– Kenenisa Bekele talking to the Chicago Tribune‘s Phil Hersh about his track career and his preparation for the upcoming BOA Chicago Marathon. Bekele will preview the course from home using google maps (PS – NRR: A LRC staffer loved the book on the Indian boy who found his mom using google maps).
LRC2014 Men’s XC Preview: #10 Villanova & #9 Iona Each day over the next 10 days, we’ll be counting down two teams at a time from our NCAA Top 10. Today, we start with the men and #10 Villanova. ‘Nova has everyone back from last year’s 18th-place finish and will rely heavily on 13:31 Aussie Patrick Tiernan, while Iona will reload from a 6th-place finish with its own Aussie, 7:57 3k man Chartt Miller.
RR#1: Phil Hersh Profiles Kenenisa Bekele’s Preparation For 2014 Chicago – Bekele Says He Has No Regrets About His Track Career Bekele says he’ll do more long runs in preparation for Chicago as the marathon in Paris was harder than he thought it would be.
RR#2: German Long Jump Champ Gets Huge Feature In NY Times – And For Good Reason – He’s Got 1 LegMarkus Rehm won the German nationals with a massive 8.24 (27+ feet), which would have won him silver at Euros (which the Germans wouldn’t let him compete in). We don’t get the controversy – the IAAF should 100% ban all athletes with prosthetic legs.
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LRC Stephen Sambu Breaks Away To Win Falmouth Road Race By 45 Seconds; Betsy Saina Wins Close Affair Over Gemma Steel, Molly Huddle Sambu’s incredible summer continued as Ben Bruce was 4th. Huddle was third on the women’s side.
*MB:And the winners of 2014 Falmouth Road Race Are … Stephen Sambu and Betsy Saina (Molly Huddle 3rd, Ben Bruce 4th).
LRCKyle Merber, Katie Mackey Win Titles At Falmouth Mile Merber left it late but swung wide on the final turn to beat David Torrence and get revenge on Garrett Heath, who beat him at the Michigan Track Classic last week, running 3:56.46 for the victory as Jordan McNamara was a non-factor. Mackey went wire-to-wire and ran away from Stephanie Brown and Morgan Uceny to win in 4:27.79.
*MB:Merber wins Falmouth mile!*MB:Katie Mackey wins back-to-back Falmouth Miles
M800: LRC Poland’s Adam Kszczot Destroys Men’s 800 Field Over Final 150m To Take Gold, World #2 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Stunningly Finishes Last There is a reason why they run the race. Two youngsters, a 20-year-old Pole and 21-year-old Irishman, got silver and bronze.
*MB:Bosse goes home DEVASTATED! 2014 world #2 (1:42.53) finishest last in European 800 final
*English Happy With Bronze For Ireland: “It’s nice not to be known as a time triallist anymore, that I can actually medal!”
W1,500:LRC Sifan Hassan Outkicks Abeba Aregawi To Win 1,500Next up for Hassan and Aregawi. A race with Jenny Simpson. Will the AR fall?
*MB: Sifan Hissan takes down Abeba Aregawi for 2014 European 1500 title, Laura Weigthman gets bronze.
*Steve Cram Told Laura Weightman To Chill Until 600m Remained
M1,500/WSteeple Prelims: RRWHenrik Ingebrigtsen And Chris O’Hare Win Two 1,500 Heats At Europeans To Advance To Final Women’s steeple heats also are done – 10:00 got you into the final.
*Chris O’Hare: “I’ve got a healthy shot of the silver or bronze medal.”
RRW:Redemption For Mekhissi-Benabbad In 1,500, Second Gold For FarahAntje Moeldner-Schmidt won the women’s steeple.
*MBMahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Keeps Shirt On, Wins 1,500 He did showboat as he crushed everyone but the clothes stayed on. Henrik Ingebrigsten got silver and former Tulsa runner Chris O’Hare bronze.
*MB:Farah completes the double – Wins 2014 European 5,000 with 2:22:85 last 1000m
Marathon: RRW With Come From Behind Effort, Daniele Meucci Wins European Marathon Title Poland’s Yared Shegumo got silver and Russia’s Aleksey Reunkov bronze.
Steeplechase: Four Years After Beating Cancer, Germany’s Antje Moldner-Schmidt Earns Another Emotional Victory
Good Read For Everyone Over The Age Of 35: Jo Pavey Proves You Don’t Have To Be Child Prodigy To Be Great Research has shown you can be a greater writer or athlete even at an advanced age.
New Super-Expensive Yohan Blake Watch Debuts LRC has been unable to confirm rumor that the watch is designed to break down every 6 months.
Road Race:
*MB: Who is the woman running with Meb in these four photos? Wow! (link fixed)
*MB:Tara Erdman…now I know how she keeps a sponsor
RRW Saturday Recap: Lynsey Sharp Tries To Pull A Rudisha, Ends Up Second In 1:58.80 PR, Sifan Hassan Comes Up Short In Quest For 5,000/1,500 Maryna Arzamasova sat on Sharp and ran a 1:58.15 for gold.
*Meraf Bahta Wins In 15:31.39 Bahta is originally from Eritrea.
*Sharp Reflects On New, Bold Strategy: “I’m proud as two years ago I wouldn’t have raced like that.”
LRC Profile The Long Road: Jordan McNamara’s Injury-Filled Path To Success A big fan of the sport since HS when he had pictures of Webb, Lagat and Goucher on his wall, Jordan McNamara is so determined to rise to the top that 14 stress fractures haven’t been able to stop him from becoming one of America’s best milers. Plus insight on OTC members Ben Blankenship, Pat Casey, Hassan Mead, Ciaran O’Lionaird and Andrew Wheating.
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