– Colorado coach Mark Wetmore on Wednesday, revealing his fears to LetsRun.com prior to the 2013 NCAA Cross-Country Championships, where his Buffaloes will look to earn the program’s fourth men’s team title under his tutelage.
Oklahoma State, NAU, Colorado. Expect a three way team battle at NCAAs. We break down the field for you. Does Oklahoma State become a dynasty? Does NAU finally get the coveted crown, or does Colorado regain past glory?
Kennedy Kithuka is undefeated for his life in college cross country. Might his win-streak posssibly be stopped by a Jamaican in 30 degree weather? Or will history be made in a negative way with with the worst highest-placed US man in history?
LRC The Beautiful People Of The NCAA – XC Banquet Photo Gallery We’ve counted the votes and the winner of best dressed team and coach goes to the Arizona women or should be Iowa St.? The Columbia men nearly pulled off the best dressed/hipster award for the men save for one horrible color mistake.
We caught up with the coach of the #3 CU Buffs and he was in a jovial mood, just days before his squad tries to earn him his fourth men's team title.
Great Interview: Daily Relay’s 5 Questions With Chris Derrick, Who Talks About The Trials In Des Moines And Gives Some Perspective On The Ridiculously Slow-Paced 5K Derrick talks about what a relief it was to make the team for Moscow, the Schumacher vs. Oregon Project rivalry, how as a Stanford alum, he hates the University of Oregon and Ryan Hall‘s current injury woes.
In anticipation of Saturday's NCAA championships, we have crunched the numbers and the LRC super computer tells us the most powerful NCAA cross-country conference in the land is ... the Ivy League??? Say it ain't so. PAC-12 fans may disagree.
Cain will continue to run under Alberto Salazar and attend college while competing as a professional.
*Discuss
*Mary Cain And Alberto Salazar Receive Awards At 2013 World Athletics Gala In Monaco Cain got 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
The World Indoor Championships are returning to the USA for the second time ever as Portland won the right to host World Indoors in 2016.
We’re proud to reveal today a new refined version of LRC. It’s still the same site you know and love, but with a cleaner design and lots of new features. Click here to read about the changes and give your feedback.
Our world-famous prediction contest is back. Give us your top 10 teams and 10 individuals in the country and you could win $2013. Plus, our sponsor RunFanShop.com has great gift certificates for our winners. RunFanShop.com has recently released officially licensed NCAA licensed Track and XC Gear. If you want to just check out the shirts honoring Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma St., Oregon, Stanford or Wisconsin, click here.
You can't say we don't love you. D3 does count.
Thanks to an anonymous person for making this possible. If there is going to be a DIII contest, we need some help here.
Dave Smith's Cowboys return 4 of last year's top 5 and are looking to become a true dynasty but Smith says they are the underdogs.
We caught up with Eric Heins from the birthplace of LRC, and asked him about the Saturday's clash with #2 Ok. State and #3 Colorado.
This week we catch up with the greatest teen sensation in 800 history, Nijel Amos, and wonder if he should be compared to Usain Bolt or Sammy Wanjiru, urge USATF to move back USAs, talk about the greatest funeral for a runner in history, and introduce you to a great new running movie. Plus we continue to be amazed by the Japanese, and quips from Alan Webb, EPO drug cheat Christian Hesch, Wilson Kipsang, Alberto Salazar, Seb Coe and others.
T-Day: World-Class Fields Set For Silicon Valley Turkey Trot: Kim Conley Defends Her Title Against Sally Kipyego And Betsy Saina Other top females include Bridget Franek and Chelsea Reilly. The men’s field is led by Alan Webb, Leonard Korir, Diego Estrada, Shadrack Biwott and David Torrence.
The Balanced Runner Does Running Form Comparison Between Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselassie, And Mo Farah In The 2013 Great North Run Very interesting comparison, especially in wake of Alberto Salazar‘s Quote of the Day yesterday, where he talks about changing Farah’s “bobbing” form for the marathon.
Alberto Salazar Agrees To Help Coach UK Distance Runners As An Adviser To UK Athletics His involvement will be purely advisory rather than “hands on” and comes in the wake of UKA switching from adidas to Nike.Worldwide Study Finds Today’s Kids Are Way Less Fit And Running Way Slower Than Their Parents Study analyzing records going back to 1964 finds that on average kids are running 1:30 slower in a one mile run than children 30 years ago. The results are attributed to increased body fat and lack of cardiovascular fitness.
One Me Missed: Mary Cain Emails With Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden About Turning Pro Cain says, “I think I made my final decision in early November. But, deep down, I always knew this was the path I was going to take.”
Top-Ranked Prep Sarah Baxter Commits To Run For Oregon Baxter: “It’s just a feeling I got. I could see myself going there for the next four years … To be around such big names in the running community was amazing.”
*MB: Sarah Baxter to Oregon
*MB: Will Oregon be better for Sarah Baxter than it was for Jordan Hasay
Why Wouldn’t They? IOC Medical Commission Chairman Arne Ljungqvist Says They Haven’t Decided Yet Whether To Test Frozen 2008 Olympic Samples With New Steroid Test And if you haven’t heard yet, this article mentions how under the new WADA code the statute of limitations in doping cases will be increased to 10 years starting in 2015.
Molly Huddle and Shalane Flanagan put on a show as both women better the previous world’s best for 12k at the inaugural .US 12k Championships. In the end, Huddle was too good and took home $20,000 and the world’s best. *Video Interview With Molly After Her World’s Best
On The Boards: Huddle’s World Best! :Where Does it Rank?
Braun earned a big payday as he pulled away late after Abdi suffered a bad mid-race fall. Shadrack Biwott was second and won the 2013 USARC series over Matt Tegenkamp. Chris Solinsky was a DNF.
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