– Two-time Olympic hurdles medalist Terrence Trammell talking highly about Sydney McLaughlin‘s potential both on and off the track.
It’s Official:Rupp Vs. Farah In 2018 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon With Pacers! link fixed We’ll find out how friendly the ex-training partners are on the streets of Chicago.
From The Archives:5/28 Galen Rupp and Mo Farah: It’s more than you think!
*5/28 Okay so Mo actually does join Galen in Chicago, who wins?
Ken Goe:Preliminary Work Begins On Demolition Of East Grandstand At University Of Oregon’s “Historic” Hayward Field Opponents say demolition is in violation of state law, UofO says everything is fine.
LRC East Grandstand Supporters Issue Statement Saying Demolition Of Hayward Field Is Illegal Violation Of State Law “Noncompliance with ORS 358.653 constitutes a violation of state law, and so it is our opinion today’s work violates and invalidates the demolition permit issued by the City of Eugene for the Hayward Field Renovation Project. The City permit office has been informed of our grave concern about the willful destruction of publicly owned historic property.”
*MB: Historic Hayward Field may soon be a thing of the past – Demolition of East Grandstands may have already begun
LRC Stockholm Recap: Young Stars Duplantis & Echevarria Get First DL Wins, Echevarria 8.83!!!!!, Women’s 1,500 Goes Out In Sub-60 This meet was surprisingly entertaining with world leads in 5,000, 100H, 1,000 and discus. Jenny Simpson 4th in the 1,500.
WTW:NCAA Upsets, Katelyn Tuohy Vs. Mary Cain, Battle Of Sexes In Connecticut, LRC Singlet Gets First National Title Plus Leo Manzano went sub-4 and Georgia almost swept the NCAA titles after being 8th and 5th at the SEC meet.
Discuss: The LetsRun curse has been lifted – Leo Manzano has broken sub 4. What athlete should we name the LRC passwords after now??
Bill introduced in Congress to make doping in worldwide events a crime The House action would call for prison terms of up to 10 years and fines of up to $1 million for knowingly making, distributing or using performance-enhancing drugs in global competitions an is named after Grigory Rodchenkov.
*Alan Abrahamson is opposed to it, calls it “dumb and counter-productive” and says “Congress does some really dumb stuff”
2018 World Youth Silver Medalist Edward Zakayo (13:24 PR, Also 2018 CG Bronze) Vows He’ll Get Revenge On Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega At World Juniors Later This Summer We don’t think so. Barega won World Youths last year and will be at World Juniors this summer.
Memo Says Max Siegel Promised 2021 USATF Champs To Mt. SAC AFTER Pulling Out Of 2020 Trials Great reporting by Ken Stone. Meanwhile we’re one lawsuit away from Eugene not being ready for 2020 Trials.
Full Contract Between Mt. SAC And USATF For Hosting Olympic Trials Released Want to host the Trials? Come up with $3 million + all the expenses for the Trials.
Clayton Murphy Outkicks Drew Hunter In Portland Track Festival 1,500m Murphy ran 3:40.25 to Hunter’s 3:41.05. Eric Jenkins took the 5,000 in 13:21 and Drew Windle the 800 in 1:47.50 over Craig Engels (1:47.96) with Matthew Centrowitz in 6th. On the women’s side, Stephanie Brown ran 4:06.71 to win the 1,500 over Emily Lipari, Dani Jones and Alexa Efraimson. Marielle Hall won the 5,000 in 15:16.
Discuss:Clayton Murphy Takes Down Drew Hunter, Windle > Centro @8, Jenkins (13:21), Marielle Hall (15:16) Win
Greg Rutherford Will Retire At The End Of The Year As Injuries Have Taken Their Toll: “I just don’t want to be in pain every day of my life.” His athletic career isn’t over as he’s hoping to become a pro cyclist. No joke.
*Greg Rutherford: London 2012 Long Jump Champion To Try Track Cycling After Track Retirement
*RR Tribute: Greg Rutherford Ends AGlorious Career As He Competed, Squeezing Every Last Drop From His Crumbling Body “In any other era, Greg Rutherford probably wouldn’t have been an Olympic champion. His winning mark of 8.31m in London would not have won gold in any other Games since Tokyo 1964, or set a world lead in any of the past 40 years. Had rivals Dwight Phillips and Irving Saladino been fit then it might not have been enough in 2012, either. But Rutherford possessed a determination which transformed him from a talented long jumper into a multiple champion.”
2018 Chorzow, Poland Diary: Brittney Reese Ends 2018 Season, Now Focus Is On Preparing For 2019 We are very confused by this. Who needs 10 months to get ready for 2019? *Discuss
RRW 2018 Comrades Recap: Bongmusa Mthembu Repeated, Ann Ashworth Pulled Off Upset In Women’s Race Ashworth, a 2:48 marathoner, was a surprise winner in the women’s race but the men’s race went according to form as Mthembu became the first guy to repeat since Stephen Muzhingi did in 2010-11.
*Amputee Runner Completes Comrades Marathon On His Crutches A wound prevented Xotani Luvuno from using his prosthetic, so he did it on crutches instead, completing the the 56-mile ultra in 15 hours, 50 minutes.
*MB: Comrades Marathon (Ultra Pace)
MB:It’s Official: Eliud Kipchoge To Go For It Again At 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon He’ll be joined by Wilson Kipsang and Zersenay Tadese.
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