– Hilton Murray talking to Beeld newspaper after completing “10 Comrades” in ten days including the actual Comrades Marathon on the final day. That’s 54 miles per day. Very impressive. Almost as impressive as the famed 100-100-100. *Original Beeld Article (Translated)
More US News:
LRC 6 Quick Takeaways From The 2014 Pre Classic Oh, baby! What an incredible 2.5 hours. The Bowerman Mile was historic, Jenny Simpson PRed for the first time in 5 years, David Rudisha and Mo Aman both lost. So much to talk about. We get started here. *IAAF Recap Part I*IAAF Recap Part II
Men’s Mile LRC Ayanleh Souleiman Runs 3:47; Manzano Returns To Winner’s Circle – 9 Takes From 2 Great Miles At 2014 Pre ClassicA ridiculous 22 men broke 3:55 on Sunday in Eugene. We give you the scoop.
*LRCUS HSer Blake Haney Runs 4:10 Haney feels he’s fitter than last year when he ran 3:55 for 1,500 but this race was set up to run 3:55.
*MB:Centro PB 3:50.53!*BLAKE HANEY 4:10.41
*A lesson, not a letdown for Haney
*Johan Cronje Breaks 17-Year-Old South African Mile Mark With 3:50.70
Men’s 800 & 5k: LRC David Rudisha And Mo Aman Lose As Nijel Amos Wins; Caleb Ndiku Outkicks Alamirew As The Americans StruggleDavid Rudisha had a tough last 100 in the 800 and the American men had a tough last half in the 5,000.
*MB:Amos is the real deal – takes down Rudisha AND Aman in 1:43.63!!
*MB:Major Rust Buster for David Rudisha ! Not bad really
*MB:LAGAT 13:31 @ PRE
*IAAF Recap Part III: Rudisha And Kiprop Are Beaten
*David Rudisha Loses In Return, But Runs 1:44 “It was tough to go out there, but I am happy to start at 1:44 after missing a year,” Rudisha said. “I think it’s good.”
LRC Women’s 800: Chanelle Price Hangs On; Colorful Maggie Vessey Takes Second; Mary Cain Fizzles In the men’s 800, Job Kinyor beat Elijah Greer and Eric Sowinski.
*Oregonian:Chanelle Price Holds On To Win The Women’s 800 – Mary Cain Is 8th
LRCDavid Rudisha Talks About His Return At Prefontaine ClassicKing David is set to return to the circuit after a year+ absence. Is he in shape? Will he win? Plus, fantasy track guys and gals, guess what his agent says he can run a 5k in?
A story by Xinhua on her retirement was false according to her manager.
Dennis Mitchell Coaching Controversy Gets Picked Up By NY Times “It seems ridiculous that United States track officials would want him anywhere near their delegation, or that any athletes would want Mitchell to coach them, for fear that his doping background might cast a shadow on them. But this is track and field, a sport that has repeatedly failed Public Relations 101, so nothing seems to be too ridiculous to be true.”
*MB Thread
LRC Story That Kicked This Off: USATF Does It Again: Dennis Mitchell, Convicted Doper, Your Head Sprint Coach For World Relays
Fixtures From 1964 Tokyo Olympic Stadium Up For Sale Get a royal box seat for just ¥250,000 ($2442). LRC is interested in the manhole covers for just ¥20,200 ($197).
Trey Hardee (8518) And Katarina Johnson-Thompson (6682) Win At Gotzis Multi MeetBrianne Theisen-Eaton set a new Canadian record but finished second.
*British Press Goes Ga Ga: Katarina Johnson-Thompson Is Now A Threat To Jessica Ennis Hill?
Good Read: Meet The NY/NJ Track Club’s Ex-Football Player But Soon-To-Be Sub-4 Miler, Ford Palmer Palmer started his collegiate career at Monmouth as a 185-lb. football player. 30 pounds lighter, he’s now a 3:38 1,500 runner who three times in three months has run between 4:00 and 4:01.
LRC Fast Women: Hellen Obiri (3:57.05), Sofia Assefa (9:11.39) And Mercy Cherono (9:13.27) Run Fastest Times Ever In US For 1,500, Steeple And 2-Mile Those winning times were very impressive but American fans were pumped by Jenny Simpson’s PR and Shannon Rowbury’s AR.
*Former Duck Zoe Buckman Sets 4:04 PR “I feel like a completely different athlete now compared to when I lived as a student in Eugene.”
Outside Stories On 2014 Pre:
MB:Morgan Uceny Runs 2:00.29 and NBB Twilight Meet!
MB:Ryan Hall Runs 1:02:5x at San Diego
MB:Anna Willard runs 4:19 at Boston NB Twilight Meet
Megan Hogan was the top American. Melody Fairchild won the Masters race.
Former Nike Strength And Conditioning Coach Vern Gambetta Speaks About Drugs In The Sport “Very honestly, everybody in the sport knows the drug coaches. And it’s not those supported by just one shoe company. Everybody knows it, but nobody will speak out because of fear of libel. It’s going to take some balls, that’s for sure. And the federation [USATF] is complicit. …”
*MB:former NOP strength coach speaks on drugs!
2014 Pre Friday Night On The Boards:
*Where does Rupp come in your all-time greatest American distance runner list?
*HOW LONG UNTIL WE HATE GALEN AGAIN? –
*26:44.37 For RUPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
*Rupp WILL not break 26:48
*Steven Sambu had the best race
*RUPPS 10k most boring race ever
*I AM CRYING TEARS OF JOY FOR GALEN RUPP’S NEW AR
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