October 9, 2018 | LetsRun.com

Week That Was

LRC Marathon Racing Tips via Mo Farah, Sara Hall is Back Beating Molly Huddle, Katelyn Tuohy Amazes Again Tuohy crushed another famous course record by over a minute. Plus meet Craig Engels’ look alike.

Emily Sisson Gets Solid Win On Columbus Day

Emily Sisson Beats Out Buze Diriba To Win The Reebok Boston 10k For Women (Formerly “Tufts Health Plan 10k”) Sisson ran 30:39 to Diriba’s 31:12, but the course was about 300m short of 10k. Meanwhile in the Netherlands, Davis Kiplagat (27:24) and Eva Cherono (31:17) ran PRs to win the Singelloop 10k.
*MB: Did Emily Sisson just run an AR for the ROAD 10k?

Chicago Women

RRW/LRC Brigid Kosgei Wins 2018 Chicago Marathon In 2:18:35, Becomes 9th Woman To Break 2:19:00 As No Americans Break 2:30 Sarah Crouch took top American honors in 6th in 2:32:37 as Gwen Jorgensen (2:36:23) and Laura Thweatt (DNF) struggled.

LRC Gwen Jorgensen Second Guessing Her Decision To Quit The Triathlon After Chicago Marathon Jorgensen did have a fever this week.

MB: Gwen Jorgensen 2:36:23 – where does she go from here?
MB: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt — Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?
Video Interview: Alexi Pappas Runs 2:43 For 14th Place In Her Marathon Debut
USATF: Four American Women Finish Top 10 In Chicago After Sarah Crouch (6th), it was Taylor Ward (7th), Gwen Jorgensen (9th) and Katie Matthews (10th).

XC News: The Katelyn Tuohy Show Roars On

MB: Katelyn Tuohy just ran 16:21 at Holmdel Park – Smashed CR by 63 seconds – Is this the greatest women’s HS xc performance ever? To put it in perspective for you, a 9:11 3,200-meter boy ran 16:18 and a 4:08 miler ran 16:14. Tullyrunners is rating it 1.3 speed ratings points higher (about 4 seconds) better than her run from a few weeks ago.
*MileSplit: Katelyn Tuohy Shatters NJ’s Holmdel Course Record With 16:21 The previous record was 17:27 set in 2011 by Megan Venables. Amazingly, Tuohy would have finished 17th in the boys merged results.
NAU And BYU Men Stay 1-2 In Last Week’s NCAA DI Rankings Wisconsin jumped from 9th to 3rd. *Men’s Regional Rankings
Colorado Women Move To #1 In Last NCAA Coaches’ Poll Boise State moved from 5th to 2nd with New Mexico dropping from 1 to 3. *Regional Rankings
Last Week: Wisconsin Gets Double Athlete Of The Week From Morgan McDonald And Alicia Monson They each took the individual wins at the Nuttycombe Invy.

Speaking Of Marathons: Non-Chicago News

Kipchoge Says The Fact That He’s The WR Holder Is Finally Setting In And It’s No Longer Feeling Like A Dream He’s got proof of the WR as Isuzu lived up to their promise and gave him a new car.
The King Is Back: David Rudisha Resumes Training Rudisha has been out all of 2018 and most of 2017 with injury, but says he’s back in training and feeling good. He talks of Tokyo 2020 and assures fans retirement isn’t on the table yet.
Podcast Interview With Des Linden: “I would love to do something with finesse one of these days, but I guess I’m all grit.” Linden left Hansons-Brooks earlier this year and reveals that Michigan State’s Walt Drenth is now coaching her.
*MB: Des Linden working with Walt Drenth

More Chicago

LRC As They Prepare To Face Off At The Chicago Marathon, A Look At The History Of Former Training Partners Mo Farah & Galen Rupp Six years ago, they were training partners, the best of buds and on top of the world after going 1-2 in the 10k at the Olympics. Now they are rivals, and this Sunday in Chicago, Mo Farah and Galen Rupp will square off for the first time at the 26.2-mile distance.

LRC 5 Questions With Olympic Champ Gwen Jorgensen Before The Chicago Marathon Gwen Jorgensen is still focused on Olympic gold in 2020.

