– Asbel Kiprop talking about the possibility of racing Mo Farah over 5,000m next year. Kiprop also talked about being one of the all-time greats like El Guerrouj, saying, “I’m trying to join the greats. To complete my legacy, I must get the world record.”
Kiprop After 3 In A Row
Recommended By David Rudisha, Kenya’s New 1,500 Star And Masai Warrior Manangoi To Celebrate By Drinking Goat Blood
Centro After 8th Place
Felix After 47.7 Split
LRC Inspirational: Aries Merritt Captures Bronze Four Days Before He Undergoes A Kidney Transplant This one meant more to Merritt than his Olympic gold.
LRC Everything You Need To Know About Justin Gatlin’s Drug Positives Before His Showdown With Bolt, Including His Dad Got A Gun And Wanted To Kill Trevor Graham In a LetsRun first, we show some sympathy for Justin Gatlin, reveal how his dad intended to kill Trevor Graham when he heard his son tested positive (as part of an April Fool’s Prank), and how Gatlin’s own agent didn’t buy the Chris Whetstine sabotage story. Plus, we go on the the record and say Gatlin should never have been banned 4 years.
LRCThe Sensational Asbel Kiprop Reigns Supreme And Wins Fourth Global Title Kiprop showed he is better than everyone else in a thrilling race as Matt Centrowitz was the first American in 8th. *Video Of 1,500
*Who Is Elijah Manangoi? (Can He Supplant Kiprop?) He’s a Masai former 400m runner who is going to drink goat blood to celebrate his silver, getting the approval of David Rudisha.
*Centro, What Happened?
*Igiuder – The Next 5,000m Superstar!
Non-Distance Sunday:
W4 X 400:US Women Lose 4 X 400 Despite 47.7 Split From Felix Video of the race here. Discusshere.
Men 4 X 400: US Men Still Boss (Video highlights)
HJ: Derek Drouin’s Gold Caps Canada’s Historic Performance At Worlds
LRC Seventh Heaven: Mo Farah Captures 7th Global Title, Becomes First Man To Complete The 5,000/10,000 Double Three Times7 years ago, Farah came to Beijing and did not make the 5,000 final. Now he leaves Beijing with GOAT talk.
LRC Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: Ashton Eaton Breaks The World Record, Usain Bolt Completes The Triple And The U.S. Botches A Handoff A great night in the Bird’s Nest with a WR by Eaton and another botched US relay.
MB: Ashton MF Eaton finds a 29.6 last 200. Breaks the WR!!!!!
*UnF****** Believable – Eaton 45.00 for 400!
The Triple Double Is Complete! MB: Mo MF Farah runs last 800 in 148, last k in 2:19, last 1,600 in 3:55!!!
*How to beat a 3:28 guy in a 5,000m race? I know, lets run 15 minute pace for half the race!
LRC Belarus’ Marina Arzamasova Holds Off Melissa Bishop & Eunice Sum To Win Women’s 800 In 1:58.04 A super tight one for 800 glory.
LRC Day 6 Recap: Bolt Beats Gatlin (Again) In 200, Christian Taylor Scares The World Record And Allyson Felix Reigns SupremeWhat a night of action at the Bird’s Nest as the US had a great night with the exception of Usain Bolt doing his thing over Justin Gatlin.
Usain Bolt Crushes Justin Gatlin In 200 Then Gets RUN OVER By Cameraman On Segway Fortunately Bolt appears okay. 19.55 for Bolt. 19.74 for Gatlin. *Bolt/Gatlin Press Conference
Full Coverage in our 2015 Worlds Special Section.
LRC Day 5 Recap: The Greatest 400 Race Ever? Wayde van Niekerk Wins A Blazing 400 In 43.48; Julius Yego’s 92.72 Bomb In Javelin, 20-Year-Old Shamier Little Impresses Three men broke 44.00 for the first time in history as former world champs LaShawn Merritt (43.65 PR) and Kirani James (43.78) had to settle for silver and bronze. Cuba’s Yarisley Silva won the pole vault in dramatic fashion, while Justin Gatlin (19.87) and Usain Bolt (19.95) cruised through the 200 semis to set up a thrilling final on Thursday.
Sam Chelanga always vowed he'd bring change to his totally impoverished village where his mother died when he was young. At age 20, he was told by marathon world record holder Paul Tergat he should become a runner if he wanted to go to college. Chelanga's first thought was no way. "I went home and I had made up my mind. This dream of helping people, trying to get a higher education, it's too much. It's hurting me," said Chelanga, but in the end, he gave it a try and now a 27:08 collegiate record, 4 NCAA titles and favorite status for the 2016 US Olympic team are his reality - as is clean drinking water for his village.
LRC W5k Almaz Ayana Does The Unthinkable And Runs Away From Genzebe Dibaba With An 8:19 Final 3k A huge, huge upset in dominant fashion as Ethiopia swept the medals.
LRC Mare Dibaba Wins 100m Sprint For World Title, USA’s Selena Burla 10th, Reaction From Her And Esther Erb Dibaba ran 2:27:35 to Kiprop’s 2:27:36 and Eunice Kirwa‘s (Bahrain) 2:27:39. Serena Burla of the USA was still with the lead pack at 30k and finished 10th.
*Discuss
LRC Day 7 Recap: What Drama: Bartoletta’s Clutch Last Jump To Win The Long Jump, Ashton Eaton’s Greatest Performance Ever? Dafne Schippers Wins The Greatest Women’s 200 Ever? The action Friday night in Beijing was unreal in so many places.
*MB: Greatest w200 ever: Netherlands Dafne Schippers runs 21.63 championship record as 3 break 22.00!!!
*MB:UnF****** Believable – Eaton 45.00 for 400!
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LRC Sifan Hassan Runs 1:58.50 And Goes Home (So Do The Americans): The Madness Of The Women’s 800 Semifinals24 women, 10 PRs and no Americans in the final. The three women’s 800 semifinals were insane as Canada’s Melissa Bishop led all the qualifiers in 1:57.52 (a two-second PR!). Americans Molly Ludlow and Brenda Martinez went home as the final time qualifier was a ridiculous 1:58.35.
LRC Thursday AM: Souleiman OUT Of 1,500 As All 3 Americans Advance, American Women Disappoint In 5k The big news was Ayanleh Souleiman pulling up with injury in the 1,500 as Matt Centrowitz looked great in qualifying. Nicole Tully advanced for the US in the 5k but did not run great.
*Interviews With: Centro, Manzano, Andrews, Willis, Tully, Hall, D’Agostino and more in our article or on YouTube channel.
LRC Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng Wins Wild Steeple As Emma Coburn Settles For Fifth 5 women in contention for gold with 100 to go. Coburn: “I’m bummed … I thought I could medal. I was confident that I could. … I just got to keep at it and come away with some hardware in Rio.”
LRC Marquis Dendy Talks After Failing To Make Finals In Long Jump At 2015 IAAF Worlds – Hopes Beijing Flop Will Fuel Him To Double Olympic Gold The US struggles in the sprints/jumps continued as both Marquis Dendy and Will Claye failed to make the triple jump final.
LRC Investigates Lehigh Valley Got It Wrong: The Evidence Is Conclusive: Mike Rossi – The Viral Boston Marathon Dad – Is A Marathon Cheat And Should Never Have Been On The Starting Line In Boston In April, Mike Rossi gained international fame for his snarky response to a letter from his kids’ principal scolding him for taking them out of school for several days to watch Boston. A LetsRun.com investigation has revealed that Rossi’s principal was correct, the kids should never have been in Boston as the evidence is conclusive – their father didn’t legitimately qualify for the 2015 Boston Marathon. How confident are we that Rossi cut the course when he “ran” his 3:11:45 BQ qualifier at Lehigh Valley? Extremely. We’ll pay Mike Rossi $10,000 if he qualifies again in the next 12 months – and the qualifying time is 13+ minutes slower – 3:25.
*MB: Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?
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