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Quote Of The Day

“After the gun went and I entered the home straight I realised I wasn’t too far behind Usain. It is a crazy feeling to run alongside Usain. He has these giant legs and a huge stride and you feel you need to take two strides to his every one, just to keep up. As the line was getting closer I realize we were almost together and we dipped for the finish line at the same time. Usain gave me a first pump to say ‘you almost beat me’ (Bolt ran 20.29 to win 0.03 ahead of Hughes in second). Returning to the warm up area everyone was buzzing. People were saying you almost beat Usain. I received so many messages that day my phone froze. It was surreal for me, at the age of 19, to be given the chance to run against the greatest athlete in the world and push him hard to the finish line. I don’t think any other youngster had pushed Usain that close before. It is a moment I will always cherish. My mother still has a huge portrait of that image of Usain and I dipping for the line together hanging from her wall in her house in Anguilla.”

– UK sprinter Zharnel Hughes talking about the “most treasured memory” of his career, racing his then-training partner Usain Bolt at the 2015 NY Diamond League Meet.

NCAA D1 Regionals Are This Weekend & D2 & 3 Nationals D1 Results D1 Info D2 Info DIII Info

Upcoming Road Action

Sunday: World Half Marathon Champ Netsanet Gudeta Leads Field For TCS World 10k Bengaluru In India Gudeta will face world 10,000 bronze medalist Agnes Tirop and world half bronze medalist Pauline Kamulu.
June 9:Mary Keitany Vs. Molly Huddle Headlines New York Mini 10k They also face Desi Linden, Betsy Saina, Aliphine Tuliamuk and Boston runner-up Sarah Sellers.
June 16: NAZ Elite’s Olympic Trials 6th Placer Kellyn Taylor Running Grandma’s Marathon Taylor says she’s looking forward to using the fitness she built up before DNFing in the tough conditions in Boston.

NCAA D1 Regionals Are This Weekend & D2 & 3 Nationals D1 Results D1 InfoD2 InfoDIII Info

Meet Lisa Gunnarsson – Virginia Tech’s Freshman Pole Vault Prodigy The Swede, the best youth pole vaulter in history (who has lived in 5 countries and fluently speaks 3 languages), finds track and field way easier than gymnastics, which she quit at age 12.
Trackalerts Wonders If Michael Norman, Nathon Allen And Akeem Bloomfield Might All Go Sub-44 At NCAAs If they do it would be amazing as only one collegian has ever broken 44.00 in an NCAA meet and only twice has someone run a 43 and finished third in any 400.
What Did It Take To Qualify For NCAA Prelims? 2018 was the best year ever for the men’s steeple in the West (8:57.98) and women’s 800 in the East (2:07.96) and women’s 10k in the West (34:47). 800 on up only.

More Distance News

Recommended Read:Profile On Shanghai 800 Winner Wycliffe Kinyamal Kisasy, Who Plans To “Run Under 1:43 This Year” Interestingly, Kisasy started track and field in the high jump (PR around 2.00m) and actually started running to help his jumping.
MB:Desiree Linden Kissed By Taylor Swift Live On Billboard Music Awards
*Tweet From Chris Chavez With Video
RR:The Guardian Obituary For GB Runner Bruce Tulloh Who Famously Won The 1962 European 5000 Title Barefoot Tulloh, a sub-4 barefoot miler, had a very interesting running career as he broke the record for running across the United States by 8 days, taking 65 to complete the journey and spent time living with the Tarhumara Indians (made famous by the book, Born to Run).
MB:Boston Runner-Up Sara Sellers Now Sponsored By Altra
MB:High Schooler Brodey Hasty To Run International Mile @ Pre Classic This will be Hasty’s first outdoor mile, but he ran 4:00.05 indoor at Millrose.
Haile Gebrselassie Helps Inaugurate The World Health Organization’s “Walk The Talk Health For All Challenge” In Geneva
Video:Mo Farah Leads Manchester Bombing Anniversary Moment Of Silence Tribute
Caster Semenya:“I love myself and don’t care what people think of me.” “What I think of is the love that I get from my family, the love that I get from my friends, the love that I get from my nation.”
MB:Seattle runners. Cougar attack (fatality) in Washington: Same trail as the course used for downhill marathons?

