Super Sunday: US 5k Champs, RnR Philly Half And Great North Run Highlight Weekend Road Action
- Stacked Races Set For This Sunday's CVS Downtown 5k In Providence, Rhode Island Men's field includes Andrew Bumbalough, Sam Chelanga, David McNeill, Leonard Korir, Ben True, AJ Acosta, Robert Cheseret, Aaron Braun and even Alan Webb. The women
are led by Molly Huddle, Gabriele Anderson,
Liz Maloy, Ashley Higginson and Neely Spence.
*Pre-Race Q&A With Bumbalough *Q&A With Gabriele Anderson
RnR Philly: Elite Field Finalized for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half: Meseret Defar, Firehiwot Dado Pull Out Due To Injury Dathan Ritzenhein will try and break 60 minutes.
*Meseret Defar, Firehiwot Dado Pull Out Of Philly Due To Injury
- Great North Run Half-Marathon: IAAF Preview: Tirunesh Dibaba's Debut Vs Olympic Marathon Champ Tiki Gelana And World Champ Edna Kiplagat The men's field lost Mo Farah and Haile G, but still has Wilson Kipsang up against World XC champ Imane Merga, World 10,000 leader Emmanuel Bett, and former road 10k WR holder Micah Kogo.
*UK Olympic 5000 Runner Nick McCormick Making His Half-Marathon Debut At The Great North Run - Another Stacked Race: 3 Olympic Medalists Highlight Sunday's 100th Anniversary Of The Giro Podistico di Castelbuono 10k Road Race Steeple champ Ezekiel Kemboi taking on the 5k and 10k bronze medallists in Thomas Longosiwa and Tariku Bekele.
International Olympic Stuff
- Spanish Sports Federations Face Hefty Subsidy Cuts This doesn't bode well for a country that failed to win a single track medal in either the 2008 or 2012 Games.
- Maybe The Sympathy Was Lost In Translation? Nigerian Coach Explains Why Blessing Okagbare Didn't Medal Coach Igwe: “It’s pity that Okagbare did not win a medal at the Olympics. The main reason is that so much was expected from her and at the end of the day she failed all of us, everybody had tipped her to win a gold medal for Nigeria but she never did."
- There Is Controversy Over Adams Medal Ceremony Next Week In Auckland As "Only" 2000 Tickets Have Been Made Available
- Valerie Adams Receives Custom-Made Chocolate Gold Medal In Switzerland From Her Coach Talking about the Games when she thought she lost: "It was hell. It was stressful. I was very, very upset and depressed. I wanted to give more. I felt so disappointed and felt like I had let my country and family down."
- Switzerland's 37-year-old Viktor Rothlin Says He Will Continue His Marathon Career With The Main Goal Being Defending His European Title In 2014
- University Of The West Indies Honors Jamaica's First Sprint Hurdles Medalist, 110 Bronze Winner Hansle Parchment
- 2008 Olympic HJ Champ Andrey Silnov Disappointed Injuries Hurt His 2012 Season, But Happy A Fellow Russian Still Won The Gold
- 36-Yr Old 2004 Olympic LJ Champ Tatyana Lebedeva Doesn't Plan On Retitring For At Least Another Year
UK Coaching Updates
- Physiotherapist and Athlete Support Services Coordinator Neil Black Takes Over As UK Athletics Performance Director This was not Charles van Commenee's position as there was no performance director since 2008. But Black will choose the new head coach.
- Black Is Know As "The Wolf" And Takes An Even More Hard-Line Stance Than van Commenee
- Van Commenee Says That He "Compromised Too Much" And That The UK Lost Medals Because Of Coaching
- Van Commenee Insists That Not Hitting The Medal Target Is The Only Reason He Is Leaving The Position "I have said from day one that if you don't hit targets there are consequences. I've just done what I said. I had no choice."
LRC Does Politics
LRC Meet The Man Who Changed American Politics Started The Paul Ryan Marathon Controversy LRC Poster and 2:29 marathoner Bill Walker started the thread that made Paul Ryan's marathon time a matter of national discussion. Until now, Mr. Walker has received no
credit for his contribution to the American political landscape. Meet the man behind it all. Plus learn who he's voting for.
Bolt/Jamaica News
- Usain Bolt Says He Will Defer His Wild Card Entry Into The 2013 World Champs To Yohan Blake Bolt as the 2012 DL winner and Blake as the defending World Champ are both eligible for a wild card spot, but each country is only allowed one wild card per event. Bolt will probably still get one in the 200 over DL winner Nickel Ashmeade.
- West Indies Cricket Player Chris Gayle Says He's Played Against Usain Bolt And He's Good Gayle: "He wouldn't embarrass himself. In a charity game, he actually played against me and almost knocked my head off."
- Veronica Campbell-Brown Post-Olympics Blog She reveals she had a "medical challenge" that hurt her performance in London.
Reid Coolsaet To Return Pacemaking Favor To Kenyan Stephen Chelimo When He Runs The Toronto Waterfront Marathon On Oct. 14th Chelimo paced Coolsaet through 34k in his PR race and now Coolsaet will pace Chelimo in his debut.
NCAA News
- How Much Do Top US College Track Coaches Make? Terms Of Vin Lananna And Robert Johnson's Contracts Released Lananna: $289,855 plus an "additional $234,105 annually in deferred compensation". Johnson: $150,000 and a guaranteed supplemental salary of $125,000 ... plus perks and bonuses.
*Vin Lananna/Robert Johnson Coaching Switch Press Conference - Week 1 DI National Rankings Put Wisconsin Men, Washington Women On Top
- *DI Regional Rankings *DIII National Rankings *DIII Regional
- Running Times Q&A With Abbey D'Agostino
- Accused Vol Jumper Suspended From Track Team
- A Look At The Leading Contenders For The 2012 BMW Berlin Marathon Who can challenge Geoffrey Mutai on September 30th?
