Unbelievable.
Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha missed the new world record by 0.01 of a second in an incredible performance in the Men's Wanamaker Mile at the @MillroseGames. pic.twitter.com/3YtASyPZWe
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LRC So Close – Yomif Kejelcha Misses Breaking Mile World Record By .01 Of A Second At 2019 Millrose Games You can’t get any closer to the WR than Yomif Kejelcha did on Saturday night at the 2019 Millrose Games.
LRC Michael Saruni (1:43.98) Becomes 2nd Man To Break 1:44 Barrier Indoors, Donavan Brazier (1:44:41) Breaks American Record In Millrose 800 The TV portion of the meet started off with a bang as Saruni ran the third-fastest indoor 800 ever and Brazier shattered Johnny Gray‘s indoor AR, which had stood since 1992. Updated with videos and quick takes.
LRC Ajee’ Wilson Gets Her American Record Back* By Running 1:58.60 To Win Millrose 800 The Jamaican record also fell to Natoya Goule.
LRC Q&A Ahead Of Her Mile At Millrose, Katelyn Tuohy Talks About Training With (And Beating) The Boys & Which Pro Runners She Admires We caught up with Tuohy this morning after she was named Gatorade National Girls Cross-Country Runner of the Year and she reveals what runners she looks up to and what her plan is (or lack thereof) for this weekend’s mile at Millrose.
LRC Did Usain Bolt Really Run A 4.22 40-Yard Dash At The Super Bowl? Our Stopwatch Says He Didn’t Come Close While the rest of the world’s media produces fake news, we uncover it. Out stopwatch shows that Usain Bolt ran nowhere near the NFL record of 4.22 seconds for the 40-yard dash at the Super Bowl.
*MB: Did Usain Bolt really run a 4.22 40-yard dash at the Super Bowl?? It wasn’t anywhere close to that on my stopwatch
LRC Podcast Scott Simmons / NYRR Millrose Games Preview Podcast We analyze the world record attempt in the mile at Millrose, the American record attempts at 800m, and get a good 50 minutes with Scott, talking about the amazing success of his American Distance Project group.
LRC Analysis 8 Takeaways From The 2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix We recap the highlights and lowlights from Boston where Donavan Brazier sat and kicked on Clayton Murphy, Yomif Kejelcha looked amazing while Sydney McLaughlin didn’t and Jenny Simpson “borderline” embarrassed herself.
RRW Fast Miles, Close 800 Highlight New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
IAAF: Kechelcha Impresses As Nageotte Upsets Stefanidi
LRC Recap Brooks Beasts Run 16:03 To Smash 4 X Mile Record, Katelyn Tuohy Gets High School 3,000m Record – 2019 Norb Sander Recap Full meet recap/analysis with video interviews. In other action, Ajee Wilson and Craig Engels won, Robby Andrews returned from Lyme disease.
MB: Discussion
*MB: Sorry to burst your bubble Katelyn Tuohy fans, but Mary Cain’s 9:38.68 full 2 mile is superior to Tuohy’s 9:01.81 3,000
LRC Update on Kemoy Campbell’s Condition After He Collapsed at Millrose Games Campbell collapsed in a life-threatening situation but has been stabilized in the hospital. 1:25 am eastern *Discuss
LRC Rest of Millrose: Fisher vs. McDonald Lives Up to the Hype, KoKo Crushes Mile Field, Why Does Emma Coburn Keep Falling? English Gardner is Back
Sarah Chepchirchir (2017 Tokyo Champion, 2:19:47) Suspended For Doping Some may be depressed by this but not us. We actually think this is uplifting news as it was obvious she was a doper so it’s great she got caught.
Spain: MB:Genzebe Dibaba Runs World-Leading 3:59.08 In Spain Video.
IAAF Recap: World Indoor Champ Samuel Tefera Clocks 3:35.57 World Lead In Torun He beat out Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski (3:36.50) while Habitam Alemu won the 800m in 1:59.49, just .01 head of Laura Muir. Erik Sowinski won the men’s 800 in 1:47.49 and Orlando Ortega highlighted the sprints with a 7.49 victory/world lead in the 60H.
*MB:Official Discussion Thread – Erik Sowinski Wins Men’s 800, Laura Muir Comes Up Short In British 800m Record Attempt
Miss The Meet? Watch A Full Replay.
LRCShelby Houlihan DESTROYS Molly Huddle The Final 800, Bowerman Track Club Gets 5 On Worlds Team A dominant display by Shelby Houlihan over the final 800m got her the win as her Bowerman Track Club team impressed.
LRC Shadrack Kipchirchi Gets First US XC Title As Scott-Simmons Coached Athletes SWEEP Top 5 Very impressive by the ADP team as the ADP domination of US Cross continued.
Jr. Races RRW Wisconsin’s Shuaib Aljabaly And BCs Nicole Clermont Win 2019 USATF U20 XC Crowns 10th grader Grace Ping was the highest HSer in 4th in the junior girls race.
MB:Official 2019 USATF XC Live Discussion ThreadShelby Houlihan CRUSHES the field late, wins 1st USA XC title. She took off with roughly 600 to go and won by 8.5 seconds.
LRC Book Review Inside A Marathon Is The Ultimate Book For Marathon Junkies Do you want the inside scoop on what it takes to finish top 10 at a major marathon?Then this book is for you as Scott Fauble and Ben Rosario share every single thing – from blood tests to workouts, day by day – that led to Fauble finishing 7th in New York last fall. We loved the book and highly recommend it.
