– Ben True speaking after winning the 2018 NYC Half Marathon by outkicking Dathan Ritzenhein by 3 seconds.
LRC FinalBen True Outkicks Dathan Ritzenhein To Win 2018 NYC Half In His Half Marathon Debut, Buze Diriba Edges Emily Sisson For Women’s Title Ritz may not have gotten the win but he was happy with the result: “This was a great simulator for Boston for me. This was a perfect, perfect pre-race for that.”
*NYRR Release: Record-Breaking Day Features Ben True Becoming The First American Male Winner*RRW Recap
*MB:Official 2018 United Airlines NYC Half Live Discussion Thread
*MB: BEN MF TRUE
More NYC Action:Malcolm Richards (2:19:01) And Lindsey Scherf (2:40:55) Break Indoor Marathon World RecordsChris Zablocki, who had the men’s record, only managed a 2:29:13.
*MB:New indoor marathon world records set – 2:19:01 and 2:40:55
LRC How Andy Trouard Went From Northern Arizona’s #4 Man In Cross-Country To A National Champion On The Track A couple of years ago, the odds were pretty high that Andy Trouard wouldn’t even be a runner right now – he was planning on becoming a triathlete. Now he’s the NCAA 3,000-meter champion. Here’s how it happened.
*MB: NCAA Champ Andy Trouard sticks out tongue on last turn of 3k and nearly falls
Bonus Material: Podcast With NAU Coach Mike Smith: The Rise Of Andy Trouard And Why You Should Embrace The Hurt In A 5K
LRC Portland Coach Rob Conner Sends Free T-Shirts To His Supporters On LetsRun.com Coach Conner looked up the guys who backed the Pilots in the Running Warehouse Prediction Contest and sent them free T-shirts. Pretty cool.
LRC Mo Farah Sued British Journalist Ben Bloom For Defamation; Parties Agreed To Five-Figure Settlement British journalists had better be careful what they write about Mo Farah. Farah sued journalist Ben Bloom for a tweet he wrote in 2017 criticizing Farah for not talking to the media before the 2017 IAAF World Championships.
*Discuss: Mo Farah sues Ben Bloom
LRC WTW: Proof That US Women Benefit From African Sexism, Insight On DQs At Worlds, Runner Triathletes, NCAA Mid-D Performance Of Week Was From “Baby Nats” It’s been an incredible last two weeks and we try to make sense of it all, whether it’s 2018 NCAAs, 2018 World Indoors or the end of Rod Dixon‘s near 45-year-old Kiwi Marathon record.
The Oregonian:Ducks Get Ready For Final Season At Current Hayward Field There will be just two regular season meets, then NCAAs and with specific construction plans unknown, that could be it for the current version of Hayward Field.
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