Quote Of The Day
– Shalane Flanagan talking about the confidence she got from her 2:22:02 in Boston this year and her goal of going sub-2:20 and getting Deena Kastor‘s 2:19:26 American record this fall.
- Leer 3:51 mile
- JORDAN HASAY with 3-sec PR over 1500m
- Lagat 13:27.08 is this it for him?
- DOWN GOES LAGAT... to Cam Levins over 5000m!!!
- Most significant person ever to post on letsrun?
- Morton Games: Dunbar 7:45, Huddle 4:26
- RunnersWorld defines the "average runner". - Thoughts?
- Is Jenny Simpson Changing the Women's 1500?
Diamond League Is Back Fri. And Saturday 2014 London Anniversary Games – Sainbury’s GP In Glasgow *Day 1 Full Results*Schedule / Results*Television And Streaming Info (Sat. 10am ET Sat.) *Day 1 Photos *LRCMeet Preview
LRCGlasgow Day 1 Distance Recap: Sifan Hassan Wins Again, Hagos Gebrhiwet Returns To Form, The Americans Struggle Mightily in the 5000 and Jordan Hasay PRs Jordan Hasay was dead last in the 1500 but was an American bright spot as she still PR’d by over 2 seconds. The American men struggled big time in the 5000. *Day 1 TV Photos
LRC Sprint/Field Ashton Eaton Celebrates, Yohan Blake Leaves in a Wheel Chair, McCorory over Richards-Ross, Big Throws by Americans, Alonso Edward is Back in Glasgow The sprint and field action was interesting to say the least.
- More: GB Emerging Sprinter Jodie Wiliams Believes She Is Edging Closer To Her Hero Allyson Felix And Could Eventually Beat Her They’ll race over 200 today. Williams was 2nd to Felix in last month’s Oslo DL meet.
- IAAF: Sandra Perkovic’s Discus Winning Stream Comes To An End As US’s Gia Lewis-Smallwood Gets The Unexpected Win Perkovic hand’t lost a DL meet since July 2012.
- IAAF: Sifan Hassan Only 3-Points Behind Abeba Aregawi In DL Standings Two more races to go.
- Scotland’s 400 Hurdler Eilidh Child Targets Gold At Commonwealth Games After DL Victory
- USATF Report Of US Performances From Day 1
Friday Glasgow Talk On The Messageboard: Official 2014 Glasgow DL Discussion Thread
1500: JORDAN HASAY with 3-sec PR over 1500m
5000: DOWN GOES LAGAT… to Cam Levins over 5000m!!!
*Lagat 13:27.08 is this it for him?
*LAGAT, LEVINS, MEAD, SOI, LONGOSIWA, ALAMIREW, ROP, etc. all racing in Glasgow on Friday!
Sprinting: Down goes Blake! Down goes Blake! Down goes Blake!
*Glasgow DL: Proof that Drug-Testing works
*Jamaican sprinters’ funk – off the sauce with JADCO’s feet to the fire?
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.
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
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.
International Distance Results *Morton Games Distance Results *Full Harry Jerome Classic Results
- Ireland:
Will Leer Shatters 34-Year Old Morton Mile Record With 3:51.82 Victory; Molly Huddle Gets Women’s Record With 4:26.84 Leer won over Pat Casey (3:52.62), Cory Leslie (3:53.44), Zane Robertson (3:53.72) and Kyle Merber (3:54.76). Phoebe Wright won the 800 (2:01.91) as Ireland’s Mark English ran 1:45.79 to beat US’s Ryan Martin (1:45.79). Mexico’s Juan Luis Barrios won the 3K in 7:44.21 over Trevor Dunbar (7:45.09). Ireland got an upset win when Thomas Barr beat world champ Jehune Gordon in the 400H with 48.94. - Canada: Nate Brannen Wins Mile In 3:57.48 As Chris Derrick Is 3rd (3:59.52) Eric Avila was 5th and AJ Acosta 6th, both just over 4-minutes. Canada’s Melissa Bishopwon the 800 (2:00.06) as Erica Moore was 3rd (2:02.14) and Sarah Brown won the mile in 4:26.67 with NCAA 1500 champ Shelby Houlihan 6th (4:33.52).
More Distance News: Tim Danielson Gets Life In Prison
Former High School Phenom Miler Tim Danielson Gets 50-To-Life For Killing His Wife Danielson was the 2nd high schooler to ever break 4:00 in the mile back in 1966.- Good Competitor Q&A With Shalane Flanagan As She Plots An Attack At Sub-2:20 And Deena Kastor’s AR This Fall She feels her 2:22 in Boston was worth sub-2:20 on a faster course.
- Paula Radcliffe Thinks Her Foot Can Handle The Marathon Distance, But Doesn’t Know How Fast
- Ezekiel Kemboi Ahead Of Final Commonwealth Games: “I’m going for gold as always and nothing less since I want to finish on a high.”
NCAA Stuff
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.
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.
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.”
Pre Meet Glasgow News
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
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.
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 !
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.
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
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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