Bring Back The Mile
– Excerpt from Southern Utah University coach Eric Houle‘s proposal to replace the 1,500m with the mile at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, starting this year. The proposal will be voted on by coaches at this week’s USTFCCCA Convention. *BringBackTheMile.com Article
- Drew Hunter's coach predicts 3:55/8:2X this spring
- Ryan Hall Training on Trails?!? Going to Ultras?
- What is considered good pay for a head coach for w+m track and XC?
- Successfully married men, how much crap from your wife do you put up with?
- Ran half today, people got mad at me for running behind them and "drafting", is there some etiquette I'm missing?
- Serena Williams pulls a Rossi. Gets into a taxi at 2k mark to finish a 5k!
- LRCers: We Need Your Shoe Reviews, The Quest for 1,000 More Reviews Starts Now
Week That Was
LRCThe High School Season Ends With A Bang At Foot Lockers, The Dallas Marathon Impresses, Galen Rupp Blitzes A Holiday Half, Bill Walton & Meb, And Ryan Hall's Olympic Chances
The high school season came to a close with a bang at Foot Lockers, Galen Rupp ran a really good half marathon at a holiday fun run, while the rest of the American pros congregated at the Dallas Marathon for the most impressive American starting line of the year. A holiday treat.
From Jamaica
- Journalist Rips JAAA President Dr. Warren Blake For Turning Down Opportunity To Host 2016 IAAF World Junior Champs Because Of The $10 Million Price Tag
Usain Bolt And Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Are Jamaican Athletes Of The Year- Organizers Confirm Usain Bolt Will Be Back Again At This Summer’s London Anniversary Games
LRCDrew Hunter Dominates With Most Impressive Win Since Chris Solinsky, And Weini Kelati Holds On For Virginia Sweep Of Titles
Hunter led by 17 seconds at two miles and won by 12 as he ran 14:55.7, the fastest time since Edward Cheserek in 2011. Kelati, who like Hunter is from Loudoun County, Va., held off a hard-charging Maryjeanne Gilbert to earn a wire-to-wire victory in 17:09.7.
- Video Interview:Drew Hunter’s Coach Tom “Tinman” Schwartz Predicts Drew Hunter Will Break Alan Webb’s Indoor Mile Record Schwartz (a well known LRC poster) thinks Hunter will easily break 4 minutes.
- Interesting Foot Locker Historical Statistics A look at the best performances by state, school, largest margin of victory, etc.
- DyeStat Recap: Drew Hunter Runs Away With Title
- Girls:Weini Kelati Holds Off Maryjeanne Gilbert To Win National Title
Guardian’s Sean Ingle:“Time Has Come For Sebastian Coe To Lead New IAAF Legacy Of Openness” A lot more IAAF dirty laundry will be airing as the IAAF Ethics Commission’s disciplinary hearing starts Wednesday and the second WADA report from Dick Pound comes out next month.
Club Nats *Results
Amy Van Alstine, Garrett Heath And BAA (Women) And Hoka One One (Men) Win 2015 Club XC TitlesAlan Webb (182nd) beat Nick Symmonds (219th).
*IAAF Recap
SPAR European XC Champs Were Sunday *Results
Sifan Hassan Runs Away With Euro XC Champs As GB Dominates The Team Race Former NCAA champ Kate Avery was 2nd, 8- seconds behind Hassan.- Turkey’s Ali Kaya Wins Comfortably As Spain Takes Places Two Through Five To Destroy The Field
- Junior Men: Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa Defends His Individual Title As France Wins A Close Team Race Over Italy
- Junior Women: Konstanze Klosterhalfen Finishes First To Lead Germany’s Team Victory
- U23 Men: GB’s Jonathan Davies And Spain Are Winners
- U23 Women: Victories For Belgium’s Louise Carton And Team GB
- Fionnuala McCormack Finds Silver Lining In Team Bronze For Ireland The former 2-time champ was disappointed to finish 4th, but happy with the team bronze.
