– UK pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale talking about how she chose to have a jump-off rather than tie for gold with Poland’s Anna Rogowska at the 2013 European Indoor Championships. Bleasdale ended up winning and will again face Rogowska (the current world leader) in front of her home crowd at this weekend’s World Indoor Champs.
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(updated with videos) The customary pre-meet press conference was quite interesting. G. Dibaba, Sally Pearson and Ashton Eaton all revealed whether they’re going for the $50,000 world record bonus this weekend. Speaking of Pearson, 8-time global hurdler gold medallist Allen Johnson said Pearson is “the best – not one of the best” and “probably the best hurdler I’ve ever seen in person.” Bruny Surin said he thought a Bit – yes a Brit (James Dasaolu) – would have broken the 60m WR had he not been injured. All of that plus Pentathlon world record holder Nataliya Dobrynska of the Ukraine talks politics, cross country as a winter Olympic sport and does the mayor of Sopot read LetsRun.com? *Note: Our videos are uploading and will be added to this article later.
19-year-old teen phenom Ajee' Wilson of the USA has the top time in the world and teammate Chanelle Price is #2 in the world, but can an up-and-coming Brit Laura Muir steal the gold?
Abeba Aregawi enters the field with having run 7.43 seconds faster than anyone else in it. She's a lock for gold but the USA's Treniere Moser has a chance for silver that could have been Mary Cain's. Plus Turkey's Genze Bulut returns to the world stage; she was the Olympic silver medalist.
Genzebe Dibaba, Ms. World Record 2014, gets her chance to shine and Hellen Obiri of Kenya will try to challenge, and after that it's wide open. Can one of the two Americans sneak in there?
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.
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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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Set your alarm and be by your TV for Saturday's 10:10 am eastern 3,000m final as it will be a tremendous one. Bernard Lagat goes for World indoor title #3 in a row, but he'll have his hands full with Ethiopian 5,000m silver medalists Hagos Gebrhiwet and Dejen Gebremeskel, not to mention Calib Ndiku, who trounced Lagat earlier this year, and fierce American rival Galen Rupp.
Mo Aman got gold last year in Moscow and is looking even better in 2014, but he faces a tough field with 4 of the top 5 at Worlds last year, including Nick Symmonds, in the field and a strong Polish contingent with Adam Kszczot and Marcin Lewandowski.
The men's 1,500m is wide open. Ayanleh Souleiman and Silas Kiplagat are in the field as is defending champ Abdelaati Iguider. But can Leer, Lomong, Willis, Brannen or even Lee Emanuel get on the podium?
LRC List Of American Medalists At IAAF World Indoor Championships – Mid-D And Distance Events A US born mid-d or distance athlete has only once legitimately won gold at World Indoors. Will that change in 2014?
LRC Ranking The American Mid-D And Distance Runners’ Medal Chances At 2014 World Indoors From #1-12 Can Rupp or Symmonds really be ranked #9 but Treniere Moser #2? Yes, they can!
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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.
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
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