Quote Of The Day
– Arkansas women’s coach Lance Harter talking about how he had his gall bladder removed last Wednesday. Harter is recovered and ready to go as his women’s team will look this weekend to complete its third-ever SEC triple crown – they are the only women’s program in the SEC to ever win a triple crown.
- LRC Diamond League Doha/Shanghai #OpeningDay Preview Radio Show Podcast Available for Listen
- How does 13:00 stud, former NCAA superstar Lawi Lalang not have a sponsor?!
- Bernard Lagat: how soon will he totally annihilate the distance ARs? (and RUPP?)
- R.I.P Marcus wheeler
- The Japanese Bullet train travels at 300 MPH, what would happen if it derailed?
- The Myth of "Plenty of Fish in the Sea"
- Matthew Maton pulls out of 3k
2015 Hoka One One Mid-D Classic (USATF Oxy) Is Thursday (9 pm ET) *Results *Schedule, Entries, Streaming
LRC Men’s Preview: Will America’s Biggest Stars Return To Form? After some recent struggles, can Nick Symmonds return to form? What about Galen Rupp, Cam Levins (Canadian) and the NOP? Are former NCAA stars Andrew Wheating and Robby Andrews back? The highlight is an incredibly deep 1,500 which contains former NCAA champs Wheating, Andrews, Leo Manzano, Mac Fleet, and Nate Brannen plus a slew of other talented guys.
*Salazar Wants To Make Sure Rupp Gets 5k Qualifier – “(The) important thing is to get the qualifier in case he doesn’t get it at (Pre).”
LRCWomen’s Preview: Jenny Simpson’s Season Debut As Stars Old (Kara Goucher) And Young (Mary Cain) Try To Regain Their Form Mark Wetmore‘s two biggest current stars will make their season debuts – Jenny Simpson (800) and Emma Coburn (1,500) – while Kara Goucher (5,000) will run her first track race since 2013 and Mary Cain will look to regain her “teen phenom” label.
*Kara Goucher Hoping “To run something around 15:40, dip my toe into the racing waters, get information, and go back to Boulder to put in more work.”
WTWMatthew Maton Goes Sub-4, Bernard Lagat Sets AR And MWR, Haile G Calls It Quits, Emily Sisson Nearly Laps The Field, And Microdose All You Want
What a week it was: Matthew Maton became the 6th high school sub-4, Haile Gebrselassie ended a tremendous career that was 7 years longer than LetsRun.com, Bernard Lagat tied an American record and set a masters world record, 4 state 2-mile records fell in one race, and Emily Sisson nearly lapped the entire Big East.
More Upcoming Action
- Thursday: Heather Kampf And Garrett Heath Lead Fields For Thursday’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile / USATF 1 Mile R0ad Championships Heath is up against Craig Miller, Trevor Dunbar, Jeff See and Aaron Braun. Kampf faces Payton Jordan 1,500 winner Rebecca Addison.
*Bring Back The Mile “Pick The Winner” Contest Win yourself some new shoes. - 9/9: Kyle Merber Spearheading The Hoka One One Long Island Mile This September It will be the week of the NYRR 5th Ave Mile and will feature community as well as elite races on the track.
RIP
Marcus Wheeler, State Cross-Country Champion In Arizona, Commits Suicide On Campus
Marcus' twitter feed in the last day was that of someone crying out for help and he tweeted "there is going to be a suicide in the school right now" but a campus police officer who spotted him with a gun could not prevent him from taking his life. If you are considering suicide, please don't do it. Help is a phone call away: 1-800-273-8255 or via chat.
Updates On SAFP World Relays Controversy
- Jamaican World Relays Coach Jermaine Shand Speaks Out About Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce Controversy Fraser-Pryce’s coach Stephen Francis pulled her from the 4 x 100 after she wasn’t started in the heats as well. Shand says that she only joined the 4 x 1 squad at the last minute and the team for the heats was already set.
- Glen Mills Blasts MVP Over SAFP Controversy Mills (coach of MVP’s rival, Racers TC) accuses MVP president Bruce James of going to the media with “half-truths and false accusations” about Coach Shand.
Legal News
- Defense And Prosecution Rest Their Cases In Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston Bombing Sentencing Case They will make closing arguments on Wednesday.
- Better Business Bureau Issues Warning Against National Race Series, The Color 5 Mile The “race” is a huge scam as are many “theme” races around the country.
