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Quote Of The Day

“It’s a fact that the world of marathon changed completely during the last 6 years : different training, different stimuli and, essentially, different mentality. Young athletes approaching marathon today know only THIS type of marathon, this training (harder than in the past) and this interpretation (more aggressive than in the past). They don’t put any limit in their mind, well knowing that, if you want to win, you need to be THERE, with the leading group, without fearing to finish the fuel after 30 km only (also if frequently this is what happens), because today NEVER we see some athlete finishing in top 5 in any marathon coming from behind, like many years ago could happen (think at the victories of Orlando Pizzolato in NY, or Gelindo Bordin in Boston, when after HM they were not in top 20…).”

“Today, everybody runs fast in training for being ready to run fast in competition. Sometimes they are able of unbelievable performances, sometimes they go to burn themselves in training, however this aggressive interpretation is the only way for reaching the top.”

– Renato Canova talking about the progression of the men’s marathon world record and how men’s marathoning is at a completely different level than it was 6 years ago when Haile Gebrselassie was the first man to break 2:04 (and there were only 3 men sub-2:05). Canova thinks it won’t be long before we can see sub-2:02:30, naming Dennis Kimetto himself, Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele as guys who could potentially lower Kimetto’s 2:02:57. What do you think? Discuss on our message board: Renato Canova QOD – He’s right but wrong (Kebede and Korir came from behind, Wanjiru, not Geb attacked in ’08)

NCAA Collegiate XC Analysis

LRC Emma Bates Struggles, Alexa Efraimson Collapses, All Hail Southern Utah And Watch Out For … Furman? Seven Thoughts On XC’s First Big Weekend We give you the scoop on the key XC results from last weekend. Along the way, we also talk about the men of Oklahoma State and Providence.

More: Updated Division I XC Regional Rankings After First Week Of The “Real” Season
Shelby Houlihan And Southern Utah’s Nate Jewkes Are DI Athletes Of The Week After Theirs Race At Roy Griak
High School: Big Upset As #17-Ranked Elmira Girls Beat #1 Nationally-Ranked Fayetteville-Manlius By 4 Points At McQuaid Invitational Unranked Shenendehowa was only another 4 points back in 3rd.

Berlin MarathonPhoto GalleryComplete Coverage Here *Berlin Results

2:02:57 World Record for Dennis Kimetto in the Marathon

LRC Dennis Kimetto 2:02:57: The 2:03:00 Barrier In The Marathon Is Gone Dennis Kimetto and Emmanuel Mutai put on a marathoning exhibition on the streets of Berlin and both broke the previous world record in the marathon and Kimetto was rewarded with a 2:02:57, the first sub-2:03:00 ever. *Video Highlights

*Elites React To Kimetto’s New WR On Twitter Wilson Kipsang: “1 year I was proud to carry the name of WRholder. Now I say congrats to my collegue Kimetto. #focusonNY #onedaymyrecordagain”
*Organizer Press Release *IAAF

Berlin Photo Gallery Updated Again
(Shalane Drinks The Big Beer)

Ethiopia’s Pre-Race Favorite Belaynesh Oljira Wins Carrera de la Mujer 10K In Colombia She ran a CR of 33:52 (the race is at 8,600 ft. elevation). US’s Janet Cherobon-Bawcom was 9th (37:31).

High School XC: Alexa Efraimson’s First Race For Nike

Alexa Efraimson Talks About Collapsing At Stanford Invy In Her First Race As A Pro Efraimson said, “I sold out and gave it everything I have. As soon as I went down, I tried to recover as fast as I could and somehow get to the finish.”
DyeStat High School Weekend XC Recap
*Team Regional Rankings: *Boys *Girls
*Boys Individual Rankings Grant Fisher tops the list.
*Girls Rankings Recent Eritrean immigrant Weini Kelati is only ranked 10th, but consider Stephanie Jenks is ranked 5th and Kelati beat Jenks by 19 seconds in the WJ 3,000.
Dyestat Recap Of NXN Pre-Nationals Great Oak swept the boys and girls team race. They also had the individual winner in Destiny Collins. Gig Harbor’s Tristan Peloquin won the boys race.

Blue Collar

LRC Wannabe Distance God Book Review And Blue Collar Runner Of The Month #2 Unless you ran in the Big 8 Conference in the early 1980s, you’ve probably never heard of Timothy Tays. His book, Wannabe Distance God, explains what it was like for him to run under the legendary Bob Timmons (Jim Ryun‘s coach) at Kansas and how he (like many LRCers, we suspect) struggled to come to terms with the fact that he was never going to be one of the world’s elite. Tays’ story is compelling and his passion for the sport and desire for greatness make him our September Blue Collar Runner of the Month.
Previous BCRM: A Real Running Hero: The Flo Groberg Story Former Maryland track and field and cross-country runner Flo Groberg helped thwart a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. This is his story.

