– Announcement from the organizers of the Shenzhen Half Marathon after they had to disqualify over 250 runners for various forms of cheating at their race last weekend.
LRC 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
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.
LRC 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.
LRC 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
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.
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
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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.
LRC Q&A: Adam Goucher Talks Running With The Buffaloes, His Greatest Running Memories, & The Stress Of Becoming A Whistleblower Against Alberto Salazar & NOP Goucher reveals that he thinks a resolution is looming soon in the Nike Oregon Project doping case. “I think it’s coming very, very soon, but until there is that ultimate resolution, you’re just kind of waiting.”
*MB: Breaking: Adam Goucher says he thinks a resolution to the Salazar/NOP doping investigation is “coming very, very soon”
*MB: If Adam Goucher graduated in 2018, would he get a shoe deal?
LRC Where Are They Now? Catching Up With the Members Of The 1998 University Of Colorado XC Team 20 Years After “Running With The Buffaloes“ We catch up with the key figures from Running With The Buffaloes 20 years later.
LRC Running With The Buffaloes At 20: Author Chris Lear Reflects On The Running Cult Classic In An In-Depth Interview
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*MB: Running with the Buffaloes 20 years later – We catch up with Adam Goucher, Chris Lear and the Buffs
The Final Day In Ethiopia:Kenenisa Bekele’s Bar & Training “Camp” With A Guy Who Beat Gebrselassie At Worlds
Day 3 LRC Day 3 In Ethiopia: Hagos Gebrhiwet Wins, Haile G Dances, And … No Porta-Potties? LRC spent Day 3 at the Great Ethiopian Run, which saw wins for Hagos Gebrhiwet (28:54) & Foten Tesfaye (33:43). Our distinguished author even managed to run the race himself and went to Haile G‘s house afterwards.
*MB: Day #3 in Ethiopia: I broke bread with Haile G, watched him dance, and watched the Dallas Cowboys soar to 5-5 ask me anything
Day 1 LRC LetsRun.com Goes To Ethiopia, Day 1: Arrival In Addis Ababa, Meeting Haile G, & A Run-In With The Ethiopian Military
*MB: LetsRun.com Is Making Its First Trip to Ethiopia. … What Should We Know and What Do You Want to Hear!?!!
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