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No One Will Miss You:
4k
Short Course World Cross Country Race Cancelled Kenyan
officials are reporting the short course race
has been cancelled. We hope this isn't an April
Fool joke as the race diluted the main event,
the men's 12k a bit.
New
Rules to Prevent Runners From Running for New Countries for 3 Years After Attaining
Citizenship The period can be reduced to 12 months with agreement between
both countries.
Good news: More
EPO Tests to Be Contested
If you don't enjoy running, you should quit:
"Athletics is something I enjoy, and I will never change that focus just because
of a medal or you all here...I don't think about the world record or winning a medal or anything like
that when I'm competing. That's not why I do this. I do this because
I enjoy it, and I will do this until I don't like it any more - or it doesn't
like me any more." - world heptathlon champ Carolina Kluft
IAAF
To Put Finals only in Evening, Condense Events for TV Good idea.
Brief Chat
With Anthony Famigletti Famigletti is a very interesting guy.
Carlsbad
5k Officials Complaining About Kiplagat's Record Because She was Paced by
Men But its perfectly legal by the rules and Paula Radcliffe
has run faster in a women's only race anyway.
Sun
Yingjie Must Decide Whether She Will Run Marathon or 10k At Olympics
TDK
Reups as Major Sponsor of IAAF, Golden League TDK is a Japanese
company that makes casette tapes, mp3 players
and computer storage devices. They have been
supporting the IAAF since the first world champs.
Drug Testing: Supplements
A Problem for Athletes and Drug Testing Every athlete who gets busted
says they never took any drugs knowingly. But
some innocent athletes do get caught.
More:
A
Look at a Swimmer Banned for a Contaminated Supplement (LA Times Registration
Required) Well of course you have to take his word.
Saturday's US 8k Champs: Meb
Wins Again, Sets Course Record
Meb
Keflezighi continued his hot ways in NYC
winning the US 8k champs and setting a course
record along the way as Anthony Famigletti
and Bolota Asmeron pushed him in
the middle part of the race.
*Results
*Photos
*more photos from race
site here
Kenya:
Recap
of Kenyan Outdoor Meet (3:34 for 1500m on a Dirt Track)
1st Big Weekend of US Outdoor
Season Has Started
*Raleigh Relays - Live
Results Mortimer
runs 28:45 by himself
*Stanford
Invitational - Live
Results
9
guys break 29:00 in 10k *Heat
Sheets can be found here *Top
Results From Friday Can Be Found Here
*Florida
Relays - Complete
Results Mark Carroll
Irelan 13:55
Azalea Trail Run Results:
John
Itati, Olga Romanova Win
Deeja Youngquist
runs 1 week before the Olympic Marathon Trials
Drug News: Lawyers in
Balco Cases Want More Time before Trial to Pour Over Documents
*Congress
Taking Tougher Stance on Steroids
*Barry
Bonds' Personal Trainer May Plead No Contest Instead of Dragging Bonds to
Trial Hopefulliy he'll serve prison time then if his plea is to protect
athletes from testifying about their drug
use.
More Balco News: Balco
Doping Case Spreads to Greece San Jose Mercury News
World Cross Country
Day
2 Sunday: Photos from Day 2
of World XCs
Men: Ethiopia,
Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Kenenise Bekele completed his unprecedented
triple double (double world titles 3 years in
a row) showing he is the most dominant
runner in the world and the Ethiopians dominated
as well, ending Kenya's streak of 18 straight
victories. 41
year old Australian Steve Moneghetti was 30th
beating all the Americans. *Indiv
Results *Team
results
Women:
Masai Three Peats, Ethiopia Wins Edith Masai saved
face for Kenya by capturing the only individual
gold for Kenya of the weekend but
Ethiopia won it's 3rd team gold of the weekend. The
Canadians got a surprise bronze. *Indiv
Results *Team
results
Junior Men: Consolation
for Kenya
The only team title for
the usually dominant Kenyans, but Ethiopia's
Meba
Tadessa won the men's junior individual crown,
but not without a lot of controversy as many
journalists concluded there was no way Tadessa
was junior.
