Quote Of The Day
– Luke Puskedra talking about how he almost completely quit the sport after running a disappointing 2:28:54 debut in NYC last year and losing his Nike contract. But he bounced back with a 2:15:27 this summer and will be on the line Sunday in Chicago looking for more.
- Chicago wind forecast
- Doper Liza Hunter-Galvan running Chicago Marathon but won't be winning prize money thanks to a LRC poster
- Boycott road races until they BAN walkers!!!
- Is a bachelor's degree the new high school diploma????
- Ryan Hall Q&A: "I’ve had clinically low testosterone levels, which affects everything."
- Why are Turkey Trots so competitive?
- When did you run your LAST PR??????
- How many miles would Mo Farah have to run consecutively for you to beat him in a mile?
- Steve Jones on running today
LRC2015 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Women's Preview: Who Wins & Will A 40+ Woman Be The Top American?
HM WR holder Florence Kiplagat, Tokyo champ Birhane Dibaba and ’14 Dubai champ Mulu Seboka are the favorites. The battle for top American is wide open as 42-year-old Deena Kastor goes for the US masters record (2:28:40) against 40-year-old US marathon champ Blake Russell and Sara Hall. Then there is ageless wonder, 58-year-old Joan Benoit Samuelson, who will try to run within 30 minutes of her 2:21 winning time 30 years ago.
*MB: Liza Hunter-Galvan running Chicago Marathon
LRC2015 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Men's Preview: Will Sammy Kitwara Arrive As An Abbott World Marathon Major Winner?
2014 2nd and 3rd placers Sammy Kitwara and Dickson Chumba – both of whom set personal bests here a year ago – will be in the field to tackle Tokyo champ Endeshaw Negesse, Rotterdam champ Abera Kuma and ’12 Boston champ Wesley Korir. The U.S. pros are led by 2:11 man Fernando Cabada and former Oregon star Luke Puskedra (61:36 half PR) as the headliners.
Some Elite Q&As
Video:Andre De Grasse Goes On USC Radio To Talk About His Breakout 2015- Short Q&A With Aussie Miler Ryan Gregson
- Four-Time 110H Hurdles World Champ Allen Johnson Shares His Words Of Wisdom Don’t forget the fundamentals and don’t forget to have fun.
Elite Marathoning: Chicago Is Sunday And Ryan Hall Fans, Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
Ryan Hall Says He Has “Clinically Low Testosterone” But Wouldn’t Take Synthetic Testosterone Even With A TUE Because It “Crosses A Moral Line” Hall’s outlook for the Trials don’t look too optimistic as despite trying many natural methods, he hasn’t increased his levels and goes back and forth in training between feeling like his “old self” and then being too fatigued to finish an hour run.
*MB:Ryan Hall Q&A: “I’ve had clinically low testosterone levels, which affects everything.”
*MB:Sara Hall piece – weird statement- Recommended Read:King Of Pain: Interview With Marathon Legend Steve Jones The former WR holder shares great insights on his career, old-school training methods, coaching and his problems with the sport today.
*MB: Steve Jones on running today - Q&A: Fernando Cabada Shares His Thoughts And Some Specific Workouts Ahead Of Chicago “I still believe I’m just one performance away from something great. I’m still not done yet. Without a doubt I am in sub-2:11 shape.”
- Ten Years After Winning, Deena Kastor Is Back In Chicago To Try To Break The US Masters Record Of 2:28:40 Her fastest since turning 40 was 2:32:38 at the 2013 LA Marathon.
- RIP Former Boston And NYC Marathon Winner Miki Gorman Gorman was a pioneer woman marathon runner in the 1970s. She died last month aged 80 after a five-year battle with cancer. This is a good read/tribute on her life and career as a runner.
Updated XC Rankings
- First Big Shake-Up Of 2015 Rocks Men’s DI National Coaches’ Poll Colorado stays #1 while behind them there are some artificial changes such as Wisconsin dropping from 4th to 11th.
- It’s New Mexico, Then Anybody’s Guess In The DI Women’s Poll Colorado, Providence and Oregon are ranked 2-4.
Sprint World: Usain Bolt Rocks Out At Oktoberfest
Video:Usain Bolt Sings Kings Of Leon’s “Sex On Fire” On Stage At Oktoberfest In Germany
*Another Video Of Bolt, This Time Queen’s “We Will Rock You”- Oscar Pistorius’ Parole Hearing For House Arrest Delayed Again And he still faces the upcoming review of the initial verdict decision on November 2nd.
