– Bernard Lagat speaking after his 2:17:20 marathon debut in NYC.
LRC 1-Hour New York City Marathon Recap Podcast: How Great Was Keitany? What About The American Women? American Men? Is Huddle The Favorite For The Olympic Trials? We break all of this down and much more, including “Was Bernard Lagat’s debut a success?” and “Scott Fauble knows he’s good, but is he telling the truth?”
WTW Were The American Men Any Good In New York? Keitany Vs. Radcliffe Vs. Ndereba For GOAT In our weekly recap, we take another look at the amazing Mary Keitany in New York and where that puts her in the all-time ranks along with Paula Radcliffe and Catherine Ndereba. Plus 4 American men were in the top 10 in New York. How good was that? And was this year’s NYC Marathon actually Geoffrey Kamworor‘s best marathon even though it was his worst finish?
Bernard Lagat Says His First Marathon Won’t Be His Last Lagat says the hills in NYC killed him as he’s used to the track and flat road races, but he wants to run faster his next time out.
Usain Bolt Turns Down $150,000 Deal With Aussie Soccer Club Reports say Bolt was hoping that sponsors would be able to bump his salary to $3 million. Bolt says he’s still hoping to eventually land a pro soccer contract.
LRC Meet The Fascinating American Women Who Won’t Win (But Could Break Out At) The 2018 New York City Marathon We guarantee they won’t win or your money back, but there are some cool stories with Stephanie Bruce, Sydney Devore, Carrie Dimoff, Roberta Groner, Allie Kieffer and Sarah Sellers.
LRC The Rebirth Of Des Linden After winning her first major marathon (heck, her first marathon ever), Desi Linden didn’t play it safe. She parted ways with the Hansons-Brooks team and it will be a different Des Linden that toes the line at the New York City Marathon this weekend.
*MB: After winning Boston, Des Linden parted ways with the Hansons’ team. Bold? Crazy? Wise?
LRC Two Great, Simple Pieces Of Training And Racing Advice From Des Linden
At 42 Years Old, Mark Kiptoo Is Still Going Strong After 2:07:50 Masters World Record In Frankfurt “I do not really view what is possible in terms of my age, I am seeing it to be the best that I can be every day.”
LRC Who Is New Half Marathon World Record Holder Abraham Kiptum, And How Did He Run So Fast In Valencia? Get the inside scoop on the new half marathon WR holder. Turned down for a spot at the 2018 Chicago Marathon, he decided to test himself at the 13.1 distance and the rest is history.
*MB: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum – Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!!
MB: Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum Breaks Half Marathon World Record With A 58:18 In Valencia After a 28:02 1st 10k, the 29-year-old Kenyan, who has a 2:05:26 marathon PR and only started racing professionally in 2015, ripped off a 27:16 2nd 10k to break Zersenay Tadese‘s record by 3 seconds (pending verification) on a record-setting day where 8 men broke 59:30.
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RRW: Benson Kipruto (2:07:24) And Mimi Belete (2:22:29) Win Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon As Cam Levins Breaks The Canadian Record With A 2:09:25 Debut Tanzania’s Augustine Sulle was a close second in 2:07:46 while Levins was 4th and Jake Robertson 5th (2:09:52). Levins broke the 2:10:09 Canadian record which was set by Jerome Drayton nearly 43 years ago. Belete broke the women’s CR in a close race with defending champ Marta Megra (2:22:35).
Debutante Tsehay Gemechu Breaks Delhi Half Marathon Women’s Course Record As She Beats Out WR Holder Joyciline Jepkosgei And Tirunesh Dibaba Gemechu won in 66:50 to beat out Jepkosgei by 6 seconds and her countrywoman Zeineba Yim by 9. Dibaba struggled early and finished back in 6th (68:36). Ethiopia’s Andamlak Belihu won the men’s race in 59:18 to win over Amdework Walelegn (59:22). USA’s Leonard Korir was 6th in 60:12.
*MB: Official 2018 Airtel Delhi Half Discussion Thread
LRC Q&A: Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum Reveals His Workouts Before Running 58:18 The new half marathon record holder shares his workouts exclusively with the LetsRun.com nation.
Martin Hehir Breaks Course Record To Win Pittsburgh 10 Miler In 46:48 Over Stephen Sambu (46:55) Kenya’s Monicah Ngige dominated the women’s race in 52:06.Breaking: LRC Matthew Centrowitz Has Left The Nike Oregon Project After running the 5k this morning, Centro revealed exclusively to LRC that he has left the NOP. Now both its Olympic gold medalists, Centrowitz and Farah, have left the program. *Discuss
LRC Final Paul Chelimo Wins USATF 5k Champs In Sprint Over Kipchirchir, Emily Sisson Cruises We also caught up with marathoners Dathan Ritzenhein and Amy Cragg, who were bouncing back from injury. *Discuss
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*Ritz talk lack of sub 2:10 US guys, Des Linden’s comments on him
*Guys who race better than they train: #1 Example: Paul Chelimo: “he’s a monster”
LRC Paul Chelimo Leaves Army WCAP Team, Signs With Total Sports & Nike Army athletes aren’t allowed to have endorsement contracts, so considering Chelimo is now one of the top runners in the world, this is not a huge surprise. *Discuss
The Guardian: WADA Accused Of Being Soft On Doping At Emergency White House Summit Meeting Alysia Montano was one of the athletes to speak and she was in tears as she explained how WADA’s shortcomings cost her a bronze medal at the 2012 Games.
