– Excerpt from the leaked 269-page USADA report on Alberto Salazar, Dr. Jeffrey Brown and the Nike Oregon Project, talking about how Dathan Ritzenhein and other athletes felt pressured by Salazar to use questionable substances and medical procedures.
*MB: The full USADA report on Alberto Salazar has been leaked – Here it is
LRC 6 Takeaways On Full USADA Report On Alberto Salazar, NOP: USADA: “It Appears Highly Likely” That 6 NOP Athletes, Including Galen Rupp And Dathan Ritzenhein, Violated Anti-Doping Rules We give you the nitty gritty on the 269-page USADA interim report on Alberto Salazar, Dr Brown and the Nike Oregon Project, hacked by Fancy Bears and released in its entirety on Flotrack.
*MB: The full USADA report on Alberto Salazar has been leaked – Here it is
LRC Is Edward Cheserek The GOAT Of NCAA Distance Running? Why The Answer Isn’t That SimpleKing Ches certainly had an amazing career but Gerry Lindgren only lost once at NCAA championships, Henry Rono set a world record in four different events in one season, and Suleiman Nyambui won just as many NCAA individual titles but also secured an Olympic medal and had better PRs at the 1,500, mile, 5,000 and 10,000.
*MB: Is Edward Cheserek the GOAT for NCAA distance runners?
LRC How Much Do The World’s Top Steeplechasers Practice Hurdle Form? For 2008 Olympic Champ Brimin Kipruto, The Answer Is “Never” Everyone prepares for the steeplechase in their own way, from the Olympic champion who claims he never practices hurdling to Evan Jager, who works on his hurdle form every week. LetsRun.com consulted the experts to explore the differences between the top Kenyan and American steeplers and the importance of hurdle form.
*MB: How important is hurdling form to being great at the steeplechase? We asked the experts.
*MB: Kiprop runs steeple 1 week before pre classic
LRC Kim Conley’s Race Day Routine: Conley Shares Her Race Day Routine On The Newly-Formed LRC Instagram Account From breakfast at Whole Foods to some afternoon book time (Racing the Rain), Kim shares the secrets that have made her a two-time Olympian for New Balance. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Pre Is Next Week Men’s 5,000 At Pre Is Going To Be Le LOADED More than half the field has a global medal. It includes Farah, Geoffrey Kamworor, Conseslus Kipruto, Yomif Kejelcha, Paul Tanui, and Americans Paul Chelimo, Ryan Hill, Ben True and Eric Jenkins.
Women’s 200 Will Also Be Loaded Field includes Elaine Thompson, Dafne Schippers, Allyson Felix, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Tori Bowie.
LRC WTW: Molly Seidel And Erin Finn Are Both MIA, Devin Dixon Arrives, Mark Wetmore Produces An 800 Champ, And A Simple Rule Change Guaranteed To Make Track & Field More Popular This week we tell the NCAA of simple rule change that needs to be made immediately, take a look at the Colorado men’s first 800 champ in 28 years, and more.
LRCWatch The TrackTown Summer Series Draft Live On LetsRun.com At 7 PM ET On Friday
LRC “GM” Nick Symmonds, Hoping To Make USAs One Final Time, Is In 1:50 Shape Right Now, Ready For Friday’s Tracktown Summer Series Draft This is Symmonds’ final season on the track and he’s hoping to qualify for USAs and see what happens. Meanwhile, as GM of team San Francisco, he’s getting ready for Friday’s Tracktown Summer Series draft, and also getting ready for life after being a pro track runner.
LRC WTW: Yohan Blake is BACK, A College Woman Runs 14:51, Why The 2020 Trials Shouldn’t Be In Eugene, Joanie Turns 60 & MorePlus we point out a high school meet in Georgia produced more World Championship qualifiers than the USATF Distance Classic and praise an American who won an international marathon last week.
LRC 2017 Pre Classic Friday Night Preview: Genzebe Dibaba Goes for the 5,000-Meter World RecordJoan Benoit Samuelson night at Pre looks fantastic as a couple of world record holders (Ruth Jebet and Genzebe Dibaba) will be racing as will a couple of American record holder (Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle). Might some WRs and ARs fall?
*MB: Official 2017 Prefontaine Classic live discussion thread – Is this the best Pre meet ever?
LRC Matthew Centrowitz Takes Down Mo Farah, Brenda Martinez Impresses – 2017 Oxy USATF Distance Classic RecapThe Olympic 1,500m champ took down the Olympic 5,000m champ. Other highlights: Sheila Reid upset Shannon Rowbury in the 1,500m, Laura Weightman and Natosha Rogers had breakthroughs in the 5k, Eric Jenkins and Cristian Soratos battled in the second 1,500m heat, Olympian Hillary Bor looked great in the steeple, and his Olympic teammate Shadrack Kipchirchir came up short of the Worlds qualifying time.