The Search For A Better Running Shoe
LRCThe 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:
LRCThe 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.
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
Diamond League Season Opens Friday In Doha (Noon ET) *TV / Streaming (Doha)*Schedule / Results (Doha) Then Moves To Shanghai On Sunday (7am ET) *TV / Streaming (Shanghai)*Schedule / Results (Shanghai) *Play Fantasy Track
LRC 2015 Doha Preview: Mo Farah Doesn’t Duck The Competition In A Stacked Men’s 3,000; Asbel Kiprop, Mo Aman & Ayanleh Souleiman To Battle In 800; Abeba Aregawi And Sifan Hassan To Clash In 1,500 Track fans have been waiting since 8 months for the DL to start up again but this one is well worth the wait. How low will American Aisha Praught go in the steeple? *IAAF preview
LRC2015 Shanghai Preview: Ben Blankenship Takes On Big Boys Silas Kiplagat & Ronald Kwemoi; Eunice Sum (800) & Jairus Birech (Steeple) Open Up In Their Specialties Are you ready for some Sunday morning track and field? American Molly Beckwith-Ludlow, who split 1:59 at world relays, seems to be. In non-distance action, there’s a great HJ with Mutaz Essa Barshim & Bohdan Bondarenko, plus Merritt vs. James in the 400 and VCB vs. SAFP in the 100.
Doha: Unpredictable Asbel Kiprop Ready For DL Opener “The World Championships are returning to the Bird’s Nest and I’ve never forgotten what happened there in 2008.”- Kiprop Ready To Battle With Favoured Aman In Doha Season Opener
- Caleb Ndiku: “(I) believe it is not possible for the Kenyans to beat (Mo Farah) at this stage of the season.”
Caleb Ndiku Pulls Out To Focus On Training; Will Make Season Debut At Pre Classic- LJ van Zyl Pumped For Big Season At 400H As He’s Got A New Coach
- Nesta Carter Is Ready For DL After Running 9.98 Last Week
- Five Events To Watch At Diamond League Opener In Doha
- Sanya Richards-Ross Pumped For Doha & Diamond League Season – Does Hour-Long Facebook Chat “I am still motivated by my desire to leave a lasting legacy in the sport.”
- Trackalerts Sprint Preview Of Doha
- Shanghai: Bogdan Bondarenko Vs. Mutaz Essa Barshim Will Be One Of Highlights Of Sunday’s Shanghai Meet
- Eunice Sum Says She’s Ready For 800 Opener In Shanghai Last month, she had a rust-busting 1,500 win in 4:09 in Kenya.
- Current 200m World Leader Carvin Nkanata Will Become The First Kenyan Sprinter To Compete In The Diamond League He’ll race in Shanghai this weekend.
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Non DL News:
Bye-Bye Mary, Hello Peter
NY Times: Meet The New Head Of The NYRR – Peter Ciacca “Mary was always the face of this organization, while I stayed behind the scenes.”- RW Takes A Look At Mary Wittenberg’s Legacy: At NYRR, Women And Pros Found An Advocate In Mary Wittenberg “She’s done a terrific job of highlighting Americans when they come to the race – they’re treated just as well as the world record holders there, although she’d never water down the field for you,” said Kara Goucher.
Be Inspired
550-Pound Missouri Man Continues Goal To Finish 5K Per Month In 2015 – Has Lost 75 Pounds- Bay To Breakers Is Sunday And For First Time Since 1968, Blind Runner Harry Cordellos Won’t Be Running Harry: “It looks like we’re going to win this race!”
Reporter: “Harry, how is that?”
Harry: “Well, I don’t see anyone in front of us.” - Michael Wardian Breaks His Own 50K Treadmill World Record – Runs 2:59.49
Portland 2016 Worlds Countdown Clock To Be Unveiled On May 27th At Pioneer Courthouse Square The clock will be unveiled in Pioneer Courthouse Square on May 27th.
Pro News Of Note – Not Related To Doha/Shanghai
USA Men’s Re;lay Team Stripped Of 4 X 100 London 2012 Silver Medals Due To Tyson Gay’s Doping Ban- Gebresalassie Talks About Ethiopia’s Current Marathoners, Says It Was A “Big Mistake” That Tsegaye Mekonnen Debuted At Age 18
- IAAF Pleased With Anti-Doping Progress In Jamaica
- Mike Powell, Colin Jackson And Michael Johnson Are All In Beijing For 100 Days To Worlds Celebration On Thursday
- Track & Field News’ 2015 World Champs Medal Picks They are picking Galen Rupp and Ajee Wilson to get silver – no US mid-d or distance gold.
We Will Miss Her
LRCMary Wittenberg Steps Down As New York Road Runners President To Launch Virgin Sport
Wittenberg had been COO of the NYRR since 2000 and CEO since 2005 and was a strong advocate of the professional side of the sport. She helped put the NYC Marathon back on top as one of America's premier sporting events. *Discuss Her Departure Here
- New York Times: Mary Wittnberg Rose Along With New York’s Race A look at some of the many positives Wittenberg brought to the NYRR as well as some of the criticisms against her.
- New York Times: NYC Marathon Chief Finds Next Step Has Arrived “Ultimately, I could have stayed at the NYRR forever because I loved the organization and I loved the impact it made. … or I could start all over and creat something from nothing. I decided to start new.”
- RRW: Wittenberg Leaving NYRR For New Virgin Sport Venture
A Result Not Mentioned From The Weekend:Ajee Wilson Ran 2:00.65 To Win The Jamaican Invitational 800
Another Russian Racewalker Banned For DopingTatyana Akulinushkina gets 4 years in her second doping offense as only a 21-year-old.
Sprint / Field Stuff
Letter To The Editor: Ryan Bailey Showed True Class Despite Booing Masses Bailey wasn’t too popular with the Jamaican fans after dissing Bolt at the World Relays, but handled it well and won over at least some of the crowd.- Bailey: “I knew the crowd would have done this (boo me) and my only regret was it was not louder. I surely would have run much faster.”
- Branch Chairman Wants Athletics Kenya To Set Up Camps To Find Young Sprinting Talent
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson Pulls Out Of Gotzis Hypo-Meeting Where She Was Supposed To Face British Rival Jessica Ennis She is healthy, but lost training time with a knee injury in March.
- Former Oregon Javelin Thrower Haley Crouser Will Transfer To Texas
- Clayton Vaughn And Demi Payne Are NCAA Athletes Of The Week Vaughn ran the #4 fastest 100 with 9.93 and Payne broke the collegiate PV record again.
News From Africa
Caster Semenya Happy With Her 2:08.58 800 Win At The SA Open Over The Weekend She’s still a ways away from the world qualifying standard, but said, “I think I am on the right track but I just need to be patient and wait for the next race.”- Georgina Rono (2:35:12) And Barnabas Kibii (2:17:42) Win Tea For Health Kericho Marathon In Kenya Drug cheat Flomena Chepchirchir was 3rd in her return from a 6-month doping suspension which ended less than a week before the race.
- World 5,000 Bronze Medalist Isaiah Koech Talks Ahead Of Facing Mo Farah In The Doha 3,000 Koech says he isn’t in the best shape right now, but is focused on winning in Beijing. He also complains about his Kenyan teammates making him the “sacrificial lamb” at Worlds in 2013.
- SPIKES Explains While Haile Gebrselassie “Will Forever Be Known As The King” Includes some great quotes from throughout Geb’s career.
- Two-Time World XC Champ Emily Chebet Announces She Will Make Her Marathon Debut Sometime After Worlds For now she’ll focus on improving her Worlds finish from 2013 where she was 4th in the 10,000.
- Paul Tergat Welcomes Haile G To Retirement “He’s a great person, a great man. … I’m looking forward to working with him in retirement.”
Lots Of Great NCAA Action This Weekend – Power 5 Conference Meets – SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big 10, PAC-12 + IC4A/ECAC *All Results
- SEC Arkansas Women Hoping To Complete SEC Triple Crown For 3rd Time In Program History Hard to believe but no other SEC women’s program has ever won the triple crown.
- Arkansas Women’s Coach Lance Harter Is Feeling Good Despite Having Gall Bladder Removed Last Wed.
- Texas A&M Men Set To Defend SEC Title, Women Eager To Reclaim 2013 Title
- Big 12: Texas Men And Women Want To Sweep Outdoor Titles Like They Did Indoors
- Haley Crouser Announces She’ll Transfer To Texas
- Big 10:MB: 2015 Big Ten Track and Field Championships Discussion Thread
- PAC-12: Oregon Hurdler Johnathan Cabral And Sprinter Ariana Washington To Miss The PAC-12 ChampionshipsOregonLive.com
- Oregon’s Greg Skipper And Jillian Weir Are Seeded #2 In Hammer
- ACC: Florida St. Hosting For 1st Time Since 2005
- Track & Field News NCAA Predictions They are picking narrow victories for Florida (men) and Arkansas (women).