- IAAF Personal Bests Q&A With US’s World Youth 400H Champ Sydney McLaughlin Her best friend in athletics is her 800m runner boyfriend whom she’s known since she was 6 years old.
- Hurdler Jasmin Stowers Reflects On Season Which Saw Her Run The 2nd-Fastest Time In The World But Not Make The US Worlds Team Talking about turning pro last year, she says she started doing 250 ab reps per day because she realized she wasn’t as “tight fitted” as other pros.
- Bests And Worsts Q&A With Bahamas’ World 400 Silver Medalist Shaunae Miller What does Miller think the best and worst thing is about being 6-foot-1?
USATF 10 Mile *Results
LRCUSA 10 Mile: Molly Huddle Crushes It, Sam Chelanga Gets First USA Title
Top results. Huddle ran 51:44 to win by over a minute over Neely Spence and Alexi Pappas. Chelanga just beat out Tyler Pennel by a second while Ritz was 3rd.
*Live Blow-By-Blow Thread On Message Board
*Post-Race Interview With Molly And Sam
*Replay Of Live Internet Stream Of Race
*USATF Recap
More Sunday Results:
- Moses Kipsiro (62:18) And Edna Kiplagat (1:08:21) Win Great Scottish Run
*IAAF Recap 42-year-old Jo Pavey was 4th in 1:09:58, just missing the European Masters record. On the men’s side GB’s Callum Hawkins was 2nd (62:42) and former World XC champ Japheth Korir 3rd. *Full Results - Kenyan Dominic Ondoro (2:11:16) And Ethiopian Abraha Serkelam Bise (2:31:40) Win Twin Cities Marathon
*Black Lives Matter Holds Peaceful Protests At Twin Cities Marathon - Boaz Kiprono (2:16:00) And Joan Kigen (2:36:47) Take Honors At Windy Bournemouth Marathon
- In First Race In 4 Years, Sammy Kirui Wins Eldoret Half Marathon In 62:41 He’s got a 61:10 PR. Caroline Jepchirchir (74:01) won the women’s race.
- Ben Siwa (62:07) And Lenah Jerotich (71:29) Win Cardiff Half Marathon
Odds & Ends From Saturday
- Couch Potatoes Rejoice!A Pill That Mimics The Effects Of Exercise Without Any Of The Hard Work Could Soon Be Available
- Runner’s World Talks To Many Top Pros Who Are Happy With USATF’s New Revenue Sharing Plan We personally want to see the numbers. At least 40% of the increased funding should go the pros. Based on past statements, 1.8 million is far from 40%.
- 1966 Commonwealth Marathon Gold Medalist And Former 2:12 Guy Jim Alder – Who Once Ran 213 Miles In A Week – Gives Free Advice To Today’s Runners
- Kenya’s President Fetes World Championships Team, Announces Government Will Give Gold Medalists Nearly $10,000 1 million Kenyan shillings is $9,587.
More Weekend Road Results
- Uganda’s World Champ Fred Musobo Dominates Smarna Gora International Mountain Running RaceSarah Tunstall of GBR won the women’s race and series title. The men’s series winner was Switzerland’s Andrew Douglas.
- Sunday’s Kuala Lumpur Marathon Cancelled Due To Haze
Doping News
- MB: Eunice Sum’s training partner – 1:59 runner Agatha Jeruto – banned for steroids as is 67:32 half marathoner Josephine Chepkoech (link fixed) She’s also represented by Rosa Associates.
*Rosa Associates (Who Represented Jeruto) Hasn’t Made A Statement - Doper Liliya Shobukhova’s Husband Confirms She’s Pumped For 2016 Olympics (translated from Russian) We think she should be ineligible until she pays back her $1,000,000+ in prize money that she owes Chicago, London and the AWMM.
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.
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
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?
Upcoming Marathon / Road News
Recommended Read:After Briefly Quitting Running And Gaining 23 Pounds, Luke Puskedra Is Heading To Chicago Looking To PR After a disappointing 2:28 debut in NYC, Puskedra lost his Nike contract and thought about being a car salesman or contractor. Thankfully, Andy Powell convinced him to give running another shot and he ran 2:15 at Grandmas.- 10K: Steeple Paul Kipsiele Koech Running His First Big Road Race At Sunday’s Asics Grand 10 Berlin Ethiopia’s Sutume Asefa Kebede leads the women’s field.
