Stanford Invite *Results *Florida Relays Full Results *All NCAA Results

• LRC Stanford: Gelete Burka Outkicks Shalane Flanagan, Grunewald PRs And Wins On A Special Day, Brits Stabler And Aitchison Impress, German Fernandez Is Back! Flanagan showed she’s ready for Boston, Gabriele Grunewald got a nice PR and win in the 5,000m 6 years after being diagnosed with cancer, Sam Stabler of Lamar had the breakthrough of the meet in the 5,000m, Oliver Aitchison showed he’s becoming a force at 1,500m, German Fernandez got his first win since 2012 and Erin Teschuk got some attention.
• Maggie Vessey 2:01:58 @ Stanford *Results
• Florida Relays Full Results Alabama’s Alex Amankwah won the 800 in 1:45.91 over Ryan Schnulle (1:46.89). Rhianwedd Price took the 1,500 in 4:11.67.
• Chanelle Price Runs 2:00.62 World Leader, Aleec Harris Edges Jason Richardson, David Oliver
• At Least Something Went Well For Kentucky: Kentucky’s Kendra Harrison Runs 400H WL With 54.94

Stanford On The Boards:

• MB: Arkansas’ Dominique Scott moves to #6 all-time in NCAA at 10,000 with 32:11.60
• MB: GERMAN IS BACK BABY!!!! Fernandez won Heat 1 of the 1,500 over Sam Penzenstadler although Heat 2 had a faster time.
• MB: Cheserek and Jenkins go sub 29:05 to get NCAA qualifiers Barrios got the win in 28:12.
• MB: Thomas Awad 13:33.29, Ivy Second Best All Time
• MB: Tara Erdmann running Stanford 5k ” Unattached”

Distance News

• After Coming In As Not “A Superstar Recruit,” Kaitlyn Benner Has Impressed At Colorado, Winning US Junior XC Champs And Getting 27th At Worlds CU coach Heather Burroughs: “She has surprised us. It’s not an insult, I think, for us to say that she’s gone way beyond what we expected …”
• Ethiopians Girmay Birhanu (2:07:26) And Meselech Melkamu (2:27:24) Win Daegu Marathon
• MB: Matthew Maton runs 2 mile in 9:03 as an unattached athlete; kicked off HS team?

Updates From Africa

• Troubling: Former 5,000 World Champ Benjamin Limo Resigns Position As Athletics Kenya Branch Chairman Over AK’s Unwillingness To Combat Doping Limo claims that AK does not look out for athletes’ interests and protects managers and coaches who are connected with doping.
• AK Boss Isaiah Kiplagat Says There Might Be Some Foreign Agents Banned Or Arrested Next Week
• Moses Kipsiro May Flee Uganda Due To Death Threats From Coach Peter Wemali
• PAAK Launches “Run Clean” Campaign To Fight Doping In Kenya

Jumps News

• Athletics Weekly Profile Of HJer Mutaz Essa Barshim Barshim talks about winning bronze at London 2012, going for the WR and how he got his start in track as a race walker.
• Interesting: Study Finds Male High Jumpers And Pole Vaulters Embrace Risk More Than Women Male jumpers in top-level athletics events are more likely to pass on heights and the tactics often pay off.
• Yelena Isinbayeva Has Sights Set On A Spectacular Farewell As She Wants To Set A Pole Vault WR That Will “Stay For 100 Years” “I have a 5.10m jump on my mind but at the same time, I think that 5.15m is the limit for women.”

Very Interesting Running Science Articles

• Exercise Physiologist Ross Tucker Explains The Pain And Pacing Strategy Of The 800 Meters Tucker talks about the fine line between going out hard, but not too hard. “If you run an even-paced 800, you’re under-performing. The guy who slows down the least is usually the winner.”
  *MB: The PAIN of the 800 meters explained by an exercise physiologist
• Science Looks At The “Second Wind” … Does It Exist And What Causes It? Very likely it involves either neurochemical or psychological factors.

