Archived Homepage For February 26, 2018
Archived Homepage For February 26, 2018

Quote Of The Day

“I kind of, in the back of my head, wanted to move back East anyways. And like I said, I’m 28 years old, I’ve been out in Oregon now for 10+ years between college and being with the Oregon Project. And at this juncture of my career, Alberto and I have 50-50 dialogue and influence in my training and so I figured just being back East, and him and I speaking over the phone as much as possible and just being on the same plan. … There might be a few workouts here and there where maybe we disagree on. But we find this compromise and instead of, you know, 10 quarters, it’s eight. You know, maybe I think six, he thinks 10, we settle on eight or whatever. So it’s not rocket science here. And again, having my dad out there administering the workouts and having him with a stopwatch and having some input too, it just kind of seems like a great situation for me. … I think Galen, Mo, anyone at my age or older can pretty come up with 90% [of the training]. … If you have any kind of sense of – if you have any kind of, I guess input, or you’re involved in your own training, I think that’s the biggest thing. And I think every athlete should have some kind of say, whether you’re in college or out of college, in terms of what you need, what you think is gonna better your training, better your racing. And I’ve always felt like I’ve been involved in my training, even through the Oregon days. And so I feel pretty confident moving forward, having those [two] and me coming up with the majority of the workouts is what’s gonna be best for me.”

– Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz giving an update on his training situation and explaining his move from Portland back to the East Coast.

Until 2018 World Indoors *Schedule *TV/streaming information *Entries *All LRC coverage

Shelby Houlihan before the 2015 NYRR Wanamaker MileLRC 2018 World Indoors Will Start With An INCREDIBLE Race As The Women’s 3000 is LOADED Get out of work early or take a late lunch break on Thursday (3:15 pm ET) as the 2018 World Indoors will start with a bang as Genzebe Dibaba will put her 8-year indoor winning streak on the line against a loaded field that includes Brit Laura Muir, American Shelby Houlihan, Kenyan Hellen Obiri, and German Konstanze Klosterhalfen.

More Distance News

High School Corner

Mid-Week Action

Vin Lananna Suspended

LRC Trying To Make Sense Of USATF’s Suspension Of Vin Lananna – Was This A Silent Coup? After reading USATF’s explanation for placing Vin Lananna on administrative leave, we were more confused than before we read it. So we try to make sense of it all.

2018 Tokyo Marathon

He won $936,000 for running a 2_06_11 marathon. The only remaining question is what is this on his arm_ (1)LRCThe Crazy Thing On The Arm Of Million $ Marathoner Yuta Shitara Is Explained Chasing a $1 million bonus, at the final water stop Yuta Shitara took the effort to slide something up his arm with a cartoon face on it and run with it to the finish. You all have figured out what it was – a cartoon picture of Shitara. *Discuss

IMG_0449LRC Dickson Chumba & Birhane Dibaba Win, Amy Cragg Runs US #5 A-T 2:21:42, & Yuta Shitara Runs 2:06:11 To Set Japanese Record And Win $936,000 The Japanese Corporate Track and Field Federation’s “Project Exceed” was offering 100 million yen ($936,000) to any man who could break the 2:06:16 national record. Shitara did it with a legendary run, mowing down the field after he was dropped at 32k.

Glasgow Grand Prix *Results

IAAF Recap:Kenya’s Justus Kiplagat (7:39.09) Beats Out Paul Chelimo By .01 In Men’s 3k Other distance winners were Bethwell Birgen (1,500 – 3:37.76), Beatrice Chepkoech (1,500 – 4:02.21), and Adam Kszczot (1:47.15). Non-distance action was highlighted by Christina Manning beating out Sharika Nelvis in the 60H to win the IAAF World Indoor Tour series by a tie-breaker. There was also a stacked women’s 60 where World 100m silver medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou won in 7.07 over GB’s Diana Asher-Smith, double Olympic champ Elaine Thompson with Dafne Schippers in 5th.

Usain Bolt And Soccer: Publicity Stunt Or For Real?

Usain Bolt Signs With A Soccer Team; Will Announce Club On Tuesday Bolt was supposed to have a tryout with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund next month, but now says he’ll make an announcement tomorrow at 3AM ET. *Discuss

LetsJump.com

Bolt / Powell Update

NCAA News

RIP David Torrence

torrenceLRC 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 

World Indoors Are Next Weekend In Birmingham

Doping Updates

Week That Was

LRC WTW: Morgan McDonald Runs Fast Down Under, A Lot Of Americans Ran Fast And Missed Worlds, International Indoor Update, Drew Hunter Update Plus meet the woman who is the #1 800 woman in the world in 2018 after a 10+ year break from competition.
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