– Billy Mills recounting a conversation he had with Nadia Gammoudi, the daughter of 1964 Olympic 10,000 silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi, last year. 2014 is the 50th anniversary of Mills’ shocking 10,000 win. Gammoudi would go on to win gold in the 5,000 in 1968 (bronze in 10k that year, also silver in 1972 5,000).
Day 1:Arrival Day: LRCRunning Commando and Shirtless In Jamaica Now that employee 1.1 has been out of the country for World Indoors, he’s become adventurous and will be spending a week in Jamaica learning the secrets of sprint island. Well not that adventurous as he pulled an ‘Usain Bolt’ and went with what he was familiar with for food, Domino’s, although he decided to go commando while on a run.
Recommended Read: Meet Richard Kilty: As A Kid, He Was Homeless; Two Years Ago, He Was Sleeping On The Floor; A Year Ago, He Was Surviving By Giving Talks In Prison; Now He’s World 60m Champ “When I’m on the start line I’m not thinking that I’m the only white guy in the field, as I was in the world indoor final. I think, I’m in a race.”
*Richard Kilty’s Father Says He’d Rather His Son Won The Gold Than £10 Million And Says His Son Is A Real-Life Rocky
*MB:White people finally have an international sprint champion*LRCKilty Photos
Good Read Is Wales’ 18-Year-Old Hurdler David Omoregie The Next Colin Jackson? The 18-year-old has already blazed the #2 time ever in junior hurdles (7.50) and is super-motivated.
Boston Marathon Bicycle Ride Will Go On Despite Marathon Organizers’ Wishes Every year before the marathon start, hundreds of cyclists ride the course, but this year they’ve been asked not to because of safety concerns.
Dallas Half: LRCDeena Kastor (71:57) Just Misses Colleen De Reuck’s US Masters Half Marathon Record By 7 Seconds In Windy Conditions In DallasFormer OSU star Colby Lowe was second in the men’s race.
*Pre-Race:Deena Kastor Hoping To Set 4 US Masters Records At Sunday’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon*Q&A With Deena Kastor
We’ve always known you, our beloved little visitors, are some of the smartest people on the planet. Now we have proof. Plus Chris has confirmed he’ll share the billion with the other LRC people who entered our bracket.
Mo Farah is a fierce competitor, Molly and Sally debut, it's all about 26.2 and some human decency from Matt Tegenkamp showing the Schumacher-Salazar rivarly only goes so far.
LRC Mutai Wins, Farah Falls Down During Race And Passes Out After, And MoreGeoffrey Mutai won. Mo Farah fell during the race and then passed out after it and had to leave in a wheelchair, but was doing okay at the press conference later. The Mutai – Farah London matchup gets even more interesting. Tegenkamp was the first American and Meb is fitter than ever.
Interviews: Farah Presser, Meb, Tegenkamp, Sambu, Korir
*Official Race Play-By-Play Thread
LRCScreen Shots Of Mo Farah’s Race Fall
*LRCRace Photo Gallery With Photos Of Farah After Race
LRC Sally Kipyego Wins Battle Of Debuts In Record Time, Molly Huddle Fades To 3rdSally Kipyego and Molly Huddle battled side-by-side in their debuts until Kipyego pulled away for the win and Huddle faded to third. Desi Davila Linden made her 2014 debut. Videos: Molly Huddle & Sally Press, Sally Kipyego 1-On-1, Adriana Nelson
This week we introduce you to Oregon's two newest female stars, take a look back and show you how Oregon of all schools somehow went into NCAAs under-hyped on the men's side, tell super-frosh Edward Cheserek to stay in school, talk about Ben True's sweet revenge on Chris Derrick and heap praise on Shalane Flanagan. Plus a world record attempt in New Orleans that you didn't hear anything about just misses, high school nationals with big wins by Foot Locker stars Barrett and Fisher. And finally, why can't American 14:03 collegians run 2:06 like they can in Kenya?
New Anti-Doping Test Could Be “1,000 Times More Sensitive” Than Current Tests The new detection method would increase the window drugs could be detected in an athlete’s system as well as be able to detect smaller amounts.
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