A Ton Of Interesting Reads On A Tuesday

• Great Read: Is Track And Field Really A Pro Sport? The Indianapolis Star‘s David Woods has written nearly 2,500 words on the money side of the sport. Guess how much Morgan Uceny made after college? For many, the money is irrelevant as the dream of an Olympic bid is enough. That’s not true for Andrew Poore, who retired after finishing 4th at USAs last year because he made $5,000 on the year: “If I”m not a professional athlete, I’m not going to waste my time trying to pretend like I’m something I’m not.”
• RRW James Li & Stephen Sambu – A Winning Combination Under Li’s guidance, and relatively low mileage, Sambu has become one of the best road racers on the planet. Galen Rupp can be thankful as Sambu was instrumental in his 26:44 AR.
• Great Profile Of Miss. State’s 800 Star Brandon McBride – His Mom Made His College Choice For Him And He’s Thrilled With The Results McBride is a big-time talent. 2 NCAA titles before his 20th birthday.
• Good Q&A With Sally Kipyego – Her Favorite Training Partner Is …Lauren Fleshman. If she had a band, she’d want Nick Willis to be the lead singer and Ezekiel Kemboi on drums for his energy.
• Whatever Happened To Daniel Komen?
• Full Text Of Phil Knight’s Speech To Stanford Business School – “Ability and desire almost always trump money and power.”
• Nick Willis Is In The Form Of His Life, Having Recently Set PRs At 5,000 (13:20), 3,000 (7:36 NR) And A “Bucket List” Sub-3:50 Mile Willis talks about how he’s been able to do more volume than ever.
• Where Are They Now: 2011 World Championship Ultra Bronze Medalist Andy Henshaw Has Totally Walked Away From The Sport “It’s been years since I’ve read a running blog.”

Meb Keflezighi To Start At Back Of Field, Try To Pass 22,500 People To Raise Money For Charity At July 4th Peachtree Road Race Meb’s hoping to raise $75,000 for the inaugural Kilometer Kids Charity Chase. *Donate Here.

Derval O’Rourke Retires

2006 World Indoor 60H Champ Derval O’Rourke Of Ireland Calls It A Career The 33-year-old’s last race earned her a bronze at European indoors. “Going to a championships just to be there, isn’t me.”
*BBC
*“She inspired us to compete with the best in the world.”
*O’Rourke: “Very talented … but a cheeky brat.” She was always great at the biggest competitions.
*Twitter Tributes Pour In For “Inspiration” O’Rourke

• A Day In The Life Of … Colin Jackson“For me there is no such thing as a regular day,” says the former hurdles WR holder. The only constant is a 6am start to every day.
• Dai Greene Questions His Medal Chances For Commonwealth Games, Which Start In One Month“I’m not going to be in the best shape I’ve ever been in.”

Dick Beardsley’s Record Finally Goes Down At Grandma’s *Results

• Kenya’s Dominic Ondoro Breaks Dick Beardsley’s 33-Year-Old Grandma’s Marathon Course Record With 2:09:06 VictoryNick Arciniaga was 9th in 2:14:31. Pasca Myers ran 2:33:45 to win over US’s Brianne Nelson (2:34:44). Julius Koskei won the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in 1:03:36 while Cynthia Limo took the women’s race in 1:09:50. *Results
• Duluth News Tribune Article With Quotes From Dick Beardsley Beardsley: “As soon as I heard, I ran over here and I gave him a big hug, shook his hand, congratulated him and told him that he earned that race 100 percent.”
• 17-Year-Old OT Qualifier Alana Hadley WasOn Pace For Sub-2:40 At 19 Miles But Dropped Out With Hip Flexor Tightness Article talks about how the weather was perfect with high 40s to low 50s and a slight tailwind.
• Pasca Myers Takes Husband’s Advice And Runs Her “Own Race” To Win Myers set her own pace and let defending champ Sarah Kiptoo and others go early, but ended up “passing a lot of ladies” later in the race to win.
• Julius Koskei Won Garry Bjorklund Half After Previously Dropping Out Of Grandma’s Marathon TwiceFernando Cabada was 3rd in the half.
• Pretty Amazing Story:Minnesota Man Tim Bowman Runs Grandma’s Less Than A Year After Having Brain Tumor Removed After his surgery, he had to relearn everything, including walking and talking.
• Duluth News Tribune Photo Gallery

Richard Thompson Sets 100 World Lead And Trinidad And Tobago NR At 9.82 At His National ChampionshipsMichelle-Lee Ahye ran a women’s WL of 10.85, setting a huge PR as her previous best was 11.04. The article doesn’t mention wind readings.