- Want To Win $40,000? Break 2:10:05 Or 2:26:51 At Twin Ciites On October 7th Grandma's Champs Seek Bonus At Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon
Distance News
- She May Not Be Popular With The LetsRun.com Crowd, But In Turkey ... NYT Says Olympic 1,500 Champ Asli Cakir Alptekin Is Becoming More Famous Than The Most Famous Footballer & Is Changing Gender Stereotypes In Turkey
- LRC US Records For 24-Hour Run Fall Go run sub-8:21 miles for 24 hours straight. Very impressive. The women's record is 9:37.3 per mile.
- 20-Year-Old Ethipian Atsedu Tsegay, Who Ran 58:47, Will Go For WR And Compete Against Lelisa Desisa, & Deriba Merga At $250,000 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon At End Of Month Meet website here.
Rieti Meet Sunday
Rieti Results Taoufik Makhloufi won the 800 in 1:43.74, Silas Kiplagat dominated the 1,500 as Andrew Wheating disappointed, Collis Birminghman won the 3k as Olympic steeple champ Ezekiel Kemboi and German Fernandez disappointed. Burundi youngster Francine Niyonsaba got her second win in three days
over Olympic champ
Mariya Savinova in the 800. Vivian Cheruiyot got the best of Sylvia Kibet in the 3,000m.
*IAAF Recap Of Rieti Valerie Adams had three throws over 20m.
*Aussie Collis Birmingham Stuns Olympic Medallists Ezekiel Kemboi & Thomas Longosiwa - Wins Men's 3k
*Lemaitre Finishes Season With 10.04 Win - But That Means He Failed To Break 10 This Year
Rieti On The Boards:
- Bobby Curtis - top American in Reiti 3k
- German Fernandez in 3k @ Reiti, Italy. PREDICTION
- Rieti Live stream Online
Brussels: The Last Diamond League Meet Of The Year Was Friday *Results *LRC Photos
LRC Aries Merritt Runs 12.80 To Destroy World Record Prior to Friday, the world record had come down .06 seconds in 21 years. On Friday, Aries Merritt lowered it .07 seconds. We look at the race and his amazing year. Video and post-race press conference.
Merritt: "This answers all the people who said I should pack it in and get a real job."
*Recommended Read: Phil Hersh Looks At Aries Merritt's Special Year
Merritt: "This is a dream season for me, a dream season for anyone. I don't think anyone has ever done what I have done this year. Ever." We agree.
From 13.09 to 12.80 in a single year. Well Done.
*Aries Merritt World Record Press Conference Highlights
*Aries Merritt World Record National Media Teleconference Excerpts
*Full Results
Brussels On The Boards:
- Centro: lane 3 is tough way to do it, watch out for the lane 4 hurdle!
- Jelimo run for 2nd place? wtf?
- Bolt 9.86 for the win in Brussels
- Bolt Throwing His Spikes Into the Crowd???
- Merritt 12.80! The world record is gone!
- 1500m/Centrowitz prediction thread
Paralympics: Oscar P Loses Again As A Brit Wins The 100 At Home
- Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock Is The Fastest Leg Amputee In The World As He Set A Paralympic Record Of 10.90 To Win The T44 100m Oscar P was back in 4th. US's Richard Browne was 2nd. *AW Article
- Oscar P Says Even Though He Could Compete In Blades Up To 9cm Taller, He Never Would Because He Wants To Know He's Won By "Hard Work And Talent" "I don't think every blade should be the same height, but I think it should be in relation to your body. For the sport to evolve and be taken seriously it has to happen."
Rovereto *Results
- Rovereto Distance Results: Jenny Simpson Gets 2nd In 1,500 With 4:04.07 As Kenyans Mary Kuria (4:03.18) And Eunice Sum (4:05.85) Take 1-3 Hayle Ibrahimov Aze won the 5,000 in 13:11.34 as Andrew Bumbalough was 2nd (13:28.34), Elliott Heath was 10th (13:44.05) and Bobby Curtis was 13th (13:46.30). Kenyan junior Edwin Meli won the 800 in 1:45.01.
*IAAF Full Meet Recap *EA Recap *Full Results
Zagreb *Results
- LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Comes Up Short In Quest For World Lead - Wins 1,500 In 3:32.53 The Olympic champ was way better than everyone in the field but was unable to win the battle with the clock as the second rabbit only got him to 1,200 in 2:50.
Andrew Wheating was in the race and went for it as well but faltered at the end. Maggie Vessey and Brenda Martinez certainly didn't falter at all as they had great days + Duane Solomon in the 400m. *1,500m Race Video *IAAF *EA *LRC Zagreb Preview
*List Of US Performances Carmelita Jeter, Ginnie Crawford, Jason Richardson, Ryan Bailey, Maggie Vessey, Allyson Felix and Reese Hoffa all won their events.
*Britain's Martyn Rooney Wins 400m In 45.78
Patrick Makau Loses A 10 Miler, And Other Weekend Results
- Tilburg 10 Mile And Women's 10k: Patrick Makau Takes 3rd (45:41) In A Close Race As Pius Kiprop Wins In 45:38 Over John Mwangangi (45:40) Gladys Cherono won the 10k in 30:57 over Emily Chebet (30:58) and Joyce Chepkirui (31:10). Linet Masai was 4th.
- Sweden's Carolina Kluft Has Her Last Competition And Retires "It's sad, wonderful, somber, fantastically fun, and also nice."
- Tyler McCandless Repeats As Kaui Marathon Champion
- Nicholas Kurgat Wins Virginia Beach Half Marathon In 1:04:45 Rei Ohara won the women’s race in 1:13:38. *Full Results
- Lille Half Marathon: Ezekiel Chebii Wins Lille Half In 59:05 Over Bernard Koech (59:10) Eliud Kipchoge made his half debut in 59:25 for 3rd. Filomena Chepchirchir won the women's race in 68:06. *IAAF Recap
*MB: lille half marathon won in 59:03
Thursday: The Track Season Is Winding Down, But We Hope You Saved Something For Zürich *Results *Yahoo Photos
LRC
2012 Weltklasse Recap: Rudisha Loses, Bolt And Blake Win, Drama In Women's Steeple, And Americans Fizzle In 5,000m It's the best one-day track meet in the world for a reason - it gets the stars. This year was no different and there were a few shockers. In the men's 5,000, Bernard Lagat broke 13:00 for the first time this year but his AR survived as Galen Rupp finished ninth in 13:09.
