– Public address announcer Frank Zarnowski describing the chaotic scene after Flo-Jo ran her almost certainly wind-aided 10.49 world record. On a day when read readings were often over 5.0 m/s, the idea that suddenly it popped up at zero is absurd. Of course, more than 89% of LRC visitors think the record is absurd for for another reason.
This week we praise Mark Wetmore and Colorado for helping stop the rise in college tuition and Moses Kipsiro for having guts, get pumped up about random shot put videos, tell you why a 1:54 800 is good for an NCAA champ as Frank Shorter tells you Jason Hartmann is too big for the marathon, and decry sexism in Africa and 30-year-old Masters competition in the US.
An Oral History Of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 100-Meter World Record This is an incredible 7,000+ words of running journalism at its absolute finest except it somehow fails to talk about the elephant in the room, PEDs.
Dallas Half: LRC Deena Kastor (71:57) Just Misses Colleen De Reuck’s US Masters Half Marathon Record By 7 Seconds In Windy Conditions In Dallas Former 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
Gracey also reveals she had Lyme disease in the fall and has recently been dumped by WADA due to a lack of top racing results. *Pre-Surgery Article Here
MB: Kara Goucher signs with Oiselle Goucher told the WSJ’s Sara Germano she turned down 7 figures from a shoe company. *WSJ
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.
Mo Farah Flies Back To Kenya For Last Pre-London Training Saying He’s Feeling In “Good Shape”
Day 1: Arrival Day: LRC Running Shirtless, Commando In Pants In Jamaica, On A Treadmill At 10pm 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 a “Usain Bolt” and went with what he was familiar with for food, Domino’s, although he decided to go commando while on a run.
Weekend Action We Missed
US Olympian Janet Bawcom Becomes 1st Person To Win 3 Azalea Trail Runs – Just Misses 32:00 10k Goal With 32:02
High fiber diets are thought to contribute.
College Coaches, Recruit Her: Meet New Zealand’s 17-Year-Old Megan Kikuchi, Who Has Run 55.95
Frank Shorter Returns To The Boston Marathon As Part Of Universal Sports Network’s Coverage Shorter talked about American marathoning and said he thought for the men, we lacked the right body type to have marathon major winner. He also talked about drugs and said he thought Americans would have a better chance if other countries had better drug testing.
Update On Why 2013 NCAA 5,000 2nd Placer Paul Chelimo Quit The UNCG Track Team Chelimo said after having differences with the new interim coach Chad Pearson and being suspended during the indoor season, he decided to go pro. Some of the differences stemmed from Chelimo wanting to do certain elite races separate from the team.
Sunday: Dejen Gebremeskel Vs. Bernard Lagat At Carlsbad 5K Gebremeskel will try to get a 4th straight title against a field that includes Lagat, Tariku Bekele, Augustine Choge and Diego Estrada.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.
Cross-Country Town USA: LaVern Gibson Course Getting Big-Time Upgrades. The people in Terre Haute certainly don’t rest on their laurels as drainage has been put in.
Duane Bang 1:45.17, Sum 2:02.99, Koech Dominates 5k, Cherono Over Bucknam In 4:08 (Results)
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.
More News From Russia:
European Athletics – Mascot Adam Unveiled For 2016 Euro Champs Spray painting lion “Adam” selected as Mascot for 2016 European champs. No mascot will ever be able to beat LetsRun.com’s favorite, Berlino. The 2014 Mascot is Cooley, a bear.
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 More Geoffrey 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
LRC Screen Shots Of Mo Farah’s Race Fall
*LRC Race Photo Gallery With Photos Of Farah After Race
LRC Sally Kipyego Wins Battle Of Debuts In Record Time, Molly Huddle Fades To 3rd Sally 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
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
Runners World Honors You and the Brojos
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American Strong: The Untold Story of How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston
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A Real Running Hero:
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Flo Has Now Won the Medal of Honor
