– Lauren Fleshman, talking in a New York Times feature on Oiselle’s use of pro runners, not models, when presenting its new styles at Fashion Week.
Women: RRW Jenny Simpson Holds Off Brenda Martinez To Become First-Ever 3-Time Champ It was a New Balance 1-2 in a race where the top 2 both broke 4:20. Mary Cain was just 10th. *Race Video
Men: RRW Jordan McNamara Edges Garrett Heath In Photo Finish At Line Heath and McNamara both ran 3:51.0 as 2012 champ Matthew Centrowitz was sixth. *Race Video
Kaliese Spencer Hasn’t Lost A 400 Hurdles Races Since Her First One Of The Year In Early May
LRC Full Day 1 Recap: Souleiman Runs 50.09 Final Lap To Win 1,500m Over Kiprop, Eunice Sum And Ajee Wilson Entertain Again With a ton of $$$ on the line, the races meant a lot to everyone involved and the women’s 800 and men’s 1,500 did not disappoint. The men’s 1,500 had the 3rd-fastest close-ever. Francena McCorory went sub-50 in the 400 and LaShawn Merritt got another win. We recap all the events.
*Day 1 Race Videos & Highlights
*IAAF Day 1 Recap: Europe Leads After Day 1 After Hosts Africa Have Brief Moments In Spotlight
*IAAF: Event-By-Event Recaps
*Event-By-Event Predictions
MB: Official 2014 Continental Cup – Marrakech, Morocco 9/13-14 – Discussion Thread
Drug Cheat Matthew Kisorio’s Revival Continues With Half Marathon Win He dominated in Kenya and ran under 65 (time says 64:60, which makes no sense).
WTW Was The Great North Run Fixed? Chicago Is Loaded (Up Front) With Talent, Betsy Saina’s Dream 2014, NCAA XC Gets Under Way And Proof That Indoor Track Is As Fast As Outdoor We ponder if Mo Farah‘s Great North Run win was fixed (with video), praise Betsy Saina‘s incredible 2014, get excited about the BofA Chicago Marathon, talk a little NCAA XC and Eric Jenkins, and ponder indoor vs. outdoor tracks in light of Galen Rupp‘s 1,500 in Brussels.
IAAF Preview Of Sunday’s Usti nad Labem Half Marathon: 4th-Fastest Man Of All Time Atsedu Tsegay (58:47) Leads Field He’ll face Simon Cheprot (59:20) and Azmeraw Bekele(59:39). Ethiopia’s Firehiwot Dado leads the women’s field with Correti Jepkoech (31:05 10K) and Helah Kiprop (1:07:19).
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