– Italy’s former World marathon silver medalist Valeria Straneo talking about just being happy about being back out running a marathon again for the first time in two-and-a-half years this Sunday in Valencia.
LRC Girls: Katelyn Tuohy Breaks Course Record As Summit HS (Oregon) Stops Fayetteville-Manlius Win Streak Tuohy was impressive and Summit HS became the first West Coast team ever to win NXN.
LRCBoys: Loudoun Valley Repeats With Lowest Score Ever, Liam Anderson First Under 15:00 It was a record-setting day with a course record (course is only 5 years is old) and LV breaking its score from last year for lowest ever.
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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!?!!
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
RRW 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).
*Italy’s World Marathon Silver Medalist Valeeria Straneo Running Her First Marathon In Two-And-A-Half Years This Weekend In Valencia The 42-year-old has the fastest PB in the field (2:23:44), but after dealing with injuries for the last few years, she said she’s just happy to be back on the starting line.
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 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.
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
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.
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