Sprint Stuff

The Guardian:Sierra Leone Athlete Jimmy Thoronka Can Stay In The UK After Three-Year Legal BattleThoronka was found living on the streets in the UK after competing and defecting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Ebola virus killed his mother and four siblings while he was out of the country leading him to a “chronic traumatized state.”
Good Read: IAAF Profile:“Poland’s Men’s 4 X 400 Relay Quartet – When The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts” A look at the team that upset Team USA to win World Indoor gold in a WR-setting time this past winter.
South African 100m Record Holder Akani Simbine Shares His Earliest Sprinting Memories And Explains His Love For The Sport Simbine first discovered his speed when playing soccer because his team’s strategy was to kick the ball over the defenders and let Simbine sprint it down and score.
BBC:Former British Olympic 4 X 100 Champion Darren Campbell Home From Hospital After Suffering Brain Bleed
*Darren Campbell “Relieved To Be Alive” After Brain Bleed The 44-year-old had to be resuscitated after having a seizure.
Allyson Felix:“Women are definitely not seen in the same light as men, especially in the sporting world … I hope that changes for the next generation.” Talking about her competitiveness, Felix said, “I never want to be satisfied with losing and I don’t feel that will ever change.”
Video Interview With GB Hurdler Andy Pozzi On Dealing With Mental Health As An Athlete

Night Of 10k PBs / European 10,000 Cup Results Facebook Page

Germany’s Richard Ringer Wins European 10,000 Cup Title At The Night Of 10,000 PBs Ringer ran 27:36.52 to beat out France’s Morhad Amdouni by just .28. Also noteworthy was the fact that three Brits broke the 28-minute barrier in the same race for the first time in 35 years with 20-year-old triathlete Alex Yee (27:51.94) beating out Andy Vernon (27:52.32) and Chris Thompson (27:52.56).
*European Athletics Recap: Judges It Brilliantly To Win Euro 10,000 Cup Title
*MB:20-yr old British triathlete runs 27.51 for 10k in his debut (on a track)
Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Wins European 10,000m Cup In World-Leading 31:33.03 Romania’s Ancuta Bobocel was 2nd (31:43) and GB’s Charlotte Arter 3rd (32:15).
*European Athletics Recap
Athletics Weekly Article On 20-Year-Old Triathlete Alex Yee Who Debuted In An Impressive 27:51 At The Night Of The 10,000m PBs Yee: “The triathletes are the hardest workers out of any sport and my training partners and housemates all invest 30-35 hours per week in training and don’t get the credit they deserve. So it’s nice to come here and show what we can do.”
European Athletics: The Night of the 10,000m PBs has the perfect formula to engage the masses

Meet The Guy Who Has Run Sub-3 For 30 Straight Years But Ran 3:04 In Boston And Was Happy About It

LRC 30 Years Of Sub-3:00 Marathons: Despite A Setback In Boston, Mark Cucuzzella Is Looking To Extend An Epic Streak 51-year-old mark Mark Cucuzzella has run a sub-3 hour marathon for 30 straight years. One month ago in Boston, Cucuzzella ran his first marathon over 3 hours in his life and yet was happy with the result. “It’s a privilege and a pleasure to be out there if you have a busy day job … [Bad conditions mean] there [are] more war stories to tell. And you learn more from a race like that than [one run in] 50 degrees and a tailwind …”
*MB: Guy who has run sub-3 for 30 straight years reveals the secret – Don’t run hard as “running hard beats the shit out of you”

The Week That Was Goes To College

LRC The Week That Was: NCAA Conference Madness, All Hail The SEC, A 15-Year-Old Runs 1:47 And The Hotel 4 X 100 The quality of the NCAA track and field action in the year 2018 is insane. It’s so good that collegiate superstars like Michael Saruni (1:43 PR), Grant Fisher (NCAA 5k champ), Justyn Knight (NCAA XC & more) and Karissa Schweizer (NCAA XC & more) all suffered losses at their conference championships last week.

