– Pro ultrarunner Jim Walmsley talking about what he enjoys about LetsRun.com.
LRC Podcast with Evan Jager: Jager talked to us earlier today about his upcoming race in Monaco and the Fancy Bears leak
*MB: Live LetsRun.com podcast Tuesday 3:00 pm eastern with Evan Jager. What do you want us to ask him?
Nick Willis Is Cutting It Close To Qualify For 2017 Worlds Willis got a late start on his season due to injury so has only 3:36.95 (still .95 off the qualifying standard). His current spot on the descending order list should get him an invite from the IAAF, but he’s on the bubble.
The Denver Post: Kilian Jornet Dislocated His Shoulder 13 Miles Into The Hardrock 100 And Went On To Win Caroline Chaverot of France was the top woman despite becoming lost in the dark two-thirds through the race.
Early Bird Gets The Worm: Germany Unveils 13-City Plan For 2032 Olympic Bid
Padua, Italy: Russia’s World Champ HJer Maria Lasitskene Highlights Impressive Performances With 2.0m Clearance In distance action, Laura Muir ran 4:05.01 to win over Alexa Efraimson (4:06.12), Ajee Wilson took the 800 in 1:59.19, Amel Tuka beat out Mo Aman in the 800. *Results
LRC “Frequent And Passionate” Kissing, Moxylong, And An Indian Chemist: Gil Roberts’ Doping Case Is the Strangest One Of 2017 Over the years, there have been some entertaining stories that have been used to get people off (or at least try) from positive doping tests – from a gay man making out with a female Craigslist encounter to five bottles of beer and sex at least four times with the wife. We’ve got a new doozy for you.
*MB: “Frequent and Passionate” Kissing Results in US 400 Man Gil Roberts Avoiding Doping Suspension
It’s Official: Chris Solinsky Is The New Florida Distance Coach
We span the globe to get you up to speed on what's been happening in the track and field world the last two weeks.
Oregon’s Deajah Stevens Announces She Is Going Pro Early The nine-time All-American will pass on her final year of eligibility, but will stay in Eugene next year to finish her degree. No word yet on an agent or shoe company. *Discuss
Friday In Spain: Olympic Champ Ruth Beitia And Olympic Silver Medalist Orlando Ortega Highlight Meeting De Madrid Distance action is highlighted by Erik Sowinski and Mo Amanin the 800 and Ethiopia’s 2008 world indoor 1,500m champ Gelete Burka vs. Azmera Gebru (14:57 5K best) over 3,000m.
Morton Games: Alexa Efraimson Gets Her First International 1,500 Win As Robert Domanic’s Fine 2017 Continues Ole Miss’s Domanic won in 3:55 as Drew Hunter ran 3:56. Efraimson won in 4:06.73.
Discussion: 2017 Morton Games Is Today, July 12 (Hunter, Efraimson, Merber, etc) – Live Discussion Thread
Lucerne: World Bronze Medalist Amel Tuka Wins In 1:46.74 Over Erik Sowinski And Matt Centrowitz Sowinski was 2nd (1:47.06) while Centro was a distant 7th (1:49.12). Ethiopia’s Azmera Gebru won the 3,000 in 8:52 with Aisha Praught 3rd (8:53), Emily Infeld 5th (8:55) and Courtney Freichs 6th (8:56). In non-distance action, Germany’s Johanes Vetter threw the second best javelin mark of all-time with 94.44m while Sharika Nelvis ran (12.67) to beat Sally Pearson in the hurdles and Devon Allen won the men’s race in 13.31.
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*MB: Nijel Amos Runs 45.55 PB
*MB: JULY 11 800m: Eric S. 1:47.0 and Matthew C. 1:49.12 WTH???
Sunday: Rabat DL Provisional Entry Lists
RIP: USATF Hall Of Fame Coach Jim Bush Has Died At 90 Years Old Bush guided UCLA to five NCAA track titles and coached 30 Olympians.
IAAF Rundown Of The Highlights From The European Under-23 Championships Norway’s Karsten Warholm starred with an impressive 400/400H double. He took silver in the 400 and won in a championship record (48.37) in the 400H.
LRC Recap: Nijel Amos, Andre De Grasse, Elaine Thompson & Ryan Crouser Keep Rolling, Conseslus Kipruto Goes Out Injured, And The Moroccans Impress Only one more DL meet remains before Worlds.
*IAAF: Elaine Thompson And Shaunae Miller-Uibo Impress In Rabat Thompson won her 14th straight 100m race with 10.87 while Miller-Uibo ran 49.80.
*IAAF: Ryan Crouser Dominates In Rabat With 22.21m (Third Best Of His Career)
*AW: Brit CJ Ujah Wins 100m In 9.98
*European-Athletics: Czech Republic’s Zuzana Hejnova Rounding Into Form With London Approaching She ran a SB of 54.22 to get her first 400H win of the year.
