February 5, 2014 | LetsRun.com

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Ed Torres Reveals LA To Pay Athletes $100,000 Less Than Houston Would Have For 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials

LA, according to Torres, is offering $100,000 less in prize money for the Trials than Houston. If LA is such a great place to offer the Trials, shouldn't that mean more publicity, more sponsorship, and more $ for the athletes. What about the athletes?
*Discuss

Today’s Top Distance News

Marathon Greats Haile Gebrselassie And Martin Lel To Square Off At May 4th Hamburg Marathon
Geb is going for the masters world record. Lel has won 5 World Marathon Majors.
Nijel Amos Takes Part In Queen's Baton Relay, Gets 1:41.73 Tattoo On His Arm
The young 800 superstar missed most of 2013 with injury.
Lukas Verzbicas Wins 10k In 32:05, Talks About His 2014 Plans
Lukas talks a little about Alan Webb moving to the triathlon and reveals he and Webb trained together last year. 1984 Olympic 800-meter gold medalist Joaquim Cruz is one of Lukas' coaches.
Ezekiel Kemboi May Target Steeplechase World Record This Year
The world record would cement Kemboi's status as the best steeplechaser ever. The life of the party, Kemboi says he may DJ after he quits running.
London Marathon Course Record Holder Emmanuel Mutai Looking To Get Back On Top
Stanley Biwott Thinks He Can Win London Marathon
Biwott was only 8th last year, but that was after he broke open the race only to fade at the end.

Saturday Live On NBC Sports Network 4:30-6pm Eastern *All NBIGP Coverage Here

Galen Rupp Running New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile On Saturday

Great news for track and field fans as Galen Rupp is now racing on live national television for the first time this year this Saturday at the NBIGP. It is also now official that Rupp will not try to break the American or world indoor record in the mile February 15 at Boston University.

It’s Official: LRC Galen Rupp American Record Attempt Feb. 15 Is Off
Alberto Salazar On Calling Off Mile Record Attempt: “I asked Galen what would he rather do, set an American record in the mile or medal in the world championships?” Salazar also said that if Rupp felt up to it after US Champs, he could always take a shot at the mile record then.

More US News: Alysia Montano Is Pregnant

IAAF Interesting Q&A With Bernard Lagat, Who Says His Favorite Workouts Are 300s And 6-Mile Tempos, But Dreads Mile Repeats Lagat also talks about his love for golf and says his favorite TV show is House Hunters International.
Alysia Montano Is Pregnant Alysia talks about her new “training partner” (she’s pregnant) and her decision to part ways with Red Bull.

Dibaba 3:55.17 WR Results Video *MBoard Thread

WRGenzebe Dibaba's 3:55.17 1,500m Crushes World Record!!!!!

Genzebe Dibaba, the younger sister of Tirunesh Dibaba, ran 3:55.17 for 1,500m in Karlsruhe, Germany to absolutely destroy the previous world record of 3:58.28 by Yelena Sobolova of Russia. Dibaba's time is arguably the greatest 1,500m ever run as it is the fastest time indoors or out since 1997. Nixon Chepseba ran 3:37.02 to win the men's 1,500m. Caleb Ndiku won the men's 3,000m in 7:36 with Augustine Choge, Yenew Alamirew and Bernard Lagat 2-4.

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Message Board Thread
MB: Lagat 7:38.51, 4th place in 3000m

Mo And The Marathon

Mo Farah Accuses Kenenisa Bekele Of Taking The “Easy Route” Ducking The Competition In London “I was looking forward to [racing Bekele] but it’s up to him. If he really wanted it he could make it work. I could have chosen the easy option and gone somewhere else for my first marathon but I’ve gone straight in there because that’s what I do.”
Farah Criticized For Cliff Jumping Off 100 Foot Cliff In The Caribbean Includes video of Farah’s jump, which the LRC experts say is probably actually under 40ft.

