Quote Of The Day
– Risper Langat, winner of the inaugural Kiambu Lari “Forest” Marathon, where apparently there was an outside chance of getting trampled by an elephant.
- PROTEST in the SEC indoor championships Gives Florida Team Title over A&M
- David Torrence going for American record, Nate Brannen for Canadian in 1k at BU on Sunday night (3/2)
- 70% THINK PAULA RADCLIFFE WASN'T DIRTY? ARE YOU MAD?
- The Fall of Lolo Jones
- HS track coach says we are NOT allowed to have a girlfriend during track season
- Only ivy leaguers could be this 'smart' - guy wins 3k from slow heat by 7 seconds
Oscar Pistorius Reportedly Secretly Dating A Teenager Before Murder Trial
The "trial of the century" starts Monday and Oscar's entire life story will be on trial.
Some Weekend Reading Material
LRCFemale Track And Field Stars: "Dirty" Or "Clean" Doping Poll Results
Without further ado, we present to you the results of our current female stars doping polls - from Molly Huddle (8.4%) to Carmelita Jeter (89.4%) and everyone else in between, who do the most sophisticated track and field fans think are "clean" and who do they think are "dirty." *Discuss The Poll Here
Crazy:Justin Gatlin Gets National Sports Hero Award
A hero admits his past mistakes. Gatlin says his training with convicted doper Dennis Mitchell is going better than ever. Anyone remember in 2006 when USATF made Dennis Mitchell coach of one of its national teams then LRC pointed it out, and USATF said it really meant to invite the Akron coach named Dennis Mitchell instead?
Travis Tygart, USADA Head, Says NBA Drug Testing Is Easy To Beat
How about the next time any pro sports owners come asking for public subsidies, the public asks for USADA-type testing in return?New York Times Sunday Magazine Piece On the Search For A "Bulletproof Doping Test"
RNA is the key and the scientists are hopeful.Life Goes On: Drug Cheat Regina Jacobs Now A Realtor For Sotheby's In San Fran
Youngsters, LRC has been leading the anti-doping fight for a long-time, including asking Regina some uncomfortable questions back in 2002. She got super defensive. Later she was determined to be a cheat.Australia's Josh Ross Faces Two-Year Ban For Missing Three Drug Tests, One Of Which While He Was Training With Australian National Team
We're as anti-doping as they come, but if the guy was training with the national team and that counts as a third test, there is something wrong here.
King Carl Makes Headlines In Kenya
In Kenya For IBM Business Connect Convention, King Carl Talks A Lot About Doping And Finds Time To Say, “I’m the best.” “Nowadays everybody runs but I ran and jumped so, I’m the best. It’s a possibility but seeing someone in the sprints and field events, I don’t think we going to see that because of the nature of the sport now.”- King Carl In Kenya Says He Worked Very Hard On His Image For Business Purposes: “I’m very vain.”
- Carl Lewis Slams Jamaican Anti-Doping Efforts Once Again And Calls For Universal Push Against Doping
Others News On A Friday
- Hard To Believe:Pistorius Case – Police in “Race Against Time” To Find “Critical” Evidence – Flying Over To Apple’s CA Headquarters (link fixed) Days before the trial starts, they still haven’t gotten into his iphone.
*PaddyPower.com Offering Bets On Trial – They Think He’ll Get Off 7/4 odds he’s guilty, 2/5 not guilty. - Good Read:Profile Of Sanya Richards-Ross, Who Is Being Inducted Into Texas Sports Hall Of Fame Richards is so popular in Texas she was the commencement speaker at UT last spring. Clyde Hart says she’s quite an athlete: “To me, Sanya is like the female version of Michael Johnson.”
- Athletics Ireland Getting Flak For Giving Former FSU Star Ciaran O’Lionaird Just €12,000 Grant ($16,400) They say they also paid for a surgery after he missed outdoors last year.
- Russia Hands Out Mercedes To All Of Its Winter Olympic Medalists There were three different classes of cars for the different colors of medals.
