Quote Of The Day
– Colorado’s Blake Theroux talking to The Denver Post after the 2013 Buffs made history of their own in Terre Haute.
Our apologies for our links not working earlier today. Wejo’s error. We’ll make it up to you by giving you double quotes on the forums.
LRCSix Quick Thoughts On NCAA Men's Individual Title Won By Cheserek
Cheserek got the huge upset win, Maksim Korolev (who got lapped 3 times in the NCAA 10,000m) was third and your first American, four Americans in the top 10, including true frosh Ben Saarel, plus Kemoy Campbell‘s dream season comes to a halt, and NAU and Colorado’s 5th men.
LRC Full Men’s Results
Race Recap:Edward Cheserek and Colorado Pull Off Upsets at 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships
*LRCKennedy Kithuka And Maksim Korolev React
*LRCCoaches Eric Heins (NAU) And Dave Smith (Ok. State) React
Outside LRC
*The Denver Post: CU Buffs win in come-from-behind race
*Oregonian: Edward Cheserek joins Oregon greats Prefontaine, Salazar, Rupp as NCAA XC champions OregonLive.com
*NAU Paper: Lumberjacks aren’t disappointed: “The whole season was absolutely perfect.”
NCAA Men On The Boards:
Hopefully Something Comes Of This: IAAF Holding Seminar To Discuss Participation Issues With Cross-Country
Doping News: JADCO Resigns
- Entire Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, Including Chairman Dr. Herb Elliot, Has Resigned In Wake Of WADA Visit Sports minister Natalie Neita-Headley said that the commissioners resigned to “facilitate the re-structuring of JADCO” and because of “a public perception of the existence of conflicts of interests among some of the members of the commission.”
- Congress Hearing Looks At Doping In Horse Racing; USADA May Be Called In To Help Implement Regulations And Testing USADA head Travis Tygart: “Make no mistake, the win-at-all-costs culture is alive and well and will flourish in every sport including horse racing, if we do not take decisive action to stop the take-no-prisoners competition from running wild.”
Euro News
- Mo Farah And Christine Ohuruogu Named British Athletes Of The Year
- France Announces Team For SPAR European Cross-Country Championships In Belgrade. France SPAR European Cross-Country Championships in Belgrade, France.
Week That Was
LRCNijel Amos Having Fun Or Spiraling Out Of Control, The Ultimate Runner's Funeral, Moving Back USAs, And A Great (Short) Running Movie
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.
Sprinters In The News
- Oscar Pistorius Faces Two More Gun Charges For Shooting A Gun In Public On Two Occasions Before The Reeva Steenkamp Murder
- Usain Bolt Voices Concerns Over Jamaican Anti-Doping Reports (Video)
- After 2 Years Of Injury Issues, UK 400 Hurdler Dai Greene Shooting For UK Record In 2014 The record is held by Kriss Akabusi.
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.
Big Doping News
Daily MailWorld Exclusive:Lance Armstong Says UCI Head Helped Him Cheat His Way To Tour de France Titles Lance says that the head of the UCI, Hein Verbruggen, back-dated a prescription so he could get off for a positive for cortisone at the 1999 TDF.
- Hein Verbruggen Denies Allegations: “Since when does one believe Lance Armstrong?”
*Independent - New Drug Test Developed In Germany That Can Detect Steroids 6 Months After The Fact – Has Already Found Hundreds Of Previously Unreported Positives, IOC Promises To Re-Test Frozen Samples
- Press Release On New Testing Method Why do they tell people this again?
One Of The Year’s Biggest Questions Has Been Answered: Cain Goes Pro
LRCMary Cain Turns Pro
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
World Indoors Coming To America
Portland To Host 2016 World Indoor Championships
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.
On The Boards:Indoor Worlds 2016 to Portland, OR
RRW9 Thoughts About The Team Races
We tell you how history repeated itself, talk about the teams produced the biggest flops and biggest surprises, and tell who about the coach who was totally wronged by the NCAA for two straight years but got back in the ultimate way.
