–Harry Marra talking to Spikes about what it’s been like to coach the Eatons. Mara gets rare back to back QOD honors.
LRC MB: Hellen Obiri and Muktar Edris Win 60th XC Meet Obiri hammed throughout and showed how she took down Almaz Ayana in Rio. Men’s race was more tactical. *Results
Coming Saturday LRCGreat Edinburgh XCountry Preview: Mo Farah Opens His 2017 Season As Garrett Heath Goes For Four In A RowMo Farah‘s 2017 campaign begins on Saturday morning in Scotland where he’ll try to prevent Garret Heath from pulling a stunner yet again. Euro XC champ Aras Kaya of Turkey, plus Club XC champ Sam Chelanga and U.S. Olympians Leonard Korir and Hillary Bor also feature in the men’s 8k. In the women’s race, Euro XC champ Yasemin Can of Turkey faces U.S. Olympian Marielle Hall and Sarah Pagano. Laura Muir, Kyle Merber and Will Leer are among the legs in the mixed-gender 4 x 1k relay. Watch it live starting at 8:15 am ET.
*MB: Garrett Heath goes for #4 vs Mo Farah: 2017 Great Edinburgh XC preview
After her 5000 record, Laura Muir says she’s looking to do 1500/3000 double at Europeans “Running here was a lot, lot different to running on a world stage against the Africans – that’s a completely different ball game – but it bodes well.”
It’s Official: Galen Rupp Plus Fellow Rio Olympic Marathon Medalists Fiyesa Lilesa And Mare Dibaba Will Run Aramco Houston Half Marathon Next Weekend The message board rumors are true.
*Full Houston Fields
*MB: Rupp after Hall’s 13.1 AR
Feyisa Lilesa Gives Interview To BBC And Says He Hopes To Someday Run For Ethiopia Again – Has No Desire To Repesent USA. He only wants to run for Ethiopia after the govt. “is removed and the people get freedom.” *More
LRC 2017 NYRR Millrose Games Adds Six Rio Gold Medallists To Field – Event Will Feature At Least 11 Rio Gold Medalists The event takes place on February 11th.
Madrid: African 10,000m Champ Eritrea’s Nguse Amlosom And Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei Win San Silvestre Vallecana In MadridDonn Cabral was 8th in 28:53.
New York: Sarah Pagano, Andy Vernon Win NYRR Midnight Run
January 2 Boston Champ Lemi Berhanu Wins Xiamen Marathon In 2:08:27, Comes Up Short Of Chinese All-Comers Record Of 2:06:19 Beijing Marathon champ Meseret Mengistu won in 2:25:58.
An Inside Look At How LRC Operates How a Ragtag Crew Of Almost Journalists Created Running’s Most Controversial Website Author Charles Bethea embedded himself with us during the US Olympic trials and got a behind-the-scenes look at how we operate. His article in Outside magazine includes some really nice quotes from Tim Layden, “… their best quality is that they don’t give a shit about offending people,” and Nick Willis, “It gave me a ton of inspiration. LetsRun is one of the primary reasons high-quality coaching and training have improved in America.”
*MB: Long Article on Letsrun… in Outside Magazine
Enjoyed The Article Above?Then Check This Article On LRC’s Founding From Marathon And Beyond In 2009The LetsRun Phenomenon
*Men’s Marathon:Eliud Kipchoge Caps A Historic Year As World #1 As Breakout Marathon Star Galen Rupp Leads The Americans
*Women’s Marathon: London/Olympic Champ Jemima Sumgong Tops The List; Shalane Flanagan Top American
*Men’s 3,000/5,000:Mo Farah Is #1 Again; Paul Chelimo Tops U.S. List After Shock Silver In Rio
*Women’s 3,000/5,000: Almaz Ayana Is World #1; Shannon Rowbury Or Molly Huddle For U.S. #1?
*Men’s Steeple: Men’s Steeple: Conseslus Kipruto Ascends To #1 After A Year To Remember; Evan Jager (#2) Leads Americans Again
*Women’s Steeple:Ruth Jebet Leads The Way; Olympic Medallist Emma Coburn Tops U.S. List For Third Straight Year
*Men’s 1,500: Olympic Champion Matthew Centrowitz Is Our World #1
*Women’s 1,500:Faith Kipyegon Unseats Genzebe Dibaba As World #1; Jenny Simpson Back On Top Of U.S. Rankings
*Women’s 800:Caster Semenya Is the Clear World #1; Kate Grace Finishes A Shocking Year As U.S. #1
*Men’s 800 David Rudisha Is On Top For 2nd Year In A Row; Olympic Bronze Medalist Clayton Murphy Leads The Americans
IAAF End-Of-Year Reviews: *Jumps *Throws *Multis *Hurdles *Relays *Racewalks *Mid-d *Long Distance *Road & XC
Athletics Weekly‘s Rankings:Top 3 International Rankings For All Women’s Events You can see their top 10 rankings by purchasing a digital copy of their bumper 112-page end-of-year stats special.
Two-Time Irish Olympian and 1969 NCAA 880 Champ Frank Murphy Dies Due To Parkinson’s He also anchored two DMR teams to victory, won 8 Penn Relays titles and was on 3 NCAA xc championship teams.
Laura Muir Destroys British Indoor 5k Record That Had Stood Since 1992 With A 14:49.12! It was the first sub-15 in British history as it destroyed Liz McColgan-Nuttall‘s 15:03.71 record. *Race Video
LRC The World’s Greatest Athlete, Ashton Eaton, Retires In His Prime; We Pay Tribute With Our 5 Favorite Ashton Eaton Memories The greatest decathlete ever and his wife are both calling it a career at age 28. We pay tribute by sharing our five favorite Ashton Eaton memories.
*Oregonian*CBC *BBC
*MB: Ashton Eaton retires
*MB: World’s greatest athlete retires and 3 hours later there is nothing on front page of ESPN and SI.com
NBC Henry Marra – Coach Of The Eatons – Is Thrilled, Calls It A “Fantastic Decision”
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