LRC David Rudisha Gets Beaten Mohammed Aman ruined David Rudisha's perfect season for the second straight year.
*Full Results
*Other Recaps: *IAAF *Athletics Weekly *Reuters Recap
*Rudisha Is Lucky The Weather Was Great For The Olympics: "I never feel good when the track is wet and it is raining." www.independent.co.uk
800 Video (US Visitors)
*US Men With Gay & Bailey Beat Jamaican "B" Team In 4 X 100
*Grabarz Wins The Diamond League HJ Title & Now Wants To Buy A Porsche A Year After Losing Lottery Funding
Lance Armstrong Pleads Guilty Gives Up
USADA To Ban Lance Armstrong For Life And Strip Him Of All 7 Tour de France Titles USADA chief exec Travis Tygart: "It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and athletes. It's a heartbreaking example of win at all costs overtaking the fair and safe option. There's no success in cheating to win." *ESPN
*MB: BREAKING Report: Lance Abandoning Fight vs Doping Charges, TDF Titles Gone
*Lance Armstrong's Full Statement On USADA Refers to USADA's investigation as an "unconstitutional witch hunt."
Goodbye, London
Getting High Praise In The Email Inbox:
LRC Mediocre Great Britain: You Lived Up To Your Name "For a country where pessimism is now part of the national consciousness, the Olympics were a resounding success. Not okay, not pretty good, but truly Great ..."
*IAAF's 12 Highlights Of London 2012
*London Athletes Face Post-Olympic Blues It now even has an official name: Post-Olympic
Stress Disorder, or POSD.
Need A Running App For Your iPhone? Runtastic Gets Praise In NY Times
LRC The Incredible Meb Keflezighi Reacts On Just Missing A Medal, Ryan Hall & Abdi Talk About Dropping Out Post-race reaction from the Americans and the medallists. Meb used the fact he was slighted and not introduced to the worldwide audience at the start, even though he was the only Olympic medallist in the field, to fuel him. Ryan Hall reacts to his first
non-top-10 result and Wilson Kipsang says he has no regrets about the 14:11 3rd 5k.
Olympic Marathon: LRC The Unheralded Stephen Kiprotich Of Uganda Stuns The Field And Wins The 2012 Olympic Men's Marathon Uganda's only Olympic medal of the 2012 Games has a great color to it and it came in a historic event, as after getting dropped at
the 35km mark (21.7 m), Kiprotich stormed back to the lead at the 23-mile mark and stunned the world and Kenyans Wilson
Kipsang and Abel Kirui as the US's Meb Keflezighi was a surprise 4th. Kipsang tried to do his best Sammy Wanjiru impersonation with a crazy 14:11 5k early in the race, but that 5km segment at 1:59 marathon pace may have done him in later.
*USA Today: Kiprotich: "Now, I am known and I am happy that I am known."
*RRW Recap *AP Recap
Saturday:
LRC Mo Farah Completes The Double As The British Fans Go Wild The British fans got what they wanted on the final day of Olympic track competition (marathon tomorrow is on the roads and doesn't end in the stadium) as Farah won a tactical 5,000. Bernard Lagat came up just short in his quest for his first Olympic medal for the US as he was 4th, Rupp 7th and Lomong
10th.
*Picture: Mo Farah And Usain Bolt Swap Victory Poses
*Mo Farah Says He Wants To Move To The Marathon Eventually, But Not Yet
*MB: Official
men's 5000m thread *That was the
worst 5000m final in an Olympics ever
Friday
W 1,500: LRC Disaster Strikes Twice As Morgan Uceny Gets Tripped Again And A Former Doper Wins Gold Disaster struck twice in the 1,500 final. First at the bell when, unbelievably, Morgan Uceny was sent sprawling for the second straight year. It struck again a lap later when a former doper won gold and her compatriot, who has gone from 4:18 to 4:01 this year, nabbed silver.
*Pat Forde: "Saddest sight of the Games"
*Woods: "Half a lifetime of preparation, of dreaming, shattered in an instant."
*Battaglia: Uceny's medal hopes fall - again
*MB: *I am crying
for Morgan Uceny *Uceny goes
down! *US should
protest - Let's re-run the 1,500
*UK 1,500 Runner Lisa Dobriskey Voices Concerns Over Turkey's Asli Çakir Alptekin Being Clean Dobriskey said: "I'll probably get into trouble for saying this, but I don't believe I'm competing on a level playing field.
Usain
Bolt Wins 200 To Become A "Legend" Bolt became the first man to win the 100 and 200 at back-to-back Olympics and become a legend in his own words. We thought he was already a legend. After leading the Jamaica 1-2-3 sweep, Bolt trashed Carl Lewis, saying he has "no respect for him" as a result of Carl's thinly-veiled drug allegations at Bolt.
More Bolt-Lewis: *Bolt Rips Lewis
Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee Go 1-2 In Decathlon Hardee: "It's safe to say my reign is over. I still think my best decathlon is ahead of me, but Ashton's are too."
*Ashton Eaton: "20 years on you will have people saying 'I was sitting on my couch, watching Hardee and Eaton win.'"
*USATF Release On 1-2 Finishes In Decathlon And TJ Includes athlete quotes.
Wednesday
Allyson Felix Wins 200 Gold As USA Crushes It With 7 Medals & 3 Golds Brittney Reese also won gold as did Aries Merritt.
The meet was "was
slipping away" from the US when everything got turned around with a ton of medals. Lashinda Demus had to settle for silver despite running 52.77. *USATF
Release On Historic Day
*Layden: Allyson Felix finally strikes gold on banner night for US track and field
*After Coming Up Short 4 Years Ago, Allyson Felix And Brittney Reese Come Through For Gold In 200 And LJ In 2012
110H: Aries Merritt Is
On Fire - PRs At 12.92 As US Goes 1-2 Jason Richardson was a little disappointed he got silver.
