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Quote Of The Day

“I wanted to end him. I looked at him and thought, ‘This is everything that’s wrong with my enemy.’ I’ve never looked at an enemy that was dead and smiled. I’ll go out and fight the enemy but I’ll respect them as much as I can. But the fact that he could look at Gray, Kennedy, Griffin, Abdelfattah and be happy …”

– Captain Flo Groberg, a former University of Maryland XC and track runner, sharing his feelings after he saw an Afghan enjoying the deaths of four on the US’s side.

Michigan Track Classic Is Sunday WebsiteFull Fields

MB: Loaded 2014 Michigan Track Classic with Nick Willis, Ajee Wilson is Sunday – Who You Got?

Nick Willis: “We’re trying to show another side of racing where it’s a spectator sport, not an event to sign up to race.” Willis has organized a great event as he faces Garrett Heath, Mac Fleet, Cory Leslie and many others. Women’s 800 is led by Ajee’ Wilson and Morgan Uceny.

Limited Weekend Results

2014 NACAC U23 Champs – Baylor’s Rachel Johnson, Kentucky’s Matt Hillebrand Win Gold
South African Olympic Marathon Runner Irvette van Zyl Runs Big 32:20 10km On Road Amazingly, that’s the same time that Zola Budd ran on the roads at age 17.

Post-World Jr. And CG News

It’s Been An Up-And-Down Last 12 Months For Jamaica’s Teen Sprint Sensation Michael O’Hara The 10.19 and 20.31w man did get two bronzes at World Juniors, however.
Only A Handful Of People Met Moses Kipsiro And Uganda’s Other CG Medalists When They Returned HomeStephen Kiprotich got a huge welcome when he won Olympic gold in 2012.

Track And Field History 101

Good Read: Catching Up With The British 4 X 100 Team That Shocked The World (And US) By Winning 4 X 100 Gold 10 Years Ago 4 guys, none of whom made individual finals, somehow won gold. Amazing.
History Lesson: 60 Years Ago: Roger Bannister Defeated John Landy In Miracle Mile
Exclusive Interview: Sir Roger Bannister On The Miracle Mile A great read. Bannister, who now has Parkinson’s, talks in great depth about his career. Find out more about him in a new autobiography that just came out:Twin Tracks.
Canadian Runners, Including One Who Was In Race Inspired By Miracle Mile
Q&A With Joan Benoit Samuelson, 30 Years After Her Historic Olympic Marathon Gold In LAA good read for sure on the woman who had knee surgery 17 days before the Olympic Trials.
Adios, Irving! Irving Saladino Announces His Retirement The 31-year-old was the 2007 and 2008 gold medalist and is the only Panamanian to win Olympic gold in any sport.

2014 Bupa Great North Run

Mo Farah To Return To Great North Run On Sept. 7 Farah looks like he’ll be in shape just in time for the post-season $ircuit. Stephen Kiprotich is in the field as well. Last year’s race was legendary. *LRCKenenisa Bekele Holds Off Mo Farah In One Of The Most Thrilling Road Races In History – 2013 BUPA Great North Run
(Lord) Seb Coe Will Play A Key Role In The Bupa Great North Run Millionth Finish Celebrations 1,000,000 finishers over 30 years.
Edna Kiplagat Leads Bupa Great North Run Women’s Field

Oscar P – Closing Arguments

News On The Roads

58:47 Man Atsedu Tsegay Will Take On Defending Champ Philemon Limo Mattoni At The Usti nad Labem Half Marathon On September 16th
Interesting: Mathematical Analysis Used To Determine Projected Finishing Times Of The 5,624 Runners Who Were Stopped Early After The Bombings At The 2013 Boston Marathon There are a few methods and the most accurate seems to be the “nearest neighbor” algorithm, which compares your splits to years of past data to project the finishing time.
Go Figure: Competitor Group Event, “1/2 Of The Half Las Vegas” Sells Out Why a 6.5-mile race? Was the concept of a 10K too complicated for people?
Half Marathon On Monterey Bay In November Offering Added American-Only Prize Money And Bonuses To Olympic Trials Qualifiers

A Real Running Hero

LRCA Real Running Hero: The Flo Groberg StoryTwo years ago, former Maryland track and field and cross-country runner Flo Groberg helped thwart a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. This is his story.

African Champs Start Sunday Schedule (PDF)Meet Website

Commonwealth Games 10,000 Rematch Is Sunday – Kenyans Say Results Will Be Different As Cam Levins Isn’t There To Ruin Their StrategyMoses Kipsiro stole gold and the Kenyans blame Cam or should we say Cameroon. “Cameroon ruined our strategy in Glasgow when he kicked early forcing us to follow him and he looked strong. We also didn’t see Kipsiro sneaking in at the far end.”

CG 10,000 Champ Moses Kipsiro Wants To Switch To Marathon Soon He says he’d already have done it but his agent Ricky Simms insisted he stick to the track.
Nigeria Expects To Dominate Sprints And Medal Count At African Champs
South African Jav Thrower Sunette Viljoen Wants 4th African Title, Then Will Compete In Continental Cup
Many Of Kenya’s Commonwealth Games Starts Will Be Favorites At African Champs, Which Start Sunday Rudisha, however, isn’t competing.

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Our Weekly Recap

WTW Track And Field Promotion 101 (More Alcohol, Less Track), Ford Palmer Goes Sub-4, Another Russian Doper, And Sportsmanship 101 By 800 Legends This week we throw our British visitors a few bones by handing out Commonwealth Games praise and showing the Brits exactly where they are superior to Americans, before reversing course and saying how Ryan Vail > Mo Farah. Along the way, we wonder if Shalane Flanagan is too old to get the AR and talk a lot about Steve Hooker’s wife / a Russian beauty getting busted.