*Irish Examiner Article - BBC: Britain Tops The Overall Medal Tables As Every Team Member Takes Home Hardware
- IAAF Recap
2015 Foot Locker XC Photo Gallery (200+ Photos)
News From The UK
- Greg Rutherford Beats Mo Farah In Online Vote For British AOY honors For international honors, the winners were Bolt and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
*MB: Racist? Greg Rutherford stomps Mo Farah in online vote for British Athlete of the Year - Heavyweight Boxing Champ Says Jessica Ennis-Hill “… looks quite fit when she’s got a dress on.” – Hill Unfazed By It He’s said a lot worse, including, “There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other one’s paedophilia.”
Russia / Kenya Doping Updates
Head Of Russian Anti-Doping Agency Ramil Khabriev Resigns How had this not happened already?- WADA Commission Started Its Work In Moscow Yesterday To Help Russia Clean Up Its Act
- WADA Team Headed To Kenya Next Week To Inspect Implementation Of Anti-Doping Policies The IAAF Ethics Commission has also appointed lawyers to investigate corruption allegations within AK.
- IOC Wants To Bring Efficient Out-Of-Competition Drug Testing To Kenya And Russia It’s been known for a long time that there there was a major lack of testing in Kenya; we’re glad the IOC is finally taking notice.
- UK Anti-Doping Will Help WADA Carry Out Reforms In Russia
From Tragedy To Triumph
LRC Feature The Miracle In The Black Hills: A Coach, A Fallen Teammate And A Season For The Ages In July, Black Hills State’s Gage McSpadden was struck by lightning and tragically killed at the age of 21. The team’s dream of a first-ever NCAA appearance, one that McSpadden had guaranteed, appeared to be shot. No one will ever forget how they responded.
NCAA Photos Galore *D1 Men’s Race (514 Photos) *D1 Women’s Race (486 Photos) *D1 Banquet*D1 Post-Race*DIII Men (257 Photos) *DIII Women (185 Photos)
NCAA: Vote Yes For The Mile
Bring Back The Mile:The Mile Could Be Coming Back To NCAA Outdoors Coaches at the USTFCCCA Convention this week will vote on replacing the 1,500 with the mile at NCAA Outdoors. A similar proposal by Texas A&M’s Pat Henry was shot down in 2011, but that was before the IAAF started accepting mile times as qualifying standards.
*Full PDF Proposal Put Forward By Southern Utah University Coach Eric Houle- After A Torn ACL And Surgery Last Year Oregon Star Hurdler And Football Player Devon Allen Still Has Olympic Dreams Allen has been playing football this year and will return to track when the season is over with the goal of making Rio 2016.
- College Runner Blogs About Her Ongoing Struggle With Eating DisordersHannah Crist writes that she’s been improving since confessing her problem to her coach 6 weeks ago, but it’s a “constant battle.”
*LRCEating Disorders Archive - Before They Were NCAA Stars: SPIKES Talks To The High School Coaches Of The 2015 Bowerman Award FinalistsMarty Hannon knew Edward Cheserek had room to improve because they held him back after he got a stress fracture when he first came over from Kenya.
US Sprints / Jumps: USATF Fighting For Felix
USATF Officially Petitions IAAF For Olympic Schedule Change To Allow Allyson Felix To Do The 200-400 Double- IAAF Official Says The Request Will Be Reviewed In The Next Few Days
- Podcast With Christian Taylor Who Discusses Going For The Triple Jump WR In Rio, Switching Take Off Legs Last Year, And Russia’s Doping Ban
More International News
IAAF Personal Bests Q&A With Trinidad And Tobago Sprinter Richard Thompson The former 100m Olympic silver medalist says his biggest regret was missing “his chance to be a champion” at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he was the favorite, but didn’t make the final.- RIP:Renowned UK Coach And Former Sprinter Ayo Falola Loses His Battle With Cancer Falola coached 800 runner Shelayna Oskan-Clarke to 5th place in Beijing.
- Maebashi Fujimi Boys, Katsura Girls Win National Junior High School Ekiden
Rome Presents 2024 Olympic LogoNCAA Headlines
MB: William Kincaid (13:44.34) and Futsum Zienasellassie (13:44.89) at Hoosier Open 5k- MB:2013 Foot Locker finalist and now Florida Gator Lauren Brasure struck by car – critically injured
- Q&A: Molly Seidel Shares Some Insights Into Her Training And Post-Collegiate Plans Talking about her youth days, she played many different sports, including field hockey and alpine skiing.
- A Look Back At How The Bowerman Finalists Did At WorldsShawn Barber won pole vault gold while Jenna Prandini helped the US 4 x 100 win silver.
IAAF/IOC News
- IOC Calls For Efficient Out-Of-Competition Tests For Russia And Kenya The IAAF admits it doesn’t exist right now.
- IAAF Sets Out Strict Conditions For Russian Doping Reforms “The Russian athletics federation must cut ties with all past dopers, resolve outstanding disciplinary cases and investigate potential further cases before it can be reinstated, the IAAF has said.”
*IAAF Delegation To Visit Russia In January
*IAAF Gives Russia “Roadmap” For Return To The Fold - Kuwaiti IOC Member Given Six-Month Jail Sentence For Insulting The Judiciary It likely has something to do with the fact that the “Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to protect the country from ‘undue Government interference’ in October, following the passing of a deadline to amend a controversial new law allowing far greater control over all sports bodies.”
Might Galen Rupp Run The Marathon Trials?
LRC Galen Rupp Is Running A Half Marathon This Sunday; Will He Do The Olympic Marathon Trials? Is Galen Rupp serious about doing the Olympic Marathon Trials this time? Does he possibly have a better shot at Olympic gold in the marathon than in 10,000?
*MB: Galen Rupp Running Half Marathon in Portland This Weekend; Will He Run Marathon Trials?
Eugene 2021 / Portland 2016 News
- French Authorities Investigating IAAF’s Eugene 2021 World Championships Decision No official bid process, Lamine Diack bribes and Seb Coe‘s Nike connection make them suspicious.
Vin Lananna Stands By Eugene 2021 Bid “We are 100 percent confident that there was nothing outside of what are the norms for an IAAF bid.”- Register-Guard: TrackTown USA Celebrates 100 Days Until World Indoors Amid Latest Inquiry Into How Eugene Earned 2021 Worlds
- A Look Back At USA’s “Rich History Of Hosting IAAF Championships” Apparently the US is one of only five countries to have hosted IAAF championships across all four main surfaces – outdoor, indoor, road and XC.
- Jenn Suhr Reportedly Not Competing At US Or World Indoor Champs This Year
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LRC Book Review"Two Hours" By Ed Caesar - A Wonderful Book Worthy Of 5 Stars And One We Consider "The Definitive Book On The Modern Elite Marathon"
Looking for a great Christmas present? We have a suggestion. Ed Caesar's new book Two Hours covers everything you would want to know about the marathon, from its roots in ancient Greek lore all the way up to the establishment of big-money major-city marathons in the late 20th century. It includes incredible behind-the-scenes access of Geoffrey Mutai in 2011 when he destroyed the course records in both Boston and New York. 5 out 5 stars.
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Maybe Running Won’t Kill You: Recommended Read:Q&A With Doctor About Recent Finnish Study Which Found Lower Cancer Rates Among Distance Runners Oncologist and runner Dr. Kenneth Kunz explains how being healthy is actually a public service.
Free Coaching Advice: Strava Users Beware – Don’t Get In The Habit Of Racing Your “Easy” Days The online app used by pros and hobby joggers alike tracks your runs through GPS and lets runners compete for the fastest times on certain routes.
Will Rupp Run The Trials?
MB:Galen Rupp solo 1:01:20 half marathon in Portland
*Rupp Says He Hasn’t Made A Decision About The 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials “I’m keeping my options open … I’m not sure what I’ll do.”
*LRC Will Galen Rupp Do The Olympic Marathon Trials?
Sunday Dallas Marathon Duo To Rio Relay Presented by AT&T
LRC The Greatest American Starting Line Of 2015 Was In Dallas For The Marathon Relays: Meb, Deena, Ryan Hall, Leo, Centro, Molly And More, Video And Recap What a star-studded field in Dallas. Interviews with Ryan Hall, Abdi, Chelanga, Ward, Puskedra, Leo, Centro, Robby, Ryan Hill, and Deena, Bersagel, and Becky Wade.
More LRC:Leo, Centro, Ryan Hill, And Robby Andrews Talk Mid-D, Pro Sports And World Indoors After Dallas RelaysGood news for track fans as all 4 want to do World Indoors.
