian Cheruiyot stunned the world and Almaz Ayana in Rio in 2016. Today she stunned Tirunesh Dibaba and Mary Keitany and won the 2018 Virgin Money Marathon thanks to a massive 5-minute PR.
LRC With A New Approach, Tactics And London Victory, Vivian Cheruiyot Is Now One Of The Greatest Marathoners In The World This article was pulled from our final women’s recap above.
LRC Athletics Integrity Unit Responds: “No Mix-Up Or Tampering,” Kiprop’s “A” And “B” Samples Positive They deny Kiprop’s claims of tampering.
On The Boards: Kiprop Being Dirty & Not Paying a Bribe is More Likely Than Him Being Clean and Being Extorted
LRC Asbel Kiprop Releases Detailed Statement Of His Innocence, Explosive Allegations Of Breaches In Testing Protocols, Implies His Sample Was Sabotaged As a message board thread says, “Kiprop responds, and it’s wild.” Kiprop states testing protocols were violated, he sent cash to a tester, and the IAAF offered him a role as an anti-doping ambassador if he admitted his guilt. None of this proves his innocence, but he deserves his day in court.
LRC Asbel Kiprop Tests Positive For EPO – What Does It Mean? 5 Takeaways The greatest 1,500 runner in a generation has reportedly tested positive for EPO. What does it mean? The Rosas certainly have more explaining to do.
WTW Penn Still Triumphs For Collegiate Relays, Lawi Lalang Is Almost A US Citizen, Jenny Simpson Has Some Work To Do + Laura Thweatt And Anna Rohrer Are Back Penn had the crowds and the fastest collegiate times this weekend, which made us happy, and hopefully Houston gets a recruiting bump for bringing it on the national stage.
RRW A New Kenyan Star? 18-Year-Old Rhonex Kipruto Blasts 27:08 In Central Park To Break US All Comers 10k Record He’s only raced twice outside of Africa, but Kipruto has run 27:13 and 27:08 each time on the roads. He picked up a nice $40,000.
Day3: Team USA Dominates USA Vs. The World At The Penn Relays As Raevyn Rogers Anchored The Sprint Medley Team To A New WR Rogers split 50.48 to bring the team home in 1:35.20, breaking the previous record of 1:35.59. Team USA also got a win in the men’s 4 x 100, where the Justin Gatlin-led team ran 38.39 and the men’s 4 x 400, women’s 4 x 400 and men’s SMR. Jamaica won the women’s 4 x 100.
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LRC Week That Was: Eliud Kipchoge Is The GOAT, Paula Radcliffe Is Too, Josh Kerr Runs Fast, But Nick Willis Is Still King Plus Commonwealth Games, Joshua Cheptegei, Tim Don update. And Sarah Sellers wasn’t the only one to negative split Boston.
LRC Mo Farah Showed Us The “Size Of His Balls” And Earned Even More Respect Farah tested his limits in London.
LRCNew Mexico’s Josh Kerr Runs 3:35.01 To Break NCAA 1,500m Record As impressive as Josh’s run was, Jim Ryun ran 3:33.1 as a collegiate sophomore 51 years ago but it wasn’t during the collegiate season. In our minds, anything achieved before you go pro or up through the NCAAs of your senior year is the real collegiate record.
Discuss:*Josh Kerr breaks NCAA record 3:35.01!! @Clay Invite
*Why Isn’t Jim Ryun’s 3:33.1 in 1967 the American Collegiate Record?
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