*Full Women’s Team And Individual Results
Women’s Race Recap:Abbey D’Agostino And Providence Come Through As Favorites At 2013 NCAAs 1-2-3: Abbey D got xc title #1,Butler was a surprising third.
*LRCAbbey D’Agostino, Emma Bates And Kate Avery React
*LRCRay Treacy And Matt Roe React
Outside LRC
*D’Agostino: “I woke up this morning with a good feeling and a great deal of trust in myself.”
*Fox Sports Arizona: James Li: “I’m proud of them for what they did today, which is definitely very special.”
*3rd-Ranked Arkansas Not Upset With 15th: “This is a solid step forward for the future.”
*Ray Treacy: “The women were brilliant.”
DII And DIII
*DII Men: Adams State Repeats, Has Won 5 Of 6
*DII Women: Grand Valley State Easily Captures Third National Title In Four Years
*DIII Men: St. Olaf Knocks Off North Central And Claims First National Title
*DIII Women: Johns Hopkins Repeats As DIII National Champions, Led By Hannah Oneda
NCAA Women On the Boards:
Non-NCAA News
Team Kenya Breaks Course Record At Chiba Ekiden Former World XC champs Emily Chebet and Joseph Ebuya were 2 of the 3 Kenyans to record stage best times.
Coleen Quigley (r) with Cally Macumber at last year's NCAA XC press conference *More NCAA XC Photos
Mark Wetmore prior to last year's NCAAs
Dave Smith at the Press Conference
Abbey D'Agostino
Cuffe should be in action on Saturday; Neer will not
Non-NCAA Weekend Action
- Japan Running News Recap Of International Chiba Ekiden: Kenyan Team Wins In 2:03:59 CR; Japan Was Second, USA 5th A lot of big names competed, including former World XC champ Joseph Ebuya, NZ twin Zane Robertson, Will Leer and two-time World XC champ Emily Chebet.
*Full Results - MileSplit HS Weekend Coverage: NXN South/Southwest Regionals & NJ Meet Of Champs
- Nike Border Clash Between Washington And Oregon Will Have Live Webcast Saturday Evening At 7:20PM ET*Entries*Results
NCAA D2/D3
LRC LRC NCAA D3 Cross-Country Prediction Contest Predictions
North Central and Johns Hopkins are strong favorites for the D3 crowns on Saturday. John Crain of North Central is the individual favorite with a tighter battle expected on the women's side. Voting still open in our D3 fan polls.
LRCNCAA Cross-Country Division 2 Predictions: Adams State, Grand Valley State, Vegard Olstad, And Susan Tanui Favored
Vegard Olstad and Susan Tanui are the favorites for individual glory. Adams State and Grand Valley State favored in the team titles. Voting still open.
US News: New Group Giving Prize Money To Collegiates
- New Group Formed To Offer Races And Prize Money To College Runners A new nonprofit, the Collegiate Running Association, will hold road, trail and mountain national champs with $10,000 in prize money for college students. The only eligibility requirements are a HS diploma and you have to be enrolled in one college course. Does that mean Galen Rupp can compete if he goes for his masters?
*2nd Article - NFL Thinking About Putting A Franchise In London’s Olympic Stadium, Possibly The Jacksonville Jaguars
- Nike Oregon Project Q&A With “New Member” Mary Cain
Women Distance News
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.”- Molly Huddle, Deena Kastor Voice Support For Cain’s Decision To Go Pro Huddle and Kastor both agree that anyone running world class times and making a Worlds final at that age should be running professionally.
- Running Times Asks Why There Aren’t More Pro Female Coaches? “American women are as competitive as ever on the track and roads … [but] as of now, there is no female equivalent of Gagliano, Salazar, Schumacher or the Hanson brothers.”
- Sweden’s World Champion Abeba Aregawi Wants To Break The Indoor 1,500 WR This Year At The Stockholm XL Galan On February 6th Last year, she just missed the record by .12 seconds when she ran 3:58.40.
- The Sporting Nation Q&A With Brenda Martinez On Her Work On The Track And Off
- Molly Huddle Named USA Track & Field’s Athlete Of The Week For Her 12K World Best At .US Champs
A Big Recruit To Oregon
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
The Stars Of Track And Field Are Beautiful People … IAAF Awards Gallery Photo (Click Here For 200+ Photo Gallery)
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.
