LRCMolly Huddle Sets 12-K World Best - Wins Inaugural .US Road Running Championships

LRCAaron Braun Wins First US Title - Captures 2013 .US National Road Championships

• LRC 2013 .US Road Race Photos
  
  
• Results: Molly Huddle World Best And Aaron Braun First US Title $100,000 in Prize Money.
• On The Boards: Message Board Thread On Race
• On The Boards: Huddle’s World Best! :Where Does it Rank?
• LRC Some Of America’s Best Battle Over 12k For $20,000: Four Quick Thoughts About The 2013 .US National Road Racing Championships 
• RRW: Matt Tegenkamp Recovered from Marathon Debut, Ready for USARC Finale
• More Coverage On The LRC .US Championships Page

Alan Abrahamson Talks About Portland’s World Indoor Bid Victory And How For Track To Get Bigger In The US, It Needs To Host Big Meets In Major Markets “When was the last time you ever heard any of your European, Asian or African friends say, gee, you know, I want to vacation in the United States and I think I’m going to go to – Portland? San Francisco, absolutely. New York, definitely. Disneyland, for sure. Portland? Get real.”

One Of The Year’s Biggest Questions Has Been Answered: Cain Goes Pro

LRCMary Cain Turns Pro

*Mary Cain And Alberto Salazar Receive Awards At 2013 World Athletics Gala In Monaco Cain go the Female Rising Star Award and Salazar received the IAAF Coaching Achievement Award.
*MB: CAIN GOES PRO
*MB: This week’s sign of the Apocalypse: Mary Cain’s role model is Mary Decker
*Mary Cain talks about going pro

Doping

• WADA Doubles Doping Ban To 4 Years In New Code

  The new code also offers flexibility and reduced sentences for accidental doping and cooperating with authorities.

• WSJ: Head Of Jamaican Drug Testing – Herb Elliott – Has Fabricating Graduate Degrees On His Resume

  “His official resume says he earned a master’s in chemistry from Columbia University and a medical degree and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Université Libre de Bruxelles, but available official records don’t indicate he submitted work at either University.”

• Seb Coe – We must not lose the war on drugs or track will be viewed like pro wrestling (a farce)
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Threatens To Stop Running Internationally Unless Jamaica Federation Defends Its Athletes We understand her sentiment but if she does that, then all of the cynics will think they are dirty.
• Phil Hersh Reviews Lance Armstrong Documentary Which Came Out Friday

The New LRC

LRCWelcome To The Improved LetsRun.com

• Erik Speaks: The mysterious man behind the cleaner LetsRun.com speaks. He also reveals his 5k PR here.
• Athletics Illustrated Reviews LRC Renovation “It’s getting a makeover and it looks good, and familiar. Of all the changes that are being undertaken, remaining familiar is the smartest marketing stratagem they could make.”