- Belgian 1,500 Runner Tarik Moukrime Wins His First Race Back After He Was Diagnosed With Testicular Cancer Last Year The 3:35 man won a 10K in Belgium in 30:50.
- Many Runners Discouraged After Missing Getting Into Boston By Mere Seconds One said, “I thought I had made it for a full year. I planned my whole life around it.”
- Oct. 18:2:05 Man Peter Some Looking For Redemption At The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon After Finishing 6th Last Year Some was in the lead last year at 30K, but started pushing too early and faded badly in the end.
- Actor Ethan Hawke To Run 2015 TCS New York City Marathon He’s running with his wife for charity.
- Chris Derrick And Alexi Pappas To Take Part In Lead Vehicle Program At NYC Marathon Like many US elites have in the past before making their debuts, they ride in the back of the lead car watching the race.
Women’s Distance News
Sarah Brown And Her Husband Talk About Training Through Pregnancy And How They Were Initially Confused Why She Was Running Poorly This Summer Before they knew she was pregnant, her husband thought it was mental and Sarah said, “I thought I needed to woman up.” Turned out she was 6 weeks pregnant- Suzy Favor Hamilton Blogs About How To Deal With Pre-Race Anxiety
- GB’s Gemma Steel Undecided Whether She’ll Try To Run The 10K Or Marathon In Rio 2016 Given she hasn’t even run a marathon yet and has no immediate plans to make her debut, she probably should stick to the 10K.
- Carrie Tollefson Interviews Molly Huddle On Her Recent Road Racing Season And Hopes For 2016 Huddle has racked up an impressive 17 US titles.
- Q&A With Tollefson About Running During Pregnancy As She Prepares To Have Her Third Child She no longer competes as a pro, but still trains and is running 20-30 miles a week during her pregnancy.
General Track Stuff
- Very Cool:Interactive Map Shows Where Ever World Championships Medal Has Gone Since 1983 Break it down by event and gender.
- Voting Process For 2015 IAAF Athlete Of The Year Underway The first list of finalists will have 9 men and women and be announced in November.
*Remember, Past Dopers Like Justin Gatlin Aren’t Eligible This is a new rule after there was an uproar when Gatlin was nominated last year. - Seb Coe Supports Idea For An Athletics League In The Style Of Crikcet’s Indian Premier League There would be inter-city competitions with athletes like Usain Bolt and David Rudisha representing whichever city was willing to pay for them.
- Seb Coe Signs Agreement For New Training Center In India
International Sprint News
Thirty Years Ago East German Marita Koch Ran The Still-Standing 400m WR Of 47.60; BBC Asks “Can We Believe It Was Genuine?” About 90% of LetsRunners will tell you, “Hell, no.”
*BBC Audio Discussion There is evidence that Koch cheated, but the IAAF can’t use it because of the WADA 10-year statute of limitations. Even so, the IAAF didn’t have to induct her into the Hall of Fame.- Oscar Pistorius’ Family Criticizes South African Authorities For “Undermining” His Rights By Delaying His Parole Hearing
- Former World Champ Kim Collins Says “Politics” Is Hindering Growth Of Track In St. Kitts And Nevis Collins was infamously sent home from the London Olympics for having a conjugal visit with his wife.
- GB 400 Hurdler Eilidh Child Getting Married This Month And Then Looking Ahead To 2016 The Commonwealth Games silver medalist was really disappointed to finish 6th at Worlds and wants to medal in Rio.
- Ato Boldon Interviews Nambian Legendary Sprinter (And His Former Rival) Frankie Fredericks Fredericks was the 1993 World 200 champ and still has the 200m indoor WR.
- Jumps: GB High Jump Record Holder Isobel Pooley More Motivated Than Ever After Raising The Bar In 2015 She was hoping for a top-8 finish at Worlds, but tore a ligament in her ankle in training and didn’t make the final.
The Integrity Of Our Sport And The At-Large Process Is At Stake
LRCNCAA XC Weekend Recap: Wisconsin Jeopardized The At-Large Process And Should Be DQed From Louisville + No. 1 Colorado Debuts And The Six-Man XC Team That Beat Everyone At Notre Dame
We break down the impressive start to the season for Mark Wetmore‘s Colorado squads, analyze what Oregon’s wins over Stanford mean, and rave about the men’s team that only has six runners on its entire roster, but we save all our passion for ripping Mick Byrne’s Wisconsin squad, who flew to Louisville and didn’t try to win the race. We pull out the NCAA rule book and ask the NCAA track and field team to DQ the Badger men as they clearly violated the honest effort rule. Yes, it exists for XC.
*MB: NCAA at-large bids are at stake and the NCAA Cross Country Rules Committee needs to remove Wisco from Louisville results
*DI Regional Rankings Change Significantly As National Top-10 Teams Drop It was a strange weekend as many top teams ran without a full squad or didn’t actually race.
*Michigan’s Mason Ferlic And NC State’s Ryen Frazier Are DI Athletes Of The Week Ferlic won in Louisville and Frazier at Notre Dame.
Doping News
Rita Jeptoo’s Former Coach, Claudio Berardelli, Has His Contract Terminated After Another One Of His Athletes Fails Drug Test Berardelli was with the management company run by Federico Rosa. Rosa didn’t think the coach was complicit, but wasn’t “paying enough attention to his own athletes.”- Olympic Figure Skating Bronze Medalist Carolina Kostner Has Her 16-Month Suspension Extended By 5 Months By CAS She was banned for helping cover up for her ex-doping boyfriend, Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer.
- Seb Coe:“We take [anti-doping] very, very seriously and we need to make sure that the public believe what they watch in a stadium is legitimate.” Coe also compared Usain Bolt eventually retiring to Muhammad Ali and pointed out how everyone thought boxing would be in trouble when Ali retired, but it was fine.
- Coe Says Independent, Faster Drug Testing Is Coming
2015 NCAA XC Action Heats Up – A Great Weekend Of Action *Rocky Mount. Results*Louisville Results*Princeton Results*UW Results*Notre Dame Results*Paul Short Results*All Results
Rocky Mountain Shootout: Mark Wetmore Thrilled As His #1 Men And #2 Women RollBen Saarel ran unattached as apparently he’s coming back from injury. *Results
*Can Colorado Sweep NCAAs?Mark Wetmore: “You’d be surprised how little we talk about that. I don’t have any pep talks or rah-rah speeches in me. They know what’s on the line …”
*MB:Colorado debuts at Shootout, thoughts?
Louisville:Erin Finn And Michigan Women Win, Mason Ferlic And Iona Men Win (Results)
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 andBlake 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.
Arkansas: Arkansas Men And Women Dominate Chile Pepper InvyDominique Scott dominated the women’s race while Tulsa’s Marc Scott won the men’s.
Kansas: Iowa State Men And Kansas Women Win Rim Rock Classic
USTFCCCA Recap of weekend action
HS: MileSplit Weekend HS Rundown
- Pre-Race News: LRCNCAA Weekend XC Preview: No. 1s Colorado And New Mexico To Debut, Stanford Vs. Oregon, And Much More
- 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.”
MB Talk:Official 10/2-10/3 Weekend NCAA XC Talk – Notre Dame, Paul Short, UW, Rocky Mountain, etc.
More Distance News
Good Read:Jenny Simpson And Shannon Rowbury Share Their Experiences And Give Advice On Racing In A Pack Some free coaching advice from two of the best.- Haile Gebrselassie Hosts Hour-Long Radio Show For “Radio Everyone” Geb plays some of his favorite music and interviews former Olympic champ Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
- Steepler Lalita Babar Trying To Win An Olympic Medal For India At Rio 2016 At Worlds, she set a NR to make the final, where she finished 8th.
- Kenyan Jonathan Ndiku Runs 13:13 To Highlight Weekend Track Action In Japan
- Motivated By Alysia Montano’s 2014 US Champs Run, IOC Doing Research On Pregnancy And Elite Athletes
- Kurashiki H.S. And Okazaki Gakuen H.S. Win First Kurayoshi Ekiden Titles
News From Europe
- Truly Mind-Blowing52-Year-Old Marathoner Steve Edwards Has A New Goal – 1,000 Marathons In A Sub-3:20 Average Finish Time! He’s run 684 and the first 600 were at an average of 3:15.
- Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne And Munich Marathon Organizers Ask German Olympic Federation To Reconsider Not Sending Philipp Pflieger (2:12:50 In Debut) To Olympics The Germans have stupidly set their standard at 2:12:15. *MB: Unreal: Germany’s Philipp Pflieger debuted in Berlin at 2:12:50 – Olympic federation says he can’t go to the Olympics
- World Javelin Champ Katharina Molitor Is Also A Professional Volleyball Player
- 20-Year-Old 12.84 Hurdler Lucy Hatton Turns To Crowdfunding For Rio 2016 Olympic bid She’s already raised £1,520 but should have come to the NCAA. She’d be a star and have everything paid for until she was 22. Donate here.
Shoe Brand/Store News
Interesting Read:GQ: Sneaker Wars: Inside The Battle Between Nike And Adidas Stealing battling for endorsers, stealing employees and filing lawsuits, this rivalry puts the one between Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury to shame.- Turf War Between Nike And Under Armour Gets Political In Portland Nike irate that Under Armour will pay for and sponsor new soccer fields in two Portland parks. Portland mayor even stepped in to try and stop the parks & recreation commissioner from going through with it.
- Running Store Owner And Employee Chase Down Vandal Who Had Been Shooting At Windows Afterwards they acknowledged that they were lucky the 6-foot-2 and 265-pound criminal decided to run first and fight second.
- Boulder Running Company Stores To Be Re-Branded JackRabbit The Running Specialty Group wants its stores unified under one brand rather than 20 different names as they’ve acquired local stores around the country. If they want to be tottally honest, Finish Line might be a better name as that’s who owns them.
Video Of The Week?Czech Hockey Goalie Celebrates Win With On-Ice Track And Field Display He attempted the javelin, shot put and hammer throw using his goalie equipment.
WADA Reports That Positive Tests “Down By 10%” Despite Increased Testing In 2014 Are fewer athletes cheating or just more getting away with it? WADA director general David Howman said even though only 1.36% of samples came back positive, more than 10% of athletes could be doping. *2nd Article
Rio 2016 Cuts Budget By 30 Percent Amid Brazilian Economic Crisis
Our Weekly Recap
LRCWTW: Mary Cain Races Against Men, Molly Huddle Continues To Roll, How Many Women Have A Realistic Shot At The Olympic Marathon Trials, A Runner Steals $1.5 Million, And More
This week, among other things, we talk about the return to action for Mary Cain, break down the 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials for women, state that "rah-rah" speeches don't work in distance running, try to figure out how much money doper Liliya Shobukhova owes people.
Mary Cain Returns Home
LRCWith Olympic Year Looming, Mary Cain Has Gone "Back To The Basics" And Returned Home - Cain Living At Home, Attending Fordham University And Still Part Of The NOP
*John Henwood On Cain’s 5K XC Race: “It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t disappointing.”Alberto Salazar still coaches, but Henwood oversees Cain’s workouts. Henwood said, “We like how she’s progressing. She’s lean and mean.”
Non-Pro Distance News
- 42-Year-Old Homeless Runner Ricardo Flores Finishes Twin Cities Marathon In 3:22:54 Flores took 20 minutes off his time from last year and is training to get a qualifier for Boston.
- Video:Runners Help Carry 75-Year-Old Man Across Twin Cities Marathon Finish Line After He Collapsed In Last MileRick Kleyman is a high school coach and has a 2:38 PR from when he was 42.
- Four Months After It Was Delayed By Earthquakes, Runners Complete Everest Marathon Nepali Bhim Bahadur Gurung won in 4:01:54.
- BBC Info-Graphic: “Is physical endurance all in the mind?”
Women’s Distance News
Sara Hall Shares Her Thoughts Ahead Of This Weekend’s Chicago Marathon Hall’s debut in LA didn’t go well (2:48) so she wanted another go before the OT.
*MB:Sara Hall piece – weird statement Sara on Ryan’s struggles: “He has some hormonal imbalances which could quickly be fixed illegally by microdosing, but that’s obviously not the path he’s taking. I think he can get back to where he was, but he won’t be able to do it how he has done it in the past.”- Mary Cain Wins 5K XC Race At Van Cortlandt Park In NYC In a mixed race, she was the top woman by far in 17:11 while finishing 10th overall.
