Diamond League Is Back Today And Saturday 2014 London Anniversary Games – Sainbury’s GP –  Is Fri. (2pm ET) And Sat. (10am ET) In Glasgow *Schedule / Results *Television And Streaming Info

Live Now: Official 2014 Glasgow DL Discussion Thread

Note: The US TV coverage today may be one hour delayed. The US tv coverage is live!

Today: Stacked Women’s 1,500 Simpson, Aregawi, Obiri, Hassan Rematch. Men’s 5,000m: Alamirew, Bekele, Soi Vs. Lagat And Top 4 From USAs. Men’s 100, Women’s 400.

LRC Meet Preview A Great Women’s 1,500, A Totally Loaded Men’s 5,000, Emma Coburn Chases The American Record And David Rudisha In The 800 So much good stuff it takes two days to get it in. Plus recent US champs Leo Manzano and Ajee’ Wilson in the men’s 1,500 and women’s 800. *Rudisha at press conference: “I want to get the world leading time and to get close to 1:42.” *IAAF Full Meet Preview A struggling Yohan Blake in the 100, Rudisha returns to UK for 1st time since his 1:40.91 800 WR. *What About The Sport: Yohan Blake Apologizes For “Snubbing” Glasgow Commonwealth Games Blake and his manager said he had to “do what’s in his best interests.” *UK’s Christine Ohuruogu And Adam Gemili Have Pulled Out Of Glasgow DL Ohuruogu doesn’t feel fit and Gemili is dealing with stiffness. *Steve Cram’s “Ones To Watch In Glasgow” *MB: CENTRO In Glasgow 800 *5k: LAGAT, LEVINS, MEAD, SOI, LONGOSIWA, ALAMIREW, ROP, etc. all racing in Glasgow on Friday!

US Distance News

• Reccommended Read: Oregon Project Assistant Coach Pete Julian Has Defied The Odds To Battle Cancer And Stay Alive Julian is a former elite who has had three cancer surgeries, but a miracle drug that wasn’t supposed to work is what saved him although it’s not a cure and he still goes to the hospital every nine months to get scans saying, “I get into that CT machine, and I’m shaking out of straight fear.”
• Embarrassing: Even With The Official DQ Report Being Released, No One From USATF Has Communicated At All With Andrew Bumbalough No one from the working group ever thought to speak to the athlete who was erroneously DQed and USATF didn’t bother to give him an update or an apology at any time during or after the process.
• 2:13 US Marathoner Ricky Flynn Arrested On Embezzlement Charges The 2012 Olympic Trials 12th placer stands accused of stealing more than $5,000 in goods from a local running store he worked at.
• Mac Fleet Joins OTC Elite
• Kara Goucher Blog Update On Her Comeback From Her Sacral Stress Fracture She’s healthy and off the Alter-G running on solid ground again, just having finished an 82-mile week.

Worth A Read??

• Carey Pinkowski Is Thrilled That Northport Has Matched Hammond Tech’s Feat Of Having 3 Sub-9s On It, 39 Years Later We gotta admit the Northport team with twin power and an autistic superstar is very compelling but nothing beat’s Carey’s hair (far right).
  *MB: “Hammond High had no track” –
• Good Read: Heather Kampf, Who Is Feeling Good After A Win In Ireland, Blogs About Overcoming The Power Of Your Mind She hopes to go sub-2 soon.
• UK Coach: Says Lashawn Merritt Vs. Kirani James Is The Best Show On Earth We like the column but disagree that the 400 is the best event in track. 800 hands down.
• 14:07/3:45 Aussie Teen Morgan McDonald Headed To World Jrs And Then Will Run For Wisco
• Edward Cheserek, Lawi Lalang And Deon Leondore Are The 3 Men’s Finalists For The Bowerman Full release here.
• Sharika Nelvis, Laura Roesler And Courtney Okolo Are Women’s Finalists For The Bowerman
• Laura Roesler, Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson Confirmed For July 26th High-Performance Meet In Eugene There will be men’s and women’s 4 x 800s that go for the American records.

Track And Field Stars Are Beautiful People

USATF DQ Report Analysis / We Refuse To Fall To The Holiday Weekend News Dump

LRCUSATF DQ Report Released: Did Alberto Salazar Have Undue Influence? We Still Don't Know

Weekly Recap – The Week That Was

LRCWeek That Was: Thou Shall Not Skip USAs, Medals For Emma And Evan, And Thou Shall Not Compare Matt Llano To Ryan Hall

World Juniors Start In 2 Weeks

• Eugene Register Guard Columnist Is Worried Fans In Oregon Might Not Support World Juniors – “If you host a meet, will they come?” The weather in July is one of the few good months in Oregon.
• A Brief History Of The IAAF World Junior Championships From Usain Bolt to David Rudisha, many big stars have shined over the years.
• Blanka Vlasic Won World Juniors As A 16-Year-Old, 14 Years Ago Picture is of her at age 17.
• Morgan Lake Pulls Out Of Commonwealth Games, Added To GB Team For World Juniors
• Two Weeks To Go Until World Jr. Champs
• Full British Junior Team

Tuesday’s Distance News

• Good Read: Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan Had No Idea How Fast She Was Running When She Clocked 3:57.00 At The Paris DL Meet Hassan said she thought it was “a 4:04 race” and rightly gave credit to Jenny Simpson for getting them a fast time. Hassan also likes XC better than track and is looking forward to World XC Champs.
• Paula Radcliffe To Make Her Return To Racing In Worcester City 10K On September 21st It’ll be her first race since having foot surgery before the 2012 Olympics. She hopes to end her career with one last marathon in London next year.
• Good Q&A: IAAF “Work, Rest, And Play” Interview With Nick Willis, Who Says His Least Favorite Workout Is 400 Repeats And His Favorite Way To Relax Is Golf He likes golf because it’s a sport he can play and be competitive without risking injury like other sports.
  *Nick Willis Fired Up For Clash In 5k With Mo Farah At CGs
• Joe Gray Wins His 3rd USA Mountain Running Title Allie McLaughlin took the women’s title.