The New LRC
LRCWelcome To The Improved LetsRun.com
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.
- Erik Speaks: The mysterious man behind the cleaner LetsRun.com speaks. He also reveals his 5k PR here.
Pre-Race Highlights (All Of Our Coverage Is In Our NCAA Section)
LRCPre-Meet Press Conference Highlights (3,000+ Words Worth)
What did Mark Wetmore, Dave Smith, Eric Heins, James Li, Karen Harvey, Kennedy Kithuka, Abbey D, Colleen Q and a slew of others have to say about Saturday's race?
Recommended Read: ESPN: Megan Goethals’ All-American Journey Has Been Full Of Obstacles Goethals has gone through a lot, including an eating disorder, a femoral stress fracture and spending the semester at home taking online classes so she could help care for her mother, who has stage 4 breast cancer.
Doping News
- Two Saudi Arabian Distance Runners Get Doping Ban After Being Caught With Biological Passport Asian Games 1,500 champ Mohamed Shaween got a 3-year ban and Hussain Al-Hamdah a 2-year ban.
- Good Idea: WADA Urged To Developed “Approved” Substance List There could be money in it for WADA, too, if you make companies pay to get their supplements a “WADA-approved” seal.
- Lance Armstrong Makes Deal With One of His Sponsors Who Was Suing Him For $3 Million The agreement was reach one day before he was scheduled to give sworn testimony about his use of PEDs.
European Links
- Fionnuala Britton Running Her Last Tune-Up Race This Weekend Before Bid For Euro Hat Trick
*Recap Of Irish XC Champs, Which Britton Won Easily - AW Preview Of UK European Cross-Country TrialsGemma Steel vs. Steph Twell on the women’s side.
- UK’s Former 400H World Champ Dai Greene Talks About His Two Years Of Injury And His Hopes To Get Back To Where He Was In 2011
- London Olympic Stadium Naming Rights To Be Sold Soon The LRC Olympic Stadium has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
- Street Athletics Set To Be Part Of 2015 European Games In Baku
- Demolition Work Started On Stadium In Jessica Ennis’ Hometown, Sheffield
US Pro News
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.- Track And Field News Says Goodbye To Retiring LJer Dwight Phillips, Who Has An Amazing Four World Titles And One Olympic Title To His Name Phillips on his approach to training: “Some athletes and coaches believe, ‘To become No. 1, you train like you’re No. 2.’ But I trained like I was totally nobody.”
- Voting Open for USA Track & Field’s Fan’s Choice Awards Categories up for voting are field performance of the year, track performance, breakthrough athlete, underdog performance and best record breaking performance.
- New York Road Runners Named Title Sponsor Of Millrose Games At The Armory The sponsorship will run through 2016.
US News: The UK Hoping Salazar Will Give Them Another Mo Farah
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.- 35-Year-Old Sprinter Darvis “Doc” Patton Retires After 13-Year Career, Contemplates Move To Bobsledding Patton: “Right now, I’m just trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.”
*USATF.tv Video Tribute To Retiring Doc Patton - Michael Wardian Talks To RW About His Failed Attempt At Two Sub-2:30 Marathons In One Day He ran 2:31 to win RNR San Antonio and then 2:57 for the second one in Las Vegas.
- Black Distance Runners Hall Of Fame Inducts Inaugural Members First members include 1952 US Olympic marathoner Ted Corbitt and 1977 Boston Marathon runner-up Marilyn Bevans.
$100,000 .US Road Champs *Results
LRCMolly Huddle Sets 12-K World Best - Wins Inaugural .US Road Running Championships
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?
LRCAaron Braun Wins First US Title
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.
- LRC 2013 .US Road Race Photos
- More Coverage On The LRC .US Championships Page
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
Runners World Honors You and the Brojos
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American Strong: The Untold Story of How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston
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A Real Running Hero:
The Flo Groberg Story
Flo Has Now Won the Medal of Honor
