2013 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Is Sunday *LRC Men's Preview *LRC Women's Preview *Watch Live For Free On LRC (8am ET Live, 8pm ET Taped)
MB: OFFICIAL 2013 Chicago Marathon Play-by-Play Thread
*LRC Men's Preview
*LRC Women's Preview
*RR Toni Reavis Chats With Chicago Marathon Director Carey Pinkowski, Who Tells You How He "Casts" The Field
*Reavis on Tadese: "I have changed my training,” admitted Tadese. “I have done more long runs. So I hope to run faster on Sunday.”
*Sun Times: Epic rematch between Atsede Baysa and Rita Jeptoo looms in marathon
*IAAF Preview: Pinkowski Confident Men's CR Is Going To Fall
*AP Preview
*Jesse Squire's 5 One-On-One Battles To Watch In Chicago
*Long CTA Lines Greet Marathon Runners At O'Hare
The Inside Scoop
Friday: LRC Will The Race Go Out In 61:45 And How Will Dathan Ritzenhein React? (link fixed) With good weather in the forecast, the leading Africans may want to go out more than a minute faster than Ritz wants. Will they be slowed to please Ritz or will he have to solo it alone?
Also, Emmanuel Mutai reveals he's healthy and Moses Mosop is going to be tough to beat.
Thursday: LRC 5 Takeaways From Thursday's Presser: Mosop Is Healthy And Fit, Tadese Is Ready For Another Crack At 26.2, Kimetto And Abshero Are Confident, And Kogo Hopes He's Ready For Uncharted Territory We broke down the race earlier for you on you on paper, but you never know what
really to
expect until you get the inside scoop on-site. We've got it and you can as well if you read our piece. Plus was there a fix at the 2012 Berlin Marathon?
More Chicago Men's Coverage: Teg: "I'd be crazy to think I'm going to totally nail it Sunday."
*Brett Larner Previews The Japanese Men And Women In Chicago
The leading man, Yoshinori Oda of 2:09:03 fame, is best known for being
the one who lost to Kawauchi in this race that made Kawauchi a star.
*Excellent Recommended Read: One Of The Good Guys In The Sport Team Eugene's Craig Leon Hoping For 2:11-12 In Chicago We enjoyed meeting Leon in Boston and Curtis Anderson has written an excellent profile on Leon, who works a job and has "never had a bad marathon" according to coach Ian Dobson.
*Article On Matt Tegenkamp From Chicago Tribune
European Related News
- Commonwealth Games' Queen's Baton Relay is in India - problems loom in Pakistan w
- National 6 & 4 Stage Road Relays // Report & Results
- Bohdan Bondarenko and Zuzana Hejnová named European Athletes of the Year Emir Bekrić and Iceland’s Anita Hinriksdottir claimed the European Athletics Rising Star Awards.
*More on European Awards
*IAAF on European Awards \
Non-Chicago Links
- Q&A With Former Villanova Star Sonia O'Sullivan
- Manhattan HS Invite Is This Weekend
- Tariku Bekele Is Headlining Next Weekend's Bupa Great Birmingham Run
- A Record Number Of Teams Have Been Entered Into The Great Run Club Challenge At The Bupa Great Birmingham Run
- A Preview Of This Week's ERRA National 6- And 4-Stage Road Relays At Sutton Park In The UK
News From Europe
- Awesome Idea: School Kids Age 11-13 In Britain Will Attack Kipsang's 2:03:23 Across Country In 200-Meter Relays
- Lottery Funding To Be Cut For A ll UK Athletes Unless They Can Prove They Are A Potential Medallist Memo to UK bureaucrats: If they are able to prove they are a potential medallist, they probably don't need funding. Lisa Dobriskey and Jenny Meadows are vulnerable.
- European Athletics Awards Gala Will Be Streamed Live On Saturday - Starts At 12:10pm ET
- A Look At The Leading Men For The European Athletics Athlete Of Year Award
- Sprint Hurdler Louise Wood Hopes 2014 Commonwealths Help Her Make Up For Snapping Her Achilles Prior To 2012 Olympics
62-Year-Old Kathryn Martin, Who Ran 19:04 5k, Is USATF Athlete Of The Week *Results
Doping News
- Study Suggests Accountability To Teammates Is A Deterrent To Athletes Doping This certainly is true now that it's no longer acceptable to dope.
- Recommended Read: My Doping Hell: Very Long Feature On Comeback Of 58:46 Man Matthew Kisorio, Who Is On Comeback Trail From Doping Ban The piece is interesting but we don't like how Kisorio acts like the doping is something that just spontaneously happened to him.
Kim Smith Favored To Win Second B.A.A. Distance Medley Title And $100,000 On Sunday At BAA Half Marathon To everyone who says money
is why track and field isn't
more popular, this series has disproved that.
*Interesting Random Facts About Kim Smith She never goes to the gym or does ice baths but averages 110 miles per week.