Epstein: Merritt quest perfectionism pays off with gold medal in 110m hurdles
Reuters: After showing great promises as jr. world champ, Merritt arrives on center stage
Tuesday:
A Great Read: LRC Men's
1,500m Reaction, Leo Manzano Talks About His Medal, Matt Centrowitz
His Near Miss, Makhloufi, Kiprop, Willis, More LRC gives you all the athlete reaction from the crazy men's 1,500m, which saw Leo Manzano take home the first US Olympic 1,500m medal since 1968. Leo says he felt awful but his prayer was answered; Centrowitz says he was running for gold and wouldn't change a thing; Asbel Kiprop praises Leo; Nick Willlis is amazed by Makhloufi's recovery but embarrassed by his own showing. What happened
to the Kenyans?
What about Nick Willis? What about Makhloufi's injury? *LRC Leo Photo Gallery
Race Recap: LRC 1,500 Final: Taoufik Makhloufi Dominates As Leo Manzano Surprises With Silver (updated) Makhloufi's last 300 was just way better than everyone else's, as anyone that tried to go with him paid a big price. Leo Manzano had the next-best last lap as he went from 10th to 2nd as Matt Centrowitz just missed a medal by .04. *IAAF Recap
Monday
400 Final: 19-Year-Old Kirani James Wins Grenada's First Olympic Gold In The 400 Luguelin Santos took silver and Lalonde Gordon bronze. Kirani James is Mr. Clutch at age 19. Incredible.
*Grenada Prime Minister Declares National Holiday To Celebrate Kirani James' 400 Win
SI: US 400m Dynasty Comes To An End
*MB: Kirani James 43.94!!!!
Friday And Saturday Results/News
- Saturday North City Games: Bernard Lagat, Jenny Simpson, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford, Christian Taylor, WIll Claye Jason Richardson All Competing (scroll to bottom) Dwain Chambers vs Wallace Spearmon in the 100 as well.
- Banned Much? Despite Lifetime Ban Lance Armstrong Continues To Compete He's riding this weekend at the Alpine Odyssey in Crested Butte, Colorado which is a qualifier for the Leadville 100.
- Tarahumara Runners (Made Famous By The Book Born To Run) Raced Friday In The Rabbit Run 100-mile Race In Colorado Results should eventually be posted here.
- Guy's Mom Films Him As He "Breaks" Beer 2 Mile WR With 14.27.10 It's not on a track, so can hardly be considered official. He's training for this weekend's Parkville Beer Mile in Melbourne, Australia, which includes 2 Olympians and the current Aust. XC champ *Race Site *FB Page *Online Betting
- Next Weekend: Bernard Lagat, Matthew Centrowitz And Leo Manzano Will Clash At NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile Cam Levins and Ryan Gregson are also in the field. The women are led by Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury, Gabriele Anderson and UK's World Champs silver medallist Hannah England. *NYRR Press Release
- 74K Of Trail Running @ Elevation: Max King Will Be Busy Next Weekend As He'll Try To Win His Fifth Consecutive XTERRA National Championship On Saturday he'll do the USATF 50K Trail Champs in Oregon and then fly to Utah immediately after to race the 21K XTERRA on Sunday. He did this last year too and won both.
- Rob Myers After Just Missing His Attempt At Going Sub-4 In The Mile For The 10th Consecutive Year: "You gotta give me another shot." 4:49 into the video *Post-race interview
- IAAF Preview Of September 15-16th Talence Combined Events Challenge: Women's Field Includes The Top 6 From London (Minus Jessica Ennis) World Champ Tatyana Chernova and Olympic silver and bronze medalists Lilli Schwarzkopf and Lyudmyla Yosypenko lead the field. Another interesting addition is the 2-time Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova, who will compete in her first heptathlon since 2002.
US Olympians In The News And At The White House
- Aries Merritt And Other US Olympians Meet The President In Washington DC Merritt: "In previous years, I would be so, so nonchalant about everything. I took everything for granted. I didn't work hard. I just thought talent would carry me. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. I decided I was going to work hard, change my diet. All of these things played a role in it; it wasn't just one thing."
- President Obama Praises Team USA For Unforgettable Summer
*Sanya Richards-Ross with First Family - Lolo is Solo: Lolo Jones Denies Reports That She's Dating Ndamukong Suh "We are not currently dating. However, if the Lions win the Super Bowl and he wants to use the ring to propose to me, then we'll see."
- Dick Fosbury Among 20 Alumni And 3 Olympians Who Returned To OSU For Track Ribbon Cutting
- Tyson Gay Likes Call Of Duty, Remote-Control Model Cars, And Starburst Jelly Beans
- IAAF Ratifies Ashton Eaton's Decathlon World Record
- USOC CEO Scott Blackmun Predicts The Olympics Will Be An Even Bigger Deal In The Future "As I look ahead, I think the Olympic Games are only going to increase in their relevance."
US/NCAA News: OSU Track Ribbon Cutting Is Today; Lolo Jones Dating?
- Oregon State Track Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Is Today At 6PM ET Link fixed With so many colleges cutting track, it's nice to talk about one bringing it back. Congrats to OSU.
*Video Of "First Lap Night" *Interviews With Athletes/Coaches *Video With Track Specs - Lolo Jones Dating Lions Tackle Ndamukong Suh?
- Lisa Uhl Leaves Oregon Track Club Elite To Move Back Home To Iowa And Be An Assistant Coach At Iowa State *MB: Uhl leaves Schumacher & OTC
- Today: Harvard Vs. Yale: The Never Ending Dual Meet The cross-country teams will go head-to-head today as they have been each year for the last nine decades.
- Jen Suhr Doing "Gold Medal Tour" Of Western NY, Including Three Street Vault Competitions Competition dates include September 22nd, 28th, and 30th in Fredonia, Rochester, and Buffalo.
- RW Q&A With Allyson Felix
Olympics/Paralympics
- Valerie Adams Says She Wants The Gold Medal From Ostapchuk "Sterilised" First
- Mo Farah's Twins Get Personalized Shoes, Blankets And Gold Medals Farah has reportedly said he's going to engrave each of his gold medals with one of the twins names on them.
