RIP Joe Newton *Joe Newton Archives

A Legend Has Passed: Joe Newton RIP 1929-2017 Newton’s York high school teams won 28 state XC titles and the first NXN title, but most importantly he shaped thousands of kids lives. *Pay Your Respects Here

• Chigago Tribune: Legendary York Cross-Country Coach Joe Newton Dies At 88
• Former York Runner Michael Newman Remembers The Lessons Learned From Being On A York Team
• Video Of Joe Newton Final Talk To York Team “There Is No Secret Workout”
• Coaches Bill Aris, Pat Tyson And Others Remember Joe Newton
• Sports Illustrated Profile On Joe Newton From 1993: Coach Newton’s Law
• Nuggets From The LRC Archives: Tinman Posts About Joe Newton In 2004
• Joe Newton On Dealing With Parents

Hot Track And Road Action

RRW King Cheserek Wins Battle Of Sexes Kalakaua Mile In Hawaii And Defeats Nick Willis And Will Leer The race does not give splits and makes the runners essentially time trial it by feel. Excellent.
*Nick Willis’ 8-Month Pregnant Wife Runs 6:59 Mile In Hawaii

• Track: Donavan Brazier Joins Sub-4:00 Club With 3:59.30 To Beat Leo Manzano By 4 Seconds
• Sydney McLaughlin’s Collegiate Debut Is A Success As She Breaks 300m World Junior Record, Becomes No. 7 World, No. 2 American, No. 2 Collegian She ran 36.12. Video of race here.
• Sammy Watson Runs 2:42.12 1,000m To Crush NCAA 800m Record Holder Jazmine Fray In Her First Collegiate Race Watson did run 2:40.72 last year.
• Indiana’s Ben Veatch Runs 13:57.27 To Break American Junior Indoor 5,000 Record (14:08)
• Kaori Morita Runs 31:59.94 In 10,000m Debut

Field Event News

• Two-Time World Triple Jump Silver Medalist Pedro Pablo Pichardo Has Switched Citizenship From Cuba To Portugal He’s obtained Portuguese nationality, but won’t be able to represent them until the IAAF ends its freeze on allegiance changes.
• Olympian And NCAA Champion Rudy Winkler Taking A 5th Year At Rutgers University Winkler graduated from Cornell in the spring, but is going to Rutgers for his master’s.
• Tips On Sport And Life From Germany’s World Decathlon Bronze Medalist Kai Kazmirek Kazmirek emphasizes staying relaxed in competition, which is even more important over a 2-day decathlon event.

More From USA Marathon Champs

LRCQ&A With USATF Marathon Champ Tim Ritchie, Who Explains What He Learned From Eliud Kipchoge And How He Ran 2:11 Off 85 Miles A Week

LRCParker Stinson Went For It, Tim Ritchie Got It Done, Sara Hall Doubled Down, A 50-Year-Old Made The Trials And A Jerry Lawson History Lesson

*Recommended Read: USA Marathon Champ Sara Hall Defies Convention Hall has always had great range and now is enjoying the success her non-standard approach is bringing. “In my mind, I flash back to times that you are thinking you aren’t even good at this sport. It makes you realize that, wow, when you hear those voices, don’t believe those voices.”

2017 Fukuoka Marathon Was Incredible *Fukuoka Results

Wow! LRC Norway’s Sondre Moen Makes History, Smashes European Record To Win Fukuoka In 2:05:48 Moen, who ran 59:48 during his buildup, became the first non-African born male to break 2:06 on a record-eligible course as he stunned the world and Bedan Karoki. 2012 Olympic champ Stephen Kiprotich grabbed second in 2:07:10 just ahead of the Suguro Osako, who set a new Nike Oregon Project record of 2:07:19.

• IAAF Recap Suguru Osako: “I gave my all to this race. … If I continue to train this way, I can continue to improve. I felt that I found a coach I can really trust. In Japan I did not find anyone like that.”
• MB: Official 2017 Fukuoka Marathon Discussion Thread
  
• MB: SONDRE MOEN of Norway runs 2:05:48 (!!!)to win the 2017 Fukuoka Marathon. How did he do it?
  
• Must Read: Renato Canova explains Moen’s amazing breakthrough: “Clean your minds, start to believe in yoursel[f], and go [all] in [on] hard CLEAN training if [you] are really interested in improving [your] performance.”

Kipchoge Vs. Farah At London 2018

Eliud Kipchoge Will Return To The London Marathon; Looking To Maintain His Unbeaten Record With A Third Title After winning in 2015 and 2016, Kipchoge skipped a year to chase the sub-2 hour marathon, but now he’s back and says, “I know that I have the world record in me so we will have to wait and see what happens.”
*Kipchoge Happy To Be Racing Mo Farah In London Kipchoge: “It’s great he will be racing because I’m sure that will make the atmosphere more special.”
*MB: Eliud Kipchoge is taking Mo Farah very seriously