November 14, 2014 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

“Coming into the cross country season, my goal was to just stay healthy and help my team get to Nationals again. I definitely wasn’t expecting my name to ever be thrown around for contention to win the National Title.”

– Iowa State’s Crystal Nelson talking prior to today’s NCAA regionals. Follow the action live on LetsRun.com here. If you are onsite, tweet using the hashtag #LRC or #NCAAXC.

Yet another LetsRun prediction comes true - Suzy Hamilton to publish memoir
Grant Fisher commits to Stanford
D. Mitchell must be proud: Cyclist says he failed test as was recovering from bottle of wine, 6 double gins and sex w gf
Portland Track Festival adds two meets including the "Portland 10,000" on August 8 - Will any big pros show?

NCAA XC Regionals LRC Men’s PreviewLRC Women’s Preview *All Results

LRC Who Goes Dancing? NCAA XC National Qualifiers (Team And Individual) With AnalysisWe list all the team and individual qualifiers for the Big Dance and give quick analysis of each of the region’s action.

LRCWomen’s Qualifers Who is in? Who is out?

LRCMen’s Qualifiers We’ve unofficially figured out the 13 at-large teams thanks to the genius of Bo Waggoner.

LRCNCAA Regionals Live Coverage We’ll be providing instant analysis of the 9 regional meets and tell you who is in and who is out within minutes of the final results. Tweet using the #LRC or #NCAAXC to possibly show up in the coverage.
*New LRC NCAA Fan Polls Regional Rankings / Predictions Colorado A Unanimous #1, Michigan State Still On Top

Outside Coverage:

MB:Duke Men and Women Forfeit Regional – will run only individuals. PATHETIC in our minds.
Iowa State’s Crystal Nelson’s Rise To NCAA XC Contender Has Surprised Even Herself
Q&A With Walt Drenth, Coach Of #1 Mich. State Women – “It’s been a blast to coach them.”
Only 6 Irish Athletes In Class Of 2014 Went To NCAA For College But Many Of Them Are Starring At RegionalsSiofra Cleirigh Buttner of Villanova, who was 12th at Big East, is one of them.
Ole Miss’s 2nd-Place Showing At SECs Was Best Since 1968 – A Look Back At The 1968 Ole Miss XC Team
Good Read Eastern Michigan Men Aren’t Likely To Make It, But They Are Still Dreaming Big

News From Kenya

On Comeback After 2-Year Maternity Leave, 4-Time World Champ Vivian Cheruiyot Has Lost 35 Pounds, Will Return To Action Next Month, Aiming For 2016 Gold Cheruiyot has lost 16 kilos since her pregnancy but still needs to lose 2 more and is only 55% fit right now.
High Court Bans Athletics Kenya Branches From Holding Special Meeting On Isaiah Kiplagat
*14 Of 16 regions Of Athletics Kenya To Convene For Special General Meeting On “The Conduct Of The President, Isaiah Kiplagat”
Former WR Holder Patrick Makau Will Challenge Defending Champ Martin Mathathi In Fukuoka Next Month
Prior To Breaking Stefano Baldini’s Course Record On The Original Athens Marathon Course Last Week With A 2:10:37, Felix Kandie’s PR Was 2:16:12
Kip Keino Stadium In Eldoret To Get Mondo Track Memo to the Kenyans: Mondo, in addition to being very expensive, is bad for distance runners (too hard).

Doping News

BBC Investigates: Is The Biological Passport Cleaning Up Sports?
Kenyan Govt. Will De-Register Agents Who Are Caught Assisting In Doping They can always get a second career supervising USATF national teams.
Column: Rita Jeptoo’s Doping Case: Is The Credibility Of Kenyan Runners At Stake? – Athletics – nation.co.keWilfred Bungei agrees with LetsRun.com: “Two years are too lenient for offenders.”
Another Columnist Wants Athletes To Support Rita Jeptoo Until She’s Officially Convicted – It Was Wrong For Athletes To Condemn Rita

Sprints And Jumps

4-Sec. PR In 400m: UK 400 Runner Matthew Hudson-Smith Excited About The Future After Huge 4.01-Second Breakthrough In 2014 Hudson-Smith had a 48.76 PR before this year and finished with 44.75. He didn’t even expect to be selected for Euro Champs and ended up winning two medals there.
UK LJer Chris Tomlinson Plans To Continue On Despite Losing Lottery Funding He says it’s a “breath of fresh air” as he can do whatever he wants instead of listening to UKA. He is being coached by his dad and living where he wants.
US 400H Champ Kori Carter Talks About The Huge Jump Joining Bob Kersee’s LA-Based Star-Studded Training Group Carter joined the group this season which includes top sprinters like Allyson Felix and Dawn Harper Nelson.
Africa’s Fastest Female Sprinter Blessing Okagbare Is Married Check out photos from the World silver medalist’s wedding.

