More On Breaking2

LRC Pacing2: Chris Derrick & Andrew Bumbalough Tell What It Was Like To Pace Eliud Kipchoge To 2:00:25 Derrick and Bumbalough talk about not only the details of the attempt but also their tremendous respect for Kipchoge.

LRC Nike Or Its PR Firm Altered The Time On The Clock In Eliud Kipchoge Breaking2 Finish Line Photo The best marketers in the world wanted everything to look perfect, so they just added 2 seconds to the finish line clock photo they sent out, which was off.

• Good Read: Ross Tucker Calls Tesla The “Unsung Hero” Of Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:00:25 Tucker estimates that the the pace car with the large clock as a windshield reduced drag, saving Kipchoge 1:30 to 2:00 over the marathon distance. Overall, Tucker says “Kipchoge is probably good for a 2:02:15.”
  *Good Read #2: A Much Longer In-Depth Post-Race Analysis By Tucker Tucker says, “If the sub-2 hour marathon is the Mount Everest of human endurance performance, then Kipchoge has reached the ledge just beneath its summit.”
• Meet The Man Behind The Scenes Who Was “Crucial To The Breaking2 Project” Samuel Kipkogei Kiplagat, known affectionately as “Chef Sammy”, cooks Kipchoge’s meals says he kept his simple usual diet.
• Sarah Barker In Deadspin: “Eliud Kipchoge Managed To Steal A Show Nike Set Up To Be About Them” Barker also criticizes Paula Radcliffe for giving some of the credit to Nike’s Zoom VaporFly shoes.
  *MB: “Paula Radcliffe … Zoom VaporFly shoes … arrogant, disrespectful, and total bullshit”
• Adidas Sets Aside Rivalry To Congratulate Nike And Eliud Kipchoge On Breaking2 Attempt We’re sure they were silently celebrating his near miss.
• Opinion Piece: “The Breaking2 Event Demonstrated Exactly What Has Been Lacking In Cross Country Running” Can XC mimic some of the Breaking2 marketing strategies to gain more popularity?
• RunBlogRun’s Larry Eder Has “Seven Deep Thoughts” On Breaking2

Sprint Stuff

• Tennessee Sprinter Christian Coleman Getting A Ton Of Attention After Posting Video Of Him Running The 40-Yard Dash Faster Than The NFL Combine Record Coleman says he had some small school offers to play football when he came out of high school, but knew his future was in track. He’s a junior now and hasn’t decided yet whether he’ll come back for a senior year or go pro.
• WR Holder Keni Harrison Having Surgery On A Broken Finger, Expects To Be Back Racing In Less Than A Month Harrison broke the finger when she hit a hurdle during warmups before Doha DL, which she still went on to win.
• PAC-12 Network Video Profile: “Oregon’s Hannah Cunliffe Overcomes Injury To Achieve NCAA Dream” Cunliffe was crushed last year when a hamstring injury cost her a shot at an NCAA title and Olympic berth, but bounced back in 2017.
• Jason Richardson Says His Greatest Challenge As A Pro Has Been Dealing With The Business Side Of The Sport “The business of sport is not something you can push against; it is how the sport survives.”
• US’s Olympic 400H Champ Dalilah Muhammad Talks About The Moment When She First Felt She “Had Truly Arrived” It was her season opener in 2013 when she first broke 56 seconds at a low key meet in California. That started a streak of PRs which culminated with a 53.83 and Worlds silver medal by the end of the year.

Upcoming Action

• Saturday: David Rudisha Highlights Distance Action For Shanghai Diamond League Rudisha will face Polish stars Adam Kszczot and Marcin Lewandowski as well as countrymen Ferguson Cheruiyot and Alfred Kipketer. The women’s 1,500 has Faith Kipyegon vs. Dawit Seyaum and Olympic silver medalist Hellen Obiri is up against Sofia Assefa and Olympic 5th placer Senbere Teferi in 5,000. Olympic champ Ruth Jebet takes on world champ Hyvin Kiyeng in the steeple.
  *Rudisha Speaks Ahead Of His Season Debut In Shanghai “In Rio, I made history, established myself as a true legend winning my second gold in Olympics. Now I want to go on until 2020 Games. That journey starts in Shanghai.”  
  *Shanghai Provisional Entry Lists
• May 27: Matt Centrowitz And Asbel Kiprop Lead All-Star Field For Pre Classic Bowerman Mile Joining them are Clayton Murphy, Nick Willis, Ben Blankenship Abdelaati Iguider, and Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat, Ronald Kwemoi and Elijah Manangoi.
• May 21: Ethiopia’s Defending Champ Mosinet Geremew And Kenya’s World XC Champ Irene Cheptai Lead Fields For TCS World 10K Bengaluru Geremew faces road 10K WR holder Leonard Komon and New Zealand’s Zane Robertson.
• June 8: Genzebe Dibaba Vs. Almaz Ayana Over 5,000m At Rome DL The women’s 1,500 has Faith Kipyegon, Sifan Hassan and Laura Muir while sprint stars competing include Dafne Schippers, Andre De Grasse, Justin Gatlin and Aries Merritt.

More Weekend Action

• MB: German Fernandez – 3:41 for the win at Arkansas Twilight
• Devon Allen Returns From Injury In Pro Debut At Oregon Twilight Allen ran 13.59 to finish just behind pro John Cabral (13.55). In mid-d action, Sheila Reid won the 1,500 (4:10) as Boise State’s Sadi Henderson beat Alexa Efraimson in the 800 (2:04.10 to 2:04.49). Jessee Garn ran 1:49.31 to defeat Andrew Wheating (1:49.37) as Pat Casey won the men’s 3K in 8:05. *Results
• American East: Albany Sweeps American East Titles For 9th Straight Year
• Heps: Four-Peat For Harvard Women At Heps Harvard was led by Gabby Thomas, who was the meet’s Most Outstanding Performer winning the 100, 200 long jump and legs on the winning 4 x 100 and 4 x 400. *Results
• Heps: Princeton Edges Out Cornell For Men’s Ivy League Title The yearly rivalry ended with Princeton 7 points ahead of Cornell. *Results *HepsTrack.com Coverage
• PAC-12: Oregon’s Mitch Modin Wins PAC-12 Decathlon; Washington’s Alissa Brooks-Johnson Wins Heptathlon The rest of the PAC-12 meet is next weekend.
• DJ Principe Runs High School #1 3,000 With 8:16 In His Season Opener
• Navy Men And Bucknell Women Win Patriot League Titles
• World And Olympic Hammer Champ Anita Wlodarczyk Has Her Best Ever Opener With 79.73m Winning Throw In Doha Hammer Meet