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Quote Of The Day

“I do not feel pressure because of who my parents are. I feel that it’s more of a good thing that I have them there. Someone who’s been through it, someone I can go to for advice who I know is on my side.”

“… [My dad’s] going to say they didn’t have this event when he was younger. He’s going to say – well, he can’t say he ran faster than me when he was my age because I did! That feels pretty good. I’m one step above him.”

– Myles Marshall talking after winning 800 gold at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China with a 1:49.12. Marshall comes from some great genes as his father ran 1:43.92 to make the Olympics and his mother ran 2:00.81. We talk more about Marshall and his parents in this week’s Week That Was.

Week That Was

LRC Usain Bolt And Mo Farah Call It A Season, The Origins Of The Hand Clap, An NFL Star Moves To The Triple Jump, Meet Myles Marshall: The US 800 Star Whose Parents Ran 1:43.92 And 2:00.81 It was a big week on the track with Jenny Simpson winning the 1,500 in Stockholm, so we talk about everything else that happened outside of Stockholm and Birmingham.

Efraimson Goes Pro

Alexa Efraimson Goes Pro With Nike The US HS star will stay with her coach Mike Hickey and still go to college.
*DyeStat Video Interview

Bolt's Done

Bummer:Usain Bolt Pulls Out Of Zurich DL Meet And Decides To End Season EarlyGlen Mills says that he wants him to end the season while he’s ~~unbeaten~~ healthy and injury free.

Saturday Results: Another WR For Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt Runs 9.98 To Break 100m World Indoor Best In Poland The previous record was 10.05 held by Nambia’s Frankie Fredericks from 1996.
*Video
Dathan Ritzenhein Makes Comeback With 49:12 At Crim Festival 10-Miler For 9th Place; Julius Kogo Gets 5-Peat With 46:35 Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton won the women’s race in 52:48.
*Full Results *Discuss
Lawi Lalang Wins Belgium 1,500 In 3:38.93 Over Ryan Hill (3:39.53) And Evan Jager (3:39.68)Andrew Bumbalough and German Fernandez were back in 3:44.
Impressive Throws Highlight Non-Bolt Poland Action Poland’s 2013 world hammer champ Pawel Fajdek set a new NR with 83.48m, the best result in the world since 2008. Reese Hoffa won the SP in 20.81m, Robert Harting took the discus, and in the 110H Cuba’s Orlando Ortega ran a quick 13.03 to beat France’s Pascal Martinot Lagarde (13.06).
IAAF Youth Olympics Saturday Recap: Jamaica’s Jaheel Hyde Sets Youth World Best In 110H Ghana’s Martha Bissah won the girls’ 800m in 2:04.90.
*Zambia’s 16-Year-Old Sydney Siame Wins Youth Olympic 100 In 10.56 For the girls China’s Liang Xiojing won in 11.65 after pre-race favorite Ewa Nikola Swoboda (Poland) was DQed for a false start.

2014 DN GalanFull ResultsLRC Stockholm Photo Gallery Updated 180+

W1,500: LRCJenny Simpson Pulls Away Over Final 50 Meters For Her Second Career Diamond League VictoryIndoor WR holder Genzebe Dibaba took this one out very quickly but was caught on the final lap.
*MB: Wow: What a 1500!!!! Jenny Simpson wins it in Stockholm!!!

M5,000: LRCGalen 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 5,000 meters, not 2,500.
MB:RUPP GOES FOR IT – Comes up short over last 500 – 13:05.