Upcoming Diamond League Action

May 26:Justin Gatlin And Christian Coleman Headline Pre Classic 100m Also in the field are Ronnie Baker, Isiah Young and GB’s CJ Ujah.
May 26:World Champ Phyllis Francis Vs. Allyson Felix And Olympic Champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo In The Pre Classic 400m Also World Indoor champ Courtney Okolo.
May 31:10 Diamond League Champions, 9 Word Champions And 8 Olympic Champions Will Compete At The Rome Diamond League Distance action will include Elijah Manangoi vs. Timothy Cheruiyot in the 1,500, Emma Coburn in the steeple with world champ Pierre Ambroise Bosse vs. world indoor champion Adam Kszczot in the 800.
June 30:World Champs Pierre-Ambroise Bosse And Caster Semenya Announced For Paris DL 800m

2018 Pre Classic Is Friday / Saturday

Listen On Demand LRC Special 2018 Pre Classic Preview Podcast How will Edward Cheserek‘s return to Hayward Field go? Who wins the stacked ____ (fill in the distance event)? Who has a brighter future? Noah Lyles or Christian Coleman? Plus a little Caster Semenya and Drew Hunter talk and discussion of Matt Centrowitz Sr.‘s thoughts on doping.

LRC 2018 Pre Classic Friday Night Preview: King Ches Returns To Hayward As A Pro; Are You Ready for Two LOADED Men’s Races (800 & 2 Mile)? Get ready – the men’s 800 and 2-mile at the 2018 Pre Classic are TOTALLY loaded.

Justin Gatlin Pulls Out Of Pre With Hamstring Injury It was also announced that Christian Coleman will no longer do the 100/200 double, but just the 100.
Ken Goe:“What if you held a meet and nobody outside the stadium noticed?” Goe laments that this weekend’s Pre Classic won’t get more attention and points out that there are no track athletes on ESPN’s annual list of the 100 most famous athletes in sports.
MB: Kyle Merber drops out of pre mile field
International Mile Full Field Released – It Includes HSer Brodey Hasty + Drew Hunter
World Champ Bowie To Clash With Olympic Champion Thompson + Schippers & Ahoure In 100 At Pre
LRC Ajee Wilson Hasn’t Thought Much About New IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations But Is “Glad” Caster Semenya Can Still Race For Now If the IAAF’s new hyperandrogenism rules stick, Ajee Wilson may be the biggest beneficiary but that’s not something she’s thrilled about. “I definitely know that I enjoy racing with them. I’m glad that they’re allowed to race still.”

Sprint Stuff

Recommended Read: DyeStat:The Rise Of Noah Lyles And The Mom Who Helped Make It Happen Researching the steps to a pro track career, scrounging money so Lyles could travel to big meets as a high schooler, helping manage his career and his finances, and flying to Florida to do Lyles rehab walks with him, Keisha Caine-Lyles is definitely an Olympic quality mom.
GB Sprinter Zharnel Hughes Remembers The “Most Treasured Memory” Of His Career Racing Usain Bolt At The New York DL In 2015 Hughes was a surprise challenge for Bolt who only beat him with a dip at the line by .03. Hughes says his mother still has a huge portrait of that finish line photo on the wall in her house.
Olympic 400m Champ Wayde Van Niekerk Targeting July Return Van Niekerk is flying to Doha for “intensive rehabilitation” as he continues to make his way back from the knee injury he sustained during a charity rugby game.
2008 Olympic 100m Silver Medalist Kerron Stewart Got Emotional After Running Her Final Race In Jamaica This Past Weekend The 34-year-old finished second to double Olympic champ Elaine Thompson at the Jamaica Invy before announcing she was retiring at the end of the season.
Jamaican High Schooler Christopher Taylor Motivated After Beating LaShawn Merritt Over 200m At The Jamaica Invy Taylor: “I was entered against the big boys and I came out victorious. It is just motivation for me going into World Juniors.”
Jumps: World Indoor Triple Jump Silver Medalist Almir Dos Santos Talks About How He Made The Transition From High Jumper To Horizontal Jumper In 2016

Looking Ahead On The Track

June 5:Throws Will Highlight The Pavo Nurmi Games With World Champ Johannes Vetter And Olympic Champ Thomas Rohler Facing Off In The Javelin Also world champions Sandra Perkovic (discus) and Pwel Fajdek (hammer). World indoor champ Samuel Tefera is in the 1500 while recent 8:33 woman Meskerem Mamo leads the woman’s 3000.
July 5:Olympic Champ Elaine Thompson, World Champ Tori Bowie And European Champ Dafne Schippers Will Clash At Lausanne DL Meet Worlds silver medalist Marie-Josée Ta Lou is also in the 100 while world champ Karsten Warholm leads the men’s 400H with Kyron McMaster and world leader Abderrahman Samba. Sam Kendricks vs. Renaud Lavillenie and Shawn Barber in the PV.
July 20: Caster Semenya (800), Timothy Cheruiyot (1,500) And Beatrice Chepkoech (Steple) Announced For Monaco Distance ActionNoah Lyles is in the 200, Mutaz Barshim in the HJ steeple, Omar McLeod in the 110H.
July 21: Slew Of Top Sprinters Added To Fields For London Anniversary Games South Africa’s Akani Simbine and USA’s Ronnie Baker join Christian Coleman and Andre De Grasse in the 100m while Kim Collins will run his final race on UK soil.

