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Quote Of The Day

“It all came good in Frankfurt. I ran from 30 to 35 k in around 15:03 and I thought, hey, amazing, I’m really on to something here. It was just like Renato said, you fill up the tank, the training makes you lose weight, you’re lighter and you gain speed. … You are appreciated much more in the marathon. Nothing against the track races and the Diamond League, in fact, I joke that my road races finance my track appearances!”

– Germany’s Arne Gabius talking after running 2:09:32 in his marathon debut at the 2014 Frankfurt Marathon. Gabius is coached by Renato Canova and is the first German to go sub-2:10 in 24 years. *MB: Arne Gabius EZ and LR pace: 5:50 min/mi – Never runs slower …

NCAA XC Conference Mania Begins *LRC NCAA Polls Open

LRCPac 1012 Preview: Can Anyone Stop Colorado or Cheserek? What About Shelby Houlihan or the Oregon Women? The Pac 12 meet is the best XC conference meet in the country and we break it down for you.
On the boards: Pac 12 Predictions

LRCXC Fan Polls: Who Are Your Top 10 in the Nation and in the Power Conferences? We want your votes.

Women Making News

NYT: 1/3 Of Elite Women In NYC Are Mothers Including Kara Goucher: “I watched Paula win New York, basically leading from the starting gun to the finish tape, and afterward she picked up her baby. I realized I can do both. And I want to do both.”

Kate Grace Is Inspired By Her Mom Kathy Smith – A Fitness Icon Who Sold 16 Million Videos “My mother also taught me the value of the full-body workout of strength, flexibility and mobility.”

NYC Marathon Is Next Sunday

Desiree Linden Feels Ready For Her NYC Marathon Debut She says she’d like to run around 5:30 pace (2:24) and a top 5 finish.
13 Celebrities Running The 2014 NYC Marathon List includes Caroline Wozniacki and former NY Giants running back Tiki Barber.

Other Pro News: USA Is #1

All-Athletics.com Ranks USA As The Top Track And Field Nation In 2014 With Russia And UK 2nd And 3rd The overall athlete rankings have Justin Gatlin and discus thrower Sandra Perkovic as the top athletes of the year.
Lengthy T&F News Q&A With Molly Huddle Huddle talks a lot about her 2014 season and the balance between 5,000 and moving up to the 10,000.
Allyson Felix And Paula Radcliffe Participate In Nike Fashion Show In NYC

On The Roads This Weekend

Athletics Weekly Preview Of Sunday’s Bupa Great South Run 10 Miler Kenya’s Great Birmingham winner Joel Kimutai faces 26:51 10K man Emmanuel Bett, as well as Commonwealth Games marathon champion Michael Shelley and GB’s Andy Vernon. Linet Masai vs. Gemma Steel on the women’s side.
Podcast With Frankfurt Marathon Defending Champion Vincent Kipruto Kipruto wants to break his 2:05:13 PR.
Former African Silver Medalist Irene Kipchumba Headlines Field For Sunday’s Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon So far 20,000 have signed up and they expect to break the 25,000 barrier. Even Kenya has mass participation races.

Random But Interesting

Shoplifter Gets Chased Into Woods And Apprehended By Ultrarunning Employees A rumor said that one employee yelled to the crook, “Man, I can do this for about 23 more hours!”
One Heck Of A Family Reunion:31 Members Of The Hughes Family Running Dublin Marathon To Break World Record For Most Family Members In Same Marathon Apparently, 30 years ago, eight of the Hughes brothers ran this race together to set a WR for “most siblings to complete a marathon.”
NY Times: How Music Can Boost A High-Intensity Workout The study found that listening to music led to higher power output while keeping the same perceived effort level.
*MB Archive: Dumb Arizona female runner calls out Olympic runner for running with headphones

US Sprinting News

Justin Gatlin And Francena McCorory Named North American, Central American And Caribbean Athletes Association (NACAC) Athletes Of The Year Tori Bowie was named “Emerging Female Athlete” while Kaylin Whitney got the junior female award.
Allyson Felix Says She’s More Willing To Explore The 400 In 2015

Sprint Stuff

After Getting Dropped By Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jeff Demps Joins The Colts In the past, Demps was putting more emphasis on track, but now says he’s “putting everything into football.”
2014 US 200m Champ Jeneba Tarmoh Thinking About Switching Nationalities To Represent Sierra Leone At Rio 2016 Tarmoh’s parents immigrated from Sierra Leone shortly before she was born.
*LRC Archives: An Insider’s Look At the Jeneba Tarmoh, Allyson Felix 100m Tie Fiasco At The 2012 Olympic Trials
Cool Video:The World’s Toughest 400 Race The “Red Bull 400” in the Czech Republic goes straight up a ski slope with 200m vertical gain over a 400m race.

Half Marathon News

The Wall Street Journal Looks At The Meteoric Rise In The Popularity Of The Half Marathon “The business plan wasn’t promising: Take a storied running event, chop it off in the middle and give it a name like a second-rate movie sequel. Yet the half marathon has become … the darling of amateur distance runners.”
Should The Half Marathon Have A New Name? Should it be called “Pikermi” after a town in Greece that is about halfway between Marathon and Athens?
Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Launching Second “First Lady’s Half Marathon” To Raise Money For Better Healthcare The race will be on March 8th.

