Emily Lipari leaves it late for the W in the women’s 1500, 4.08.01 pic.twitter.com/ENsgzY3VdJ
– Morton Games (@MortonGames) July 19, 2018
– Finish of the women’s 1,500 at the Morton Games yesterday in Ireland where Elinor Purrier led until the very last step but was beaten by Emily Lipari.
MB: Elinor Purrier celebrates too early and finishes 2nd as a result? You be the judge
LRC What A Meet: Full Monaco Recap: Steeple World Record, Sub-8 For El Bakkali, Miller-Uibo Sub-49 400, Amos Is Back This meet had it all and we recap it all.
LRC 10 Crazy Stats From Absolutely Bonkers Monaco Diamond League Meet A 17-year-old Norwegian is now 3-0 vs. Matthew Centrowitz, and much more.
LRC Final Beatrice Chepkoech DESTROYS The Steeplechase World Record, Courtney Frerichs Sets American Record In Monaco Women’s Steeplechase In one of the greatest runs in women’s distance running history, Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech absolutely destroyed the WR by running 8:44.32. She wasn’t the only one to run fast as the race featured a record 7 women under 9:10 and three national records.
*MB: COURTNEY MOTHER FV<KIN FRERICHS
Monaco Shot Put: Ryan Crouser Wins Deepest Shot Put In History In Monaco With 22.05 Heave It was the first time that 7 men threw farther than 21.20.
NY Times Does Extensive Statistical Analysis Of Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% Using Strava Data And Determines It Is Indeed 3-4% Better Using race data from more than 500,000 marathons and half marathons, they also found that runners using the shoes run 1% faster than those using any other racing shoe. The article is entitled, “Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much Faster. What if That’s Actually True?”
*MB: NYTimes research suggests that Nike Vaporfly may actually be 4% faster based on Strava data
LRCThe University Of Oregon Names Ben Thomas – Formerly Of Virginia Tech – As Its New Distance Coach Additionally, Pete Watson (formerly of UVA) will be moving to coach the men’s distance runners at Texas.
*MB:2018 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
*Register-Guard Article
Fri Night: Good Read:Q&A With Olympic Trials 4th Placer Amanda Eccleston Ahead Of Tonight’s Liberty Mile In Pittsburgh Eccleston explains that she always wanted to be a miler and considers herself lucky that her talent actually lined up with the event she wanted to do.
LRC Is It Good To Be A Young Phenom At World Juniors? Mexican And Indian 800 Records Fall, Bernard Lagat Still Has It, And Athletics World Cup Two Jamaican-Americans put on a show at World Juniors, Michael Norman joined a select club, Bernard Lagat still has it, and more.
LRC Mary Cain Winds Up A DNF In Her First Track Race In 2 Years Mary Cain‘s return to the track after a 2-year hiatus did not go well. Kiwi Camille Buscomb got the win in 8:45 as Elinor Purrier also set a PR for second. Other results included Sam Prakel winning the mile in 3:56.09 (Ben True was 6th in 3:57.83), Puerto Rico’s Ryan Sanchez beating Eric Sowinski over 800m (1:45.73 to 1:46.09), a 2:02.45 win from Laura Roesler in the 800 and Aussie Brett Robinson winning the 3,000 in 7:59.65 over Jordy Williamsz.
Pre-Race LRCWatch Mary Cain’s Return To Racing Over 3,000m In Ireland Today At 3:05 PM ET*Discuss
Outside Magazine Asks An Interesting Question: Is It Fair For Runners To Compete In Prototypes? A recent IAAF rule change states “any type of shoe used [in competition] must be reasonably available to all in the spirit of the universality of athletics.” However, it doesn’t seem that they have any plans to ban the use of prototypes in races – something that athletes like Eliud Kipchoge and Galen Rupp have done recently with the Nike 4%.
IAAF Responds To Open Letter From The Women’s Sports Foundation And Athlete Ally As they say in their statement, “The IAAF has been one of the foremost advocates for women’s sport for almost a century.” There are few sports out there that have as much sex equality as track and field.
*From Last Week: Women’s Sports Foundation And Athlete Ally’s Open Letter The most notable track athlete to sign the letter was Suzy Favor Hamilton. T&F women won’t speak out publicly due to fear of backlash, but we’re sure most support the IAAF’s new regulations.
*IAAF Hammering In Their Point:“IAAF Supports Push For Gender Equity In Leadership Positions”
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