– Irish distance runner Fionnuala McCormack taking away some positives from Jemima Sumgong‘s EPO bust.
LRC Six Years After Seeing The First Atomic Bomb Detonate in Hiroshima, Shigeki Tanaka Became the First Japanese To Win the Boston Marathon And soon the Japanese were a marathoning power. Read all about it.
NYC: Sam Chelanga Just Edges Out Former Olympic Bronze Medalist Thomas Longosiwa To Win UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Chelanga and Longosiwa finished with identical times of 28:21 while Stephen Sambu was 10 seconds back in 3rd. Mamitu Daska won the women’s race in 31:37 over Magdalyne Masai (31:44)
Paula Radcliffe Advocates For Making Doping A Criminal Offense In addition to being a bigger deterrent, it would make it easier to catch dopers as police can conduct searches.
Being A Mom Is Hard: Deena Kastor Reveals She Now Runs 50 mpw But Is Way More Tired Than When She Ran More Than 100
We Wish Him The Best South African LJ Star Luvo Manyonga Re-Enters Drug Treatment Facility Last month, he jumped an African record of 8.62m but the battle with crystal meth addiction is very tough. “I wanted to release this statement to show others that there is no shame in your past and empower others to shake off the stigma associated with addiction.”
Sonia O’Sullivan’s Daughter, Sophie, Won The U-17 Australian Title In The 800 (2:10.00) And 1,500 (4:29.17) In Sydney’s Olympic Stadium And mom (who has nothing to do with her coaching) was there to enjoy it with her.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.
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 Races In 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.
Good Read: Q&A With Samford’s NCAA Indoor Mile Champ Karisa Nelson Nelson credits her fellow distance runner boyfriend for helping her “become more focused” and says now that she’s national champ she sees her competitors “as friends instead of people I’m afraid of.”
Support A Cool Documentary About Running In NYC “We Run New York” is a series “about the different facets of running within NYC’s diverse landscape” and will include segments on the NJ-NY Track Club, Coach Gags and the Fifth Avenue Mile.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.
Rotterdam: Kenya’s Marius Kimutai (2:06:04) And Ethiopia’s Meskerem Assefa (2:24:17) Cruise To Rotterdam Marathon Victories Both took hard fought victories as Lawrence Cherono (2:06:21) and Eunice Chumba (2:24:27) had close runner-up finishes. Steeple star Paul Kipsiele Koech bombed his debut as he was with the leaders through the half, but faded to 15th in 2:12::02.
Good Read: Man Journeys From Drug Addiction And Living Under A Bridge To Running The Boston Marathon Danny Dwyer needed shoulder surgery, but can’t take pain meds for fear of relapse so turned to running instead .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.
Being A Mom Is Hard: Deena Kastor Reveals She Now Runs 50 mpw But Is Way More Tired Than When She Ran More Than 100
LRC Analysis Oh Sh**, Olympic Marathon Champ Jemima Sumgong Tests Positive: What Does It Mean And Where Do We Go From HereThe 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!!!
LRC Federico And Gabriel Rosa Issue Statement On Positive Test: “Doping in Kenya has become a plague, because of unscrupulous Kenyans doctors who approach the athletes.”
AK Shocked And Disappointed By Sumgong’s Drugs Test Fail “The information contained in the notification and also carried in the press, if true, is extremely shocking and disappointing not only to Athletics Kenya but to the entire Nation of Kenya.”
Recommended Read: RRW: Boston By Meb – In His Own Words As Meb Keflezighi prepares to race his final Boston Marathon, he looks back and shares some of his favorite memories from Boston.
This Weekend: Washington Post: Women Will Be Forced To Run On An Indoor Track While Men Compete Outside In Iran’s First International MarathonGood Read: Q&A With Samford’s NCAA Indoor Mile Champ Karisa Nelson Nelson credits her fellow distance runner boyfriend for helping her “become more focused” and says now that she’s national champ she sees her competitors “as friends instead of people I’m afraid of.”Women’s Sports Takes Another Hit: Transgender Girl Competeting Against High School Girls In Connecticut As a freshman running without blocks, she is already running times that could win the state championships.
*MB: Trans runner competes against girls
MB: Sydney McLaughlin Destroys 300H National Record She broke former Olympic silver medalist Lashinda Demus‘ mark by more than a second. *Video Interview 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.
Is The Heir To Usain Bolt’s Throne 12-Year-Old Sprint Sensation Brianna Lyston? Lyston drew earned comparisons to Bolt after dominating performances in the 100 and 200 at the Jamaican Boys And Girls Champs last weekend
IAAF Launches Athletics Integrity Unit Website; Former WADA Director General David Howman Appointed Chair Well, hopefully things can only go up from here.
Good Read: The Denver Post: As She Prepares For Medal Upgrade, Kara Goucher Opens Up About Life As An Anti-Doping Whistle-Blower Goucher has faced a lot of harassment since speaking out about Alberto Salazar but says it’s been worth it. She says, “Reporters write articles that the investigation is dead. We know for a fact that’s not true.”LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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