*Saturday's BAA Half Marathon Pro Field Announced: Stephen Sambu Leads Men's Standings To Win $100,000 Lelisa Desisa and Gebre Geremariam are the headliners in the men's field but not eligible for the $100,000 bonus.
News From The UK
- Mo Farah Says Living With Kenyans Was Key To His Success
- After London Marathon Debut, Mo Farah Wants To Pick Up The Medal$ At Commonwealths/Europeans
- Farah's Autobiography Reveals He Once Fought A Guy In A London Park As He Wouldn't Move His Car Away From The Running Path
- Adam Gemili Dumps Coach So He Can Train With James Dasaolu He's dumped the coach
that got him to 5th at WCs at age 20 for a guy who guided Dasalou to last at age 26.
*Athletics Weekly Cover Story Of Adam Gemili - Jonathan Edwards' Old Coach Gives You His 4 Keys To Being A Great Coach 1. Listen. 2. Have empathy. 3. Solve the (technical) puzzle. 4. Be patient.
- Women Lead Short List For Scottish Athlete Of Year Award
2013 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Is Sunday *LRC Men's Preview *LRC Women's Preview *Watch Live For Free On LRC (8am ET Live, 8pm ET Taped)
MB: OFFICIAL 2013 Chicago Marathon Play-by-Play Thread - d
Phil Hersh preview: Expect fast times on Sunday
*AmericansDathan Ritzenhein, Matt Tegenkamp, Clara Santucci, and Melissa Johnson-White talk about their Chicago Marathon goals - Ritz has his own
rabbit Jason Hartmann is in town to rabbit Ritz.
*MB: Final Verdict: Lead pack 62:00-62:10 - Ritz gets his own rabbit (Hartmann)
*MB: Ritz: If lead pack 62:00- Stay back, even if no-man's land?? What if 62:20??
LRC Teg Does The Marathon: Matt Tegenkamp Shares His Thoughts Ahead Of His Highly-Anticipated Marathon Debut
Teg is full of confidence: "I feel so much more comfortable on the roads than I do the track, and I never thought I'd say that."
More Chicago News:
Journalism At Its Finest:
If You Read One Thing All Month, This Should Be It: Inspiring Story On US's Stephanie Pezzullo: Running For Her Life The Charlotte Observer's Théoden Janes has written a masterpiece after Pezzulo
opened up to him about her struggles in life. A tough upbringing with a bipolar dad who allegedly sexually abused her led to crushing anxiety and even a suicide attempt. She was saved by sports (first soccer, now running) and faith.
*Philip Hersh: Illinois Sr. And Wheelchair Racer Tatyana McFadden Hoping To Finish Off Boston, London, Chicago, New York Grand Slam Before Heading To Winter Olympics
She's a GREAT story but also prime example #1 as to why the Paralympics
shouldn't be viewed as anything close to the equivalent of the regular Olympics as it's way less competitive. Imagine a runner running all four majors and then skiing in the Olympics.
*Guide To Chicago Marathon Restaurant Deals
*Excitement "Over The Top" In Chicago For Marathon
*Increased Security Will Be In Effect For Sunday's Chicago Marathon
LRC Great News: Watch Sunday's B Of A Chicago Marathon LIVE On LetsRun.com Or Tape Delayed Without Knowing The Result A big Thumbs Up to NBC Chicago for working with us to make this happen. Watch Sunday's race live at 8am Eastern / 7 Central / 5 Pacific (pros start 30 minutes later) on
LetsRun.com. Too early for you on the West Coast? We've got you covered. You can come back and watch it without knowing the results at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central / 5pm Pacific. Just bookmark the page at the link above. You've got no excuse not to watch Chicago and to spread the sport
to your friends.
The Week In Review
LRC WTW: Zola Budd, Running Models, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Twin Cities Past And Present, Guelph, And Bad College Sports Publicity This week we praise college XC winners old (Zola Budd) and young (Alexa Efraimson), talk about the juggernauts of Canadian collegiate XC, talk about Twin Cities winners past and present, and tell the Yale and Lousiville Sports Info departments that our sport deserves better. Since we had to be a little shorter than normal to get ready for Chicago, we leave you with photo album full of Oiselle models, including Kate Grace and Lauren Fleshman.
Other Marathon News
- London 2014: Mary Keitany's Baby Is Now 5 Months Old, She Hopes To Return To Serious Training By January And Be Ready For London
- Recommended Read: Great Q&A With Annie Bersagel The former Fullbright scholar just
PRed by 13 minutes to win the US Marathon Champs in 2:31. Not bad for a woman who just got out of Stanford law school and works a full-time job.
*MB: Memo to all who say lack of sponsors is stopping you from being great: A Fulbright scholar and lawyer just won US champs - More Twin Cities News: 58-Year-Old Christine Kennedy Ran 2:58 At Twin Cities - Missed Age 55-59 World Record By 6 Minutes
- Upcoming Marathons - Toronto: Kenya's 2:06:58 Man Henry Sugut Is Hoping To Break 2:07:58 CR In Toronto Next Week
- New York: 2:25 Marathoner Lisa Stublic's Relatives Wanted Her To Gain 22 Pounds So She Could Get Married
- Former 200-400 Sprint Star Marie-Jose Perec Is Running New York City Marathon Next Month At Age 45 She won Olympic gold in 1992 and two more in 1996.