NBC: Galen Rupp Ponders American Record, Finally Beating Mo Farah At Chicago Marathon Rupp knows the only time he’s beaten Farah was when Farah fell in a track race but isn’t deterred. “I’ve got no excuses … I’m certainly more suited for the longer distances.”
Runners World Pre-Chicago Interview With Galen Rupp Some interesting tidbits from Rupp, who says he’s done long runs “well over 26” miles and that he naps “basically every day for several hours.”
*MB: Galen Rupp tells RW that he does 20+ mile long runs on treadmills or on a 300m grass loop
ESPN: Dickson Chumba Undaunted By Strong Chicago Marathon Field The Tokyo and 2015 Chicago champ says he doesn’t fear anyone, “not even the likes of Mo Farah.” His coach thinks Chumba (2:04:32 PR) is in the best shape of his life.
IAAF Preview: Past Winners Take On Global Champions And Rising Talents
MB: What’s a successful run for Gwen Jorgensen on Sunday in Chicago?
MB: Who you got in Chicago: Farah or Rupp?
MB: Forget Farah and Rupp, Geoffrey Kirui should be the favorite to win at Chicago.

Women’s Distance News

Q&A With Alexi Pappas Ahead Of Her Marathon Debut In Chicago She didn’t give a time goal, but said she definitely has the Greek 2:33:40 national record in mind.
MB: Hana Hall (Ryan’s and Sara’s) daughter just ran 17:37
Podcast Q&A With Colleen Quigley Carrie Tollefson interviews Quigley on what she’s doing during her post-season running break, the Bowerman Track Club and being DQed from Worlds last year.
Women Will Run The Same Distance As Men At The British World XC Trials Obviously following the new standard set by the IAAF moving to 10k for both races.
Katelyn Tuohy Is USATF Athlete Of The Week After Running The Fastest XC 5k (16:09) In High School History

Will Bolt’s Soccer Dream Become Reality?

Usain Bolt Has Until January To Prove Himself As A Soccer Player His Australian coach says they will wait until then to assess his progress and whether or not he might earn a contract.
Usain Bolt To Play Next Pre-Season Game On October 12th He played 20 minutes in his first game in August and according to some, “tired out rather quickly.”

The 2018 TCS New York City Marathon Is Less Than 4 Weeks Away

Flanagan ended the U.S. women's drought in NYC; can she do the same in Boston? LRC 26 Days Until the 2018 NYC Marathon: Shalane Flanagan Says She “Couldn’t Ask For Better” Fitness & Offers Advice to Gwen Jorgensen, Des Linden Talks Coaching Change As for Jorgensen, Flanagan says “we just have to be realistic with the timeframe we’re under and what she’s capable of.”

Sprint Stuff

NCAA Champion Gabby Thomas Signs Pro Contract With New Balance Thomas has decided to pass on her final year of eligibility at Harvard, but will stay to finish her degree and continue to work with her coach.
*MB: Gabby Thomas goes pro – signs with NB for reported $200k per year
Usain Bolt Was Left On The Bench During His Soccer Game On Friday Bolt got no play time in the preseason game as his team won 3-1.
Polish Sprinter Justyna Swiety-Ersetic Talks About The High Moment Of Her Career When She Won Double Gold In The 400 And 4 X 400 At This Summer’s Euro Champs The two gold medals game in the span of 90 minutes.

Non-Chicago Road Results

USATF Recap: Sara Hall Beats Molly Huddle By One Second To Win USATF 10 Mile Champs Shadrack Kipchirchir beat out Leonard Korir by 3 seconds to win the men’s race in 46:32. *Top 10 Results
*MB: Sarah Hall BEAT Molly Huddle Today
IAAF Weekend Road Round-Up: World U20 XC Champ Jacob Kiplimo Beats Out World 5,000 Champ Muktar Edris To Win Giro Al Sas 10k Kiplimo ran 28:17 to Edris’ 28:31. Elsewhere, Kenyans Raymond Choge (2:08:11) and Milliam Ebongon (2:27:16) won the Kosice Peace Marathon in Slovakia, the oldest marathon in Europe.
Aussie Jack Rayner Wins Inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships In 61:01 GB’s Dewi Griffiths was 9th in 62:54 while Uganda’s Juliet Chekwel won the women’s race in 69:45.
*Sad News: Two Runners Die After The Cardiff Half The two, only aged 25 and 32, went into cardiac arrest after crossing the finish line.
Kenya’s Elisha Barno (2:11:58) And Ethiopia’s Sinke Biyadgilgn (2:33:04) Win Twin Cities Marathon
Alina Reh Wins Cologne Half Marathon In A New German Under-23 Record of 69:31 Germany’s Karol Grunenberg ran 65:20 to win the men’s race
Norway’s Johan Bugge And Kenya’s Lucy Wambui Murigi Win WMRA World Cup Mountain Race In Slovenia

Chicago Previews

Full Men’s Preview LRC Rupp Vs. Farah, But Is Geoffrey Kirui Better Than Both Of Them? Plus Augustine Choge’s Incredible Range & The Search For The Next American Sub-2:10 Chicago has it all this year. A defending champ from the US for the 1st time in 15 years, American, British and Japanese record attempts, and much more. We are so excited about this one we’ve written nearly 4,000 words about it.

