– Excerpt from a statement on Facebook by Asbel Kiprop where he announced he’ll no longer fight the EPO charges against him. Kiprop, however, did not confess to being a cheat. He simply claims he doesn’t have the financial resources to challenge the IAAF. We are so angry by his post we’re considering raising the money for him on GoFundMe so he can be exposed (or vindicated). How much do you need, Asbel?
It’s Official:Rupp Vs. Farah In 2018 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon With Pacers! link fixed We’ll find out how friendly the ex-training partners are on the streets of Chicago.
From The Archives:5/28 Galen Rupp and Mo Farah: It’s more than you think!
*5/28 Okay so Mo actually does join Galen in Chicago, who wins?
WTW:NCAA Upsets, Katelyn Tuohy Vs. Mary Cain, Battle Of Sexes In Connecticut, LRC Singlet Gets First National Title Plus Leo Manzano went sub-4 and Georgia almost swept the NCAA titles after being 8th and 5th at the SEC meet.
Discuss: The LetsRun curse has been lifted – Leo Manzano has broken sub 4. What athlete should we name the LRC passwords after now??
Ken Goe:Preliminary Work Begins On Demolition Of East Grandstand At University Of Oregon’s “Historic” Hayward Field Opponents say demolition is in violation of state law, UofO says everything is fine.
LRC East Grandstand Supporters Issue Statement Saying Demolition Of Hayward Field Is Illegal Violation Of State Law “Noncompliance with ORS 358.653 constitutes a violation of state law, and so it is our opinion today’s work violates and invalidates the demolition permit issued by the City of Eugene for the Hayward Field Renovation Project. The City permit office has been informed of our grave concern about the willful destruction of publicly owned historic property.”
*MB: Historic Hayward Field may soon be a thing of the past – Demolition of East Grandstands may have already begun
LRC Stockholm Recap: Young Stars Duplantis & Echevarria Get First DL Wins, Echevarria 8.83!!!!!, Women’s 1,500 Goes Out In Sub-60 This meet was surprisingly entertaining with world leads in 5,000, 100H, 1,000 and discus. Jenny Simpson 4th in the 1,500.
2018 World Youth Silver Medalist Edward Zakayo (13:24 PR, Also 2018 CG Bronze) Vows He’ll Get Revenge On Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega At World Juniors Later This Summer We don’t think so. Barega won World Youths last year and will be at World Juniors this summer.
Memo Says Max Siegel Promised 2021 USATF Champs To Mt. SAC AFTER Pulling Out Of 2020 Trials Great reporting by Ken Stone. Meanwhile we’re one lawsuit away from Eugene not being ready for 2020 Trials.
Full Contract Between Mt. SAC And USATF For Hosting Olympic Trials Released Want to host the Trials? Come up with $3 million + all the expenses for the Trials.
Clayton Murphy Outkicks Drew Hunter In Portland Track Festival 1,500m Murphy ran 3:40.25 to Hunter’s 3:41.05. Eric Jenkins took the 5,000 in 13:21 and Drew Windle the 800 in 1:47.50 over Craig Engels (1:47.96) with Matthew Centrowitz in 6th. On the women’s side, Stephanie Brown ran 4:06.71 to win the 1,500 over Emily Lipari, Dani Jones and Alexa Efraimson. Marielle Hall won the 5,000 in 15:16.
Discuss:Clayton Murphy Takes Down Drew Hunter, Windle > Centro @8, Jenkins (13:21), Marielle Hall (15:16) Win
MB: Official 2018 NCAA Day 4 Live Discussion Thread
LRC USC Women Bring The Curtain Down On Hayward Field By Clinching The National Title In Dramatic 4 X 400 Relay Jonathan Gault provides his take on what was likely the final major race at Hayward Field.
LRCDistance Recap: Sammy Watson Gets Her First NCAA Title, Karissa Schweizer Her Last, Allie Ostrander #2 And Jessica Hull #1 The great NCAA career of Schweizer came to an end while Sammy Watson got title #1.
LRC Miss NCAAs On Saturday? Race Videos And Highlights
LRC Sydney Goes Pro Sydney McLaughlin did what we expected: turned professional.
RRW 2018 Comrades Recap: Bongmusa Mthembu Repeated, Ann Ashworth Pulled Off Upset In Women’s Race Ashworth, a 2:48 marathoner, was a surprise winner in the women’s race but the men’s race went according to form as Mthembu became the first guy to repeat since Stephen Muzhingi did in 2010-11.
*Amputee Runner Completes Comrades Marathon On His Crutches A wound prevented Xotani Luvuno from using his prosthetic, so he did it on crutches instead, completing the the 56-mile ultra in 15 hours, 50 minutes.
*MB: Comrades Marathon (Ultra Pace)
MB:It’s Official: Eliud Kipchoge To Go For It Again At 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon He’ll be joined by Wilson Kipsang and Zersenay Tadese.
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