- Alana Hadley Among 10 Women Selected For Strava Marathon Trials Sponsorship Program Each of the ten who qualify for the Marathon Trials will get a $1,500 stipend to help with their training and travel to LA.
- Former Child Soldier Mira Rai Now Blazing A Trail For Women In Nepal Rai was 14 when she was recruited as a child soldier by Maoist guerillas. Now she is winning mountain races, earning enough prize money to send her siblings to school and pull her parents out of poverty.
- Spain’s Solange Perira Wins XXVIII International Mile Berango In Spain
We Can’t Grow The Sport If Fans Can’t Afford To Go: Fans Shying Away From 2016 World Indoor Tickets Because Of High Prices The cheapest ticket is $225 for second-level seats on the turn and they go up to $385 for better seats.
Filmaker Spike Lee To Serve As Grand Marshal Of The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon
*AP Article:Lee: “It’s gonna be a great day in my life.”
Negative Olympic Stuff
- Construction Company Threatens To Break Into Olympic Stadium To Sabotage It For Rugby World Cup Matches Over “Unpaid Bill” They claim the London Legacy Development Corporation still owes them $1.08 million dollars. LLDC says they paid a company, Alto Seating, for the work, but then Alto Seating went into voluntary liquidation apparently without paying its subcontractors.
- Canadian Olympic Committee President Quits Amid Sexual Harassment InquiryMarcel Aubut has had three women allege he harassed them.
Pro Sprint / Multis Stuff
Conspiracy Or Crazy? 4 Years Later, Banned-For-Life Jamaican Sprinter Steve Mullings Still Fighting To Clear His Name And Claiming Conspiracy Mullings has now started a GoFundMe page to raise $250,000 for a private investigator and lawyer. In this post, he calls out Jamaican doctors and officials, MVP coach Stephen Francis, Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell.Ashton Eaton And Brianne Theisen-Eaton Blog And Share Photos On Their Japan Vacation If you thought the javelin was dangerous, try a samurai sword.
- Q&A: Syracuse Alum Jillian Drouin Working To Join Her World Champion Brother Derek On The Canadian Olympic Team She was 4th in the Pan Am Games heptathlon.
- Sierra Leone Sprinter About To Be Deported From UK Hoping He Could Get A US ScholarshipJimmy Thoronka: “America would be incredible for me. It would be the biggest thing, the most perfect dream. But I am scared to dream now. Dreams hurt too much when they die.”
- Asafa Powell Excited About Getting 100 Career Legal Sub-10 Second 100m Races Next Season Including wind-aided marks, Powell has already gone over 100, but he “only” has 93 legal sub-10s.
It’s The Weekend Off-Season – Time To Drink
Usain Bolt Is Enjoying His Beer At Germany’s Oktoberfest Once Again- Soon It Will Be Time For US Olympic Marathon Hopefuls To Stop Drinking And Start Training Scott Douglas’s Early 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials Preview – 4+ Months Out The Trials are Feb. 13th in LA.
Evan Jager Is Done With School So He’s Excited To Enjoy Some Total Time Off For First Time As A Pro He says he’ll be “drinking a lot of beer.” We thought he’d prefer the drink on the right.
Upcoming Road Action
- Washington, DC: Donnie Cowart Leads Field For Sunday’s Inaugural Navy Mile After Going Sub-4 For The First Time This Summer Cowart first became a runner after getting cut from the basketball and baseball teams as a 5-foot-3, 100-pound middle schooler.
- *BBTM:Q&A With RD Lyman Ahead Of The Navy Mile On Pennsylvania Avenue In Washington DC LRC’s Rojo and Wejo‘s mom ran the Pennsylvania Avenue Mile back in 2003.
- Japan: A Preview Of Japan’s 2015 University Ekiden Season, Which Kicks Off This Month AGU and fifth Stage star Daichi Kamino are already national celebrities after last year’s record run at the Hakone Ekiden.
- Amsterdam Is In 2 Weeks: Olympic Champ Tiki Gelana Will Return To The TCS Amsterdam Marathon In Two Weeks She hopes her injury problems are behind her and hopes a return to Amsterdam, which she won in 2011 before her Olympic gold, re-starts her career.
Brojos And LRC Get Some Praise
LRCLetsRun.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!
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
Runners World Honors You and the Brojos
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