Archived Homepage For February 10, 2016
Archived Homepage For February 10, 2016

The Week That Was

LRC WTW: Time To Panic For Mary Cain? Doping In The Super Bowl, No Medal No Problem, Kenyan Rap Videos, Clayton Murphy Breaks 4 (By A Lot), Meet Randall Cunningham’s Daughter, And A US Marathoner Saves A Life What a week. So much to break down, including two amazing teen performances and one bad one. All of that and more, including our Performance of the Year by Adriana Nelson.

Is London 2017 In Trouble?

Some Interesting Doping News

Post-Weekend NCAA News

2016 World Indoors Are Next Month

Chanelle Price won the U.S.'s sole distance gold two years ago but has yet to qualify for this year's championshipsLRCWorld Indoors Is Less Than Seven Weeks Away; Which Americans Have The Standard? A number of Americans have the standard in the 1,500 and 3,000, but only two men (Boris Berian and Donavan Brazier) and three women (Ajee Wilson, Treniere Moser and Charlene Lipsey) have it in the 800.

The 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials Are Saturday

Breaking: American record holder Deena Kastor just pulled out of 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials

Anytime, anywhere. Zablockis love of the sport has followed him around the globe.LRC Meet The Most Interesting Man In Running: Chris Zablocki’s Long Road To Los Angeles In his final high school race, he ran 11:07 for 3,200. As a college freshman, he was the worst guy on the team. But Chris Zablocki never gave up and on Saturday in LA, the Yuki Kawauchi of American distance running (13 marathons in 12 months) will be looking to take some serious scalps.
*MB: LetsRun, Meet The Most Interesting Man in Running – Chris Zablocki

rwarehouseLRC LetsRun.com Running Warehouse $200,016 Marathon Trials Prediction Contest (link fixed) Take a moment to stop reading all the interesting things on LRC to give us your picks for the men’s and women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. We’ll tally them up and thanks to Running Warehouse, Asics & the Asics Aggies, and Olympic contender and Running Warehouse Marketing Manager Scott Bauhs give the winners some great prizes. Contest now open. *Discuss Here

2016trialsgifLRC 2016 Men’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Preview: Meet The 20 Men Who Have A Shot At Going To The Olympics If Any Of The “Big 3” Falter Meb, Ritz and Rupp will get plenty of attention this week, so we wanted to start our previews by focusing on the men who have a shot at the Olympic team if any of the Big 3 falter. In 2012, we only had a list of 6 outside of the eventual top 4. This year, the list is 20 deep.
*MB: These guys have a chance – Meet the 20 Trials qualifiers who have a shot at Rio if anyone in the Big 3 falters

Distance Odds ‘n’ Ends

LRC Book Review

LRCBook Review: "JOCK: A Memoir Of The Counterculture" By Robert Coe - An Engaging Journey Of Running And Self-Discovery At Stanford In The '60s And '70s

What was it like to be a Stanford runner from 1968 to 1972, during the height of the counterculture? Coe tells you and and nothing is off limits. Coe's stories range from racing Gerry Lindgren and Steve Prefontaine in the legendary 1969 PAC-8 XC Champs to smoking weed with the Stanford football team and Olympic swimmers at his fraternity house. Though his running career was ultimately not successful, this book certainly is. It's getting great reviews on amazon and we agree, giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars. Purchase here.

Drew Hunter Does It  *Results*LRC Photo Gallery*Race Video

LRC3:58.25! Drew Hunter Becomes Second Sub-4:00 High Schooler In The Mile Indoors Thanks To 57-Second Final 400

Move over, Alan Webb. Drew Hunter is the fastest indoor high school miler in the US ever. In other action, Marielle Hall blasted the final lap to win the 3k over Sheila Reid in 8:54 as Jordan Hasay and Nicole Tully in 6th and 7th didn’t break 9:00, Ajee Wilson won the 800 in a close 2:02.15 over Laura Roesler and Lynsey Sharp, and Robby Andrewswon the 800 in 1:48.43. Gabriela Stafford won the women’s mile in 4:29.07, beating out NJ-NY’s Erin Donohue (4:29.67).

Drew Hunter’s Training Exposed

LRC Meet The Elementary School PE Teacher Who Is The Mastermind Behind America’s Greatest Prep Distance Runner Tom Schwartz (aka “Tinman” on the message boards) has a training philosophy that is LetsRun.com approved. Will it help Hunter break 4 on Saturday? *Schedule / Results / Streaming
*MB:Get the inside scoop on Drew Hunter’s training – LetsRun’s feature on Tom “Tinman” Schwartz

Father Time Stays Undefeated

Teg got a much deserved day in the spotlight at the 2009 USAs. *More 2009 USA Photos

LRCTeg Retires: We Remember The Six Greatest Moments In His Career & Show Some Awesome Old School Video While Tegenkamp may not have been the best of his generation, he helped usher American distance running into a new stratosphere and he’s the only American in US history ranked in the top 100 of the both the 1,500 and marathon. We rank his six most impressive accomplishments.

European News – RIP To A London Marathon Legend

The 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials Are This Saturday

LRC Olympic Trials Week Is Here!!! LetsRun.com Debates The Women’s Race Last week, LRC debated whether Galen Rupp was the favorite in the men’s race. Now we turn our attention to the women’s side. Who’s the favorite? Who gets top 3?

Fears Over Zika Virus Continue To Grow

US Distance News

The 2016 US Marathon Trials Are This Weekend – Who Is The Favorite?

LRC LetsRun.com Debates: Is Galen Rupp The Favorite For The 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials? Who’s Most Likely To Make The Team? Is Galen Rupp the favorite at the Trials in his debut marathon? We debate that as we start breaking down the Trials.

Sprint Q&A: Jeremy Wariner

LRCWhat’s Jeremy Wariner Doing Working At Jimmy John’s? 7 Questions With The Olympic Legend Wariner posted online that he was now a general manager at a Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant. We wondered if it could be that one of the greatest 400m sprinters of all time was retiring, so we reached out to see what was up.
*MB: Is Jeremy Wariner’s investment in Jimmy John’s smart?