News From Europe

Callum Hawkins Will Race For 1st Time Since CG Collapse Against Mo Farah At Vitality London 10,000 Next Monday
15+ Minutes: Ato Boldon Interviews Belgium’s World And Olympic Heptathlon Cahmp Nafissatou Thiam
50 Days To Go Until World Juniors In Finland The Finns are trying to be environmentally friendly and will be giving the athletes tap water, not bottled water as their tap water is so clean it’s way cleaner than bottled water.
30% Of British Athletes Report They Have Seen “Unacceptable Behaviour” 17% of them say they’ve experienced.
Former European Indoor 3k Champ Bob Verbeeck Of Belgium, Now An Event Promoter, Says Athletics’ Strength Lies In Its Variety “Yes we’ll have the javelin going on the same time as a 100m or 10,000m, which are different sports fitting into one sport. But what we need to do is translate that better. We can’t have the assumption that people know what’s going on. As far as telling the story, we need to do a better job. Also it’s important how we mix in the ‘show element’ of the sport.”
Irish Marathon Olympian Lizzie Lee Says The Marathon Is Made For Older Women “Marathon is not a young women’s game. That’s because it is so mental as well as physical,” says the 37-year-old.
And Australia: 50 + Athletes Illegally Remain In Australia After Commonwealth Games Another 200 are trying to stay in some form or fashion in a legal manner.

2018 adidas Boost Boston Games *Schedule / Results

Day 2 LRC Shaunae Miller-Uibo Breaks 150m WR; Tori Bowie (11.05 100m) & Noah Lyles (14.77 150m) Grab Wins On the streets of Boston a world record (150m for women) and American record (women’s 200 hurdles) went down.

Day 1 LRC Drew Hunter Earns His Biggest Win To Date, Ajee Wilson & Charlene Lipsey Impress On Day 1 At adidas Boost Boston Games Hunter took down some big names to win the mile, while Wilson (1:59.27 800) and Lipsey (4:04.98 1,500) both posted US leaders. Plus Nick Willis explains why even if Asbel Kiprop doped (Kiprop denies it) and it cost him Olympic gold why he wouldn’t be the biggest casualty of Kiprop’s doping.

*MB: Official adidas Boost Discussion Thread
*MB: Drew Hunter does it! Takes down O’Hare + Willis + a 3:33 guy to get biggest win of career at adidas Boost
*MB:HS Josh Hoey Runs 1:48 in his record attempt Michael Granville‘s 1:46.45 seems safe.
*LRCVideo Interviews From Boston

International Results

Mo Farah And Tirunesh Dibaba Win Great Manchester Run 10k Farah ran 28:27 to beat out former Commonwealth 10,000 champ Moses Kipsiro by a second while Abel Kirui was 3rd. In the women’s race, half marathon WR holder Joyciline Jepkosgei went out at world record pace, but slowed allowing Dibaba to win by 49 seconds in 31:08. Betsy Saina was 3rd (32:25).
Double Olympic Champ Elaine Thompson Wins 100m In 11.06 At Jamaica Invitational In the men’s 100, Ronnie Baker won in 10.00 while world U20 leader Christopher Taylor beat LaShawn Merritt in the 200m with 20.49. Shericka Jackson beat world leader Blessing Okagbare in the 200 with 22.55.
Former Cornell Sprinter And European 200m Champ Bruno Hortelano Returns To Competition With A 400m PB Of 45.96 It was Hortelano’s first race in almost two years since he suffered severe injuries in a car crash.
Osaka Seiko Golden Grand Prix:Distance Records Go Down To Emily Cherotich Tuie In The 800 (2:00.22) And Shuru Bulo In The 3,000 (8:47)Ryan Gregson won the 1,500 (3:37.72) and Mostafa Smaili the 800 (1:46.18). Justin Gatlin (10.06) and Isaac Makwala (19.96) highlighted the sprints.
Course Records Fall As Ayana Tsedat (2:11:00) And Georgina Rono (2:28:22) Win The Riga Marathon In Latvia
GB Olympian Seb Rodger Highlights Loughborough International With 49.80 Win In The 400H
Roman Romanenko (63:58) And Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova (71:54) Win Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon

**2018 USATF Distance Classic – AKA Oxy *Results**

LRC Matt Centrowitz Wins 1,500, So Does Gregorek, Berian Struggles, Ce’Aira Brown Keeps Rolling: 2018 USATF Distance Recap Centro was only 5th in the 800, but he bounced back nicely in the 1,500 for the win.

RRW: Johnny Gregorek Is Pumped for Bowerman Mile: “I want to really run something fast … I’m going up to Eugene now to get locked and loaded.” Gregorek ran the fastest 1,500 of the night at Oxy, clocking 3:36.95, and says he’s now ready for his first Bowerman Mile appearance.

Oxy Discussion: Official 2018 Oxy Discussion Thread
What’s up with Centrowitz?

More Upcoming

Sunday: Mo Farah And Tirunesh Dibaba Headline At The Great Manchester 10k Farah is up against former two-time world marathon champ Abel Kirui while Dibaba will have her hands full with world half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei.
Saturday: Jamaica Invy Preview:Double Olympic Champ Elaine Thompson Faces Commonwealth Games Silver And Bronze Medalists Christina Williams And Gayon Evans In The 100Shericka Jackson vs. Blessing Okagbare and 400m World champ Phyllis Francis in the 200. In the men’s 100, Kim Collins is “coming out of retirement” (he called it quits this indoor season) for one more race in Jamaica and will face US’s Mike Rodgers and Ronnie Baker.
*From The Winter: Kim Collins At Peace With Retirement
Sunday:South Africa’s Lusapho April (2:08:32) And Kenya’s Georgina Jepkirui Rono (2:21:39) Leads Fields For Riga Marathon In Latvia
Saturday:Multi-Time Euro XC Champ Sergey Lebid Leads Field Of Europeans For The Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half In The Czech Republic Czech half-marathon record holder Eva Vrabcova Nyvltova (71:11) leads the women’s race.
June 10th:Christian Coleman And World 400H Champ Karsten Warholm Announced For Stockholm DL

LetsJump.com

GB’s London 2012 High Jump Bronze Medalist Robbie Grabarz Announces Retirement The 30-year-old said, “I’ve seen people carry on too long past the point of enjoyment and there is no need, life is too short and I want to feel positive about my time competing.”
Christian Taylor Plans On Racing The 400m Throughout The 2018 “Off Year” Season He says a “bucket list” goal is to break the 45 second barrier and he wasn’t far off in Shanghai with 45.24.
IAAF Inside Athletics Video: Ato Boldon Interviews World PV Champ Katerina Stefanidi
Nigeria Jumper And Sprinter Blessing Okagbare Looks Back At Her Experience At 2006 World Juniors In Beijing It was Okagbare’s first time flying and she became sick and had a terrible meet. But she said it was valuable experience for when she returned to Beijing two years later and won Olympic LJ silver.

Previous Doping News

MB:2:11 Marathoner And Flagstaff Resident Jordan Chipangama Gets 4-Year Doping Ban Chipangama tested positive on two separate occasions for meldonium.
Swedish Anti-Doping Hit By Fancy Bears Hacking Attack Fancy Bears have accessed and published records of doping tests performed on Swedish athletes.
Vitaly Mutko Replaced As Deputy Prime Minister For Sport And Put In Control Of Construction In Russian Government Reshuffle Remember that Mutko has been banned from the Olympic Games for life for his role in the Russian doping scandal.
Proposal For Detailed Audit Of Russian Doping Crisis And An Update On RUSADA Are Key Issues At WADA Meeting On Thursday RUSADA is pretty much a guarantee to remain non-compliant as they still haven’t fulfilled two reinstatement criteria, accepting the McLaren Report and granting access to the Moscow Laboratory.