More Distance Stuff

• If You’re In Flagstaff: Documentary On Caballo Blanco (From The “Born To Run” Book) Premiering April 27th In Flagstaff The documentary on Micah True is titled Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco.
• Kids Today: High Schooler Takes Selfie While Leading XC Race; Photographer Catches Shot Of It And Wins Award The runner sprinted to the front to get the shot, but ended up finishing 61st of 81 runners.
  *MB: How would you react if you were this kids coach?

Week That Was

LRCWeek That Was: A Final Look At World Cross 2015, How Good/Bad Was The US, The Mercedes Marathon Drops The Ball, And More

Olympic News – Bye Bye Boston, Hello LA?

• Recommended Read Alan Abrahamson: Boston 2024 Is Doomed: Be Done With It – USOC Should Bump Boston, Pick LA As “America’s Olympic City.” An informative read. Abrahamson thinks LA should be named as the next city to host the Games no matter when we win them. Abrahamson does live in LA.
• 2004 Olympic 110H Champ Liu Xiang To Announce Retirement Next Week, Reports Say Given it’s the year 2015, his retirement announcement will come via Weibo according to the Shanghai Daily.
  *MB: Liu Xiang To Retire

Mid-D/Distance News

• David Rudisha, Blanka Vlašić, Ajeé Wilson Join Usain Bolt At adidas Grand Prix In New York On June 13 If you live in NYC and don’t attend this one, you no longer have the right to call yourself a track fan.
• Sweet: David Rudisha Will Go After 600m World Record In Ostrava On May 26th
• Mark English Signs 2-Year Sponsorship With Sky Sports He’ll be in the 600 race with Rudisha.
• 28th Marathon des Sables Is Taking Place This Week In The Sahara
  We thought this was one of the hardest races in the world until we learned about the Barkley (Ultra) Marathon in Tennessee.
• Meet The Two Australian Athletics Commentators Who Have A Cult Following

Track Distance News

• One Everyone Missed? Sarah Baxter Made Her Collegiate Debut With A 4:29.54 1,500 For 6th Place At Willamette Invy The race was won by Oregon’s Frida Berge in 4:23.99. Both raced unattached. *Full Results
• Good Read: Lauren Fleshman Blogs About Struggling With Injury Issues And “Identifying Her Life Through Running First” Fleshman had hoped to make USAs this year and get the 15:20 standard for Worlds, but that’s not looking like it will happen right now.
• April 3-4: Entries For 2015 Stanford Invitational: Stacked Fields In Every Distance Event Men’s 10K: Edward Cheserek, Eric Jenkins, Futsum Zienasellassie. Women’s 10K:Shalane Flanagan, Dominque Scott, Kate Avery. Men’s 1,500: Lopez Lomong, German Fernandez, Stanley Kebenei, Andy Bayer (also listed in steeple). Women’s 5,000: Emma Bates, Gabe Grunewald, Marielle Hall.

This Stuff Actually Isn’t April Fools

• Mo Farah Racing 3,000 Against Absolutely Stacked Field At The Doha DL Meet On May 15th Farah will face world 5,000 silver medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet, world indoor 3,000 champ Caleb Ndiku, 12:48 man Yenew Alamirew, world 5,000 bronze medalist Isiah Koech, Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa, Edwin Soi and Albert Rop.
  *MB: Farah back to dodging competition
• Every Runner In The Race DNFs At The Barkley Marathons If you didn’t read about the 100-mile ultra marathon that has a 1% finisher rate, we recommend you check out the article we made our “Quote of the Day” on Saturday.
• The Fargo Marathon Wants Will Ferrell To Sign Up In 2003, Farrell ran the Boston Marathon in 3:56:12.

30th Carlsbad In The Books *Results *LRC Photo Gallery

LRCGenzebe Dibaba (14:48) And Lawi Lalang (13:32) Take Home Titles At 2015 Carlsbad 5,000

LRC Remembering LRCer Van Townsend The running world lost one of its bright lights this week with the death of Van Townsend.
*MB: RIP Van Townsend: Share Your Respects Here