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Quote Of The Day

“The Glasgow final was the hardest of my life. I couldn’t sleep the night before because of all the pressure. Everyone was saying: ‘It’s you against Rudisha.’ At the Olympics, I was just a young boy and no one expected anything, but in Glasgow I was the big hope. But then I looked in Rudisha’s eyes and thought he is just another athlete and I can beat him.”

– Botswana’s Olympic 800 silver medalist Nijel Amos talking about this summer’s Commonwealth Games where he beat David Rudisha by .3 seconds. This contrasts heavily to Amos’s first Rudisha story from London 2012: “In the call room before the race he told us he was going to cross [at 400m] in 49.2. He said to us young guys, ‘If you want to die, follow me. If not, then stay back.'”

2014 NCAA XC Champs Are Saturday (12 noon ET) *LRCPrediction Contest

LRC The Coaches Praise Colorado, Futsum Prays for Rain and Chris Fox Explains Syracuse’s Rise: Six Takeaways from the Men’s Press Conference With the race mere hours away, we pass on what we learned this afternoon where it was a total love-fest for Chris Lear and Mark Wetmore.

LRC Michigan State Not Feeling The Pressure, Emma Bates Is Happy With Her Season, Pre-Race Parties Are Good and Bad: 10 Takeaways from the Women’s Press Conference 4 leading ladies and coaches shared their wisdom.

LRC Five Things We Learned In Terre Haute On Thursday – The Course Is Fast, Some Coaches Have No Fun, McFarland USA Is A Winner, And Syracuse Is Here We are on the ground and give you the inside scoop, including a mini review of Disney’s new XC movie, McFarland USA.
*Jim Ryun Talks To NCAA Runners Before They Become 1st In Nation To See Kevin Costner’s New XC Movie, McFarland USAIt was a great night in Terre Haute as coach Jim White was in attendance. Futsum Zeinasellassie loved it: “This is beautiful. It’s amazing.”

LRC Women’s Top 10 Individual Preview: Kate Avery, Shelby Houlihan And Crystal Nelson Battle In An Exciting Race They say there is no favorite but that’s not how we see it. Our favorite is …

LRC Women’s Team Preview: Can Michigan State Complete A Dream Season? The Spartans are favored to win their first-ever NCAA title. Could they possibly do it in grand style, with the lowest point total in 10 years?

LRC Men’s Top 10 Individual Preview: Edward Cheserek Shoots For NCAA Title #5 In 2012, Lawi Lalang was viewed as invincible. He lost the NCAA XC title. Last year, Kennedy Kithuka went down. Is Edward Cheserek vulnerable this year? Plus, Americans rejoice – we’ve got 5 Americans in our top 10.

LRC Men’s Team Preview: Mark Wetmore & Colorado Go For The Program’s First Repeat Discuss on the MBoard: The fight for second place – Syracuse vs. Oregon, who ya got? (Men’s teams).

LRC$200,014 NCAA XC Prediction Contest Get your top 10 individual and team picks in now!

Outside Coverage:

ISU’s John Mascari Hoping The “Terre Haute Magic” Will Make Him A Contender At Home Mascari, who ran up to 140 mpw, is pumped. “I’m going to go into the race like every other individual and try to win … “I’m just going to go out with the top five, 10 and try to hold on.”
NAU’s Futsum Zienasellassie Looks To Improve On 4th Place 2013 Finish As He Returns To Terre Haute, Where He Was A HS Star His coach says Futsum isn’t really someone who enjoys running and comes into season out of shape, but this year put in a lot of summer miles (85/week at altitude) and came in very fit.

