Archived Homepage For January 29, 2014
Archived Homepage For January 29, 2014
Quote Of The Day
– Suzy Favor Hamilton, the fastest non-cheating 1,500 woman in US history, posting on Facebook as she starts to re-emerge after last year’s scandal. Hamilton will soon be running the LA marathon as a leader of a charity team.
MB:She’s back – Suzy Favor Hamilton returning to running as head of LA marathon charity team
MB:She really is back: Suzy Favor Hamilton posts new facebook photo & blog post
- LOVE YOU ALAN appreciation thread
- Video of El G 7:23 3000m
- Which College XC/Track Teams Party the Hardest?
- Galen Rupp allowed to run on BU track with no shirt on, Allistar Craig & Kip Litton allowed in Boston Marathon w/o BQ
- Rupp is the runner Prefontaine dreamed of being.
- What's your most memorable Seinfeld Quote?
- Craig Virgin and Fam have interesting comments on Rupp and NOPe
- Pete Carroll is apparently a 9/11 truther
The Week In Review – Week That Was
LRCBye-Bye Alan Webb, The Bold Galen Rupp And Mary Cain, Marathoning’s New Era, Can Ryan Hill Challenge Rupp? And Much MoreAlan Webb says goodbye to track and field, fortune favors the bold and Galen Rupp and Mary Cain, and do we have an American challenger who can beat Mr. Rupp? A proposal to save the marriages of NCAA track coaches, a star retires at age 25, and those crazy youngsters – a teen runs two half marathon PRs to win $200,000, a look at Britain’s great young talent, some fast NCAA times by Laura Roesler,and someone break up the Big Green of Dartmouth.
More Webb News:
- Q&A With Alan Webb On Triathlon.com About His Goals For The Sport Webb dreamed big in running and he’s dreaming big again here.
*MB:LOVE YOU ALAN appreciation thread - Kevin Sully Looks Back At The Impact Of Alan Webb’s Career
News From Europe
- 19-Year-Old British Indoor Men’s Heptathlon Record And 12-Year-Old Pole Vault Record Were Broken Over Weekend (5,982 And 5.83m)
- Brendan Foster Vows To Use Great North Brand To Get One Million More People Running By 2020 “The idea of going out and taking part in an event is the game-changer.”
- Bahamas Team Wanted 3:01.96 WRecord In Glasgow, Instead They Got Beaten And Ran A 3:07.30 National Record Individually, Chris Brown opened at 45.93.
Renaud Lavillenie Broke National Record And Earned Bubka Praise With Lifetime Best 6.04 Pole Vault*Video Of Lavillenie’s New 6.04m French PV Record- Irish Jr. 60 Record Is Broken – New U20 Record Is 6.88
*MB:It’s official: White men can’t sprint. New Irish jr record in 60m would rank 124th in NCAA
*2014 Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match Results (USA Vs. GB Vs. Scotland Vs. CWealth)
*Armory New Balance *All Weekend NCAA Action
LRCGlasgow 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
NCAA Results
- 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
- 4 Ivy League Records Go Down Over The Weekend Dartmouth got two conference mile records with Abbey D’Agostino (4:28.31) and Will Geoghegan (3:58.04) as Harvard’s Maksim Korolev set the 5,000 record at 13:42.56 and Cornell’s Stephen Mozia set the shot put record with 67-4 (20.52 meters).
*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. - Texas A&M Dominates Sweep In Triangular Meet Against LSU And Texas Tech*Full Results
- Arizona’s Nick Ross Breaks His Own HJ School Record Ross cleared 7-7 (2.31m).
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.
*IAAF Osaka Recap - 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 Tax News
- 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.
Q&A's With US Women
Mary Cain Says Alberto Salazar Yelled At Her After Her 1,500 Heat At Worlds Because Of Her Poor Tactics Cain: “After the heats, we had a pretty intense talk, like: ‘you’re not supposed to do that.’ Oh my God. He was yelling. I felt so bad – he was so freaked out!”- Cain Missed Her Prom Last Year To Run A 4:04 1,500 At Occidental Good interview with Cain, who talks about the decision to go pro and managing being a high schools student at the same time.
- Morgan Uceny Talks About Training In Boston And Getting Past Her Olympic Fall She says she’s was still very tentative in all her races last year as she was afraid of falling again.
- Q&A With New NJ-NY Track Club Member Rebeka Stowe Stowe ran for the University of Kansas and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the steeple.
