Quote Of The Day
– Excerpt from a Telegraph article claiming the IAAF doping scandal is a small one as compared to others like the FIFA schedule. The difference, though, is FIFA was selling the rights to hold the competitions – not the competitions themselves like the IAAF. As Daley Thompson said in another article, “This is much worse than what Sepp Blatter has (allegedly) been doing at FIFA. When somebody is in charge of the sport and is protecting and profiteering from cheating then I don’t think you can go lower. He (Diack) has undermined the very premise that sport is built on. All those people who have lost medals and funding and pure enjoyment, and all those spectators who have been fooled, it has been such a dereliction of duty.”
- Wow: Russian paper claims IAAF covered up 4 positives for Mo Farah
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- HELP! How long does it take to get back to top shape after 2 years off?
- BREAKING! Former IAAF President Lamine Diack Under Investigation For Taking Cash To Cover Up Russian Doping
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- National disgrace: Why isn't this a huge scandal? NFL has been taking millions to honor military heroes on field
LetsRun.com Investigates
LRCUVA Has Reassigned Banned Doper Martin Maric To Intramural And Recreational Sports - He Won't Coach Throws At UVA This Year
UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension
LRC100 Days Until The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials: Catching Up With Dathan Ritzenhein, Desi Linden And Jared Ward
Ritz reveals he has yet to hit 100 mpw a single time in all 2015 while Desi says she's super-motivated to be an Olympian as she doesn't think she "really lived up to the label the last time around."
*MB: 100 Days To The Olympic Trials - We catch up with Desi, Ritz and Jared Ward.
Previous IAAF / Lamine Diack Updates
Some More Details:Diack Is Suspected Of Pocketing $1.2 From The Russian Athletics Federation He was arrested and is out on $550,000 bail, but was ordered to turn in his passport so he couldn’t leave France.
*MB:How does a bribed IAAF official cover up a drug positive
*MB:Lamine Diack Accused Of Taking Cash To Cover Up Russian Doping- Mark Your Calendars For Monday:WADA Commission To Unveil Report On Russian Doping Allegations On November 9th A three-man panel, chaired by former WADA President Dick Pound, will present their report entitled, “Top secret doping – how Russia makes its winners?”
- IOC Ethics Commission Looking Into Lamine Diack Case
- Daily Mail:“Seb Coe Was Too Quick To Back His Friends And Now Faces The Darkest Hour In Athletics History”
- UK Independent Opinion Piece:Lord Coe Must Act Over Lamine Diack Cover-Up Claims, Or He’s Just Another Sepp Blatter Writer complains that so far Coe has been all talk when it comes to anti-doping.
Change – Is There Hope For The Sport?
Good Read:Seb Coe Talks About What He Wants To Do To Improve The Sport Coe says that “presentationally we are a mess.” He complains that progress has been too slow in track and field and wants to make big changes.- USATF And Athletes Advisory Committee Sign Memorandum Of Understanding For Revenue Distribution Model This formalizes the plan announced in September which will deliver an additional $9 million in cash to athletes over the next five years.
*MB:Let’s Figure Out the Details And Get More Context on New USATF Deal: Make a World Champs or Olympic Team – USATF pays you $10K
Injured? These Pros Tell You To Not Give Up
Former British 400m Record Holder Derek Redmond Gives Advice On Coping With Injury “I knew that a healthy Derek Redmond could compete at the highest level and this was the thought I held on to through my rehabilitation. It was the light I focused on at the end of the tunnel.”- Words Of Wisdom From Australian World Long Jump Silver Medalist Fabrice Lapierre He says to “never stop believing” as after seasons of injuries he finally had success.
More Doping Updates
NY Times: Kenya Excels In Running But Lags In Anti-Doping As The Government Refuses To Fund It WADA director general David Howman: “There’s just no political will for it, even though they’ve been encouraged, persuaded, cajoled by us. … It’s an indication of talking the talk, but not even starting the walk, and that’s really disappointing.”- Dick Pound Says A Much Bigger Budget Would Be Needed To Have A Truly Independent Anti-Doping Body The idea would be to avoid any conflict of interest by taking responsibility away from local federations. Pound: “What we’ve found on the basis of human nature and experience is that its very difficult for a sport to promote itself and police itself.”
- In First Official Visit To Russia, Seb Coe Stresses Need For Athletics “To Build Trust And Defend Clean Athletes At All Times” Speaking on Russian athletes, coaches and officials, Coe said he appreciated their “openness” and “passion” and “noted a real appetite for change.” *IAAF Article
Distance News: IAAF AOY
Mo Farah And Genzebe Dibaba Are The Mid/Long Distance Candidates For IAAF World Athlete Of The Year
*Eliud Kipchoge And World Champ Mare Dibaba Win First Round Voting In Road Running Category- Laura Muir And Andrew Butchart Lead Entries For Scottish Short Course XC Champs On Saturday
- Timothy Martin And Deborah Torneden Win USATF Masters 15K Championships In Tulsa
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The Latest On The IAAF Doping Scandal
Recommended Read France’s national financial prosecutor talks exclusively to Associated Press – reveals much of case has already been verified They’ve already verified that Lamine Diack pocketed “more than €1m” from the alleged cash-for-silence scheme. His son is at the center of the case but hasn’t been arrested as he didn’t return to France when they thought he would.