Full Coverage In Our NCAA Cross-Country Special Section

The Olympics

A Look At IOC President Thomas Bach’s Proposed Olympic Changes In His “Agenda 2020” Plan Allowing joint bids from multiple cities and a non-discrimination language for sexual orientation are some of his suggestions.
*Full List Of 40 “Agenda 2020” Recommendations *IAAF Article
Boston Globe: What Are The Costs And Benefits Of A Boston Olympics? The principal concern is obviously money.
BBC: Will The Third Time Be The Charm For Doha’s Olympic Bid?
USOC Praises “Stunning Progress” In Rio 2016 Preparations

Upcoming Action

This Weekend: Incredible Field For Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Announced: 4 Sub-59 Guys, 6 At 59:02 Or Better Will Race Paula Radcliffe will be on hand – as a VIP, not racer.
January: Rupp, Cain And Centro Will All Race At New Armory Track Invitational In NYC On January 31
*MB: Could Galen Rupp be going for the WR in the indoor 2 mile again?
February: Florence Kiplagat Will Return To Barcelona Half, Wanting To Break Her Own 65:12 WR Not happy to have set the WR last year, she now is going back, hoping to be the first woman under 65.

Doha Beats Out Eugene

Doha Wins 15-12 Over Eugene For Worlds 2019 If two people had voted differently, the Worlds would be coming to the US. *Discuss

Lananna:“Of course I’m disappointed. We made a fantastic bid. We had a fantastic team that came with us.” No decision on 2021 yet. Doha lost out for 2017 and won 2019.
Alan Abrahamson: High Jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim Was the Trump Card For Doha Alan was super-impressed with the high jumper’s presentation. We still think $ and hotels won out. Many in the IAAF want to stay in VIP hotels.
400 World Champ Christine Ohuruogu Very Concerned About The Heat In Doha She’s probably retiring in 2017, but is worried about other athletes’ safety.
SI’s Tim Layden Tweets On Doha’s October Date For Worlds
UK’s Former Olympic And World TJ Champ Jonathan Edwards Backs Doha Decision Thinking It Is Good For The Sport And The Heat Won’t Be A Big Deal
Victory For Doha But “Migrant Worker” Issue Mars Bid Hundreds of workers have died and been mistreated while building facilities for 2022 World Cup. *2nd Article
*Human Rights Watch Condemns IAAF For Doha Choice
*Human Rights Organizations Called On IAAF To Get Pledges From Qatar If They Won
Athletics Weekly Looks At The Bid Presentations
USATF CEO Max Siegel’s Statement On 2019 Worlds
IAAF Article

The Stars Of Track And Field Are Beautiful People – NCAA XC Banquet Photo Gallery

Hollywood in western Indiana

Week In Review

WTWMolly Huddle's Lucrative Year, Shame On Duke, The New American Star Born At Altitude, Gerry Lindgren, And The Female Comeback Trail

Molly Huddle got another big win to bring her prize money total to $128,000 in 2014, collegian Brian Shrader (born at 7,000 feet of altitude) turned heads by beating the pros at the .US 12k Champs, Priscah Jeptoo showed she's on her way back, and Duke did not show anything.

The Distance Pros In Monaco Speak

Genzebe Dibaba Is Going For The 5,000 World Indoor Record And 5,000 World Title In 2015 Genzebe’s sister Anna translated for her and they both spoke on the Dibaba sister running legacy.
Interesting Stuff: Nijel Amos Says The Commonwealth Games 800 Final, Which He Won Over David Rudisha, Was The Hardest Race Of His Life Apparently Amos was coached to an 800 Olympic silver by a geography teacher and he is a musician going by the name of “DJ Zorro” on YouTube. He has a single coming out with his band, “Black Brothers.”
Hicham El Guerrouj Says The Only Athlete He Can See Breaking His 1,500 WR Is Asbel Kiprop El Guerrouj is a bit critical of Kiprop’s racing, though, saying he tries to do too much and needs to prioritize – winning titles or breaking records.
Dennis Kimetto Talks About How Poverty Inspired Him To Become A Runner Once a poor farmer, now he’s won more than $100,000 in a single race for his WR in Berlin. Looking ahead, Kimetto thinks the sub-2 hour marathon is possible.