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The Return: Alan Webb Opening Season At Kansas Relays

Cool Piece On Private School Setup For Elite Distance Runners Remember this piece came out on April 1, 2009.

Biggest Jamaican Track Meet Taking Place Now

Sad News: Swede Legend Arne Andersson Dead At 91 *Another History Lesson - Andersson's Wikipedia

LRC April Fools Homepage Reactions Yesterday was our annual April Fools homepage and a lot of people fell for it including an FBI agent, a running agent, a journalist, a first time visitor to the site, a p***** off conservative, and some regulars. We didn't get any threats of lawsuits like in 2004, but the emails and anonymous phone calls were pretty funny. We recap them all.
In Case you Missed It: 2009 LetsRun.com April Fools' Homepage

Track Never Takes A Break: Weekend Action:
*Fam And Other Olympians To Race Carlsbad 5k On April 5
*Check Out the Lineups For Sunday's Paris Marathon
*Texas Relays Preview
*Martin Fagan Returning Home For Great Ireland Run Vs. Paul Tergat

*German Fernandez Is USATF Athlete Of The Week

Must Read
The Week That Was/ World XC Recap We break down World XC and wonder whether any American could have won the junior boys race, give props to Moses Kipsiro, tell you why the Kenyan system is broken, try to save World XC for the future, tell you why Dathan Ritzenhein's big XC win from 2005 may not have in reality been a big win, analyze how steep the course was and give you exclusive post-race interviews with Kim Smith, Ryan Gregson and Julie Culley. Plus we give you the scoop on the post-race party thrown by the Prince and the challenge Ryan Gregson issued German Fernandez.

Post-Race Video Interviews from World XC With Ryan Gregson, Julie Culley and Kim Smith

Constantina Dita To Remain With Asics Through 2012

Macharia And Tulu Headline Nagano Marathon Elite Entrants

Star Asbel Kiprop Kicked Out Of Kip Keino's Camp Kiprop, 20, has apparently been bringing his lady into camp.

Women Track Stars In The News

World XC *Results *LRC Photos *Race Video
*Live Message Board Updates
Recaps/Results:
Men: Gebre Gebremariam Gets Gold The men's finish was crazy. The final 600-800m is straight uphill and there were close to 15 guys in contention. Gebremariam timed it perfectly and bolted to his first world title. Gebremariam was a world junior champ in 2002 and in 2004 was runner-up to the great Bekele in both the long course and short course races. The Kenyan men did beat the Ethiopians on the tiebreaker for the team title, but they did not get the one title they want most, the men's individual champion, which unbelievably they have not won for 11 years. OSU's Ryan Vail led the US men. *Results

We Know Why You're Looking Forward To The Weekend: Sweet Races

One We Missed: Course Records At Prague Half Marathon

Looks Like The Calfornia Relays Aren't Happening In 2009

Random Stuff That's Sort Of Linked To Running

3 Recommended Reads
1. History Lesson: Belayneh Densamo Recalls His 1988 World Record In Rotterdam That Stood For 10 Years "No, I don’t think we’ll ever see that. Maybe 2:02, 2:01 something, but under 2:00, I just don’t think any man can do that."
2. Pat Butcher On World Cross-Country And Why It Used To Matter "The only thing that can revive the corpse [world xc] is for the rest of the world to recognise, like the Americans have done, that there are no easy options or short cuts. It's long, hard training. That’s all!
3. Edwin Moses Speaks Out On Drugs And Dwain Chambers

Not April Fools: Doug Logan And Mary Wittenberg Announce June 3rd As National Running Day
*USATF Press Release
*Interview With Virginia Brophy Achman - Twin Cities Marathon Race Director - About National Running Da y

Brief Chat With Kate O'Neill

From our Australian Friends: What Is The "Trade Value" Of US Distance Runners?
*Video Interview With Australian Great Ron Clarke

Kristiansen, Moller And Cusack To Be Honored In Boston This Year

Jamaican News
*USA vs. Jamaica Sprint Meets To Start In 2010
*USA And Jamaica Agree To Sprint Clash
*Jamaica's Boys' And Girls' Athletics Championships Being Held This Week
*Preview Of Boys' and Girls' Champs In Jamaica
*Jamaican High Schools Win Big Money For Event Wins!

Kenya News

Guardian Laments Pace Of Changes At UK Athletics And Poor World XC Showing For British Athletes

Glimpse At Formidable April 5th Fortis Rotterdam Marathon Lineup And Some Road Results From The Weekend

IOC Issues Statement In Support Of WADA's Whereabouts Rule

Scientists Claim Each Human Has A Perfect Running Pace Rojo's current ideal pace is about 9:00/mile.

