Archived Homepage For September 19, 2016
Archived Homepage For September 19, 2016

US Action Was Led By 2016 USATF Road 5k Champs *Results

chelanga_hill_usa_5k_providence_18-sep-2016_lotsbomRRW Ryan Hill (With a Kick) and Aliphine Tuliamuk (Thanks to a 4:43 Opening Mile) Win USATF 5k Champs at CVS Downtown 5k in Providence Jordan Hasay 3rd.

International Action

Good Reads

Sprint / Jump /Throw News

Doping I: The WADA Hack / TUEs

More Paralympic News

Road Race Disasters

Interesting Paralympic News

Feyisa Lilesa Continues His Protest From The US

NCAA XC Countdown

Finn was 19th last year despite some major footwear problems (Photo: Michael Scott)LRC 2016 NCAA Women’s XC Preview: #10 Michigan State, #9 Oklahoma State, #8 Michigan, and #7 Boise State With the Olympics and Diamond league season now over and the big NCAA meets approaching, we start our NCAA top 10 countdown with the women.

NCAA XC *Battle In Beantown Results *All Weekend NCAA Results

More Distance News

The Week That Was

Doping: Hackers Release Info On Multiple T&F Olympic Champions

WADA Gets Hacked

fancy-bearLRC The Russians Have Hacked WADA and Want You To Think Simone Biles Is A Drug Cheat Because She Takes ADHD Medicine Russian hackers have gotten their way into WADA and published a positive drug test for American star Simone Biles. In reality, the positive test is a good thing for the anti-doping movement as it shows the tests work as Biles should have tested positive for the ADHD med she openly declared she was taking.
*MB: The Russians Have Hacked WADA: Leaked Drug Tests/TUEs – Real or Not?

Post-Rio Talks With Molly Huddle and Abbey D’Agostino

Huddle-boston--2015LRC Molly Huddle Talks About Losing Her 5k American Record And Her NYC Marathon Preparations: “I Kind of Miss The Track Already” (fixed) Molly Huddle may have recently lost the 5000 American record she once held but she’s not too upset about it, “(Sub-14:40) that’s where the record belongs – we’ll see how much lower it can go.”
*MB: Molly Huddle on Shannon Rowbury breaking her 5000 AR, “(Sub-14:40) that’s where the record belongs.”

LRCOne Month Later, Abbey D'Agostino Reflects on Rio, Her Olympic Fall and Her Rehab From a Torn ACL

D'Agostino said she had a sense, even before her race, that something special might happen. "I felt this affirmation that yeah, I really am going to be there for some reason other than this race performance."

Sprint Stuff

2016 TCS New York City Marathon Fields Released

Ritzenhein_DathanA1-Birm09LRC Might Dathan Ritzenhein Have A Chance To Win The 2016 NYC Marathon? We Break Down the 2016 NYC Marathon Elite Fields We break down the fields for you and note that the men’s field is short on African talent – could that open the door for a win by America’s Dathan Ritzenhein? Molly Huddle will have her hands full on November 6 as Mary Keitany is looking for a 3-peat against Berlin champ Gladys Cherono, 2015 NYC runner-up Aselefech Mergia and Joyce Chepkirui.
*Press Release from NYRR
*MB: 2016 NYC Marathon Fields released – Does Ritz have a chance (only 4 other sub-2:08 guys in the race)?

More Upcoming Road Action

More Doping: No Russia, It’s Still You