Archived Homepage For April 20, 2018
Archived Homepage For April 20, 2018

Screenshot 2018-04-21 at 01.29.30LRC New Mexico’s Josh Kerr Runs 3:35.01 to Break NCAA 1500m Record As impressive as Josh’s run was, Jim Ryun ran 3:33.1 as a collegiate sophomore 51 years ago but it wasn’t during the collegiate season.
Discuss: *Josh Kerr breaks NCAA record 3:35.01!! @Clay Invite
*Why Isn’t Jim Ryun’s 3:33.1 in 1967 the American Collegiate Record?

College News: Texas Will Host NCAAs In 2019 & 2020

Can The World Record Holder Be Relevant Again?

Sunday:World Record Holder Dennis Kimetto Ready For A Comeback At The Vienna City Marathon Kimetto has only finished two marathons in the last three years, but says he’s finally figured out his injury issues and says he thinks 2:07 or 2:08 would be a good run for him.

Eliud Kipchoge Talks To LRC (Bekele Here, More London Video Here)

More Distance Stuff

The Boston Marathon *Top 100 Results*Tracking *TV / Streaming

LRC  Des Linden Wins The 2018 Boston Marathon, Ends The American Women’s 33-Year Winless Streak An American woman hadn’t won the Boston Marathon in the professional era but that all changed on Monday. Shalane Flanagan was 5th (2:46:31) and Molly Huddle 13th (2:50:11).

kawauchi-more-2LRC  The People’s Marathoner Yuki Kawauchi Wins The 2018 Boston Marathon It’s fitting that the guy who just races because he loves it and signed up for a January 1 marathon in 1 degree temps defeated all the big name pros and the elements to win Boston 2018.

*NY Times: Desi Linden And Yuki Kawauchi Pull Off Upsets In Rainy Boston
*Boston Globe: About 2,300 Boston Marathon Runners Received Medical Treatment

Pre-Race Boston News

JK Nailed It Yet Again LRC The Boston Marathon Weather Is Going To Be Horrific – Don’t Be Surprised If You See The Slowest Winning Time In 30 Years John Kellogg has analyzed the forecast and predicts a slow day. “I’m thinking it might be a 2:14-15 race and that’s assuming someone wants to run a pretty honest pace.”
*MB: John Kellogg is proven to be a genius yet again. He called it – 2:14-15 if the men ran hard from the gun

hasay-bostonLRC Jordan Hasay Withdraws From 2018 Boston Marathon After MRI Reveals Stress Reaction On Friday, Hasay said her she hadn’t missed any workouts since withdrawing from the World Half Marathon Championships on March 24 but her team wanted an MRI today to make sure she was OK.
*MB:
 Jordan Hasay officially OUT of 2018 Boston Marathon 

Screenshot 2018-04-14 at 12.09.00LRC Listen On Demand: Three Days Of Toni Reavis Runner’s Digest Show From Boston Featuring The LetsRun.com Crew Over the last three days, we’ve broken down the 2018 Boston Marathon in great detail live from Tracksmith’s Trackhouse on Newbury St. If you missed the shows, catch up now. Guests included Shalane Flanagan‘s mom, Ben Rosario, Scott DouglasBrendan Reilly, Bob Hodge and more.

Commonwealth Games Day 6

Listen About London/Play In Our Contest

Bekele-KipchgeLRC LetsRun.com London Marathon Preview Podcast -Who Wins? Will The WR Fall + The Betting Odds – Listen On Demand link fixed The LRC crew with Jonathan in London broke down the fields.

rw-hires-horizontal-dark-on-whiteLRC LetsRun.com $200,018 Running Warehouse London Marathon Prediction Contest Takes 2 minutes to play. Give us your top 3 and winning time from our picker.

RRW Q&A With Steph Bruce And Ben Rosario Ahead Of Virgin Money London Marathon In addition to talking about her fitness, Bruce talks about being a pro marathoner while also being a mother of two, and talks about Desi’s win in Boston.