*Indiv
Results *Team
results
More Sunday News:
*Shalane
Flanagan Leads US Team on Day 2 of World XC Quotes from US Athletes
*Edith
Masai Save Kenyan Face by Winning Only Individual Gold of Weekend
EA Standard
*Kenyan
Coach Patrick Sang Confused by Poor Showing at World XCs EA
Standard
*Britain's
Jon Brown
Pleased with 19th Place Finish at World XCs, Ready for London
Marathon UK Yahoo
*Steve Cram,
David Moorcroft Praise British Women's Team at World XCs UK Yahoo
*Bekele
Completes Hattrick, Ethiopia Shows it is the New Kenya of Distance
Running Independent
Day 1 Shockers in
Belgium:
Results
Photos
from Victor Sailer
Women:*Benita
Johnson of Australia Wins Women's Long Course
If it wasn't for the incredible victory of Australia's
Benita Johnson in the women's long course race
(which one journalist is calling one of
the biggest upsets ever in the 100 year history
of world xc), Ethiopia would have swept
the individual medals in all three events as
they absolutely dominated on Saturday. Kate
O'Neill led the US team which finish 5th in
15th place.
*Indiv
Results *Team
Results
Men: *ETHIOPIA
WINS MENS SHORT COURSE, QATAR 2nd, Bekele Strolls
to another victory
*Indiv
Results *Team
Results
Kenya finished 3rd, not winning
the event for the first time ever as Kenenise
Bekele won his 5th straight world xc title.
He'll go for the long course double today. And Qatar
bought itself the team silver medal,
with former 2 Kenyans leading the way (but even
if they had run for Kenya, Kenya still would
have lost to Ethiopia).
Juniors:
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia!
Tanzania Farida Makula opened up an early
lead on the field, but then lost her shoe before
fading to 13th, and the Ethiopians dominated
after that with a perfect 1-2-3-4 finish.
More
Saturday News:
*Australian
Greats Deek,
Moneghetti Were Never Able to Medal at World Cross
*British
Women Get Surprise Bronze Without Radcliffe in Long Course Scotsman
*Johnson's
Victory Called One of the Greatest Upsets in the 100 Year History of World
XC Independent
*Recap of Day 1
of 2004 World Cross Country Champs from US Perspective Quotes from the
US Athletes
NCAA Indoors: Results
LSU
Makes History by Sweeping NCAA Indoor Track and Field Titles
Kim
Smith Unbelievable: 3k, 5k double with collegiate
records in both; Alistair Cragg makes history
It was a history making day in Arkansas
as LSU, thanks to a 1-2-3 in the men's triple
jump and a runner-up finish in the women's 4*400,
the final event of the meet, became the first
school to win both the men's and women's indoor
titles in the same year. However, even more
impressive was Providence's Kim Smith,
who blew away the field in the women's 3k, setting
her second collegiate record in 2 days, running
8:49. On the men's side, Alistair Cragg,
put on a quite a performance winning the anticipated
dual versus Nick Willis in the 3k, to
become Arkansas most accomplished runner
ever at the NCAA meet. Other highlights
included 19 year old Sonya Richards of
Texas with a collegiate (and nearly American)
record in the 400m and Michigan's Nate Brannen
repeating as 800m champ. Plus, Jeremy
Wariner of Baylor's ran a world leader in
the 400m and helped lead the Baylor Bears
back to dominance in the 4*400 with
a collegiate record.
Saturday's Coverage:
*Nate Brannen
Repeats as 800m Champ Nice Recap with race splits from Mgoblue
*Alistair
Cragg Wins 3k to Complete Double, Make Arkansas NCAA History, John McDonnell
Takes Blame for Team's Loss Hogwired
*Sean
Jefferson Wins NCAA Indoor Mile IUHoosiers
*Tiffany
McWilliams Wins NCAA Indoor Mile She struggled early in the season. Miss
State Athletics
*Jeremy
Wariner, Baylor 4*400 Shine at NCAA Indoors
Friday:
Kim
Smith Dominates, Michigan DMR Sets Collegiate Record,
Alistair Cragg Wins
Kim Smith
lapped nearly the entire field en route to a
collegiate 5k record, the Michigan men's
DMR set a world record (collegiate record
for all you stat geeks), and Alistair Cragg
pulled away with 800 to go to win a fast 5k.