News From Down Under
- Olympic Hurdles Champion Sally Pearson Splits With Coach Sharon Hannan After 14-Year Fling
- Interesting Interview With 2-Time Olympian And Now Coach Chris Wardlaw, Who Hopes Craig Mottram Makes Olympics #5 In 2016 He says Mottram is "keen" to run the marathon and Wardlaw says Mottram has "cadence and relaxation" needed to be successful.
- Australia's Oldest Olympian Basil Dickinson Has Died At Age 98 The triple jumper refused to give Hitler a Nazi salute in 1936.
Truly Random
- Color Run Has Been Exported To Australia
- Zola Budd's Daughter Is A Star In South Carolina HS XC *Discuss
- Olympic PV Champ Renaud Lavillenie Blogs About His 6,700-Point Decathlon At End Of The Year
- Japan Picks Up More Golds In Distance Events At East Asian Games (14:25 Won The Men's 5k)
- Egypt's 100m Hurdles Record Holder Says Lack Of Training Facilities Is Hurting Egyptians' Times
- A Look At 10 Track Athletes That Have Appeared On Dancing With The Stars Around The Globe
- WADA Is Worried That World Cup Start Next Year And Rio Drug Lab Has Lost Its Accreditation
All Weekend NCAA XC Results
News About Other Upcoming Marathons *Eindhoven Streamed Live At 4am ET On Sunday
- Eindohven: Eindhoven Marathon Hoping To Become 7th Marathon With 2:04 Course Record This Weekend They've removed 8 turns from the course to make it faster. Current CR is 2:05:46. Houston winner Bazu Worku is one of the leadinug entrants.
- Eindhoven To Be Streamed Live At 4am ET On Sunday
- Cologne: IAAF Cologne Preview
- Baltimore (home of LRC East): Dave Berdan A Leading Contender For Baltimore Marathon Title On Saturday
Boston Bombing Survivor To Serve As Baltimore Starter - Melbourne: Yuki Kawauchi Ahead Of Sunday's Melbourne Marathon: "Some 2:07 athletes will be there, so I'm really looking forward to it. I'm going there to win."
- Yuki Kawauchi Running 8th Marathon Of Year In Melbourne This Weekend - Where He Is Race Favorite He's got New York 3 weeks later.
- Next Week Is Toronto: Kenya's 2:06:58 Man Henry Sugut Is Hoping To Break 2:07:58 CR In Toronto Next Week
- Two Weeks: Standard Chartered Bank Paying More Than $1 Million To Sponsor Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
More Than 23,000 Will Compete In Nairobi
Three Weeks To New York: A Look At New York Runners Wesley Korir's Charity Endeavors- Toni Reavis And Sam Grotewald Debate Whether Geoffrey Mutai Can Break NYC Marathon Course Record In 3 Weeks Reavis says no: "... in the 29 years between Salazar's 2:08:13 and 2010 (the year before Mutai), the record over the five-borough course had only come down by 30 seconds. This leads me to believe that Mutai's 2011 performance in NYC, like his 2:03:02 in Boston that spring, is a one-off type performance that may last longer than any previous New York City Marathon record."
Kevin Helliker Writes Follow-Up Column In WSJ After Receiving Backlash From The "Slowest Generation" The 20 and 30 somethings have responded with excuses for why they are slow, including "The economy is so bad, we can't help it."
*MB Discussion: Obama/economy to blame for slowing of running times across country?
News From Africa
- Newly-Minted World Marathon Record Holder Wilson Kipsang Will Run 15k On Dec 1
- World XC Champ Japhaet Korir Racing Asbel Kiprop In A 12K XC Race This Saturday In Kenya Boston marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and world marathon silver medalist Priscah Jeptoo are in the women's race.
- AK Boss Isaiah Kiplagat Orders Kenyan Marathon Organizers To Do Away With Race-Day Registration Apparently day-of registration at an event last week caused the race to start very late.
- Security At Stanchart Nairobi Marathon Stepped Up In Wake Of Westgate Mall Terrorist Attacks
- More SA Blunders: Previously Uncancelled 2013 Soweto Marathon Is Now Officially Cancelled
Non-Distance News
- Jamaican VCB Supporter Scolds "Cynics" That Got Angry When She First Tested Positive
- Ramone McKenzie, The 2007 World Youth 200-Meter Champion, Has Left Lance Brauman And Returned To Jamaica To Move Up To 400
- After Hamstring Issues Derailed Him In 2nd Round Of Moscow, Batman Vows To Fly Again, Irrepressible Bershawn Jackson Vows Full Recovery
- Texas A&M Heptathlete Annie Kunz Is Even Better At Soccer Than Track
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