Archived Homepage For November 30, 2018
Archived Homepage For November 30, 2018

The US Marathon Champs, Fukuoka and Valencia Are Sunday

Emma Bates all aloneLRC 2018 CIM/USATF Marathon Champs Preview: What To Watch For In The Deepest Marathon In America Will a veteran take home the titles or might a debutante – like Haron Lagat or Marty Hehir in the men’s race or Emma Bates in the women’s – win?
*MB: Official 2018 CIM Prediction/Discussion Thread

Bates_Emma_Portrait_30-Nov-2018_Sacramento_David_Monti (1)LRC Emma Bates thinks she can win the US marathon title on Sunday in her 26.2 debut Coached by a UPS driver and living in a house without electricity or water, Emma Bates says victory is the #1 goal.

Valencia: LRC Watch the Valencia Marathon For Free On Sunday – 2:05:15 and 2:24:48 All-Comers Records Are In Jeopardy Three sub-2:05 guys and seven sub-2:07 and three-sub 2:24 performers will attack the records. Watch it live at 2:30 am ET Sunday (8:30 local).

Fukuoka: MB: Might There Be A 1st Japanese Winner Since 2004 With a relatively weak international field and ten recent Japanese men who have broken 2:10, it’s possible a Japanese man wins for the 1st time since 2004. Race is at 10:10 pm ET on Saturday.

NXN Is Saturday *Live Webcast Sat. @ 12:30PM ET

Screenshot 2018-11-29 at 12.19.55 PMLRC 2018 NXN Boys’ Preview: Loudoun Valley (Va.) Tries To Become First Boys’ Repeat Champs In What Should Be A Tight Race The individual race is hard to predict as well but the top 10 boys in the country are all doing NXN.

Katelyn Tuohy Runs 4:33.87 High School RecordLRC 2018 NXN Girls’ Preview: Katelyn Tuohy Eyes Repeat & Will Fayetteville-Manlius Be Beaten For The First Time Since 2013? (Hint: Probably) FM has won 11 of the last 12 girls national HS XC titles, but that streak should end on Saturday in Portland.

*DyeStat: NXN Boys Projections:Loudoun Valley Faces Big Challenge From FM And Great Oak
*DyeStat NXN Girls Projections:Naperville North, Summit, Great Oak Pencil Out As Co-Favorites

Week That Was

Chespol_Winning_Manchester_2018_Cropped_Jane_Monti (1)LRC WTW: A Plan For King Cheserek, Celliphine Chespol Gets Paid, A Race Director Doesn’t Have To Die In Shame We’ve come up with a brilliant plan for Edward Cheserek to end his winter season at the World XC Champs. Plus some free coaching advice and a 55-year-old is tearing it up on the roads.

Young Stars In The News

International Distance Results

African Distance Updates

Manchester Road Race *Top Results

Chespol_Winning_Manchester_2018_Cropped_Jane_Monti (1)RRW The King Is Back! Edward Cheserek Destroys Paul Chelimo, Breaks Manchester Course Record On the women’s side, Celliphine Chespol won over Buze Diriba and Emily Sisson. *Hartford Courant Article
*Discuss

Silicon Valley Turkey Trot: MB: Emily Lipari (16:00) And Sam Parsons (13:47) Win Silicon Valley Turkey Trok 5k As she comes back from childbirth, Shannon Rowbury ran 16:44 145 days after giving birth, reminding us how amazing Gwen Jorgensen‘s 15:15 was (178 days after giving birth).

Interesting Read RW: How The Turkey Trot Became The Most Popular Race In America It all started with an 8k in Buffalo in 1896 that had 6 entrants and 4 finishers.

Pro Distance News

US Distance News

Glasgow Hosting Euro Indoors In 2019

Non-Distance

Non-Elite News

Euro XC Champs Are December 9th In The Netherlands

Doping / Corruption

High School Corner *Foot Locker Results *NXN Home *NXR Results: *NY *NE *SE

Non-Distance

British News