*Alistair
Cragg Leads Arkansas on Day 1 Razorbackcentral
*Michigan
Men Set Collegiate Record in DMR 2:54.4, 47.4, 1:48.4, 3:57.3 for
the splits
*Alistair
Cragg Pulls Away to Victory in Men's 5k, Arkansas DMR 2nd, Team Will be In
Dogfight on Final Day Tyson Gay, Arkansas's 200m favorite, finished
in 5th only .01 out of 2nd. Hogwired
*Dathan
Ritzenhein 4th in NCAA 5k after Leading Most of Race Cubuffs
*Veronica Campbell of
Arkansas Sets 200m Collegiate Record, Wins NCAAs Ladyback.som
*Tiffany
McWilliams' Coach Says She's Ready for NAU's Johanna Nilsson in Mile
Finals Miss. State
*16
Michigan Athletes Driving 12 Hours to Root Teammates On at Indoor
Nationals
Results: Women's Day 1 Results
from 2004 NCAA Indoors
*Men's
Day 1 Results from 2004 NCAA Indoors\
World Indoors
Track and Field Champs:
Results
*Great
Photos
of the Action
Sunday: Final Day Distance Recap: Mutola Gets a
6th Indoor Title, Shayne Culpepper Surprise Bronze Maria Mutola
did what she seems to always do: win, although
she had a tough battle with Ceplak. In
the 3k, Meseret Defar was the winner
but the surprise of the day was Shayne Culpepper
of the USA kicking for the bronze. In non
distance action, Tatyana Lebedeva
won the long jump a day after her triple
jump world record to become the first athlete
to get double wins in the long and triple jumps,
Roman Sebrle
won the heptathlon but the USA's Bryan Clay
led until the final event, Canada's Perdita
Felicien won the 60m h gold stopping Gail Devers
attempt for double gold, and Christian
Olsson
in the triple jump and the Russian
women's 4*400
set world records.
Full Results: Sunday's
Results
Saturday At World Indoors:
*Great
Day 2 photos
*Lagat
Wins 3k Title and
he talks at length about his EPO positive from
last year. Good read.
*Dulecha and Douma-Hussar Go 1-2 in 1500m Pre-race
favorite Kutre Dulecha won the 1500m
as expected as Kelly
Holmes, her chief rival, fell with 600m
to go. Canada's and Villanova's Carmen Douma-Hussar
prd for a surprise silver medal and was exuberant
afterwards. Complete distance recap (except
for men's 3k) here. In other action, Allen
Johnson who looked lackluster in the prelims
stormed
to the 60m hurdle gold and an American record,
Savante Stringfellow struck gold in the
long jump, Stacy Dragila set an American
record in the pole vault but lost, and Russians
Tatyana Lebedeva and
Yelena Isinbayeva set
world records in the triple jump and pole
vault respectively.
Saturday's
Results
More
Saturday Worlds Coverage:
*Photos:
Great
Day 2 photos
Friday's World Indoor Action:
Gail Devers
Wins 60m Dash at 2004 World Indoors, Completes 1st Half of Her Double
Pre-race favorites
Gail Devers and
Jason Gardener delivered gold medals on
Friday in the 60m dashes at the world indoors.
No big upsets in the
qualifying rounds of the distance races (great
day 1 distance recap here) as Maria
Mutola ran a 1:57.7 800 because she was worried
abot her fitness. Michael Stember, Jen
Toomey, and Shayne Culpepper all advanced in
their events, as Toomey nearly fell early in
her race.
Great
Recap: Distance
Recap of World Indoor Day 1: Maria Mutola on Fire *Great
Day
1 Photos
Better Late Than Never:
Photos
Galore: We've added 2 more photo Galleries
of the USATF Indoor Track and Field Champs,
plus we've got individual photos of 60+
individual runners from the Men's Olympic Marathon
Trials
(and we've even sorted them alphabetically for
you). All Galleries below:
*New!:
Saturday USATF
Indoor Photos from Emily Smith (Men's 800, Men's 1500, Women's 3k)
and
our Pic of the Day: Michael
Stember's airplane at the 800m finish line.
*New!