News From The UK
- Athletics Weekly Is Sold To Great Run Company
The publisher is pleased: “The Great Run Company will help take the magazine on the next stage of its journey and will allow for more investment in the digital arena. I am excited about the future for AW.” 
Athletics Weekly’s Preview Of Sunday’s Loughborough International- Six European Junior Leaders Will Compete In Loughborough
- Paula R Runs With 6 Amateurs Ahead Of Great Newham London Run
Assembled And Designed In America
LRC Exclusive The Inside Story Of How American Ryan Bolton Helped Caroline Rotich Conquer The 2015 Boston Marathon He may have made the Olympics in the triathlon, but Ryan Bolton is a runner. In HS, Bolton dreamed of Running for the Buffaloes before going to Wyoming and nearly beating Meb Keflezighi at NCAA XC. Now he’s found his calling as a coach who just guided the unheralded Caroline Rotich to a stunning victory at Boston Marathon last month.
More Admin / Coaching /Olympic News
- B.A.A. High Performance Coach Terrence Mahon Named Women’s Coach Of Team USA At IAAF World Championships
*Full Coaching Staff For Worlds And Pan Am Games - Athletics Ireland National Distance Coach Chris Jones Resigns Is moving to Wales for family reasons.
- Application Process Officially Open For New Sports Looking To Be Added To 2020 Olympics Baseball and softball are considered favorites to return to the Olympics.
- Demolition Of Tokyo’s Old Olympic Stadium Completed The new 80,000-seat stadium is expected to be finished in March 2019.
- UK Anti-Doping Appoints Former Law Enforcement Officer Pat Myhill As Director Of Operations
- IOC Opens Bid Process For 2018 / 2020 Olympic TV Rights In Europe
Sprint Stuff
Justin Gatlin Eager For Showdown With Usain Bolt, But Doesn’t Expect It To Happen Before Worlds “When it comes to being the man, and if you feel like you’re not 100 percent ready, you’re not going to race anybody who’s going to be a threat.”- IAAF Personal Bests Q&A With Sally Pearson As the “best athlete I’ve ever seen,” she chose Haile Gebrselassie, saying she was amazed by his “fantastic smile” at the end of races.
- Ken Goe Gives Props To Ryan Bailey For Making The USA-Jamaican Sprint Rivalry More Interesting And Racing Asafa Powell On His Home Turf
*LRC Warren Weir Lashes Out At Bailey Over Usain Bolt “Throat Slash” Gesture - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Not Sure If She’ll Try To Defend Her 200 Title At World Champs She may only run the 100.
NCAA Updates
4th All-Time: Texas-Arlington’s Clayton Vaughn Ran 9.93, Putting Him 4th On The All-Time NCAA 100m List- Oregonian’s Ken Goe: Is Oregon’s Dominance Of The PAC-12 Championships In Jeopardy? The men have won eight consecutive titles and the women six, but this year is no sure thing.
- That’s A Bummer: A No-Height In The PV Cost Oregon’s Dakota Keys A Fourth PAC-12 Decathlon Title He ended up finishing only 10th.
- Texas A&M Men And Arkansas Women Stay On Top In What Is Setting Up To Be A Close Team Battle Georgia women made a big jump from 6th to 3rd.
- Top NCAA Marks From The Weekend In Each Event
Morrison’s Great Manchester Run *Results
LRC The End Of An Era: The Great Haile Gebrselassie Retires One of the sport’s greatest ambassadors has officially retired after being at the top for two decades.
- Share Your Thanks Here: Thank you Haile: The Great One Haile Gebrselassie Has Officially Retired
- Press Release Confirming Haile Gebrselassie’s Retirement “I am retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.”
- Video Interview With Haile Gebrselassie After Retiring
- RRW: Gebrselassie Announces Retirement (Again)
LRC Bernard Lagat Breaks Masters World 10,000m Record, Stephen Sambu, Betsy Saina Win Bernard Lagat ran 27:48 to get another world record. Discuss: Lagat just ran 27.50
*IAAF Race Recap
*UK’s Gemma Steel 2nd 6 Seconds Behind Saina
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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