– Wayde Van Niekerk comparing himself to Usain Bolt and talking about breaking his 100m and 200m world records. *Discuss
LRC WTW: Jemima Sumgong Tests Positive, Donavan Brazier Runs 1:44, Sub-9 Madness at Arcadia and More Get up to speed on the last week in running.
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 TrackTown Summer Series 2.0 To Have Allyson Felix, Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds And Sanya Richards-Ross As GMs, Plus Why Nick Symmonds’ Final Season May Be A Short One An improved TrackTown Summer Series is back for year #2. We give you the details, plus the news that Nick Symmonds’ career may not make it into July.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
Nike Sub-2 Hour Attempt Set For The First Weekend Of May The attempt will go down at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza F1 track in Italy on either May 6, 7, or 8 depending on weather. The date is very appropriate as May 6th is the 63rd anniversary of Roger Bannister‘s first sub-4 minute mile.
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.
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