- Nike Extends Its Domain A Little Further As It Will Take Over From Mizuno As The Official Clothing Supplier For The IOC
- Daughter Of Founder Of Paralympics Against Merger With The Olympics On Oscar P running in the Olympics, she said, "Whether it is a good thing I do not know. I think it may possibly be. That Oscar did not win [an Olympic medal] was fine in a way because had he won I think then there would have been discussions 'did he have an advantage'."
- UK's Paralympic 100m Champ Jonnie Peacock Wants More Paralympic Events In The Diamond League
- NBC's CEO Defends Olympic Spoilers Being On The News Our advice for 2016: get a UK proxy and watch everything on BBC.
2012 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Field Is Released
LRC Kebede And 4 More Sub-2:06/10 Sub-2:07 Guys Will Battle Ritz At 2012 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Carey Pinkowski's full 2012 field was released early Wednesday. The women's field features two sub-2:20 performers and eight sub-2:25s. *Discuss
US News: Ryan Hall Considering A Coach, Chris Derrick Still A Free Agent, And Nick Symmonds Starting A Straight 800m Road Race
- He Should Hire John Kellogg: After A String Of Bad Injuries Which Have Left Him Unable To Train, Ryan Hall Is Considering Getting A Coach "I've said since I started the faith-based coaching thing, I've been open to working with a coach. This wasn't something I was married to for the rest of my career or anything like that."
- Good Running Times Article On A Little Known '84 Olympian John Tuttle, Who's Still Tearing It Up On The Masters Scene Tuttle: "I want to be as good as I can be, for as long as possible. I'm always going to run. And if I'm going to run, I might as well race and try to be up near the top."
- Inaugural "Nick Symmonds Springfield 800" Straight Road Race To Be Held October 13th
- RW Brief Chat With Hansons Runner Dot McMahan Ahead Of The Chicago Marathon She finished top 10 in both the 2012 and 2008 Marathon Trials.
- US 800m Runners Phoebe Wright And Erica Moore Document Part Of Their 6-Week, 7,200 Mile Road Trip In Photo Essay They've started a website, Runnin' The Streets, to show the non-athletic side to the life of an athlete.
- No Shame: Austin Runners Club Formally Invites Lance Armstrong To Run Decker Challenge 5k
*Somebody Stole "Armstrong's" Bikes They were worth nearly $60,000. - Video Interview: Chris Derrick Still Without A Contract
- Former New York Rangers Player Nick Kypreos & Dancing With The Stars Champ J.R. Martinez Running NYC Marathon
Athletics Kenya Announces That All Kenyan Marathons Must Give At Least $5,954 To Race Winners AK boss Isaiah Kiplagat: "There is really no need for people to go out there getting sponsorship, putting money into their pockets and you pay a man who has ran 42km Sh150,000 that is a joke!" Better news is they're requiring drug testing, too.
Oregon-Related News
- Luke Puskedra Has Realized He Loves To Run On The Roads - Looking Forward To World Half Champs "I really enjoy going out and doing more of the tedious-type stuff. Just stuff where I can turn my head off and get the work done."
- Sally Kipyego On Becoming An American Citizen? - No Comment
- It's Official: Robert Johnson Is Now The Head Man At Oregon - Vin Lananna Is A Bureaucrat *Oregonian Article *Discuss
Weekly Free Coaching Advice - Don't Read LetsRun.com Before You Go To Sleep
Using A Computer Before Bed Can Disrupt Sleep Update: A LRC visitor has written in, saying, "I'm a big fan of this software program and think
it's helped me sleep better. It automatically darkens the screen in the
evenings." http://stereopsis.com/flux/
Bureaucrats In The News
- Kenyan Sports Minister Rips Olympic Report That Placed Most Of Olympic Blame On Athletes (link fixed) He wants a new report - "That will be a far much more enriching a report to the republic rather than stating that so and so fell sick, so and so woke up on the wrong side of the bed or so and so din't look at so and so properly. That is not what we are looking forward to."
- Seb Coe To Run For BOA (British Olympic Association) Head In November Elections
- Another Article Says Coe Just Isn't Ruling Out BOA Head Job
Ryan Hall Out Of NYC
Ryan Hall Withdraws From ING NYC Marathon His nagging injuries are not behind him. Hall's year ends with a second place at the Olympic Trials and a DNF a the Olympics.
Discuss: Ryan
Hall Out of NYC
*Video Message From Ryan Hall To Fans (also embedded on right) He says he's more motivated than ever to make amends in 2013.
Paula Won't Quit
Paula Radcliffe Ignores Those Who Tell Her She'll Never Run Again, Has Foot Surgery & Is Now Targeting 2012 London Marathon LetsRun friend Amol Saxena apparently did the surgery again.
More News From The UK: Adam Gemili Runs 20.38 - Fastest UK Time In 3 Years
Paralympics *Video Highlights
Ridiculous: Oscar P Is Shortlisted For Paralympic Sportsmanship Award Days After Nearly Being Disciplined For Whining It is given to one "who is fair, honest and is uncompromising in his or her values and prioritises the promotion of the Paralympic Movement above personal recognition."
Paralympics = More Ways To Cheat (With Drugs & Technology):
*Two Paralympic Powerlifters Banned For HGH Positives
*NY Times Looks At Technodoping - That's When You Cheat With Technology In The Paraplympics
*Science Of Sport Looks More At Oscar P Case & What It Means For Future Of Sport
Oscar Pistorius Dominates To Win Final Track Gold His time was 46.68, which was a slow time for Oscar but a Paralympic record. Pistorius won by nearly three seconds and this was his first individual gold in London.
More Paralympics: *More On Pistorius's Gold
*Crowd Of 80,000 Delighted With Pistorius' Gold
*200m Gold Medallist At Paralympics Is Glad To Have A Disability
Brussels: The Last Diamond League Meet Of The Year Was Friday *Results *LRC Photos
LRC 2012
Brussels Diamond League Recap The 2012 DL season came to an end with some great action. The men's 1,500 was worth a watch as Silas Kiplagat got the win over Olympic Champ
Makhloufi as Centrowitz mixed it up. In the women's 800, Francine Niyonsaba arrived as a star as two Americans did well. Plus redemption for Brimin Kipruto and Vivian Cheruiyot.