- Good News, Track Fans:The Telegraph Says IAAF Doping Cover-Up Is Small Fry In The History Of Sporting Scandals
Bad News, Track Fans:Daley Thompson Says IAAF Corruption Scandal Is Worse Than The One At FIFA “(Diack) has undermined the very premise that sport is built on.”- UK Athletics Head Says Seb Coe Is The Man To Lead Athletics Out Of This Horrible Scandal “Seb has all the necessary credentials and I’m convinced had he at any time he been aware of corruption within the organisation he would have blown the whistle as that’s what’s in his DNA.”
- Coe Promises Doping Crackdown – “[I’ll do] everything in my power.” “The crowds have to know that what they are watching is genuine.”
- L’Equipe: IAAF Awards Ceremony Cancelled After Lamine Diack Arrest
- MB: Russian paper claims IAAF covered up 4 positives for Mo Farah
- MB: Alptekin refused a $500,000 bribe to Diack to cover up her positive test from the 2012 Olympics
- MB: Kip Keino says WADA is ‘seriously considering’ banning Kenya from 2016 Olympics We think the odds of this are 0.
- Meanwhile, More Russians Are Getting Busted: Five More Russian Athletes Suspended For Doping Abuse Included on the list is Maria Konovalova (14:38/30:31/2:22:27), who twice has been top three at the Chicago Marathon.
- Russian athletics official confirms ‘zero tolerance’ doping policy If true, Russia will go from a world power in track to someone lucky to win a handful of medals.
LetsRun’s Hero Takes A Stand
Yuki Kawauchi Defies Federation Expectations With Statement Of Intent To Run Own Race In Fukuoka The federation has stupidly said that all men must go out on 2:06:30 pace (a time only 1 Japanese man has ever run). Kawauchi said he’s pumped after finishing 6th in NY, but that he will run his own race and be top 3 in Fukuoka. “If I can make the podium then I know I can compete against the best in the world. If they still don’t put me on the Olympic team for that then there’s nothing I can do about it.”
*LRCVideo Showing That Kawauchi Gave It His All To Finish 6th In NYC
Pro Distance News
Mo Farah To Compete At The Great Edinburgh XC Race On January 9th If he runs, it’ll be the first time he’s run XC since 2011. He was supposed to race last year, but pulled out with illness.- Fun Read:Phoebe Wright Blogs About What Goes Through The Mind Of An 800 Runner During XC Races“The Start … 800ers do not try to get to the front but accidentally do anyway. This is followed by panic and a ‘HOW THE F DID I GET UP HERE?!'”
Q&A With Betsy Saina On Joining The Bowerman Track Club After track season she decided to make the switch from the American Distance Project in Colorado Springs. - Five Takeaways From The Fall Marathon Season For The Olympic Marathon Trials New contenders, interesting debuts and what have the favorites been up to?
- Former NCAA Standouts Natalja Piliusina (Oklahoma State) And Jess Tonn (Stanford) Join Brooks Beasts Track Club Piliusina was the 2013 NCAA 1,500m champ while Tonn was 3rd in the 5,000 at NCAAs last year.
RIP Chariots Of Fire
Recommended Tribute:Colin Welland, Oscar-Winning Writer Of “Chariots Of Fire,” Dies At 81 The writer of the classic movie about an Olympic sprinter who wouldn’t race on Sunday has died from complications with Alzheimer’s disease.- RIP Swaziland Athletics President And Former 800 Olympian Themba Makhanya He died after collapsing at work. He was only 45 years old.
Breaking: HUGE Doping News
MB: Former IAAF President Lamine Diack Accused Of Taking Cash To Cover Up Russian Doping; Is Under Investigation In France Additionally, Habib Cisse, a legal adviser to Diack, is also under investigation while IAAF’s former anti-doping director Gabriel Dolle has been arrested. *IAAF Statement- IAAF Headquarters In Monaco Raided By French Police In a statement, the IAAF admitted to this and said, they were “fully cooperating with all investigations.”
- Daily Mail:Charges Include Corruption And Money-Laundering Related To Cover-Up For Doper Liliya Shobukhova “This all comes as a result of an IAAF ethics investigation, conducted with the assistance of WADA.”
Some More Post-NYC Tidbits
Good Read:After DNF And A Double Scotch, NYC’s Oldest Entrant Offers Life Advice 95-year-old Jonathan Mendes dropped out after 16 miles, failing to become the oldest NYC finisher (record is at 93). He says if he’s “still here,” he’ll try again next year.- Interesting Notes And Stats On The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Take a guess on who beat out Alana Hadley and Meb Keflezighi as the top tracked runner?
