Commonwealth Games *Full Schedule And Results *TV And Streaming Info *5k Photos

What an 800!! LRC Commonwealth Games Men’s 800 Preview: David Rudisha vs. Nijel Amos in a Championship Race There are no global outdoor championships this year, but world-record holder Rudisha vs. world leader Amos in the Commonwealth Games is a pretty good replacement. Kenya’s 1:42 man Ferguson Rotich (who beat Rudisha in Monaco), NCAA champ Brandon McBride of Canada and World Indoor bronze medallist Andrew Osagie of England are also entered. Set you DVR for 2:50 pm ET Thursday.

MB: Men 5,000: Calen Ndiku And Isiah Koech Go 1-2 As Zane Robertson Susprises With Bronze This one was exciting but no one could match Ndiku over the final 200 as he finished off a 54.11 last lap and 4:02 last 1,600 to win. The big surprise was the bronze by Zane Robertson. His twin was right in it as well until a late fall. Wisconsin runner Mo Ahmed was a surprising 5th in 13:18. *Photos *Results
*Athletics Weekly Recap Ndiku: “When I was approaching that finish line I couldn’t stop smiling, I realised it was my dream coming true. I had so much passion. I was meant for the podium.”

Australia’s Michael Shelley Wins Marathon Gold The Aussie, who won silver last time, won in a PR of 2:11:15 over Kenya’s Stephen Chemlany, the former Iona runner who has a 2:06:24 PR.
*MB: Michael MF Shelley — Commonwealth Marathon Champion *The Independent On Shelley

Kenya Goes 1-2 In Women’s Marathon Flomena Daniel and Caroline Kilel get gold and silver as Daniel ran 2:26:45.

• More: IAAF Full Day 1 Recap
• Be Inspired: 17-Year-Old Rosefelo Siosi From The Solomon Islands Treated To The “Hampden Stadium Roar” As He Finishes 5,000 Dead Last In 16:55
• Be Inspired X 2: England’s Former 230-Pound Chain Smoker Steve Way Breaks British Masters Record With 2:15:16 10th-Place Finish Afterwards, Way was in tears and said, “I just couldn’t have wished for a better day. I normally say something is second best to my wedding day, but this matches it.” *2nd Article
• England’s Adam Gemili Fastest In 100 Heats With 10.15 Blessing Okagbare had the fastest women’s time in the heats with 11.20. The bigger news, though, is that Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye, who had the fastest time coming in with 10.82, pulled out of the Games after getting second in her heat to advance.
• Worth A Read: This Is Why Journalists Get A Bad Reputation This journalist criticizes the media for asking Bolt some weird questions in his press conference on Saturday. Some funny photos of Bolt’s facial reactions.
• Full Rundown Of Day 4 Of CGs As It Happened

Saturday US Action: Bix 7 – Molly Huddle Stays Hot *Top 25 Results

LRC Molly Huddle Crushes Bix 7 Women’s Field – Wins USA 7-Mile Champs She ran 36:13 (5:10.4 pace), the 4th fastest Bix Time ever, and won by 1:07 over Sarah Hall. Sean Quigley won the men’s race over Maverick Darling in 33:27 (4:46.7 pace).
Pre-Race: Huddle Hopes Speed Translates From Track To Roads

Run Track Town HP Meet: RRW Jordan McNamara Wins 1,500 In 3:39.03 Over Kyle Merber And Pat Casey Robby Andrews kicked down Elijah Greer to get NJ-NY Track Club the 4 x 800 win over OTC (7:16.22 to 7:16.41). Laura Roesler led the women’s team that won in 8:07.65. Christian Taylor won the TJ while Aleec Harris ran 13.14 to beat Aries Merritt in the 110H. *Full Results

Ryan Shay Mile: Heather Kampf (4:21) 3-Peats, Sets Event Record At Ryan Shay Mile, Rob Finnerty (3:56) Wins Men’s Race (updated with article)
*MB Thread

Day 4: LRC Men’s 5,000: Yomif Kejelcha And Yasin Haji Go 1-2 As Ethiopia Completes Gold/Silver Sweep Of 5ks Kejelcha put on a show at the end of this one, running his last 1,600 in 4:07 and breaking the race wide open before winning in 13:25. So good, he reminded us of Kenny B in 2008. Americans Colby Gilbert and Brian Barraza were 9th and 13th, respectively.

