Week That Was

LRCWeek That Was: New York, New York, Rita Jeptoo Tests Positive, Can We Go Back To College, And More

More Distance News

• Inagural Kansas Road Mile This Sunday: Ben Blankenship Faces 2009 World 1,500 Champ Yusuf Kamel Alan Webb will be the event’s honorary starter. *Race Website
• Irish Star Runner Fionnuala Britton Responds To Criticisms About Her Euro Champs Marathon Spot She was given a spot despite never even running a half, but earned her selection with a 2:31 for the 4th fastest ever by an Irishwoman. This was 4 days after she ran the 10K.
• Short Profile: BYU Coach Ed Eyestone – Transformation From Athlete To Coach Eyestone is a two-time Olympian who has “prolonged his love for running” by becoming a coach.
• Indianapolis Monumental Marathon: 92-Year-Old Sets Single-Age Half WR While Woman Breaks Above-Knee Amputee Marathon WR Mike Fremont ran a 3:19:30 half while Hailey Daniswicz ran a 4:25:28 marathon.
• Boston Marathon Course Could Be Slightly Altered In 2015 There is road work being done that could shorten the course by 6 to 8 feet.

UK Jav NR Holder Goldie Sayers Says She’ll Prove To UKA That She Should Have Received Lottery Funding She’s had two surgeries since she got hurt in London 2012, where she could have been a medal contender.

Women In the News

• Pregnant Tirunesh Dibaba To Miss 2015 Season
  *MB: The baby-faced assasin is having a baby: Tirunesh Dibaba will miss 2015 season – How fast will her and Sihine’s baby be?
• Q&A With Former 5,000, 10,000 And Marathon WR Holder Ingrid KristiansenShe’s most proud of her 10,000 time of 30:13.74, but her marathon WR of 2:21:06 lasted for 13 years.
• Interview With Australian Georgia Wassall, Who Has Decided To Go To School At Sydney University, Not In The NCAA The 2:01.78 performer, who has a Nike contract, was worried about getting injured in the US.
• Profile Of Former NCAA Pole Vault Champ For Stanford, Ekaterini Stefanidi Of Greece, Who Is Now A PhD Student At ASU At Stanford, she gained 25 pounds her frosh year at Stanford and was a disaster.

More 2014 New York City Marathon News

• The First 100 Shoes To Cross The 2014 NYC Marathon Finish Line – The Sneaker Report Took A Phot Of All Of Them
• Larry Eder Writes Piece Addressed To LetsRun.com’s Robert Johnson Explaining What He Thinks The Agenda Was Of The People Who Leaked Jeptoo’s Test To Him

Top 2 Runners Who Ran Off Course At Mile 24 Of Manchester Marathon Will Get $1,250 Each

Next Week: Preview Of IAAF Cross de Atapuerca In Spain, Where Ibrahim Jeilan Will Race XC For 1st Time In 5 Years 2014 world 5,000 leader Muktar Edris is also racing.

Prosecutors In Oscar Pistorius Case Appeal “Shockingly Light” Sentence As Well As Verdict They say the judge failed to consider the “horrendous manner” in which Ms. Steenkamp was killed.

Previous Kenyan News: Jeptoo Requests “B” Sample Test

• Competitor Q&A With Rita Jeptoo’s Agent Federico Rosa Rosa was very blunt saying he “absolutely” thinks Kenya has a problem.
• Rita Jeptoo Provisionally Suspended; Requests To Have Her “B” Sample Tested
• Jeptoo Hounded By Reporters Her only response: “Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!”
• What Everyone Has Been Wondering:Wilson Kipsang To Lelisa Desisa At The End Of The NYCM: “What’s the problem?”
• Kenya Sports Minister Promises They Have A Plan To Tackle Doping Problem Hassan Wario accuses AK of being uncooperative, but says they will open a new anti-doping agency by the end of the year.
• Wilson Kipsang And Mary Keitany Arive To Heroic Welcome At Nairobi Airport

• All For It:WADA Chief Sir Craig Reedie Says Doping Should Be A Criminal Offense
• Jo Pavey Disappointed But Not Surprised To Miss Out On UKA Lottery Funding She admitted she knows she’s “probably too old to get the funding.”
• UK Headline:“Serial Doper Justin Gatlin Has Paid His Dues, Claims 3-Time Olympic Champ Jackie Joyner-Kersee” She said she “believes in second chances.” Well, what about third?
• IAAF Video Interview: Ato Boldon Talks With US’s Two-Time 100 Champ Gail Devers
• Konica Minolta Men And Universal Entertainment Women Win Third-Straight East Japan Corporate Titles

Post 2014 TCS New York City Marathon News *Results (Updated) *Photos

• Daily Monitor: “The Curious Case Of Stephen Kiprotich” Author wonders how Kiprotich won the Olympics/Worlds, but is nowhere close in London or NYC. Well, he has a 2:07 PR and is clearly better in championship races. Plus 5th in NYC isn’t too bad.
• Photo:NYC 10th Placer Nick Arciniaga Ran Through His Nipples No matter how fast you are, no one is immune to nipple chafing.
• AP: Stephan Shay Honors Older Brother Ryan Shay said it was a very emotional experience, especially when he ran by the bench dedicated to Ryan placed near where he died.
• Funny Video Of NYC Marathoners Trying to Walk Down Stairs Afterwards
• 2014 NYC Marathon Sets Record For World’s Largest Number Of Marathon Finishers With 50,564 Article includes some other interesting stats and list of celebrity finishers.