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LRC Abel Kirui Digs Deep To Resurrect His Career With His First Win Since 2011; Florence Kiplagat Sends A Statement To Athletics Kenya Kirui, “We were pushing and I was tired, but my mind kept saying ‘go Kirui, go Kirui, go Kirui, your dream is coming true today’. And I was able to achieve it.”
*RRW Full Race Recap: With Contrasting Styles, Abel Kirui and Florence Kiplagat Prevail At Chicago Marathon

LRC The Top American At The 2016 Chicago Marathon Ended His Day on Crutches, But Dropping Out Wasn’t An Option For Diego Estrada Estrada wanted this one badly.

• MB: Official 2016 BOA Chicago Marathon Live Discussion Thread
• Puskedra in Chicago?
• Able Kirui wins chicago, check it out if you missed it.
• Does Chicago still deserve to be a World Marathon Major?

More Road Action

• Sam Chelanga And Jordan Hasay Win USATF 10 Mile Championships Chelanga ran 47:25 to beat Noah Droddy by 3-seconds as Hasay won convincingly in 52:49 over Aliphine Tuliamuk. *Discuss
• Pacemaker Festus Talam Stuns With Impressive Win In 2:06:26 Debut At Marathon Eindhoven Talam was instructed to take the field through 35K at 2:06 pace, but by the time he got to that point, the field had all dropped off.
• MB: Zane Robertson Wins Berlin 10K In 27:28

Previous Chicago News

RRW Confident But Cautious, Stephen Sambu Is Ready For Marathon Debut Carey Pinkowski picked Sambu as his first elite due to his “deep integrity.”

LRC Great News: Watch Chicago Live On LetsRun.com Tomorrow 8am Eastern Tim Hutchings and Ed Eyestone on call. Also available on NBCSN with Todd Williams and Paul Swangard.

Press Conference LRC Great Weather Is In The Forecast – Will The Men And Women Go For Fast Times Without Rabbits? Conditions ideal for a fast time appear to be in the forecast for Sunday, but will the elite men and women go for a fast one? We give you the inside scoop.
*After Visa Glitch, Dickson Chumba Finally Gets To Chicago And Says He’s Ready To Go “I’m not sure why I was the one whose visa was delayed. I’m yet to meet with the people who are responsible. Whether it was intentional or not, I will not let anyone take the title from me easily. I came here with one purpose and that is to take the title and go home a champion, nothing less.”

LRC Luke Puskedra And Diego Estrada Both Say They Are Ready – Could A Sub-2:10 Be In The Cards? Puskedra: “There’s a resurgence in American distance running and I want to jump on the back end of it.” Estrada says he’s going out between 3:00 and 3:05 per km (2:06-2:10 pace). 

Women’s Preview: LRC It’s A Clash Of The Kiplagats As Florence And Edna Square Off On The Streets Of Chicago

Men’s Preview: LRC Dickson Chumba Goes For The Repeat As Americans Luke Puskedra, Elkanah Kibet & Diego Estrada Do Battle

LRC 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.

• 6 Chicago Cubs Employees Will Ease Playoff Jitters By Running Chicago
• House Of Run’s Chicago Marathon Preview Podcast
• 12,500 New Marathoners Are Running Chicago This Year
• Hangover Actor Rob Riggle Is Running Chicago – His 1st Marathon In 14 Years
• Good Story On Guy Who Dropped Dead Last Year In Chicago But Was Revived By Two Fellow Runners On The Course
• Dickson Chumba Says Claudio Berardelli Is Innocent Of All Charges
• Florence Kiplagat Says Her Training Has Gone Well Ahead Of Her Title Defense At The Chicago Marathon Kiplagat hopes that running alongside fellow Kenyan Valentine Kipketer will help push her to a faster time than when she ran much of the race alone last year.

Olympics News

• French Prime Minister Pledges $1.1 Billion For Paris 2024 Olympics Bid
• Rome May Or May Not Have Pulled Out O 2024 Bidding

Toronto Is Next Weekend

• “Gun Runners” Film About Kenyans Who Traded In Their AK-47s And Became Top International Marathoners Is Debuting In Toronto Next Week One of the stars of the film – Julius Arile Lamerinyang – is racing in Toronto. *Trailer
• Running Has Given Former Kenyan Cattle Rustler Julius Arile Lamerinyang A New Lease On Life From his early teens, Arile carried a gun and stole cattle. After losing many of his friends to the violence, he traded his gun for running shoes and now is a 2:10 guy targeting the win at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
• Tim Hutchings Will Commentate For The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Live Stream Live stream starts at 8:15AM.

More Depressing News

• They’ve Done It Again – 5 More Moroccans Banned For Doping Steeplechaser Hanane Ouhaddou (9:22 PR) and 1,500m runner Abdelhadi Labali (1:46/3:35) got 8-year bans.
• MA State Auditor: Money Mismanagement At Reggie Lewis Center May Be Criminal People were in an uproar when the long-time executive director was fired without explanation. “Audit staff have reviewed the documentation RCC provided and concluded that many of the concerns raised by the college go beyond simple mismanagement and involve alleged criminal activity.”
• Boston Globe Editorial: Reggie Lewis Center Needs A New Direction

Marathon / Road News

• First Trailer For Mark Wahlberg’s Boston Bombing Film, “Patriots Day” Released In case you’ve been living under a rock or in isolation in the woods, the trailer informs you that the movie is “based on true events.”
• AIMS To Honor Haile Gebrselassie With Lifetime Achievement Award
• MB: Was The Great Scottish Run Half Marathon Short? Satellite maps and GPS data question if the course change this year led to an inaccurate distance.
• Brit Ben Smith Completes 401st Marathon In 401 Days Smith raised $316,000 for anti-bullying charities as he was bullied in school for being gay and tried to take his own life when he was 18.
  *MB: Ben Smith: The Real Marathon Man UK
• The Portland Marathon Will Go On After “Squabbles” Between Organizers And The City’s Fire Department Threatened The Race RD Les Smith pushed back at the fire department’s extra security requirements, saying they’ve used an effective medical plan for 27 years.
  *MB: Portland Marathon: what a mess!
• Four American Masters Records Go Down In One Race At The Syracuse Festival Of Races 60-year-old Brian Bilcher ran 16:39 to take 19 seconds off the 60-64 record.
• Olympic Triathlon Champion Gwen Jorgensen Running Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Mile This Weekend

Week That Was

WTW 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

• Sunday: Defending Champions Daniel Salel And Mary Wacera Lead Strong Field For BAA Half Marathon Salel will face Silas Kipruto (59:39) and Daniel Chebii (59:49) while the women’s race has Diane Nukuri (69:12).
• Next Week: Q&A With “Mr. Amsterdam” Wilson Chebet Chebet will be running the Amsterdam Marathon for the 7th year in a row. He made his debut here, has the CR and has won it 3 times.
• December 4: Stephanie Bruce Running CIM Marathon In Her First Marathon Since Taking Time Off For Two Pregnancies Bruce has a 2:29 PR and ran her last marathon in 2013.
  *CIM Adds American Performance List Bonus To Its Prize Purse Getting in the top 10 for 2016 (2:15:52/2:35:00) will get you $5,000 and top 25 (2:20:41/2:41:18) $2,000.