Sunday/Monday International Road Results *Frankfurt Results

Frankfurt Marathon: At Age 38, Mark Kiptoo (2:06:49) Leads Kenyan Sweep Of Frankfurt Marathon (Updated) Kiptoo, who didn’t start running until age 29, won a tight 3-way finish overMike Kigenand Gilbert Yegon after coming up 1 second short last year. 2:04:32 man and Dubai winner Tsegaye Mekonnen, who wanted to run 2:03, went out fast but ended up a DNF at 30k, as did Meselech Melkamu. Germany’s Arne Gabius 2:09:32 in his debut. Aberu Kebede won the women’s race (2:22:21). *2nd Article
*MB: 2014 Frankfurt Marathon Live Discussion Thread
Audio Interview With Mark Kiptoo The well-spoken 38-year-old says he’d like to go for the 2:08 world masters record in a couple of years.
Germany’s Arne Gabius After 2:09 Marathon Debut: “The Olympic Marathon is everyone’s dream.” Gabius is coached by Renato Canova and is the first German to go sub-2:10 in 24 years. *MB Thread
Great South Run 10 Mile: Ethiopia’s World 10,000 Bronze Medalist Belaynesh Oljira Wins Great South Run She ran 52:40 to outkick GB’s Gemma Steel (52:42). Kenya’s James Rungaru was the surprise winner in the men’s race with 46:31. *Athletics Weekly Recap
Italy: Ethiopia’s Behailu Mamo (2:16:45) And Konjit Tilahun (2:40:20) Win Windy Venice Marathon
Japan: Kenya’s Jackson Limo (2:11:43) And Belarus’ Maryna Damantsevich (2:33:04) Win Osaka Marathon
Nairobi: Peter Kosgei (2:12:24) And Eunice Jeptoo (2:43:15) Win Nairobi Marathon This doesn’t appear to be the Peter Kosgei that went to Hamilton.
France: Titus Mbishei (59:12) And Peris Jepchirchir (70:04) Win Marseille-Cassis 20km In France Mbishei won World Jr. 10k silver in 2008.
Monday: Preview Of 2014 Dublin Marathon The race also serves as the Irish national champs.

AP: Unpaid Volunteers Worth Millions To Olympics An estimate said it would cost at least $100 million to pay Rio’s 70,000 volunteers a minimum wage to work two weeks at the games.

Former Boise State Sprinter Nick Cunningham Wins First Race At US Bobsled Team Trials

America’s Next Star?

MB:Austin Tamagno Breaks Famed Mt. SAC Course Record – Runs 14:23! Tamagno could be America’s next great miler as he’s already run 4:09 as a frosh, 4:06 as a sophomore.
*MileSplit High School XC Weekend Recap

Plan Your Summer Vacation Now

Ticket Prices For IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Unveiled On 300-Day Countdown Make your travel plans now. Tickets range from US $8.00 to US $163.50.

News From Kenya

Who Will Blink First? AK President Defiant As Dissidents Set Special Meeting For Tuesday
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon Entries Fall To 17,000 From 22,000 Last Year Only 500 people are in the marathon, more than 12,000 in the 10k.
With First Win In 10 Career Marathons, Bernard Kipyego Is Thrilled To Finally Have Won A Marathon He won Amsterdam last week in a 2:06:22 PR.
Why Samuel Wanjiru Is Immortal

Sprint News

Columnist Asks How Will Asafa Powell Be Judged By History? “With all his setbacks, Asafa Powell is one of Jamaica most resilient athletes in its history.”

NCAA Q&A’s

Running Times With Mark Wetmore: “Some Is Tradition, Some Is Brand New” Wetmore talks about what aspects of his coaching changes from year to year and what doesn’t.
Q&A With Villanova’s Patrick Tiernan Who Is One Of The Top Ranked XC Individuals In The NCAA Tiernan talks about getting his start in running, coming to Villanova from Australia and wanting to finish top 4 at NCAAs.
RT Interview With Iowa State Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough Grove-McDonough has been at #6 ranked ISU for just over a year after she took over for Corey Ihmels.

Study Finds That Running In The Cold Can Reduce Your Body’s Immune Function However, the study also said that “low intensity pre-exercise shivering” helped boost immune function.

Problems With Roof Increase 2012 Olympic Stadium Conversion Costs By $57.5 Million The extra money will either need to be paid by taxpayers or West Ham United.

Oscar Pistorius Behind Bars

South African Times: “Broken Oscar Sobs Himself To Sleep” A prison source said: ”You could hear him. Shortly after the door closed you could hear the tears. He was torn up. Broken. The crying went on and on. We think he stopped when he fell asleep. It was really bad.”
Oscar P’s Agent Wants To Visit Him In Prison To Talk About His Running Future

Week That Was

LRC50 Years Waiting For American Gold, The Men's Marathon World Record Progression Is Speeding Up, Proof Track Isn't Popular In Eugene, Steve Scott's Cancer Battle And Jerome Drayton's Record Lives On

We recap the week of pro track and field: "Look at Mills, Look at Mills!," the marathon world record is dropping faster than ever,the Canadian marathon record lives on, a big week for Nick Symmonds, a bad week for Jeff Demps, and what about the OSU runner who flipped off Justin Gatlin?Plus we talk about Steve Scott's ~~manhood~~ battle with cancer.