Live on NBC Sports Network Feb 8 4:30-6pm Eastern
LRCSolomon vs Symmonds vs Andrews: 4x800 AR Assault at NBIGP Gets Better
Duane Solomon, the second fastest American ever at 800, has decided to extend his indoor season and put together a 4x800 team to try and beat the American record in a clash vs the Nick Symmonds led Brooks Beasts team and the Robby Andrews led NJ-NY track club. The meet will be live on the NBC Sports Network next Saturday. Update: Duane's team has been announced and includes Erik Sowinski.
*Discuss here
Mary Cain And Matt Centrowitz Headline Millrose Games Mile Fields
Mary Cain will race Morgan Uceny on the women's side and Centrowitz will take on Nick Willis, Lawi Lalang and Alan Webb in his final indoor track race. Meet will be live on NBC Sports Network.
Distance News
Suzy’s Back: MB:Suzy Favor Hamilton posts new facebook photo & blog post- MB: She’s back – Suzy Favor Hamilton returning to running as head of LA marathon charity team
- Silas Kiplagat Looking To Redeem Himself At 2014 Commonwealth Games For 2012 Olympics And 2013 WChamps Flops “I won’t forgive myself if what happened in London repeats itself in Glasgow.”
- After Career-Defining Victory In Glasgow, 21-Year-Old Guy Learmonth Excited To See What He Can Do In 2014 The Loughborough University student broke the 40-year-old Scottish record in the 600.
- Former New Mexico Star Rory Fraser (UK) Is Working Full-Time At Nike In Portland And Still Training – Just Debuted At 62:48 In Houston Juggling a full time job while training isn’t easy for the 13:24 guy, who says, “I seem to be living my life in eternal darkness, which is awesome! But I love what I do and at least have the weekends off to enjoy a beer too many.”
- Jason Pyrah Inducted Into Missouri Sports Hall Of Fame Class Of 2014 He had to share the limelight with some rich studs like MLB player Willie McGee.
- Q&A With Khadevis Robinson About Coaching At LSU He’s a big believer in “core.” Amazingly, the interviewer didn’t ask him about his career or if he’s retired.
Britain’s Mo Farah And Paula Radcliffe Will Be On-Site For Unveiling Of Lornah Kiplagat’s $931,000 Tartan Track In Iten Meanwhile, the govt. has abandoned plans for a new track in Kip Keino stadium after spending more than $1.7 million.- BBC Spends Week With Kip Keino During Commonwealth Games Baton Relay Through Africa Keino reveals he no longer “runs” but he does “jog for my life” 3 times a week.
- Athletics Kenya Has Issued A One-Week Ultimatum To Unauthorized Foreign Coaches And Physiotherapists To Leave The Country They are being blamed for the doping positives and must leave unless they get a permit by Feb. 3.
- Japanese Ultramarathoner Tsutomu Nagata Talks About Racing In US: ‘There’s an incredibly exciting world waiting just a step outside Japan.”
- Good Idea: Golden West HS Invitational Will Be Held In Middle Of USATF Meet
- Meet 20-Year-Old Hanna Tarver Of The UK, Who Has Run 2:05.46 She credits much of her success to coach Dave Jeffs, who guided her until his death last year.
- Ben St. Lawrence And Other Foreigners Will Compete At NZ’s National 3,000m Next Month
- Now Free:Galen Rupp 8:07.41 2-Mile American Record Race Video
Q&A With US Distance Stars
Kara Goucher Q&A With RunnerDad.com She hasn’t ruled out returning to Nike but says, “It would be foolish on my part not to see what my other options are.” On her coaching change: “It was not a personality thing … it’s just me. I just needed a refresher. I’m 35 years old so I just felt like I just needed something big, some big refresher if I was going to make it another 3 or 4 years.”
MB:Kara: I am a free agent- Q&A With Gabriele Anderson, Who Is Now Married And Gabriele Grunewald We call first dibs on the children as her hubby is an OT marathon qualifier. As for Gabriele, she’s focused on trying to make World Indoors.
More US Distance-Related News
- US-Based:Nick Willis Tells His Wife That NZealand HSer Jordan Rackham Will Break His Records The only PRs we can find for the HS senior who is coming to the NCAA are a 4:14 mile and 1:55.
- Elliott Denman On The Suicide Of Maddy Holleran And Many Other Track Stars – Why? Why? Why? Why?“Chet” Bowman, Barry Brown, Al Heppner, Antonio Pettigrew and now Holleran have all left us asking, “Why?”
US Track Races – NOP Races In Boston/NB At Armory *All Weekend NCAA Action *LRC Rupp 2-Mile Photo Gallery
Two For TwoLRC Galen Rupp Gets Back The American Two-Mile Record, Runs 8:07.41 In BostonBernard Lagat‘s 8:09.49 and Rupp’s previous 8:09.72 AR are history as he went for it big time tonight. Rupp took a crack at Kenenisa Bekele‘s 8:04 WR as he was at 4:59 at 2k but faded a bit at the end.
