– Closing four paragraphs from a Sean Ingle Guardian recap of a hearing today in Parliament where former London Marathon director Dave Bedford testified about how much information he’d given to Seb Coe about the Russian extortion scheme before the German ARD TV report aired.
Dave Bedford Testifies Before ParliamentBedford said that on several occasions before December 2015, he had told Coe about the Russian extortion scheme involving the IAAF. One MP said Bedford’s testimony undermined what Coe had told them. When Coe testifed to Parliament, he told that he was unaware of the “scale” of the corruption until the German ARD TV report aired. Coe has issued a statement saying he’s got nothing further to say on the matter.
*Independent: Coe Rejects Request To Give More Evidence After Knowledge Of IAAF Extortion Racket Comes Under Question
*MB:Coe to face new questions in British parliament
Saturday: LRC Full Recap: Leonard Korir Outkicks Callum Hawkins In Thrilling Duel As Mo Farah Finishes 46 Seconds Back In 7th The men’s race was super-entertaining as Mo Farah got beaten by a Brit for the first time in 7 years. Laura Muir looked dominant in the 4 x 1k relay. Yasemin Can won the women’s race and the US’s Noah Affolder won the junior race.
*Edinburgh XC Video Highlights *IAAF
Campaccio Was Friday 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
*Post-Race Interviews With Campaccio Stars, Including Hellen ObiriAlberto Stretti talks to the leading Kenyan finishers.
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”
LRC Kenenisa Bekele Going For Marathon World Record In Dubai In Less Than Two Weeks On January 20th It’s a big surprise Bekele is running Dubai, but it must mean he is fit and thinks he can get the world record. Bekele also said he wants to run Worlds in London.
Discuss: Kenenisa Bekele Going for the World Record in the Marathon…. in Dubai in Less Than 2 Weeks
Is He A Machine Once Again? He’ll Try To Do London 12 Weeks Later:2017 London Marathon Men’s Field Announced – Bekele Is Doing It As Well The field features four who have broken 2:05 and seven who have broken 2:06. LetsRun.com analysis coming later.
LRC London Analysis 4 Thoughts On The 2017 London Marathon Men’s Field: London’s STACKED Once Again, Who’s Left To Face Galen Rupp Boston, Bedan Karoki’s Debut, And Can Kenenisa Bekele’s Body Hold Up? We analyze the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon men’s field.
*MB: London Marathon 2017 elite field
LRC 2017 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Adds Rio Medallists Paul Chelimo, Hagos Gebrhiwet And Clayton Murphy Plus Donavan Brazier, Candace Hill And Noah Lyles January 28th’s meet – the only US Meet on the IAAF World Indoor Tour – is now officially loaded as the meet already previously announced the participation of Matt Centrowitz, Jenny Simpson, Emma Coburn, Brenda Martinez, Jenn Suhr and Ekaterini Stefanídi. *MB: Wow! Clayton Murphy’s not scared or resting on his laurels. He’ll face Hagos G and Paul Chelimo in the 3k at NBIGP
SPIKES Lists The 5 Match-Ups They Want To See In 2017 They aren’t going to get Wayde van Niekerk vs. Bolt at 200 as Bolt doesn’t want to tarnish his legacy.
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
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
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