*Becky Wade TV Profile Her mom says, “If you had asked me the most athletic of my children, Becky would not be at the top of that list.”
Distance News
- Mo Farah:“I know that some people will always think I have cheated.”
Good Read:Ethiopia In Search Of The Next Haile Gebrselassie Or Kenenisa Bekele Bekele: “At this time I can’t see anyone, nobody. It is difficult. Maybe in the future we can expect another in the next generation but I what I see now, I can’t see anyone running like me or like Haile. I can’t see that.”- Asbel Kiprop Speaks On Athletes Leaving Dr. Rosa And Associati Management; Says He Won’t Be Running Indoors Rosa fired Claudio Berardelli (Rita Jeptoo‘s coach), and several athletes, including Janeth Jepkosgei and Eunice Sum, are moving to the new management company that hired him.
- Luke Puskedra Running Better Now That He’s Quit Being A Perfectionist And Living A “Real Life” “Let’s say I have a great race on February 13 and everything goes well and I make the team. Is it worth going away to altitude camp and maybe missing my daughter’s first word, or her first tooth coming in?”
Allyson Felix Still Hoping The Olympic Schedule Changes So She Can Do The 200-400 Double Her coach Bob Kersee says they will double at the Trials and train for the double. He’s working with USATF to get the IAAF to make the change.
Galen Rupp Told Larry Eder Last Weekend He Had Not Really Spoken To Alberto About Next Season Yet
Kudos To USATF For Acting Quickly
Previous73 Americans Pick Up Olympic Standards As IAAF Eases Standards In 17 Events; Should USATF Change The Marathon Trials Standard Accordingly?
Leo Manzano now has the standard but the bigger news is 25 US marathoners now have the Olympic standard but won’t even be at the Trials as the US standard is more stringent. Should USATF let them in?
*MB:25 Americans now have the Olympic standard in marathon but won’t be at the Trials. Should USATF let them in?
Good (Although Depressing) Read:Toni Reavis Gives A State Of The Sport Summary To End 2015 Reavis says, “… we find a sport existing, barely, on life-support, reeling from the toxic shock of massive corruption” and drug scandals. He calls on athletes to take ownership and unite into a “player’s union.”
Seb Coe, Doping, Eugene 2021
Seb Coe Insists Eugene 2021 Vote Was Fair And Honest Here he defends the process, however, previously he was reported admitting that the bid process “wasn’t correct.”- Sweden’s Bjorn Erikkson Claims Lack Of Bid Process Was “Bad Ethics At Least” And “In The Worst Of Cases Maybe Also Criminal”
- Seb Coe Says He Will Double IAAF Anti-Doping Budget Also said, “countries that are serial offenders will be sanctioned, athletes will be penalised financially.”
- Independent:What Seb Coe Said And What He Didn’t Say … Does His Defence Add Up? An analysis of some of Coe’s recent statements on doping, scandal and corruption.
- IOC Wants A New Independent Global Anti Doping Body By 2018 Winter Games WADA director general David Howman explains why putting that place in such a short amount of time would be very difficult and cost a lot of money.
- IOC To Start Audits For Sports Body Over Olympic Money They want to make sure the billions of dollars of cash given for the development of sport is being used appropriately.
- Seb Coe Says The IAAF Scandal Isn’t Bigger Than Fifa’s … not that it’s anything to be proud of.
*IOC President Thomas Bach Says IAAF And FIFA Scandals Not The Same
Our Weekly Recap
LRCWTW: Kara Goucher Improves, A Pro Runs A 2+ Minute 10,000 PR, Odell Beckham Jr.'s Mom Was A Mega Track Star, And Might The Recent Scandals Be Good For Track And Field?
We break down the week in running by introducing you to Odell Beckham's mom and the most-improved pro in the US and tell Kara Goucher fans to be encouraged but keep things in perspective.
Say It Ain’t So
LRCDid Mike Rossi - The Viral Marathon Dad - Try To Cheat LetsRun.com Out Of $10,000 On Saturday?
Has Mike Rossi cut yet another course, this time in an attempt to win $10,000 from LetsRun.com?
*MB: Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?
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.
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