Quote Of The Day
– 800m world record holder David Rudisha talking about his last year off with a knee injury. He hasn’t raced since May of last year, but has chosen to dive right back in, facing a stellar field at next weekend’s Prefontaine Classic. Rudisha thinks he’ll run around 1:43-1:44 and says, “One thing is certain: I will not change my tactics. I am a frontrunner and I have always been.”
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LRCUSATF Does It Again: Dennis Mitchell, Convicted Doper, Your Head Sprint Coach For World Relays
Eight years after USATF accidentally appointed convicted doper Dennis Mitchell (of the "five bottles of beer and sex with his wife at least four times" excuse) to be a USA National Team coach, USATF has done it again, but this time for real with the full backing of the USATF national office.
USADA Responds To Drummond
USADA Says The Lawsuit Filed By Jon Drummond Is “Baseless” A USADA spokesperson said, “Mr. Drummond’s baseless lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency is an effort to circumvent the mandatory arbitration process established to protect the rights of all clean athletes, coaches and the integrity of competition.”
NCAA News
Tyson Gay Drama Continues
Jon Drummond Sues Tyson Gay, USADA for Defamation
Either Drummond is telling the truth or this lawsuit was absolutely idiotic. We’re hoping for a full trial with discovery. That should clean up the sport. *Discuss
Week That Was
LRCSome Ridiculous NCAA Performances, Analyzing Emma Coburn, Calling Foul On Greg Rutherford, And Sports Gene Proven To Be True
It was a crazy week as Emma Coburn got a huge DL win, Courtney Okolo set the NCAA 400m record but may not be the best 400m runner on her team, Kennedy Kithuka and Erin Finn dominated, Trayvon Bromell ran 9.77 and Nick Arciniaga ran in a spiderman suit.
Diamond League #2 – Shanghai DL Was Sunday *Full Results*TV/Streaming Info
WSteeple: LRCEmma Coburn Pulls A Meb: Gaps The Field Early, Runs PR And Stunningly Wins The Steeple In her first steeple of the year, Coburn was brilliant as she ran a PR and got a convincing victory.
*Emma Coburn pulls a Meb – gaps field early and shockingly wins Shanghai DL*EMMA MF COBURN!!!
W1,500: LRC Abeba Aregawi Wins In 3:58, Jenny Simpson Nearly Breaks 4:00, Runs Second-Fastest Time Of Her Career Not a great day for Treniere Moser and Morgan Uceny. *4:00.4 for Jenny Simpson – Incredibly smart race!!
#EPICFail M800: LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Sticks Out Tongue And Arms Celebrating His 800m “Win” And Loses As A Result Makhloufi snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as an emerging star, Robert Biwott, arrived from Kenya. The Americans Johnson, Mulder and Sowinski, all struggled. *Hahahah MackDaddy LOSES while celebrating!!!!*Makhloufi What a Jackass
Full Coverage, Including Pre-Meet News, Can Be Found In Our Shanghai Diamond League Special Section
Abrahamson: Get Pumped: The Inaugural World Relay Championships Are Sat. & Sun. *Streaming / TV Info (6:15pm ET) *Schedule / Results*Entries
LRCWorld Relay Notes: "We're from the US and we Never Race for 2nd", Leo To Anchor 4x1500, Forget About Mixed Sex Relays and More
Some interesting tidbits at the presser in advance of the first World Relays. Leo Manzano reminds us there is nothing better than being on a college team.
LRCMen's 4 X 1,500: A Kenyan Team For The Ages Goes For The World Record, The US Battles Ethiopia For Silver
Please pause and appreciate how SPECIAL this Kenyan men's team is. Their 1,500 PRs convert to an average of 3:46.10 miles per man - faster than Alan Webb's American record. 15:04 for 4 x mile.
LRCWomen's 4 X 1,500: Expect A World Record From Kenya And A Silver From The US Women
Mary Cain, Jenny Simpson and Treniere Moser aren't racing but the US women are very much still in the hunt for silver.
LRC Women’s 4 X 800 Preview: Can The US Women Take Down Eunice Sum And Kenya And Win Gold? Kenya has the best anchor, but the US has Chanelle Price, Ajee Wilson and Brenda Martinez. What wins out? *MB:Can the US win gold?
LRC Men’s 4 X 800 Preview: Can The US Men With Duane Solomon Take Down An Inexperienced Kenyan Squad? The US is led by the best guy in the field on paper, 1:42.72 man Duane Solomon. Kenya is led by a 17-year-old who has never raced on the pro circuit and only broken 1:48 twice in his life. Big USA advantage, right? Think again. *MB:Can the US win gold?*MB:Is this the most entertaining 800 ever run?
- Brooks Beasts Upset As Garrett Heath Reportedly Bumped From US 4 X 1,500 After He Had Been Assured A Spot Weeks Ago His spot was given to Pat Casey, who ran 3:35.95 for 2nd at the Oxy Meet last week.
- World Relays To Be Held On Brand New Mondo Super X 720 Track Surface
- Jamaica Open To Hosting World Relays In The Future
- IAAF President Lamine Diack Meets With The Prime Minister Of The Bahamas
- IAAF Men’s Events Preview Jamaica is the favorite in the sprints, US has the edge in 4 x 400.