USA Today: “Feds Don’t Want Lance Armstrong To Say ‘Everybody Was Doing It'” The US Justice Department is trying to prevent Armstrong from “putting the entire sport of cycling on trial,” by discussing the history of drugs in the sport.
Crossover Star: Sydney McLaughlin Is On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated The amount of money she’s going to make when she goes pro will be insane.
Speaking Of Covers: Kirby Lee Is A Track And Field Legend Behind The Camera
IAAF Day 2 Recap: Thrilling LJ Showdown Highlights As Cuba Goes 1-2 Maikel Y. Vidal won with a world U18 lead of 7.88m.
Ireland’s/Villanova’s Penn Relays Hero Síofra Cléirigh-Buttner Is Ready For European U23s We still can’t believe she didn’t make the NCAA final as we thought she’d contend for the title.
Interesting Read: Cam Levins Opens Up About Doping Allegations, His Decision To Leave NOP And His Relationship With Alberto Salazar Levins had a “pretty good” relationship with Salazar, although not as personal as he has with his former college coach Eric Houle. Levins said the doping allegations were tough, but weren’t why he left the and he has “the utmost faith” that his former teammates are clean.
August 20: Mo Farah’s Last Track Race Will Be At The Birmingham Diamond League “I’m really looking forward to what will be my final track race … I’m sure it will be a day I remember for the rest of my life.”
The good news is track and field got discussed on the radio as one of the hosts saw The Freeze race at the TrackTown Summer Series meet on TV. The bad news is they ridiculed the idea track could be popular anywhere and the concept of a track league in the US.
RRW Three-Time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein Has Joined The Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project Since 180 days had passed since Ritz’s Nike contract expired, he was free to sign and he chose to go with Brooks.
*MB: Breaking: Dathan Ritzenhein has joined the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project
2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Standards Announced The marathon standards stay at 2:19 and 2:45, but the half marks are quicker at 64:00 and 73:00 (dropped from 65:00 and 75:00 in 2016).
*MB: USATF Announces 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon qualifying standards
Is Scrapping The Pre-2005 World Records A Good Idea? An Interesting Discussion Between Kara Goucher And Several Sports Writers The general consensus was that the new proposed criteria for WRs is good, but most are against scrapping the old marks.
LRC Who Won Our 2017 Running Warehouse USAs Prediction Contest? A Pro, An Olympic Trials Qualifier, A 3:40 1,500m Runner And An All-State High School Runner See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are. Our contest winners this time are by far the most impressive group running-wise in the history of contest winners on LRC.
Good Blog Post: “Why Not Going To The University Of Oregon Was The Best Thing That Happened To Me” Stephen F. Austin University runner Colby Mehmen explains how not going to his “dream school” helped him go from a 4:42 high school miler to a 29:34 10Ker.
Recommended Read: Vice Sports: “The Five-Buck Bump Of Cocaine That Destroyed An Olympic Dream” Eric Thompson was a HJ prodigy with a full-ride to Arkansas and an Olympic dream, but five dollars of cocaine and some bad luck completely changed his life.Sunday:
World U18: Double Delight For Kenya On Final Day Of World U18 Champs Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega highlighted with a 7:47 victory in the 3,000 while Kenya got wins from Leonard Kipkemboi Bett (5:32) in the 2K steeple and Jackline Wambui (2:01.46) in the 800.Saturday:
Recommended Read Meet Sonja Robinson – Mikey Brannigan’s Personal Coach, Teacher And Advocate – Who Keeps Him On Track, Sleeps On His Couch And Is Only Paid $300 A Month Brannigan is going for the 800, 1,500 and 5,000 triple at the Paralympic Worlds which have started.
World Juniors Has Been Great But Kenyan Journalist Remembers The Greatest Meet Ever Held In Kenya – The Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Pro Meet Stars showed up in droves, from the world’s fastest man Steve Williams to Don Quarrie, Edwin Moses, Henry Rono, Alberto Salazar and Rudy Chapa.
US Sprinters Clean Up In Lignano, Italy: Phyllis Francis Breaks MR With 50.86 In The 400 As Josephus Lyles Won The Men’s Race In A 45.42 PR Nijel Amos set another 400 best with 45.55 while English Gardner (11.21) and Isiah Young (10.18) won the 100s.
The Guardian: “London Pushes In Right Direction For Paralympic Athletes But Destination Is Some Way Off” The author drives us and anyone who knows a thing about track crazy by using the fact that a Para athlete ran faster than Matt Centrowitz in Rio as an argument for why the Paralympics should be getting more support/attention.
A Lot Of Cheserek Updates From The Register Guard: Healthy Edward Cheserek Seeks Citizenship And A Shoe Contract Cheserek is healthy and working with his agent to get his US citizenship, but the process could take up to 5 years and Cheserek says he’s not interested in competing for Kenya or joining the WCAP program.LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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