Famous Boston Marathon Father-Son Combo Dick And Rick Hoyt Say 2014 Will Be Their Last Dad’s 73 now. They were stopped at mile 25 last year and this will be their 32nd Boston. LRC Archives: MB: Rick and Dick Hoyt
- Bupa Westminster Mile Will Be Road’s Biggest Mile Of 2014 To Celebrate 60th Anniversary Of Bannister’s Historic Sub-4
Mo's Marathon Debut Is Fast Approaching
Mo Farah To Headline 2014 NYC Half Marathon March 16th
It's official. Mo will be running the NYC Half as he tunes up for the 2014 Virgin London Marathon. *Discuss Here
As If Running Form Wasn’t Complicated Enough:New Study Uncovers Fourth Type Of Running Footstrike? Before, there were rearfoot, midfoot, and forefoot, but now running biomechanics expert Ned Frederick says there’s a fourth: the “atypical rearfoot striker.”
Ajee Wilson over Price 2014 USA indoor
Mary Cain celebrates after winning 2014 USA Indoors
Gabriele Anderson Finally Getting What She Deserved
Lopez Lomong Wins over Will Leer
Weekend Pro Action
Sally Pearson Runs World-Leading 7.79 In Berlin
This was one of the most attended indoor track meets of the year as it had over 10,000 fans and didn't have an event over 60m but did have an indoor discus. *ResultsHouston Champ Bazu Worku Wins 4th Marathon In 5 Tries At Lake Biwa
Worku has made a nice living running frequently and winning.
Morocco's Aziz Lahbabi Runs Fastest Time By A Non-East African (59:25) To Win Rome-Ostia Half Marathon
Caroline Chepkwony held off 2012 Boston champ Sharon Cherop on the women's side.
Sunday Pro News Of Note
Neely Spence Gracey To Have Knee Surgery To Remove Fragmented Piece Of Patella
Neely last year was 13th at the World XC Champs, but hasn't been able to run since November. Hopefully, she returns to action soon.
*Neely's Blog Post On Which The Article Above Is Based
Sandra Perkovic Throws Massive 70.51m At Croatian Winter Throwing Championships
Perkovic set 2 PRs and improved her previous best by more than a meter (4.5 feet) and went over the 70m mark for the first time.
Asics Becomes Title Sponsor Of Mammoth Track Club
Legend Deena Kastor is the president of Mammoth Track Club and an Asics athlete, so not a huge surprise.
7 Days Until 2014 World Indoors
Gold And Silver For USA? LRC Full Kenyan And Ethiopian Squads Unveiled For 2014 World Indoors – Chanelle Price And Ajee’ Wilson Will Face Zero Competitors From Either Country The Ethiopian women actually had no one qualified in the 800 and the only Kenyans qualified were from last year’s times. *Kenyan Team Named For World Indoors
- Britain’s 20 Year Old Laura Muir Has #3 Time in World at 800 and 1500 Heading into World Indoors Muir wasn’t that great at track as a youngster but now is shining. Discuss: What is up with women’s mid-d this year with 2:00.94 and 4:05.32 being the #3 times in the world?
- Kiwi Shot Putter Tom Walsh Training with Val Adams in Switzerland Before World Indoors Adams is paying for Walsh to train with her it sounds like as he’s a construction worker trying to make it as a shot putter. This is his first major international meet.
- After 3 Disastrous Indoor Races (2:11, 2:07, 2:07), Pamela Jelimo Gives Up On Indoor Season And Kenya Won’t Be Sending Anyone In Women’s 800
- RR: Q&A With World #2 Chanelle Price, Who Is Flourishing Now That She’s Not Focusing On Just Running
LRCMore Albuquerque Craziness:Sanctioned Doper Christian Hesch Volunteered As A Drug Testing Chaperone At USA Indoors Before Having Credential Revoked By USATF No, it’s not April Fools. Who knows what we’ll have tomorrow.
More Craziness At Indoors
LRCThe Inside Story Of The Andrew Bumbalough DQ: A Case Of Mistaken Identity Or A Near Catastrophe Bigger Than The Grunewald DQ Averted? Salazar, possibly fixated on Bumbalough since he out-leaned Rupp at the 2012 Trails, got Bumby DQed from a race where he made no contact with Rupp as the officials and Salazar got him confused with Ryan Hill. But we get you to ponder for a minute, how big would have the outrage been if Hill had beaten Rupp on the track and then been DQed for making this (see above) amount of contact 1k from the finish?
*MB: Challenge: Post Examples of DQs for Actions Similar to Grunewald and Ryan Hill
*MB:Imagine for a moment that Hill had beaten Rupp and then been DQd for bumping him 1k from the finish
USATF Drama
How About A Little More Drama? LRCLopez Lomong Says He Was Verbally Berated By Alberto Salazar After Men’s 3k: “To see the outrage in his eyes, he was very, very mad. … It was very hard to see how unprofessional, the (lack of) sportsmanship.”
Wall Street Journal Picks Up W 3k Story: USA Track Reinstates Disqualified Champ 744-word article by Sara Germano and Kevin Helliker.
The Most Popular Single Day Story In LRC History
LRCThe Inside Story Of Gabriele Grunewald’s DQ – Insider Access, False Promises And A Violation Of USATF’s Own Rules?By now, you’ve heard bits and pieces about what happened on Saturday but we tell you the inside story of what really went down, plus reveal that the Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet as an arbitration hearing will take place later this week.
LRCGabriele Grunewald Reinstated As USATF Champ As Jordan Hasay Withdraws DQ USATF CEO Max Siegel said that “they followed the process laid out in our competition rules.” Scary thought if true, with no transparency on the part of USATF. *Discuss
USA Indoor Champs *Results*Full 2014 USA Indoor Coverage*NewUSATF Indoor Photos 200+
- Men:
LRC Men’s 1,500: Lopez Lomong Doubles Back From The 3,000 To Get The Win In A Stacked 1,500 Lomong ran a very well-executed race to get the win over a great field. Will Leer used his “Wanamaker Mile finish” to grab second and almost run down Lomong. - LRCMen’s 3,000: Bernard Lagat Proves Age Is Just A Number As He Puts On A Clinic For Galen Rupp And Ryan Hill In The Last Lap To Win In Albuquerque
*LRC Men’s 3K Interviews: The Genius Behind Bernard Lagat’s Tactics, Galen Rupp Talks About Being In 3rd With A Lap To Go And Andrew Bumbalough Explains The Hot Early Pace - LRC Nike Coaches Alberto Salazar And Jerry Schumacher Have Heated Exchange, Have To Be Separated After Men’s 3,000 At 2014 USA Indoors The two Nike coaches’ frosty relationship hit a new high (or low) on Saturday.
- LRCMen’s 800: Erik Sowinski Dominates As Robby Andrews Grabs Second But Nick Symmonds Is Going To Poland Sowinski was the clear winner as Andrews just nipped Symmonds for second. However, Andrews doesn’t have the 1:47.00 World qualifying time, so Symmonds will go to Worlds.
Conference Championships Weekend *USTFCCCA Conference Champs Central
SEC: *Results *(BS?) DQ In 4 x 400 Pushes Florida Ahead Of Texas A&M For SEC Women’s Title link fixed Talk about crazy. Texas A&M and Florida were neck and neck on the 4 x 400. No matter who won, Texas A&M would win the team title. There was some contact, Florida finished first, A&M second but A&M was then DQed, giving Florida the title. This message board thread talks about the DQ and you can watch the DQ at the 4:38:20 mark of this video. A&M’s Kamaria Brown had an incredible meet, winning the 200 in a world leader & the 400 in 50.94.
Men: Arkansas Men Defeat #2 And #3 In Country (Texas A&M, Florida) To Win, Texas A&M Breaks NCAA 4 X 400 RecordDeon Lendore of A&M ran 45.03 for 400m and then came back to anchor A&M to an NCAA record in the 4 x 400, which ran 3:03.20.
*Remember This Name: Matt Hillenbrand Dominates The Mile And 3,000- Performances Of The Weekend?UConn Men, SMU Win Win AAC Titles, Incredible Weekend For Corey CrawfordWoody Harrelson was wrong. Rutgers’ Corey Crawford won the long jump in 26’11.75″ and then for good measure high jumped for the first time since high school and took second.
