– University of Nevada distance coach Kirk Elias talking about his athlete Cora Gallop, who has gone from a high school basketball player to a NAIA triple jumper to one of the fastest NCAA DI steeplechasers.
LRC Analysis Oh Sh**, Olympic Marathon Champ Jemima Sumgong Tests Positive: What Does It Mean And Where Do We Go From Here The Olympic and London champ was caught in an out-of-competition test in Kenya as part of the enhanced testing program supported by the Abbott World Marathon Majors. We break down what this means for the sport, for her training group, her agent, her husband/coach, and for Kenya.
*Discuss MB:The emperor has no clothes: Jemima Sumgong has tested positive for EPO!!!
CAS Bans 2012 Olympic 800 Bronze Medalist Ekaterina Poistogova For 2 Years She keeps her Olympic medal, however, and with the ban backdated to August 2015 may be competing late this summer.
Fantastic News NBC And IAAF Reach Long-Term Deal For Broadcast Rights To Diamond League Through 2019 Great news as the Diamond League will be on a much bigger platform now and NBC is becoming the home of track and field on TV in America (they also have rights to USATF meets). Plus, 10 hours of DL on NBC, a huge step up from BeIn Sports last year.
Confusing News Kenenisa Bekele And Eliud Kipchoge Join Forces – They Are Now Part Of The “NN Running Team” Which Seems To Also Be Sponsored By Nike If you understand what this is, please email us. *More From Alberto Stretti.
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.
Good Read:How Former Basketball Player And NAIA Triple Jumper Cora Gallop Became A Top DI Steeplechaser In her first steeple ever last week, Gallop broke the University of Nevada school record and ran one of the top times in the NCAA this year with 10:14.
Coming in Two Weeks Bekele is confident in his fitness as London approaches, “I know what I need to do to win.”
Early May: Japan names young team for 2017 World Relays None of the guys on the 4 x 100 team that won Olympic silver last year are on the team as the oldest member is just 20.
*Christophe Lemaitre leads France’s team
Elijah Manangoi’s Coach Says The “Time Has Come” For Him To Chase The 1,500 WR And That He’s Ready To Do It Hicham El G‘s WR turns 19 this year.
*MB: Elijah Manangoi’s coach says the 1500 WR may soon be theirs!! “He is in great shape and ready to bring down the WR”
President Kenyatta Of Kenya Vows To Build 3 Big Stadiums – In Nairobi, Mombasa And Eldoret We hope they aren’t track-only stadiums as a country with Kenya’s size/wealth doesn’t need three huge track-only stadiums.
LRC WTW: Was Witchcraft To Blame For Joshua Cheptegei’s World XC Collapse, All Hail Stephanie Bruce, And A Possible Scientific Explanation As To Why Women Collapse So Often At The End Of RacesIn our weekly recap this week, we declare Stephanie Bruce as our new hero as she rocked two races that were 9,000 miles apart in the span of 5 days, we take a look at a very interesting theory that some Ugandans have as to why Joshua Cheptegei blew up, and we try to find a scientific explanation for why so many women collapse at the end of cross country races.
LRC Does Science Explain Why So Many More Women Than Men Collapse At The End Of Races? The next time you see scores of women collapsing at the end of a race, you might want to think twice before assuming this means they are less tough than men.
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