Mark Your Calendars

• USATF Release: Atlanta To Host The 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Atlanta won the bid over Chattanooga, Tenn.; Austin, Texas; and Orlando, Florida.
  *MB: Atlanta to host 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials Start training now. Feb 29, 2020 will be here before you know it as it’s only 678 days away.

More Post London News

• Eliud Kipchoge And Mary Keitany Win World Marathon Major Series Titles And $250,000 Prize Money Kipchoge won his third consecutive WMM title while Keitany tied Tirunesh Dibaba, but was declared the winner since she beat Dibaba in London. 2017.
  *MB: Yuki took 3rd in WMM $25,000 more in prize money for Kawauchi.
• After A Successful Second Attempt, Mo Farah Now Has His Sights Set On Becoming A World Champion In The Marathon Farah says he might run another marathon in the fall and then focus on Doha Worlds.
• Gary Lough Thinks Mo Farah “Can Get To A Similar Level” As Eliud Kipchoge Lough: “I definitely think Mo Farah should be someone who people have got major concerns about.”
• London Organizers Hoping To Secure Mo Farah Again For Next Year’s Race Farah’s agent Ricky Simms: “He has been winning for a number of years. He likes winning. He does not like not winning as much as anyone as I have met, so that determination to keep winning is there.”
• Despite Breaking The Record For The Hottest Race Day, London Had A Record 40,255 Finishers This after 41,003 started the race.
• It Was Officially The Hottest London Marathon Ever With A High Of 73.8F (23.2C)

London On The Message Board

• Official 2018 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread 
• Kipchoge needs to win New York and/or Boston (real marathons) to secure his legacy as the GOAT We guess the poster forgot he crushed everyone at the Olympics.
• Mo Farah – Greatest Range of Any Distance Runner Ever? Farah, who has a 3:28 1,500 PR, ran 2:06:21.
• Does today’s race mark MO FARAH as competitive on the world stage? 
• Can we please stop with the WR attempts at London? We 100% agree. And if they are going to go for the WR, can they at least go at the right pace?
• MO FARAH wants to fight Motorbike guy! 
• Kennenisa Bekele – Interview after the race – No excuses given Bekele was sixth in 2:08:53.
• Bekele is officially TOAST

There’s Always The Crazy At London
LRC Meet The Real Life Forrest Gump: Rob Pope (82nd Place In 2:36) Has Nearly Completed Gump’s Epic Quest Of Five Runs Across America
Discussion: LRC Sleuths- Fellow LetsRun Visitor Rob Pope Has Nearly Completed Forrest Gump’s Five Runs Across America And Wants Scrutiny

LRC 15 Years On, Paula Radcliffe Reflects On Her 2:15:25 Marathon World Record “The longer it’s gone on, obviously, the more attached I’ve become to it. And it’s started feel a little bit like part of the family. But it’s inevitable it’s going to get beaten at some point.”
*MB: Paula Radcliffe’s WR could go down this weekend, what questions would you like us to ask her this weekend?

Full London Coverage In Our Virgin Money London Marathon Special Section

Weekend Track Action *All NCAA Results

LRC New Mexico’s Josh Kerr Runs 3:35.01 To Break NCAA 1,500m 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. In our minds, anything achieved before you go pro or up through the NCAAs of your senior year is the real collegiate record.
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?

• Grenada Invitational: Justin Gatlin Runs 10.05 To Win 100m Over Isiah Young (10.11) And Mike Rodgers (10.17); Tori Bowie Wins 200m In 22.75 Other winners included LaShawn Merritt (200 – 20.57), Hannah Cunliffe (100m – 11.42), Shamier Little (400 – 51.45) and Kori Carter (100H – 12.79).
• Mt. SAC Relays: USC’s Twanisha Terry Runs Fourth Fastest Under-20 100m In History With 10.99 At Mt. SAC Recent world indoor record setter Michael Norman won the 400 in a PB of 44.53 while World U20 silver medalist Lynna Irby won the women’s race in 50.95. Other winners included Brianna Rollins in the 100H (12.43), Fred Kerley in the 200 (20.48), Olympic champ Dalilah Muhammad in the 400H (55.25), Jeff Demps in the 100 (10.08).
  *Results Georgia’s Jessica Drop won the 5,000 in 15:38 while Japan’s Yuki Fukuda took the 1,500 in 4:16.64 over Charlene Lipsey (4:16.76).
• World Champions Justin Gatlin And Tori Bowie Headline At Saturday’s Grenada Invitational
• Thursday @ Bryan Clay: 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 Pre-Race London Coverage

• A Must Read: At 43 Years Old, Irish Marathon Champion Gary O’Hanlon Is Running Faster Than Ever And Looking For A Sub-2:18 In London O’Hanlon was a promising young runner, but was hit by a car when he was 17, leaving him with multiple surgeries and unable to compete until he was in his 30s. Even then he says he “might have run twice a week and hit the pub five nights a week.” It wasn’t until he lost his job as an electronic engineer that he really committed to running.
• Paula Radcliffe Thinks Mary Keitany Is “Capable” Of Breaking Her World Record Radcliffe admitted she didn’t want to see her record broken. “Did I think it would stand this long? Probably not. Do I want it to be beaten? No, but I can’t do anything about it. I can’t go out and reclaim it now.”
• Eliud Kipchoge Refers To Himself As The “Human World Record” Holder Was Dennis Kimetto not human when he ran his 2:02:57?
• GB’s Callum Hawkins Will Be The Official Starter At The Mini London Marathon On Sunday The “mini” marathon is a series of races for kids 17 and younger over the last three miles of the marathon course.
• List Of Celebrities Running The London Marathon Probably only relevant if you’re British.
• Couple Running The London Marathon Together After Getting Married That Morning
• London Marathon Runners Advised To Not Run In Costumes Or “Fancy Dress” Due To The Record Heat Predicted For Sunday
• 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.

Previous London News

• Former Two-Time World Champ Abel Kirui Warns His London Marathon Rivals Kirui says he thinks he can win the race. “Having trained with Kipchoge, I know his strengths and weaknesses but we will run together in the first pack up to the 35km mark. From there, it will be everybody for himself.”
• Geoffrey Kamworor Thinks Eliud Kipchoge Will Break The World Record In London His official prediction is at least 2:02:46.
• British Man Running London As Part Of His Quest To Run 1,000 Marathons With The Fastest Average Finishing Time (Sub 3:30) So far Steve Edwards has run 819 marathons all sub-3:20.
• Weather Forecast: Sunday’s London Marathon Could Be The Hottest On Record The record temperature was recorded in 1996 and 2007 at 72F.
• Women’s Running Pioneer Kathrine Switzer To Be The Official Starter For The London Marathon Women’s Race
• Eliud Kipchoge Will Run London In Custom Made 3D Printed Shoes She shoes have textile uppers printed specifically to the shape of his foot and accounting for both the specifics of his running stride and his personal preferences.
• RRW: Will Male Pacers Help Women Break World Record At London Marathon? This will be the first time since Paula Radcliffe set her 2:15:25 WR in 2003 that London has used male pacers for the women’s race.

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