June 4, 2015 | LetsRun.com

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Must Read: ProPublica Investigation Alleges Anti-Doping Violations By Alberto Salazar David Epstein’s been working on this piece for a few years. A great read alleging possible anti-doping violations by Alberto Salazar and even Galen Rupp.

LRC Rojo’s Five Quick Thoughts On David Epstein’s Nike Oregon Project Investigation David Epstein‘s piece is a great read, this could be just the beginning as it is time for more people to speak on the record and for Nike to investigate its own house. Plus Matt Centrowitz‘s tweet on this is embarrassing.

Competitor Q&A With David Epstein on Nike Oregon Project Allegations

David Epstein/BBC Investigation: MB: Former Team Members Accuse Famed Coach Alberto Salazar Of Breaking Drug Rules Epstein, who helped bring down Lance Armstong, has teamed up with BBC reporter Mark Daly to take a look inside the NOP. Their online articles are up now and the BBC will air a TV program entitled “Catch me if you can” at 4pm ET. Steve Magness, Kara Goucher and Adam Goucher all speak on the record – many other former NOP athletes speak without using their names. K. Goucher: “I was afraid to say anything. I’m tired of saying I’m off the Oregon Project because I had a baby and I no longer fit in.” Esptein: “Magness is convinced that the Oregon Project’s head coach – running icon Alberto Salazar – had achieved the pinnacle of distance running success by cheating.”

The Week That Was – Our Weekly Recap

WTWMo Farah Earns Our Respect, Big 1,500 PRs For Kyle Merber And Stephanie Garcia, Mo Aman's Big Rebound, Meb's Masters Debut And Gallowalking To Comrades Glory

What a week. We give you "10 People That Had A Good Week" and the list includes Jeff Galloway, Meb Keflezighi, Ben True, Stephanie Garcia, Mo Aman, Anastasiya Bazdyreva, Kyle Merber, Mo Farah, Emily Chebet and Mary Cain. Yes, Mary Cain. Plus we break down the winners and losers from the NCAA Regionals, mourn the loss of "blue-collar" running legend Pat Petersen, and explain to you why Alexa Efraimson has zero shot at the World Junior record.

Distance News

Jordan Hasay Has Been Working Out Hard In The Pool And The Alter-G While Dealing With Plantar Fasciitis “This injury is the first time I’ve had to take more than five days in a row off for an injury in seven years. That was the year of the Olympic trials when I was 16.”
Iceland’s Anita Hinriksdottir Hoping To Finally Break The 2-Minute 800 Barrier Today At The Games Of Small States Meet The 19-year-old has a PR of 2:00.49 which she ran 2 years ago.
Q&A With Track Writer Jack Welch About The State Of US Running And What It Was Like Interviewing And Reporting On The All-Time Greats In The Sport Welch is the author of “When Running Was Young And So Were We” and co-founded “Running” magazine.
Jo Pavey To Return To Glasgow For Great Scottish Run Half Marathon

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Sad News

RIP: Former US Marathon Record Holder Pat Petersen Dies From Cancer At Age 55 Petersen had a PR of 2:10:04 (a loop-course AR at the time) and finished top 5 in the NYC Marathon three times.
*MB: R.I.P. Pat Petersen Petersen left behind a wife and four children who are in a difficult financial situation. You can help them by contributing here.
MB: Sad News: Missing UPenn track runner Timothy Hamlett’s remains found in the Hudson River

100m News

Tyson Gay Says Winning At Pre Gave Him “A Lot Of Peace” After Being Broken Up Last Year About Doping “I kind of broke down last year. … It was about the fact that people believed I was full of steroids and stuff like that …”
Alan Abrahamson: “Can Justin Gatlin Be A Hero?” “A little humility and accountability, and knowing what to say at the right time, can go a long way.”
First Asian-Born Sprinter To Go Under The 10-Second Mark Will Skip The Open 100 To Focus On Relay At Asian Champs Su Bingtian will concentrate on China’s 4 x 100.
Brit Adam Gemili’s Sub-10 Seconds 100m Spoiled By Wind Assistance He ran 9.97 with a 3.7 m/s tailwind.

And NBC Missed It

LRCMove Over, Mary Cain - Alexa Efraimson Breaks American High School And Junior 1,500m Records As Her Prom Date Matthew Maton Watches

Alexa Efraimson has displaced Mary Cain as the queen of American high school running and she's the prom date of sub-4 miler Matthew Maton.

Previous Pre Classic News

Day 2 Talk On The Message Board:

1. Official 2015 Prefontaine Classic Live Discussion Thread
2. Alexa Effraimson is now faster than Mary Cain has been! 4:03!!!
3. Jenny Simpson’s massive ego
4. Pre 2015: NOP TROUNCED on home field. Can we accept the “project” has failed?
5. Gatlin says F*ck the haters – 19.68
6. jagr runs 8:05
7. Pre Classic preempted by Children’s Hospital telethon in New Orleans. It also wasn’t shown in Detroit.
8. Nick Symmonds BLACKBALLED from Pre Classic 800
9. Anyone else disappointed in Kemboi’s victory dance?

Outside Coverage:
*IAAF: Barshim Soars, Sprinters Fly In Eugene
*IAAF: Lavillenie Breaks Diamond League Pole Vault Record In Eugene
*USA Quotes Including Ben Blankenship, Tyson Gay, Jenny SImpson, Shannon Rowbury, Matt Centrowitz, Justin Gatlin

Day 1 Of Gotzis Multi Event Action

IAAF Report Gotzis Hypo Meeting: Brianne Theisen Eaton And Germany’s Kai Kazmirek Lead After First Day Ashton Eaton was a late withdrawal due to a back injury sustained in training.
In-Depth Analysis Of Day One Of Gotzis Hypo Meething With Quotes From Injured Ashton Eaton
Ennis-Hill In 3rd After First Day Of Götzis Heptathlon *BBC
Jessica Ennis-Hill Is Lifted By High Jump On Her Return To The Heptathlon

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.

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

Wejo SpeaksVin, Mo, Galen, Alberto, Alexa And Justin: Six Thoughts On Pre

Wejo wraps up his thoughts from Eugene about Pre.

Two More DL Races This Week – Rome Is Thursday TV & Streaming Schedule, Entries & Results – Birmingham Is Sunday

LRCRome Preview: A Totally Loaded Men's 5,000, Aman Vs. Amos Round II, And Can Jenny Simpson Take Down Dawit Seyaum And Win Her Fourth Straight 1,500 On The Diamond League Circuit?

Simpson is the reigning DL champ but she's never beaten Ethiopian teen sensation Dawit Seyaum. In the 5,000, Pre winner Yomif Kejelcha faces Doha 3k winner Hagos Gebrhiwet and a ton of other fast guys (six men sub-13:00). Plus Justin Gatlin in the 100, Renaud Lavillenie in the pole vault and Jasmin Stowers in the 100 hurdles.

David Rudisha Withdraws From Birmingham Grand Prix, Still Coming Back From Ostrava Injury “I am making good progress these last days but it will be just a few days too soon.”
Rome 100 Will Have Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Kim Collins, Nesta Carter
Birmingham Provisional Entry Lists

Sprints, Jumps And Throws

David Oliver Fires His Longtime Coach Brooks Johnson Over Profanity-Filled Text Message He Sent After Pre Classic Johnson has been a legend in the sport for decades, but Oliver explains why the disrespectful text message was the last straw.
*MB: DAVID OLIVER FIRES HIS COACH RESPECTFULLY!!!!!!
Bruce Jenner Reveals How He Chose Caitlyn As His New Name One way she attempted to come up with ideas was by watching the Miss America pageant.
IAAF Inside Athletics Interview With Trinidad And Tobago 400H World Champ Jehue Gordon Gordon talks about competing at the 2009 World Championships as a 17-year-old and not wanting to show “any fear” even though he was up against his idols.
IAAF Personal Bests Q&A With Olympic LJ Silver Medalist Will Claye He says Tony McQuay and Erik Kynard are like his brothers and Christian Taylor is his greatest rival.
Cool Video: Maine State Record Holder Dan Guiliani Combines Shot Put And Gymnastics
Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith Leads Team GB & NI For European Team Championships Later This Month NCAA XC champ Kate Avery is on the team in the 3,000.

Money And Politics

Seb Coe Praises The “Staggering Potential” Of Asian Athletics After His Visit To China
Scottish Athletics To Receive 5.75 Million Dollars In Funding From Sport Scotland Over The Next 4 Years Less than they got the last Olympic cycle, but still the second-highest funded sport behind swimming.
Dahlan Al Hamad Re-Elected As Asian Athletics President

RIP Former NCAA Coach Bill Fritz

Prefontaine Photo Gallery (300+ Photos)

Bruce Jenner Does Photo Shoot With Vanity Fair; Now Officially Going By “Caitlyn Jenner”
*AP Article

The Team Battles At NCAAs Are Going To Be Good

Updated DI Rankings: Florida & Oregon Men Enter NCAAs As Co-Favorites In Historically Close Team Race
Oregon Leads Crowded Women’s Race In Final NCAA Rankings

Friday Pre Coverage

LRCMo Farah Still Owns The 10,000m As He Takes Down Geoffrey Kamworor And Paul Tanui At Pre

The fast race Farah wanted did not materialize, but he showed he still is the boss and afterwards said Galen Rupp will win an Olympic gold medal and is his #1 rival at 10,000m.
*IAAF Day 1 Recap

Everything Else Friday:Mens 5,000m: The World And Galen Rupp Meet Yomif Kejelcha, Former Sprinter Carlos Villareal Kicks Like Mad In HS Mile

Kejelcha arrived, Galen Rupp had a nice opener, and Bernard Lagat set another record.

