*2014 Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match Results (USA Vs. GB Vs. Scotland Vs. CWealth)
*Armory New Balance *All Weekend NCAA Action

LRC Glasgow International Match: Bernard Lagat, Chris O’Hare, Laura Muir And Hellen Obiri All Win Scotland’s Laura Muir might have been the distance star of the day as she was very impressive in the women’s 800 where Chanelle Price PRed; Chris O’Hare won the men’s 1,500 over Britain’s upcoming star Charlie Grice; a Scottish record fell in the men’s 600 and reigning world champs Hellen Obiri and Bernard Lagat started off their 2014 campaigns with wins. *Results

• IAAF Full Meet Recap *USATF
• James Dasaolu Sets World-Leading Time Of 6.50 Secs. For The 60m At Glasgow International Match – Telegraph GB’s Holly Bleasdale returned from injury with a 4.62 win in the PV.
• MB:Bernard Lagat wins and Brits play “Born in USA” on speakers – Cram corrects them

• Will Leer Wins NAU 3,000 In 8:08.69 At 7,000ft Altitude In Flagstaff, AZ That’s about a 7:48 with the altitude conversion. NAU’s Brian Shrader (8:11.94) and Matt McElroy (8:17.11) were 2nd and 3rd; US Marathon champ Nick Arciniaga was 5th. *Full Results
• Oregon’s Laura Roesler Wins 800 At Rod McCravy Memorial Meet In 2:01.32 This is #2 on the NCAA all-time list indoors. *Duck Women Win 3 Events At Day 1 Of Rod McCravy Memorial Meet
• Dartmouth’s Will Geoghegan Sets New Ivy League Record In The Mile With 3:58.04 He broke the previous record of 3:58.52 set by Columbia’s Kyle Merber in 2010.

More Weekend Distance Results

• Ukraine’s Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko Becomes First In 14 Years To Defend Her Title At Osaka International Women’s Marathon She won in 2:24:37 as Japan’s Yukiko Akaba took second in 2:26:00. In her debut, Sairi Maeda set a Japan collegiate record of 2:26:46 for 4th.
• Fredrick Musyoki And Cynthia Cherotich Win Kenya Prisons XC Champs Musyoki beat out a field that included World 1,500 silver medalist Silas Kiplagat (11th place), Olympic 5,000 bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa, African XC champ John Mwangangi (2nd) and defending champ Timothy Kiptoo.
  *This IAAF article says Longosiwa and Kiptoo dropped out and that the winners’ names are Fredrick Ndunge and Cynthia Jerotich.
• 1,000+ Show Up To Watch Willis Win 800 In 1:50 In His Hometown In NZealand Willis tried to negative split as he’s practicing on finishing for World Indoors. “Doing an 800m is a bit of a shock to the system to remember how to sprint again.”
• Athletics Weekly Recap Northern Cross-Country Champs In UK
• Jamaica’s Leading Long Distance Runners Will Compete At High Mountain 10K Road Race

• Kenyan Journalist Calls Kenyan Athletes Selfish And Says They Should Pay Their Taxes Like Everyone Else Does “I find it very selfish for a group of athletes, most likely making millions of shillings every year from their God-given talent of running, demanding exemption from paying taxes because they bring honour to this country.”
• Daily Nation: “Finally cornered by the taxman, athletes have nowhere to run.” If you haven’t been following the news on the Kenya tax law debates for athletes’ prize money, this article will get you caught up.

• Armory: New Balance Games Kicks Off Pro Season At The Armory: Morgan Uceny In The Mile, Ajee Wilson In The 600

• After Beating Kiprop And Bekele, Garrett Heath Is Full Of Confidence Entering Mile At Armory’s New Balance Games
• Will Claye Hoping To Get Armory Record In TJ
• Erik Sowinsky, Duane Solomon Set For 600m Rematach At New Balance Games Sowinski ran his breakout race in the 600 last year when he set the AR at 1:15.61. Both that time and the 1:15.12 WR will be something they’re shooting for.
• USATF.tv Providing A Ton Of Live Coverage This Winter, Starting With The New Balance Games This Saturday The broadcast will be from 1pm – 4pm ET.
• DyeStat New Balance Games HS Preview

