2014 NCAA XC – Individual Race

LRCTop 10 Men’s Individual Preview: King Ches And Then Who?Edward Cheserek is the heavy favorite but who can pull off the big upset like he did last year? Remember in recent years, people thought Lawi Lalang and Kennedy Kithuka would never lose a college XC race. Our top 10 has 5 Americans and 5 foreigners in it. Could Stanford really have three in the top 10?

Women’s Top 10 Comes Out Tmw.

Tuesday Action In Europe

• Croatia: Zagreb World Challenge Results: Brenda Martinez Wins 1,500 Brenda’s fine running at the end of 2014 continued with the win in 4:05 as Gabrielle Grunewald was 4th, Brie Felnagle was 8th, and Treniere Moser 11th.
• IAAF Report: Local Star Sandra Perkovic Highlights Winning Discus In 65.09m Two Days After Sudden Death Of Her Coach Russia’s Sergey Shubenkov wins competitive 110H in 13.39 over Orlando Ortega; US’s Nia Ali wins 100H; Blanka Vlasic loses on countback to her countrywoman Ana Simic in HJ.
• Kemar Bailey-Cole Barely Beats Asafa Powell And Mike Rodgers To Win Zagreb 100 In 10.07
• Italy: IAAF Recap Of Roverto Meet: Italian 19-Year-Old Federica Del Buono Wins 1,500 In 4:05.32 Her PR at the start of the year was only 4:16. Kenya’s Cornelius Kangogo won the 5,000 (13:24.01), beating world leader Muktar Edris. Justin Gatlin won the 100 (10.07) as Barbara Pierre won the women’s (11.16). Dayron Robles won the 110H (13.29).

• Usain Bolt Says It Was His Dad Who Convinced Him To Be A Sprinter Instead Of A Cricket Player “My dad said because of the system in Jamaica, it would be better to take up athletics. He said, ‘You just have to run fast in athletics while it’s tougher to get into the national (cricket) team.'”
• Interesting Interactive Graphic Which Shows Sprinters’ 2014 Season Bests Against Their Pre-Season PRsTori Bowie tops the chart, going from 23.99 to 22.18 in the 200 (a 7.54% improvement), while Allyson Felix is on bottom (3.00% slower than her PR). The list is only the top 10 ranked sprinters in 2014, but if Usain Bolt was on it he’d be on the bottom (4.18% slower than his PR).
• IAAF Inside Athletics: Ato Boldon Interviews Jamaica’s World 200 Silver Medalist Warren Weir

We Entertain Our Labor Day Visitors

LRCRunning In The Real World: How Damn Expensive The Sport Is And "You Put A Running Store Somewhere - Let Me Tell You Something - You're Whitening It Up"

Jenny Simpson Talks After Her DL Win

LRC Exclusive Q&A With DL Champion Jenny Simpson After Her Win In Zürich: “I pulled off what seemed at times was impossible odds.” Over the weekend, LetsRun.com caught up with Simpson as she prepares to race the 3,000 at the second Diamond League Final in Brussels on Friday. Simpson talked about the contact at the finish line with Shannon Rowbury in Zurich, why she’s been so successful on the circuit this year and how she’s been inspired by runners such as Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan.

Sunday Morning T&F – 2014 ISTAF Berlin *Full Results

• IAAF Full Recap:Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk Highlights By Breaking The Hammer World Record With 79.58m In the competition was Germany’s former WR holder Betty Heidler, who finished 2nd (75.20m). Orlando Ortega beat Dayron Robles with 13.08 in the 110H, David Storl took the SP over Ryan Whiting; Robert Harting won the discus again.
• LRCFull Results For 2014 ISTAF Berlin Meet Mo Aman edged Taoufik Makhloufi in the 800, Mekonnen Gebremedhin edged Aman Wote in the 1,500, Augstine Choge won the 5,000 as Bernard Lagat was second as he and Lopez Lomong both broke 13:10.
  
• M5k: MB:Nearing 40 years of age, Bernard Lagat run 13:06 gets 2nd Amazing considering he’ll be 40 in 103 days.
• M1,500: MB: Centro 7th in Berlin in 3:34.78 – Gebremedhin over Wote FTW in 3:33 
• M800: MB:Mo Aman beats Makhloufi and Kszczot He got the win in 1:43.53 to the Olympic champs 1:42.53 as Kszczot was 3rd. American Erik Sowinski ran 1:46.
• W800: MB: Ouch – Maggie Vessey DFL in berlin in 2:02.25
• 100: Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart (11.25) And Trinidad And Tobago’s Richard Thompson (10.15) Are The 100 Winners

US 20k Champs Are Monday In New Haven

• Monday: Good Fields Set For USA 20K Champs: Molly Huddle Faces Amy Hastings, Amy Van Alstine, Becky Wade And Adriana Nelson Men’s side has Chriso Landry, Sean Quigley, Diego Estrada, Matt Llano, Fernando Cabada.

• Molly Huddle Is Enjoying Running Road Races After Setting American 5,000 Record“I’ve been checking off the ones I have wanted to do,” said Huddle, who says training partner Amy Hastings is very fit.
• Christo Landry Is One Of The Favorites As He’s Been On Fire In 2014 He’s won US titles at 10 miles, 25k and 10k. Can he add 20k? Sounds like it. “It’s been a high-mileage summer,” Landry said. “I’ve been hitting goals I haven’t seen before.”
• Wife Is Running New Haven 20k With Her Husband’s Bib After He Died Of Brain Cancer After 36-Straight Finishes

More Upcoming Races

• Cool Race Sep. 6th: Christine Ohurogu, Lynsey Sharp, Jenny Meadows And Eilidh Child To Race Over 500m At Great North CityGames Two 800 runners vs. 400 and 400H sprinters. Should be interesting.
• Yuki Kawauchi Racing Sunday’s City To Surf Marathon In Australia
• Two Weeks: Africa Announces Team For IAAF Continental Cup Stacked distance squads including Nijel Amos, Mohammed Aman, Caleb Ndiku, Isiah Koech, Eunice Sum, Hellen Obiri, Genzebe Dibaba, Hiwot Ayalew.
• Preview Of Sunday’s Hokkaido Marathon – Masanori Sakai (2:09) And Yuri Kano (2:24) Lead Men’s And Women’s Fields

2014 Weltklasse Zürich*Full Results

W 1,500 LRC Jenny Simpson Does It – Wins Diamond League Final And Title By Diving Across The Finish LineJenny Simpson threw herself across the finish line, just holding off Shannon Rowbury, to win the race and DL crown plus lay claim to the title of “World’s Best 1,500 Runner.”

M 5,000 LRCCaleb Ndiku Wins Race & Diamond League Title; Galen Rupp Hangs On For 3rd Rupp was right with Ndiku with 200 to go and didn’t quite have enough but still hung on for his best 5,000 of the year. Ben True (8th) also ran well and was in contention at the bell.

M 800 LRCNijel Amos Wins Vs. A Loaded Field To Show He’s Best In The World In 2014Let there be no doubt. Nijel Amos is the best 800m man in the world in 2014. Amos, already the Commonwealth Games champion and the African champion, is now the Diamond League champion after his 1:43.77 win versus a stacked field.

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