Gotzis Multi-Event Meeting In The Books

Brianne Theisen-Eaton And Germany’s Kai Kazmirek Win Heptathlon And Decathlon At Gotzis Hypo-Meeting Theisen-Eaton won the prestigious meet for the second time in her career with a new NR of 6,531. The Netherlands’ Dafne Schippers was on her way to a runner-up finish, but pulled out with a knee injury. With Ashton Eaton withdrawing with injury, Kazmirek won with 8,462 points.
Olympic Champ Jessica Ennis Ecstatic To Finish 4th In Her First Heptathlon Since The Olympics She scored 6,520 points which got her the qualifying standard for Rio 2016.
Really Cool Statistical Analysis Of The Multi Events Pre-Gotzis
BBC Asks How Good Was Jessica Ennis’ 4th Place Finish And Can She Get Back On Top?
Guardian: “Jessica Ennis-Hill has drive to score mother of all wins at Rio 2016.”

Eugene / Hayward Hosting Worlds

Vin Lananna Says Hayward Field Renovations For 2021 Worlds Will Be Completed By 2018 Eugene plans on bidding to host the Olympic Trials again in 2020. We say give someone else a chance.
Track Stars Talk About How Great 2021 Worlds In Eugene Will Be Quotes from Jenny Simpson, Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix and Kirani James.

Running For A Different Reason

Distance News Long And Short, Old And Young

Thursday: Grant Fisher Going For Sub-4 At Festival Of Miles Thursday Night In St. Louis Fisher will be in a field of pros including Jordan McNamara, Jack Bolas and Aaron Braun.
Recommended Read: Jenny Simpson Writes About Being Her Husband’s Lead Cheerleader When He Trained For And Ran In The Boston Marathon Jenny says even though she’s the pro runner, Jason was running more miles and putting in harder workouts. He ended up running a PR of 2:25:47 in cold and windy conditions.
MileSplit Asks: Did Alexa Efraimson Really Break A National High School Record? They say it’s not a record because she is a pro. Track and Field News says the same and that they will leave Mary Cain‘s 4:04.62 mark as the record. When Cain ran that she was not running for her high school team, was being coached by Alberto Salazar and flying around the country racing in pro meets. She just wasn’t getting paid and Efraimson is.
92-Year-Old Harriette Thompson Becomes The Oldest Woman To Complete A Marathon The cancer survivor finished in 7:24:36. She raises money for cancer research and says, “I don’t think I’d be living today if I didn’t do this running.”
AW Weekly Round-Up: Anastasiya Bazdyreva Ran 1:58.75 At The Russian Team Championships

Random Sprint News

Usain Bolt Accused Of Being A Horrible And Inconsiderate Neighbor Jodi Stewart-Henriques, wife of dance hall superstar Sean Paul: “Between the bikes … loud, horrid music, parties and screams, I honestly wish he would go back to where he came from. He’s a horrible neighbour. I cannot wait to move.”
Oregon’s NCAA 110H Champ Devon Allen Got Stuck In An Elevator And Comically Live Tweeted It His posts went on for the hour+ he was stuck in there.
Former Princeton Ivy League Champ Is “Racing For A Rose” On “The Bachelorette” Ian Thomson was struck by a car going 60mph shortly after he graduated and doctors said he would never run again, but he’s fought back to the point he can do 15 miles per week.

2015 Pre Classic Full Results Full Taped Race Replays If You Missed Fri. Broadcast *LRC Fan Poll Results

LRC A Massive Day For Americans At 1,500/Mile At Pre – Jenny Simpson Wins, Centro Is 2nd And High Schooler Alexa Efraimson Runs 4:03.39 Simpson (4:00.98) won her third straight DL race while Centro missed out on the win by .10 as Ayanleh Souleiman repeated in the Bowerman Mile (3:51.10). Efraimson broke Mary Cain‘s HS/U.S. Junior record by running 4:03.39.

LRC 800s Worlds Preview? Eunice Sum Beats Ajee Wilson In A Nail Biter As Mo Aman Gets It Done In Front Of His New Hometown Crowd Ajee Wilson keeps progressing and Aman returned to form.

LRC Rest Of Meet: Genzebe Dibaba (14:19.76) Misses WR But Gets Dominant Win, Ezekiel Kemboi Is Back And Evan Jager Impresses Kemboi (8:01.71) outkicked Jairus Birech (8:01.83) as Jager was 4th in 8:05.28, his fastest-ever opener. Justin Gatlin kept winning with a world-leading 19.68 in the 200 while Mutaz Essa Barshim cleared 2.41 but chose not to go any higher even though he had no misses in the competition.

