How To Make A Dumb Decision At The Last Minute

LRCIt's Official: David Okeyo And Athletics Kenya Really Don't Understand The Sport - Announcing A February Marathon Trials In The Middle Of October Is Ridiculous

De Grasse Not Going Pro?! Or Going Pro?

Andre De Grasse’s Mom Denies Report He Is Going Pro Earlier we had the news that the Toronto Star reported that Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse was going pro. Now his mother is denying the report and said De Grasse doesn’t even have an agent. Further proof very little good has come out of Toronto this week. *Discuss

News From South Africa

• Oscar Pistorius To Be Released From Prison On Tuesday He’ll be moved to house arrest until the prosecutions appeal is heard on November 3rd.
• Opinion: Oscar Pistorius Is Going Home. Reeva Steenkamp Is Not
• MB: Lock your doors, protect the women and children – Oscar P’s getting out of prison on Tuesday

2016 World Indoor News

• Medal Ceremonies For 2016 World Indoors Will “Take Place On The Other Side Of The Willamette River, At Pioneer Courthouse Square” Lannana hopes to have a live symphony orchestra play the national anthems.
• Allyson Felix And Jason Richardson Confirm They Want To Compete At 2016 World Indoors Richardson and Felix filmed commercials for the event.

News From Kenya

• The Spring Marathon Season Just Got Weaker: Kenya Says 2016 Olympic Marathoners Can’t Run Any Marathons After February Stupidly, the deadline appears to be February 14th, ruling out Tokyo. Many press reports are saying Kenya will run an Olympic Trials. We haven’t read anything that makes us believe that is true as David Okeyo said, “We are coming up with a plan and policy which is being developed and as soon as we agree, we will let you know the best way we will select the marathoners.”
• AK Lifts Ban On Rosa Associates And Volare Sports “For The Sake Of Athletes” Supposedly they’d been banned for ties to doping.

Why Being Brilliant At Sport Is Still No Bar To Depression Double Olympic champ Kelly Holmes was a victim.

LRCDoes GPS Data Prove That Paris Has The Most Dedicated And Fastest Runners In The World? In The US, New York Beats Out LA And San Francisco

Non-Distance News

• Jamaican Columnist Daydreams About Bolt Breaking Michael Johnson’s 43.19 WR In Final Race In London 2017 MJ set his WR at 31. Bolt will be 31 in 2017.
• Finland Gives Early Olympic Selection To Javelin Throwers Tero Pitkamaki (Worlds Bronze) And Antti Ruuskanen (European Champ)

Upcoming Action: Solinsky And German Hit The Road

• Next Sunday: Chris Solinsky, German Fernandez, Tyler Pennel And Kenyan Julius Kogo (61:47 Half) Lead Field For EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler Former World Champs 5,000 5th placer Buze Diriba, former All-American Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton and former US marathon champ Esther Atkins (Erb) lead women’s field.
• Next Sunday: Ethiopians Sisay Lemma Kasaye (2:07:06) And Koren Jelela Yal (2:22:43) Are Late Editions To Next Frankfurt Marathon
• This Saturday: Japan Running News Preview Of Saturday’s Hakone Ekiden Qualifier
• This Sunday: Preview Of Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon Euro silver medalist Chris Thompson leads British charge as Spain’s former World Champs Marathon 5th placer Alessandra Aguilar heads women’s field.

Week That Was

LRCRyan Hall = Joan Benoit? Chicago Drops Pacers, We Celebrate Steve Jones's 1985 Run, + Great Advice From Joe Newton

Big Paydays For Two US Steeplers

MB: Max King And Bridget Franek Win Warrior Dash 5k World Titles And $30,000 The Warrior Dash, a 5k obstacle race, is perfectly suited for steeplers, who are crazy enough to do it and fast and athletic enough to dominate it.

Monday – US Road 10k *Results

LRCThe Molly Huddle Show Rolls On With 31:21 Win At USATF Road 10K Champs In Boston

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?