October 13, 2018 | LetsRun.com

XC News: Pre-Nats Is Saturday *Live Results

LRC 2018 Pre-Nats: BYU (29 Points) & NAU Men (41 Points) Go Super Low; Grant Fisher Earns Narrow Win In 2018 XC Debut The teams were divided into two roughly even races as Arkansas (51 points) & New Mexico (67 points) claimed the women’s team races. Fisher (23:48), Rory Linkletter (23:54), Weini Kelati (19:33), and Jessica Hull (20:03) earned individual titles.

Grant Fisher: “I went way too early. I was really fortunate to come away with it.”
Q&A With Maurica Powell On Her First Season At Washington On getting the job, Powell said, “I was absolutely not trying to leave Oregon. Andy and I had really never tried to leave, we’d been there for 13 years and would have stayed probably forever. But we got a call …”
USTFCCCA: Putting NAU’s Lengthy Reign Into Perspective In the last 20 years, NAU is one of only four teams that have topped the NCAA DI coaches’ poll for more than 15 consecutive weeks.
Do You Want To Race World XC? IAAF: Six Months To Go Until World XC Championships In Aarhus, Denmark The event has open entry into the championship race so recreational runners can “measure yourself against the top runners from nations all over the world.”
Saturday: Manhattan High School XC Invitational Free Broadcast @ 9 AM ET
*Meet Preview *Schedule
MileSplit: Athletes And Coaches Find Relief In Return To XC After Dealing With The Floods From Hurricane Florence Wreaked Havoc On Their Town And Homes
December 9: Two Months To Go Until European XC Championships In The Netherlands

Ultra Running News

Zack Ornelas And Keely Henninger Win 2018 USATF 50 Mile Road National Championships Ornelas won in 5:55:13 (7:06 pace) and Henninger was first female, but also second overall in 6:37:14 (7:57 pace).
MB: 49 days after he started Phil McCarthy completes his Run Across America (3rd fastest) – I ran with him today AMA

Goals For Bolt

Usain Bolt Scores His First Soccer Goals As A Pro Soccer Player Bolt had two goals in in the Central Coast Mariners 4-0 victory (includes video).
*The Guardian Article Bolt: “I’m proud of myself. Scoring a goal in your first proper match is a big deal. It was a good feeling.”
Bolt Pre-Game: “This will determine … (what) the club want to do with my career, so it’s a very important game.”

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.

Book Review: LRC Varsity Seven Shares Some Cool Gerry Lindgren Stories, But Is Far Too Long For Even The Die-Hard Running Fan If you want to learn about Gerry Lindgren and Spokane, WA – the Rift Valley of American Distance Running – then this book is for you.

Who Doesn’t Want Their Own Statue?

“Black Power” Australian Sprinter Peter Norman Getting A “Seriously Overdue” Statue Norman is the white Aussie sprinter who stood with Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their “Black Power” salute during the 1968 Games. October 9th (the day of Norman’s funeral in 2006) will also be recognized as “Peter Norman Day” in Australia. *2nd Article
Statue In Jamaica For Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce To Be Unveiled On October 14th Her statue will be added to the one of Usain Bolt with more for Veronica Campbell-Brown and Asafa Powell still to come.

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

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.

Road / Marathon News

IAAF Weekend Road Preview: WR Holder Zersenay Tadese And World Marathon Champ Rose Chelimo Headline At The Lisbon Half Marathon Tadese faces Japhet Korir (60:09 PR) as well as several others who have run around the 1-hour mark. Chelimo is up against the European 10,000 champ, Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (1:08:59).
*Ten Sub-2:09 Men Lead Lisbon Marathon Field Ethiopian Guteni Shone (2:23:32) has the best PR in the women’s race.

