– Agent Jos Hermens talking to LetsRun.com about Sunday’s BMW Berlin Marathon. Hermens, who represents Kipchoge and Bekele, says Kipchoge is in very similar shape to when he ran 2:00:25 in Breaking2. As for Bekele, Hermens says he’s “ready” but admits it’s hard to know everything about Bekele as he’s “very secretive with the training. Very few people know. I think even his wife doesn’t know.”
If the WR does fall, it will be the 8th men’s WR in Berlin: LRC World Record History: A Look Back At The Men’s Marathon World Records Set in Berlin.
LRC Men’s Preview: The Big 3: Kipchoge, Bekele And Kipsang Chase The WR In Berlin – Who Breaks It, And By How Much? The full LRC preview of the men’s race is here.
LRC History Lesson A Look Back At The Men’s Marathon World Records Set In Berlin The last six world records in the men’s marathon (and 7 of the last 9) have all been set in Berlin. We take a look back at those historic races.
Bizarre: MB:Woman jogger dubbed ‘The Mad Pooper’ wanted by police for defecating outside a family’s home
MB2017 BOA Chicago Marathon Adds 4 Sub-2:07 Guys, Including Olympic Silver Medalist Feyisa Lelisa, To Challenge Galen Rupp Chicago will now feature a clash between the Olympic silver and bronze medallists as Feyisa Lelisa (2:04:52), Stanley Biwott (2:03:51), Ezekiel Chebii (2:06:07) and Bernard Kipyego (2:06:19) have been added to the field. *Organizer Press Release
LRC Joyciline Jepkosgei Smashes 10k Road World Record – Becomes First Woman To Break 30 On The Roads With A Sensational 29:43 The world half marathon record holder wasted no time getting after it as she broke the 5k road WR with a 14:33 split.
*IAAF Recap Benard Kimeli took the men’s race in 27:10.
*MB: Official 2017 Birrell 10k Dicussion Thread – Women’s Sub-30 WR attempt
The Week That Was is in fine form this week as we talk about Galen Rupp's half in Philly, Jordan Hasay's slowdown in Philly, sub-4 mania in Alaska, races with interesting prize money structures and of course the twosuper-fast half marathons in Europe.
LRC Classics #1 A Look Back At A Race For The Ages: Eliud Kipchoge Takes Down Kenenisa Bekele & El Guerrouj At The 2003 World Championships In 5,000 14 years ago, three of the greatest distance runners of all-time squared off at 5,000m and hardly anyone realized it.
LRC Feature The Rise Of Syracuse: How A Cross-Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch In 10 Years We take an in-depth 6,000+ word look at how Chris Fox and company built Syracuse from nothing into a national champion.
*MB: Syracuse – From Nothing to National Champ – How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years
LRC 2017 NCAA Men’s XC Preview: #2 Syracuse & #1 Northern Arizona Syracuse had storybook 2015 season. NAU had a storybook 2016 season. Which one will get the glory in 2017?
LRC 2017 NCAA Women’s XC Preview: #2 New Mexico & #1 Colorado Colorado choked away a national title chance last year but they’ve got a real good shot at winning in 2017, but a top heavy New Mexico team is going to be very hard to beat.
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Men:#4 BYU & #3 Arkansas
Men:#6 Colorado & #5 Stanford
Men: #8 Oregon & #7 Wisconsin
Men: #10 Oklahoma State & #9 Iona
Women:#4 Oregon & #3 Stanford
Women: #6 NC State & #5 Michigan
Women: #8 Penn State & #7 San Francisco
Women: #10 Providence & #9 Arkansas
LRC The Greatest Race At Worlds You Never Heard About: The Epic Pure Guts Media 800 With LetsRun.com’s Jonathan Gault This race almost warranted a splash page. Side-by-side racing the final 100m. Full video, with post-race interview with hurdling great Allen Johnson.
LRCMeet The Winners Of The $200,017 Running Warehouse Worlds Prediction Contest A Londoner, a guy from Portugal, and a guy who used to manage the Guam track team came out on top.
Martin Hehir second on the men’s side (1:04:00), Jared Ward 5th. Jordan Hasay 3rd in (1:10:42).
*Live Thread On Race
*Competitor Group Press Release
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