Paula Wants To Race Again

Paula Radcliffe Would Like To Run One More London Or NYC Marathon To End Her Career On “Her Terms” Radcliffe: “I’m not thinking I can get back and run 2hr 15min, but if I could come back and run like a sub 2hr 30min then I’d like to do it. I’m not saying I could win London or New York but I would like to just run one more and finish on my terms.”
Radcliffe Is Healthy Enough To Run Again And Is In Kenya Training She can run once a day, 1-2 hours. She doesn’t want to push it though since she wants to be able to run recreationally later in life.

Blazing DMRs Lead Friday’s NCAA Indoor Action

Penn State National: Penn State Runs Second-Fastest Indoor DMR In NCAA History To Win At Penn State National The team of Brannon Kidder, Robby Creese, Brandon Bennett-Green and Za’Von Watkins ran 9:26.59 as Stanford was second in 9:28.95, anchored by Michael Atchoo in 3:57.
Stanford Women Break School Record & Post NCAA-Leading DMR Time To Win At Penn State In 10:54.04 The team was anchored by Justine Fedronic in 4:33. A distant second was Dartmouth In 11:02.21, led by Abbey D’Agostino‘s 4:32 anchor leg.
UW Invy: Oregon DMRs Go 1-2 At UW Invy Posting The Second And Fourth Fastest Times In The Country This Year The Oregon “A” team led by Mac Fleet and Edward Cheserek ran 9:28.91 to win over the “B” team, which ran 9:31.64 and was anchored by Trevor Dunbar.
Results In the women’s 5k, first-year pro Betsy Saina gets the win in a World leading 15:28 over Alisha Williams, Alexi Pappas and Boise State’s Emma Bates. Washington’s Megan Goethals was 7th
MB: Penn State DMR 9:26.59

Galen Rupp AR Photo Gallery, Mary Cain Near WJR Miss (100+ Photos)

Updated USA Half Marathon Champs Photo Gallery (100+ Photos) *Houston Marathon And Half Coverage

This Week

Stockholm PreviewWorld Champ Abeba Aregawi Says She Still Wants To Break World 1,500m Record Thursday

Sweden's Aregawi wanted to break the WR before the home crowd but that task got a lot tougher after Genzebe Dibaba lowered the WR by 3 seconds to 3:55.17 this past weekend. The men's 1,500m features the top 5 in the world in 2013, including Silas Kiplagat and Ayanleh Souleiman. Mo Aman in the 800 and more.

NBBIGCanada's Luc Bruchet Takes On Some Of World's Best This Weekend

The UBC runner has turned heads with a 7:54.57 3,000 and 3:57.71 mile last weekend. The action in Boston features the 4 x 800 American record attempt and Galen Rupp in the mile run. Full NB BIG Coverage here. Previews coming this week. Meet live on NBCSports Network.
In Case You Missed It: Galen Rupp Running New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile On Saturday

Yohan Blake And Warren Weir To Run 400m This Weekend
Outdoor track is here in Jamaica.
Melissa Breen To Race Sally Pearson Over 100m This Sunday In Australia

Craig Virgin Calls For More Transparency With Supplements/TUEs

LRCRunning Legend Craig Virgin Calls For More Transparency Revealing The Medications And Supplements Athletes Are On: "In Sight It Must Be Right"

Two-time World Cross-Country champion Craig Virgin has called for more transparency in the legal supplements/medications athletes may be taking. LRC spoke with Virgin on his comments and with Galen Rupp’s agent Ricky Simms about Virgin’s comments and the calls for more transparency. Plus, Simms tells LRC Mo Farah has never been on thyroid medication.

LRC Update On TUEs Of The Nike Oregon Project Only 3 of the 11 athletes in the program have received a TUE according to agent Ricky Simms after talking to Alberto Salazar about our Craig Virgin article.