*LRC Photo Gallery
*LRCInterviews With Galen Rupp And Alberto Salazar After Rupp’s Record Run Both seem very excited for his mile AR attempt in 3 weeks.
*LRCGalen Rupp’s 8:07.41 Two Mile Record Broken Down – Lap-By-Lap Splits
*MB:Galen finished post AR workout with 4:01.6
*MB:Official Galen Rupp 2 Mile Prediction & Race Talk/Split Thread
Armory: RRW Recap New Balance Games At The Armory: Kim Conley, Lee Emanuel, Duane Solomon And Ajee Wilson All Get Wins*Results*LRCPhoto Gallery- MB:Lee Emanuel and Garrett Heath Both Run 3:54 at Armory Heath showed the form he used to beat Bekele and Kiprop but Emanuel got the win.
*Race Video: Lee Emanuel
*Down The Backstretch Q&A With Heath On Training And Getting Started With Brooks Heath said he was happy with his 3:54 even though he just lost to Emanuel, who he said “ran smart.” - MB:Kim Conley 4:24.54 for the full mile at the NB Games A big PR for the Olympic 5,000 runner.
*Video Interview With Conley Conley laughed and said her first thought when she finished and looked at the clock was, “Oh, I didn’t beat Mary.” - MB: Duane Solomon FTW over Eric Sowinski in 1:16.67 – Webb third in 1:17.79
- MB:Ajee’ Wilson wins 600 in 1:28.27 – Stephanie Garcia wins 1 mile steeple in 4:48.97
- Olympic Silver Medalist Will Claye Wins TJ In Armory With Record Mark Of 55 Feet, 11 Inches
- DyeStat NB Games High School Recap
*MileSplit HS Highlights: Two New US #1s With 9:08 2-Mile (Elijah Armstrong) And 1:52 800 (Ricky Faure)
LRCMary Cain Just Misses World Indoor Junior Mile Mark By .01 - Sets New American Junior Mark Of 4:24.11
Mary Cain ran her best race of 2014 but in the end she missed the world junior mark by .01.Abbey D'Agostino andJordan Hasay ran lifetime bests in second and third.
Drug News
- Swimming WR Among 12 Russians To Test Positive In Latest Doping Scandal There were 12 athletes from 7 sports including 3 from track and field.
- Roid Rage:Pop Star Justin Bieber’s Erratic Behavior Linked To Dependence On Steroids A report says he’s been taking Clenbuterol, a diet drug which is most commonly used on the horses.
2014 Dubai *Dubai Marathon Results*Dubai Marathon Coverage
LRCUnheralded Tsegaye Mekonnen Asefa - Just 18 - Pulls Off A Shocker And Crushes Everyone In Dubai In 2:04:32, Setting The World Junior Record
Talk about having no fear of the marathon. An unheralded 18-year-old with a 62:53 PR at 13.1 went out on world record pace and ended up with a dominant 2:04:32 victory as a Ethiopian debutant won in 2:04 for the 3rd straight year. Wow.
LRCMula Seboka Gets Surprise Victory In Women's Race At 2014 Dubai Marathon In 2:25:01
(updated) This was certainly an upset as Seboka, until recently, was a journeywoman. But no longer. In the 30th marathon of her career - yes, 30th - thanks to a strong surge at 35k which broke the pack, she defeated the #2 10,000 runner in history, Meselech Melkamu, and finished off a 71:20 2nd half. 2011 NYC champ Firehiwot Dado was third.
A Great Ideat Idea At The NBIGP
LRCBrooks 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
Galen Rupp AR Photo Gallery, Mary Cain Near WJR Miss (100+ Photos)
Random, But Interesting
- Two Boston Bomb Survivors And Gay NBA Player Sat With Michelle Obama At State Of The Union Address
- Miracle Weight Loss Pill Developed From Indian Flower – Passes Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Design It’s sold under the name Meratrim in the US.
- NY Daily News: Two Brothers Suffer Fatal Heart Attacks 20 Days Apart While Jogging In NY’s Parks
- Running USA Chooses New President – Rich Harshbarger A marketing executive for Gannett with a journalism background who also is the Executive Race Director for the Detroit Free Press Marathon – seems like an excellent choice.
- Are You Male? Get Paid Up To $25,000 To Run Under 2:36 On February 23 At Cowtown Marathon They are offering to $25,000 to be split between everyone who breaks 2:36:22 for men and 2:46:09 for women. Wejo is running this race – watch out.
