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W1500: LRC Jenny Simpson Pulls Away Over Final 50 Meters For Her Second Career Diamond League Victory Indoor WR holder Genzebe Dibaba took this one out very quickly but was caughton the final lap.
*MB: Wow: What a 1500!!!! Jenny Simpson wins it in Stockholm!!!

M5000: LRC Galen Rupp Goes For It, Fades To 13:05 as Muktar Edris Arrives With World Leading 12:54.83 In addition to Edris’ win, Ndiku broke 13:00 for the first time but most of the men in this one were reminded that a 5k is 5000 meters not 2500.
MB: RUPP GOES FOR IT – Comes up short over last 500 – 13:05. 

M800: MB: Adam Kszczot crushes Nijel Amos in 800 – Is this white guy the world’s best ?

Pre-Racee: 5,000: LRC Galen Rupp Battles Caleb Ndiku; Ben True And Hassan Mead Chase Sub-13:00 While many of the top entrants have been racing CGs and African champs, Galen Rupp toes the line for the first time in six weeks – will he get the first DL victory of his career? Plus only one man has broken 13:00 this year – will that trend  continue in Stockholm. Can Cam Levins get the Canadian record?

W1,500/Steeple: LRC Jenny Simpson Vs. Sifan Hassan Vs. Abeba Aregawi; Emma Coburn Highlights Steeplechase These two women’s races are loaded as Simpson will try to get the AR in a race that features 4 of the 5 fastest women in the world in 2014.

*M 800: LRC Can 1500 Man Ayanleh Souleiman End Nijel Amos’ Dominance? Amos has only lost once all year and it was to a 1,500 man and Souleiman is in great shape.

IAAF Full Meet Preview It’s been more than a month since the last DL action. American fans, get pumped.
*Stockholm Press Conference Highlights – Simpson/Rupp Talk Simpson on w1,500: “There is no strong, heavy favorite.” Rupp also talked about why it’s hard to run fast.

It’s Time To Get Excited For Some Fall Marathons

NYC: RRW A Rejuvenated Kara Goucher Is Ready To Race Again: “The passion is definitely back and I am excited for it to start.” An honest Goucher admits that at the end in Portland she was going through the motions, “running it out” as the “passion was kind of gone.” Remotivated, she’s going to race the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September and then New York (not announced but what else could it be?).

Chicago: MB: Kenenisa Bekele vs Eliud Kipchoge in ChicagoMarathon:what do you think about this duel?

Eindhoven: Road 10km And 15km World Record Holder Leonard Komon To Make Marathon Debut On October 12th In Eindhoven, Netherlands Sorry, we initially said Eindhoven was in Belgium.

• The Good: Police: Jogger Saves Kids After Stroller With Two Kids Strapped In Falls Into Reservoir In Brookline, MA
• The Bad: Mo Farah’s Younger Brother Likely Didn’t See His Brother Win The 5,000 As He Was In Jail For Burglary
• Falmouth Race Director Tommy Leonard Celebrated His 81st Birthday Last Week
• Bizarre: Want To Run 6 Days In A Row? On An Indoor Track? Welcome To Six Days In The Dome, An Extreme Running Adventure

2014 Europeans Wrap-Up

• Mark English’s Bronze In 800 Was Ireland’s Only Medal At Euros And Their 1st Mid-D Medal In 36 Years
  *English Also Ran Leg On Irish 4 X 400 Team That Broke National Record Twice In 24 hours The record is now 3:01.67.
• Chris O’Hare Was First Brit To Medal In 1,500 At Euros In 28 Years O’Hare, who is now coached by Terrence Mahon of adidas/BAA, is calling it a season, however, as his hamstring has been killing him.
  *MB: Did anyone realize that Chris O’Hare is now coached by the BAAs Terrence Mahon?
• Ireland’s Paul Robinson Felt Despair As Bronze Medal Slipped Away In Final Strides Chris O’Hare snagged the bronze at the end.
• After Proving In Zurich They Are Europe’s Best, Team GB Looks For Global Supremacy Next
• A Look Back At The Day-By-Day Hhighlights Of Europeans
• Athletics Weekly Asks What Was Better – Euros Or Commonwealth Games? We know one thing. They should only have one of them in a given year.

Trail/Mountain Running

• Pikes Peak: Former CU Buff Allie McLaughlin Wins Women’s Race, Leads Team USA To World Championship
• Former Cornell Runner Sage Canaday Takes Title At Pikes Peak Ascent Canaday led Team USA to a dominant victory.
• Leadville: In 1st attempt, Rob Krar Wins Leadville Trail 100 Ultra-Marathon Race With 2nd-Fastest Time Ever “Without a doubt that was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
• Emma Roca (Spain) Wins Women’s Race

Sprint News – Usain Bolt Finally Runs His First 100 Of The Year

• Usain Bolt Wins “Sluggish” 100m Race On Rio de Janeiro Beach In 10.06 He wanted a sub-10 but destroyed everyone as MLF was second in 10.42. Carmelita Jeter was only 3rd in the women’s race won by Brazil’s Rosangela Santos in 11.33 seconds.
  *I need to compete in more races,” Admits Bolt
  *Bolt Race Video
• British Paper: “Our sprinters are hot on the heels of Usain Bolt.” Calm down, Brits. Euros was won in 10.06. Bolt ran that in his first race of the year.
• 2nd British Paper: “British athletics success sends ripples of fear around the globe.”
• Olympic 4 X 100 Champ Darren Campbell Gives His Opinion On Current British Sprint Stars
• Q&A With World Indoor Champ Richard Kilty, Who Says Michael Johnson Is His Idol

Falmouth Photo Galleries *Road Race *Mile

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 

Mile: