2018 World Half Champs *Results *TV & Streaming *Women’s Preview *Men’s Preview

LRC Geoffrey Kamworor Splits 13:01 5k – Yes, 13:01 – At End Of Race To Win 3rd Straight World Half Marathon Title In a performance that will be remembered for years to come, Geoffrey Kamworor got his hat trick. What a sick performance.
*RRW Recap With Quotes From Kamworor: “I can say I was really prepared for this race and I had no pressure.” 

LRC Netsanet Gudeta Kebede Of Ethiopia Sets Women’s-Only World Record Of 66:11 At 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Ethiopia won both team and individual gold.
*RRW Recap With Post-Race Quotes From Gudeta And Jepkosgei

World Half Message Board Talk

• Official 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Champs Discussion Thread
• Geoffrey Kamworor split 13:01 from 15k to 20k at the World Half Champs – Valencia 2018
• Where would Rupp have finished at world Half?
• Will this be Bernard Lagat’s final national team appearance? Can he get Haile Gebrselassie’s world master’s record?

Full Coverage In Our 2018 IAAF World Half Champs Special Section

Jamaican Boys And Girls Champs *Results

Calabar Boys And Edwin Allen Girls Retain Their Titles At The Jamaican Boys And Girls Champs Highlights came from Christopher Taylor who won the U20 boys’ 200 in a world-U20 leading time of 20.35, Tyreke Wilson won the 100 in 10.21 and Dashawn Morris took the boys’ U20 400 in 45.09. On the girls’ side, Kevona Davis broke a 16-year-old meet record with a 22.72 win in the 200m and won the 100 in 11.16.
*Jamaica Gleaner Recap: “Calabar, Edwin Blow Away Rivals Again”

News From Oregon

• Recommended Read: Register-Guard: 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist Nijel Amos Is On The Fast Track With OTC Elite Amos had a rough 2015 and 2016, but now Mark Rowland at OTC has got him back in the right direction. He says he’s feeling good and is even talking about a WR attempt this summer.
• Ken Goe: “Passion Flares Over Size, Scope And Secrecy Of Hayward Field Renovation Plan” The renovations that were supposed to begin in 2016 are expected to begin this summer, but with no plans having been made public, many are nervous about what the new stadium will be like. Goe writes, “They worry about Hayward’s atmosphere disappearing, swallowed up by a glitzy stadium with thousands of empty seats.”
• Andrew Wheating Is Now On Portland Track’s Board Of Directors Portland Track puts on the Portland Track Festival and Stumptown Twilight meets. Wheating is also involved with a comical track YouTube channel called, “Tracklandia.”
• University Of Portland Getting A Brand New 8-Lane Track In 2019

Usain Bolt Had His Soccer Tryout

• Usain Bolt Pleases 1,400-Strong Crowd That Showed Up To Watch His Dortmund Soccer Tryout In Germany Bolt apparently made a couple of errors, but made up for it with a “terrific header into the corner of the net.”
• Usain Bolt Says Soccer Tryout (With A Team Also Sponsored By Puma) Isn’t Just A Publicity Stunt: “I really want to try and make it professionally, to play at a high level.” Bolt gave himself a “seven out of ten” for his tryout and admitted he has to work on some things, including his fitness. He’d like the team to sign him, but “wouldn’t want to play in a lesser league” for their reserve team.

Bolt’s Soccer Dream Becomes Reality?

• Usain Bolt Has His Soccer Tryout With German Club Dortmund On Friday It’s been debatable if Bolt was serious about this, but if he’s flying to Germany he must be, right? The tryout will be open to the public.
• Instagram Video: Watch Usain Bolt Swap Track For Soccer As He Prepares For Charity Soccer Game Against Mo Farah We’re not going to lie, we’d like to have seen less of him stretching/drinking Gatorade and more of him actually playing soccer. He does score a goal, though.

African Distance News

• Can He Still Be Relevant? Marathon World Record Holder Dennis Kimetto Will Line Up For The Vienna City Marathon On April 22 Kimetto hasn’t finished a marathon since London 2016, where he was 9th in 2:11:44, but says he wants to break the Vienna CR of 2:05:41.
• Reuters Headline Says Dennis Kimetto “Snubs London For Vienna” More likely London didn’t want to pay a big appearance fee to someone who DNFs most of his races since 2015.
• Bedan Karoki Now Focused On Preparing For The London Marathon After Withdrawing From The World Half Champs With A Hamstring Injury
• After Winning African XC Champs, Celliphine Chespol Targets A Commonwealth Games Title The world junior steeple champ wants to win a senior title to go along with it.
• Joyciline Jepkosgei’s 64:52 World Half Marathon Record Ratified By The IAAF