– Dathan Ritzenhein talking about Ryan Hall‘s recent retirement from running.
LRC His 1:45.93 Opener Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg for 800 Phenom Donavan Brazier Jonathan Gault spoke with the 18-year old phenom today and learned two surprising things. 1) He ran a 1:14 600 in practice in November. 2) He says he’s definitely not doing the US Olympic Trials. Story includes race video.
UKA Chief Ed Warner Says He Heard Qatar Was Bribing IAAF Council Members Ahead Of The 2017 World Champs Bid Qatari officials were seen handing out “brown envelopes” so London stepped up agreeing to cover the $7.2 million in prize money for Worlds. But now Warner wants an investigation and to get that money back.
Mike Powell Threatens “Slap” Anyone Who Suggests Resetting His Long Jump WR “Who is this person? Have they ever competed? Do they know anything about athletics? Do they know anything about human genetics? Who are they? Shut up!”
The Allyson Felix Rule: IAAF Amends Rio 2016 Schedule To Allow The Women’s 200 And 400 Double Instead of 75 minutes between 200 prelims and 400 final, there is 13 hours. France’s Marie-Jose Perec was the last woman to win the 200/400 double in 1996; before her, it was US’s Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984.
Usain Bolt And Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Are RJR Sports Foundation Athletes Of The Year
LRC Dick Pound’s Puzzling Endorsement Of Seb Coe, Looking For Heroes And Where Is The “Wow” Factor? – Analysis And Reaction To Part 2 Of WADA Report The good, the bad and the ugly from the report.
Even Though She Was Basically Exonerated By The Report, Paula Radcliffe Is Upset The IC Didn’t Go Even Further In Clearing Her Name “I was a little bit disappointed, given I had submitted written requests to the independent commission – and specifically to WADA – asking the WADA experts to release their evaluation of my data and it didn’t quite go that far. But I think they did underline the fact that those allegations did not have substance.”
Once again, London has secured an amazing field with five women who have run under 2:20 and eight under 2:21. All of the top 5 from our 2015 World Rankings are in the field including the winners of 2015 Dubai, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York and Worlds marathons.
A pre-med student, a collegiate record holder, and a guy dating someone on the Syracuse team took home the prizes.
The 2016 London men's field very well may be tougher to win than the Olympics. It is totally loaded once again as it includes the world's best marathoner, the world champ, the world record holder and a whole lot more. Surprisingly, it will mark the return to the marathon for Kenenisa Bekele and the debut of Bedan Karoki.
Return Of The Champions: Eliud Kipchoge Returns To The London Marathon To Defend His Title Against Wilson Kipsang, Dennis Kimetto And Kenenisa Bekele Field also includes World champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, Tokyo champ Endeshaw Negesse (2:04:52), 2:04:55 man Stanley Biwott and Rotterdam winner Abera Kuma (2:05:56).
*MB: London Marathon elite men’s field looking good.
Sara Hall Blogs On Ryan’s Retirement: “An Incredible Ride: Thanks Ry” “He has been genuinely joyful and at peace ever since the decision. It was clear to him, and there were no second thoughts.”Pro: UW Preview: Kim Conley Runs 9:01.31 To Win 3,000m Over Canada’s Nicole Sifuentes (9:05.31); Trevor Dunbar Wins Mile/800 Double Conley was originally only supposed to rabbit the race, but felt good so stayed in.
MB: America’s newest star has arrived!! True frosh Donavan Brazier runs 1:45.93 in first-ever collegiate 800!! (link fixed) No rabbits, legitimate track and he’s just .05 off of the American collegiate record. Unreal.
*Texas A&M Article Brazier: “Now my goals are starting to go up a little bit. When I first got here I just wanted to make the travel team.”
Boston Marathon Bomber Loses Bid For New Trial; Ordered To Pay Victims $101 Million In Restitution The restitution order is symbolic as he is in jail with no money to pay.
Bad Taste Or Do They Not Watch The News? Rio Organizers Use Image Of Oscar Pistorius To Advertise 2016 Paralympics
LRC Ryan Hall Has Retired – We Remember The Six Most Glorious Moments Of His Amazing Career Picking the greatest moments from his amazing career wasn’t easy but we’ve got our six favorites. Ryan, you will be missed.
Outside Magazine: “Can Galen Rupp Pull Off A 10,000 And Marathon Double In Rio?” They argue “it wouldn’t be that crazy” and remind you that back in 2012 Alberto Salazar predicted that Mo Farah would do that double for Rio.
LRC Three Quick Thoughts On The 2016 Boston Marathon Field Both defending champs will be back. In terms of PRs, the men’s field is a little stronger than last year.
*MB: 2016 Boston Marathon field announced.
*MB: Neely Spence Gracey running Boston – good idea?
Neely Spence Gracey Skipping Olympic Trials To Debut At Boston Marathon
MB: Luke Puskedra runs 1:01:29 in Houston!!! What the….??? Lelisa Desisa got the win in 60:37 as Puskedra was 4th.
Mike Cassidy Falls Short In Olympic Trials Qualifier Attempt Cassidy, who posted an essay on LetsRun after the 2013 NYC Marathon that generated more than 12,000 Facebook “likes,” ran 2:21:20 in Houston.
Geoffrey Kamworor And Vivian Cheruiyot Win Kenya Police XC Titles At one point, Kamworor, Asbel Kiprop, Caleb Ndiku and Augustine Choge were all racing neck-and-neck, but in the end Choge and Kiprop were a distant 2nd and 3rd. *2nd Article/Results
Jordan Hasay 4:49 Mile, Shannon Rowbury 8:53 3k, Centro 7:55 3k At TrackTown USA Indoor Meet In Portland The meet was held on the track that will host World Indoors. *Full Results *Ken Goe
Molly Huddle Gets Huge Feature In Her Hometown Paper Ray Treacy summed the 31-year-old up perfectly: “The thing is she just keeps getting better.”
LRC Anti-Doping Experts Michael Ashenden and Robin Parisotto Issue Statements In Response to WADA IC Report – Both Men Are Willing To Let Seb Coe Lead The IAAF Moving Forward Both men found encouraging aspects in the WADA report and in the end, both took the high road and concluded their statements by saying they are willing to let Seb Coe lead the IAAF.
Linden went into depth about her Trials buildup and the trickiest parts of the LA course, while Hanson discussed Linden and Bobby Curtis before discounting Galen Rupp's chances (should he elect to run) and reminding people why they shouldn't underestimate Jake Riley.
Chris Derrick joined us on the podcast and talked about his potential marathon debut at the Trials, the doping crisis in the sport, the ticking clock on 60 minutes, Twitter, the New York Jets, how he "was" a big fan of LetsRun.com and how professional running is like a part-time job.
Feb. 6th: Kim Collins Vs. Mike Rodgers Over 60m In Karlsruhe, Germany Dafne Schippers vs. Dina Asher-Smith in the women’s 60m.LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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