Worlds Start on Saturday With Men's 10k Final, Round 1 800, Women's Maathon *Schedule

LRC Men's 800m Preview: Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon Searching for Gold An American has not won a global 800m title since 1972. That could all change at the World Championships in Moscow where Americans Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon are two of the gold medal contenders. They'll have their hands full with Mo Aman. We break down the action that starts on Saturday. (Thumbnail from Trackandfieldphoto.com)

2013 TD Beach To Beacon *Top 10 Results

Deena Kastor Preps For Moscow With Fastest US Masters 10k Ever As Joyce Chepkirui Wins Kastor's still running well at age 40. Top non-African honors overall went to Great Britain's Gemma Steel, who had a huge breakthrough to grab 2nd.

In First Race Since Boston Marathon, Micah Kogo Wins As Meb Takes Top American Honors Meb was fifth but Ryan Hall was a total non-factor in 10th.
MB:
How did Ryan Hall do in the Beach to Beacon 10k? 2013 Discussion Thread
*Press Herald Recap *Toni Reavis Recap

More Road Racing News: Boston Marathon To Have An Extra 9,000 Runners In 2014

Video: Nick Willis Wins Self-Organized Mile Race In Michigan In 3:56.57; Dan Clark Was 2nd (3:57.40), Miles Batty 3rd (3:58.06)

A Lot Of Drug News Updates

Borlee Brothers Will Make History By All Competing In 400 At Brussels DL In September Never before have 3 brothers been in one event at the top level. There are the twins Kevin and Johnathan and their younger brother Dylan.

Mitjia Kosovelj and Antonella Confortola Win WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in Szklarska Poreba, Poland Italy won the men and women's team challenge.

Rosemary Wanjiru Sets World Junior Lead Over 3k With 8:49.32 At Japanese National HS Champs

Doping News

Pre-Race TD Beach To Beacon

2014 Eugene Marathon Moved To Last Day Of World Juniors So People Going To Track Meet Can See Marathon Finish

Mac Wilkins Is Leaving Concordia For The USATF High Performance Training Center In Chula Vista, Calif

Jamaican Drug Talk

Will Russia's Anti-Gay Laws Cause Conflicts At Moscow World Champs?

Doping News: 9 More Turkish Dopers Banned

Other Drug News

Close Diamond League Battles For Overall Series Winner Will Resume Post-Moscow IAAF update on the current point standings.

Kenya Sweeps 10,000m Podium At Deaflympics Simon Cherono ran 29:16 to win gold.

Yoshihide Kiryu Sets 100m MR Of 10.19 At Japan HS National Champs

Doping News: Victor Conte Throws Out Some Major Accusations Against Jamaica

More Drug News

More On Farah Vs. Bolt Race

Mo Farah / Usain Bolt News: Bolt Accepts Farah's Race Challenge *London 2 Day Photo Gallery

The Amputee / Blade Length Debate Continues: Oliviera Proves Theory Which Said Double Amputees (Pistorius) Have An Advantage

Post-London DL Distance News *Full London Results *2 Day Photo Gallery

UK British Athletics Are Set After Raking In $14 Million At Anniversary Games The Brits even managed to sell out day 3 for the Paralympics.

.Mo Farah: Mo Farah Challenges Usain Bolt To Race - Wants Distance To Be Chosen By "Proper" Athletic Fans *Discuss
*Mo Farah "Training Harder Than Ever" To Stay At The Top *Video
*Mo Is Training So Hard His Twin Daughter Started Crying As She Didn't Recognize Her Dad As He's Been At Altitude For So Long
*Farah To Focus On Marathon After Worlds - Might Come Back To Track If He's Not Good At Marathon


Mark English:
Mark English Missed Irish 800 Record By .02 In London With 1:44.84 - But Is Now Just 2nd Irishman Ever Under 1:45 Don't know about the 20-year-old? Read previous MB talk of him below:
*MB: 2013:
Mark English- 800m (this is the most underrated youngster outside africa)
*MB: 2012:
Another talented 800m junior
*MB: 2011:
New Irish junior 800m record - 1:47.09

19-Year-Old European Jr. 1,500 Champion Jake Wightman Picked His Parents Well - Dad Is Olympic Announcer, Mom Was Olympic Marathoner

Post-London DL Non- Distance News

Clear The Calendar - Worlds Start With A Bang Next Weekend With 2 1 Great 10,000s *Schedule

LRC The Fans Lose Again: Dibaba and Defar Both NOT Doubling in Moscow (Updated at 9:15 am) Dibaba vs Defar X 2. It doesn't get any better than that for track and field fans. Now it won't happen at all as Ethiopian journalist Elshadai Negash is reporting neither Meseret Defar nor Tirunesh Dibaba will double in Moscow. Dibaba and Defar seem to be saying they would rather not lose to one another than win another World Championship medal.  There is one positive to this, Shalane Flanagan's medal hopes went WAY up. *Discuss

Next Saturday: LRC Men's 10,000 Preview: Can Anyone Possibly Beat Mo Farah? (Maybe) We break down the action like only we can and tell you we think Galen Rupp's going to have a hard time repeating what he did last year, and Mo Farah's victory may not be nearly as easy as you think.
*MB: Men's 10,000 - Rupp will have to PB to medal
More 10k News:
Brendan Foster Talks About How To Beat Mo Farah And Remembers When Farah Wasn't Very Good Telegraph Farah was 59th at the 2001 World XCs.
*Reuters Looks At Farah's Attempt To Double

Next Sunday: LRC Women's 10,000 Preview: Tirunesh Dibaba And Meseret Defar Clash For The First Time Ever At 10,000 - Can Shalane Flanagan Medal? Track fans won't get to see rivals Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay clash at 100 but they will get to see two all-time greats clash in the women's 10,000. Does Dibaba cement her status as the GOAT or does Defar upset her like she did in London? Plus Jordan Hasay's world debut and Amy Hastings looks to be just fourth US woman under 31:00.