Devin Dixon Of Texas A&M DESTROYS American Collegiate Record – Runs 1:45.27 – At Altitude!His 1:45.27 broke Donavan Brazier‘s school record and sits #3 on the NCAA and US all-time lists (Kenyan Paul Ereng has the NCAA record at 1:44.84, Johnny Gray has US record at 1:45.00). Dixon’s previous indoor best was only 1:47.37.
LRCMarathon Madness In Dubai: Getaneh Molla Runs 2:03:34 Debut Record; Ruth Chepngetich (2:17:08) & Worknesh Degefa (2:17:34) Move To #3 & #4 On All-Time List The 12:59 5ker Molla took to the marathon like a fish to water while Chepngetich went sub-2:18 just 75 days after breaking 2:19 in Istanbul. Course records fell for both the men and women.
MB: Official 2019 Dubai Marathon Discussion Thread
MB: If Kipchoge ran Dubai…
MB: Negesa (2nd place and Adidas runner) ran Dubai in Nike Vaporfly Flyknits dyed red to (poorly) mask the Nike Logo
LRC Millrose Press Conference Notes: Ches May Stay A Few Steps Off Pace, Coburn Back From Injury, Wilson Trying To Get AR Again And the shot put will be front and center at Millrose. Plus English Gardner back training under her dad in NJ.
RRW:Edward Cheserek Ready for Fast-Paced NYRR Wanamaker Mile Cheserek said he isn’t intimidated by Yomif Kejelcha‘s WR attempt. “I’m OK with being in the race with him tomorrow to see what we’re going to get,”
LRCYomif Kejelcha Workout! 6 x 300-200 Two Days Prior To World Record Attempt In Mile Video and article. Clayton Murphy was also at the Armory and just watched Kejelcha’s workout.
LRC Will Yomif Kejelcha Break The Mile World Record At The 2019 Millrose Games? We Break Down His Chances Are you ready for a WR in the men’s mile? You probably should be.
LRC 2019 Millrose Games Preview: American Records Set To Fall In Men’s & Women’s 800; NOP Vs. Bowerman Showdown In Women’s Mile When it’s all said and done, one world record and two American records could easily fall at Millrose.
LRC Julien Wanders (59:13) Shatters European Record; Stephen Kiprop (58:42) And Senbere Teferi (65:45) Win 2019 RAK Half The 2019 RAK Half was spectacular as both races featured fast times and sprint finishes. The men’s race included a European record by Julien Wanders (59:13) and the most sub-60s in a single race in history (11).
LRC Julien Wanders Reacts After SMASHING European Half Marathon Record With A 59:13 Wanders has bigger goals than being the fastest non-African in history. “I want to be the fastest in the world so that’s my next goal.”
WTWScott Simmons Keeps Developing Talent, 12,000 People Went To An Indoor Track Meet You’ve Never Heard Of, Mascot Races, US Cross, And More How great was the women’s race at US Cross?, a 41-year-old Irish/Australian woman keeps running fast, and the mascot race in Germany.
LRC Ajee Wilson (1:59.26) And Clayton Murphy (1:45.92) Both Break Flat Track World Records At 2019 Camel City Elite Meet! Other winners included Edward Cheserek and Patrick Tiernan,who dominated the mile and 3k in 3:55 and 7:48 respectively. Grace Barnett (4:33) and Emily Lipari (8:59) won the women’s mile and 3k.
*MB: Official 2019 Camel City Elite Live Discussion Thread
2019 IAAF Karlsruhe Recap:Japan’s Naoto Tobe Pulls Off Shock HJ Win Wth 4 NRs, Dafne Schippers And Juan Miguel Echevarria Are Beaten
*MB: GB’s Melissa Courtney Runs 8:43 To Beat Out Ethiopia’s Alemaz Samuel In The Karlsruche 3000m
Berlin ISTAF: Great Performances From Sam Kendricks, Reece Prescod, Mihambo Mihambo And Nadine Müller Highlight ISTAF Berlin Kendricks set a world lead in the PV at 5.86m and took a couple close attempts at 6.01m. Malaika Mihambo jumped a meet record and world lead of 6.99 m in the LJ, Pamela Dutkiewicz set the 60H WL and GB’s Prescod won the 60m in 6.53.
*IAAF Recap A new WR was set in the rarely-contested indoor discus throw.
LRC Podcast Shelby Houlihan Guest Interview+ NBIGP, US Cross, And Sydney McLaughlin Pro Debut And Diva Talk The American record holder Shelby Houlihan opens up for more than 30 minutes about her breakout year, what is on tap for 2019, her coach’s high standards and more. Plus the LRC crew discusses a Rosa athlete running fast in Dubai, split screen coming to track and field broadcasts and even UCLA legend John Wooden.
*MB:Shelby Houlihan is running 10k cross this weekend and we’ve got a podcast with her to celebrate
Transcript Shelby Houlihan Talks About Her Breakout 2018 Season, Making America Great At 5,000 Again, And Jerry Schumacher If you’re not a podcast person, we’ve got a transcript of our interview with Houlihan right here.
WTW Brazier AND Murphy Impress, Should We Not Get Excited About Fast HS Girls?, Who Are The World XC Favorites? And we take a look at the amazing times in Dubai.
LRC Book Review Inside A Marathon Is The Ultimate Book For Marathon Junkies Do you want the inside scoop on what it takes to finish top 10 at a major marathon?Then this book is for you as Scott Fauble and Ben Rosario share every single thing – from blood tests to workouts, day by day – that led to Fauble finishing 7th in New York last fall. We loved the book and highly recommend it.
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