-LetsRun.com coaching and stat guru John Kellogg giving his views on Eliud Kipchoge‘s sub-2 chances.
LRCRace Time is Announced – Race Will Take Place at 11:45 pm ET Friday Night That’s 5:45 am in Italy where it’s being held.
Full Race Exhibition Preview LRC Breaking2 Preview: Sorry, Eliud — The Experts Explain Why a Sub-2:00 Marathon This Weekend Is Not Going to Happen We break down the race in detail and talk to Ross Tucker and Steve Magness who both agree with us – there isn’t going to be a sub-2 this weekend, but we did find two other guys who said there’s a 1-15% chance it could happen.
LRC John Kellogg Dismisses Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Chances: “Unless he’s got cheater’s shoes … then he’s not doing it … I can’t say anything is impossible but it’s pretty close to impossible.” The man who made the most famous marathon 2:03 Boston marathon prediction of the last decade totally discounts Eliud Kipchoge‘s chances but does say don’t be surprised if he makes it close to 20 miles on pace.
LRCQ&A: Ross Tucker on Ideal Marathon Pacing Strategy, Eliud Kipchoge’s Big Decision & Everything Else Breaking2 Also don’t forget to check out Tucker’s thoughts on his own blog:
*Ross Tucker gives free pacing advice to the sub-2 people He thinks they shouldn’t go out at 1:59:59 pace but should go out behind pace for the first 10km and run a slight negative split.
Outside Sub-2 News
AFP Recap: Omar McLeod’s 13.04 In The Rain, One Of 3 World Leaders At DrakeKeni Harrison (100H) and Georgeanne Moline (400H) with the other world leaders. Also recaps some of Friday’s action, where Kirani James had his second poor 400 of the year.
MB: Clayton Murphy beats Johnny Gregorek by .09 in Drake 1500. 3:41.75 to 3:41.84 Everyone else was WAY back.
*Omar McLeod Gets Meet Record In 110H (13.06)
*IAAF RecapSam Kendricks took the pole vault in 5.80m.
*USATF Recap
*Day-By-Day Notes And Highlights
Friday: Jenny Simpson Takes Down BMart, Kate Grace, Houlihan, Kaela Edwards And More At 2017 Drake Relays
*Jenny Simpson’s Win At Drake Was Her 5th Straight
*LaShawn Merritt (45.47) Destroys Kirani James, Who Only Runs (46.21) At Drake, Michael Stigler Wins 400H (49.07)
*Full “Rio Rematches” Start Lists
Previous News/Full Coverage On Our Drake Relays Event Page
Natosha Rogers Holds Off Neely Spence Gracey For First National Title, Leonard Korir Edges Sam Chelanga Rogers then puked in the finishing chute.
*USATF Recap: “Leonard Korir Keeps On Winning, Natosha Rogers Victorious in Debut”
*MB: Official 2017 US Half Marathon Champs Discussion Thread – Who You Got Korir, Chelanga, Tuliamuk, Sisson, Bruce, etc.
LRC 8 Of The NFL’s First 9 Draft Picks Were Track And Field Athletes In High School – How Good Could The First-Round Picks In The 2017 NFL Draft Have Been Had They Stuck With Track & Field?8 of the top 9 picks (88.9%) and at least 19 of the 32 in the first round (59.4%) were also track and field athletes in high school. Did any of them have Olympic potential?
*MB: 8 of the top 9 picks in the 2017 NFL Draft were track and field athletes in HS, how good could they have been?
Are you ready for track’s opening day and Nike sub-2 attempt? If you don’t have time to read our previews, download our podcast and listen to it while you run/drive: LRCLetsRun.com’s Pre-Doha, Pre Sub-2 and Pre-Payton Jordan Track Podcast
LRC Track & Field’s Opening Day In Doha Is Going To Be Incredible – Dibaba vs Semenya at 800, Stacked Steeple with Entire US Olympic Team, Loaded Men’s 3k With Chelimo and True, De Grasse vs. Gatlin at 100 & More We hope you can take a long lunch break on Friday as track and field’s season opener is certainly worth two hours of your time. Seriously, some of the matchups in this meet are absurd and it includes many American stars like Emma Coburn, Paul Chelimo and Ben True. *IAAF Preview of Doha: 16 World and Olympic champs will compete
Payton Jordan Is Also Late Friday Night LRC 2017 Payton Jordan Preview: Cheserek Goes for a Fast 5K; Centro & Sifan Hassan Step Up to the 5K; Deep Battles in the 10K Sorry to kill your buzz but the Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz is in the B heat of the 5000 proving that this meet is practice for many pros but there are lots of them entered including Eric Jenkins (800/1500), Evan Jager (1500), Edward Cheserek (5k), Justyn Knight (5k), Kyle Merber (5k), Mo Ahmed (10k), Diego Estrada (10k), Callum Hawkins (10k), Shadrack Kipchirchir (10k), Hassan Mead (10k), Patrick Tiernan (10k), Marielle Hall (5k), Sifan Hassan (5k), Allie Ostrander (5k), Kim Conley (10k), Amy Cragg (10k), Emily Infeld (10k) and Emily Sisson (10k).
*Stanford U’s Guide to the 2017 Payton Jordan Meet
We take quick look at last week as we're really busy getting busy for a big week this weekend.
LRC Agents Federico And Gabriele Rosa Answer Our Questions About Doping In Kenya After Jemima Sumgong’s “A” Positive TestThe Rosas have suspended everyone in their women’s marathon group (Olympic, Tokyo and Paris champs). They say they are fighting the scourge of doping in Kenya and before Sumgong’s bust had started blood testing their own athletes, and kicked two out for suspicious values.
Saturday:
Friday At Penn
Previous News/Full Coverage On Our Penn Relays Event Page
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