– Dave Scott-Thomas, coach of 37-year-old Canadian marathoner Reid Coolsaet, talking before today’s Fukuoka Marathon about Coolsaet going for the 41-year-old Canadian record (2:10:09). Despite a sub-optimal, injury plagued buildup, Coolsaet ran a respectable 2:10:55 but sadly missed the record by less than 1:20 for the sixth time in his career.
MB: Official 2016 NXN Discussion Thread
LRC Total Domination: Brie Oakley And Fayetteville-Manlius Dominate 2016 Nike Cross Nationals (NXN)Brie Oakley may be America’s newest female distance star.
*MB: OAKLEY Got Her Gun!!
LRC Casey Clinger Repeats As Nike Cross National Champion But His American Fork Team Is Upset By Bozeman In Team Battle For the first time ever, a boy repeated as NXN champ. Clinger is the individual champ once again but his dream of a perfect day that included both individual and team titles was denied.
RRWBrie Oakley, Casey Clinger Run Away With Individual Titles At NXN Championships
2016 NXN By The Numbers What 8 states have never sent a team? What team has been the most?
NXN Talk On The Message Board
Singapore: Former Champions Kenneth Mungara (2:09:00) And Kennedy Kiptoo Lilan (2:11:36) Will Clash In The Singapore MarathonRebecca Kangogo Chesir (2:25:22) and Peninah Arusei (2:27:17) lead the women’s field.
It’s Official: Vin Lananna Is New USATF President As Jackie Joyner-Kersee Withdraws Candidacy Good luck to our new president.
Discuss: JJK DNF, drops out – Vin Lanana new USATF president!
LRC Would A Marathon On A Track Be Faster Than A Marathon On The Roads?What would happen if this LetsRun meme became a reality?
*MB:Marathon on a Track (Surface) – How Much Faster if Any Do You Think it Would Be?
More Doping News
Usain Bolt And Almaz Ayana Crowned 2016 IAAF World Athletes Of The YearBolt won the award for a record 6th time. Other winners included Andre De Grasse as the male rising star and Harry Marra (who coaches the Eatons) won the coaching achievement award.
Usain Bolt Says He Wishes He “Got Serious” When He Was Younger As He Feels He Could Have “Done A Lot More In My Career” Bolt was quoted as saying, “Maybe if I’d started younger I’d have had four Olympics.” However, he did have 4 Olympics (he didn’t make the 200 final in 2004), so maybe he meant 4 golds.
Could We See A Garrett Heath – Mo Farah Rematch?Farah Wants To Run Great Edinburgh XC On January 7th Farah: “I placed second in this race last year and hope to go one better in 2017.”
MB:Chris Derrick runs 27:38.69 in Japan, race is dominated by 3:28 man Ronald Kwemoi in 27:33!November is full of intrigue in Japan. Race video available.
*Japan Running News Recap
LRCQ&A With Tim Polanowski – Inventor Of At Night Athletic After nearly plowing into another runner one night, Polanowski has invented a pair of running shorts that come with built-in LED lights that can be turned on / off and a GPS enabled panic alarm.
*MB: What do you think of these super high-tech, lighted shorts with alarm that are on Kickstarter? Q&A with co-founder
LRC IAAF Announces 2017 World Championships Entry Standards – Which Ones Got Easier And Which Ones Got Harder? Find out what the pros will have to run, jump or throw if they want to compete in London next summer. Also why is the IAAF sexist?
WTW Galen Rupp Bombs, Ben True Shines, Meet America’s 13-Year-Old Phenom, The Return Of Chris Derrick And Much More Thanksgiving may be a holiday for most Americans but a ton of US pros decided to go to work and race last week. We break it down and give you the scoop on Mary Cain‘s knee injury.
PoleVaultPower’s Becca Peter Interviews USATF Presidential Candidates Jackie Joyner-Kersee And Vin Lananna Read how each candidates responses differed to a series of questions about their views on a variety of issues impacting the sport.
LRC Video: Deer Collision Sends NCAA D-III Runner Flying During Cross-Country Race If you think a cramp is the worst thing to fear in a race, you’ve never had anyone yell, “Watch out for the deer!”
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