Upcoming Action In The US

• Fernando Cabada Running 30K In Rome, Georgia This Saturday Going For 2nd On US List For 2013 Cabada wants to run about 4:50 pace to surpass Dathan Ritzenhein for 2nd on the list of best US 30k performances in 2013 (Ritz’s came en-route during the Chicago Marathon).
• Gasparilla Distance Classic Half Marathon Adds $30,000 American Development Prize Purse In the wake of CGI backing out of the elite side of the sport, many other races continue to step up. This is the first time the race will have an elite field since 1998.
• Millrose Games Setting Up Killer Kilo 1,000m Race To Go After The American Record The record is 2:17.86 held by David Krummenacker and the elite field includes Nick Symmonds, Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski and  Robby Andrews.
• Tickets For Eugene 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships Go On Sale In February
• Mayor Pledges Robust Security For Sunday’s Honolulu Marathon

Not Varsity Yet? Don’t Give Up: Two Oregon Club Runners Earn Their Way Onto Varsity Team As Walk-Ons The Oregon club coach said over 10 years he’s only had 4 athletes earn their way from club to varsity.

Pastry Chef Admits To Cheating After Finishing As The First Local Runner At The Singapore Marathon After Only Running 6K He said he couldn’t finish due to knee pain, so cut the course to pick up his finisher medal and T-shirt, but never meant to finish as the first local.

USOC Calls Atlanta 1996 Olympic Stadium A Success Even If It Only Lasted 20 Years

Lawrence Johnson Named Nike Coach Of The Year Johnson coaches US hurdlers Brianna Rollins and Queen Harrison.

US Distance News

• Recommended Read: RTimes Piece On Brenda Martinez’s Road To Stardom As The First American Woman To Win A World Champs Medal In The 800 Martinez’s transition to the professional scene wasn’t an easy one as she was rejected from a number of Olympic development groups, had a failed business relationship with an agent and struggled to find a coach. But everything turned around when Joe Vigil agreed to coach her. (article includes lengthy interview with Vigil).
• Video: Brenda Martinez Gives Tips On Eating Before A Race
• Monument Avenue 10K In Richmond, VA To No Longer Recruit International Athletes And Will Focus On College Runners The race has a new partnership with the recently formed Collegiate Running Association, the new organization which wants to provide prize money for collegiates. Monument Avenue will be their first national championship and $10,000 will be on the line to split among the top 10 men and women.
• USATF Names Mary Cain Youth Athlete Of The Year

Runner Rescues Mother And Son Trapped In Truck In Creek Jim Morrison was on his normal morning run when he saw tire tracks in the snow going off the road and followed it to the car where the son was stuck in the car in the creek.

Study Says “Healthy Overweight” Is A Myth Despite recent suggestions, you can’t be overweight without increased health risks according to this study.

Distance News: 2014 Is About The Beer Mile For Nick Symmonds

• Nick Symmonds Focused On Running Fast Times In 2014 Non-Championship “Down Year” Symmonds has a list of six records he’d like to break this year, including 4 American records, 1 World Record and the Beer Mile WR. He’s even hoping to get sponsored by a beer company for the attempt.
• USATF Will Announce The Winning Bid For The 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials This Week It’s between Los Angeles, Houston and Cincinnati.
• Preview: Magdalena Lewy-Boulet Running The North Face 50-Mile Championships This Weekend Against A Deep Ultra Field $10,000 in prize money will be on the line.
  
• Didn’t Visit The Site Over The Holiday? The Daily Relay Shares Thanksgiving And Weekend Race Highlights
• Lottery Registration Opens For 2014 TCS New York City Marathon
• Sub-2:00 18-Year-Old Jessica Judd Up For UK’s Young Sports Personality Of The Year

Lots Of Foot Locker And NXN Regional Results, CA State Meet

• Sarah Baxter Wins 4th California State XC Title, Just Misses Own CR As Her Team Beats Saugus To Win Title As Well Baxter, who has never lost a high school XC race, is now just the third HSer to win 4 CA state XC titles, joining Sara Hall and Jordan Hasay. Making the day perfect was the fact her team won as well.
• State By State – NXN And Foot Locker Qualifiers
  *Full List Of NXN Team and Individual Qualifiers
• Foot Locker South, Northeast And Midwest: NXN NY, SE And NE + CA HS Action Need proof that HS running is at an all-time high? The fastest girl in history (17:22) won’t be going to FL finals. 7-time NXN champions Fayetteville-Manlius makes it to NXN with just 32 points.
  MB: Footlocker Regional Results & Final
  MB: NXN at large bids

This Is What It’s Come To: NY Times Chart Tracking The Movements Of Schools Between NCAA Conferences If you’re confused about which schools are in which conference or where they moved from, this chart helps break it down.

Post T-Day: Remember To Be Thankful

• Recommended Read: DyeStat Feature On Kayla Montgomery, A Prep Runner With Multiple Sclerosis Who Won The North Carolina State Meet Her legs go numb during every race and she has to have someone at the finish line to catch her so she doesn’t go down. She’s trying to qualify for Foot Locker Nationals at the Foot Locker South Regional on Saturday.
  *Local News Feature On Montgomery
• Spikes-Mag Profile On Trinidad & Tobago’s 400 Hurdles World Champ Jehue Gordon: From Tragedy To Triumph Gordon used his difficult home life (where his father was an alcoholic and his house was destroyed in a landslide in 2008) as motivation to be able to help his family financially.