*Athletics Weekly Full Meet Recap *IAAF Recap
Kenyan Press Chronically Unhappy: 4 Kenyans Win Diamond Titles On Friday - But Press Harps On Fact None Of 4 Won Gold In London
Lance Gets Punished
So, So Great: Lance Armstrong Banned From Chicago Marathon
*Armstrong's Agent Whines & Complains "Just the latest chapter in USADA's never-ending vendetta against Lance."
*MB: Lance denied entry into Chicago Marathon
Wow: Parents Of 4 X 100 Gold Medallist Tianna Madison Sue Her, Saying Their Own Daughter Has Defamed Them This isn't a case of an "absent parent" trying to cash in, as both mom and dad were in London.
The NYC Marathon Field Gets A Little Bit Deeper
- US Olympians Amy Hastings, Julie Culley, & Janet Bawcom Added To NYC Field They join the previously announced Kim Smith. Also previously announced for the men were Meb, Abdi, Hall, Hartmann, Gotcher, Arciniaga, Carlson, Bauhs and Vail.
- After So Many Complaints, NYC Marathon Modifies Their "No Baggage Policy" Runners now offered two options: No-Baggage "Early Exit" or checked bag.
- RW Brief Chat With Julie Culley
- Amy Hastings Moving To Rhode Island Temporarily To Train With NZ's Kim Smith In The Build-up For The NYC Marathon
Craig Mottram Will Run A Marathon, Usain Bolt Might Play Soccer
- Craig Mottram Says He's Done With The Track And Moving Up To The Marathon He'd like to debut at London or Boston in the spring.
- Usain Bolt Might Play Manchester United Charity Game Next Summer Unlikely this happens as it's on June 3rd, which is right before some key DL meets and the August World Championships.
Mark Your Calendar For October 28th: Frankfurt Marathon Is Shaping Up To Be A Great Race
Frankfurt Marathon Adds Four 2:06 And Under Runners To Field To Challenge Patrick Makau In His WR Attempt Yemane Tsegay (who ran 2:04:48 in Rotterdam), Albert Matebor (2:05:25), Bazu Worku (2:05:25) and Gilbert Kirwa (2:06:14) have all been added to the field.
Labor Day Action - New Haven 20km - *Race Website/Videos/Interviews
LRC Matt Tegenkamp Does The 20k - Wins 2012 USA 20km Title In American Course Record Time Of 58:30 For years, it was said Teg doesn't run the 10k, but he does do that and now even the 20k!! Former Oregon
Duck Luke Puskedra ran a gutsy race, but Teg blew him away at the end to get the win in a new American course record time of 58:30 - the second-fastest
20 km road race ever run by
an American - in a race where the top 5 ran 60:00 or faster. In the women' race, Renee Metivier Baillie (67:08) won as four broke 69:00. *RRW Article
*Tegenkamp On Puskedra: "He made me work for it. I ran that race in the hardest way possible. I didn't know what I was doing out there."
More On The Oscar P Blade Length Debate *Video: Oscar P Loses 200
- Oscar P Apologises For The Timing Of His Outburst Against Oliveira, But Could Still Be Hit With A Punishment From The IPC However, the IPC has agreed to sit down with him and talk about the blade length issue.
- IPC Reveals That Pistorius First Expressed Concerns About Blade Length 6 Or 7 Weeks Ago
- Alan Oliveira Confirms That He's Improved By About A Second Since Switching To The Longer Blades He increased his height from 1.76m to 1.81m just three weeks ago. Under IPC rules, he could go up to 1.85m. So as an disabled athlete you can essentially change your height to find the optimum stride length.
US Marathon News
- Olympic Trifecta: Meb + Abdi Will Join Ryan Hall At The 2012 ING New York City Marathon All three US Olympic men's marathoners plus Hartmann, Gotcher, Arciniaga, Carlson, Bauhs and Vail will run New York this year. New York also announced they are going to offer $50,000 in prize money per gender for Americans only.
- Good Interview: Runner's World Q&A With Meb The cobblestones in London really beat up his feet and he hasn't run since the Olympics, but he thinks he'll be ready by NYC. Also talks about a London mishap with Ryan Hall's drink. Some quotes "that weren't QOD" in there.
Mo Farah/Usain Bolt News
Olympic 5,000m Final Was So Loud That Finish Line Camera Shook And The Official Finish Photo Was Blurry For The First Time Ever It
didn't happen in any other
race in London. Farah mania > Bolt mania in London.
Mo Farah's Wife Gives Birth To Twin Girls
Lausanne DL *Full Results
LRC: Matt Centrowitz Runs 3:31.96 For Third The twenty-two-year-old American continued to roll as in his first race post-London, he skipped the 3:32s and 3:33s to run 3:31.96 and come close to the win in Lausanne.
*Video Of Centro's Race
*MB: CENTRO 3:31!! *What the hell happened? Centro 3:31, Rupp DNF, Manzano/Willis 3:34
Results: Yohan Blake 9.69, Usain Bolt 19.58, Pamela Jelimo Over Mariya Savinova, Matt Centrowitz 3:31, Leo Manzano 3:34, Galen Rupp DNF The two Jamaican sprint stars came to play in Lausanne. But the mid-d and distance action left you wondering how the Olympic results
were as they were. In the 1,500, the American silver medallists didn't really show up as Leo Manzano was 10th and Galen
Rupp didn't finish, as Silas Kiplagat got the win and Matt Centrowitz showed why he's the best American miler when healthy. In the women's 800, Pamela Jelimo got the win over the 2012 Olympic champion, and in the 3,000, Jenny Simpson was dead last - proving in our minds that her problems in 2012 aren't a matter of confidence or tactics, but rather of fitness.
*IAAF Recap *AP *BBC
*MB: The Good: CENTRO 3:31!! *9.69 - My head just exploded
The Bad: What the hell happened? Centro 3:31, Rupp DNF, Manzano/Willis 3:34
The Ugly: JennyB needs a new coach fast
Monday/More Weekend Track Action
- Monday In Linz, Austria: Kirani James, Felix Sanchez Impress Overall recap.
