2015 Rotterdam And Paris Are Sunday Morning (Saturday Night West Coast) *Streaming Info / Watch Live

LRC Can Reid Coolsaet Break The 40-Year-Old Canadian Marathon Record (2:10:09) In Rotterdam? Coolsaet has run 2:10:55 and Jerome Drayton‘s record has to go at some point, doesn’t it?

LRC Spring Marathon Season Is Here – 2015 Rotterdam And Paris Women’s Marathon Previews Two-Time Chicago Champ Atsede Bayisa headline in Paris – Rotterdam is barely worth mentioning.

LRC Men’s Marathon Previews – Bernard Koech Goes For Win In Rotterdam, Which Is Almost Of WMM Quality Is Rotterdam worthy of WMM Status? Rotterdam has four men who’ve run sub-2:05 and eight men who have gone sub-2:07, including last year’s runner-up Bernard Koech and ’11 WC bronze medalist Feyisa Lilesa. Paris is wide open as 13 men have broken 2:08; 12:51/26:51 man Vincent Chepkok will also run in his 2nd career marathon.

• IAAF Preview Of Paris *IAAF Preview Of Rotterdam
• IAAF Preview Of Vienna: Defending Champ Getu Feleke Wants 2:04, Caroline Chepkwony Anna Hahner Won Last Year In 2:28:59
• 2015 Milan Marathon Preview
• Great Ireland Run: Fionnuala Britton Opens Season With New Coach And New Goals 800 ace Mark English will race his first-ever mile as well.

Have You Ever Attended World XC? These Guys Have And They Tell You What It Was Like

Recommended Read: The Race Of A Lifetime: Blog By One Of The American Super Fans At 2015 World XC The duo were treated as celebrities and had their picture taken roughly 500 times, but their cheering couldn’t stop the African domination. “As the races continued, it became clear that East Africa hadn’t come to compete. They’d come to dominate.”

Proof – Size Doesn’t Matter

A Look At The Rise Of St. Kitts And Nevis – Population 46,000 – As A Sprint Power

Proof – Doping (Sometimes) Has Consequences

Good Read: Should Runners Who Have Served Drug Bans Be Welcomed At Races? 
MB: Good for him: Christian Hesch says he should never be eligble for prize money again

The Next IAAF Head?

Good Read: Mike Rowbottom Breaks Down Sergey Bubka Vs. Seb Coe For IAAF Head

Bizarre, But Interesting

• Man Breaks World Record For Running Around The World – Did It In 621 Days Running 26 miles per day for 621 days in a row is impressive, particularly since Kevin Carr didn’t have a partner and pushed all of his equipment. He beat the old record by a few hours.
• Researchers: Super-High Mileage Won’t Kill You (And Is Good For You) 25 mpw does seem to be better for you, though.
• Research Paper: Distance Running May Be An Evolutionary “Signal” For Desirable Male Genes
  *Why Super-Fast Marathon Men Get All The Women
  *Why Long-Distance Runners Make The Best Partners
• Why Is There A Track In Narita Airport Terminal 3? Designer Naoki Ito Explains
  *MB: Pretty Sweet: Tokyo’s Narita Airport Terminal 3 has indoor track lanes to take you between gates.
• Australian Discus Record Holder Benn Harradine Wants To Hold A Meet In An Airport Hangar He’s got some good ideas to make meets more interesting – including no distance races.

Justice In Uganda?

Great News: Ugandan Coach Peter Wemali Faces Arrest – After 3 Girls Testify They Were Raped “Wemali is like any other person in this country and if he has committed rape, defilement and assault like these young girls are testifying we are going to have him arrested and charged,” said a police commander. “He (Wemali) lured me to his house one day and raped me. I feared to scream because there was a panga and knife in the house. He also had a pistol,” said a victim.

Distance News

• May 30: Genzebe Dibaba Leads Stacked Field For 2015 Pre Classic 5,000 As She Faces Vivian Cheruiyot, Molly Huddle, Sally Kipyego And Faith Kipyegon Kim Conley, Jordan Hasay, Laura Thweatt, Marielle Hall also in field.
• Father Of The Year: New York Olympic Trials Hopeful Bryan Morseman Wins Three Marathons In 8 Days To Make Money To Pay For His Son’s Spina Bifida Treatments He ran 2:24:40, 2:32:39 and 2:24:10, winning $5,750.
  *MB: Man wins 3 marathons in 8 days. Uses prize money for son’s illness
• Missed Results From The Weekend: German Miler Homiyu Tesfaye Wins Osterlauf 10K In 27:54 Ethiopian Sutume Asefa Kebede won the women’s race in 31:49 while the half marathon was won by Abraham Yano (61:06) and Maryanne Wangari Wanjiru (71:12). At the Giro Media Blenio 10K, Victor Chumo (28:19) got the win.
• Evan Jager Gets New Website; Doing Open Twitter Q&A Today From 3-4PM ET
• Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic (Formerly Oxy) Set For May 14th The meet will be streamed live on USATF.tv. *Meet Site/Info

News From Kenya

• Another Big Name Going Down? Kenyan Press Reporting That A “Fairly Famous” Marathoner Has Failed A Drug Test They say this athlete has won two major marathons in the last year (although it’s unclear if they mean WMM).
  *MB: Another prominent Kenyan gets popped?
• Respect The Distance: Florence Kiplagat Out To Overcome Her Marathon Fears At London 2015 “I have a mental or psychological problem when it comes to marathon. One has to run 42km before finishing, it is so tiresome. I always lose hope towards the finish but this time, I will try to do my best.”
• Kenyan World Relay Squad Looks To Be Led By David Rudisha And Asbel Kiprop The full teams will be decided at a trial meet this week which includes 80 athletes, but some big names, including Eunice Sum and Mercy Cherono, were already left out.
• 42-Year-Old Former WR Holder Catherine Ndereba Running Her First Marathon In More Than 3 Years At The Nagano Marathon Next Weekend April 19th She ran 2:35:08 in her last marathon to finish 22nd in Nagoya.
• World XC Champ Agnes Jebet (Tirop) Now Focused On Winning World Champs She’ll work on her speed by running the 1,500 at the Shanghai DL meet on May 17th.

Throws News

• High School Javelin Record Holder Haley Crouser Among Several Athletes Leaving The Oregon Track Team Also distance runner Ryan Pickering.
• Official At Meet In New Jersey Impaled In The Heel By A Javelin Firefighters had to cut the javelin with a saw before he could be put into an ambulance. His injuries weren’t considered life threatening.