Put Some Track in Your Weekend

• Saturday PM: LRC Men’s Doping Poll Revealed. Remember these?
• Sunday: Shanghai Diamond League 8am Eastern *Start listsJenny Simpson has a huge test vs Aregawi. Felix vs Montsho @400, Gatlin vs Carter @100,  SAFP v VCB @200, 3 US men in 800, 2 US women in steeple
• How to watch Diamond League and Tomorrow’s La Liga Atletico Madrid-Barcelona Final in the US Legally (Free for 48 Hours) or for $10/Month

2014 Oxy HP Complete Coverage*MB Thread  *Video*2014 Results

• LRC Men: Collis Birmingham Stuns Galen Rupp; Centro Cruises; Elijah Greer Beats Robby Andrews At His Own Game; Dan Huling 8:17 It was a real late night for people staying up on the East Coast but they were jolted awake in the very last race of the night.
• LRC Women: Brenda Martinez Edges Maggie Vessey As Both Break 2:00; Shannon Rowbury Wins As Jordan Hasay PRs; Kate Van Buskirk PRs
• LIVE THREAD: Official 2014 Oxy HP Performance Thread – Rupp, Centro, Willis, Martinez, and Mackey, and more!
• MBReaction:Collis MF Birmingham- outkicks Rupp at Oxy HP 5K!*Yes or no: Did you enjoy it when you saw Birmingham blow by Rupp??*800 craziness – Elijah Greer pulls an Andrews and outkicks Andrews*Loved Watching Martinez and Vessey *VESSEY IS BACK BABY!  *Brenda MF Martinez 159.91 Negative split!!*Who in god’s name put Jordan McNamara in heat #2
  

• Rio 2016 Claims “Progress Being Made” But Admits Less Than 40 Per Cent Of Work Completed With Two Years To Go
• Glasgow 2014 Admits Unsuccessful Customers Charged “In Error” As Ticketing Crisis Continues

Kenyan News: Kemboi In Trouble With The Law Again

• Ezekiel Kemboi Has Been Sued For Child Negligence By Woman Claiming To Be His Ex-Girlfriend Reports also say that hotel security had to be called to break up a fight between the couple which started because she says he “tried to coerce me into having sex with him.” This report quotes Kemboi as denying the accusations saying he doesn’t know the woman at all.
  *Kemboi Denies Accusations “That lady is a frustrated person. We were friends some time back but she is now a married woman. … I did not have a child with her.”
• Recommended Read:Good Interview From Spikes Mag With Eunice Sum: Did You Know Before She Was World 800 Champion She Was A Heptathlete? She says she was recruited to focus on the 800 by 2007 World 800 champ Janeth Jepkosgei after she ran a 2:27 800 in a heptathlon.
• Kenya’s Commonwealth Games 400 Champ Mark Mutai Is Determined To Retain His Title This Year In Glasgow

• Shanghai DL Sunday: 2014 Shanghai Diamond League Start Lists
• Meseret Defar Leads Announced Field For Pre Classic 2-Mile As She Faces Sally Kipyego And Jordan Hasay Also World 5,000 bronze medalist Almaz Ayana, Maryam Jamal, World 10k bronze medalist Belaynesh Oljira.
• Boston Champ Rita Jeptoo To Clash With London Champ Edna Kiplagat At 2014 Suja Rock ‘N’ Roll San Diego Half Marathon On June 1st

• Good Read:Renato Canova Says Moses Mosop Faces Long Rebuilding Process Built On Speed Canova says that Mosop is probably more in 2:14 shape (which is still “ridiculous” compared to his PR). He thinks the problem lies in the fact that he hasn’t touched on speed at all in the last two years due to injuries.
• World 10,000 Silver Medalist Gladys Cherono Wins 5,000 At Kenya Defence Forces Championships 2011 World XC bronze medalist Vincent Kiprop won the 10,000.

Looking Ahead To All The Great Track Action This Summer

• May 31: PV WR Holder Renaud Lavillenie Will Compete At Pre Classic
• May 31:IAAF Preview Gotzis Hypo-Meeting Combined Events Challenge: Strong German Contingent Leads Fields
• June 5:Stacked Mid-D Action Highlights Rome DL: Asbel Kiprop Vs. Caleb Ndiku, Silas Kiplagat, Ayanleh Souleiman And Aman Wote In 1,500 Eunice Sum will have a rematch in the 800 with Chanelle Price plus Caster Semenya while Genzebe Dibaba will take on Mercy Cherono in the 5,000. Mohammed Aman vs. Nijel Amos in the 800, and a loaded HJ includes all the recent 2.40m men.
• June 8:Renaud Lavillenie, Robert Harting And Greg Rutherford Named For FBK Games In Hengelo
• June 11:Stacked Women’s HJ For Oslo DL: Anna Chicherova, Blanka Vlasic, Svetlana Shkolina, Chaunte Lowe
• July 22: 2014 World Juniors Set To Be Biggest-Ever IAAF Event On US Soil 1758 athletes from 177 countries.
• August 28: Usain Bolt Will Race On Newly Surfaced Track At Zurich DL