Thursday Night

Screenshot 2018-04-19 at 23.35.33Bryan Clay Invite: Evan Jager (13:24) And Marielle Hall (15:39) Start Seasons Off With Wins As DII’s Sydney Gibaduday Beats D1’s Matthew Baxter For Top NCAA Honors Nice run by Gibaduday for top NCAA honors. Acceptable rust buster for Jager in our book, but at least one guy disagrees.
*Discuss Meet *Jager Looked BAD

Outside London Marathon Coverage

Previous London News

Upcoming Track Action

Hosting / Stadium Updates

Unbelievably Dramatic Footage *CG Results

hawkinsLRCCallum Hawkins Collapses From Heat Exhaustion In Commonwealth Games Marathon As Spectators And Officials Stand Idly ByHawkins had a big lead before finally going down in a heap after minutes of struggle where he ran off course and smashed into barriers and even a spectator who pushed him back on course. He is doing okay in a hospital now but did the spectators and medical personnel let Hawkins down? Warning, the video shown may be distressing to some.
*MB:Is Callum Hawkins going to win his first marathon at the CW games?
*MB: WTF Comm Games Marathon Madness 

Where Your Dreams Become Reality Podcast

Screenshot 2018-04-11 at 17.48.44LRC  Tyler Andrews: From 18 Minutes For 5k In High School To 50k World Record? Tyler Andrews couldn’t break 18 minutes for 5k in high school and was a “music nerd.” Friday he’ll attempt to break the 50k world record on the track. How did he get so much better? Our “Dreams Become Reality” podcast attempts to find out.

Week That Was

Screenshot 2018-04-10 at 15.32.09LRC 30 Years Ago, Belayneh Densamo Ran The First Sub-2:07 Marathon, Erick Kiptanui And Joan Melly Are Half Marathon Stars Ridiculous road action, including Betsy Saina getting it done in Paris.

Some More Post-Boston Marathon News

Post-Boston Analysis

Yuki Kawauchi and Des LindenLRC Trying To Make Sense Of The Crazy 2018 Boston Marathon We’ve never seen a Boston like this one and we try to make sense of such a crazy race where 60% of the pros dropped out. One thing we know for certain is Yuki Kawauchi and Des Linden were fitting winners.

New Hayward Field

  • The Oregonian:“University Of Oregon Rolls Out A Space-Age Design For A New Hayward Field” The stadium will cost more than $200 million and have 12,000 to 13,000 permanent seats (Hayward currently has 8,500). Ken Goe writes, “When the project is finished, the stadium will look nothing like the current Hayward Field.” Construction is scheduled to start in June and be finished by April 1, 2020.

Doping News

US Track Action *All NCAA Coverage

Saturday’s Boston News

LRC 2018 BAA 5K: Hagos Gebrhiwet (13:42) & Buze Diriba (15:22) Pull Off Ethiopian Sweep Ben True and Tommy Curtin tried to take advantage of a missed turn by Gebrhiwet but were unable to pull off the victory. Plus Aidan Puffer of Manchester, Connecticut set a new age-13 world record of 15:47.

LRC Drew Hunter (4:08.2) & Nicole Sifuentes (4:37.2) Win 2018 BAA Miles Plus Drew talks about taking classes at CU Boulder.
*MB: Americans go home devastated: Hagos G (13:42) and Buze Diriba (15:22) win 2018 BAA 5k
*MB: Aidan Puffer of Manchester, Connecticut just set a new age-13 world record of 15:47, smashing his own record of 16:11.4

$200,018 Running Warehouse Indoor Prediction Contest Winners

profileLRC The Best Of LetsRun.com: We’re Giving Away 4 Pairs Of Shoes To Needy High Schoolers Thanks To The Winner Of Our Running Warehouse Prediction Contest The winner of our indoor prediction series is giving away his prizes.

2015 CCC ChampionshipLRC Meet The Winners Of Running Warehouse Indoor Prediction Contests – One Guy Has A Chance To Win The NCAA Triple Crown Of Prediction Contests Yes, the winner of our NCAA XC contest also won our NCAA indoor contest. Pretty amazing.