– Bernard Ouma, coach of world gold and silver 1500m medalists Elijah Manangoi and Timothy Cheruiyot, talking about their plans ahead of the 2017 World Championships. Their plan worked out perfectly as Manangoi and Cheruiyot went 1-2 in 3:33.61 and 3:33.99.
LRC The Secrets Of The World’s Best 1500-Meter Training Group: How Elijah Manangoi, Timothy Cheruiyot, & Coach Bernard Ouma Turned Rongai Athletics Club Into A Powerhouse The world’s best 1,500-meter training group trains under the direction of a karate master-turned coach (Bernard Ouma) and they regularly dodge giraffes and even an occasional leopard in a National Park in their quest to be become champions.
*MB: The Secrets of the World’s Best 1500-Meter Training Group – Rongai Athletics Club
LRC How Much Do Pro Track & Field Athletes Make? We Polled 5 Agents To Find Out; Make Your Guesses Before We Reveal The Answers Next Week One of the biggest mysteries about the sport of track and field is how much the top pros make. We at LetsRun.com will unveil the secrets next week but want to hear your take first.
Results: Miller-Uibo Wins The Stacked 200, Emmanuel Korir Runs 1:42.73, Stewart McSweyn Continues To PR And Wins Mile, Muir Fails To Get British 1k Record The men’s 100 was VERY tight but in the end Christian Coleman was given the 9.94 win over Reece Prescod (same time). Disappointing days for people like Clayton Murphy (DFL but he earned our respect for going for it) and Drew Hunter (3:58).
LRC Travel Woes, A Finish Line Fall, & A Full-Time Job: How Charlie Marquardt Went From A Zero-Time DIII Champ To A 3:55 Miler Marquardt, who was a three-time NCAA DIII runner-up at Haverford, has no shoe contract, works a full-time job and just broke 4:00 in the mile for the first time in style – skipping the 3:59s, 58s, 57s and 56s entirely – running 3:55 at the Sir Walter Miler on August 3.
*MB: Meet Charlie Marquardt – a guy with a full-time job and no shoe contract who just broke 4 for the 1st time in style @ 3:55
*MB: Dude dives at line to go sub 4 for the first time and comes up …. short
LRC $20,018 LRC Running Warehouse Diamond League Finals Prediction ContestPick your top 3 in the running events from our simple guide. Idiots and geniuses can play.
LRCThe Votes are In and These are the Favorites in All the Running Events at the Diamond League Finals Shelby Houlihan is picked by 74% of voters to win. That’s actually the second lowest win % for a women’s running event.
LRCRanking The Distance Races At The 2018 Diamond League Finals From Least To Most Watchable Can Caster Semenya break the WR, Evan Jager break 8:00, can Coburn or Frerichs break 9:00, will any man break 13:00, can Sifan Hassan complete the 1,500/5,000 double? Those questions and more will be answered on Thursday and Friday.
LRC6 Non-Distance Events We’re Hyped For At The 2018 Diamond League Finals We hope you have some free time on Thursday and Friday (2-4 PM ET) as it’s one of the best days of the year for track and field fans.
Asbel Kiprop Publishes Video Of Him Making Out With His Pacemaker’s Wife As He Thinks The Pacemaker Set Him Up For EPO Bust2008 Olympic champ Asbel Kiprop has published a salacious video of him making out with his pacemaker’s wife. Those in the know think Kiprop did so in retaliation for the pacemaker setting him up for the EPO bust out of anger for the affair. The woman has sadly tried to commit suicide.
American Field Announced For 2018 Chicago Marathon – Gwen Jorgensen Leads The Additions The fastest additions on the men’s side include Elkanah Kibet (2:11:31), Tyler McCandless (2:12:28), Aaron Braun (2:12:54) and Kiyra Dandena (2:12:56).
*MB: BREAKING: Gwen Jorgensen to run 2018 Chicago Marathon
Bernard Lagat To Make His Marathon Debut At The 2018 NYC Marathon At The Age Of 43 There is mention of Meb Keflezighi‘s 2:12:20 US Masters record and Lagat’s 62:00 half marathon PR from Houston 2018 is worth about a 2:12:00 on a flat course, but obviously NYC is slower. *Discuss
*Full Men’s Elite Field 2017 Dubai champ Tamirat Tola, 2017 London champ Daniel Wanjiru, & 2018 London runner-up Shura Kitata will take on reigning champ Geoffrey Kamworor. Notable Americans include Abdi Abdirahman, Shadrack Biwott & Chris Derrick.
Mary Keitany, Vivian Cheruiyot And Molly Huddle Added To 2018 NYC Field Shalane Flanagan faces a daunting task if she is going to repeat as Keitany and Cheruiyot are two of the best in the business.
LRC Week That Was: A 17-Year-Old Is Dominating Europe, Everyone Is Medaling In North America, And What Is The Real American 1,500 Record? A look back at an interesting week in the track and field world.
LRC Yomif Kejelcha Goes Fast Like Mo Farah, Emmanuel Korir Joins A Special Club, Nick Willis Extends Streak, Ben Flanagan Wins Falmouth It’s not true that Mo Farah never went for a fast time.
LRC Birmingham DL Preview: Emmanuel Korir Battles Clayton Murphy, Laura Muir Goes For UK 1000m Record, & Loaded Sprint Races After a month break, the DL is back and it’s going to be intense as it marks everyone’s last chance to qualify for the DL finales.
LRC Gwen Jorgensen’s High School Teammate, A Coach Of Geniuses, And 20th Placer At Olympic Marathon Trials Win Running Warehouse Summer Prediction Contests Meet the winners of the LetsRun.com Running Warehouse Prediction contests.
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