USA Indoor Champs – Women’s Coverage *Schedule/Heat Sheets/Results TV Info (Universal 2pm Sun., NBCSN 3:30pm ET) *Full 2014 USA Indoor Coverage

W3k: LRC Gabe Grunewald Blows Away The Field Over The Last Lap & Wins Her First US National Championship – Or Does She? – Status Of Alberto Salazar’s DQ Protest Still Unknown On the track, there was no doubt who was the best over the final 200 – cancer survivor Gabe Grunewald – as Shannon Rowbury got 2nd. But Alberto Salazar has filed a protest to get Jordan Hasay on the Worlds team and much of the sport is up in arms as USATF once again still hasn’t made up their minds. We believe filing the protest was ridiculous – akin to getting blitzed by 10 in the fourth quarter of a B-Ball game and then complaining about a foul at the start of the 4th.
*Decide For Yourself: LRC Race Video Of Alleged Foul
*Sara Vaughn Speaks on Indoor Championship’s Athlete Atmosphere, 3000m controversy Vaughn: “I don’t know if I would call it intimidation, but there’s definitely hesitation [to speak out]. You have to think how stirring things up might you affect you getting into a future race or a future sponsorship deal.” 

LRC Women’s 800 Prelims: Wilson, Beckwith And Price Go Wire-To-Wire The big three looked great here setting up what should be a hard-fought final on Sunday. If you missed our preview, it’s here.

MB Chatter:

• Lauren Fleshman calls out Jordan Hasay to speak up about the whole situation!!
• Employee 1.1 just texted to say Salazar is trying to get Grunewald DQd
• Gabriele Grunewald officially DQ’d after Salazar appeals the appeal of the appeal
• HASAY GOT ROBBED
• Gabriele Grunewald will win the women’s 3000.
• My emotions are on a roller coaster…Hasay is going to world’s now?!?
• I CAN’T WAIT FOR DAY 2! WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!!!? 

Tokyo – A World Major – Is In The Books *Full Tokyo Coverage

Dickson Chumba (2:05:42) And Tirfi Tsegaye (2:22:23) Set Tokyo Marathon CRs As Five Japanese Men Break 2:10 The race was fantastic as both the men’s and women’s races were decided after 40k.
*MB: 2014 Tokyo Thread

Asian XC Champs: Non-Asian Born Runners Dominate Asian Cross-Country Champs They took the top 5 spots in the men’s race and four in the women’s.

NCAA Conference Champs Start This Weekend *All NCAA Coverage

• RRW Georgetown Women Set DMR Big East Meet Record On Day 1 Of Big East Championships – Villanova Leads Men And Women Team Competition
• RRW: Armory Conference Championships Preview – Big East, MAAC, America East
• Big East: *Meet Home/Schedule *Heat Sheets
• NAU All-American Matt McElroy Commentating Live Stream For NAU Last Chance Meet Friday Starts at 5:30PM ET.
• LSU Twilight: *Meet Home *Schedule
• ND Alex Wilson: Isaac Wood’s 5 Races To Watch Emma Bates tries to get a 3k time for NCAAs.
• Nebraska Tune-Up: *Meet Info *Schedule *Heat Sheets

Gasparilla Is Back!!!

• LRC $30,000 In American Prize Money On Line At Publix Gasparilla Half Marathon This Weekend The money has attracted a lot of studs Shadrack Biwott, Abdi, Cabada, Vail, Jen Rhines, Adriana Nelson, etc.
• Toni Reavis Is Pumped Gasparilla Distance Classic Is Featuring Prize Money For 1st Time Since 1997 – “Coming Around Again”

• 2014 Worlds Best 10k Preview – Race Is Sunday And 4-Time Winner Sammy Kitwara Won’t Be There To Defend Joyce Chepkirui will try to defend her women’s title. When in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago, we saw adds for this race on television.
• Steve Vernon Looking For Record 8th Medal At English XC Champs This Weekend
• Preview Of 2014 Saucony English National XC Championships

More Good Reads From The US

• Recommended Read: How Running Saved The Life Of US Olympian And 3-Time World XC Champ Lynn Jennings “I was told in no uncertain terms by cardiologists, pulmonary specialists, internists, radiologists and ER nurses and doctors that the size, strength and power of my lungs and heart are what saved me …”
• RR: NY Times: RIP Legendary Masters Runner Toshiko d’Elia, Who Has Passed At Age 84 D’Elia didn’t start running until she was in her 40s but was the first woman over 50 to break 3 hours in the marathon. RW Obituary D’Elia: “I view running as a necessary tool to help get me through life, so I do everything I can to nurture it, take care of it, and appreciate it. I want to hold on to my friend for as long as I live.”
• Good Read: The Atlantic: “The Unsung Glory of the Mile Run Alan Webb’s final 1,609.34 meters were a tribute to middle-distance runners everywhere.” Alan Webb’s last mile inspires writer to chronicle some of Webb’s career as well as the aspects that she feels makes the mile great.
• In Case You Didn’t Read It Yesterday: The Week That Was
  LRC Alan Webb Crowd Surfs, Proof That Life Isn’t Fair, Our Thoughts On The Women’s World Records, And High Praise For Sean McGorty And Elise Cranny This week we give you inside access to Alan Webb‘s retirement party, tell you what we think about Genzebe Dibaba‘s world records (and Florence Kiplagat‘s), give Mary Cain fans reason to dream of a medal at World Indoors, give high praise to Sean McGorty and Elise Cranny and prove that life isn’t fair.
  

US Distance / Sponsor News

• Nick Symmonds Wrote A Book And Reveals All Including Recreational Drug Use, Issues With USATF/Nike And “Sex On The Circuit” Symmonds: “The primary goal is just telling the story and saying the things publicly that I’ve maybe told people over a beer in the past. … I don’t pull punches, and there are going to be some punches thrown in this book.”
  *MB: Symmonds details hookups in book
• Kara Goucher Still A Free Agent And Shopping Around For Potential New Sponsor She said it’s down to 5 companies.”I’m becoming less and less concerned with dollar figure and more and more concerned with if they are someone that fits into my belief system.”
• Lukas Verzbicas Signs With New Balance His first competition under the new sponsor will be the Clermont Pan American Cup on March 1.
• Bernard Lagat Named USATF Athlete Of The Week For Taking Down 33-Year-Old US 2,000m Record Lagat ran 4:54.74.

Lauryn Williams Makes Olympic History In Sochi *LRC Sochi 2014 News Section

• Lauryn Williams Makes Olympic History In Sochi By Becoming The First Track Gold Medalist To Medal At The Winter Games She and driver Elana Meyers took home the silver medal behind a team from Canada. Williams becomes just the fourth person in history to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The team of former shot putter Aja Evans and Cornell All-American heptathlete Jamie Greubel got the bronze.
  *RW Article
• USA Today: Lolo Jones Misses Medal But Celebrates With Teammates Jones and her sled partner finished 11th.
• Canada’s Gold Medal Winning Bobsled Team Including Former Sprinter Heather Moyse She competed for the University of Waterloo and is still 3rd all-time on their 60m list.
• Lauryn Williams Has No Idea Where She Put Her Olympic Medals She has two medals from track, but isn’t sure where they are and says, “I think they’re at my mom’s house.”

Tracksters Dominated 1st Day Of Women’s Bobsled

• Sled Powered By Lauryn Williams Leads Bobsled After Day 1 And Is Poised For Gold As Former Cornell Heptathlon Star Jamie Greubel Sits In Third
• Williams Poised To Make History
• Meet The “Blonde Dragon” – Cornell Heptathlon School Record Holder Jamie Greubel She almost made the 2010 Games as a pusher; now she’s a driver.
• Greubel’s Sled Is Pushed By Former Illinois Track Star Aja Evans Evans is quite an athlete. Top five in the NCAA shot put, she also ran 7.63 for 60m.
• Another Profile Of Former Cornell Heptathlon Star Jamie Greubel
• Usain Bolt Says He’s Going To Try Out For 2018 Winter Games (As A Joke, We Think)

• Interesting: A Look At Some Of The Worst Winter And Summer Olympians In History Includes a thrower from the very first modern Olympics.
• Another Japan Road Race Snowed Out: Fukaya City Half Marathon Cancelled Due To Impossibility Of Clearing Course

Distance News

• Ken Goe Profiles Brooks Beasts TC In Oregonian Brooks Steps Up To Challenge Nike’s Hold On Northwest’s Elite Running Scene
• Recommended Read: Renato Canova Reveals All Of The Key Workouts For Florence Kiplagat During The Last Month, Leading Uo To Her 13.1 WRecord How about 3k (9:20), 2 x 2k (6:07), 5 x 1k (sub-3:00)? Very impressive. Canova adds more insight by discussing the workout on the message board. Canova post #1. Canova post #2.
• Day 2 Of Russian Champs: Anna Shchagina Wins 800 In PR Of 2:01.29, Kseniya Ryzhov Improves 400m World Lead To 51.03 Schagina may be the Russian woman to watch this winter as she’s expected to double back in the 1,500. Stepan Poistogov, the husband of Olympic 800m bronze medallist Yekaterina Poistogova, won the men’s 800 in a 1:46.53 PR. *Day 1 Recap
• Justice Is Served 12 Years Later: Since Eddy H Admitted To EPO Usage, Dave Olds Was Given Medal For 2002 USA Masters XC Title In Boulder
• Daily Relay’s Collegiate Weekend Recap
• The Opposite Of Going Pro: Japan’s 2:24:28 Marathoner Remi Nakazato Quits Daihatsu Team To Become Amateur
• Looking For Warm Weather/A Vacation? Go To The Bahamas For The Inaugural World Relays Champs May 24-5 – Tickets Now On Sale

USA Indoor Meet Will Take Place This Weekend – Who Has The Worlds Qualifiers? *Full 2014 USA Indoor Coverage

LRC List Of American Athletes With Qualifying Standard For 2014 USA World Indoors In Poland The USA team for World Indoors will be named this weekend as no chasing of qualifiers is allowed. Who has the qualifying time? Who doesn’t? *Entries

RRWMemories Of Special Double Victory From 2013 Give Will Leer Extra Inspiration For 2014 USA Indoor Meet

• GB And NI Team For 2014 World Indoors Is Announced – Former NCAA Stars Lee Emanuel, Chris O’Hare Make Cut In 1,500
• Iona’s Kate Avery Is Snubbed Because She Didn’t Send An Email Avery didn’t know there was even a chance she’d be considered but now she’s out on a technicality as she didn’t email to ask for permission to skip the UK Trials. Instead, GBR will only send one woman.
• Going, Going, Gone: Britain’s Best Hope For World Indoors Is Out – James Dasaolu Pulls Out Of 60m With Hamstring Injury
  Dasaolu got injured in Birmingham over the weekend.
• Fresh Off A 45.76, Brit Nigel Levine Is Dreaming Of A Medal
• 6,000 Flock To See World Indoor’s ERGO Arena Be Officially Opened