August 28, 2014 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

“The first time I met Jenny, she was wearing a skirt and a cute top. I thought, Oh, she must like to go shopping. She’s not a running zombie.”

– Emma Coburn talking to Newsweek about her training partner Jenny Simpson. Both Coburn and her non-running-zombie training partner Simpson will try to bring home Diamond League titles to America on Thursday.

2014 Weltklasse Zürich Weltklasse Schedule / Results (Thursday 2pm ET) TV / Streaming

Live Analysis: MB: Big Drama in Zurich: Official 2014 Wetlklasse Zürich DL Discussion Thread

LRC Big Drama In Zurich: A Winner Take All 800 And 1,500, Emma And Jenny Go For DL Titles The first of the two DL finals should be spectacular as the winner of the men’s 800 and women’s 1,500 likely will take home $50,000 and a spot into 2015 Worlds, whereas second will get just a $6,000 consolation prize. Plus New Balance teammates Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson try to bring home DL titles to the USA. *IAAF Full Meet Preview
*Press Conference Highlights The presser featured European sprinters Dafne Schippers, James Dasaolu and Adam Gemili as well as discus thrower Sandra Perkovic.
*Update On Overall Diamond League Standings The men’s TJ will come down to Will Claye and Christian Taylor while the 400H is between Michael Tinsley and Javier Culson.
*South Africa’s Andre Olivier Hoping To PR In Loaded 800 “I will go out hard, get into a good position, and just keep my head down and run. I’m not going to look at the splits.”
*Newsweek Takes A Look At Teamwork / Friendship Of Emma Coburn And Jenny Simpson

HS Level

Pro Distance Updates

Mo Farah Talks About His Up-And-Down Season And Plans For The Future Asked if he plans on trying to challenge Kenenisa Bekele‘s 5K/10K WRs at some point Farah says, “Yeah, definitely. It is a big goal of mine at some point next year or after that. I haven’t run a personal best in the 5K for three years.”
*MB:Photographer Gets Loogie in Face from Mo Farah in Middle of 2 Mile
Interview With Alexa Efraimson And Her Coach On Her Training And Other Random Stuff From before the announcement on going pro.
Molly Huddle Hoping Her String Of Good Races Continues At New Haven 20K On Monday She’d like to be US champ, but she’ll face training partner Amy Hastings, among others.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Caster Semenya Her father wanted a boy (ummm …) and her favorite event is the 1,500 (not the 800).
Q&A With Kyle Merber, Who Plans On Ending Season At NYRR 5th Ave. Mile
Lauren Fleshman Blog Post: “Running Buddies Are The Best Motivators”
Coolest Honeymoon Ever? Newlyweds David And Megan Roche Win USATF 10K Trail Championships The race is part of their honeymoon. Next stop is Italy as they’re both repping USA in the World Mountain Running Championships.

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

LRC 2014 Women’s XC Preview: #6 Florida State & #5 Butler FSU and Butler both surprised at NCAAs in 2013. The Seminoles were tabbed for the podium but finished just eighth, while the Bulldogs had a great day to finish third. What can we expect from them in 2014?

*Previous: #8 Stanford, #7 Oregon
*#10 Iowa State & #9 Colorado

Interesting, But Random …

New Research: “Breakfast may just be another meal.” All of the stuff about it being the most important meal has no evidence behind it.
Grand Canyon To Regulate Rim-To-Rim Runners
Study: Soccer And Basketball Teams Can Have Too Much Talent, But Not Baseball (And Presumably XC/Track)
Transfers Of Allegiances: Which Countries Have Gained Or Lost From People Switching From 1998-2014

Sprint/Hurdle/Jump News

Mutaz Essa Barshim Recalls The 3 Favorite Jumps Of His Career The first time he made 2.20, then 2.30 then 2.40.
Columnist: Usain Bolt Says He’s Old But Powell, Gay And Gatlin Are All 5 Years Older
Newly-Retired Hurdler Andy Turner Reflects On His Career The 2010 European champ has a 13.22 PR.
Swiss Youth Olympic Pole Vault Champ Angelica Moser Was Born To Be A Track And Field Star Her dad was an Olympic decathlete and her mom a national level heptathlete.

More Pro News

Did Usain Bolt End His Season Early Just To Work On His Cricket Game?Bolt Playing Cricket Game In India Against Indian World Cup Hero Yuvraj Singh The “match” is on Tuesday.
Women’s Facts And Stats From Euro Champs Belarus’ Maryna Arzamasava won the 800m 28 years after her mother Ravilya Agletdinova won the 1,500m title.
Nick Willis, Sally Pearson, Valerie Adams And Mutaz Essa Barshim Lead Asia-Pacific Team For IAAF Continental Cup

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 2:00.81It 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.

Marathon Stuff

Biopic Planned On World’s Youngest Marathoner, Budhia Singh Of India He reportedly ran 48-marathons by the age of 5.
Santa Rosa Marathon Goes On After 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Race winner Jon Olsen (2:32:37) said, “It went on for 20 or 30 seconds. It was like the building was swirling, not moving back and forth. We were in shock.”

Former Temple Discus Thrower Claims She Was Bullied, Sexually Groped – Suing For $10 MillionThe Temple News has written more than 7,000 words on this but for some reason won’t mention the name of the coach who allegedly groped the athlete. Head coach Eric Mobley has been fired.

Philip Hersh: Why Isn’t The IOC Celebrating The 30th Anniversary Of The 1984 LA Games, Which Saved The Modern Olympic Movement

Next Month’s Road Races

Pretty Cool: Youth Olympic Games Ends With 8 X 100m Relay With Mixed Athletes From All Event Groups And Countries The winning team ran 1:40.20 (about 12.53 a runner), which is 800m just .71 faster than David Rudisha‘s WR.
*Final List Of US Medals/Results

Ferguson, MO Locals Say Running Bridges The Gap Between The Races City councilman Dwayne James talks about the local Twilight 5K, which he says “has done a great job in bringing in a diverse crowd of participants, be it in race, age, or running ability.”

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

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.