*Anthony Rotich’s Crazy Triple Leads UTEP Men, East Carolina Women Win C-USA For the second straight year, Anthony Rotich did a crazy triple, winning the mile, 3,000, and 5,000. Mark Jackson won the long, triple and 60. - ACC: *Results *Florida State Sweeps ACC Titles Pretty impressive as it’s a 15-team league now. Colleen Quigley and Linden Hall had the 2nd and 3rd fastest times in NCAA in the mile.
- Heps (Ivy League): *Live Results / Start Lists / Schedule Ends Sunday
*Heps Track.com Coverage*Live Stream Sunday 12PM ETMB:*Only ivy leaguers could be this ‘smart’ – guy wins 3k at ivy champs by seven seconds from slow heat in 817 - Big 12: *Results
Men: Oklahoma S.t Uses Distance Prowess, Tyreek Hill’s Help From Football To Win First Big 12 Title, Edging Texas Hill won the 200 and got 2nd in the 60.
Women: Texas DominatesMarielle Hallwon the mile and 3k as Texas got some unusual help in the distances. Former Illinois star Ashley Spencer won the 400 for Texas. - MPSF:*Meet Home *Edward Cheserek Runs 7:47.20 #2 Time In NCAA At MPSF
- Big 10: *Results *Men:Mohammed Ahmed, Reed Connor And Malachy Schrobilgen Go 1-2-3 In 5k To Help Wisconsin Edge Nebraska At Big 10s
Women: Penn State Women Win Big 10s Thanks To 4 X 400 Win
Q&A With Patrick Makau, Who Says That On Feb. 25th He Did The First Workout Of His Comeback
This Weekend’s Pro Action
- MB:David Torrence going for American record, Nate Brannen for Canadian in 1k at BU on Sunday night (3/2) Did you know the UK and USA records are exactly the same?
- Lake Biwa Is Sunday: JRN Preview – Kawauchi Is Looking To Run 2:07 For First Time
- IAAF Preview: Can Vincent Kipruto Defend? Kipruto has run in the 2:05s three times and comes in after a win in Frankfurt.
- Starting Monday: The Oscar P Trial: ESPN States The Obvious: “Pistorius case hinges on self defense claim.”
Solinsky Doing The Marathon
LRCChris Solinsky Is Moving Up To The Marathon
Chris Solinsky believes the speed and endurance combo are no longer there at the same time, and thus it's time to move up to the marathon. We break down the news and pause to remember the greatness of his 26:59.60 10,000m.
*Discuss Solinsky's Move To The Marathon
USATF Controversy
Good News: Alberto Salazar Apologizes To Lopez Lomong And Lomong Is Ready To Put Incident Behind Him
Ken Goe of The Oregonian reporting that Salazar has apologized for allegedly yelling at Lomong after the men's 3,000m at the USA indoor championships. Discuss in this thread.
Good Read:Toni Reavis Speaks On What's Wrong With USATF: "When The Shoe Doesn't Fit Anymore"
"USATF remains a 19th century type organization trying to govern in a 21st century sporting world." Reavis speaks on Alberto Salazar, Nike and the Grunewald DQ, saying if the roles were reversed, he doubts Jordan Hasay would have been DQed.
2nd Good Read: Grunewald’s Coach Dennis Barker: Time To Act“The controversy that involved the women’s 3K was just one of several incidents that created an uncomfortable meet environment, but became a catalyst for athletes, coaches, and fans to question the credibility and independence of USATF.”
A Hollow Victory? Everything Still Remains Unanswered
LRCEditorial: Far From Resolved, All Of The Questions Leading To The Uproar About USATF’s Initial DQ Of Gabriele Grunewald Remain The results has been changed but none of the issues that led to the nationwide uproar have been addressed – just glossed over. #USATFchange #integrityofsport
A Pro Speaks Out: LRCMark Wieczorek: “Either USATF indeed does have conclusive video evidence or they, in collusion with Alberto and Nike, lied and cheated to manipulate the system.”The 800 Olympic Trials finalist says there is “so much to be answered for” and hopes this doesn’t end up being remembered simply “as a happy, good feeling memory where an athlete did a good thing.”
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