Quote Of The Day

“Given that she ran that 14:48 while training for the 1,500, I think she certainly could run faster in the 5,000 if we were really concentrating on that, but I only want to turn away from the 1,500 when she knows it’s time to move on …”

“(But) other than (Genzebe) Dibaba, who else in the 5k is running a sub-four 1,500?”

– Alberto Salazar talking in an Oregonian article on the recently-married Shannon Rowbury, who says she’s ready for the 1,500 at this weekend’s Pre Classic. The question is, what event does she focus on in 2016?
LRC Pre Classic Previews: Friday Night *Saturday Men *Saturday Women

2015 Pre Classic Is Friday-Saturday *TV And Streaming *Schedule And Entries *Results *LRC Fan Poll Results (Or Vote If You Haven’t Voted)

LRC Listen To The LetsRun.com Live Pre-Pre Internet Podcast At 11pm ET 

faraheuroLRC It’s On: Rabbits Going 13:15-13:20 For Farah In 10k, Sub-13:00 For Rupp In 5k, 14:10 (WR) In Women’s 5k It should be a great one tonight.

gatlinglareLRC Justin Gatlin Does Not Want To Talk About His Drug Past And Things Get A Little Testy With LRC’s Wejo Justin Gatlin has no interest in talking about his past drug suspension.

Video: 7 Minutes With Jenny Simpson: Jenny On All Things 1,500m, Including Mary Cain’s Struggles

Updated: LRC Chris Derrick Has “Re-Aggravated An Old Injury” That “Took Longer To Clear Up” Than Expected – Will Run At USAs

Saturday Men’s Preview LRC Can Centro And Leo Challenge In A Special Bowerman Mile? Can Evan Jager Challenge In His 2015 Steeple Debut? Plus Amos Vs. Aman At 800 The Bowerman Mile will highlight as usual as Ayanleh Souleiman, Silas Kiplagat, Asbel Kiprop and Ronald Kwemoi will look to recreate last year’s fireworks while Americans Leo Manzano and Matthew Centrowitz shoot for sub-3:50. The 800 also includes Taoufik Makhloufi and three-time world champ Ezekiel Kemboi makes his ’15 steeple debut.

Saturday Women’s Preview LRC Will Genzebe Dibaba Get The 5,000 WR? Will Molly Huddle Get The 5,000 AR? Plus Jenny Simpson Vs. Shannon Rowbury And A Totally Loaded 800 Dibaba will target sister Tirunesh‘s 14:11.15 WR with Molly Huddle also in the field looking to run fast. The 800 is loaded with American stars Ajee Wilson, Brenda Martinez, Alysia Montaño and world champ Eunice Sum, while Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury tackle Sifan Hassan in the 1,500.

LRC Preview Of 2015 Friday’s Distance Night: Can Mo Farah Run Fast In The 10k? Will Galen Rupp Be In Form After Disappointing Indoor Campaign?

The Search For A Better Running Shoe

pegasus30LRC 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:

runningshoesurveyLRC 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.

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

2015 Comrades Is Sunday (Saturday Night US)

2015 Ostrava *Full Results

That looks painfulLRC David Rudisha Pulls Up Injured At 2015 IAAF World Challenge Meet In Ostrava, Usain Bolt Runs 20.13 In 200 Plus Asbel Kiprop in the 1k, Dejen G. in the 5k, Asafa Powell in the 100, and a new Kenyan national record in the javelin. Updated: Rudisha says it’s not “a very serious injury” and he hopes to be back training within a few days.
*IAAF Recap: Sharika Nelvis Steals The Spotlight With A 12.55 100H Into A 1.7 m/s Wind
*Bolt: “You can’t be satisfied if I don’t break 20 seconds.” He said the cold/rainy conditions were partly to blame for the slower time.


Distance News Of Note

The Legend Of Steve Prefontaine Continues To Grow – Steve Prefontaine Gets His Own Graphic Novel

LRC Book Review The Art Of Running By Matthew Crehan – A Graphic Novel Telling The Story Of Legendary US Distance Runner Steve Prefontaine Over the years, movies, books, T-Shirts – just about everything imaginable – have been made to tell the inspiring life story of Steve Prefontaine. But now for the first time, there is a comic book graphic novel that tells his story.