Post-Berlin: And So The Talk Of Sub-2 Hours Begins

RR: Excellent Blog Post From Marathon Coaching Guru Renato Canova: “The ‘2:03:00 Wall’ Finally Falls Down” Canova gives a nice analysis of Kimetto’s WR as well as who he expects can break the WR next and how fast they can run. He thinks it’s not long until someone can run 2:02:23.
*MB: Renato Canova QOD – He’s right but wrong (Kebede and Korir came from behind, Wanjiru, not Geb attacked in ’08)
Wilson Kipsang Says He’s Happy For Dennis Kimetto Breaking His Record, But Thinks He Can Still Run Faster And It Can Soon Be Under 2:02 Kipsang: “If I get a chance, I want to return to the same course in Berlin in 2015 … I believe I can run faster. That record can be brought down to under two hours and two minutes.”
NY Times Writer Thinks We’ll See It In Our Lifetime If the current trend continues, the sub-2 hour mark would go down in a decade or two. We still say no way.
LRC Archive: The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon
Interesting Marathon WR Analysis From Guy Who Predicted Back In 1991 That Someone Might Break 2 Hours Before 2040 He talks about the ideal conditions for a marathon WR attempt, but financial incentives, course and weather conditions.
Kimetto Warns Rivals To Expect Another Decade Of His Marathon Virtuosity Will he get the Masters WR too?
RW’s Roger Robinson Explains Why Dennis Kimetto’s WR Wasn’t All That Historic And That We’re Still Not Close To A Sub-2 Hour Marathon He also asks why women’s marathoning hasn’t progressed like men’s.
Kimetto And Emmanuel Mutai Both Think Sub-2 Hours Is Possible
Cool Event:Kid Relay Runners Have A New Goal Of 2:02:57 Thanks To Kimetto Teams around the world complete the challenge to break the record with kids running 200m each. Apparently one school has already run 1:59:24.

Washed Up Or Coming Back?

Moses Mosop Released From Contract With International Athletics Consultancy The IAC director says, “I have no doubt that Moses can still compete with the best our sport has to offer, only if this was his priority. … Moses has shown disappointing lack of commitment to his training and professional conduct.” Apparently Mosop also broke his contract by entering a race in Italy set for October 11th.
Former Marathon World Record Holder Patrick Makau Will Race Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Half Marathon On October 19th

Berlin Women

LRC Deena Kastor’s American Record Survives As Shalane Flanagan Runs 2:21:14, 2nd-Fastest Time Ever By An American, For Third At 2014 BMW Berlin Marathon Shalane Flanagan went for the AR in Berlin, but paid the price the second half. She was rewarded with a PR and the #2 time ever by an American and a third place finish as Tirfi Tsegaye (2:20:18) and Feyse Tadese (2:20:27) went 1-2 with PRs in front of Flanagan. *Video Highlights
*Shalane Flanagan Has No Regrets After Missing U.S. Marathon Record “We went big. I don’t race conservatively. We’d come to test our limits and we found out today where it was.”

Discuss: Congrats to Shalane Flanagan…
Why Shalane and other Top US distance runners don’t win

Mo Farah’s Brother Faces Deportation From Britain This is Mo’s brother Ahmed Farah. Another brother Omar was recently arrested in Britain for attempted burglary and Mo also has an identical twin, Hassan, who still lives in Somalia.

NCAA XC News *Battle In Boston Results: Men, Women

The Ducks won in Boston for the second straight year

LRC Oregon Men Dominate Battle In Beantown; Edward Cheserek And Eric Jenkins Go 1-2Cheserek and Ducks teammate Eric Jenkins went 1-2 in a slow men’s race as Oregon put four in the top six en route to a dominant win. The Ducks scored 24 to runner-up Syracuse’s 52, with Providence (79) and Georgetown (103) rounding out the top four. *Interviews With Cheserek, Jenkins, Andy Powell, Chris Fox

Westphal was all alone at the end

LRC Michigan Women Win Easily, BC’s Liv Westphal Gets Individual Title Michigan went 2-3-8 (Erin Finn, Shannon Osika, Brook Handler) to win on the women’s side, scoring 55 to runner-up Georgetown’s 77. Syracuse (134) and Boston College (192) were a distant third and fourth.
*Interviews With Liz Westphal, Erin Finn, Mike McGuire, Dana Giordano

Coast To Coast Battle In Beantown Message Board Thread Here