Archived Homepage For November 28, 2014
Archived Homepage For November 28, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

Distance Updates: Sign Of The Apocalypse? Mo Farah Running XC


WADA Pledges To “Work Closely” With National Anti-Doping Organizations On Implementation Of New Anti-Doping Code This was in after the Netherlands saying they’d have to cut the number of tests to afford the new advanced ones. WADA responded that the smarter testing meant they needed less testing.


Boston Marathon Bomber’s Lawyers Denied Access To Prosecutor Info Ahead Of Trial Which Starts In January Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty and his defense is trying to argue that he was coerced by his older brother, who was killed after the Boston bombing.


And You Thought The 2016 Olympic Mascots Were Weird: 2015 European Games Reveals Gaselle And Pomegranate As Official Mascots

More From The Weekend

 International News 

2014 NCAA XC Champs*Women’s Results

Kate Avery with a commanding lead at the 2014 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships; she would win by four seconds (photo by David Monti for Race Results Weekly)RRW Kate Avery, Michigan State Run Away With NCAA Titles There was no doubt about it. Michigan State was the best team and Kate Avery of Iona the best runner at the 2014 NCAAs. Recap with results.

LRC 8 Thoughts On The Women’s NCAA XC Championships: Michigan State And Walt Drenth Get It DoneWe give Walt Drenth, Michigan State and Kate Avery the praise they deserve, plus talk Sarah Disanza, Emma Bates, Providence, and freshmen.

Photos:Men’s Race *Women’s Race *All-Americans

womenMiss The Race?:Full Video Replay Of Women’s Race

LRC Women’s Video:MSU’s Walt Drenth, Leah O’Connor And Team Celebration, Iowa State Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough, ASU’s Shelby Houlihan

NCAA Women On The Boards: How did Michigan State beat the women’s race and beat teams like Georgetown, Oregon, Colorado, Stanford, etc.?!?! link fixed
*Kate Avery: NCAA Champ And Sally’s Record

International Weekend Results

 Random 

Award Night In Monaco: AOY Announced

Doping News: Great Quotes From Travis Tygart

The Distance Pros In Monaco Speak

 Doping News 

Admin News: Seb Coe For President

Sprinters In The News

 Throwing Stuff 

US Distance News: Sambu Vs. Lalang, Beer Mile WR Holder At It Again

 Financial News 

 Outside NCAA Coverage 

More Distance News

Interesting Distance News

NCAA Pre-Race

LRCThe LetsRun Nation Has Spoken – Vote Tallies From 2014 NCAA XC Prediction Contest The biggest surprise is that Kate Avery has the most first place votes but is only third overall as “American bias” has come through big time.

LRCThe 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.

LRCMichigan 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.
*RRW:Michigan State Women Hope To Cap Dream Season With NCAA Cross-Country Title #1

LRCFive 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$200,014 NCAA XC Prediction Contest

 Outside Coverage: 

More IAAF And Post-Doha Decision News

 The Olympics 

LRC Thanksgiving Analysis

LRCWorlds 2019: Doha Is Going To Be Damn Hot, El Guerrouj Says Kiprop Can Run 3:24, Coaches Are Overrated, The "Jordan Hasay Rule," And The South Sucks (At XC)

For your holiday reading pleasure, we've got a Thanksgiving Week That Was. We tell you how damn hot Doha will be for Worlds, give praise to Max King, talk about Kiprop running 3:24, discuss Nigel Amos's "coach," and break down the NCAA XC regions.

LRCHow Are Podium NCAA Cross-Country Teams Built?

Are you an old timer who wants colleges to only recruit Americans and not accept transfers? That's usually a losing proposition. We look at how the NCAA championships teams are built.

Big Money Involved In The Fight To Host 2019 World Champs

2014 NCAA XC Champs*LRCPrediction Contest *Men’s Results*Women’s Results *Results 1 Page *Video Replay Photos: *Men’s *Women *All-Americans

Edward Cheserek in the homestretch just before winning his second NCAA Division I Cross Country Title in Terre Haute, Ind. (photo by Chris Lotsbom for Race Results Weekly)RRWColorado Men, Edward Cheserek RepeatRecap and results. After a slow opening 8k, Edward Cheserek crushed the field the final 2km. He was followed by his teammate Eric Jenkins but they were no match for Mark Wetmore‘s Colorado Buffaloes.

wetmoreLRC8 Thoughts On Men’s Race, Including How Great Is This CU Team? We break down Colorado’s repeat and compare them to the 2001 CU, 2003 Stanford and 2005 Wisconsin, NCAA all-time great championship teams. We look at the Oregon 1-2 punch, Stanford’s improvement, and how tough it is for true frosh.

Photos:Men’s Race *Women’s Race *All-Americans

ncaamenMiss The Race?: Full Video Replay Of Men’s Race

LRC Men’s Video Interviews:Mark Wetmore & Jorge Torres, Edward Cheserek & Eric Jenkins, Maksim Korolev & Joe Rosa, Portland’s Rob Conner, NAU’s Futsum Zienasellassie, Indiana State’s John Mascari

LIVE COVERAGE OF NCAA XC ChampsRelive the NCAA Champs.
*Live Thread

NCAA All-American Podium Gallery: (Click For 200+ Photos)

 UK News 

The Stars Of Track And Field Are Beautiful People – NCAA XC Banquet Photo Gallery(Captions Added)

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.

 US Road News 

News From The IAAF Council Meeting In Monaco

IAAF Announces New World Championship Qualification Process For Worlds 2015 There no longer is a “B” standard. In all events but the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon, there will be a descending order list so you can go without the “A” qualifying time.
*MB: Big Win For “The Mile’ – Mile times can now be used to qualify for Worlds!! The times are 3:53.3 and 4:25.2.
*Daily Relay Breaks Down What No B Standard Means

More Post-Doha Decision Fallout

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