– Craig Leon talking about staying up until 2:30AM Wednesday night to watch the Chicago Cubs’ historic World Series win. Looking ahead to Sunday’s NYC Marathon, Leon said he’ll try to follow the Cubs’ team motto: “‘We never quit’ and ‘Try not to suck!'”
LRC “We Are Clean” – Dr. Gabriele Rosa Talks About Turning Stanley Biwott and Jemima Sumgong Into Marathon Stars And Doping In Kenya The 74-year old is thriving after coming out of a mini-retirement. Want the inside scoop on doping (or the lack thereof) in Kenya? Read this.
International Men’s Press Conference LRC Stanley Biwott Is Ready to Repeat, Lelisa Desisa Is Feeling Fresher Than Ever And Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Compares The Olympics To a Long Training Run Winning an Olympic medal is the ultimate dream for most runners but Ghirmay Ghebreslassie said it felt like a long training run.
International Women:
LRC Mary Keitany Has No Idea How Many Miles She Runs But is Ready, Sally Kipyego Ready for Marathon #2, Lanni Marchant Has Recovered from Olympic Double with Burgers and Beers, Diane Nukuri Keeps Getting Better
US Men’s Press Conference LRCRitz Is Running To Win, Abdi Is On The LRC Training Plan & 5 More Observations From Talking To The Top U.S. Men In New YorkAlso included: Meb Keflezighi (who is not running NYC) discussing his recent problems throwing up in races.
US Women’s Press Conference LRCMolly Huddle Isn’t Dreaming Of The Win, Kim Conley Loves Marathon Training, Kids Are Slowing Sara Hall Down And & 3 More Observations From Talking To The Top U.S. Women In New York
LRC Mark Wetmore Works His “Magic,” Foreigners In The NCAA, What Rita Jeptoo’s Doping Suspension Means For Her Coach And Agent + American Marathoners Bobby Curtis And Lindsay Flanagan In Frankfurt Colorado shined at PAC-12s. Is the Colorado magic really magic or just about developing talent? Plus a look at Rita Jeptoo‘s doping suspension, the number of foreign studs in NCAA XC, and the Americans at the Frankfurt Marathon.
MB:Oficial NCAA XC Conference Weekend Discussion Thread
Big 10 MenWisconsin Regains Big 10 Crown Lead By Individual Win From Morgan McDonald
Big 10 Women Erin Finn Dominates Leading Michigan To A 7-Point Victory Over Penn State
Big 12 OSU Men (9th Straight), ISU Women Crowned Big 12 Champs Texas Tech’s Bernard Keter and Kansas’ Sharon Lokedi are the individual champs. *Results
Ivy Men: Penn Wins First Cross-Country Title Since 1973 Yale’s James Randon won the individual title.
Ivy Women: Harvard Wins First Title Since 1985Courtney Smith led the way.
Big Sky NAU Men And Women Sweep Big Sky XC Titles NAU’s Futsum Zienasellassie and Weber State’s Ellie Child got the individual wins.
PAC-12 MenWetmore And CU Do It AgainEdward Cheserek has won his 4th PAC-12 title but the big news is CU has somehow won yet again. Oregon was just 4th.
*Oregon Men Go Home Devastated
*The Oregonian:Cheserek Is The First To Win Four Individual PAC-12 XC TitlesSteve Prefontaine and Henry Rono only won 3.
PAC-12 Women Washington’s Neale And Colorado Win #1 Colorado was supreme – scoring just 32 points – the lowest at PAC-12s since 2008.
ACC Men Syracuse (29 Points) Crushes It, Led By Justyn Knight
*Justyn Knight Over King Ches?
ACC Women Anna Rohrer And NC State Win
*The Frazier Sisters Are Back!
Big East Men Tiernan And ProvidenceGeorgetown Win Tiernan is the first 4-time Big East champ.
Big East Women Piccirillo And Providence Win
Mountain West Men Uchikoshi And Boise State Win
Mountain West Women Alice Wright And New Mexico Win NCAA favorite Brenna Peloquin was just 4th.
*Brenna Peloquin Fades And Finishes 4th At Mountain West
SEC Men:Alex George Leads Arkansas To Win
SEC Women:Arkansas And Schweizer Win
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