– Edward Cheserek speaking after his historic weekend where he ran 3:49.44 to become the second fastest indoor miler ever and doubled back the next day to win the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 3,000 in 7:38.74 over Hagos Gebrhiwet.
LRC David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats While the medical examiner’s report and the Scottsdale PD ruled Torrence’s death an accidental drowning, David’s mother, Bianca Torrence, is frustrated because she feels investigators didn’t seriously consider another possible cause of death: murder. Bianca said that multiple people told her that David had received death threats in 2016 and said she does not believe that Scottsdale PD has taken the information about the death threats seriously.
*MB: David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats
LRC 2018 NBIGP Recap: Jenny Simpson > Emma Coburn, Donavan Brazier Runs 1:45.11, & Chris O’Hare Keeps Rolling The lone US stop on the IAAF World Indoor Tour did not disappoint as Donavan Brazier nearly broke the American record, Jenny Simpson PRed and much more.
LRC Edward Cheserek Destroys Hagos Gebrhiwet At 2018 NBIGP To Complete Epic 3:49/7:38 2-Day Double During his four years at Oregon, Edward Cheserek became a legend in the US by winning 17 NCAA titles. This weekend, he started working on becoming a legend at the world level by pulling off an insane double.
Other Saturday Action:
NBIGP MB Talk
An ABSOLUTE MUST-READ: Incredible Q&A With Jake Robertson: A Decade In Kenya Turned Two Teens From New Zealand Into World-Class Runners The best non-LRC story of the year (so far).
Fascinating Read: Meet The Irishman Who Tested 5,500 Irish School Kids On His Own Dime To Find The Fastest To Race The Kids 60 At Millrose (Which They Won) “What I find in schools is we don’t even have the 10th-fastest kid in the class in our sport. It all comes back to talent.” They produced a winner in 2017 but got beaten this year.
An Interview With Running Phenom Camille Herron: I Was Born To Run The Comrades champ and LRC visitor has a diet that we used ourselves when we use to run 100+ mpw: “I like to eat Taco Bell and Subway before my races.”
The Oregonian: Vin Lananna Has Been “Stripped Of Some Of His Authority” As USATF President Due To Conflicts Of Interest Lananna heads several companies and nonprofits that bid on contracts and host track meets, including TrackTown USA and because of this (as well as concerns expressed by their auditing firm), the board passed a resolution requiring Lananna to recuse himself from many USATF issues. We said back when Lananna was running for president that he should “give up his current role at TrackTown USA.”
LRC WTW: Some Stars Thankfully Ran US Cross, Michelle Sikes Is Back, Emmanuel Korir Was Flying, Edna Kiplagat Struggled, Russian Doping And Coaching Advice From Katelyn Tuohy’s Coach We break down the week of running.
LRC 10 Things I Learned From The Best High School Cross-Country And Track Coaches In America LetsRun.com’s Wejo flew to Boulder to hear from the high school top XC coaches in America Joan Hunter (#1 team), Dan Iverson (#2 team), Jonathan Dalby (#3 team) and John O’Malley (Foot Locker champ). What did he learn? A lot.
Discussion: “I attended a clinic with the top high school cross coaches in the country: ask me anything.”
LRC Edward Cheserek Blasts 3:49.44 Mile To Move To #2 On The All-Time World Indoor List Edward Cheserek is currently a man without a country. He doesn’t want to run for Kenya and he can’t race for the US, so tonight he raced the clock – and won.
MB: Official 2018 RAK Half Live Discussion Thread
LRC Oh So Close, Fancy Chemutai Just Misses WR And Runs 64:53 (#2 All-Time), Bedan Karoki Runs 58:42 (#4 All-Time) At 2018 RAK Half Even though the WR just barely survived, the women’s race was the best in half marathon history as 11 women broke 69:00. The men’s side was pretty darn good as 7 men broke 60:00, including a guy making his debut, Jemal Yimer, who ran a debut record of 59:00.
Other Thursday Action
LRC Meet Mr. Cross-Country, The Sport’s Biggest Fan Cross-country’s biggest fan, Michael Mahon, resides in Massachusetts, where for the past 33 years he has traveled to over 1,747 career meets, bag of cans in tow. And he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
*Michael Mahon – Mr. Cross-Country – Share Your Favorite Story Here
Afrer Giving Birth In August, 2008 And 2012 Olympic 100 Champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Is Back Training And Says She’s Still Hungry She also thinks she can still PR (10.70) at age 31.
LRC What We Learned In Boston: What’s Up With Boris Berian, How Christian Coleman Can Run Even Faster, & How Much Money It Would Take For Jenny Simpson To Race The Steeple Again Get the inside scoop from today’s NBIGP press conference where three sets of stars will battle each other tomorrow – Simpson vs. Coburn, Coleman vs. Lyles and Berian vs. Brazier. Plus after talking to Brazier, we can only wonder: Has anyone in the history of the world ever broken 4:00 in the mile with a shorter longest run than Donavan Brazier?
LRC Q&A With The Man Who Is Now Coaching Edward Cheserek – Stephen Haas; Haas Talks About Cheserek’s Sub-3:50 Mile Attempt & What Makes King Ches Special Cheserek will be attempting to be the 4th man to break 3:50 in the indoor mile this weekend and then a day later he’ll take on a stacked field in the 3k at the NBIGP. Get the inside scoop on his first altitude camp and learn how Cheserek closed a recent session with a 49-second 400.
Catching Up With Teen Phenoms Past And Present
LRC Q&A: Mary Cain On The Injury That Kept Her Out In 2017 & Her 2018 Plans, Plus Katelyn Tuohy Talks About Her Incredible XC Season, Her Millrose Defeat & Managing Expectations 21-year-old Mary Cain surprised fellow NY Section 1 phenom Katelyn Tuohy Wednesday afternoon and presented her with the Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year Award. We caught up with the two right after the ceremony and did a Q&A.
MB:Official Düsseldorf IAAF World Indoor Tour Live Discussion And Watch Thread
*IAAF Dusseldorf Recap: Su Bingtian Runs 6.43 In The 60m To Move To 5th All-TimeChristina Manning edged Sharika Nelvis in the 60H to set a 7.77 world lead.
*Czech Republic’s Tomas Stanek Improved His Own World Lead And The Czech Record To 22.17m
Did you miss the action? Watch it now without knowing the results.
*Men’s 800 1 With Kszczot
*Men’s 800 2 With Sowinski
*Men’s 1,500 With Iguider And Manangoi
*Women’s 1,500
*Men’s 3,000 With Kejelcha
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