3 Recommended Reads

• RR #1: Last Summer, Chanelle Price Wanted To Quit, Now Thanks To God (And More Mileage?) Chanelle Price Is A World Champion It’s amazing to think last summer Price bombed in the semis of USAs: “I remember lying in the hotel room thinking: I have to stop. I can’t do this anymore.” *Discuss
• Track And Field History: RR #2:A History Of The Texas RelaysBill Little, a longtime sports info guy at UT who has been attending the Relays since 1962, has written a fantastic piece on the history of the relays.
• RR #3: At 1st Olympics, Pole Vault Champ Bill Hoyt Had To Fake An Illness To Go As Harvard President Wasn’t A Fan Of Sports The article also reminds us the 1st winners didn’t receive gold medals, rather silver, and that the 1896 Olympics led to the creation of the Boston marathon in 1897.

• Brenda Martinez Is Running Carlsbad And Expecting To Do Much Better Than Her 15:44 From Last Year
  *MB: Brenda Martinez: “I do want to move up in distance.”
• World Masters Indoors *Results
  *Day 2: Irie Hill Sets New World Record In W45 Pole Vault With 3.55m
• Super Master: 51-Year-Old Runs 7 Marathons Under 3:25 In 7 Days
• After London Marathon, Priscah Jeptoo Will Join Kenenisa Bekele And Wilson Kipsang At Bupa Great Manchester Run On May 18th

• Indiana Attorney General Sues Rapid Running Event Management, LLC For Setting Up Races, Collecting $94,000 And Not Holding Them
• Toni Reavis: Should Running Have A Clydesdale Division? No, Thanks (Humorous)

This Weekend’s Action – 2014 IAAF World Half Is Saturday In Denmark *Men’s Entries*Women’s

• Men: LRC$245,000 In Prize Money And 35 62:00-Flat Guys Including All 5 Americans: Kiptoo, Boit, Pennel, Llano, Cabada
• LRC 10 Sub- 70:00 Women To Battle For Glory At 2014 IAAF World Half Marathons – Americans Suver And Bersagel Are Seeded In Top 40
• Women’s Preview: Kenya And Lucy Kabuu To Dominate? The IAAF seems to think Lucy Kabuu is the favorite but we’d point out she just ran 2:24 in Tokyo last month.
• Lucy Kubuu Says She Bombed In Moscow Because She Didn’t Eat At All The Night Before The Race
• More Men:Wilson Kiprop: “I am in great shape now.”Geoffrey Kipsang is also ready.
• A Look At Team Kenya For World Half, Which Will Be Coached By 3-Time World XC Champ Edith Masai Kenya only won a bronze in each race at the 2012 World Half.
• Wilson Kiprop Determined To Get Back His World Half Marathon GoldMost recently he ran 59:45 at the RAK Half Marathon.
• 58:54 Man Geoffrey Kipsang (Kamworor) Says He’s Ready
• More In OurWorld Half Special Section
  

2014 Texas Relays Have Begun *Results/Heats*All College Meets

Leo, Trey Hardee, Wariner – Many Big Names Are Competing

2014 “Champs” Have Started In Jamaica *Live Results*Live Stream*More Info

• 14-Year-Old Christian Taylor Runs 48.71 Or is he 13? MB: Kirani James watch out – 13 yr old runs 48.71 for 400 at 2014 ‘Champs’ in Jamaica
• Zharnel Hughes Ready For O’Hara Clash He’s looking forward to racing 10.29 100m man Michael O’Hara, whom he respects.
• Studs Will Have To Compete All 5 Days At ChampsJavon Francis, the 45.24 WChamps team member, might compete all five days along with 10.29 100m Michael O’Hara.
• More On Zharnell Hughes: Could He Be The Region’s Next Star? “My mother is here for ‘Champs,’ and I’m so happy with that, because I always run well in front of her.”
• More On IAAF High Peformance Training Center (HPTC) Half the athletes are far, far away, including four from Mauritius.

Interesting Reads From The Distance World

• NIJEL AMOS LOOKING GOOD – Runs 45.77 The guy who ran 1:41 at age 18 is on his way back.
• Extensive Q&A Interview With Zola Budd PieterseGary Cohen covers it all from being booed by the US crowd at age 17 at the 1984 Olympics after Mary Slaney‘s fall to her top mileage that enabled her to set two 5,000 WRs.
• Meet HS 5k Indoor Champ Conner Mantz (14:24 As A Junior)*Discuss: US HS indoor 5000 champ Conner Mantz ran 71:25 for 13.1 at age 15 – any good? Next Ryan Hall or age group ace?
• For Time Being, Deena Kastor Is Focused On Speaking Engagements And Appearances, Not Worlds Masters Mark Of 69:56 For 13.1*Discuss
• MB: Mark this off potential vacation spots: Jogging with another person = arrest in Burundi
• RRWNick Willis Reflects On Not Medaling At World Indoors: “I was a little aggressive too early with 550 to go … I wish I had been a little more patient.”