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Quote Of The Day

“As a result of Event Four, the one mile, the winner was R G Bannister of Exeter and Merton colleges, in a time which, subject to ratification, is a track record, an English native record, a United Kingdom record, a European record, in a time of three minutes …”

– Timekeeper Norris McWhirter revealing the time of the world’s first-ever sub-4 mile 60 years ago today.

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Say It Ain’t So: David Rudisha Has ANew Foot Problem, Pulls Out Of Doha, Hopes To Make 2014 Debut At Prefontaine The “slight muscle injury” has been described as “stiffness in the muscles” but Rudisha is being super safe. *MB: Good news/bad news: Rudisha has new injury and is out of Doha, but seemingly had been added to 2014 Pre Classic

Weekend Action We Didn’t Have Space For *NCAA Conference Results

Pittsburgh:Clara Santucci Won $15,000 At 2014 DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon in 2:32:25 The race offers some big money. Ethiopian Gebo Burka, who won LA two months ago, got out to a big lead and won $9,000 and the men’s race in 2:16:30.
*Post-Gazette: Santucci, A Pirates Fan And PA Resident, Was Thrilled To Get The Win

Hamburg Marathon: Ethiopia’s Shumi Dechasa Holds Off Eric Ndiema To Win Hamburg Marathon In 2:06:44 The debut of 12:55/26:43/59:44 man Lucas Rotich resulted in a 2:09:22 8th place showing. Georgina Rono (Kenya) won the women’s race in 2:26:47.
*Yuki Kawauchi Becomes First Japanese Man To Record Seventh Sub-2:10 He also tied Takeshi Soh‘s Japanese record of 34 career sub-2:20 marathons.
Bloomsday:World HalfMarathon SilverMedalist Mary Wacera Outkicks 3-Time Champ Lineth Chepkurui For Bloomsday Elite Women’s WinMattie Suver was the top American in eighth, which gave her $5,000 – better than what Chepkurui got.
Allen Kiprono Wins 2nd Lilac Bloomsday Title – Aaron Braun Top American Kiprono, the 2012, champ won title #2 after a big move on a late uphill, but the big winner prize money-wise was Aaron Braun, who won more for finishing 4th ($7,500) than Kiprono ($7,000) got for winning.

Navy Men, BU Women Win Patriot League Outdoor Track And Field Championships It was Navy’s first title since 2008 as Bucknell’s 4-year streak was snapped.
USC Women, UCLA Men Win Dual Meet
Jesse Squire Reviews The Year In Dual Meets

60-Year Anniversary Of Bannister’s Sub-4 Is May 6th

Roger Bannister Looks Back 60 Years Ago: "I gave it everything."

Interesting fact: 4,100 people have climbed Mt. Everest and 1,305 have gone sub-4. The Telegraph
*Video: Roger Bannister Reflects Back

Did USATF Get Ripped Off?

Former USATF CEO Doug Logan Harshly Crticizes USATF’s 26-Year Deal With Nike “Twenty six years ago I still had dark hair … My company had just purchased their first Fax machines. … In 2040 the Federation will still be paying for the lack of judgment of its current leadership.”
Agent And Attorney David Greifinger Writing For Track And Field News About How Bad A Deal USATF Got With Nike “Is there a scenario where USATF comes out ahead? Yes, if we encounter severe deflation never experienced in our nation’s history or if track & field falls off the Olympic map. Otherwise Nike wins big or Nike wins huge. … Nike negotiated as a visionary while USATF negotiated from a bunker. Bet on Nike.”

60 Years Ago History Was Made – May 6, 1954

60 Years Ago – May 6, 1954 – Roger Bannister 1st Broke 4:00 “I’m slow and need help walking but I’m taking it with a proper sense of perspective. … At 85 I have had many opportunities. I also have many friends and a very supportive family. These are all things I bless myself for.”
Sir Roger Bannister Plays The Record Predictions Game Again On Eve Of 60th Anniversary Of His Four-Minute Mile He thinks we’ll see a sub-2 in the marathon.
Bannister Vs. Landy: Was That The Commonwealth Games’ Finest Moment?3 months after the first sub-4, the first man to break four minutes (Bannister) took on the man who already had broken Bannister’s record (Landy). *The Miracle Mile Race Video: Bannister Vs. Landy*Bannister And Landy Talk About 1954 Miracle Mile
Should Roger Bannister Have Been DQed In First Sub-4 60 Years Ago As Pacing Was Illegal?

