2014 TCS New York City Marathon*Men’s Preview*Women’s Preview*TV, Streaming Info (9am ET) *Tracking*Live Results

LRC Rita Jeptoo’s Agent And Coach, NYC Marathon Pros, & Paula Radcliffe React To News Of Jeptoo’s Positive “A” Drug TestThe agent and coach of the world’s top marathoner Rita Jeptoo expressed shock and surprise along with many of the top pros at Jeptoo’s positive test. Jeptoo’s agent said he may have an idea who gave her drugs if she did do drugs.

LRC The Male Stars Speak: Geoffrey Mutai, Wilson Kipsang, Stephen Kiprotich, Lelisa Desisa Ready To Battle Plus Mutai talks about Meb telling him he was near retirement this spring.

• Interesting: NYC Marathon Is Most Profitable Day Of Year For Many 1st Avenue Bars
• Good Q&A With Mammoth Track Club Teammates Deena Kastor And Lauren Kleppin 
• Pre-NYC Interview With Desiree Linden Watching teammates Bobby Curtis and Jake Riley run well gave her confidence in her own training.
• Interesting Stat:Only 20 Men Have Gone Sub-4 For A Mile And Sub-2:10 For The Marathon 
• NY Times: Marriage Built On Miles Finds Hope In Marathon Editor writes about how she and her husband fell in love training for and running the 1996 NYC Marathon together, even though she had a boyfriend at the time.
• RR:Finish Line? For Older Runners, It’s When They Say So Article talking about super masters runners like 86-year-old Joy Johnson who died the day after finishing last year due to head injuries from a fall at mile 20.
• Five Pro Women Interview Each Other Talking About Running, Pregnancy, Motherhood Transcription of an open conversation between Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher, Desiree Linden, Blake Russell and Annie Bersagel.
• Stephen Kiprotich Says He’s Prepared A Lot Better For NYC This Year Than His Disappointing 12th Place (2:13) Finish In 2013 He says last year it was too much for him running London, Moscow World Champs and then NYC.
• Good Read: Latvia’s 38-Year-Old Two-Time NYC Winner Jelena Prokopcuka Going For Fifth NYC Podium Finish She’s been training in windy 25-degree weather so feels the conditions could give her an edge.
• NY Times: With Gadgetry, New York Marathon May Be Watched Like No Other They’re using a lot more tracking data than the past.
• RRW: Despite Pressure, Wilson Kipsang Is Cool Entering TCS NYC Marathon

• RRW: Meb Keflezighi Feeling Right At Home At The TCS NYC Marathon
• RRW: Americans Relying On Experience at TCS NYC Marathon
• RRW: Edna Kiplagat Seeking Second TCS NYC Marathon Title
• Random Notes: Wilson Kipsang On Losing WR, Mary Keitany On Front Running, Desiree Linden On Weather
• Elites Talk About Race Strategy Given Windy Forecast

More NYC Coverage In Our  2014 TCS NYC Marathon Special Section

NCAA XC Conference Action *Full NCAA XC Results *LRC Previews: *Big 10s, PAC-12s, Heps Men, Heps Women, ACCs *LRC Polls

• ACC Results:Women: UNC ImpressesMen:Syracuse Dominant*Discuss
  
• Big East:Georgetown Women (19), Villanova Men (23) Dominate 1-3-4-5-6 for Hoyas.
• IVY: Dartmouth Women And Princeton Men Win Supposedly Jason Vigilante‘s Tigers were vulnerable but they put on a clinic as they had 9 of the top 25. *Discuss
• Big 12: Iowa State Women and Oklahoma State Men Win
• PAC-12s: Results – Discussion #1 CU Men put on a clinic, go 4-5-6-7-8 to win with 30 points, Oregon 57, Stanford 60; Women: Oregon Wins
  *Edward Cheserek Becomes Third Oregon Runner To Win Two Straight PAC-12 XC Titles
• Patriot: BU Women Win Tie-Break Over Bucknell As Both Have 52, Navy Wins Men’s Title *Discuss
• SECs: Arkansas Men And Women Sweep The women dominated with 32 points whereas the men barely edged Ole Miss 54 to 60.
• All Conference Champs Recaps

Non-NYC News

• Ryan Hall Starting His Comeback: “There’re definitely those times that you start to wonder, ‘Is that still there?'”
• If Doha Wins 2019 Worlds, Marathon Will Be Run At Night, Under The Lights 10 laps of 4.2 kms each to avoid the heat.
• WSJ: Runners Know A Stitch Hurts, But Its Cause Remains A Mystery
• National University Ekiden Preview – Komazawa University Shooting For Fourth-Straight Title
• Julia Bleasdale Ran A 2:54 Marathon Last Weekend As A Training Run

Our Weekly Recap – Better Late Than Never

WTWDon’t Believe Doug Logan, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Dies Too Young, 40-Year-Old Aces, And Jeff Nelson (Not Austin Tamagno) Is Still The Fastest Ever At Mt. SACThis week, we tell you not to believe everything Doug Logan (or the NY Times) tells you, remember Mbulaeni Mulaudzi at his finest and recall his stunning victory over a totally stacked field in 2009, determine that Jeff Nelson, not Austin Tamagno, is still the greatest in Mt. SAC history, and much more.