– Athletics Illustrated writer Christopher Kelsall urging the IAAF and WADA to “act with force” against Turkey after they cleared Olympic 1,500 champion Asli Ckir Alptkin of doping charges. He cites Turkey’s 31 positive tests for steroids in April 2013 and accuses the Turkish Athletics Federation of “making a mockery of the process.”
The Turks apparently don’t believe there was anything wrong with the Biological Passport of the already convicted doper, who dropped from 4:02 to 3:56 last year. The question now becomes – will the IAAF appeal? We wonder – was American Shannon Rowbury really the third-best clean person in the race?
Might Asafa Powell Be Next? Incoming New Head Of WADA Says Asafa Powell Doping Case Needs To Speed Up “He has been under a cloud and if he has broken the rules then sport wants the case finalised, if he hasn’t then he wants the cloud lifted.”
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.
Athletics Illustrated Explains What The “Mono” (Steve Monaghetti) And “Jono Fartlek” Are The Mono is 2 x 90 seconds, 4 x 60 seconds, 4 x 30-second efforts. 4 x 15-second efforts, all with the same amount of recovery to match the effort – a cut-down ladder-fartlek workout.
Alan Abrahamson: A Big Blunder By Obama In an open letter to the president, Abrahamson respectfully criticizes President Obama for naming an Olympic delegation with no first lady, VP or Cabinet members on it. He says the decision is insulting to Putin and the IOC and has jeopardized US’s 2024 bid. Abrahamson say it’s wrong to play politics with the Olympics in Russia just like Jimmy Carter did in 1980.
RR #1 Former World Record Holder Marathoner Khalid Khannouchi Talks About The New Era Of Marathoning And How Quickly Things Have Gone From 2:05 To 2:03 “It’s not a mystery event anymore. … It’s a different world, you can’t compare. Kenyans and Ethiopians don’t have anything to lose. They can take risks. Americans are afraid to take a risk.”
Brianna Rollins & Derek Drouin Win 2013 Bowerman The Bowerman is the coaches association’s version of The Heisman. Of course Rollins won as she was undefeated on the year and a world champion. Drouin beat Lawi Lalang, who was pretty special himself.
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.
12-Week Study Shows More Injuries With Minimalist Shoes Than Neutral Trainers In this case the minimalist shoes were Nike Frees and Vibram FiveFingers.
Another GB Paralympian Complaining About Not Getting Enough Attention Richard Whitehead doesn’t feel he got enough credit for winning a Paralympic gold at the World Champs or running 40 marathons in 40 days for charity.
Great Profile By Peter Gambaccini: Meet Becky Wade, America’s Best Young Marathoner Earlier this month, Wade ran 2:30:41 and only two American women have gone faster before age 25. Gambicini tells you all you need to know about the Dallas, TX native who went to Rice and just got back from a year-long trip around the world – 22 countries, including a stop for a party at Haile G‘s house where she has video of him dancing.
58:47 Man Atsedu Tsegay And 13:00/26:52 Aan Abera Kuma Of Ethiopia To Make Marathon Debuts In Dubai Next MonthWe 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.
MB: Brett Larner responds to LetsRun’s criticism of Japanese mid-running: Mid-d running in Japan doesn’t exist
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.
Good Read: Ryan Hall Blogs About Dealing With His Past Couple Years Of Injury Woes And About Being Self Coached He says “I wouldn’t want to live this last year over again,” but through it “I have grown in perseverance.”LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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