Saturday
USATF Indoor Photos from Victor Sailer (Men's 800, Men's 1500, Women's 3k,
Women's 3k, Men's & Women's 60m hurdles, more)
*Saturday USATF
Indoor Photos from LetsRun.com (Men's 800, Women's 3k, Women's 800m,
More)
*Photos
From Sunday's Action
Women's 1500, Men's
3k, Much more.
*New!
Individual
Photos of 60+ athletes from Olympic Marathon
Trials
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Women's Olympic Marathon
Trials This Weekend:
*Colleen
De Reuck Interview She's one of the favorites for an Olympic team spot.
Fast-women
*Sara
Wells Treadmill Training Has Her Ready for Trials Star-tribune
*Joan
Benoit Samuelson Out of Olympic Trials with Achilles Injury, Says She'll be Back
in 2008 She was the Olympic champ back in 1984 and will be 50 in 2008.
This is True: Olympic
Workers Go on Strike on Day Olympic Torch Briefly Goes Out, Games Could be In
Jeopardy with More Strikes
Paul Tergat
Expected to be Healthy to Run Great Manchester Run May 23rd in
Britain
Previous Womens Olympic
Trials News:
*Great Read:
"Deena, I'm not ever going to even pat you on the back until you're running with
the best in the world. Who in the hell cares if you beat another American, as
lousy as we're running?"
-Joe Vigil, coach of Deena Kastor
*Excerpts from Deena
Kastor, Colleen De Reuck Teleconference Kastor (Drossin) is the
heavy, heavy favorite. De Reuck a veteran and
Olympian for S. Africa. USATF
*Preview of 2004
Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in St. Louis A look at the main contenders
USATF
*Special
Ed Teacher Has Realizer Her Olympic Trials Dream
Tim
Montgomery and Marion Jones to Make Outdoor Debuts at Mt. Sac Relays
*Kim
Collins Has Site on Olympic 100m Gold
2 Time
Silver Medallist Eric Wainaina Wants Olympic Gold in Marathon This
Time
Sunday's Action:
Lisbon
Half:
Rodgers Rop, Joyce Chepchumba Win
Even without Paul Tergat (out with an injury)
this race showed why it is the greatest non
championship half marathon in the world as 5
men broke the 1 hour barrier. Chepchumba is
in great form but will not be on Kenya's Olympic
Marathon team: Joyce
Chepchumba Running Great, But She's Upset to be Left off Kenyan Olympic Team in
Marathon
Netherlands:
Lornah
Kiplagat 14:46 5k, John Kibowen Runs
Sub 28:00 in PARELLOOP BRUNSSUM
The
time is a world 5k record for Kiplagat if it
stands.
Carlsbad
5k: Ochichi Sets World 5K 'Record' at Carlsbad Berhanu Repeats as Men’s Champion
The record isn't likely to stand as Paula
Radcliffe has run faster and her course is waiting
certification and Lorhan Kiplagat ran faster
on Saturday. World XC Champ Benita Johnson was
2nd. More
info on the 5k records here.
Carlsbad photos can be found
here.
Rome
Marathon: 2:10
an 2:27 for Italian Winners
Chicago:
Brian Sell Wins
Shamrock Shuffle Results only
China: Zhou
Chunxiu (2:23), James Moiben Win Xiamen International in China,
$25,000
Elana
Meyer of S. Africa Pondering Her Future after Poor Showing at La
Marathon
Spira
Running Shoes Are Illegal In USATF Competition
- They have a spring in them and thus are prohibited
and the company CEO is complaining about it.
Paul
Tergat Drops Out Of London Marathon
The world record holder is being treated in
Italy for a calf strain but is expected to be
able to compete at the BUPA Great Manchester Run on May 23.
World
XC Champion Benita Johnson To Face Sonia O'Sullivan
and Possibly Paula Racliffe at Balmoral Road
Race on May 8th The
race distance is being switched from 5 mile
to 5k this year.
Kim
Collins/Marion Jones To 100m In Crystal Palace
as One of Final Tune-Ups for Olympics
The sprint stars will
run the 100m in Britain's new £1.5m facility
on July 30.*World
Champ Kim Collins Sets Sites on Olympic Gold
The US Should Copy This
75,000
Students Age 12-15 To Compete In Relay in Norway
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(Uh, isn't it a little
early to start racing?)
