Archived Homepage For January 30, 2015
Archived Homepage For January 30, 2015

Armory Track Press Conference Photo Gallery

Rupp, Cain, Centrowitz and Will Claye

Rupp, Cain, Centrowitz and Will Claye

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Boston Strong


Pole Vault Legend Sergey Bubka Officially Running For IAAF Presidency Against Seb Coe He and Coe are currently vice presidents in the IAAF. In 2013 Bubka made an unsuccessful run for the IOC presidency.

Kenyan Updates: Another 8 Drug Bans

European Stuff

Other Elite Distance News

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

Pro Indoor Track Heats Up This Weekend – 2015 Camel City Elite Races*Schedule, Streaming And Television Info

LRC Camel City Elite Preview: Leo Manzano, Will Leer & Shannon Rowbury HeadlineBrandon Johnson features in the men’s 800 against Harun Abda and Ryan Martin.

LRC Leo Manzano Speaks About His Recent Altitude Stint And Plans For His Indoor Season Manzano will open 2015 in the mile against Will Leer, Matt Elliott, Riley Masters and others.

LRC Brandon Johnson Discusses His Injury-Plagued 2014, His New Coach Joaquim Cruz, And His Goals For 2015 Johnson was the talk of US track in 2013 but was nowhere to be seen in 2014 as a shift from 50 to 60 mpw to 80 to 90 mpw backfired. Before his season opener at the Camel City Elite Meet in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Saturday, Johnson talks about what it’s like to room with Dathan Ritzenhein, his coaching change to an Olympic gold medalist and how his training has been going “awesome.”
*MB:Is mileage overrated? Brandon Johnson ran 1:43 on 50-60 mpw, 1:46 on 80 to 90?

Political News

Our Weekly Recap Is Back

LRC WTW: Is 2015 The Beginning Of The End For Bernard Lagat Or The Beginning Of A Truly Special Year? Shannon Rowbury, Cas Loxsom And Moses Mosop Off To Good Starts; One Japanese Marathoner Is Better Than The Entire USA (Again) What do Emma Coburn and Cas Loxsom have in common? Who makes more? Sprinters or distance runners? Meet the new NCAA leader in the 800 from Los Angeles. All of that, plus a distance race that crushed the NCAA football television game in TV ratings?

News From Russia

News From Down Under

US Marathon Champs Are In March

Random But Interesting

LetsRun.com’s 2014 Awards – We Need Your Vote

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.”

Friday’s Random But Interesting

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Doping News

Random But Interesting

Upcoming XC Action  

Three-Time Winner Dathan Ritzenhein Racing 2015 US XC Champs On February 7th In Boulder Ritz last ran in 2013 when he was 2nd, 6 seconds behind Chris Derrick.

Less Than One Month Away

LRCGet Your Butt To Boulder, Colorado For The USA XC Afterparty One Month From Today

Steve and Sara Slattery are hosting the party and want runners, non-runners, and LRCers to be there.