– Angelina Jolie talking about working with Louis Zamperini and making the movie “Unbroken” which comes out in theaters on Christmas day.
RunnersWorld’s Amby Burfoot: “What’s The Women’s Equivalent Of A Sub-2 Hour Marathon?” Apparently the Journal of Applied Physiology say Paula Radcliffe has already hit it with her 2:15:25 WR. They say her time is worth 1:59:55 for a man.
Angeina Jolie And Louis Zamperini Actor Jack O’Connell Discus Movie “Unbroken” Which Opens In Theaters Tomorrow Jolie: “[Zamperini] never reconciled himself to the thought of surrender. He found reserves of energy and fight and rocketed forward with a last lap so impressive that Hitler himself requested to meet ‘the boy with the fast finish.'”
Running Times Sits Down With Four Colorado Runners To Rehash Their “Dream Season” And Talk About The Upcoming Track Season Blake Theroux, Ammar Moussa, Jake Hurysz and Connor Winter say this year they want to “shut everyone up who says we can’t run track.”
Ron Hill Talks With Athletics Weekly As His Unbroken Running Stream Reaches 50 Years Hill says during his career he experimented with 150-160 mile weeks, but found it was “too much.” He also talks about being inspired when he was young by a running comic book character, Alf Tupper.
Good Read: Kenenisa Bekele’s Agent Jos Hermens Says The Disappointing Race At Chicago Was A Good “Wake-Up Call” For Bekele Hermens said Bekele wasn’t doing enough mileage or long enough long runs before Chicago and that he moved to Renato Canova because he realized he needed “more scientific training with a good coach.”
How Many Days Have You Run In A Row? Sunday, December 21, 2014 Will Be The Day That 1970 Boston Marathon Champ Ron Hill’s Running Streak Reaches 50 Years “I used to find back streets to run down for my training runs because runners were considered an oddity. People used to shout ‘run, rabbit, run!’ or ‘up, one, two, three, four!’ and we had none of the fancy things that runners have today like GPS watches or heart rate monitors.”
Recommended Read #3: Alan Abrahamson Writes Passionate Defense Of Stephanie Hightower And Max Siegel We respect Abrahamson a great deal. If you are anti-USATF, you owe it to yourself to challenge your viewpoint and read the article. Others have called for Hightower’s resignation.
Recommended Read: US’s World #3 400 Hurdler Georganne Moline Says “Track Changed My Life” Moline had a tough childhood as she lived out of a car with her mom for a while. At Arizona she had a lot of injuries and disappointments before finally getting her big break when she unexpectedly made the Olympic team in 2012.
University Of Oregon’s Laura Roesler And Texas A&M 400 Runner Deon Lendore Win 2014 Bowerman Award This is track’s version of the Heisman.
*Video Replay Of Awards Presentation
Athletes Angered That Athletics Kenya Made “Irregular” Deductions From Their Prize Money And Bonuses Earned At The IAAF World Relays Reportedly, they took more than $55,000 in athlete money to pay coaches and officials and there is suspicion that some of the money went missing completely.
Did Police Recover Cathy Freeman’s Missing Bodysuit Which Mysteriously Disappeared During The 2000 Olympics? Aussie sprinter Freeman wore the famous outfit when she lit the flame at the Sydney Olympics, but it was stolen from her dressing room.
Full Interview (Translated) With Russian Doper / Whistleblower Yulia Stepanova, Who Says Even Though WADA And IAAF Are Supposedly “Investigating,” Neither Has Contacted Her To See All The Extra Evidence She Has She says she told WADA 2 years ago about Russian systematic doping, but they did nothing. She calls them a “toothless tiger” and says Russia should be suspended for 2 years.
Profile On Ethiopia’s Former Steeple WJR Holder Turned 5,000 Runner Almaz Ayana, Who Is Being Called The “Successor To Tirunesh Dibaba And Meseret Defar” Ayana actually beat Genzebe Dibaba to win African Champs and also won the IAAF Continental Cup. She has a 14:25.84 5,000 best and talks about going for Tirunesh’s 14:11.15 WR.
US High Jump Champ Inika McPherson Gets 21 Months For Testing Positive For Cocaine Metabolite She loses her 2014 USA Championship and the only 2.00m jump of her career. She’s the jumper known for the tattoos and colorful hair. She wasn’t even trying to cheat and got a longer suspension than Tyson Gay, who was trying to cheat.
Spikes’ 20 Most Incredible Pics For Track And Field From 2014 Chanelle Price was stunned when she won gold and a very pregnant Alysia Montano made the list.Preview Of Sunday’s National High School Ekiden Championships In Japan The top boys HS team in Japan has a 7-man avg. of 14:08. The top girls team has a 9:13 5-girl avg. for 3k.
*Meet On Live On NHK At 8:05pm ET Saturday Night (10:05am Sun. Japan)
*MB: Truly incredible: Top Japanese HS team has 7 man avg 5k pb of 14:08
Meet Jr. European XC Champ Yemanebernane Crippa Of Italy – The Orphan Born To Run One of 9 orphans adopted from Ethiopia by an Italian couple, his idol is Mo Farah. “The sprint of Mo is magic. It is also about his personality.” He got help in winning gold as Russia’s Aleksandr Novikov sprinted a lap early.
LRC 6 Thoughts: Mo Trafeh, Liar And Drug Cheat, Gets 4-Year Ban: Who Else Was Doping In Flagstaff? The 8-time USA road champion officially got a 4-year ban from the sport and the arbiter’s report showed he lied to LetsRun.com. We’ve read over the report and have our key thoughts.
On The Boards: Mo Trafeh’s Suspension and Who Else Was Doping in Flagstaff
*Moses Kiptanui Feels Vindicated By Rash Of Doping Positives In Kenya “When I raised the red flag a few years ago, officials condemned me.”
*Boit, Keflezighi, Landry Named USATF Champions After Mo Trafeh Is Banned
LRC USA Olympic Coach Jon Drummond Gets Banned: 4 Big Thoughts, Including Was Tyson Gay On HGH Prior To The Summer Of 2012? We carefully read the 24-page decision in the Jon Drummond case and conclude this story is far from over as the report includes a bombshell on page 5 – Tyson Gay had a bottle labeled HGH which someone had given him before even met Dr. Gibson or moved to Dallas to work with Drummond in May in 2012. Then why did Gay’s suspension only begin in July?
*MB: A bombshell in the Jon Drummond decision? Report says Tyson Gay had a bottle labelled HGH in May of 2012
Bring Back The Mile’s Top 10 Mile Moments From 2014 From Mary Cain just missing the World Jr. record by .01 to Ayanleh Souleiman running a US All-Comers record of 3:47.32.
Rita Jeptoo’s Drug Hearing Will Be In January To Officially Determine Length Of Her Suspension And Which Marathon Titles She’ll Lose
One To Watch For World XC? Sheila Chepngetich Keter Remains Undefeated For The Season At Iris Lotto CrossCup In Belgium She won over Commonwealth 1,500 champ Faith Kipyegon and Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton. On the men’s side, Alex Kibet won over Abraham Kapsis Kipyatich and Bahrain’s Albert Rop.
Max Siegel Statement On Drummond *BBC Article
What are the Olympic chances of Grant Fisher and Anna Rohrer? How will Kenenisa Bekele do in his marathon in Dubai next month. Plus Club Nats XC, European XC, Kevin Sullivan moving to the marathon, Stephanie Hightower making the wrong news off the track, and LRC on the BBC.
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