2nd
of 8 Weekend Domestic Track Meets Is Being Held
This Weekend In Kenya
To entice top
runners, a $15,000 bonus is being offered to
anyone who wins 4 of the 8 meets including the
Kenyan nationals. The meet is being billed as
the start of the Olympic campaign but we hope
that was just a mis-print - either that or perhaps
we should be hired to coach in Kenya as it's
way too early to start racing.
Sexual
Abuse Scandal Hits British Athletics One
of the top athletic trainers in Britain is banned
from the sport for 7 years for sexually abusing
women
Doping News:
We Need
More Drug Testing Research: Kelme
Rider Tells of More Doping at Tour De France Last Year He says
he nearly died after being given a drug before
one stage. "If they had given me the full dose I would have gone home in a box"
*And
in Case You Missed It:
Playboy.com has lengthy expose on Balco
case
The entire thing may have started
out as a vendetta against Barry Bonds, but involved
undercover agents, and much much more. (warning you will be taken to the
playboy.com site by clicking on the link)
Kenyan
Sports Minister Najib Balala Says Kenyans Should be More Secretive With Their
Training Balas points out the fact that the Ethiopian coach comes from the old Soviet system and keeps
everything very private (although we know of
a guy who has trained in Ethiopia). The Kenyans after winning
18 straight world xc titles, now are wanting
to copy the Ethiopians after they defeated the
Kenyans this past weekend.
World Junior XC
Champ Meba Tadesse Didn't Start Running Until after 2000 Olympics
IAAF
to Hold TV Seminar to Help Better Broadcast the Sport
Kenenise Bekele
Says He Will Not Double in Athens He says he'll only run the
5k or the 10k.
*Kenenise Bekele to Run
5k, Haile G 10k at Hengelo Meet at end of May Don't be surprised if
you see a world record attempt
Meb Keflezighi Wins
4th Straight US 15k Title, Colleen De Reuck Wins It was a 2 way dual
to the finish between Meb Keflezighi
and Abdi Abdirahman. Keflezighi pulled
away the final 200 meters, winning by 2 seconds,
and picking up $15,000 to Abdi's $4,000, as
Meb won the $5,000 Equalizer bonus for defeating
DeReuck.
link above changed, now has recap, results and
prize money
*Photos
from 2004 Gate River Run
More NCAA Nationals Coverage:
*Kim
Smith Profile from Providence Journal (Registration Required) Legendary
coach Ray Treacy calls her the best he's ever
had at Providence. Smith started out her US
career at McNeese State in La.
*More
on Michigan DMR's World Record at Indoor Nationals Michigan
Daily
*NCAA Indoor
Women's Photos
*Photos of
NCAA Men's Indoor Champs from Mensracing
Day2: Day 2 NCAA
Recap from Men's Racing
*Day 2 NCAA
Recap from Fast-Women
Day1: Day 1 Recap
from Men's Racing
*Day 1 NCAA
Women's Recap from Fast-Women
DII & DIII Nationals:
DII:
*Abilene Christian
Men, Lincoln Women Win DII NCAA Indoor Titles
*DII NCAA Indoor
Results (Bernard Manirakiza Wins 800, Mile; Scott Nagelkerke of Western 2nd in
Mile, 1st in 5k)
DIII: UW-La Crosse Men,
UW-Oshkosh Claim DIII Indoor Crowns
*DIII Indoor
National Results
Linford
Christie Offered $150,000 to Run Seoul Rematch Independent
Former
Kenyan Star, Accused Rapist, Billy Konchellah, Now a Finnish Citizen
John
McDonnell Remains The True Master -
The most legendary coach in collegiate track
and field history is leading his hogs at
Warning: Do Not Attempt to
Copy: Steve
Scott's Training Log on LetsRun.com Scott
still has the American record in the mile.
Link fixed
More Than $26
Million in Prize Money Awarded in Track and Field in 2003 For comparison,
major league baseball's estimated 2003
payroll was $2.4 billion, in 2004 the PGA
Tour of America will have nearly $240 million
in prize money this year (its Nationwide Tour
(The "B" Tour in the US) will
have an estimated $15 million in prize money.)
