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The Virgin London Marathon - The World's Most Competitive - Was Sunday *Top Results *TV/Internet Viewing Info LRC: Flash Photo Gallery

Women's Race: LRC Priscah Jeptoo Finishes First In Women's London Marathon Marred By Wheelchair Collision Jeptoo was very special over the second half, but the race was marred by the fact that Olympic champ Tiki Gelana was wiped out from behind in a horrific collision with a wheelchair racer.
*Top Results LRC: Flash Photo Gallery

Recommended Read: Paula Radcliffe And Her Husband Reflect On Her 2:15:25 Marathon WR Which She Ran At London 10 Years Ago Her physio at the time, Gerard Hartmann, says she has the highest pain tolerance was incredible. "She would hurt me rather than me hurt her. She would actually break me down because I'd have to go so deep into the sinews, I would have to ice my thumbs afterwards I was in such pain."

Kansas Relays

• Kansas Relays: *Full Results *Corey Leslie Handily Beats Leo Manzano, Nick Symmonds, Lee Emanuel In Mile Leslie ran 3:58.18 to Manzano's 4:00.13 and Symmonds' 4:00.21. Emanuel was 4th (4:01.98); AJ Acosta was 9th (4:11.73).
  *Olympic Silver Medalist Michael Tinsley Wins 400H In World-Leading 48.77 At Kansas Relays 2005 world champ Bershawn Jackson was back in 5th (51.22).
  *Kansas Meet Recap

Pre Race London

• Steve Cram Talks About Paula Radcliffe's WR: "From a purely running perspective, that was the best performance I've ever commentated on."
• Paula Radcliffe Warns Mo Farah About Not Wasting His Peak Years And Waiting Too Long For The Full Marathon "Being in that shape does have a short window ... When you're there you think it's going to last forever, you think you're just unbeatable. ... That only does last for a small window of time."
• The London Marathon Will Be The First Race Since 2011 Mo Farah Has Entered And Not Won Farah:  "As an athlete, it is always hard not to try to win. But I haven't done the training and my body won't allow me to do that. I would probably get dropped."
• Farah Says He'll Have To Get Used To The Pain Of The Marathon "I'm all right dealing with pain, but it's different pain. Being a track runner to a
• London Marathon Adds 40% More Police Force For Extra Security
• Doctors Warn Over Taking Pre-Race Painkillers Which Can Lead To Serious Side Effects Such As Stomach Bleeding

More Boston News

• MB: Terrorist KILLS his brother according to police chief
• Usain Bolt's Irish Manager, Ricky Simms, Was Less Than 100 Yards From Boston Bomb Explosion
• Authorities Say They Took A Gamble By Releasing Suspects' Photos To The Public, But Say That Forced Them To Move And Led To Their Capture Article looks at how they analyzed tons of photos and video from the race. There is also a quote on an interaction with someone who talked to them the day after the bombing before they fled.
• AP: "For Bombing Suspects, Question May Be Who Led Whom" Includes quotes from a lot of family/friends who knew them.
• The Boston Finish Line: Witness Talk About What The Bombing Was Like

Bolt Will Definitely Be At London Anniversary Games

• It's Official: Usain Bolt Will Compete At London Anniversary Games At The Olympic Stadium In July; 100 On Day 1 And 4 X 100 On Day 2 Others competing include Mo Farah in the 3,000, Galen Rupp and Leo Manzano in the "Emsley Carr Mile," Aries Merritt, Sally Pearson, Kirani James, Sanya Richards-Ross vs. British silver medallist Christine Ohuruogu in the 300, Jessica Ennis and more. *Telegraph Article
• Ricky Simms Talks About What It's Like To Manage The Sport's Biggest Star Simms: "We do a lot of things for Usain and other clients that are not simple business things. Like buying flights, buying cars, PlayStations, tuxedos, whatever. One hour I'll be doing management work for him, one hour I'll be doing agent work for him. Another time I'll be doing big brother work for him."
• Oscar P Not Welcome At London Anniversary Games UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner: "I don't want to see the Sunday of the Anniversary Games turning into a media circus. It would overshadow every other athlete that was there."
  *Good Read: South African National Championships Came And Went Without Oscar Pistorius "Where does Pistorius the athlete go from here? Where does he end up? And does he matter anymore?"

Yohan Blake Out For Up To 6 Weeks With Hamstring Injury The injury occurred during the UTech Classic meet where Blake DNFed, grabbing his right hamstring.

The 117th Boston Marathon *Top 25 Results *Boston Photos *Boston Pre-Race Photos

LRC Top 25 Boston Results: Rita Jeptoo And Lelisa Desisa Win The action was exciting as Portugal's Anna Dulce Felix was reeled in after having a 1+ minute lead at 35k. The men's race ended up being a 3-way sprint for home between Gebre Gebremariam, debutante Micah Kogo, and Desisa. Shalane Flanagan and Jason Hartmann led the American charge with 4th-place finishes. The American men, thanks to Daniel Tapia and Craig Leon, place 3 in the top 10!