Video: US Olympic Triathlete Sarah True (Ben True’s Wife) Talks About Dealing With Depression As An Elite Athlete She made an interesting point saying you should work on coping skills when things are going well and not waiting until you’re “in the thick of a depressive episode.”
LRC World Records In Half Marathon And Masters Marathon + Oregon Pulls Upset At PAC-12s And Cas Loxom Retires All hail the Ole Miss men, who won their first SEC XC title and the Oregon women, who upset the #1 ranked team in the land to win PAC-12s after losing their coach and 2 All-Americans. Plus a reason why Galen Rupp fans shouldn’t fear his career is over.
December 2: Ten Sub-2:10 Japanese Men Lead Field For Fukuoka Marathon The field includes Yuki Kawauchi, half marathon national record holder Yuta Shitara (2:06:11 PR), 2015 World Champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, 2011 World silver medalist Vincent Kipruto and GB’s Callum Hawkins.
MB: Galen Rupp Undergoes Foot Surgery, Will Miss 2019 Spring Marathon Season Last week Rupp decided to get surgery “to correct a condition called Haglund’s Deformity, a bony bump on his heel that was causing his Achilles tendon to fray.” He hopes to start running again in three months. He added this will let him help his wife more as they are expecting their fourth child.
LRC Feature A Leap For The Ages: Bob Beamon’s 29-Foot Long Jump Turns 50 A half century later, there’s still only one way to describe the men’s long jump at the 1968 Olympics: Beamonesque. We take an in-depth look at one of the greatest singular accomplishments in sports history. Beamon improved the WR by 6.59% – that’s the equivalent of someone in 2018 lowering the marathon WR to 1:53:28 or the 100-meter record to 8.95.
*MB: 50 years ago, Bob Beamon made history. Where does his performance rank on list of greatest singular sports performances?
LRC Why Is The Long Jump World Record So Hard To Break? Mike Powell‘s WR has stood for 27 years and the #2 mark from Bob Beamon celebrates its 50th anniversary today. What explains their longevity? Are the best athletes in the NFL? Are the runways too soft? Is there a mental block?
LRC Final A Run For The Ages: Mary Keitany Blasts 66:58 2nd Half To Win Fourth New York City Marathon Crown Mary Keitany earned her fourth NY win by running the second half 27 seconds faster than the American record for the half marathon. 4 American women finished in the top 10 as Shalane Flanagan (2:26:22) and Molly Huddle (2:26:44) ran the second- and third-fastest times ever by Americans in New York.
LRC Final Lelisa Desisa Holds Off Shura Kitata For NY Crown #1 Desisa dropped Kamworor on mile 26 and then held off a fast-closing Kitata. 4 Americans in the top 10, led by Jared Ward.
LRC Jared Ward Is Back, Overcomes Injury Struggles To Finish As Top American At 2018 NYC Marathon
LRC Listen To Our New York City Marathon Preview Podcast 50 minutes breaking down the races.
IAAF Weekend Road Preview: Ethiopia’s Azmeraw Bekele (2:07:12 PR) Looking To Defend His Title At The Hangzhou Marathon In China Hirut Tibedu (2:23:35) leads the women’s race.
NXN Adds At-Large Individual Qualifiers Five boys and five girls will get to run at NXN without having to run at the regional qualifier. *Nike Press Release
Recommended Read: After Getting Lost And Going To The Hospital With Heat Stroke Last Year, Jeff Stein Bounced Back In 2018 To Win The Marine Corps Marathon Stein, a 32-year-old public defender won the race in 2:22:49 and said he could only got to do real marathon training the last three weeks because his time has been taken up by a quadruple murder case.
Paula Radcliffe Says Mo Farah “Just Doesn’t Know How To Lose” Radcliffe dished out a ton of praise for Farah and his Chicago Marathon win (which her husband coached him to) and also said she thinks he can still run faster on the track.
WTW Canada And Cam Levins Celebrate Their 1st Sub-2:10, Kenya Outshines The World And Amsterdam And Young Ethiopians Deliver What a week. A couple of young Ethiopian studs rocked the Delhi Half, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon was historically good, a LetsRunner improved from 3:21 to 2:25 in the marathon and after more than 49 years, Jerome Drayton is no longer the Canadian record holder in the marathon as Cam Levins ran 2:09. In honor of Canada’s 1st sub-2:10, we’ve decided to list the number of sub-2:10s produced by every country – all 2,706 of them.
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