Archived Homepage For October 07, 2016
Archived Homepage For October 07, 2016

If You Read One Running Article All Month – It Needs To Be This One

Must Read Washington Post Expose of USATF Head Max Siegel – USA Track and Field CEO has alarmed some insiders with his spending and style The article is full of shocking allegations – lavish travel, possible sales tax fraud, a threat to **** people up, and a whole lot more.
*MB: Breaking: Max Siegel Expose in The Washington Post – It’s going to be tough for him to survive this!! 

Previous Shocking News 2015 World Champ In Pole Vault, Shawn Barber, Tested Positive For Cocaine At Olympic Trials But Wasn’t Banned As He Got It After Kissing A Woman In A “Craigslist Casual Encounter” Both the woman, and her now ex-boyfriend who watched some of the encounter, testified at his hearing.

More Interesting Reads

The Sub-2 Hour Marathon

Fancy Bears / Russian Doping Updates

Hosting News: Obama Criticizes IOC

NCAA XC: Who’s #1?

The Real Winners From Rio – LRC Running Warehouse Prediction Contest

rw-hires-horizontal-dark-on-whiteLRC Who Rocked The LetsRun.com Rio Prediction Contest? A State Champion High School Coach, A Dude On His Honeymoon – The Talented Winners Span The Globe See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are. Our winners hail from all over the globe. A state champion coach from the US won overall, but other winners included a woman from England, a 66-flat half marathoner from Atlanta and a Canadian. Our runner-up made his picks just days after landing the woman of his dreams.

2016 BOA Chicago Marathon Is Sunday (8:30 AM ET) *TV & Streaming

Puskedra has come a long way since his 2:28 debut in New York in 2014LRC The Comeback: How Luke Puskedra Bounced Back From 4th Place At The Olympic Trials And His Daughter’s Cancer Diagnosis To Prepare For Sunday’s Chicago Marathon Puskedra’s 14-month-old daughter Penelope, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma two days after the Trials, is now cancer-free. That’s allowed Puskedra to focus on cranking out 130-mile weeks (in singles!) in preparation for Chicago.

Women’s Preview: LRC It’s A Clash Of The Kiplagats As Florence And Edna Square Off On The Streets Of Chicago The women’s field in Chicago has a total of seven women with PRs under 2:25, including the Kiplagats, Boston champ Atsede Baysa and Kenyan Olympian Visiline JepkeshoSerena Burla (8th at Olympic Trials), Alia Gray (10th at Olympic Trials) and Sarah Crouch (2nd American at Boston) are the top U.S. entrants.

Dickson Chumba wins in 2:09:25Men’s Preview: LRC Dickson Chumba Goes For The Repeat As Americans Luke Puskedra, Elkanah Kibet & Diego Estrada Do Battle No one has repeated in Chicago since Sammy Wanjiru in 2010 (the final race Wanjiru would ever run). Chumba is the best of a shallow men’s elite field that also features two-time London champ Tsegaye Kebede and two-time world champ Abel Kirui looking to resurrect their careers.

Marathon / Road News

Week That Was

Callum-Hawkins-1WTW Usain Bolt Races Celebrities, Callum Hawkins Impresses, So Does Iona, Arizona XC Team Chases A Knife-Wielding Thief, And Pick Your Parents Wisely Want to know what’s going on in the running world? This is your weekly read.

Upcoming Road Action: Chicago Is Sunday

Robert Young – Run Across America Fraud

Photos of Young pounding out the miles while riding in the comfort of his RV are unavilable (photo via facebook)LRC It’s Official: Robert Young An UltraMarathon Cheat Inspired in part by the fastest-growing thread in LetsRun.com history started by Asher Delmott, Skins – Young’s primary sponsor – has released a 100+ page independent report to determine if Young cheated in his run across America. The evidence is conclusive, he didn’t run the entire way.
*MB: Robert Young fakes run across America

Great Point: Sean Ingle: If Only Nike And Other Companies Responded With Independent Investigations When Their Athletes Were Accused Of Cheating “Wouldn’t it have been refreshing for Sky, having spent millions funding Team Sky, to bring in independent experts to check everything is above board with their TUE requests?”

More Depressing News

Sprint / Field News

2020 & 2024 Games Issues

Sprint News: Was Usain Bolt Not Marketed Enough?

Doping News: Sharapova Gets Reduced Ban

It’s Not Too Early To Start Thinking About Christmas Gifts

LRC Book Review:Run The World By 2:30 Marathoner Becky Wade Is An Easy And Fun Read That Anyone Who Enjoys Running And Travel Will EnjoyRather than embark immediately upon a professional career, Wade – an All-American at Rice and 2016 Olympic Trials qualifier – spent a year visiting running cultures across the globe. The result is Run the World, a fun log of her running adventures in 22 different countries, including Japan, Finland, Switzerland and New Zealand.