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MB: Official 2017 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread

OMG LRC Mary Keitany Survives Nearly Suicidal First Half And Blitzes A 2:17:01 To Take Down Paula Radcliffe’s Women’s-Only World Record And Win 2017 London Marathon Running history was made today when the greatest field assembled in women’s marathoning history battled against each other. Mary Keitany ran the fastest marathon ever in an women’s-only race and she did so in mind-boggling fashion as she ran the first half more than a minute faster than any woman in history. Tirunesh Dibaba had a historic run as well, putting herself third on the all-time list in 2:17:56. On the American front, Laura Thweatt had a super impressive run, taking almost 3 minutes off her PR to finish sixth in 2:25:38.
*Mary Keitany won more than $300,000 today $55,000 for the win, $100,000 for sub-2:18, $25,000 for the course record and $125,000 for the world record.

• Official 2017 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread.
• Mary Keitany Sets The Women’s Clean WR!!! 2:16:59
• With even pacing, John Kellogg thinks Mary Keitany could have run 2:15 and change today
• Laura Thweatt 2:25:38 in London, #7 all-time US
• WEJO – PAULA CLAIMS SHE DIDN’T HAVE “PACERS”

What A Battle LRC After An Epic Battle, Daniel Wanjiru Outduels Kenenisa Bekele To Win The 2017 London Marathon A great back-and-forth between Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru and all-time great Kenenisa Bekele saw Wanjiru win a close race in 2:05:48 as he held off a late charge by Bekele.

• Official 2017 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread.
• KENENISA MF BEKELE
• Bekele has a special watch for London, isn’t that unfair?

Full Coverage in Our 2017 London Marathon Special Section

2017 World Relays Are Sat. & Sunday *Schedule, Entries & Results (7:30pm ET) *TV & Streaming

MB: Official 2017 World Relays Live Discussion Thread

IAAF World Relays Day 2 Preview

Amazing Role Reversal: Justin Gatlin And Team USA Roar To Victory In Men’s 4 X 100 As Jamaica Drops The Baton In The Heats With Jamaica not even in the final and three other teams (Andre De Grasse-led Canada, GB and the Netherlands) DNFing, it was Barbados that took the silver way back from the US.
*IAAF Recap: “If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs, then yours is the world relays title.”
*4 X 100 Heats Recap – Jamaica Goes Home Early

USA Hat Trick: USA Women’s 4 X 800 Makes It A Perfect Three-For-Three With Another Gold At The IAAF World Relays The team of Chanelle Price, Chrishuna Williams, Laura Roesler and Charlene Lipsey got a comfortable 3+ second win over Belarus, although their 8:16 winning time wouldn’t have been fast enough to even podium at the last two World Relays.

4 X 200: Jamaica Women Power To 4 X 200 Gold In A World Relays MR Anchored by double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson, Jamaica beat Germany by over a second with Team USA taking the bronze. *Heats Recap

• Charles Jock Leaves World Relays after Finding Out He’s an Alternate Discussion of this here
• Visa Issue Derails India’s World Relays Participation
• Men’s 4 X 400 Heats: Disappointment For The Host Nation As The Bahamas Fails To Advance The USA men took 2nd in their heat to move on to Sunday’s final.
• Women’s 4 X 400 Heats: No Surprises As USA, Jamaica And Poland Look To Be The Top Medal Contenders
• LRC 5 Things We’re Looking Forward To At the 2017 World Relays – And 2 Things That Need To Be Fixed We break down the 4 x 800s for you and wonder if Team USA can defend their two gold medals.

More Weekend Track Action *All NCAA Results

• Stanford: *Results *Stanford Roommates Elise Cranny Run And Valarie Allman Set US Leads At The Cardinal Classic Cranny won in 4:11.46 over teammate Christina Aragon (4:13.43). Allman threw 64.69 in the discus. In the women’s steeple, Argentina’s Belen Casetta won in 9:56.
  *Friday Recap: Grant Fisher Wins Solid 5,000 In 13:37 Over Colorado’s Joe Klecker
  *MB: Fisher is a 5k guy
• SA Champs: Caster Semenya Completes 400/800 Double Once Again At South African National Championships Semenya won the 400 in 51.60 and came back in the 800 to take the title comfortably in 2:01.03.
  *Wayde Van Niekerk Romps To SA 200m Title With A PR Of 19.90 Seconds Van Niekerk said it was good to “get revenge” for finishing second in the 100 (to Olympic finalist Akani Simbin) in the 100m the day before.
  *IAAF Recap: Luvo Manyonga Breaks His Own National LJ Record With 8.65m (Also A World Lead)
• MB: 800m Stud, Emmanuel Korir runs 44.67 at UTEP Invy!!
• Kansas Realys *Results *Olympic Champ Ryan Crouser Throws 72-6.5 To Win Kansas Relays Downtown Shot Put
  
