50 Years Ago, Jim Ryun Made History And Became The 1st HSer To Go Sub-4, San Diego Will Celebrate It Today With Jim Ryun Festival Of Miles, Plus Nike Festival Of Miles In Missouri, And Adrian Martinez Classic In Mass.

• Stars Galore Are In San Diego To Celebrate Jim Ryun’s Feat Big names are in San Diego today to celebrate the 50th anniversary: from former sub-4 HSers Alan Webb and Lukas Verzbicas to Jearl Miles Clark and drug cheat Mary Decker, who are racing each other on an ElliptiGo Mile. Deena Kastor is there racing – going after US Masters record of 4:46.
• Toni Reavis:Heroes Of Past And Present Are All In San Diego To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Jim Ryun’s Sub-4 Reavis is worried that despite the stars, there may not be a lot of casual fans as the second running boom largely ignores the elites.
• Awesome Read: Track And Field News Recalls How 50 Years Ago Jim Ryun’s Sub-4 Was Far From Being Huge Track News The 5k at the same meet, where Gerry Lindgren set his legendary 13:44 HS record, was called “the most significant race by American distance runners in history” by a TFN co-founder.
• Ryun: “On that night after running under 4 minutes, I really didn’t sleep that well because the phone started ringing.”

Two Really Good Pieces Of Journalism

• Running Journalism At Its Best: Dick Beardsley Is Doing Well 18 Years After Fall Into Addiction Minnpost.com has written an epic 2,500 piece on the former Boston runner-up and London champ’s life, struggle with addiction and recovery.
• #2: 11 Things You Need To Know About Hellen Obiri She was a sprinter when she was younger and only started a distance career basically in 2010. Watch out, world.
• Buzunesh Deba Talks About Her 2:19 Boston Marathon – Says She’d Be “Very Happy” To Run For US And Is Applying For Citizenship The link takes you to a full transcript of a cloud259.com podcast. *Audio Here
• Q&A With Ellie Greenwood – The 2014 Comrades Champ Greenwood was surprised she caught the Nurgalieva twins in the final 5k and reveals she’s still British but is applying for Canadian citizenship.

Not Your Everyday Read (These Should Spice Up Your Workday)

• Title IX And Race Walkers Unite: Walker Successfully Sues USATF For Not Offering Prize Money In Women’s 50k Race Walk
• Watch Out, Meb:California Chrome Signs First Major Marketing Deal With Shoe Brand Skechers
• WADA, This Is For You: North Korean Scientists “Make Sports Drink From Mushrooms To Improve Athletic Performance”
• Vending Machine Dispensed Free New Balance Running Gear In NYC For National Running Day Runners simply had to go to the Westin New York Grand Central and tweet “I want to run @Westin” and included the hashtag “#National Running Day.”
• Crows Are Repeatedly Attacking Blonde-Haired Runners In Park In UKBlond jokes, please.
• Charges Dropped Against Boston Marathon Hoax Suspect We don’t get this one. He had a backpack, was wearing a veil and had a rick cooker in it.
• John “The Penguin” Bingham Is Retiring At End Of The Year We guess even slow running stars retire. And yes, Bingham is a star.
• Bruny Surin Reminisces About Winning Olympic 4 X 100m Gold On US Turf In 1996 – “IT WAS LIKE WE DIDN’T EXIST” He sits down for an interview with Ato Boldon as part of the IAAF Inside Athletics show.
• Q&A With Voice Of Hayward Field, Paul Swangard, The Man Who Coined The Term “Bowerman Curve”

Future DL Action

• Oslo Is Next Wed. (June 11):Ashton Eaton To Make European IAAF Diamond League Debut In 400H
  *Allyson Felix To Run ExxonMobil Bislett Games For 1st Time Next Wed.
• Lausanne Is July 3rd: Simon Hart: Tyson Gay To Return To Action And Face Justin Gatlin In Lausanne As “Fans Fume”We like the creativity of the meet organizers. We imagine the asking price for Gay is way less than Bolt/Blake. Lausanne is the meet that three years ago actually lost a “restraint of trade” court case for trying to prevent doper Hind Dehiba from competing. *MB: Gay vs. Gatlin, Lausanne, July 3. Just say No.
  *More Lausanne: Kirani James Vs. LaShawn Merritt At 400, Yohan Blake In 200, Eunice Sum, Great Men’s Steeple To Highlight