Mo Farah Wants To Make People Fear Him At The Marathon “I haven’t done anything to scare them yet. I haven’t gone out in a marathon and controlled a race, playing around with it.”
Mo Farah Says He Was Attacked By A Dog During His Chicago Buildup In Switzerland “I was thinking the owner was going to stop them. But he let one of them go and then chomp – I had to get injections and there was blood.”

Full Women’s Preview: LRC Three Sub-2:20 Women Do Battle + How Will Gwen Jorgensen Fare In Her First Serious Marathon? Jordan Hasay and Amy Cragg will be missed but three sub-2:20 women including the 2018 Dubai and Tokyo champs are racing as are Laura Thweatt and Gwen Jorgensen.

Oregon Distance News

All Webb Joins Portland State Coaching Staff As A Volunteer Assistant Webb previously volunteered at PSU in 2013. Colleen Quigley is also a volunteer assistant with the program. *PSU Statement
*MB: ALAN WEBB TO PORTLAND STATE
*Previously: Alan Webb Wants To Start A New Career As A College Track Coach Webb currently coaches runners online (including helping Olympian Anthony Famiglietti run sub-4 as a master), but now is looking for a full-time college position.
Register-Guard: House Sale Marks The End Of An Era For “Eugene’s First Family Of Running” The home of Bill and Marcia McChesney is having an estate sale today at 1PM ET with years of running memorabilia available to buy.

Weekend Road News

Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist Mare Dibaba Wins Great Scottish Run Half Marathon In 69:15 GB’s Chris Thompson won the men’s race in 62:07.
Josef Tessema (4:01.89) And Heather Kampf (4:40.77) Win The Navy Mile In Washington DC Tessema beat out Kirubel Erassa as Nick Willis was back in 6th. Kampf won over Kellyn Taylor. This was the final race in the BBTM series with Daniel Herrera and Emily Lipari coming out the overall winners. *Results
Two-Time Olympian Beverly Ramos Of Puerto Rico Wins 2018 New Balance Bronx 10 Mile In 55:15, Setting A New Event Record Uganda’s Harbert Okuti won the men’s race in 48:35.
IAAF: Kenya’s Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu And Austria’s Andrea Mayr Win German Mountain Race
Gideon Kipsang Retains His Title At The Bangor Classic 10k After Photo Finish With Commonwealth Games 4th Placer Kevin Seaward
Kenyans David Metto (2:12:44) And Beatrice Cherop (2:35:22) Win Warsaw Marathon

Non-Pro Running News

Boston Marathon Announces That 2020 Qualifying Times Will Be 5 Minutes Faster For Every Age Group This after you had to be 4:52 faster than your qualifying time to make the 2019 race.
*MB: The mens 18-35 time now with a 15 min buffer is the womens OTQ standard, lol. A womens 18-35 – 15 is a 3:15. Let that sink.
RW: Runners React With Happiness, Disappointment And Anger At Boston 2019 Cutoff And New 2020 Qualifying Times
UK Half Marathon Joins Trend Of Road Races Forgoing Disposable Bottles And Single-Use Cups Instead of a small plastic cup, runners get their water from a edible pod with liquid inside.

The 2018 BOA Chicago Marathon Radio, TV & Streaming Tracking & Results

MB: Official 2018 Chicago Marathon Discussion Thread

LRC Final MO FARAH WINS CHICAGO IN 2:05:11, Rupp 5th, Osako Breaks Japanese Record Galen Rupp was 5th in 2:06:21.

LRC Suguru Osako Breaks Japanese Record In Marathon, Gets 100 Million Yen ($879,000) Payday, And Beats Galen Rupp Yuta Shitara‘s 2:06:11 national record lasted less than a year as Osako today became the second non-African born runner to break 2:06:00 on a record-eligible course.

