– Olympic expert Alan Abrahamson criticizing President Obama for naming a delegation to the Sochi Winter Olympics that doesn’t include the First Lady, the VP or any Cabinet Members as such a move is disrespectful to the IOC and Putin and will cripple the US’s 2024 bid. USA Today‘s Christine Brennan, on the other hand, called Obama’s delegation a “genius” move because it includes the lesbian sporting icon Billie Jean King.
MB:Who is right? Brennan, Abrahamson or both?
Let us proudly announced the real winners of NCAAs - our prediction contest winners, who highlight the best of LRC. We've got a repeat winner who can really crunch numbers, an Asics Aggie who ran Club Nats with some legends, and a guy who used to train with Bob Kennedy and has a proposal to fix the NCAA XC meet. Read all about them. Thanks to RunFanShop.com for sponsoring the contest.
Wow. What a race. This was one amazing and in the end America has just the second ever 11th grade Foot Locker winner as 3:50 stud Grant Fisher is your winner.
Barrett, who didn't even make her state meet last year after a disaster at Districts, capped off an unbelievable win by finding a response after getting walked down late.
There are lots of songs runners relate to but few, if any, songs actually about running … Until now! Now there is a whole album. Listen to it, download it (for whatever price you want to pay even zero) and get a bonus track for free just being a LetsRun.com loyal visitor. It makes the perfect Xmas gift.
We also take take a look at a different type of track club that made headlines at the USATF Club Nats, give one last shout out in 2013 to Japanese marathoner Yuki Kawauchi, who ran his second sub 2:10 marathon in 2 weeks, take another look back Mark Wetmore‘s Colorado Buffaloes, and have recommended reads, a video of the week, a song of the week and more.
LRC's Wejo travelled to the annual running specialty conference, The Running Event, in Austin earlier this month and he left being most impressed with a product that officially wasn't part of the conference. It's called Bia and it's the only GPS watch with a cellular modem, SOS Alert, and live tracking. If a loved one wants to know where you are when you're running and you don't want to carry a phone, this is the product for you. Read all about it.
Russian Torchbearer Dies Of Heart Attack After Carrying Flame In Sochi Relay This is the latest in a long line of mishaps that have clouded the torch relay.
UK PVer Holly Bleasdale Back From Injury With 4.61m Victory At French Meet Elsewhere, Louise Damen (32:47) and Jonny Mellor (29:52) were victorious at the Telford 10k.
LetsRun.com may have to start paying more attention to the mountain/trail running scene as Joseph Gray, second recently at the XTERRA World Trail Run Championships got the win. Alan Webb faded to 32nd. The Champions League Athletic Performance team from Colorado won the team title.
Former CU Buff Laura Thweatt continued her fine late 2013 running as she got the win after her 3rd place at the .US National Road Racing Championships. The Beasts TC won nationals in their first attempt.
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