April 26, 2015 | LetsRun.com

2015 Virgin Money London Marathon Results Video Highlights

Men LRC London Lives Up to the Hype as Eliud Kipchoge Takes Down Wilson Kipsang in Final Mile to Win in 2:04:42 (updated with QTs) This one was packed with drama as with 5 miles to go, it was down to the Big Three of Kipchoge, Kipsang and WR holder Dennis Kimetto plus ’14 runner-up Stanley Biwott. After a 4:33 25th mile, it was Kipchoge vs. Kipsang and after a 4:33 26th mile, Kipchoge was the winner – Kipsang finally breaking with 800 to go.

LRC Did you miss the break in the men’s race at the 2015 London Marathon? The mystery behind the one minute of missing tv coverage explained

London On The Boards:

2015 Drake Relays Results Friday Results On 1 Page *Des Moines Reg Special Section

Saturday: LRC Leo Manzano Turns The Tables On Matthew Centrowitz, Wins Men’s Mile At Drake AJ Acosta was third.

IAAF: Jasmin Stowers Highlights Non-Distance Action With 12.40 100H Win OvEr Dawn Harper Nelson PV WR holder Renaud Lavillenie only finished 3rd as Sam Kendricks and Shawn Barber tied for 1st. Francena McCorory ran a 50.13 WL 400, ahead of Sanya Richards-Ross by almost a full-second. Will Claye got a WL in the TJ.
*Saturday quotes

Friday: LRC Ajee Wilson Takes Down Brenda Martinez For $20,000, King James Beats Michael Johnson’s Meet Record, Loyola (Ill) Upsets Arkansas Ajee Wilson showed why she’s America’s best hope for distance gold in Beijing, Kirani James impressed, LaShawn Merritt didn’t, Aleec Harris remained undefeated, Bershawn Jackson is back, Derek Drouin still likes Drake, and Loyola of Illinois pulled the upset in the 4 x 800.

Full Coverage

Feature On Anthony Rotich’s Quest For 3rd Straight NCAA Crown He’d be only the 3rd man in history to win 3 straight. He wants to open at sub-8:30 next week at Stanford.

Feel-Good Post-Boston Stories

World Relay Championships Are Next Week

USATF Announces Relay Pools For 2015 World Relay Championships The DMRs will be ~~Andrew Wheating~~, Kyle Merber, Ben Blankenship, Brandon Johnson and Treniere Moser, Shannon Rowbury, Ajee Wilson, Gabe Grunewald.
Poland Names Full Teams For 2015 World Relays: Adam Kszczot And Marcin Lewandowski Lead The Way
UK Names Squad For World Relays; Will Send Men’s And Women’s 4 X 100 And 4 X 400 The bare minimum with no distance runners.
Hosts Bahamas Reveal Their Team For World Relay Champs: Led By 4 X 400 Olympic Champions

The Search For A Better Running Shoe

LRC The Most Popular Running Shoe On LetsRun.com Is … Not Made Anymore … The Nike Pegasus+ 30 Thousands of you filled out our detailed running shoe survey in the fall and more of you ran in the Nike Pegasus+30 than any other shoe. Only problem is all of you need to find a new shoe, help us out below:

LRC The Improved LRC Running Shoe Survey Is Back – Three Minutes To A Better Running Shoe The running shoe buying process sucks and we want to improve it with data. We took your reviews from the fall, made a running shoe beta site, and have improved our survey to ask you what shoe your previously ran in. We now need more reviews from you on the latest shoes.

London WomenResults Video Highlights

Women LRC Forget About Kenyan ‘Fantastic Four’ Ethiopia and Tigist Tufa Reign Supreme in London The “Fantastic Four” and “Fabulous Five” got all the pre-race love but Tufa, a 25-1 longshot, was patient this time and got the win over Mary Keitany in 2:23:22.

Paula Radcliffe's Final Competitive Marathon Paula Radcliffe Has Emotional Goodbye to Competive Running Video of Paula’s finish, interview with her and article. Recommended read/watch.