- *Men's 1,000m: Seurei Wins, Nate Brannen 2:16.52, Over Nick Willis (Missed NZ Record By .01), Wheating, Torrence Willis for some reason was getting top billing earlier. Brannen deserves it. He is in fabulous shape and fell in London. Kirani James won the 400 (44.46) as Oscar P was 6th (46.91). In the 800, Hannah England ran 1:59.66 to beat Anna Pierce and Molly Beckwith. Felix Sanchez won the 400H; Michael Tinsley was 3rd. Other action included a poor steeple showing by Bridget Franek (9:52.90) and bronze medallist Kellie Wells losing to US runners Ginnie Crawford and Queen Harrison in the 100H. *Full Results *Cory Martin Wins City Shot *MB: Brannen 2:16:52 1000m
Olympic Track & Field *Daily Schedule/Results *Complete T&F Schedule *LRC Check Prediction Contest Scores/Change Picks
Saturday: W800: LRC The World Champion Is Now The Olympic Champion As Mariya Savinova Wins Comfortably Over Caster Semenya (updated) Russia's Mariya Savinova came from way back to win the gold comfortably in 1:56.19 and retain her global superiority. Caster Semenya had a blazing last
100 to grab the silver, but waited
way too long to kick to challenge for gold. Defending champ Pamela Jelimo led with 200 to go, but faded badly and was the first outside the medals.
*David Epstein: "Silver Medal in 800 meters Offers Little Clarity in Semenya Speculation" Talks about speculation as to how Semenya came out of nowhere again to get silver and points out how those who objected to her in the past (such as Savinova) seem to be fine with her now that she's losing.
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Saturday Relay Action:
- Bolt Is 6-For-6: Usain Bolt And Jamaica Make History With A New 4 X 1 World Reocrd (36.84) Bolt gets his back-to-back triple crowns. The US was second, actually equalling the old WR, but still well beaten by Jamaica. *IAAF Event Report
- Tim Layden: "In a Games filled with memorable moments, few resonate like Bolt"
- It Was A Disappointing Games For "White Lightning" Christophe Lemaitre This article was from before the 4 x 1 final, but we doubt he's any happier, as France just missed a medal.
- US Women Win 4 X 4 Relay With Fastest Time In 19 Years Allyson Felix gets her 3rd gold medal of the games, Sanya Richards-Ross her 2nd. Richards-Ross said, "By the time I got the stick, it was basically a victory lap." *MB: ALLYSON FELIX JUST SPLIT 48.8
Friday
W 5,000: LRC Meseret Defar Stunningly Stops The Coronation Of Tiruneh Dibaba The script was all set. Tirunesh Dibaba was to complete the "Double Double" and become the first women track athlete with four individual golds. Only thing was, the person making history ended up being Meseret Defar.
*Reuters Defar's golden focus pays dividends Defar said she's had great health and says she changed training to prepare for a tactical race. The religious Defar says she feels "born again."
*Defar Says She Will Now Move Up To The Marathon She's ran one half before in 67:45. Dibaba has said she's making the same move, so their rivalry isn't over yet.
*AP Recap
Thursday
800 Could Be Was Epic:
LRC David Rudisha Becomes A Legend By Winning Gold With A World Record In The Greatest 800 Race In History updated David Rudisha went after in London and delivered, as he became the first person to break 1:41 in the 800. The rest of the field went
after
Rudisha and delivered as well as 7 of
8 runners PRed in a truly epic race where places 1-8 set new all-time best time-for-place marks. Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds became the 2nd
and 3rd Americans to break 1:43 and amazingly neither medalled.
*MB: Rudisha
1:40.91 WORLD RECORD!!
*Epstein: How low can Rudisha go in 800?
*Science Of The Sport Analyzes The Olympic 800 Final And Rudisha's Race Strategy
LRC Duane Solomon And Nick Symmonds React To Their Historic Olympic 800s That Leave Them Short Of The Medals The sub-1:43 club has two more Americans. Unbelievably both of them will leave London without medals. Nick Symmonds ran faster in the final than he thought was humanly possible for him.
*IAAF Article On Rudisha's WR 17-year-old Kenyan Timothy Kitum, who got bronze, said, "[Rudisha] told me he was going to go fast for the line. He advised me not to follow him and to go for silver. That's why (Mohammed) Aman failed. That was our plan."
*Usain Bolt & David Rudisha: Olympic Stars United In Greatness The 800 was crazy; British runner Andrew Osagie's 1:43.77 was enough to get him 4th all-time UK and would have won any of the past three Olympic finals ... but here it got him last.
*Ultimate Track Showdown: Bolt Vs. Rudisha Over 400 Both have hinted they'd be up for it. Props to whatever meet organizer makes this happen. *MB: More
Dominant: Bolt or Rudisha?
LRC Column/Editorial: Sarah Attar Makes Olympic Track And Field History For Saudi Arabia In 800m, But Is It Enough?
Imagine the outrage if the South African delegation made its black
athletes walk behind the whites and told them to not give interviews or
mingle with whites."It's time for the IOC to stop supporting sexism. Gender discrimination
should be treated no differently than racial discrimination. ... How about for a start, the Saudi women come out first at the closing
ceremonies? Come out before anyone else enters the stadium, that would
be a step in the right direction."
Other US News
- NYRR Talk To Alisha Williams In The Build Up To What Will Be Her 2nd Marathon At NYC Williams debuted with 2:35:09 at the Trials for 14th place and also works a full-time job as an accountant.
- An Interesting Look At The Coaching Career Of Former Princeton Head Coach Steve Steve Dolan Who Will Now Take Over At The University Of Pennsylvania
- Almost 8,000 Qualifiers Have Already Signed Up For Boston
- MileSplit HS XC Rankings: Boys Teams *Girls Teams *Boys Individuals *Girls Individuals
Voting Open
LRC NCAA Cross-Country Pre-Season Polls Sure, the NCAA XC season is underway but nothing has happened yet, so tell us who your top 10 teams are in the country or in each region.