US News Of Note

Suzy Hamilton To Publish Memoir In JuneFast Girl, Running from Madness comes out in June. *Pre-Order Here We predicted this way back in July.
Portland Track Festival Adds Two Meets, Including The “Portland 10,000” On August 8 – Will Any Big Pros Show?
Rich Kenah Reveals Atlanta Track Club’s Deal With Mizuno Includes Huge Elite Athlete Component The ATC is looking to hire a full-time coach by January 1 and wants to have one male and one female Olympian by 2020. *Press Release
Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden Says Eugene Is The Right Place For The 2019 Worlds (And Vin Lananna Agrees) Lananna: “We do track and field. We will bring an authenticity to the event … We’re twenty-four, seven, three-sixty-five.” Meanwhile the #1 Oregon – #2 Colorado matchup wasn’t even on the Eugene paper’s website.
*Qatari School Children Show Support For Doha 2019 IAAF World Championships Bid
The Rich Get Richer: HS Star Grant Fisher Commits To Stanford
Houston Marathon Foundation Will Give A Total Of $40,000 To Becky Wade, ZAP Fitness And Team USA Minnesota
Manteo Mitchell Has Signed A Sponsorship Deal With Baltimore-Based Under Armour

AOY?

A Look At What The World Athlete Of The Year Men’s Finalists – Renaud Lavillenie, Dennis Kimetto And Mutaz Essa Barshim – Achieved In 2014

Track People Making News Unrelated To Running

News From Europe

Evan Jager, Watch Out: Bouabdellah Tahri – Who Won Bronze In 2009 But Hasn’t Steepled In 3 Years – Is Returning To The Event
Gosforth Harriers Running 140-Mile Relay To Raise Money For Paralyzed Drew Graham The 15-time NCAA XC All-American at Adams St. broke his neck this summer. *Donate Here
South Africans Slam British Tabloids For Erroneously Spreading Rumor That Oscar P Can’t Be Monitored At Home As He Has No Ankles For An Ankle Bracelet
Apparently White Boys Can SprintDid You Know That 17-Year-Old Brit Tom Somers Ran 20.37 For 200 This Summer?
Brit Wants Doha To Get 2019 Worlds As Marathon In Heat “Would Be Great Race” Heat certainly would be the “X” factor. “It can make for unexpected things to happen and that should be part of racing.”

Japanese News: Japanese Team For Chiba Ekiden Released – Murayama Twins Lead Way For Nov. 24th Event

Distance Legends In The News

Hicham El Guerrouj Among Twelve Latest Inductees Into IAAF Hall Of Fame
Full Profile And Interview With Tegla Loroupe, The First African Woman To Win The NYC Marathon She is someone who used her running success to improve things back in Kenya, saying, “…Yesterday you were poor, and today you are rich. What makes you forget where you come from? Go and empower the people over there, be the person of the people.”

.US 12k Is Sunday *Streaming Info (7:05am ET)

Q&A With Christo Landry, Who Has Already Clinched USA Running Circuit Points Title Before .US 12k Champs Landry has had a dream year with US titles at 10k, 10 mile and 25k plus a marathon PR.
Q&A With Kim Conley, Who Is Running Sunday’s .US 12k
Q&A: Aaron Braun Looking To Defend His Title At .US 12K Champs This Sunday Braun is in good shape as this is the focus of his fall season. He’s planning his second marathon this winter or spring after his debut in March was a total bust (2:19:51). *Race Will Be Live On USATF.tv
*MB:Us National 12K – Who you got?

Week That Was

LRCWeek That Was: Frank Shorter Is Full Of It (Or Right?); Drugs, Drugs, Drugs; Ryan Hall Vs. Josh McDougal & Ingrid Kristiansen

We look at whether the Kenyans are only good because they cheat in light of Frank Shorter's comments, plus we compare Ryan Hall and Josh McDougal, and look at throwback Ingrid Kristiansen.

A Look At What The World Athlete Of The Year Women’s Finalists – Val Adams, Genzebe Dibaba, Dafne Schippers – Achieved In 2014*Video

Atlanta Track Club And Mizuno Announce Long-Term Partnership Mizuno will be the Official Footwear and Apparel Partner of Atlanta Track Club starting in January and the deal is being promoted as “More than a Sponsorship: A long-term commitment to the Atlanta community.” *Video

Track Fans, Just Remember You’re Not Alone:A Total Of 358 Million Watched The 2014 European Championships On TV

Bringing Lydiard To The Masses – Run Faster By Running More Relaxed

LRCBook Review: 80/20 Running By Matt Fitzgerald Another book by prolific author Matt Fitzgerald is out, but this one, which once had the proposed title of High Mileage Manifesto, intrigued us so much Robert Johnsonwrote the foreword as it attempts to bring Lydiard to the masses. “It would have been nice if this book had existed from late 198os to the late 1990s, during the dark days of American distance running.”
*MB: Matt Fitzgerald’s new book 80/20 Running – Rojo what can u tell us about this book since you wrote the foreward