LRC Video Highlights of 2015 London Marathon

2015 Penn Relays Schedule / Start Lists / Results TV / Streaming

MB: Official 2015 Penn Relays Live Discussion Thread

Saturday: LRC Villanova’s Jordan Williamsz Takes Down Oregon’s Edward Cheserek In Riveting But Bizarre Men’s 4 X Mile At 2015 Penn Relays The opening legs were hot. The Penn Relays record was within striking distance. A 3:55 would equal a sub-16. The winning time was 16:18. We tell you what happened.

LRC Georgia Tech (Men) And Villanova (Women) Win 4 x 800 Titles

IAAF: USA Men Show Off Slick Baton Passes To Win Penn Relays 4×100 Over Jamaica

Friday: LRC Villanova’s Jordan Williamsz Made Him Work For It, But In The End, Oregon And Edward Cheserek Win The Men’s DMR Williamsz got the stick one second down but only ran .50 faster than King Ches.
*Phillly.com: Williamsz On Ches: “He’s good, man. He’s real good.”

LRC Stanford Women Win Women’s 4 X 1,500 Title At 2015 Penn Relays After Elise Cranny Breaks Things Open On Leg #3

VA’s Andrew Hunter Wins Mile, Joins Matthew Centrowitz As Only HSers To Win Mile & 3k At Penn
LSU Wins Shuttle Hurdle Relay (W) – 24th Straight Year They’ve Won A Wheel
Texas A&M Wins 7th Straight Penn Relays 4 X 100 Title
LRC Full Coverage

Doping Updates

Full Original Uncut Interview With Russian Whistleblower Vitaliy Stepanov
Kenya “Open Minded” On IAAF’s Appeal To Increase Rita Jeptoo’s Drug Ban
Delusional? Russian Sports Official Says Doping In Russia Is No Worse Than Rest Of Europe Vitaly Mutko: “We are ready to invite foreign experts for each step of the anti-doping procedure even for several years to end all these doubts and claims made about our country so we can cooperate in good faith.”
French Racewalker Bertrand Moulinet Confesses To EPO Use After Testing Positive

3 World XC Getty Images Photo Galleries:
1) Pro Photos From Getty Images
2) New Rojo’s Women’s Photos
3) New Rojo’s Men’s Race Photos

Sprint Drama: Bolt Calls Out Gay

Usain Bolt Has Harsh Words For Tyson Gay; Says He Thinks Gay Should Be “Kicked Out Of The Sport” “ It really bothers me. … I think it’s because I respected him so much over the years. He was a competitor, kept me on my toes … Then to find out that he was on drugs – it’s a bit like I think parents must feel when they have a kid who does something bad and lets them down.”
Justin Gatlin Says Tyson Gay Deserves Second Chance After Doping Ban “Everyone should give a second chance, but everyone is also entitled to their opinion.” Gatlin also has some good quotes about retirement/getting the most out of his career.
Usain Bolt And Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Lead Jamaican Team For World Relay Champs

News From Europe

BBC Sport – Jo Pavey: Thyroid Medicine Use Among Athletes “Unethical”
*MB: Jo Pavey slams the Nike Oregon Project for thyroid Use
Racism Accusations Force Stockholm Marathon Prize Money U-Turn Meanwhile, American races often offer “American only” prize money all the time.
*MB: Stockholm Marathon will not give prize money to an east african if they win the race.
Recommended Read: Fascinating Talk With The Woman Who Invented The Jogbra 38 Years Ago The prototype was two jockstraps sewn together. The Jockbra soon became the Jogbra.
*MB: Jogbra was invented 38 years ago, what the hell did women do before then?

Eugene 2021

Nice Editorial By Indy Star’s David Woods On USA Getting Worlds 2021 “Should bidding have been open? Yes. Should a bigger city be holding the first outdoor worlds on U.S. soil? Yes. But Eugene and USATF, you should apologize for nothing.”
Editorial On Eugene 2021: “Premeditated Murder Or Suicide?” Italy’s Luciano Barra is not happy the IAAF chose Eugene without open bidding and writes, “What about credibility and transparency? Who can financially afford the IAAF system and their requests? Who will trust the system?”