– Chris Derrick voicing his support for the World Cross-Country Championships and urging other elites and countries (specifically the UK/Europe) to do the same.
LRC Diego Estrada (60:51!) And Kim Conley (69:44) Very Impressive Debuts To Win 2015 USA Half Marathon Championships Estrada dominated the race by almost a minute in 60:51 (4th-fastest US debut ever) as Jared Ward was 2nd, Meb 4th. Conley won by just over 30 seconds in 69:44 (she’s now #8 on US list) over Brianne Nelson & Janet Bawcom. Recap, analysis, results.
Arizona: Americans Amy Hastings (1:12:04 FTW) And Ryan Hall (104:16 2nd) Make Less-Pressured Debuts
Poll Finds Majority Of Boston Residents Support 2024 Olympic Bid It wasn’t by a lot, though, as 55% supported it, 40% were against it and 5% were undecided.
LRC Remembering LRCer Van TownsendThe running world lost one of its bright lights this week with the death of Van Townsend.
*MB: RIP Van Townsend: Share Your Respects Here
2008 Olympic Champ Wilfred Bungei Says Current Drug Cheats Are Causing Him Problems In Retirement People ask him if he doped.
2015 UW Indoor Preview Results:Shannon Rowbury (2:40.25 / 4:27.86) Beats Teammates Jordan Hasay, Treniere Moser In Both The 1,000 And Mile; Matt Centrowitz Wins 1,000/Mile Double Over Evan Jager And Cam Levins Stanford’s Elise Cranny was 4th in the 1,000 (2:42.39). In other action Mary Cain was 4th in the 600 (1:30.03) and then won the 800 (2:07.21), German Fernandez was 2nd in the 3,000 (8:04.59). Pros Andy Bayer, Phoebe Wright, Geena Lara also competed.
*Stanford Article On Sean McGorty’s Sub-4 Mile And Elise Cranny’s Impressive 1,000
*MSU Open:Cristian Soratos Runs Altitude Converted 3:56.87 Mile (4:05.18)
*Texas Posts Nation-Leading Marks In Opener In Sprints And Throws
Chris Derrick Says It’s A Shame The US Or European Countries Don’t Want To Host World XC Champs And That The UK Won’t Send A Full Team “I think the athletes, myself, other top Americans and Europeans need to make a commitment to show up and do it. If we’re not going to commit to it, the fans aren’t going to commit to it.”
Not Your Normal Boring Q&A: Good Chris Derrick Q&A – “I think I can run with anyone in the world.” “My college teammate Garrett Heath just went out there and beat the world cross-country champion. I never lost to Garrett in cross-country, so if he can do that, I want to be able to do that, too.”
*MB: Chris Derrick talks big: “I think I can run with anyone in the world.”
More Good Stuff: Alan Abrahamson Breaks Down The 2024 Boston Bid Like Only He Can He said it was obvious Boston was the choice when Thomas Bach came out with an Op-Ed in the Boston Globe two days before. Also was Boston selected because it’s on the East Coast?
*Boston 2024 Likely To Get Insurance To Protect Against Cost Overruns
LRC Meb Or Galen? Vote For LetsRun.com’s 2014 Award It’s time to vote. Vote and tell us who are the male and female runners of the year for the World, US, and NCAA. Plus vote for the “best record-breaking performance,” the “race of the year,” the “moment of the year” and “unusual moment of the year.”
Recommend Read: Kudos To The Ultimate Internet Sleuth: MB: Canadian proves that 2012 Russian Olympic champ competed on Dec 30th while banned!Evan Dunfee has done an amazing job showing you how the Russians have doctored photos to make it look like Elena Lashmanova‘s race took place in 2012, not 2014. *IAAF Investigating
Jeremy Wariner May Open 2015 With 800m Run If he does, thousands of LetsRun.com fans will get the answer to the ultimate hypothetical they’ve been debating for years.
*MB: At last our dreams will become reality: Jeremy Wariner may open 2015 up at 800m!!! How fast (slow) will he go?
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LRCFour Thoughts On The 2015 Women’s Race Which Features The “Fantastic Four” From Kenya Nothing in our beloved sport can equal the 2015 men’s London field but the women’s equal is pretty special with 3 former champs in Mary Keitany (2:18:37), Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50 PR), and Priscah Jeptoo (2:20:14 PR) plus the fastest half runner in history – Florence Kiplagat. We break it down for you.
*Paula Radcliffe is running, but will announce on January 30th is she’s in elite race or not Amazingly, Radcliffe hasn’t raced London since 2005.
*Press Release From London Organizers
*RRW:London Marathon Women’s Field Does Not Disappoint
*LRC Archives From Last Week:Is The Men’s Field The Greatest Ever?
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