Sprint News – Bolt PRs In Practice? Oscar P Trial Is Back On

Pistorius’s Neighbor Says He Believes The Shooting Was Accidental Because Of Pistorius’ Desperation When They Found Him Carrying A Bloodied Steenkamp DownstairsPistorius was ”really crying. He was in pain,” said the neighbor, who feared Oscar might commit suicide.
Usain Bolt Claims He Ran 400 PR In Practice – Tells Fans Not To Worry; He’s In Great Shape And Delayed Start To Season On Purpose

Payton Jordan *Results

Women’s 10K: LRCMolly Huddle Is #2 All-Time Fastest American At 30:47; Sally Kipyego Gets The Win In 30:42 The women’s 10,000 saw a new world lead for Olympic silver medalist Kipyego and the second-fastest time ever by an American woman in Huddle for second place. Former All-American Betsy Saina was 3rd (30:57.30) and Jordan Hasay set a new PR with 31:39.67 for 4th.

Women’s 5K: LRCSifan Hassan Goes Sub-15 To Win As Katie Mackey Runs 15:04 – Stanford’s Aisling Cuffe Is The 3rd Fastest Collegian Of All-TimeHassan ran a world-leading time of 14:59.23 while Bahta was second in 14:59.49. Leading the Americans was Mackey in 15:04.74, just beating out Laura Thweatt (15:04.98). But the highlight of the race was Stanford’s Aisling Cuffe setting a new school record and moving herself to #3 all-time in the NCAA with a 15:11.13.

Mid-D Action: LRCElise Cranny’s #2 All-Time 4:10.95 High School 1,500 Highlights Cranny is now the second-fastest high schooler of all time as she blew away Jordan Hasay‘s 4:14.50. Only Mary Cain‘s NR of 4:04.62 is faster. In other events, Eliud Rutto had a breakthrough 1:45.37 victory in the 800, Karine Belleau-Beliveau beat Treniere Moser in the women’s 800, Riley Masters won the men’s 1,500 (3:38) and Billy Nelson and Shalaya Kipp got steeplechase wins.

More To Come? #FridayAfternoonNewsDump

LRCTyson Gay Gets A One-Year Drug Ban For Cooperating With USADA, Admits He Cheated At 2012 Olympics, Many Questions Remain

Gay did admit to doping at the 2012 Olympics (the US will lose its 4 x 100 silver medals), but not the Olympic Trials.

Discuss:Gay Gets 1 Year Doping Bans

Spice Up Your Saturday – Track Doesn’t Have To Be Boring *American Track League Results

American Track League Debuts With Win From Lolo Jones, 2 World Leaders, Crowd Of 1,000 Entertained

Mark Hollis went 18'8" in the pole vault and De'Sean Turner 8:33.89 in the steeple in the meet that hopes to entertain and let fans onto the track. Hopefully they can get the marketing down and attract bigger crowds.

Discuss: Anyone go the American Track League Meet: How Was It?

Meb Still Getting Good Press / Meb Isn’t Just A Better Marathoner Than You; He’s Also A Better Romantic

Men, Don’t Let Your Wives Read This:How Meb Met His Match: Great Q&A With Meb’s Wife Yordanos Asgedom She reveals they first had a long-distance relationship over the phone and Meb promised he’d see her immediately after the 2004 Olympics and Meb proved to be a man of his word as he flew straight to see her, even after he unexpectedly won a medal.
Amby Burfoot: Conspiracy Theorists Go Home – Give Meb Keflezighi Credit For A Brilliant Boston Marathon “No one handed Meb anything. Yes, he ‘stole’ the race, but that happens to be completely fair and legal in road running. In fact, it’s the toughest way to win a marathon – go to the front, build a lead, paint a big bull’s-eye on the back of your singlet. Few choose this tactic, because even fewer succeed with it.”
*Wall Street Journal Looks At Meb’s Win And The LRC Thread “The Boston Marathon Was Fixed” Rojo getting another quote in the Journal.

Alan Abrahamson: The IOC’s Big Bid Problem Abrahamson reveals many countries won’t even bid for the Olympics any more and the IOC has an image problem. It ranked last out of 30 entities when ranked for “accountability indicators,” suggesting it was the least accountable and transparent and behind Halburton and Goldman Sachs.