Need Coaching Advice? Coaches Of Jessica Ennis, Sally Pearson & Tafouki Makhloufi Among Speakers At International Festival of Athletics Coaches Conf. In Glasgow October 26-28.
LetsRun.com T-Shirts Are Here Labor Day Special, 4 Different Shirts $50
LRC The Wait Is Over: Buy Your LetsRun.com Shirts Today The Empire State Building was built in 2 years, the US put a man on the moon in 8 years, and 12 years later the LetsRun.com T-Shirts are here. 4 designs coming from you. We've got a Labor Day Special: All 4 shirts, $50 with free shipping.
Scandal Updates: Ostapchuk And SA Athletics
- NZ Admin Not Happy That Disgraced Shot Putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk Might Get Off With A Shorter Ban NZ chief exec said the notion Ostapchuk's coach "dusted her food" with the anabolic steroid metenalone is "hardly credible" adding that "some people fall on their swords to protect others."
- Valerie Adams To Get Her Gold Medal Next Week At least she didn't have to wait 3 years like Nick Willis did for his 1,500 silver from Beijing.
- Adams Says She'd Be Game For A Boxing Match Against Ostapchuk After False Rumors Were Spread That One Was Being Organized Adams also doesn't buy that Ostapchuk's coach doped her.
- Hearing For Suspended Head Of South African Athletics Will Go Ahead The original hearing was postponed after SAA's offices were broken into and computers stolen.
Doping News
- Boston Marathon Runner-Up Sumgong Jemimah Jelagat Cleared Of All Doping Charges She had received a local (intrabursal) injection of Prednisolone, which is allowed.
- Debbie Dunn - 4th In 400 At US Trials - Accepts Two-Year Doping Ban
- Lance Armstrong's Lifetime Ban Will Not Be Challenged By UCI
- Unbelievable: Shot Putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk Was Allegedly Secretly Doped By Her Coach - Who Spiked Her Food - As He Was
Worried About Her Unimpressive Results Prior To London The coach has confessed and as a result Ostapchuk, who vehemently denied she doped, was only given a 1-year ban. Her coach is out for 4 years (he should be out for life).
*RR: Longer Article With Many More Details On Ostapchuk Doping Investigation The Belarus federation even drug tested staff members to see if they somehow contaminated Ostapchuk.
*Interesting: Ostapchuk's Coach Also Worked With 2000 Olympic Champ Who Was Busted In 2003 And He Said Then Maybe Someone "Poured Something Into Her Glass."
Ryan Hall's Message To His Fans After Dropping Out Of NY
THE 41st DAY Update from Tim Jeffreys on Vimeo.
Brussels Diamond League Photos: Aries Merritt 12.80 And More
LRC Guest Columnist: Lactic Acid - Is It All That Bad?
LRC From Time Magazine To NBC Commentators: Why is everyone still so confused about lactate (and exercise physiology)? LRC guest scientific contributor, PhD Matthew Goodwin, takes a look at some common exercise physiology misconceptions. His #1 target: The idea that lactic acid causes muscle soreness.
Political/Historical Stuff
- Video: Paul Ryan WINS In Photo Finish At The 1990 Chicago Marathon
- Interactive Political Marathon Battle: Bush V. Gore V. Ryan V. Palin And More ... Who Wins?
- Ceremony Marks The 40th Anniversary Of The Terrorist Attack And Murder Of 11 Israeli Athletes And German Policeman At Munich 1972 Olympics
- Japan Hammer Thrower Barred From Joining IOC Commission Because Of His Election Campaign Methods Has Taken His Appeal To CAS
- Paul Ryan Time Calculator: How Fast Could You Run If You Were Paul Ryan?
*MB: Paul Ryan's "Sub-3" Marathon
Nick Symmonds' Beer Mile AR
Lausanne 1,500: Centro 3:31.96
Saturday Photo Gallery: Usain And Mo
Goodbye London 2012 - Closing Ceremony Photos Gallery
LRC Asks Carmelita Jeter & Jason Richardson About Mark Block
Latest: Britain's Sunday Herald Picks Up Block Story & USADA Says "There is an investigation going on."
*Pat Forde Of Yahoo Sports Picks Up On Controversy
LRC Carmelita Jeter And Jason Richardson Answer Questions About Banned Agent Mark Block LRC's Weldon Johnson asked Jeter and Richardson
about
their association with banned agent Mark Block. Jeter and Richardson, to their credit, didn't dodge the questions. To say there was tension in the air is an understatement. *Discuss
*Associated Press Picks Up Story: US sprinter Carmelita Jeter defends friendship with suspended agent Mark Block
*The Guardian Picks Up Story: "A wonderful night for the USA's athletics team turned sour when Carmelita Jeter was questioned about her links with the controversial former coach, Mark Block."
*NY Daily News *Daily Mail *San Diego Tribune
Day 8 Olympic Photo Gallery: Women's 4 X 100 WR, Uceny Falls, Women's 5,000m Final
Day 7 Olympic Photo Gallery: Rudisha And Bolt
Day 6 Photo Gallery: Allsyon Felix, Aries Merritt, Brittney Reese, Women's 1,500m Semis
Day 5 Photo Gallery: Leo 1,500m Silver, Men's High Jump, Men's 800m Semis, Men's Discus Final
Day 4 Photo Gallery: King James, Felix Sanchez, Jenn Suhr, Women's Steeple
Day 3 Photo Gallery: Men's 100, Men's Steeple, Women's 400, More
Women's Olympic Marathon Photo Gallery
Day 2 Photo Gallery: Olympic 10,000m Final Photo Gallery
Help Out A LRCer Who Has Terminal Cancer: Help Cancer Guy
A Legend Passes Too Young
LRC Eight-Time US Cross-Country Champion Pat Porter Dies In Plane Crash Updated: We've added a great photo of Porter with 3-time World XC Champ Lynn Jennings.
*Authorities: "There are no indications as to what may have caused this accident." Porter and his 15-year-old son and a neighbohood friend have perished.