• Day 4 Recap: US Dominates The Sprints, Led By Trentavis Friday’s Barely Wind-Aided 20.04 200 Victory US’s Kaylin Whitney won the women’s 200 and Kendall Baisden the 400.
  *Oregonian: Whitney Was Almost DQed For A False Start Before Winning 200 She got a “yellow card” for what looked like a false start, but ended up being an issue with her blocks.
• Not Good: USATF Clerical Error Keeps US Shot Putter Aaliyah Pete Out Of World Junior Meet Shame on the IAAF for not bending the rules for what was clearly a human error. If Jamaica did this at Worlds next year with Usain Bolt would they really not let him race?
  *MB: USATF drops the ball again!
• RRW: Ethiopians Kejelcha, Haji Go One-Two In 5000m at WJC

Day 4 AM: LRC W 1,500/M 800 & Steeple: Alexa Efraimson & Elise Cranny Both Move On To Final; American Tre’tez Kinnaird Advances In 800, Bailey Roth Breaks US HS Record In Boys Steeple Efraimson and Cranny were both auto qualifiers to the final but medals are going to be far from easy. The 35-year-old record US HS boys steeple record fell.
*South Eugene HS Coach Jeff Hess Was On Site To Watch Bailey Roth Take Down His Steeple Record
*RRW: Worth The Wait: Bailey Roth Breaks 35-Year-Old USA H.S. Steeplechase Record
*RRW: Alexa Efraimson, Dawit Seyaum Advance On Day Four
*MB: Bailey Roth breaks 35 year old steeple HSR!
*MB: Alexa and Elise both Qualified for 1500 Final

Commonwealth Games Track Action Starts Sunday

• Wales’ 400 Hurdler And Team Co-Captain Rhys Williams Out Of CGs For Failing A Drug Test This is the second Welsh athlete to test positive in the lead-up to the CGs as did 800 runner Gareth Warburton.
  *Former CG Medalist Christian Malcolm Defends Rhys Williams, Saying “He is always someone who’s been anti-drugs.” Are there any pros who are publicly pro-drugs?
• Recommended Read: England’s Steve Way Used To Weigh 230 Pounds And Smoke 20 Cigarettes A Day; Now He’s A 2:16 Marathoner Way started running just go lose weight and get healthy, but got faster and faster and qualified for the CGs by being the 3rd Brit in London. Also, he’s 40 years old and works a 9-to-5 job while putting in 130-mile weeks.
• Profile On England 2:31 Marathoner Alyson Dixon, Who’s In The Shape Of Her Life After Coming Back From Running 2011 Worlds With 3 Broken Bones In Her Foot
• England’s Richard Kilty Hoping To “Shock” People In 100 As He Did When He Won The World Indoor 60
• Athletics Weekly Previews
  *Men: *Distance *Sprints *Jumps *Throws *Multis/Relays
  *Women: *Distance *Sprints *Jumps *Throws *Multis/Relays

Ritz / Webb Updates

• Dathan Ritzenhein Hopes To Race Within The Next Month As He Is Training At 85% As He Comes Back From His Sports Hernia He made the move back to his home state of Michigan last month. He says he won’t do a fall marathon, but probably a 10K or half.
• Good Read: Alan Webb Talks About His “Dream Goal” Of Making The Olympics In The Triathlon And Explains The Process To Get There Some good stuff here from Webb and his wife about his tri training and his mile AR.