– Meb Keflezighi‘s wife, Yordanos, talking about her husband’s dedication to the sport ahead of his final career marathon at NYC 2017.
The Inside Scoop From Thursday’s Press Events
LRC Meb Reveals What He’ll Miss Most About NYC, Shalane Says She’s Had Her “Best Buildup Ever” & More Thursday Notes We also heard Jared Ward dish on the #2 BYU men, Shadrack Biwott discuss his move to Hansons-Brooks, and spoke with the NAZ Elite duo of Kellyn Taylor & Stephanie Bruce.
LRC Paul Chelimo Aiming For World Indoor 3k Gold, Brenda Martinez Done With The 800, Ben True Has A New Coach – Abbott Dash To The Finish Line USATF 5k Notes News and video interviews with Paul Chelimo, Molly Huddle, Ben True, Brenda Martinez, Hassan Mead, Leonard Korir and Des Linden in advance of Saturday’s USATF 5k champs in NY.
Fantastic Read Tim Layden: Meb Keflezighi’s Impact On US Distance Running Meb sums up things nicely with, “My story is the American Dream.” Article includes scoop on Meb’s final workouts from Mammoth Lakes.
MB:Breaking News: Salazar And Mo Farah Split Farah will be returning to the UK where he will be coached by Gary Lough – Paula Radcliffe‘s husband.
Recommended Read: Check Out This Excerpt From Brandon Hudgins’ Book On How He Battled Against Vasculitis To Achieve His Dream Of Competing At The Olympic Trials In this excerpt from his book, Going the Distance: The Journey of a Vasculitis Patient on the Road to Olympic Glory, Hudgins walks through his decision to quit his job to chase the standard for the 2016 OT. Hudgins has gotten a lot of love over the years on the boards and was the LRC quote of the day a couple of years ago when he first went sub-4.
*Press Release On The Book *Buy It On Amazon
LRC Week That Was Taper Edition: Brit Goes Sub-2:10, Sara Hall PRs, Conference XC Winners And Losers, And Justyn Knight Fan Boys Mo FarahWe get you up to speed on the running world.
LRC Women’s Preview: Mary Keitany Goes For Four Straight Against Edna Kiplagat & Shalane Flanagan Who are the leading ladies for Sunday’s NYC Marathon? Find out here.
LRC International Men’s Preview: Ghebreslassie Guns For Repeat, Kipsang Tries To Bounce Back, & Kamworor Returns To The Marathon Which of the following 5 men will win NY on Sunday – Wilson Kipsang, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, Lelisa Desisa, Lemi Berhanu, or Geoffrey Kamworor?
LRC U.S. Men’s Preview: Can Meb Close Out His Career As The Top American? Or Will Jared Ward, Abdi Abdirahman Or Shadrack Biwott Stop Him? 4 real high quality American men that will battle in NY this weekend – past champ Meb Kefelzighi, Olympic sixth placer Jared Ward, the ageless Abdi Abdirahman, and Shadrack Biwott, who has been top 5 in his last 2 majors.
*MB: Who will be the top American man at 2017 NYC Marathon? Meb, Abdi, Jared, or Shadrack?
LRC Digging Deep: The Legacy Of Ryan Shay Ten Years After His Death At Olympic Marathon Trials 10 years ago this week, Ryan Shay died suddenly at the Olympic Marathon Trials in New York. We look at his legacy a decade later. *Donate To Ryan Shay Foundation
Recommended Read: RW:“Capping A Legendary Career, Meb Keflezighi And His Team Prepare For A NYC Curtain Call” A very nice profile on Meb’s dedication with great quotes from him, coach Bob Larsen and his wife Yordanos.
USATF 5K Champs Are Saturday In NYC At The Abbott Dash To The Finish Line 5K The men’s race has Paul Chelimo, Ben True, Leonard Korir, Shadrack Kipchirchir, Hassan Mead and Donn Cabral. Molly Huddle, Jordan Hasay, Abbey D’Agostino, Brenda Martinez and Desi Linden lead the women.
MB: Wayde van Niekerk ACL TEAR! Tears ACL In Celebrity Tag Rugby Game! Van Niekerk injured himself in a touch rugby game for celebrities on Oct 7. He didn’t realize the severity of the injury until later but has put his honeymoon on hold to have surgery in the US today. He’ll be out 6-9 months.
LRC What About The Sport? Portland, You Shouldn’t Be Tanking Your Conference Meet The #3-ranked Portland Pilots didn’t think they could beat BYU at conference, so they trotted out a team that wasn’t their best. Jonathan Gault weighs in and LRC supports his view coaches shouldn’t blow off conference meets.
Results Shure Tola (2:05:50) And Vivian Cheruiyot (2:23:35) Win As Dewi Griffiths (2:09:49 Debut) And Sara Hall (2:27:21 PR, 2:28:26 Previous) Are Top Non-Africans In 5th The NAZ Elite guys ran pretty well as Scott Smith ran a big 2:12:21 PR (2:14:40 previous), Scott Fauble 2:12:35 (debut), and Matt Llano 2:13:42 (2:12:28 PR).
*IAAF Recap
Frankfurt Message Board Chatter
Wayde Van Niekerk Has Successful Knee Surgery To Repair ACL Tear Yesterday he did his first rehab session which his manager said “went well.”
*Tweet From Van Niekerk “Successful op done and dusted! ✅ Rehab already started ✅ Ready for the hard work ahead ✅”
MB: OFFICIAL 2017 NCAA Conference XC Champs Discussion Thread
LRC2017 NCAA Cross-Country Roundup: Interesting Stories And Stats From Friday’s Action What a crazy, fun, and exciting day. We try to cover it all – whether it was USC forfeiting at PAC-12s, #2 BYU perfect scoring #3 Portland, Colorado State winning title #1, Colorado losing title #1, Columbia going from last to first, Arkansas winning again, Lamar winning a nail-biter, Syracuse winning a laugher, or Alabama going 1-2-3 and losing.
LRC Super Fan Polls: New Mexico Edges Oregon On Tiebreaker To Be #1, NAU #1 On Men’s Side The LRC faithful have spoken and we’ve got their national and conference votes.
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Canada’s Corey Bellemore Runs New Beer Mile WR With 4:33.6 Bellemore broke his own WR during the halftime of a San Francisco Deltas professional soccer game. Track and field journalist Cathal Dennehy broke the Irish national record in 4th place with 5:25.2.
Ciarán Ó Lionáird Complains That Sport Ireland Has Continued To Drug Test Him After He’s Already Retired Ó Lionáird gives a bit of a rant about how he thinks drug testing is a waste of money that could go to athletes. “I proved I completed clean, but even if I didn’t, nothing about their behaviour suggested they would have been able to catch me if I was (doping). I still feel like you could micro-dose and get away with it, because people are.”
*Irish Examiner:Ó Lionáird Has Continued To Be Tested Because He Has Not Formally Issued A Retirement Notice To Sport Ireland
LRC WTW: The Year Of The Women’s Half Marathon, A Premature Celebration, And An Introduction To Fancy Chemutai And Sondre Moen 2017 has been a revolutionary one for women in the half marathon. We look at that, Fancy Chemutai and Sondre Moen, and a premature celebration and runners going off course.
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