Articles Worth A Read

• Stanford’s Aisling Cuffe Has No Regrets About Being Sacrificial Rabbit In Women’s 5k From 2k To Bell Lap “Coach Milt is always telling us that the key to a solid race is putting yourself in a position where you have a chance to win with a lap to go, and I felt I definitely did that today.”
  MB: Cuffe on Hall’s lack of leading: “It was tough knowing that she stayed tucked in behind me the whole way.”
• Time To Celebrate: Moses Kipsiro’s Ban From Representing Uganda For Reporting A Rapist Coach Is Lifted – He Will Try To Defend 10k/5k Commonwealth Titles In Glasgow
• Follow Your Passion: Rice University Pole Vault Cach David Butler Has Started A Pole Vault Museum On Facebook Maybe we should buy him out and start letsvault.com.
• British Jav Record Holder Goldie Sayers Is Back From “Injury Hell,” Ready For Commonwealths Thanks To Dr. James Andrews She got the best baseball surgeon in the land for her 3rd surgery in the last 2 years.
• Meet The Police Officer Who Has Stopped Smoking And Has Run For 2,000 Days In A Row
• Usain Bolt’s Got Some Work To Do: Physiologist And Coach Completes Study That Says Ultimate 100-Meter Time Is 9.27 Seconds Australian physiologist and coach Jeremy Richmond‘s paper appears in the IAAF’s “New Studies in Athletics” scientific journal. Subscribe now for $50.
• IAAF Inside Athletics Episode 6: Ato Boldon Q&A With Chris Brown

Canadian News

• Is Dylan Wykes Finally Healthy? The 2:10:47 performer isn’t quite sure himself:  “I think things are coming along well, but it’s hard to know these days. I’ve had two years of off-and-on injuries so I’m finding it difficult to get a clear sense of my exact fitness now.”
  
• Catching Up With Leah Pells – 1996 Olympic 1,500 4th Placer From Canada The 49-year-old still runs every day but has no desire to race.

Portland Track Festival *Results

LRCThe King (Mo Farah) Returns, Andrew Wheating Wins And Says He's Back, Jordan Hasay Wins Twice, And Andy Bayer The Steepler

2014 IAAF NYC – adidas Grand Prix Was Saturday *Results *LRC Photo Gallery

LRC W1,500 And W800 Abeba Aregawi Wins Again As Two High Schoolers Take On The Pros And Alexa Efraimson Is The One Who Impresses The Most Two high schoolers ran in the pro races at the adidas Grand Prix. Sure, there was Mary Cain (4th in 800 in 2:01), but the one stealing the show today was Alexa Efraimson. Plus Mary Cain revealed she may not run the 1,500 at USA juniors.

LRC David Rudisha Returns To The Winner’s Circle As Duane Solomon Questions His Tactics The king David Rudisha is back to his winning ways as American Duane Solomon was left questioning his tactics.

“The greatest men’s high jump competition in the history of the sport.” Bondarenko and Barshim both took jumps at the WR. Bondarenko was your winner.

LRC The Real Deal: Foot Locker Champ Grant Fisher Wins Dream Mile In 4:02.02, Chopping 7 Seconds Off His PR Fisher is only a junior.

Full Meet Recap David Rudisha returned to the winner’s podium,  Yohan Blake got beaten, LaShawn Merritt kept winning and more. Wayde van Niekerk ran 44.38 for 2nd and South African 400m record.

• MB: Official 2014 New York Diamond League Discussion Thread
• LRC Photo Gallery from Photo Run.
• MB: Grant Fisher smokes field at adidas Dream Mile – Runs 4:02.02 The HS junior, who won Foot Locker in the fall, took down the nation’s best in New York today.
• MB: Mary Cain 4th at adidas GP in 2:01.67

Chris Solinsky Runs 29:05 For 3rd At Portland Track Classic; Says He Just “Didn’t Have It Today” He said he ran a workout that indicated he could even be in 28-minute shape, but that he thinks the problem is all mental right now and not having the “toughness” he usually does. The race was won by Nouredine Smail in 28:56.
*Full Results
*MB: Solinsky in the 10K at the Portland Track Festival

Molly Huddle Sets American Road 10k Record - Becomes 1st American To Win New York Mini 10-K Since 2004

New Balance Outdoor Nationals In The Books *Results *Meet Site

• Day 1: Anna Rohrer, Alex Ostberg Dominate 5,000m
  *Overall Day Recap (Non-Distance)
• Historic 2-Mile: Day 2: National Record And Historic Two Mile Highlight Day Two Northport HS set a record by having three guys from one team go sub-9 minutes in the 2-mile in first, third and fourth (8:53, 8:56, 8:57). The top five in the race were sub-9.
• *Overall Day Recap
• Day 3: Mile Crown Caps Ryen Frazier’s Triple At New Balance Nationals
  *Overall Day Recap

• France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Wins Local Steeplechase In 8:07.45
• Mo Farah Confirmed For English Commonwealth Games Team In 5,000 And 10,000 Some other included distance runners are Lee Emanuel, Chris Thompson, Tom Farrell, Hannah England, Jenny Meadows, Andrew Osagie.

• Trayvon Bromell Wins 100 In New World Junior Record Of 9.97
• Oregon Men Almost Have The Meet Locked Up With 25-Point Lead Going Into Final Day
• Still A 4-Team Battle On Women’s Side With Oregon, Texas A&M Leading Texas And Florida Going Into Final Day
  *Updated Team Scores
• Register-Guard: Not Without A Fight: Lawi Lalang Hands Edward Cheserek A Rare Loss After A Battle Down The Stretch Of The 5,000
• Georgia Freshman Kendell Williams Narrowly Wins Heptathlon After A Fall In The 800 Almost Costs Her The Title Oregon Head Coach Robert Johnson talks about the men’s 4 x 400 DQ and how the appeal was denied. He says he didn’t sleep at all Thursday night thinking about it.
• After Getting Only 3rd At SEC Meet, Texas A&M Freshman Shamier Little Beats Conference Rivals To Win 400 Hurdles