Kenyan News: Anti-Doping Task Force Is Broke

Lost Cause: Kenyan Anti-Doping Task Force Appointed To Investigate Kenyan Doping Is Out Of Money And Won’t Finish It’s Report Apparently the government is refusing to give them any more money and according to this article they’re asking for $207,000.
Amos Mitei Wins Nike Discovery Half Marathon In 62:49 Peris Chepchirchir won the women’s 10k in 31:53. Apparently one of the Mutais did poorly in the men’s race, finishing in 14th place (64:43), but based on the phrasing it’s unclear if it’s Geoffrey or Emmanuel.
Good Blog Post: US Olympian Janet Bawcom Blogs About “Accidentally Racing” The Discovery Kenya 10k She did it as a hard workout and finished 11th in 34:27.
Recap Of Kenyan Western Region XC Championships

Sochi 2014

Lolo Jones Speaks Out About Bobsled Team Selection Controversy “I don’t know, just gotten to the point for some reason being popular … I don’t know how that comes across as being negative (or) how people will try to use that against you. Like, ‘She has too many Twitter followers, so now we hate her.'”
Salty Running: What Would Your Favorite US Track Stars Be Doing If They Were In The Winter Olympics? See some funny photos of Kara Goucher curling, Shalane Flanagan on hockey skates and Mary Cain and Galen Rupp figure skating.
List Of Top Former Track Stars That Are In Sochi For Men’s Bobsled Among the top sprinters are GB athletes Craig Pickering (10.14) and Joel Fearon (10.10).
Sochi 2014 Found To Be Killing Stray Cats And Dogs Even Though They Had Promised Not To The owner of the company hired to kill the animals said, “Dogs must be taken off the streets even if that means putting them to sleep. … Let’s call things by their real name. These dogs are biological trash.”
Cool: Pieces Of Russian Meteorite To Be Given To Sochi 2014 Gold Medal Winners On Anniversary Of Meteorite’s Fall
President Obama: “Sochi safe but I can’t discount the risks.”
Australia To Restrict Movement Of Athletes During Sochi 2014 As Safety Precaution

More International Results From Sunday

IAAF Recap Russian Winter Meeting: Silas Kiplagat Beats Bethwell Birgen In 1,500 With World-Leading 3:35.85 Mohammed Aman ran 1:15.31 in the 600 to miss the WR by .19 seconds (3rd best all-time) as Poland’s Adam Kszczot was 2nd (1:15.75) and Erik Sowinski was 5th (1:16.11). In the women’s 800 former Olympic champ Pamela Jelimo bombed with a 2:11 as the race was won by Belarus’ Marina Arzamasova in 2:01.31 as Russia’s Olympic bronze medalist Ekaterina Poistogova was 4th (2:02.34). Other meet highlights came from Natasha Hastings (400), Ivan Ukhov (HJ) and Alexandr Menkov (LJ). *Full Results
Mark English Makes Ireland World Indoor Team, Breaking 13-Year-Old National Indoor 800m Record English ran 1:46.82 to finish second to the Netherlands’ Thijmen Kupers (1:46.78). Jakub Holusa won the 1,500 in a Czech record of 3:38.79 to beat Ireland’s David McCarthy (3:39.14).

Not-So-Super Sunday

Un-American Quote Of The Day? Nick Symmonds Isn’t Going To Watch The Super Bowl “Apparently, it is called the ‘Super Bowl,’ and several hundred million people will sit down to watch it. I know I’m in the minority, but I must be honest: I couldn’t care less about this particular game or the sport of football in general.”