More Worlds News:

Previous Worlds News

World Championships News

Latest Pre-Moscow Updates: Jessica Ennis Pulls Out

More Pre-Moscow News

News In The US

Who Is Going To Moscow? Countries Start Naming Their Teams

Australia's Run For Your Life Magazine Features Yuki Kawauchi On Cover And Has Extended Story/Interview By Brett Larner Kawauchi: "I will never become the fastest runner, but I'm doing my best to become the strongest."

Memorial Service Planned For Missing Missouran Marathoner Chad Rogers

Recommended Read: Kenyans And Russians Most Tested Athletes By IAAF - What Individuals Were Tested The Most? Alan Abrahamson tells you all you need to know.

Great Read: Science Of Sport's Final Comments On Performance Analysis And Whether The 2013 TdF Was Dirty

Moscow WCs Start In Less Than Two Weeks

Random US News

Go Figure: Caster Semenya Wins Again, Remains Undefeated, But Won't Be Going To Worlds As She Didn't Run 2:01.50 You can watch the race video here. "Bizarre" is all we can say. It's almost as if Semenya and her people don't want to go Moscow as there seemingly were no rabbits and Semenya went from last to first in the span of 70 meters.

Think The Sub-2-Hour Marathon Is On The Horizon? Think Again

LRC The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon The mainstream media thinks it may be close but in reality most people reading this will be dead when it happens.
*Science of Sport's Ross Tucker agrees: Pacing, fatigue and the brain. Lessons from London.
*MB: Sub 2 Hour Marathon Discussion: My Thoughts and Yours

US Commentators Should Read This: Interesting IAAF Interview With Steve Cram: From World Champion To World Class Commentator You might be surprised at the amount of work that goes into commentating for major track meets. Cram also talks about being really nervous before some major races, almost like you are before competing yourself.

Book Review - Sports Gene Is Now Out

LRC Sports Gene By David Epstein: A Must-Read For All Coaches If you are a serious about wanting to understand elite sport performance, you've got to read the first book published by Sports Illustrated writer and former Columbia 800 runner (and LRC friend) David Epstein. Whether you want to know the keys to being a prodigy in distance running, or how to make it in the Majors in baseball, or how to dominate the Iditarod dog race, Epstein's got you covered. He even tells you the one thing you need to have to have a 17% chance of making it to the NBA. The book is out now.
*Q&A With David Epstein With Runner's World
*MB: Sports Gene By David Epstein

US Stuff

Chinese Paralympic Discus Champion Selling Medal To Pay For Medical Treatment "In the past I traded medals for my health while now I want to sell the medals for the sake of my health."

US News: Lindsay Lohan Fan Of Shannon Rowbury?

Week That Was

LRC What Did We Learn From The London DL?, Fast US "B" Teamers, Gabe Jennings Is A Lucky Man, And We Know Who Is Winning The Women's Steeple The final Diamond League meet and the Russian Champs are in the books and we turn our attention to Worlds. The US chances for Moscow are looking great in the distances. What else did we learn from London? Click to find out. Plus Tyson Gay tested positive a second time.

Upcoming Road Action: Farah Vs. Bekele Vs. Haile G Over A Half Marathon

London Photo Gallery Updated (260+ Photos) Click Below For Full Gallery (Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here)

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IAAF President Lamine Diack Warns Turkey That Their Doping Problems Are Seriously Jeopardizing Their 2020 Olympic Bid And They Need To "Clean House" Diack: "They cannot bid for the Olympics if they cannot control their athletes."

Telegraph Writer Bashes BBC And Other Brits For Getting "Prematurely Nostalgic" About The Olympics During The London Anniversary Games Bashes some athletes too with jokes such as "Except one thing has not altered. As was shown by the GB team in the 100-metre relay, it still appears well beyond the capabilities of a quartet of British men to pass a baton to each other."

Make Your Online Vote For The Bowerman Choices for the men are Lawi Lalang, Derek Drouin and Julian Wruck, and for the women, Brigetta Barrett, Kori Carter and Brianna Rollins.

2013 Wharf To Wharf 6 Miler *Top 10 Results *MB Talk

In Road Debut, American Emily Infeld Cruises To Women's Title At 41st Annual Wharf To Wharf (Article updated) Despite what the article says, the race is 6 miles, not 10k.
MB: EMILY INFELD 30:52!!

Kenyan Nelson Oyugi Wins 41st Annual Wharf To Wharf In Convincing Fashion Local favorite Brett Gotcher was a career-best 3rd, Ben Bruce 5th, Lemoncello 6th, Scott Bauhs 9th and Solinsky was 10th. German Fernandez was a DNS.
*MB: Official 2013 Wharf to Wharf Predictions/Race Thread

Pre-Race: Former American Record Holder Chris Solinsky Hopes To Become The First American Wharf To Wharf Winner Since 1995
*Chris Solinsky Headlines 2013 Wharf To Wharf Race Elite Field
*Hometown Hero, Brett Gotcher, Takes Shot At Title
*Top 10 Moments In Wharf To Wharf History

Non-London News - 2013 Bix 7 Miler *Top 10 Bix Results

Former Iona Star Leonard Korir Wins Quad-City Times Bix 7 Meb was third, Desi 10th.
(Meb 3rd, Desi 10th)

USATF Sunday Photo Gallery