-excerpt from a piece in The Guardian by Andy Bull entitled, “Doping sends poison seeping out of bodies and coursing through sport.”
RRW 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.
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.
Did you know that 2016 produced the slowest world leading time in the men's 5000 in 23 years? We know that and a whole lot more.
LRC 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?
LRC USA’s Mikey Brannigan Dominates 1500m at Paralympic Games Brannigan ran like the boss in the Paralympic T20 1500.
*NBC Video:Race Highlights, Interview With Brannigan And His Parents And Reaction Clip From His Former HS Watching At Home
LRC 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.”
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."
LRC 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)?
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