- Missing Runner Found After NYC Marathon A recovering heroin addict from Italy was found aboard a subway train still wearing his racing clothes.
- NY Times Article On The NYC “Almost” Crew; The Runners Who Finished After The 7:30PM Cutoff Read what the experience is like for the runners literally at the back of the pack.
*MB:Inspirational New York Times article about unofficial NYC finishers Fair warning: Some LRCers may feel the use of the word “inspirational” is trolling. - Strangers Help Guy In Broken Wheelchair Finish
Other News Of Note
RIP: Murder Suspected After 2012 Olympic Sprinter Yulia Balykina Of Belarus Disappears A man has been arrested in the disappearance of the 11.38 sprinter who just ended a 2-year doping ban.- Podcast With Arkansas’ Dominique Scott
- World Athlete Of The Year 2015 Long List – Sergey Shubenkov And Zuzana Hejnova Lead The Hurdlers
Running Science – Run Them Hills
Interesting Read:Former NCAA All-American David McNeill Gives Some Great Advice For Why You Shouldn’t “Skimp On The Hills” McNeill explains how he used to be “a slave to the mileage and pace” on his GPS watch to have an impressive log, but now he purposely does hilly runs.- UK Coach Matt Long Also Voices His Support For Hills He shares multiple different versions of hill workouts you can incorporate into your training.
- American College Of Sports Medicine: Caffeine And Endurance Time Trial Performance – Effects And Mechanisms Of Action? The gist is caffeine improves performance even if we’re not 100% sure why.
- What You’ve Been Waiting For:The Latest “New” Study Saying If You Run Too Fast Or Too Far, You’ll Die Study found those running more than 35 miles a week had more risk for heart attacks and strokes.
*MB:Wall Street Journal: Don’t Run More Than 35 MPW One poster pointed out, “Last year it was 20 mpw. Progress!”
*MB Archive:Wall Street Journal article says running 20+ mpw is detrimental to one’s health
*MB Archive:Danish study shows most of you will die the same time as a couch potato
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Book Review – The Animal Keepers Is Certainly A Keeper
LRC Book Review"The Animal Keepers" By Donn Behnke - A Terrific Tale Of What It Means To Be A Team
We highly recommend this book - hell, we call it "a triumph" - by Chris Solinsky's high school coach, Donn Behnke. Purchase here. 5 out 5 stars.
Negative Legal News
Prosecutors Seek Murder Conviction For Oscar Pistorius They made their case in front of five Supreme Court judges who will give their ruling at a later date (possibly weeks from now).- Murder Suspected And Ex-Boyfriend Arrested After Belarus’ Former Olympic Sprinter Yulia Balykina Disappears Balykina competed at the 2012 Olympics, but was banned for doping in 2013. She’s been missing since last Wednesday.
- BAA Loses Bid To Block A Massachusetts Clothing Company’s Use Of “Marathon Monday” The BAA felt it created a false suggestion of affiliation with the Boston Marathon, but the courts disagreed.
LetsRun.com NCAA Analysis
LRCNCAA XC Weekend Recap: Grant Fisher Is Running, Ben Saarel Is Not (For Now), And What's Wrong With The Wisconsin Men?
We also take a look at the Penn State women's upset at Big 10s, Thomas Curtin taking down Justyn Knight at ACCs and wonder whether the Foot Locker women's curse may come to an end this month?
Updated NCAA Rankings
- Colorado And Syracuse Stay 1-2 As Stanford Jumps From 23rd To 4th
- Conference Upsets Shake Up The Latest Women’s Rankings New Mexico stays #1, but after that, the top 15 teams moved all over the place with Colorado 2nd and Arkansas 3rd.
Depressing News
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MB: Former Columbia runner and American citizen Lisa Nemec (runs for Croatia) positive on doping control The former pretty good Ivy Leaguer has improved a ton post-collegiately from 16:31/34:19 to 2:25 in the marathon. Was it too good to be true?
The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon*Results *Mile-By-Mile Splits *Video Highlights
Full Recap LRC Stanley Biwott Blasts 28:35 Final 10K To Capture 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Title (Updated) He had to be sensational over the final 10k to beat back a strong, strong challenge from Mo Farah’s #1 rival Geoffrey Kamworor. Meb finished 7th and Craig Leon 8th for the Americans.
Full Recap LRC Mary Keitany Repeats As 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Champion As Laura Thweatt Runs 2:28:23 DebutMary Keitany was back on top in NYC and is now tied atop the $500,000 Abbott WMM standings with one race to go. Sally Kipyego and Alana Hadley dropped out.
LRC A Look At Laura Thweatt’s 2:28:23 Debut And Decision To Skip The US Olympic Marathon TrialsWe break down Thweatt’s impressive debut and her decision so skip the Olympic Marathon Trials.
*MB: Thweatt won’t run marathon trials because …
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