Olympic News

German Athlete Panel Urge Thomas Bach To Change Rule 40 And Give Athletes More Money Rule 40 is the unpopular restriction on athlete advertising during the Olympic games which limits their sponsorship opportunities.
*LRC Archives:Why Can Soccer Stars Star In Commercials During The World Cup But Not Track And Field Stars During The Olympics? IOC Rule 40 Must Go!
*MB:RULE 40, is it BS?
*MB: Can someone show me where IOC Rule 40 says Athletes can’t thank their sponsors?
Japanese Man Arrested For Selling Fake Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals

Two Recommended Reads

RR#1 Fantastic Read On Patrick Sang, Who Compares The High He Gets From Coaching To Being On Drugs He also offers his one key to coaching success, “The biggest teacher to me is the feedback mechanism from the athlete. It can take a few months, maybe even just one month, to learn that.”
RR #2 Jeff Hollobaugh Takes An In-Depth Look (4,000+ Words) At The Greatness Of The Florida Program And Head Coach Mike Holloway Holloway’s Florida men have been top 3 at NCAA for 9 straight years, winning 4 titles including the last 2. However, the women’s team is pretty good as well and for the first time in his 11 years coaching both teams, both teams won the SEC outdoor title in the same year. “It was amazing, man. Absolutely amazing.”
Also Interesting Ross Tucker Gives His Thoughts On Why Women Dropped Out Of The 2018 Boston Marathon At A Much Lower Rate Than The Men This post is from last month but we aren’t sure if we ever had it on the front page.

Sprint / Field News

Kenyan 400 Ace Maximilia Imali (51.18 PR) Will Become Kenya’s First Woman To Run A Sprint Event In A Diamond League Meet In Rome
Meet Tom Walsh’s Coach Dale Stevenson, Who Doesn’t Charge Him A Penny “The best thing we decided was I needed to get really good at asking questions, probing, and that’s probably the foundation of our relationship. We don’t have a written contract; we never will. I don’t take a cent from Tom; never will. We’re doing this because we want to and to build on some healthy foundations.”
Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart Was Emotional After Running Her Final Race In Jamaica Over The Weekend The 34-Year-Old, who won 100 silver in 2008, is calling it a career at age 34.

NCAA News

The Oregonian:Few Chances Left To Say Goodbye To Historic Hayward Field The stadium (as is) hosted its last Oregon state meet over the weekend, will host Pre this weekend, NCAAs in June and “then an era will end.”
*Register-Guard‘s Austin Meek:“The pride of Oregon is on display at Hayward Field.”
*Ken Goe:“Debate About The New Hayward Field Is Unlikely Ever To End”
Washington Head Coach Greg Metcalf Steps Down After “Having Agreed To A Mutual Separation With The University” Metcalf: “I have decided that it is in the best interest of the program for me to step down.”
*MB:Metcalf steps down from coaching at University of Washington
Men’s Pre-Regionals NCAA Rankings No changes to the top 4, with Florida, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Georgia on top. Oregon moved up to 5th.
Women’s Pre-Regionals NCAA Rankings Southern California and LSU still 1-2, but Georgia moved up from 5th to 3rd and Oregon from 3rd to 5th.
Event-By-Event Top-10 Marks From The NCAA Weekend
The Bowerman Post-Conference Champs Men’s Watch List
The Bowerman Award Post-Conference Champs Women’s Watch List

News From The IAAF

Valerie Adams To Serve As The Official Starter For The IAAF Run 24:1 Series The IAAF Run 24:1 is a series of 24 one-mile runs that will be contested around the world to celebrate Global Running Day on 6 June.
Need A Job?Paris 2020 European Championships Is Hiring
IAAF Ratifies 66:11 Women’s Only Half-Marathon WR By Netsanet Gudeta Kebede They also ratified Poland’s 3:01.77 men’s 4×400 record from World Indoors, although this isn’t the WR anymore as Texas A&M ran 3:01.39 for 2nd place at NCAA Indoors.
*MB:Only track could have a dumb rule like this. Texas A&M loses 4 x 400 but gets credited with the WR

Distance News

The Guardian:Mo Farah Claims He Was Frequently Drug Tested At His African Training Camps Farah says he was tested every two weeks when he was training in Ethiopia ahead of the London Marathon and that it included blood and urine. Doping aside, Farah reveals that he’ll most likely be running either NYC or Chicago in the fall.
Good Read:FastRunning.com: Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen Peaking Too Soon? Robbie Britton writes that Norway’s athletes have a “prerequisite for burnout” and compares Ingebrigsten’s path to US high school/college athletes.
Interesting Interview Format:Carrie Tollefson Talks With Gabriele Grunewald While On A Run Grunewald talks about coaching Chip Gaines for his first marathon and gives an update on her cancer treatment. They’re a little out of breath, but the audio is fine.