Actor/Comedian Kevin Hart Finishes His Second Marathon At Chicago Hart ran 4:13 and was greeted by Mo Farah at the finish line.
The Telegraph: Mo Farah Claims First Marathon Win In Chicago, Setting European Record Time
*The Telegraph Pre-Race: “A Story Of Friends Turned Foes As Mo Farah And Galen Rupp Go Head-To-Head”
Video Interview With Aaron Braun After 14th Place 2:13 (3rd American) Finish In Chicago
The Guardian: Mo Farah Wins First Marathon Title With Dramatic Victory In Chicago
Chicago On The Boards: Sir MF Mo Farah The Champ
RUPP GOES HOME DEVASTATED!!!!!
What now for GALEN?
YUKI KAWAUCHI goes home DEVASTATED

Previous: LRC A Look At The History Of Former Training Partners Mo Farah & Galen Rupp

Women’s Distance News

Shannon Rowbury Joins Coaching Staff At University Of San Francisco As A Volunteer Assistant Rowbury plans to continue to train and compete as a pro while working as a coach.
October 21: Tirunesh Dibaba Added To Field For The Delhi Half Marathon She’ll face Ethiopian national record holder Ababel Yeshaneh (65:46) while multi-time international medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet is making his half marathon debut in the men’s race.
IAAF Inside Athletics: Ato Boldon Interviews Paula Radcliffe Talking about her marathon WR, Radcliffe says when she set it she genuinely thought she could come back and beat it, but it never happened.
Carrie Tollefson Does Podcast Interview With Gwen Jorgensen This is from before Chicago. She talks about her training and her YouTube channel.

Non-Chicago Road News

Scotland’s Steph Twell Delayed Her Honeymoon To Race The Commonwealth Half Champs She said that she “didn’t want to miss the chance to represent Scotland.”
October 21: Tsegaye Mekonnen (2:04:32) Added To Toronto Waterfront Marathon Field Mekonenen has the fastest U20 time in history as he ran that 2:04:32 in his debut four years ago and says he’s in 2:05-2:06 shape. Mimi Belete (2:26:06) has been added to the women’s race.
October 28: Wilson Chebet (2:05:27 PR) And Betsy Saina Added To Fields For The Frankfurt Marathon Chebet is the fastest in a field of twelve sub-2:10 men while 2015 world champ Mare Dibaba (2:19:52) leads the women’s race.
IAAF Introduce New Regulations For Their Road Races And A New “Platinum Label” Standard Platinum will be higher than the previous top “Gold” standard. Races that want to achieve a certain level must have a minimum of six men and six women from the IAAF pool of athletes who meet that level for that distance.

Week That Was

LRC WTW: NAU Is Really Good, Colorado’s Not Bad Either, And What’s Up With Almaz Ayana, Tori Bowie, Justin Gatlin And More We span the globe in the running world.

NCAA XC Action Top 10 NCAA XC Countdown Live Wisco Results Roy Griak Results Paul Short Results *All NCAA XC Results

LRC 2018 Wisconsin Invite: NAU Men Send Message, Colorado Women Surprise, Wisconsin’s Morgan McDonald & Alicia Monson Sweep Individual Titles The men’s race went according to form as the NAU men DOMINATED and Morgan McDonald was fantastic while the women’s race was full of surprises both in the team and individual race. All together, there were 34 ranked teams at this meet.
*MB: OFFICIAL 2018 NUTTYCOMBE WISCO INVITATIONAL DISCUSSION THREAD

USTFCCCA Weekend Recap: Roy Griak, Paul Short, Louisville And Stanford At Griak, the Duke men beat out Minnesota by 3 points as Harvard’s Kieran Tuntivate won individually. Minnesota dominated the women’s race, led by a 1-2 from twin sisters Bethany and Megan Hasz.

Team LRC Alabama’s Gamble: Can The Crimson Tide Win The NCAA Cross-Country Title With Five Kenyans – And Not Much Else? If Alabama wins it all this year in XC, they will be the first balanced program to win an NCAA men’s XC title in 10 years. Last year, the Crimson Tide quietly won the John McDonnell Program of the Year award, which goes to the school with the best combined finish across cross-country, indoor, and outdoor track & field.
*MB: Bama Track/XC coach: “It’s hard to get American kids on the phone and be a good dad”

Individual LRC All Grown Up: “This Is A Different Grant Fisher Than We’ve Ever Seen Before” Grant Fisher is entering his senior cross-country season and Stanford coach Chris Miltenberg is worried … for the competition. “I’m maybe worried for everybody else out there because this is a different Grant Fisher than we’ve ever seen before.”