- USATF Launches Rewards Program Where You Can Win Prizes For Watching, Tweeting About Track Events No word if LetsRun is ineligible, because otherwise, we don’t see how we don’t win the grand prize. *Rewards.usatf.org
- Lolo Jones Handles The Heat Over Bobsled Selection “I think that’s what I don’t like, the fact that people will be like, ‘Oh, it must be that bobsled is untalented if Lolo can come in and just be one of the top bobsledders in one year.'”
Kenyan News
Paul Tanui Wins, Faith Kipyegon Dominates Famed Cinque Mulini XC Race, Jenny Simpson Third Paul Tanui, the guy who kept Galen Rupp from medaling at Worlds last year, got the win on the men’s side. On the women’s side, two-time world junior XC champ Faith Kipyegon dominated. Jenny Simpson was third in her 2014 debut, but over a minute behind European XC silver medallist Gemma Steel and 1:40 behind Kipyegon.
*LRC 2014 Cinque Mulini Cross-Country Women’s And Men’s Photos- Kenyan Match-Maker:Coach Colm O’Connell Has Produced Dozens Of Kenya’s Top Distance Runners As Well As Its Greatest Distance Running Couples More than 20 couple have met through the renowned distance coach.
- NYC Marathon Champ Priscah Jeptoo And Former World Half-Marathon Champ Wilson Kiprop Win Discovery Kenya XC Champs Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo was 3rd for the women; Olympic 10,000 5th placer Bedan Karoki was 2nd in the men’s race.
- Toni Reavis Blogs: Battle Lines Drawn In Kenyan Tax Revolt Reavis explains both sides and talks about the new athlete union called PAAK that’s been formed with athletes such as Wesley Korir, Wilson Kipsang and Geoffrey Mutai leading the way.
More Distance News
Recommended Read: Alan Webb’s Wife Blogs On His Career Change From Track To Triathlon A great blog post by Julia Webb who walks through the decision to move to the triathlon. She admits that Alan has made some “mistakes” during his career, including moving from coach to coach, but emphasizes that his lack of success in recent years hasn’t been due to lack of effort or dedication.
*MB: Webb’s Wife’s Blog on His Career Change (link fixed)- Great Athletics Illustrated Interview With Yuki Kawauchi, Who Talks Extensively About His Interesting Training And Racing Schedule Kawauchi says he actually thinks the best race of his life was a 30K which he thinks was equivalent to a 2:06 marathon.
- Leo Manzano Blogs About His Training And Is Looking Forward To Racing New Balance GP Mile Next Saturday He said he was getting “very distracted with financial concerns” due to his lack of sponsorship, but his concerns were eased through help from his “supporters” who funded his training trip to Mexico.
- Extensive Gary Cohen Interview With Ultramarathoner Catra Corbett Corbett is one of only four people to have finished over 100 events of 100 miles or more. She talks about her life-changing transition from substance abuser to vegetarian ultramarathoner.
European News
- UK Athletics Lowering Their Medal Targets For Euro Champs Due To The Absence Of Some Of Their Biggest StarsJessica Ennis is out on maternity leave, Mo Farah is focusing on the London Marathon instead and Christine Ohuruogu is taking a down year.
- UK’s World 400 Champ Christine Ohuruogu Will Have A Low-Key Year And May Only Compete In 4 X 400 At Commonwealth Games UKA director Neil Black praised her for being a mentor to younger athletes and even providing financial support out of her own pocket to some up-and-coming athletes.
- Czech Republic’s 400H World Champ Zuzana Hejnova Recovering Well From Injury And Focusing On 2014 Euro Champs In August She’s still on crutches, but hoping to be back in training by April.
Sprints / Jumps
- IAAF Indoor Highlights: France’s Olympic PV Champ Renaud Lavillenie Wins French Meet In New French Indoor Record Of 6.04 World youth bronze medallist Kendell Williams set a heptathlon US indoor junior record at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational in Albuquerque with 4,302 points. At the same meet Jermaine Brown tied the WL with 20.68, Dee Dee Trotter won the 200 (23.38) and 400 (51.82) and in Canada, Olympic silver medalist Luguelin Santos set a 300 NR with 33.27.
*Video Of Lavillenie’s New 6.04m French PV Record - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Runs 7.11 Over 60m In Season Opener In Jamaica World Indoor 60 meters silver medalist Nesta Carter won the men’s event in 6.52.
- IAAF Highlights From Governor Cup In Volgograd, Russia:Svetlana Biryukova tied her own WL with 6.98m to beat the MR and 2011 world silver medalist Olga Kucherenko.
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