• Glasgow: Schedule & Results And TV Streaming Information For 2014 Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match Gabriele Anderson, Bernard Lagat, Bershawn Jackson, Chanelle Price, Chris O’Hare, David Torrence are all running mid-d events.
• Chris O’Hare Is Pumped To Race For Scotland On Saturday
• Sub-10 Man James Dasaolu Is In 60 – Vows Not To Be “One-Season Hit Wonder”
• Kim Collins Is Running For International Team And Says He May Run This Summer For St. Kitts And Nevis We hope he does switch allegiances as he’s been treated poorly.
• Revitalised Holly Bleasdale Is Dreaming Of 5.00 Meters In Pole Vault
• Holly Bleasdale Has Recovered From Achilles And Back Issues

• IAAF Preview Of Saturday’s Italian XC’s Cinque Mulini – American Jenny Simpson Makes 2014 Debut As Muktar Edris Tries To Defend His Title
• Sunday: After Dropping Out Of NYC, Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko Hoping To Defend Osaka Title The winners from the last 3 years are all in the race and if she repeats, she’ll be the first repeat champ in 14 years.
  *Japan Running News’ Osaka International Women’s Marathon And Osaka Half Marathon Preview

A Great Ideat Idea At The NBIGP

• LRC Brooks Beasts Vs. NY/NJ Track Club: World Record 4 X 800 Attempt To Take Place At 2014 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track fans long complain there aren’t teams to root for. Well, there are teams you can cheer on in Boston on February 8th as they’ll be looking for the 7:13.94 WR. Might Nike’s Oregon Track Club be there as well? We’ve got the scoop.
  *MB: 4×8 World Record Attempt @ NB Indoor Grand Prix
• Millrose: Wallace Spearmon Leads Men’s 300m Field At NYRR Millrose Games

Winter Running Tips (Links Found By DownTheBackStretch)

• Treadmill Running Tips From The Pros Many say they turn their treadmill runs into progression runs, varying the speed and incline as they go.
• Hassan Mead Tweets Pic Of Where He Does Strides When There’s Too Much Snow Outside
• Former Carrie Tollefson Gives Some Winter Running Advice

• Strong European Field Will Compete At Lotto Crosscup In Belgium This Sunday
• Prague Hosting Its First Major Track Meet Since 2009 On February 25th As Test Event For 2015 European Championships Blanka Vlasic is expected to compete in her comeback from injury.

A Good Day For Pro Distance Running: CGI Reinstating Elite Appearance Fees

LRC Community 1, Competitor 0: Competitor Group Goes Back On Decision And Will Immediately Reinstate Appearance Fees For Elite Athletes This is a big victory for both the elites and the sport of running.
*And The LRC Nation, Too: No, Thank You: We Don’t Need Competitor Running The Vast Majority Of Big Running Events In This Country
*MB: Competitor Group Reinstates Appearance Fees
*RRW: In About Face, Competitor Group Reinstates Elite Athlete Support Program
*Competitor.com artilce

Kenyan Athletes In Uproar Over New Tax Laws

• Top Kenyans Threaten To Defect Over Government Taxation Issue Berlin Marathon champ Florence Kiplagat: “If this matter goes on like this, I will defect to another country which will appreciate my effort.”
• Angry Athletes Threaten To Boycott Olympics And Wesley Korir And Wilson Kipsang Talk Of Forming A Kenyan Athletes’ Union
• Edna Kiplagat Says Government Shouldn’t Backdate New Tax Regulations Since They Were Not Able To Plan Their Finances Ahead Of Time Asbel Kiprop explained how currently he can win $10,000 winning a DL meet, but only get to keep a bit over $3K.
• Isaiah Kiplagat Claims There Is No Problem With Athletes Paying And The Media Is Blowing It Out Of Proportion He also said that if athletes hire a “tax expert” and write off their training expenses they might not pay anything.
• Athletes Say Government Should Provide Athletes With Training Facilities And Better Health Care Haron Lagat: “You cannot sow from where you have not planted.”

•  Saturday: Former Africa XC Champ Timothy Kiptoo Going For A Hat Trick At The Kenya Prisons Championships He’ll take on a deep field that includes Olympic 5,000m bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa, World 1,500 silver medalist Silas Kiplagat and former World Half Marathon champ Wilson Kiprop.
• Sunday: Asbel Kiprop, Geoffrey Mutai, Nixson Chepseba And Geoffrey Mutai Square-Off At Discovery Kenya XC Championships The women are led by London/NYC Marathon champ Priscah Jeptoo, who faces Berlin Marathon winner Florence Kiplagat and World 5,000 silver medalist Mercy Cherono.