Quote Of The Day

“It was unity we wanted, not rebellion. We had watched our leaders rape our country. The country was so diseased that bold reforms were badly needed to settle social, moral, economic and political questions. We fully realised that to be caught planning, let alone acting, on our lines, was high treason. And the penalty for high treason is death.”

– Excerpt from manuscript written by Nigeria’s 1952 Commonwealth Games high jump champion Emmanuel Ifeajuna. Ifeajuna was the first black African Commonwealth gold medalist and was celebrated as a national sports hero, but then in 1967 was executed by firing squad for his role in Nigeria’s civil war.

2014 London Sainbury’s GP In Glasgow *Day 2 Full Results *Day 1 Full Results *Schedule *Day 1 Photos *Day 2 Photos *LRC Emma Coburn Photo Gallery

Day 2: LRC Emma Coburn Takes Down Jenny Simpson’s American Record, Runs 9:11.42 In Glasgow Emma Coburn‘s torrid 2014 continued as she set her fourth PR of the year in the steeple but this one was historic for her and many others in the race. Read all about it.
*LRC Exclusive: Emma Coburn Speaks After Setting American Record In Glasgow A focus on competition, not time, gave Coburn the AR. 
*MB Talk: Emma Coburn 9:11.42 American Record – THANK YOU

*Video Of Emma’s Run
*Coburn Now Dominates All-Time US List With 5 Of The 6 Fastest US Steeple Times And 7 Of The Top 14 A bit overlooked, Stephanie Garcia is now 4th on the US all-time list behind Coburn, Jenny Simpson and Anna Willard as she ran 9:24 in Paris and then again in Glasgow.

IAAF Profile On Dawn Harper, Who Is The World Leader In The 100H In 2014 And Is Making A Comeback In The Diamond League Points Tally It’s 2014, but there is still mention of how she was overshadowed by Lolo Jones when Harper won gold in 2008 and Jones hit a hurdle and missed the medals.

 It's A Jungle Out There 

 More From Glasgow 

US Distance News

Commonwealth Games Start In 9 Days

 It's Sad It Took An Online Campaign To Start This 

Russian Anti-Doping Agency Investigating Coach Viktor Chegin, Who Has Coached 17 Athletes Banned For Doping The investigation is in response to an online campaign led by Aussie Olympic medalist Jared Tallent.

 European Champs Are In August 

Mid-D News

 Glasgow Day 1 

LRC Glasgow Day 1 Distance Recap: Sifan Hassan Wins Again, Hagos Gebrhiwet Returns To Form, The Americans Struggle Mightily In The 5,000 And Jordan Hasay PRs Jordan Hasay was dead last in the 1,500 but was an American bright spot as she still PRed by over 2 seconds. The American men struggled big time in the 5,000. *Day 1 TV Photos

Yohan Blake is wheeled off the track in Glasgow in 2014LRC Sprint/Field Ashton Eaton Celebrates, Yohan Blake Leaves In A Wheelchair, 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.

Friday Glasgow Talk On The Message Board: Official 2014 Glasgow DL Discussion Thread

1,500: JORDAN HASAY with 3-sec PR over 1500m
5,000: 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?

 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

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

  • Wilson_AjeeSF-USAout14Good 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.”

Non-Coburn Glasgow Day 2

Screenshot (454)LRC David Rudisha Is Really Back, Ajee Wilson Keeps Rolling, Silas Kiplagat And Chris O’Hare Impress, And The Consistent Leo Manzano? The non-Emma distance action was pretty good with Rudisha crushing the field @ 800.

Screenshot (401)LRC Glasgow Day 2, Sprints & Field Events: Michelle-Lee Ahye Keeps Winning And Dafne Schippers Is The Netherlands’ Version Of Ashton Eaton Ahye remained perfect in the 100 while Schippers won the 200 over Allyson Felix and set two national records in the span of two hours. There were also wins for Christian Taylor (triple jump), Jeff Henderson (long jump) and Blanka Vlasic (high jump).

Glasgow Photos: Day 2, Day 1
Plus Emma Coburn Photo Gallery:

USADA Trying To Get John Drummond’s Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed It seems likely that this will happen. According to this article the statements made by Travis Tygart and Tyson Gay come from a court affidavit not released to the public and the inquiry into Drummond only became public when he filed his suit against USADA.

 Other News 

International Distance Results *Morton Games Distance Results *Full Harry Jerome Classic Results

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

 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.