– Caitlyn Jenner talking on TV in Ireland about how being transgender helped her win Olympic gold. If Jenner is going to be honest, we want to her to talk about the role steroids played (or didn’t play) in her career. Jenner has admitted to trying steroids but we imagine that’s not really the full story.
LRC The Big Debate: Olympic Hero or Zero: Gwen Jorgensen Moves to the Marathon, How Will She Do? The LRC team, including a triathlete, debate Gwen’s move to the marathon. We all agree it’s cool she’s taking on this challenge.
LRCNot Done Yet: Mary Cain Has Been Injured In 2017, Planning On Racing Again in 2018 Cain hasn’t raced or been heard from in almost exactly one year, but LRC has learned she’s planning on racing in 2018. The question now becomes, “How good will she be when she returns?” *Discuss
WTW Flanagan’s Close In NY Was Historically Fast, Jenny Simpson’s Roommate Gets 5th In NY And More What a week. In our weekly recap, we take one last week at the 2017 NYC Marathon and also have an update on new American citizen Sally Kipyego.
More LRC Content
LRC This Is Not Your Older Brother’s BYU Team — The Cougars Are Ready for Their NCAA Moment An in-depth look at the incredible BYU squad which scored just 17 points against Oregon and Stanford this year.
LRC Hours After His Baby Son’s Death, Former Long Jump Star Marquise Goodwin Gets Emotional After Scoring TD Goodwin’s son died after a premature birth and Goodwin saluted him after scoring on an 83-yard TD less than 12 hours later.
Saturday:Camille Herron DESTROYS 100mi Women’s World Record By Running 12:42 (Old Record 13:45) That’s 7:37.6 per mile pace.
Last Week: Sandra Villines Smashes US Transcon Record The soon-to-be grandmother ran across the country in 54 days; the previous record was 69 days. The men’s record is 42 days.
*MB: Sandra Vi going for record across America
LRC Georgetown Stays Home, Utah State Makes History And 6 Other Observations From The 2017 NCAA Regional Action And how about Al Cantello of Navy? In his 50th year as coach, he’s gotten the Midshipmen going to NCAAs for the 2nd straight year.
LRC Final Men’s Qualifiers For 2017 NCAA Cross-Country Championships The official NCAA list is out. It’s the same as we projected.
LRC Final Women’s Qualifiers For 2017 NCAA Cross-Country Championships The #30 and #31 teams ended up being different as Indiana got in at #30 and Eastern Michigan at #31 instead of Missouri and Virginia Tech.
NCAA announces 2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships qualifiers
Message Board Talk
LRC BYU Men (By Slimmest Of Margins) And Colorado Women Are Your New NCAA #1s In LetsRun.com Cross-Country Fan Polls The LRC faithful have spoken and we’ve got their votes.
Disturbing College News
LRCMeb Memories: A Generation of Greatness: Our Favorite Moments From The Amazing Career Of Meb Keflezighi Between our race previews and our on-site coverage of Shalane Flanagan‘s shocking victory in NYC, we never found the time to give Keflezighi a fitting sendoff. Here, we take a moment to share our favorite memories of one of the greatest distance runners in American history.
Discuss: Remembering Meb: What was your favorite moment his career?
Pole Vault Star Armand Duplantis Signs With LSU Mondo’s father Greg Duplantis, mother Helena, and brother Antoine all went to LSU.
Stadium In Kenya May Be Renamed After The Late Sammy Wanjiru Officials hope that renaming the stadium will attract sponsors who will help renovate the aging facility.
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