Culpepper
Wins Olympic Marathon Trials
Meb
Keflezighi, Dan Browne qualify for Olympics
The
three pre-race favorites finished 1-2-3 as expected
but Brooks Team Hanson's members, Brian Sell and Trent
Briney made it an interesting race in Birmingham,
Alabama.
(race splits and recap above):
*Running
USA's Wire's Recap
*Cool
and Collected Culpepper Wins Olympic Marathon
Trials
Race Results Weekly
*Culpepper
Definitely Doing Marathon in Athens, Meb, Dan Undecided Birmingham
News
*Culpepper
Says He Was Hurting Big Time at 26 Miles Birmingham News
*Surges
Knock Out Rochester Hopefuls Kevin Collins, Todd Meyer Rochester
Democrat
*Culpepper
Says He Was Hurting Big Time at 26 Miles El Paso Times
(LetsRun.com's Wejo
dropped out at Mile 11 but is fine physically)
Who says Running Can't
Change Lives?
*Man Who
Weighed Over 300 lbs a Year Ago And Lost a $1000 Bet Because He Couldn't Run a
Quarter Mile, Now Running a Marathon
*Woman With
MS Running Miami Marathon
Must Read(s):
"I think that the sports in which you read about doping tend to be the cleaner
sports. I mean, I think if you put Major League Baseball players and NFL players
through lie detector tests [about whether they use performance- enhancing
drugs], fully 50 percent would fail..I did this bike
race, 75 hours. But I didn't feel any sense of achievement. I found
it depressing. Because, to me, athletic endeavors should be one of the most pure
of endeavors. Why else do it? It's a sense of testing yourself."
-author
Stuart Stevens, who for 8 months got on just about every performance
enhancing drug imaginable to see how it would affect him, and wrote
about the ordeal for Outside Magazine. The results
were simply amazing as he put on 14 pounds without lifting a weight,
had increased endurance, better vision, and less soreness. The
quote above is from a Newsday piece where Stevens says the
ordeal left him more ardently opposed to drugs in sports. The entire
article from Outside Magazine where Stevens recaps his experience
is
a must read and is now available in its entirety on line and can
be found here.
(If you'd like to subscribe to Outside
Magazine you can do so
here for only $15.99 a year (cover price is $47.40)
In case you missed it:
Todd
Williams Hangs them up
In
our lengthy 3 part interview, Todd Williams,
the premier 10,000m runner in the US, talks
about his illustrious career and the sport of
running in general.
Part I here, Part II
here, Part III
here
1981
Grandma's Marathon
Dick Beardsley who had run 2 sub 2:13 in 3 weeks defeated
Garry Bjorklund in a great duel as two Minnesotans were under 2:10 Mr.
Martin Franklin Revealed
Thanks to the viewers at our site we've got some photos
and information on Martin Franklin the fraud who for a brief moment on
Sunday was the 5th American and $4,750 richer at the New York City Marathon.
Problem was he took the subway from the start to the finish. And the winner is:
Best Running
Movie of All-Time: Fire on the Track
After sitting on the results for months, we're proud
to announce that the best running movie of all-time as selected by our
viewers is a not an academy award winner, Chariots of Fire, or a
highly publicized film produced by Tom Cruise (Without Limits),
but rather a running documentary, Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine
Story. Read all about the voting and see the 10 best running
movies of all-time as selected by our viewers. Drug Scandal:
(click
here for a LetsRun.com behind the scenes
look at what this means for the track and field
world)
PreviousTHG Drug News:
(you can find previous news on this
issue in our
recap section)
Alleluia: NBC
Plans 9 Hours of Weeknight Olympic Track and Field Trials Coverage on USA
Network (2+ Hours a Day) NBC finally decides to get serious
and leverage its huge investment.
A
Look at Philip Boit, Kenyan XC Skier Who Was Once Mocked but Now Is Vastly
Improved Nike used him as a publicity stunt for the 1998 Olympics as
he became the first winter Olympian from Kenya. Boit, the brother
of 1972 Olympic 800m bronze medallist,
Mike Boit, is serious about his craft and believes
he could be top 10 in the world with some backing.
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