Race Recaps/News:

• LRC We Covered It Live With 2 Different Blogs:
  *Live Boston Message Board Thread
  *Coveritlive Coverage
• IAAF Recap
• Competitor Women's Recap: Some Interesting Quotes From The Chase Pack As Anna Dulce Felix Gapped Them Eventual 3rd placer Sharon Cherop on what she said to countrywoman/eventual winner Rita Jeptoo: "Let us move forward. These ladies may end up winning the race. They have already gone far. I was so worried," Jeptoo replied, "I'm not going now." *Men's Recap
• AP Recap Flanagan: "The hardest part about Boston is the Bostonians want it just as bad as we do, which really tugs at our heart. We all want it too. We want to be the next Joanie." *2nd AP Article
  
  Boston On The Boards:

• Lesisa Desisa Wins Boston 3 Months After Winning Dubai (And $200,000)
• Jason Hartmann deserves more respect
• Why was Boston so slow?
• Joan Benoit Samuelson - new Masters World Record?!
• You know it had to be asked: how would a healthy Ryan Hall done in today's Boston Marathon?
• I would rather be a mediocre runner and look muscular than win the Boston marathon and look like a skeleton
• Daniel Tapia!!! Couldn't Break 10 for 2 Mile in HS, 9th at Boston!!!
• Live Boston Message Board Thread

The Virgin London Marathon - The World's Most Competitive - Was Sunday *Top Results

Men's Race LRC Marathon Gods 1, Distance Runners 0: World And Course Record Attempts Disintegrated As Everyone Bonked After A Crazy-Fast First Half The totally loaded men's field tried to live up to hype as they went out on WR pace, but in the end it proved to be a destructive pace. Course record holder Emmanuel Mutai had a 28-second lead at 40km but ended up losing by 29 seconds as three different people had the lead in the last 4 miles. In the end, Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede was the winner.
LRC: What Happened to World Record Patrick Makau? He Didn't Stay With Leaders for 10k
*Top Results
*MB: Imagine if a in-form Ryan Hall had run London this year...
LRC: Flash Photo Gallery


Hamburg: 2003 5,000 World Champ Eliud Kipchoge Wins Debut In 2:05:30
*MB: HAMBURG MARATHON LIVE - ELIUD KIPCHOGE DEBUT

Weekend Track Action *Mt. SAC Saturday Results *Thursday/Friday *All College Weekend Meet Info/Results

• Mt. SAC: Mt. SAC Saturday: Duane Solomon Wins 800 In 1:46 Over Eric Sowinski (1:46.05) As Cas Loxom Is 5th (1:46.77) Ashton Eaton won his 200 heat in 20.76 and was 3rd in the 110 hurdles (13.37), beating World champion Jason Richardson (4th in 13.39). In the 800, Oregon's Laura Roesler won in 2:01.75 as Morgan Uceny was last in 2:05.50. *Mt. SAC Saturday Results
  *World-Leading Sprints Around The US: US's Mike Rodgers Sets (Wind Legal) 100m World Lead With 10.04 At Mt. SAC Relays, Beating Out Ryan Bailey (10.18) Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare ran WLing 200 (22.31). Elsewhere, in Louisiana, Aries Merritt won the 110m hurdles in 13.37, Jamaican Natoya Goule won the 800 in WLing 2:00.76, in Florida, Tyson Gay ran 45.95 in the 400 to finish 2nd to Tony McQuay (45.88), Justin Gatlin won the 100m in 10.06 and in Texas, Jeremy Wariner raced his first 400m of the season in 45.72 to finish runner-up to David Verburg (45.56).
  *Oregon's English Gardner Runs World-Leading 100 In 11.00 Her time was a school record, No. 2 all-time in PAC-12 history and No. 6 all-time in NCAA history.
  *Erik Kynard Clears WLing 2.34 meters Elsewhere, IU's Derek Drouin jumped 2.31, which would have been the WL. Jesse Williams also jumped 2.31m this weekend.
• Thursday/Friday Results: Brenda Martinez 4:04, Ben True / Patrick Casey 3:40, Will Leer 13:21, Abbey D'Agostino 15:11, Shalaya Kipp 9:52 Steeple True had the fastest 1,500 of the day with 3:40.07, beating out Casey's 3:40.27 from heat 1. Behind Casey, 6 more were sub-3:42.
  *Brenda Martinez Set The 1,500 World Lead And Crushed A 20-Year-Old Meet Record At Mt. SAC "This year my training's been a lot different. I actually believe in the strength I have under me. I never put this kind of work in, so I knew I wasn't going to die off."
  *Diego Estrada Ran "Out Of His Comfort Zone" To Close With A Fast Last Lap And PR In Mt. SAC 1,500 He was 7th place in 3:41.90.
  *OTB: Abbey D 15:11.35 at Mt. Sac!!
  *Will Leer!! 13:21 5k!!! gotta love the guy!
  *Holy smokes!!! Brenda Martinez 404 1500 @ Mt. Sac!!!
  *Laura Hollander Back!!!
  