Guilty

Former Sub-4 HSer Tim Danielson Convicted Of Murder Danielson tried to get off by saying he had temporarily gone insane due to an anti-smoking drug called Chantix.
*MB:Former HS Sub-4er Tim Danielson: Guilty of Murder – Faces 50 to life

“Bannister: Everest On The Track” – The Film You Supported – Is Getting Lots Of Press

• David Epstein Talks To NPR About “Bannister: Everest On The Track”
  *LRC Review Of “Bannister: Everest On The Track” – “History wonks and running buffs will vie for who loves this movie the most.”
  *RRW Preview Screening Of “Bannister: Everest On The Track” Held At Armory
• Results From Saturday’s Bannister 60th Anniversary Mile Race In Kampala’s Mandela National Stadium

2014 Ivy League/Heps Photos

LRC It’s Official: Cornell’s AD Is Cooler And A Bigger Track Fan Than YoursCornell’s AD traveled 258 miles to watch a college track meet and dyed his hair and eyebrows red after the Cornell men won the outdoor Heps (Ivy League) crown.

Prague Marathon: Mosop Flops

• Patrick Terer And Firehiwot Dado Are Victorious At The 2014 Prague Marathon Terer ran 2:08:07 to beat Evans Chebet by 10 seconds.  Cuthbert Nyasango was 3rd in a Zimbabwe NR of 2:09:52. Moses Mosop had a disappointing race, running 2:20:37 for 12th. 2011 NYC champ Dado dominated the women’s race in 2:23:34.
• Short Statement From Moses Mosop “My body felt empty from the start. Not enough speedwork was done due to an injury and I will have new start after some rest.”

• Taoufik Makhloufi Announces New Coach The 2012 Olympic 1,500 champ recently left Jama Aden and will now be coached by Ali Redjimi, who he worked with from ages 14 to 20.
• Saturday Was Declared “Meb Day” In San Diego To Honor Meb Keflezighi And His Boston Win
• Leo Manzano Will Headline 2014 Adrian Martinez Classic In New England On June 5th

US Road Action: US 25K & UAE 10K

• Christo Landry Ties American Record To Win At USA 25K Championships; Kellyn Johnson Gets Women’s TitleSamson Gebreyohannes Gezaha won the overall race in 1:14:08 as Landry ran 1:14:18 to tie Mo Trafeh‘s AR and take 2nd overall. Chris Solinsky was 3rd American, 5th overall (1:16:44).  Johnson won in 1:25:26.
  *Men’s Video Highlights
  *Women’s Video Highlights
  *Full Results
• Stephen Sambu Crushes Road 10K WR Holder Leonard Komon To Win UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K Sambu ran 27:39 to Komon’s 28:17. Sambu also just missed the 8K WR along the way. Joyce Chepkirui won the women’s race in 31:17.
  *Full Results
• Sergio Reyes And Amanda Scott Win Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon

• Hellen Obiri And Mercy Cherono Think They Can Challenge Wang Junxia’s 8:06 3,000 “World Record”
• Despite Rumor, IOC Says “Totally Unfeasible” For London To Step In For Rio As 2016 Olympics Host An IOC source said the rumor that London could host instead of Rio is “total rubbish.”
• Oscar Pistorius Sells Home Where He Shot Girlfriend In Order To Pay His Increasing Legal Fees

Non-Doha Results

• Alumni Highlight Oregon Twilight Results: Ashton Eaton Wins 110H In 13.47Ben Blankenship won the 1,500 in 3:39.33 over Jordan McNamara (3:39.40) and Mac Fleet (3:40.00). Harun Abda won the 800 (1:47.33) over Cas Loxsom (1:47.47). *Full Results
  *Blankenship Was Supposed To Run The TC 1 Mile, But When It Was Cancelled, He Flew Back To Oregon At The Last Minute  He won over Jordan McNamara and Mac Fleet.
• Inspirational: Blind High Schooler Charlotte Brown Almost Medals In Texas State Champs She cleared 11 feet to tie for 4th place. She used to have partial vision, but now has to vault completely blind and said, “… The bright side is, I’m already totally blind. I don’t have to figure out another way to vault. I can’t get any blinder.”

• Elise Cranny And Alexa Efraimson To Clash In HS Girls Dream Mile At 2014 adidas GP In NYC
• 2012 Boston Winner Wesley Korir Leads Best-Ever Field At May 25th Ottawa Marathon 2:06:13 man Korir faces 2:04:38 2012 Rotterdam champ Yemane Tsegay, Bazu Worku (2:05:25). 2:23:39 woman Ehitu Kiros leads the women’s field. Korir says he has a “bodyguard” who is a 2:06 guy.

David Epstein:Tyson Gay Got 50% Reduction In Ban Because He Told Everything Including Info on Jon Drummond’s Encouragment/Heavy Involvement of His Doping Drummond is the chair of USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee and 2012 Olympic relay coach.
*MB:David Epstein Says Tyson Gay Has Implicated Jon Drummond in Helping Him Dope