They're Skeptical

“It’s not just unusual, it’s NEVER happened that a federation, league or owner has made significant, appropriately valued concession to athletes without lots of disagreement. In this scenario, USATF presented the total value of the deal to the AAC back in February and refused to entertain any serious adjustments in the total value. This is a deal that USATF brokered with itself and is positioning it that the athletes / AAC have secured a major victory.”

– Statement by the TFAA (Track & Field Athletes Association) about USATF’s announcement last week on how they’ll be compensating the pros. The TFAA doesn’t just want to take USATF’s word that it’s a good deal. $1.8 of $10 million in increased revenues is just 18%. Pros in other sports generally get something like 40-50% of revenues.

2015 NCAA XC Action Heats Up – A Great Weekend Of Action *UW Results *Notre Dame Results *Paul Short Results *All Results

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Princeton: 2015 Princeton Inter-Regional Cross-Country Results – #28 Princeton Women Beat 3 Ranked Teams, #19 Indiana Men Win (Results) The women of Princeton upended No. 18 William & Mary, No. 21 North Carolina and No. 25 Villanova.

UW: Oregon Ducks Claim Team Titles, Edward Cheserek And Aisling Cuffe Win Individual Titles (Results) Lots of big names ran but lots didn’t (Elise Cranny, Jim Rosa, Sean McGorty, Grant Fisher, Jake Leingang and Blake Haney). Sub-4 frosh Matthew Maton was 8th.

Notre Dame: UTEP And New Mexico Roll, Anthony Rotich And Super-Frosh Ryen Frazier Take Individual Titles (Results) UTEP’s super-frosh Jonah Koech (1:46 PR) was 3rd.

Paul Short: GTown Men Upset Villanova (Results) Patrick Tiernan and ‘Nova went 1-2 but still lost to the Hoyas.

Q&A With Oregon Super-Frosh Matthew Maton Before His Collegiate Debut He says his training is different now as  he now is “focused on the workout days, rather than every day needing to be a hard effort.”

LRCNCAA Weekend XC Preview: No. 1s Colorado And New Mexico To Debut, Stanford Vs. Oregon, And Much More

There are lots of things to pay attention to as the calendar has turned to October. #1 New Mexico will run at the Notre Dame Invite on Friday against three other ranked teams while CU opens the season at the Rocky Mountain Shootout on Saturday. Friday’s Washington Invitational (Stanford and Oregon are both in the field) and Saturday’s Greater Louisville Classic (Wisconsin, Iona, Michigan, Ole Miss, Iowa St.) highlight the rest of the weekend’s action. How will stars like Molly Seidel and the Rosa brothers look in their first tests of 2015? How will super-frosh Anna Rohrer, Ryen Frazier, Matthew Maton, Tanner Anderson and Jonah Koech do?
*MB: Official 10/2-10/3 Weekend NCAA XC Talk – Notre Dame, Paul Short, UW, Rocky Mountain, etc.

HS: Great American XC Meet Cancelled Due To Hurricane Joaquin

Upcoming Road Action: Protesters Won’t Interfere At Twin Cities

Sprinters And Field Eventers Making Waves

UK Anti-Doping Chiefs Disappointed By WADA Ruling To Not Ban Thyroid Medication This is the third year UKAD has fought to get thyroid drugs banned and said they will continue to push for it because they feel it is “contrary to the spirit of sport.”

It’s The Weekend Off-Season – Time To Drink

Doping News

The Real Winners At Worlds

LRC77-Year-Old Legend Wins & The LetsRun.com Jinx Is Real: LRC $200,015 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Recap

Meet the interesting people who make up LRC and win our contests.

Big City Marathon News

Week That Was

LRCWTW: The Kid Playing In The Sandbox At Alan Webb's Practices Is Now A Phenom; How Do Meb, Deena And Sean Wade Do It At 40+; How Many Americans Have A Legitimate Shot At The 2016 US Olympic Marathon Team?

We start with talk about Alan Webb, Craig Virgin, Drew Hunter and “Tinman” before moving to the 2013 World Junior XC race with Matt McClintock, Craig Nowak and Malachy Schrobilgen. We also cater to our 40+ demographic with Meb, Deena and Sean Wade. Plus Eliud Kipchoge proves that the runner makes the shoe, not vice versa.

LRC NCAA XC Weekend Recap: Grant Fisher Doesn’t Need To Redshirt, The Boise State Women Are For Real And The NCAA 1,500 Champs Struggle

Brojos And LRC Get Some Praise

Weldon and Robert Johnson Runner's World Magazine - 50 Most Influential People In RunningLRC LetsRun.com Founders Robert And Weldon Johnson Named As Two Of “The 50 Most Influential People In Running” By Runner’s World LRC’s founders Robert Johnson and Weldon Johnson (Brojos) are among the 50 most influential people in running according to Runner’s World thanks to you. RW had high praise for the LRC audience, saying the Brojos are the “masterminds behind perhaps the most engaged online community of runners.”
*MB: The 50 Most Influential People in Running – wejo and rojo made the list!

The Integrity Of The Sport Is At Stake – Mike Rossi Is A Marathon Cheat And Should Have Been DQed From The 2014 Lehigh Valley Marathon

rossfinish 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? 

Shoe Brand/Store News

Pro Long-D News: Haile G’s Last Race Will Have To Wait