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Paris and Rotterdam Kick Off Spring Marathoning

LRC Boards: Rotterdam Marathon Commentary The race will be shown at noon on TV and the web so we won't spoil the results for those who want to watch it.

Tola Lowers Marathon PB By 9 Minutes In Paris
Tadesse Tola took his first marathon win with a 2:06:41 finish on the Champs Elysées. Atsede Bayisa repeated as women's champion in a Paris record 2:22:02 while Christelle Daunay finished 2nd in a French record 2:24:20.
*Video Of Finish 
*Boards: Paris Marathon 2010 Updates
*Top-10 Results
*Tola's Splits

2010 Rotterdam Marathon Early Sunday Morning

Kwambai Says He May Break The Marathon World Record In Rotterdam

Rotterdam May Only Be Shown On Tape Delay?

David Monti Writes Great Preview Of Rotterdam Marathon

LetsRun.com Previews The 2010 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon Our top 9 picks from the men's field include the 3rd-fastest man in marathoning history, the 2009 Boston runner-up, the 2009 Berlin runner-up, the 2009 4th-place finisher in Fukuoka, the 2010 RAK Half Marathon champion, the 2010 City-Pier-City Half Marathon champion, the 2009 World Half Marathon silver medal winner, an undefeated young marathoner and a man who ran 5 marathons and 5 half marathons in 2009.

*Look For Debut Marathon World Record To Go Down In Rotterdam Sunday Evans Rutto ran 2:05:50 in his first try at the marathon when he won Chicago. Can Bernard Kipyego or Jonathan Maiyo beat that mark?

Training Talk Returns With Bill Aris

LRC F-M And Stotan Racing Coach Bill Aris To Join LetsRun.com For 8th Edition Of Training Talk Tune in Monday at 8pm for what promises to be a fascinating talk with the coach of Manlius XC girls, who have won 4 straight national XC titles.

Top Running Stories

• Recommended Read: Brief Chat With Ron Hill Hill has raced in 100 countries.
• Photos Of Grinnell College Runners Caught Outside In Vicious Hail Storm This might be a runner's worst non-fatal nightmare.
• Steve Holman Writes About Why He Is Only A Casual Track Fan Retired US mile great Steve Holman writes as part of the adidas Grand Prix Inside Track guest column series.
• David Monti Writes Great Preview Of Rotterdam Marathon
• Josh Cox Will Race For Comrades Marathon Win Big charity push trying to save lives of thousands of impoverished African kids.

Nick Willis Says His Knee Injury Should Clear Soon Olympic medallist says Commonwealth Games are still in the picture.

Freshman NCAA 800 Champ Robby Andrews Opens Outdoor With 4:01 Mile

Mike Hurst Opinion On Popular Athletics Australia CEO Stepping Down Athletics Australia has had some nice medal hauls lately but apparently have only $55,000 in sponsorship money for track and field in 2010 and their coaches have been leaving for countries where they can get paid.

adidas To Start Track Insider Column Series Steve Holman wrote the first of 6 pieces.

Bolt Running Penn!

*Ticket Info

*Boards: Bolt to run Penn

*USATF Announces Great News

*Penn Relays Director Dave Johnson Welcomes Bolt's Return

Mo Trafeh Gets A Sponsor After 2 Big Races Trafeh has become a big name in American distance running after winning the US 15k championships in Jacksonville by a minute and then running 61:40 in the NYC Half.

Sad Loss In The Running Community

• Chicago Track Runners Mourn Loss Of Athlete And Coach Larry Gnapp
• Gnapp Ran 3:43.00 For Loyola After Successful Prep Career

From NYRR Homepage: Central Park Reservoir Track To Be Dedicated To Alberto Arroyo The official public dedication of the track around the Central Park reservoir will take place on Monday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. Alberto Arroyo will be honored at his familiar place at the pump house on the south end of the reservoir.

Ben Johnson And Marion Jones Earn Spots In Time's Top 10 Disgraced Athletes Fans looking for more press for track and field always feel better when lists of scandals come out. More interesting to us was the fact that the Time editor considers Tiger Woods' transgressions to be worse than O.J. Simpson's.
*Nike's New Tiger Commercial This commercial might be the most disturbingly profound thing we've seen in pop culture in years.

Tiger Threads From LetsRun Boards:
*Nike has hit an all time low with its new Tiger Woods commercial
*Tiger's bodyguard confronts spectator at Masters practice tournament - thought she was one of his mistresses

Russia Putin's Olympic Committe In Turmoil - Olympic News

• Putin's Buddy Zhukov Picked To Replace Disgraced Russian Olympic Committee Head At least they're not "disappearing" the former Olympic Committee head.
• Revolution In Russian Olympic Committee These are the people who called 343 positive Russian tests in 3 years an "international conspiracy."
• Rio De Janeiro Hit With Massive Rains And Deadly Mudslides - 2016 Olympic Host Their annual rainy season has lasted 2 months longer than usual.
• Departing USOC Official Not Fired - Insider Insists It's All About Location While some have speculated it's about Chicago 2016's embarrassing exit, Alan Abrahamson sets the facts straight.

LRC The Week That Was In Running
This week, we give props to Joseph Ebuya, pay homage to the man who invented running in Central Park, talk about how ridiculously stacked the SEC is, are inspired by the minds of two champions (Usain Bolt and Bernard Lagat), worry about Asbel Kiprop and talk about the women's 800 stars of 2008 (Pamela Jelimo) and 2009 (Caster Semenya).