International Results

Micah Kogo Breaks 10k World Best In Brunssum Holland Kogo got the bronze at 10k last year at the Olympics and had run 27:07 on the roads in 2006.
Prague Half Marathon Report (Course Records Fall)
Deena Kastor Wins Over Tera Moody In Her Return
Ethiopians Dominate Ukrop's 10k -Dan Browne 4th In 28:50
S. Africa Caster Semenya's Bid To Break 2 Comes Up Short As She Runs 2:05 For 800

April Fools

April Fools Archives:
Judging from the emails and phone calls, a lot of viewers fell for our 2009 April Fools homepage.
*2009    *2008
*2007    *2006
*2004    *2003
*2002    *2001
We were threatened with a lawsuit for our 2004 edition.

LRC World XC Coverage

LRC Post Race Coverage: We break down World XC and wonder whether any American could have won the junior boys race, give props to Moses Kipsiro, tell you why the Kenyan system is broken, try to save World XC for the future, tell you why Dathan Ritzenhein's big XC win from 2005 may not have in reality been a big win, analyze how steep the course was and give you exclusive post-race interviews with Kim Smith, Ryan Gregson and Julie Culley. Plus we give you the scoop on the post-race party thrown by the Prince and the challenge Ryan Gregson issued German Fernandez. You can watch the races online here, read recaps,/see results here, and see photos here.

Friday: The Press Conference, German Fernandez And His Injury And Saif Shaheen The world record holder Shaheen apparently has caught Fernandez mania, saying, "German Fernandez, LetsRun.com, German Fernandez, LetsRun.com." Surreal.

Thursday: Rojo Interviews The US Team / Sees German Fernandez Running Story plus video interviews with Bobby Curtis, Ed Moran, and Julie Culley.
*Installment #4: "In America, Everyone Is Alone"

Wednesday: Analyzing German Fernandez's Chances For A Medal: History Says He'll Have His Hands Full

Tuesday: Rojo's Blog: The Flight And Day 1 A fascinating read on driving backwards down the highway, US team member Bobby Curtis possibly taking a cab to Iraq, 11 espressos, and much more.
Photos: *Photos Of The Teams Practicing *Rojo's Blog Photos

Our Top 4 Running Events Of The Weekend

1. Fortis Rotterdam Marathon - Loaded field
2. Carlsbad 5k - Fam goes for 13:24 American record?
3. Great Ireland Run - Martin Fagan vs. Paul Tergat
4. Texas Relays

Stories From Japan

Absolutely Hilarious: Man Who Ran Tokyo Marathon In Huge Wig

Unbelievable: Japanese University's Track & Field Coaching Staff Resigns Over Suspicion One Of Their Runners Smoked Pot

LRC: The Week That Was 2009

*Week 12: Training advice from Hall, Goucher wins in Lisbon and Port-a-Potties in Boston.
*Week 11: NCAAs, Gate River, what Eli Manning and Galen Rupp have in common.
*Week 10: Last chance, European Indoor, D. Chambers and Diamond League.
*Week 9: USAs, NCAA conferences, World's Best 10k.

Training Advice

Advice From The Pros

Top 10 Training Tips
LetsRun.com's Weldon Johnson gives his top 10 training tips in this letsrun.com classic when the site first launched.. They helped him knock 1:22 off his 10k pr in one race and will definitely help you too.

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LetsRun.Com coaching consultant John Kellogg outlines his basic coaching approach and gives the four principles to correct training for elites. LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson translates Mr. Kellogg's approach so that it is beneficial for the masses.

Wejo Speaks:

Why I Sucked In College Perhaps Wejo's most popular training article ever. Wejo explains why he was only a mediocre college runner, yet ended up running 28:06 for 10k.

"In running however, there are not bonus points for running 'hard.' The point is to run fast. There is a difference. Don't forget that."
-Letsrun.com's Wejo explaining "Why He Sucked in College" but went on to be 4th in the country in the 10k.

The LetsRun.com Party Archives

The Party Scene In Eugene We got way back in the archives to relive the 2001 USATF Nationals party scene.

2006 USATF LetsRun.com/Reebok XC Post-Race Bash We upped our game a bit and sponsored the official post-race party after the biggest race in Boulder's fabled running history.

Highlights From Our Archives

Best Running Movie Of All Time We opened it up to our esteemed viewers and they picked the best running movie of all time and the top 10 running movies of all time.

Inspirational Running Poem

Kenya:

LetsRun.com's Wejo went to Kenya for the World XC Championships and then he toured the country and explored the secrets of some of the Kenyan greats. See some of his insights on this incredible country.

Controlled Chaos Read about incredible one-of-a-kind 2007 World XC Championships in Mombasa, Kenya. Tens of thousands of people packed like sardines, hanging in trees, in oppressive heat, all to see the Cross-Country Championships for the first time in Kenya. There will never be a party like this one again.

Kenyan Distance Running Part I: Kenya, The Land Of Opportunity You've seen the highly praised photos, read the incredible race recap, now learn about the Kenyan distance phenomenon. In this article, Wejo looks at the motivations of Kenyan runners. Running in Kenya is by-and-large about one thing: money opportunity.