The Oregonian: Nike Signs Oregon Runner Justin Gallegos As Their First Athlete With Cerebral Palsy Gallegos is a junior club runner who is trying to break 2 hours in the half marathon.
Mo Farah Thinks He’s Capable Of Running 2:04 Low Or 2:03 High “What I’ve learned [in Chicago] is I’m definitely better off going slower and finishing fast towards the end of the race. That definitely suits me a little better. It just depends how much slower I need to go the first half.”
October 21: MB: New Bekele Video!!! The pre-Amsterdam Marathon video has Bekele talking with training footage in the background.
November 11: Former Boston Champ Wesley Korir Faces Ethiopia’s Bazu Worku (2:05:25) At the Beirut Marathon

2018 Youth Olympic Games In Buenos Aires Schedule / Live Results Watch Live On The Olympic Channel

IAAF Youth Olympic Games Day 2 Recap Ethiopia’s Abrham Sime took the men’s 2,000 steeplecahse in 5:34.94 while Kenya’s Fancy Cherono won the women’s race in 6:28.08. Argentina’s Nazareno Sasia highlighted non-distance action with a 21.58m victory in the shot put.
IAAF Youth Olympic Games Day 1 Recap Uganda got double wins in the 3,000s from Oscar Chelimo (8:08.20) and Sarah Chalangat (9:11.63) to highlight the distance action.
A Rundown Of The Top US Athletes Competing At The 2018 Youth Olympic Games In Buenos Aires
Entries For 2018 Youth Olympics Games There are some cool innovations this year including an XC race for athletes from the 1,500, 3,000 and steeple as well as a mixed 8 x 100m relay.
MB: 144,000 Condoms For 4000 Under-18 Athletes In Youth Olympic Village

Next Week Marks 50 Years Since 1968 Olympic “Black Power” Salute

Reuters: Puma Commemorates “Black Power” Salute In US Market Push Puma is trying to replicate the sales jump Nike saw with sponsoring Colin Kaepernick.
Tommie Smith Says Colin Kaepernick’s NFL Protest Made Him Cry Smith told BBC Sport he took “glorious pride” from the gesture.
BBC Video Interview With Tommie Smith 50 Years Since His Black Power Salute
Colin Kaepernick Receives W.E.B. Du Bois Medal At Harvard For Contribution To Black Culture *Discuss

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 time frame we’re under and what she’s capable of.”

RRW: With 26 Days To Go, Shalane Flanagan & Desi Linden Focused On TCS NYC Marathon

News From Oregon

MB: Donavan Brazier Joins The Nike Oregon Project
Former UK Athletics Chief Niel De Vos Taking Over As The New Head Of Oregon21 Organizing Committee He replaces interim director Kathy Herrmann, who stepped in when Vin Lananna stepped down in July. *Register-Guard Article
Register-Guard: Hayward Field Construction Rounds A Corner The first walls have gone up and construction workers have begun pouring concrete.

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.

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.

Doping News

Kenyan Marathoner Samuel Kalalei Gets 4-Year Doping Ban The 2017 Athens Marathon champ tested positive for EPO.
*Reuters Article Kalalei tested positive at Rotterdam, where he ran a 2:10:44 PR for 7th place.
WADA Publishes 2019 Prohibited List With Minimal Changes Did you know that “gene editing” is on the WADA prohibited list?

Meb And Mo Un-Retiring?

Mo Farah’s Coach Gary Lough Hints That Farah Could Come Back To The Track For 2019 Worlds Lough said, “He really wants to run the World Championships, but what he runs at the World Championships hasn’t been decided.”
*Gary Lough Thinks Mo Farah Can Be A Threat For Eliud Kipchoge “If I was stepping on the line against him in a marathon in the Olympics I would be worried about Mo Farah.”
Runner’s World: Meb Keflezighi Is Running the NYC Marathon For Charity, But Also Talking About Coming Out Of Retirement For Tokyo 2020 Keflezighi thinks that making a fifth Olympic team “is still a possibility.”
*MB: Meb says he’s considered coming out of retirement to run the 2020 Trials

Emily Sisson Gets Solid Win On Columbus Day

RRW: Emily Sisson Beats Out Buze Diriba To Win The Reebok Boston 10k For Women (Formerly “Tufts Health Plan 10k”) (article updated) Sisson ran 30:39 to Diriba’s 31:12, but the course was about 300m short of 10k. *Top 10 Results
*MB: Did Emily Sisson just run an AR for the ROAD 10k?
Davis Kiplagat (27:24) And Eva Cherono (31:17) Ran PRs To Win The Singelloop 10k In the Netherlands
More From The Weekend: 15-year old girls state champ runs 2:40:03 at Twin Cities Marathon Tierney Wolfgram finished 6th in the elite women’s race. *Results *Discuss
Heather Kampf Wins Twin Cities 5k In 16:39

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.

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.”