*Alberto Salazar Thought Centro Would Run 3:36, Not 3:33, As He’s Been Dealing With “Abductor Muscle Strains” Salazar declined to comment on the NY Times doping story.
Oxy ON The Boards:Official 2017 Oxy Live Discussion Thread
*What’s up with Centrowitz?
*Can Centro Challenge The Men’s 1500M WR?
*The Oregonian‘s Ken Goe Won’t Be Shelling Out 70 Bucks For NBC Sports Gold Track And Field Past Goe writes, “I find this to be disastrous to any hope elite track and field will grow its audience.”
LetsRun Forum Reader And Ultrarunning Star Anton Krupicka Contemplates If It Is Better To Be Popular Or Good Krupicka, aka LRC forum reader and “Jesus-man,” used to win big trail runs with regularity, now he is injured but more popular than ever.
NCAA Mile Champ Karissa Nelson Sometimes Only Ran 4 Times A Week As A Freshman As She Wanted To Be Social Even up through sophomore year, she wasn’t sure she wanted to be elite.
*MB: NCAA mile champ Karisa Nelson sometimes only ran 4 days a week freshman year as she wanted to be social –
Deshae Wise, The Fastest HS Girl In Oregon, Spent The First Six Years Of Her Life As A Hostage As Her Mom Was Sexually Trafficked In Vegas She’s a star now and will be going to Berkeley next year.
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LRC Was Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:00:25 A Monumental Step Forward In Marathoning? No, It Was Not – We Still Are 20+ Years Away From A Legitimate Sub-2 Marathon LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson said four years ago that are nowhere close to a sub-2 in a legitimate race and he’s not backing down.
LRC Guest Column By Dr. Michael Joyner: Kipchoge’s Run & What Might (Or Might Not) Happen Next What does the man who famously predicted way back in 1991 that a human could run a marathon in 1:57:58 think of Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:00:25 run? Find out here.
MB: Edward Cheserek’s NCAA Career Comes To A Close – King Ches Scratches From NCAAs Due To Back StrainKing Ches certainly had an amazing career but Gerry Lindgren only lost once at NCAA championships, Henry Rono set a world record in four different events in one season, and Suleiman Nyambui won just as many NCAA individual titles but also secured an Olympic medal and had better PRs at the 1,500, mile, 5,000 and 10,000.
Triathlete Beth Potter And Andy Vernon Triumph At British 10,000 Trials At Highgate Night Of The 10,000m PBs Potter, a triathlete who only runs 50 miles a week, took the win in 32:04 with a comfortable lead over Steph Twell while Jo Pavey finished back in 4th (32:42). Vernon won in 28:21 to beat Dewi Griffiths by 10 seconds.
*BBC:43-Year-Old Jo Pavey Misses Out, But Not Giving Up As She Can Still Be Selected For The 3rd Spot If She Drops A Fast Time Pavey had a tough comeback with some health issues after DNFing at the London Marathon.
*IAAF Recap
*MB:Official Night of 10k PBs Live Discussion Thread
NY Times Publishes 2,400-Word Expose On The Nike Oregon Project: “This Doesn’t Sound Legal” – Ritz Testifies Under Oath The Times has secured access to the 269-page report that the USADA has written about the NOP. Dathan Ritzenhein testified under oath that he felt compelled to take an L-Carnitine injection that he thought didn’t “sound legal” as Nike was reducing his payments. Ritz also said Alberto Salazar had him take thyroid medication to rev up his endocrine system for a race “instead just whatever was best for my health.” The report also indicates Tara Welling lied to investigators about ever being a patient of Dr. Brown and that Dr. Brown sent investigators altered medical records. When pressed about what sort of treatment she received from Dr. Brown, Welling cried and said, “I don’t know if Alberto did something to me.”
*MB: NY Times Article on Nike Oregon Project implicates Ritz and Farah
*Ken Goe’s Quick Takes From The Latest Story Alleging Doping Within Alberto Salazar’s NOP
1956 Olympic 10,000 Bronze Medalist And Houston Coaching Legend Al Lawrence Has Died
*MB: RIP Al Lawrence — 1956 Bronze Medalist
Toni Reavis Remembers The Great Grete Waitz 6 Years After Her Passing
LRC Top 10 Greatest Performers From NCAA Conference Weekend: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Deajah Stevens, Grant Fisher, Dani Jones And More Shine Just another ho-hum NCAA weekend with a 9.97/19.98 double, 44.09 in the 400m, 11.05/22.09 double, 51.8-second lap in a 1,500m. Plus there was some great distance action. From Grant Fisher‘s domination of the PAC-12 1,500 to the arrival of Texas A&M’s true freshman Devin Dixon as an NCAA star (1:45 win at SECs), we’ve got the top performances from last week covered.
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