Quote Of The Day
– Nike Oregon Project assistant coach Pete Julian talking about his ongoing battle with cancer which has lasted 15 years. The former elite, who has run 13:33 and 2:15, has had 3 surgeries since 2000, but has been saved by a miracle drug that wasn’t supposed to work.
- 2012 USOT Marathoner Ricky Flynn arrested for embezzlement
- Time machine: Thought this might be interesting. Letsrun, the birth, the fight for survival, the old school forum (yr 2000).
- Mac Fleet joins OTC Elite
- $93 million indoor track nearing completion in New York
- Sub 14:30 guys. What was your high school 3200 pr?
- African Age Cheating
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!
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
Peachtree Road Race Photos- Lausanne Diamond League Photos Meet Ronald Kwemoi.
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
We wonder if it's normal for an official to tell a coach about a foul he admits he didn't see. Then we start to go off into la-la conspiracy land as we notice a key part of the report regarding Salazar shows up in a different font. To us, the whole report reads like a 5th grader's book report, not a report worthy analysis of a decision that (illegally) fixed the outcome of a national championship race.
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
This week we wonder if there is a skip USAs jinx, marvel at some amazing field eventers, get ready for World Juniors, tell the suits how to market our beloved sport better, praise a racewalker, dash the dreams of those who compare Matt Llano to Ryan Hall, and wonder why Nike seems to be embarrassed by the fact that elite runners are skinny.
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.
US Junior News
LRC LetsRun, Meet Sydney McLaughlin – The 14-Year-Old Who Nearly Beat An NCAA Champ Last Week But Is Too Young For World Jrs!
*DyeStat.com’s Doug Binder: “Is the process for selecting the U.S. junior team fair?”
*MileSplit: Introducing The World Juniors Snub Team Trentavis Friday ran a HS record with 10.00 in the prelims, but won’t go on the 4 x 100 because he false started the final.
RW Asks “Are Too Many Runners Eating Gluten-Free?” Gluten-free diets are popular, but few athletes on them have a medical diagnosis and nutritionists say that could be a problem.
News From The Commonwealth
- Kenyans Worried About Sabotage And That They’ll Be “Tricked” Into Taking Banned Substances At Glasgow Commonwealth Games
- Jamaican TV Station Says Asafa Powell And Sherone Simpson Are Cleared By CAS – Their Agents Say Decision Hasn’t Come Yet
- Meet Sammi Kinghorn, Paralympian 1,500 Racer Whose Back Was Broken By A Forklift Driven By Her Dad At Age 14
She’s dealt with adversity with class. - Scotland’s First Female Commonwealth Games Champion Dies On Eve Of Glasgow 2014 RIP at age 80.
Paralympic 100 Champ Jonnie Peacock Is Fit And Primed To Deliver Again
Jr. News
- HSer Kaylin Whitney Is Named USATF Athlete Of Week After Running 11.10 And 22.40 Whitney, who trains with former doper Dennis Mitchell, was most surprised by the 200.
- Wilhem Belocian Takes Back European Junior Record In 110h At 13.15 – Ready For Clash With Great Britain’s David Omoregie At World Juniors
- LSU Signee Daeshon Gordon Goes To HS In Florida But Runs At World Jrs For Jamaica
Mid-D Stars In The News
Good Ajee’ Wilson Profile: Why Ajee’ Is A Winner “I used to race my mum every year. … It was huge to beat my mum for the first time. I can’t remember when I first beat her, but after I did she stopped racing me.” And for the record, her name is pronounced “ah-jhay.”
- David Rudisha Feels The Best Is Yet To Come “I’m still young and feel that I can do better. Not this year maybe but next year.”
Other News Of Note
- Defense Closes Case But Oscar P Case Is Adjourned For A Month Until Closing Argument
Lauren Fleshman Blogs About Racing Peachtree And Says Her Hero Desi Linden Urged Her To Kick For 15th “Just because I’m not in the place I want to be doesn’t mean I can’t race like the champion I am inside.”- Are The New Generation Of Sports Drinks With Low Osmolarity Like SOS Rehydrate And Osmo Really Better?Tim Noakes is skeptical.
- Tokyo’s Amazing (Good Or Bad, You Decide) Olympic Stadium Will Be Pared Down To Do $3.1 Billion Cost Take
Here is what it looked like. - WADA Releases Total 2013 Drug Testing Figures
- Olympic Hammer Champ Krisztian Pars Throws 82.49m On Home Soil In Szekesfehervar – IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Next Week
Monaco 800s And 1,500s Will Be Special – Kiprop Will Face WR And Kiplagat And Souleiman; Rudisha, Aman, Amos, And Solomon In 800 In other action, world 400m hurdles champion Zuzana Hejnova will race for the 1st time on the year, the women’s 100 is absolutely loaded and for just the 2nd time in history, 6 men with PRs of 2.40 or better will compete.
*Provisional Entry Lists
*MB:Check out the Monaco 200m (men) – – MOST INTERESTING sprint lineup of 2014 !
Commonwealth Games News
“Horrific, Humiliating” Commonwealth Games Uniforms For Scotland Released Interesting to say the least.- After Six Weeks Of Training With Val Adams, Tom Walsh Is Ready To Get Into Competition Shape With Commonwealth Games 20 Days Away
- Greg Rutherford Thought His Career Was Over When He Ruptured A Muscle Last Year, But Now Wants Only Gold At Commonwealths
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson Says She Has A Long Way To Go To Catch Jessica Ennis Hill
- After Injury, Dai Greene Returns To Action, Beats Jehue Gordon In 49.89 In Hungary
- St Kitts And Nevis Names Commonwealth Games Team
LRCMo Farah Was In Hospital Last Week For Two Days, Pulls Out Of This Weekend’s Sainsbury Glasgow Grand Prix A tough year for Mo medically as he passed out after the NYC half in March. *Discuss In Our Forums*Salazar Was So Concerned About Farah That he Skipped World Juniors And Flew To Park City The docs never found anything and the stomach ailment is past him and he’s back to training.
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