Archived Homepage For April 27, 2015
Archived Homepage For April 27, 2015

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:


Irish Opinion Piece: Martin Fagan Has Served His Time, But Rio Appearance Would Insult Clean Athletes Fagan recently ran a 2:16:09 marathon in Zurich and so far is the only Irishman with the Olympic standard. Having him on the line in 2016 doesn’t sit well with this author though.

Screenshot_2015-04-12-13-55-46Saturday: 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

Sprint Drama: Bolt Calls Out Gay

 Eugene 2021 

The Search For A Better Running Shoe

pegasus30LRCThe Most Popular Running Shoe On LetsRun.com Is … Not Made Anymore … The Nike Pegasus+ 30Thousands 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:

runningshoesurveyLRCThe Improved LRC Running Shoe Survey Is Back – Three Minutes To A Better Running ShoeThe 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 Women *Results*Video Highlights

Screenshot (51)Women LRCForget 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 MarathonPaula 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
*RRW: Recap *IAAF

Bruce Jenner Sex Change

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

Jamaican Sprint Stuff

Doping Updates

15 Minutes Of Fame – 51 Seconds Of Fame (Shame?)