  
• Oregon Relays: *Live Results *Photos *Register-Guard: Arkansas Men Nip Oregon In Dual Meet's Final Event To Win The Meet The Razorbacks' Akheem Gauntlett held off Oregon's Mike Berry to win the 4 x 4 in 3:07.14 to 3:07.39 and the meet 86 to 77. Elijah Greer won the 800 in 1:46.20 and Mac Fleet did the same in the 1,500 at 3:40.21.
  *Ken Goe Recaps Distance Action At Oregon Relays: Julia Lucas Wins The 1,500 (4:16); Andrew Wheating Wins The 800 (1:49) Hassan Mead won the 1,500 (3:41.03), Japan's Tsuyoshi Ugachi won the 5k over Ben Blankenship in 13:56.95 as Oregon's Parker Stinson was 3rd (13:59.83). Jordan Hasay and Bridget Franek ran the 5,000 together as a controlled effort in 16:01.
  *Andrew Wheating Says The Focus Will Be On The 800 This Year, Though The 1,500 Isn't Off The Table "The 1,500 is one of those puzzles I haven't cracked yet. I'm not giving up, but the 800 was my bread and butter my senior year (at Oregon), and I'm going back to what I know best."
  
  
• Other NCAA/HS: Robby Andrews Wins Princeton Larry Ellis Invite 800 In 1:48.18
  *ACC Champs: Florida State Men, Clemson Women Win
  *8:46 HSer: Sean McGorty Runs Solo 8:46.07 3,200 At VA Meet
  *MileSplit Weekend HS Coverage: Ben Saarel Wins Mt. SAC Relays Mile In 4:08.55
  *DyeStat Oregon Relays Coverage/Live Results
  
  
• Kenya In Kenya: Recap Of Fifth NBK/AK Athletics Weekend Meeting In Mombasa County
  *Kenya's World Youth Steeplechase Champ Norah Jeruto Wins At Kenya Secondary Schools Champs With A 10:11

RIP Sean Collier *One Fund Boston Charity

• RIP: Sean Collier MIT Cop, Murdered By Boston Bombers Collier was a great guy according to media accounts and died protecting us all. His roommate said it best: "The best guy got shot down by the biggest scumbags."
  *More From MIT
• Other Boston News: One Suspect Dead, Other Captured, In Boston Marathon Bombing Case
• OTB: Suspect's Uncle Gives Press Conference. Real AmericanV is 19 years old
  *Why rob a 711 before you go to MIT with a bag of bombs?
  *Suspect #2s dad says whole thing is 'inside job' and 'Hell Will Break Loose' if son is killed
• Boston Finisher Medals Going For Over $500 On Ebay The president of the medal company called it "pretty disgusting."
  *Discuss *Listing Going For $685 *Other Listings

The Horror In Boston *Channel 7 News Update (Video) *Video Of Explosion *CNN Photos (Warning: Some Intense Images) *Boston Race Photos

• LRC LetsRun.com Message Board Gets Credit For Helping Make Clearest Photo Of Boston Marathon Suspect Go Viral
• Daily Mail: How Internet sleuths found crucial marathon picture first
• NY Times: "One posted it in a running forum, from where it went viral."
• UK "Quadruple-Checking" London Marathon Security
• Boston Blasts Remind Ugandans Of 2010 Twin Blasts That Killed 74 At Rugby Match
• Former 'Nova Star & 1996 US Olympian Vicki Huber Rudawsky Writes About Boston And Atlanta Bombings
• London Planning Many Tributes To Boston, Including 3 Moments Of Silence
• Kenneth Feinberg, The Attorney Who Oversaw Compensation Funds For Victims Of The September 11 Attacks, Will Head Out Giving One Fund Money
• Amby Burfoot, Boston 72 Hours Later

Eventually, They Get Caught Did USADA Waste Its Time?

MB: 2004 Olympic 200 Champ Shawn Crawford Gets 2-Year Doping Ban It's not a surprise that Crawford, who worked with Trevor Graham but was never busted, is now out for 2 years for missing 3 drug tests. However, Crawford supposedly retired last year. Crawford should have notified USADA so as not to blemish his record and then USADA wouldn't have to waste its resources on this. *WADA Statement *More