2014 NCAA Cross-Country – LetsRun.com’s Top 10 Countdown

LRC 2014 Women’s XC Preview: #10 Iowa State & #9 Colorado Both Colorado and Iowa State have been consistent top-15 programs for several years. Both teams lost their top 2 from last year’s meet, but still have a chance of being top 10 in 2014. Well tell you how.
Men’s Countdown: *#2 Stanford & #1 Colorado
*#4 Oregon & #3 Northern Arizona
*#6 Portland & #5 Oklahoma State
*#8 Wisconsin & #7 Indiana
*#10 Villanova & #9 Iona

Pro Distance News

Good Q&A With Dathan Ritzenhein Following His 49:12 Comeback Performances At The Crim Festival 10 Miler Ritz talks about his comeback from injury, how he’s enjoyed his time back in Michigan and his future racing plans, which will include the RnR Philly Half next month and a fall marathon (he doesn’t specify which, but pretty much has to be NYC).
Geoffrey Ronoh Dominates Half Marathon In Germany, Wins In 59:45 (Translated From German) Ronoh is the guy who in June was supposed to rabbit a race with Wilson Kipsang but kept going and won it.

Youth Olympic Games Are In The Books *Results

IAAF Youth Olympic Games Final Day Recap: China’s Home Favorite Xu Zhihang Wins 400H In Photo Finish In distance action, Ethiopia’s Kokebe Tesfaye won 1,500 gold in 4:15.38, Kenya’s Rosefline Chepngetich won the girls’ 2,000m steeple as Ethiopia’s Wogene Sebsibe won the men’s race.
Myles Marshall Uses His Parents’ Plan To Win 800 Gold In 1:49.14 Marshall comes from good genes as both his parents are former elite mid-d runners and helped him form his race strategy to win gold. We talk more about Marshall in this week’s Week That Was.
*Day-By-Day Breakdown Of US Performances
IAAF Profile: Jaheel Hyde: “Look out, greatness is coming.”That’s the message Hyde posted on instagram before the 2014 season; a season that saw him win World Juniors in the 400H and the Youth Olympics in the 110H with a world youth best.

2014 Birmingham GPFull ResultsTV / Streaming *MB: Official Discussion Thread

LRC Men’s 600:David Rudisha Goes For World Record, Settles For Dominant Victory Rudisha and American Cas Loxsom went for it on Sunday. Neither got what they wanted but Rudisha ended up with a big victory over the Euro champ.

Men’s Steeple: LRC Jairus Birech Crawls Over Final Steeple Barrier To Win Diamond League Steeple Birech has been so dominant this year that today he could totally butcher the last barrier, crawl over it and still win by a ton. updated with video

MMile: LRC Asbel Kiprop Makes Statement With Convincing Win In Emsley Carr Mile Has Kiprop secretly been the best miler in the world this summer? How did Leo and Centro do? updated with video

w800: LRC Lynsey Sharp Earns First Diamond League Victory Of Her Career As Ajee Wilson Struggles American Brenda Martinez started to like the Brenda of 2013. With video.

MB:Official Birmingham Discussion Thread: Rudisha Goes For The WR In 600

Doping Updates

Former 400 World Champ Amantle Montsho Officially DQed From Commonwealth Games As She Waives Her Right To A Hearing After Her Failed Doping Test Her case now passes to the IAAF and she could face a 2-year ban.
Watch Out, Dopers:WADA To Resume Testing For HGH Testing was suspended more than a year ago when CAS said it was flawed, but it has now been refined and will start being used again.

More Stockholm

The Rest Of The Meet:LRCFull Stockholm Recap: Adam Kszczot Grabs Big Win In 800; Hiwot Ayalew Keeps On Winning In Women’s Steeple Kszczot followed up his victory at Europeans by taking down Nijel Amos in the 800 in a negative-split 1:45 while Emma Coburn was just third in the steeple in 9:20. Allyson Felix and Queen Harrison got wins in the sprints while Nesta Carter won the 100 in 9.96. In the field events, Reese Hoffa won to extend his lead in the DL standings while France’s Renaud Lavillenie‘s 20-meet win streak is history after he failed to clear a height on a poor night for jumping. Plus a B-heat victory for Leo Manzano.
*M800: MB: Adam Kszczot crushes Nijel Amos in 800 -Is this white guy the world’s best?
*MB: Official 2014 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread