Quote Of The Day
– Nick Willis after setting a new Michigan state record of 3:53.50 at the Michigan Track Classic on Sunday.
Mid-Day Update
LRCNijel Amos Slays Another Giant, Takes Down Mo Aman and Wins 2014 African Championships 800 Let there be no doubt, Amos is the current ruler of the men’s 800. Talk about a negative split, 57-51.
Kenenisa Bekele Will Run His Second Career Marathon At The 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Bekele ran 2:05:03 in Paris and says his goal is to break the 2:03:45 CR in Chicago. *Discuss
Michigan Track Classic *Results*Website*Full Fields
MB:Nick Willis runs fastest mile ever in Michigan (3:53.50) wins 2014 Michigan Track Classic, Ajee Wilson wins 800 in 2:00.29 (updated) 7 guys broke 4:00 and Wilson won by nearly a second. *MLive.com Recap
- Pre-Race: MB: Loaded 2014 Michigan Track Classic with Nick Willis, Ajee Wilson is Sunday – Who You Got?
Other Weekend Results
- MB:2014 NACAC U23 Champs Final Day- Michigan’s Erin Finn (16:06) and ASU’s Shelby Houlihan (2:03.00) win gold
- MB:2014 NACAC U23 Champs – Baylor’s Rachel Johnson, Kentucky’s Matt Hillebrand Win Gold
- Asafa Powell Defeats Marvin Bracy In Brazil, Runs His Fastest Time Of Year (10.02)
- 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.
- Brazil’s Jucilene de Lima Sets New National Javelin Record Of 61.99
Week That Was
WTWChris Solinsky or Galen Rupp? Mo Farah is No Bannister or Rudisha, Anniversary for Joan Benoit, Love for Kendal Williams
Hard to believe now, but before he got injured Chris Solinsky may have had the better career than Galen Rupp. That and much more as we analyze the past week.
Long-D News
- Man Breaks World Record For 24-Hour Barefoot Run With 137-Miles Andrew Snopes ran 136.98-miles on an indoor track in Alaska. He says he only started running 3-years ago when he was inspired by the book, “Born to Run”.
- IAAF Work, Rest And Play Interview With Italy’s World Marathon Silver Medalist Valeria Straneo The last book she read? Christopher McDougall‘s “Born to Run”.
Previous African Champs News
Eritrea’s Nguse Amlosom (Tesfaldet) Wins Eritrea’s First-Ever Medal (And Gold) At African Champs In Men’s 10,000 Morocco’s Mustapha El Aziz was 2nd and CG silver medalist Josphat Bett was third as Moses Kipsiro was a DNS.
- Athletics Kenya Screws Up Again?Kenyans Struggle On Opening Day After Disastrous 32-Hour Travel Time From Glasgow And to top it all off, some had to compete in the wrong uniforms. “I have run disappointingly slow times that I didn’t imagine I could run in a continental event.”
- Mercy Cherono And Genzebe Dibaba Set For Clash In Women’s 5,000
- 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.
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.
Random
- The Fastest NY 800 HSer Ever – Jeff Van Wie – Is The Writer Of New Movie – “4 Minute Mile”Van Wie ran 1:48.56 in 1983. *MB: “4 Minute Mile” – Have any of you seen this new movie yet?
- Competitor.com: Is the Paleo Diet Good For Runners?
- Jamaica’s World Junior Team Captain Jonielle Smith (11.32 100, 22.36 200) Is Going To Auburn
Random Stuff
- Barcelona 1992 Olympic Stadium To Be Turned Into Sports Amusement Park With Virtual Reality Competitions Against The Pros
- Japanese athletes told not to wear team tracksuits to avoid attack at Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games This due to the poor relations between Japan and China.
- Glasgow 2014 Athlete Memorabilia Being Sold Off Random stuff such as couches used in the athletes village as well as bigger items like the baton used by Usain Bolt in the 4×100.
- Recap Of British Masters Championships
Europeans Start Tuesday *Schedule/Results *Watch Live On 9 Feeds
The Recently-Engaged Chris O’Hare Is Ready For Europeans: “None of the guys who beat me in Glasgow are going to be at the Europeans.”- Ireland’s 21-Year-Old 800 Ace Mark English Is Ready: “I know I’m in the best shape of my life.” 1:44.84 man English is still coachless (LRC will coach him for free) and enjoying still being a student.
- European Athletics Preview of Long Distance Events No one in Europe has broken 13:10 this year.
- Mo Farah Is In A League Of His Own
- Good Profile Of Irish 400 Hurdler Thomas Barr He and his sister Jessie have both won multiple Irish titles.
- James Dasaoulo: “Our 4 x 100 relay team can break the British record.” We’d hope so as it includes 3 of the 5 Brits who have ever broken 10.00.
New Generation Of British Sprinters Set To Come Of Age At Euros World Junior 100 champ Dina Asher-Smith leads the way.- Goldie Sayers Delighted At Being Named UK Captain
- LJ Olympic Champ Greg Rutherford Wants European Gold, Then Winter Olympic Gold In 2018 In Bob Skeleton
- Preview Of The Jumps At Europeans
- Bohdan Bondarenko Has The World Record In Sight
A Few Interesting Links We Found On A Slow Weekend
- MB:Chris Solinsky leaving Portland – accepts coaching gig at William and Mary Just four years and two days ago, he was running 12:55 and a few months before that 26:59.
- NY Times Sunday Magazine: Does Hosting The Olympics Make Money? Does It Matter? “(Hosting is) like a wedding. … It won’t make you rich, but it will make you happy.”
- How Sports Looked When Sports Illustrated Launched In 1954 – The Miracle Mile With Roger Bannister Was A Big Feature
- TFN Q&A with Duane Solomon, Who Is Hoping For “Second-Wind” When DL Season Starts Up Again Solomon talks about a disastrous first trip to Europe and his love for the meet in Monaco.
- A Fast Buck: How Usain Bolt Made £13.7m – Yahoo Finance UK
- Q&A With Evan Jager
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