• Texas’s Chrisann Gordon Runs NCAA-Leading 400m With 50.64 At LSU Meet

US News

• USTFCCCA Previews This Weekend’s Big NCAA Meets *All NCAA Results
• Great Read: Toni Reavis Remembers Tom Fleming Fleming always pushed the pace in races and cashed the first $25,000 check in pro running.
• Ken Goe: “In the absence of any actionable evidence, maybe it’s reasonable to conclude he (Alberto Salazar) hasn’t cheated.”
  *MB: Wow: Ken Goe says if you believe Alberto Salazar is a doper you must also believe USADA is inept
• Toni Reavis Thinks All Of The Elites Of One Sex Should Go To Boston, The Other To London We’ve been saying this for years. Having the elite men and women finish within minutes of each other distracts the viewer.
• A Look At The Rivalry Trophies College Teams Can Win In Track And Field A pretty entertaining read for sure.
• Newton Running Reorganizes Itself And Comes Back To Life Without Its Flagship Store Good news, the company is no longer owned by private equity.
• Non-Caffeine User Took Caffeine Pills For 30 Days To See If It Helped Her Running She felt a big impact initially but feels like her body got used to it and doesn’t recommend it.
• Guy Ran 2017 Boston Marathon In 3:40 Barefoot And In A Caveman Suit
• Raevyn Rogers May Be The NCAA Record Holder In The 800 But She’s Only #3 All Time At Oregon Oregon counts any time in an Oregon uniform whereas the NCAA doesn’t count summer times.
• Who Should Light The 2024 Flame In LA? Venus And Serena?

Previous London Marathon News

• RRW: American Elites Kellyn Taylor, Laura Thweatt Ready For London Debuts The 2:28 women both will run their first marathon in over a year as Taylor last raced at the Olympic Trials and Thweat hasn’t run a marathon since her debut at NYC 2015.
• RRW: London Women Could Tackle All-Women’s World Record There was talk at the London press conference of Paula Radcliffe‘s 2:17:42 “all-women” WR as the pacemakers are targteing a 69-min. first half.
• RRW: After Dubai Disappointment, Kenenisa Bekele Optimistic For London Marathon Bekele: “Every time I’m excited when I’m running marathon.”
• Pre-London Interview With Former Two-Time World And Reigning Chicago Marathon Champ Abel Kirui Kirui says he’s going for the win and has done more speed than before Chicago to prepare for the faster course.
• Q&A With Florence Kiplagat Ahead Of The London Marathon Kiplagat talks about how she only started running in her later teen years to get a US scholarship, but that never happened.
• What British Celebrities Are Running The London Marathon? Most will probably go over the heads of non-Brits.

Sprint Stuff

• Bahamas’ 2012 Olympic 4 X 400 Gold Medalist Chris Brown Shares His Tips For Sport And Life “Each race I say to myself ‘I have come too far now to give up or throw in the towel.’ I try to treat every competition like it is my last.”
• One We Missed: Teenagers Liv Ryan And Matthew Rizzo Win Famous Stawell Gift Race In Australia The pair took home $40,000 in prize money for winning the historic race which gives athletes a handicap start based on previous performances.
• 2012 Olympic 100H Champ Sally Pearson Talks About The Challenge Of Making The Decision To Be Self-Coached She says she knows it was the right decision as she coached herself back from her latest injury to win the Australian Championships in April.
• 17-Year-Old Gong Luying Stars At Chinese Under-18 Championships Taking LJ Gold, 100m Silver And 4 X 100 Silver

RIP

NJ Running Legend And Two-Time NYC Marathon Champ Tom Fleming Dies While Coaching HS Track Meet The 2:12 marathoner won the NYC Marathon in 1973 and 1975 and finished second in Boston twice.
*MB: RIP: Tom Fleming -1973 and 1975 NYC Marathon champ – has passed away

Upcoming Action: World Relays Are This Weekend

• $1.26 Million In Prize Money Up For Grabs At World Relays This Weekend $50,000 to the winning teams with bonuses for WRs.
• Event-By-Event World Relays Previews
  *World Relays Provisional Entry Lists
• May 5: Olympic HJ Silver Medalist Mutaz Barshim Leads List Of Qatar Olympians And Rising Stars For Doha DL
• May 27: Olympic Champ Omar McLeod And WR Holder Aries Merritt Lead Pre Classic 110H Field The field also includes Russia’s recently cleared to compete world champ Sergey Shubenkov, David Oliver and France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

NCAA News

• Event-By-Event Top-10 Marks From The Weekend Top distance results not already mentioned include Elinor Purrier‘s 9:43 steeple win at Ocean State Invy and the 1:45.70 Eliud Rutto ran behind Clayton Murphy at Mt. SAC.
• Future NCAA Championship Sites Announced Through 2022 XC and indoor will move around a lot while outdoor will stay in Eugene through at least 2021.
• NCAA Events Returned To North Carolina After Repeal Of Transgender Bathroom Law
• NCAA Athletes Of The Week Are Josh Kerr And Raevyn Rogers Rogers set the NCAA 800 record at 1:59.10 while Kerr put himself #6 all-time with 3:35.99.
• Updated Women’s NCAA Rankings No changes to the top 5 as Oregon stays #1.
• Updated Men’s Collegiate Rankings Top 5 remain unchanged with Florida ranked #1.

2017 Boston Marathon *Tracking And Live Results

LRC Updated Geoffrey Kirui Outduels Galen Rupp Over Final 5 Miles To Win 2017 Boston Marathon A great run by Kirui to put back a stiff challenge from American Galen Rupp.

LRC 7 Thoughts On Men’s Race In Boston: Galen Rupp More Than Leads The Way With Six Americans In Top 10 A Kenyan may have won and a Japanese guy was 3rd, but Galen Rupp led the American invasion (these points are in our full race article above).

LRC Boston Winner Geoffrey Kirui Does “… 70% (of) the preparation of a real marathon runner.” Life isn’t always fair.