– Excerpt from a Canberra Times article where former marathon great (1983 W champ) Rob de Castella slams Australia for shifting all of its funding to Olympic medal contenders, leaving a potential Olympic 100m finalist like Melissa Breen out in the cold.
3 Days Until 2014 World Indoors! They Start Friday *Schedule, TV/Streaming Info *Entries
LRC Ranking The American Mid-D And Distance Runners’ Medal Chances At 2014 World Indoors From #1-12 The world is changing quickly and sometimes things are hard to comprehend. How can it be that silver medalists Nick Symmonds and Galen Rupp need near-miracles to medal at Worlds but Ajee’ Wilson and Treniere Moser are expected to medal? Can Rupp or Symmonds really be ranked #9 but Treniere Moser #2? Yes, they can!
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*MB: LRC initially ranked Rupp as 9th most likely American to medal but moved him up to #5 out of fear of message board criticism
LRC Mary Cain Pulls Out Of 2014 World Indoors – Worried About “Discomfort” In Her Lower Calf Cain was a near-lock for a medal. Now America’s #1 medal prospect without a doubt is fellow teen phenom Ajee’ Wilson, who is ranked #1. Update: Ken Goe Of Oregonian: “If this were the Olympics, she probably would run.” – Alberto Salazar MB: Mary Cain injured, pulling out of World Indoors. Heather Kampf goes as alternate!!! 
Dathan Ritzenhein Pulls Out Of 2014 Boston Marathon With Groin Injury – Moses Mosop Out As Well – Ryan Hall And Abdi Are In We had kind of wondered if Ryan Hall would start training for his next marathon and only tell people he was doing it when things had been going well. That seems to be the case. *Ritzenhein Says He’s Training Now But A Sports Hernia From Work In The Weight Room Put Him Too Far Behind *Statement On Moses Mosop’s Withdrawal From 2014 Boston Marathon Mosop has a right knee injury and hopes to be in sub-2:06 shape 4 weeks after Boston.
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Torrence ran 2:16.76 to break David Krummenacker's 2:17.86. Nate Brannen was 2nd in a Canadian record of 2:16.87 (old record was 2:19.04 by Simon Hoogewerf from 1989) while BU's Rich Peters ran 2:18.55, breaking the old NCAA record of 2:19.53 set by Penn State's Robby Creese in 2012.
*Full BU Last Chance Meet Results
*Discuss *Torrence Interview *Brannen Interview
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
David Rudisha Has Started “Running Normally” But Says It “… will be a while before I hit my top form.” It’s not clear from the article if he’s out for May’s World Relay Champs or not. The article also says Asbel Kiprop is racing this weekend.
Near 1-Hour Dan Pfaff Podcast On SportsCoachRadio Pfaff and John Kellogg are the only coaches LetsRun.com can anoint in the genius category from personal experience.
WP: The Oscar Pistorius Trial: Africa’s O.J. Simpson? The Washington Post explains how the Pistorius case is already a “media circus” with it’s own TV channel, leaked information and a SA bakery selling Oscar P cookies.
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 Record Deon 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
Two-Time Olympian And Former 10,000 Star Todd Williams Now Traveling The Country Conducting RunSafer Safety Clinics He tells runners how to stay safe and gives them some self-defense tips learned from being a black belt in Jiu Jitsu.
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
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
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