– Masters runner Chris Gould talking about how a poor track workout prompted him to go to the doctors and detect and treat a heart attack.
LRC Leaked USADA Report From 2016 Says Alberto Salazar “almost certainly” Broke Anti-Doping Rules, Used Prescription Meds and Drug Infusions to Boost Performance The Sunday Times got the report from the Russian Fancy Bear hack. Much of it is previous allegations about l-carnitine, but we also have allegations that Mo Farah (and others) were given prescription drugs for performance enhancing not medical reasons and this tidbit that Alberto told Lance Armstrong: “Lance call me asap! We have tested it and it’s amazing”
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LRCWTW: Will They Be The Sport’s Next Superstars Or Are They On Their Way To Being Overpaid Flops? Our Young Phenom Report Card: Alexa Efraimson, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Casey Clinger, Cameron And Tyrese Cooper, Plus Jeremy Wariner Does The 1,200 We span the globe and recap the week in running.
MB: Official 2017 Tokyo Marathon Live Thread
LRC Full Women’s Race Preview: Betsy Saina Debuts Against A Trio Of Sub-2:23 Ethiopians We break down the 2017 Tokyo women’s race where 2015 champ Birhane Dibaba takes on last year’s runner-up, 2:21 woman Amane Gobena.
LRC Full Men’s Race Preview: The 2017 World Marathon Majors Kick Off & Wilson Kipsang Wants The World Record? Wilson Kipsang just ran 2:03:13 in Berlin. He says he wants his world record back. We think a course record (2:05:42) is more reasonable. But it should be exciting nonetheless and the best part about it is you don’t have to get up early to enjoy. Live Saturday night during prime time.
The Shoe Companies Are Really Cashing In On The Sub-2 Hour Hype:Adidas Launches Shoe To Chase Two-Hour MarathonWilson Kipsang will be wearing “the only pair of adidas adizero Sub2 shoes in existence.
*MB:Kipsang is wearing the Adidas SUB2 in Tokyo
*Kipsang Predicts 2:02:50 At Press Conference *Video
LRC The Bowerman Track Club Goes To Japan: Andrew Bumbalough And Betsy Saina Set To Make Debuts At 2017 Tokyo MarathonThe top U.S.-based entrants in Sunday’s Tokyo Marathon both hail from Jerry Schumacher‘s Bowerman Track Club. Saina is coming off a fifth-place finish in the Olympic 10,000, while Bumbalough, finally healthy after almost two years of injuries, is hoping to find success at the ultimate distance.
*MB: BTC teammates Betsy Saina and Andrew Bumbalough do the 26.2, how low will they go?
Recommended Read:NY Times:“Feyisa Lilesa, Marathoner In Exile, Finds Refuge In Arizona” Lilesa and his family are settled in Flagstaff, but he still worries about his people in Ethiopia as he shares that his younger brother was beaten and detained by military and his sister-in-law lost her job.
LRC USATF Announces Rosters For 2017 IAAF World Cross-Country Championships Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo is running in the newly-created 4 x 2k relay.
New Zealand’s Best Ever? Kim Smith Retires She’s pregnant with baby #2 and a foot injury is preventing her from training how she wants to. She retires as the Kiwi record holder from 3,000 to the marathon. Once she ran a 14:39 indoors and won the race by nearly 3 minutes.
Matt Centro’s Sr Gets Q&A In Washington Post About His Biography And His Son’s Olympic 1,500m Gold
LRC Exclusive LetsRun.com Exclusive: Read Chapter Two Of Matt Centrowitz’s New Book “Like Father, Like Son” LetsRun.com doesn’t beat around the bush. Neither does Matt Centrowitz. He’s so confident you’ll like his book, he’s letting you read a whole chapter for free. Purchase the book now and come back at the end of February and participate in the first ever LetsRun.com Virtual Book Club.
Shalane Flanagan Pulls Out Of 2017 Boston Marathon With Fracture In Her Back Desi Linden and Jordan Hasay now carry female American hopes with Galen Rupp on men’s side.
*Flanagan Talks To Runners World With More Details On Her Injury: “Never take a Ferrari off road.” She got injured running on a treadmill due to the snow in Portland.
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
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