LRC 35+ Post-Race Video Interviews
*Alexa Efraimson After Breaking Mary Cain’s Record
*Matthew Maton On Efraimson’s Record

Sunday On The Roads

Meb Keflezighi Wins USATF Masters Title At Suja Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon In his first race as a master, Meb set the half WR at 62:29 although the race was actually won by Jordan Chipangama in 62:27. Eri Hayakawa won the women’s half (1:10:50) while Sara Hall was 3rd (1:11:31) and Jen Rhines won the masters race (1:16:36).
*This Site Says The Masters WR Is 62:28 By NZ’s John Campbell
RunBlogRun Piece On Meb: “A Road Warrior Looks At Forty” This article says Meb’s time won’t count as the WR because there is too great an elevation drop, although he should get the 15K and 10-mile records.
South Africans Gift Kelehe And Caroline Wostmann Win Comrades Marathon Titles
*MB: Americans at Comrades Sage Canaday was 15th; Max King was 11 with only 17K to go, but faded to 50th.
A Hard Way To Run 2:19: Peter Wanjiru (2:19:34) And Joan Kigen (2:39:43) Win Edinburgh Marathon Apparently Wanjiru went through the half in 1:05:01 and then was just the one who died least on a windy day.

NCAA Preliminary Rounds East Complied Results West Compiled Results

Men’s Qualifying List
Women’s Qualifying List
MB: LRC tells you which guys and gals seeded in the top 10 in the mid-d/distance events didn’t make it to Eugene.
USTFCCCA Inside The Numbers Of The Qualifying Athletes For 2015 NCAA Champs Oregon men and women and the SEC conference all have the most qualifiers.
MB: Oregon qualifies 45 to NCAA’s. This is what a top program with top coaching looks like buffy
MB: Arkansas Kemoy Campbell drops out of 10k while leading
MB: Who was your biggest surprise to be left home in the 10k?
MB: ncaa screws over 10k guy

GB Goes Sub-10: GB’s Adam Gemili Wins 100 In 10.13 At Bedford International Games He actually ended up running 9.97 in the final, but had a huge 3.7 m/s tailwind. Other winners included Jodie Williams (400 – 53.51), Jack Green (400H – 50.39), Isobel Pooley (HJ – 1.91m) and Robbie Grabartz (HJ – 2.24m).

AP: “F-bombs, shouting: Uncivil discourse on Boston’s Olympic bid.”

Saturday Road Action – Results: UAE Healthy Kidney 10 Freihofer’s 5K

MB: Ben True takes down Stephen Sambu, Geoffrey Mutai, Wilson Kipsang at UAE 10k Joyce Chepkirui edged Gladys Cherono for the women’s title as both ran 32:33. *Results And Post-Race Interview With True
Hat Trick: Emily Chebet Wins Third Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K Title She ran 15:38 to beat Cynthia Limo by 3 seconds. 2014 US half marathon champion Serena Burla the first American in eighth in 16:11. *Full Results
Fernando Cabada Wins Dam To Dam Half Marathon In 64:41; Lisa Uhl Wins Women’s Race In 1:16:59

Mile / 1,500 / 1,600 News

Kyle Merber Wins Furman Elite 1,500m In 3:34.54; Stephanie Garcia Runs 4:05.39 Merber’s previous best was the 3:35.59 he ran in 2012. It was a huge PR for Garcia, who had only run 4:13.33. Cory Leslie (3:35.36) and Stephanie Brown (4:07.55) were the runner-ups.
Grant Fisher Takes Another Shot At Sub-4 But Comes Up Short One race had two separate finish lines as he won the 1,600m in 4:00.28, but continued on for a mile in 4:01.66. He’ll have another shot at the adidas Dream Mile in a couple of weeks.

Previoius Pre-Classic News

Oregonian: Mo Farah Wins Prefontaine Classic 10K With Fourth-Fastest Time Ever At Hayward Field (26:50)
HS Miles: Ryen Frazier (4:39) Wins In Close FInish While Carlos Villareal (4:05) Comes From Way Back With Big Kick
Quotes From 800 Winner Maggie Vessey (2:00.07) And Galen Rupp
USATF Headline: “Tianna Bartoletta And Joe Kovacs Steal The Show On Pre Classic ‘Distance Night'” Bartoletta won the LJ and Kovacs the SP.
Press Conference Highlights: Quotes From Jenny Simpson Mutaz Essa Barshim, Kirani James, Allyson Felix And More

Friday Night OTB

Highlights From The Prefontaine Press Conference

LRC 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

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