2016 Trials Go To LA *2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials Coverage

RRWLos Angeles To Host 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials

The 2016 Olympic Trials Marathon will be in Los Angeles. Reportedly, a USATF panel voted 5-0 to put the Trials in Houston, but that recommendation was ignored by USATF CEO Max Siegel. One big change, likely because of the panel favoring Houston, was the date of the LA Marathon (and the Trials) being moved to the middle of February, so athletes could double back to the Track Trials.
Discuss: Olympic Marathon Trials to Be in LA

Drug/Administrative News (Don’t Forget To Vote In Our Dirty/Clean Polls)

JADCO Lawyers Unable To Decipher Drug Report On Simpson
"We have persons in house who have limited training in the field of chemistry." - Oops.
Sherone Simpson Testifies Canadian Physio Zuereb Injected Her
Asafa Powell made the same claim.
Kenyans Bickering Over Lack Of Funds To Finish Anti-Doping Report
UK Indoor Champs To Be Streamed On YouTube This Weekend
Is the lack of TV coverage a sign of the decline of popularity of track in the UK?

NCAA Stuff

RR: Oregon’s Trevor Dunbar Shares Running Legacy With His Family Dunbar’s mother was an All-American at Oregon and his father, Marcus, an Alaskan state record holder and US indoor mile champ with a PR of 4:00.58 and last year Dunbar broke his father’s record by going 3:59.06 while wearing his old singlet.
Ken Goe Worried Oregon Men Might Be At Disadvantage At NCAAs Since They Rely On Distance Runners And It’s At Altitude

Not An Everyday Run

Defending Champion Suzy Walsham Of Singapore And Runner-Up Thorbjørn Ludvigsen Of Norway Return To New York For Empire State Building Run-Up The race is February 5th.
57-Year-Old Ran 500 Miles From Maine To The Super Bowl To Raise Money For Charity Gary Allen has a marathon PR of 2:39 and has raised almost $11 thousand for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Saturday’s US Track Action: Alexa Efraimson Breaks HS 3k Record Results: UW Camel City Penn State National IU Relays New Mexico *All Weekend NCAA Action

LRC Alexa Efraimson Breaks Mary Cain’s High School And US Junior 3,000m Record With 9:00.16 High school junior and 16-year-old Alexa Efraimson came in 4th place in the 3,000m at the UW Invy, breaking Mary Cain‘s 9:02.10 record. We share a few quick thoughts on Efraimson’s extremely impressive run and tell you where it stacks up compared to Cain.
Alexa Efraimson’s Coach Said He Wasn’t Surprised By Her 9:00 3k Record He thinks she has a chance of breaking 4:30 in her race against Mary Cain and other pros at the Millrose Games. For reference, Cain recently set a mile PR of 4:24.
University Of Washington Invy: Lawi Lalang Destroys 3k Field With 7:44 Lalang won easily with Stanford freshman Sean McGorty 2nd (7:59) and Chris Solinsky a DNF. Luc Bruchet ran 3:57.71 to take down Evan Jager and Dan Huling as Alan Webb was way back in 4:03. Amanda Winslow ran 8:56 to win the 3K and Lauren Fleshman continues comeback from pregnancy with 4:42 in the mile for 2nd.
*MB: Solinsky with another DNF
Camel City Hilton Garden Invitational: Nick Symmonds Opens Season With 1:48.64 Victory Symmonds beat a field that included Brooks Beast TC teammates Mark Wiezorek (3rd) and Cas Loxsom (4th) as Heather Kampf ran 2:04.28 to beat Phoebe Wright by .01 and Maggie Vessey was 5th. Sara Vaughn won the mile in 4:35.07.

Let Us Introduce You To The Hottest Runner In The NCAA

LRC Will Geoghegan Q & A: The Secrets Of Going From 4:05 To 3:58 In The Mile Are Revealed Will Geoghegan‘s story shows not all track stars are born overnight – it just seems like it as he went from 4:05 to 3:58 last week. The Dartmouth senior is on a roll in 2014, leading the NCAAs in the mile, but it was not an easy ride to the top. Freshman year, he quit the Dartmouth team and was flunking his courses; now he’s going to have his pick of schools for his fifth year, unless he takes an LRC internship.
*MB: Will Geoghegan to NOP?

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

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