- IAAF Women’s Events Preview Jamaica vs. USA in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 with Jamaica the favorites, US favorites in 4 x 400.
Other News
- “Average Joe” Wins Colfax Marathon In 2:40:47 The father of 3 does his runs at 4AM with a group of other dads so they can finish in time to send their kids to school.
- Philip Hersh: USOC Boss Pulls In $2 Million Over Past Two Years “In an era when some U.S. Olympic athletes have turned to crowd source funding to pay for their training, the top brass at the U.S. Olympic Committee is doing better than ever financially.”
US Distance Runners In The News
LRC Emma Coburn Talks About Her Shanghai Win, American Records And Training With Jenny SimpsonCoburn surprised herself by winning and had to miss a scheduled post-race massage she had scheduled as she had to do interviews and a victory lap. She thinks her training partner, Jenny Simpson, can get the US record of 3:57.12 in the 1,500.
*Coburn USATF Athlete Of The Week
LetsRun Experiences The Craziness Known As Bay To Breakers *Crazy Costume Photos
LRC Nick Arciniaga Enjoying New Sponsor Under Armour; Says Yuki Kawauchi Is One Of His Heroes, Talks About Racing In A Spiderman Singlet Arciniaga thanks to Under Armour had a very cool singlet.- LRC Sara Hall Talks About The Difficult Bay To Breakers Course, Her Busy 2014 Racing Season and A Fall Marathon Debut
LRCThe LRC Singlet Comes Out Of Retirement As Employee 1.1 Represents The singlet got an official 12k PR and thankfully held off Scott Baughs and the Asics Aggies centipede team. “Bay To Breakers went from being on my ‘bucket list’ to one that I definitely have to do again.”
Other Upcoming Distance Action
Monday: Ryan Hall, Shalane Flanagan, Sara Hall And Deena Kastor Highlight Elite Field For Monday’s Boulder Boulder 10K Kenya’s two time defending champ Alan Kiprono and Ethiopia’s three time winner Mamitu Daska lead the international fields. Other top US elites competing include Luke Puskesdra, Jeffrey Eggleston, Brent Vaughn, Bobby Curtis, Ben Bruce, Kellyn Johnson and Mattie Suver.
*Shalane Flanagan Says Boulder Boulder Has Been On Her “Bucket List” And She’s “Just Looking For A Race, A Hard Effort” For a fall marathon as she’s still choosing between Chicago, NYC and Berlin.- Next Weekend: Mary Cain Might Not Run Pre Classic 1,500 Because Alberto Salazar Doesn’t Know If She’s Ready To Race Against Abeba Aregawi And Jenny Simpson Cain hasn’t raced since indoor and Salazar is assessing her fitness before he makes the call. He might put her in the 800 instead.
*MB: Mary Cain May Duck The Competition At Pre - Emily Chebet, Mamitu Daska Aiming for Third Title at Freihofer’s Run for Women
Beijing IAAF World Challenge Meet *Full Results
Recap Of Beijing’s IAAF World Challenge Meet: Justin Gatlin’s 9.86 100 Win HighlightsIn the 800, Andrew Olivier ran 1:44.88 to beat Erik Sowinski (1:45.68) as Teng Haining set a Chinese NR in 4th place (1:46.32). Paul Kipsiele Koech won the steeple in 8:06.04 and Rababe Arafi the 1,500 in 4:02.71 over Gudaf Tsegay (4:02.83). Ana Simic improved her HJ world lead to 1.98m and Brianna Rollins ran 12.58 in the 100H to tie the world lead. Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100 (11.14).
*Photo: US Sprinter Tiffany Townsend Falls During Beijing IAAF World Challenge 100m
*SA’s Olivier Talks About His 800 Win: “The [fast] times will come. I was in control of the race and that was the goal.”
*MB: Gatlin 9.86 in Beijing, 2014
Pre Classic Keeps Getting Better
UK News: Mo Farah Pulls Out Of Bupa London 10K
- Mo Farah Pulls Out Of Bupa London 10K As He’s Not Fit Enough Yet To Race His agent Ricky Simms said, “He took a few weeks off training, went on holiday and just resumed jogging 10 days ago.”
- Olympic Heptathlon Champ Jessica Ennis Talks About Her Eventual Comeback From Pregnancy And Hopes Of Defending Her Title In Rio 2016 She wants to defend her heptathlon title, but is considering switching to the 100H as a backup plan as her PR in that even would have put her 4th in London. *2nd Article
- Olympic HJ Bronze Medalist Robbie Grabarz Out For The Season As He Needs Knee Surgery
Wetmore Speaks
LRCMark Wetmore Talks About Emma Coburn's Big Win, Jenny Simpson's Four-Flat And What The Future Holds For Ben Saarel
Wetmore gave his star steepler splits to hit 9:19 and that's what she did. The expected PR came with an unexpected bonus - victory. Plus what is Jenny Simpson focusing on? And what will Ben Saarel run at NCAAs?
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!
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