Until 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon *Men’s Preview *Women’s *WR History in Berlin *TV & Streaming *Tracking, & Results *Ken Nakamura’s Berlin Stats

Berlin Mania on the MBoard

• Official 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon Thread 
• 60:45 PACE for HM in Berlin tommorow ! 61 flat if it’s raining.
• It’s supposed to rain overnight in Berlin. How will a wet road affect race? 
• Kipchoge Training in detail (link) 
• Berlin is next weekend. We can officially start the “Expect Great Things” thread! 

LRC 1 Hour Berlin Preview Podcast We break down the field, the world record odds, and the pacing.

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.

RRW Get the Inside Scoop on the Pacemaking That Might Make A World Record Possible at Sunday’s BMW Berlin Marathon Nike’s Sub-2 event taught us pace-making is CRITICAL to running fast. There is some big pre-race drama as Bekele and Kipchoge won’t agree on what pace should be the goal.
*Kipchoge wants to go out in 60:45
*Bekele says “60:45 has no place in my plans. I shall follow the lead if I can.” 
*Kipsang prefers 61:00-61:10

NCAA XC Heats Up *Full NCAA XC Results

LRC 2017 Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown: #27 Illinois Goes 1-2 but #3 Syracuse Men Roll as #7 Providence Women Hold Off #18 Indiana & #25 Georgetown The Orange (35 points) went 3-4-5 and cruised past the Illini (56 points) but the Friars (71 points) had to work for it despite going 4-5-6 as the Hoosiers and Hoyas were each just 7 points behind. Illinois’ Jesse Reiser (24:13) and New Hampshire’s Elle Purrier (16:49) were your individual champions. Might Illinois win its 1st Big 10 title since 1984?
*Interview with Illinois stars Reiser and Davis

• Good ReadA look at the 3 generations of runners in the Schweizer family – now led by NCAA champ Karissa Grandpa Frank, who started it all, was the only member of the family to actually see her cross the finish liner 1st at NCAAs last year. He started crying a ton.
• USTCCA Weekend Preview: NCAA Cross Country Season Heats Up Battle in Beantown and Roy Griak are this weekend.

Previous Berlin Coverage

RRW Ryan Vail – America’s Lone Elite Men’s Entry – Is Hoping For A PR At 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon Vail, who has been running as much as 130 miles per week on just six days of running, has been battling the injury bug of late as he hasn’t finished a marathon since November of 2014.

LRC The Craziest Guy In Berlin? Japan’s Yuta Shitara Ran 60:17 For A Half LAST Weekend And Likely Will Go Out With Leaders He’s got a 2:09 PR. We’re not sure how to say cojones in Japanese.

• Wilson Kipsang Says He Respects, But Does Not Fear Eliud Kipchoge Kipsang also weighed in on Kipchoge’s Breaking2 run and said he thinks he’d run just as fast as Kipchoge.
• Wilson Kipsang: “My motivation continues to be great. I have not yet had enough.” Interesting stuff from Kipsang, who says he wants to win all the marathon majors (he only needs Boston and Chicago), has dropped his mileage and increased speed for Berlin 2017 and hints that the newest adidas sub2 shoe could give him an edge.
• InsideTheGames’ Mike Rowbottom Thinks Berlin Will Be Great, But Doesn’t Want To Hear Talk About The “Greatest Of All Time” (GOAT) Rowbottom thinks the race will be historic, but actually hopes they don’t run the WR.
• Gladys Cherono Wants To Break 2:20 And Maybe Even The CR In Berlin
• SPIKES: Berlin Marathon By The Numbers Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang have each won Berlin once so far in their career.
• MB: Get A Look At Eliud Kipchoge’s Training Log In The Month Leading Up To Berlin Some interesting insights into the training of the best marathoner in the world.
• LRC Let’s Get Excited: Eliud Kipchoge Vs. Kenenisa Bekele Vs. Wilson Kipsang Vs. World Record Sunday In Berlin It doesn’t get much better than this. 3 global titans, including the greatest distance runner ever (Bekele) vs. the greatest marathoner ever (Kipchoge) on the only course where the world record has fallen the last 15 years.
• Full Berlin Coverage on 2017 Berlin Marathon Page

Russian Doping Updates

• Russian Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov Writes OP-ED In NY TImes Rodchenkov says (and we believe it) that former sports minister Vitaly Mutko knew about the Russian doping program.
• Reuters: New Russian Anti-Doping Chief Yuri Ganus Looking For A Fresh Start Ganus: “We have changed our director, our leadership, 90 percent of our staff. All inspectors in charge of taking samples are new … We need to understand that the culture needs to change, not only RUSADA.”

Stuff From Last Weekend We Missed On The Homepage

• Ben Blankenship Runs The Fastest Mile Ever In Alaska With 3:57.85 Blankenship broke Kyle Merber‘s recent outdoor record as well as Jack Bolas‘ 3:58.3 indoor mark from 2013.
• Sara Hall Moved Herself To #9 On The US Half Marathon All-Time List With 69:37 For 10th Place In Copenhagen
• Harvey Lewis III Is USATF Athlete Of The Week For Winning The US 24-Hour Championships This Past Weekend 41-year-old Lewis ran 142.034 miles in 24 hours (10:08 pace). Tara Langdon won the women’s race with 131.448 miles (10:57 pace).

Oscar Pistorius Back In The News

• “Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer” Movie Coming Out On Lifetime The movie is told from the point of view of Reeva Steenkamp and follows Pistorius’ track career through the tragic events on Valentine’s Day 2013 and the subsequent court cases.
• South African Supreme Court Will Convene On November 3rd To Decide If Oscar Pistorius Should Get More Jail Time Prosecutors want the sentence upped from 6 years to 15.

High School XC

• USA Today: XC Homecoming “Proposals” Are Becoming A Thing A sign that read, “I would be XCited if you ran to hoco with me” got one high schooler a date to homecoming. (includes video)
• Chicago RD Carey Pinkowski Recalls His Indiana XC High School State Title Race

Before Berlin On Sunday, A Look Back

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.