December 05, 2018 Homepage Archive

Quote Of The Day

“If the Russians can and will release the (drugs) samples is up to them. I hope they will deliver the data by the end of this year. We have received no assurances that it will be delivered to us directly. The assurances have been given to WADA and WADA has set a deadline of Dec. 31. We will have to rely on receiving the data from WADA.”

– IAAF taskforce head Rune Andersen talking about speaking after the IAAF announced they will hold Russia to their original agreement and not remove their ban until they meet all the reinstatement criteria.

Exclusive LRC Content – The Week That Was & A Lengthy Q&A

LRC WTW: Valencia Keeps Impressing As A Running City, Sacramento Is Olympic Trials Qualifying Central, And Who Is Running Sub-2:08? America isn’t the one running sub-2:08 (or sub-2:12 for that matter), which makes us wonder should the men’s marathon standard be changed to 2:28.

LRC Q&A, Part I: Marc & Joan Hunter, Coaches Of Back-To-Back NXN Champions Loudoun Valley, Discuss Their Training Philosophy & How To Build A Champion The masterminds behind the boys back-to-back national champs share some of their secrets to the LetsRun nation.
*MB: How to win NXN two years in a row? Joan and Marc Hunter Q & A

Marathon Sunday: Fukuoka, Valencia

Fukuoka:Yuma Hattori Runs 2:07:27 To Become First Japanese Winner In 14 Years Yemene Tsegaye was 2nd, Yuki Kawauchi 10th (2:12:03). Japan now has 4 men under 2:07, 16 men under 2:10 and the USA has 1 under 2:12.
*Live Fukuoka Thread

Valencia:Leul Gebresilase 2:04:30, Tsegaye Kebede 4th In 2:05:20, Ashete Dido Wins Women’s In 2:21:14 4th fastest ever for Kebede, who used to be the world #1.

GB’s Stephanie Twell Runs Strong 2:30:12 Marathon Debut In Valencia The time makes her second-fastest GB woman this year.
Italy’s World Marathon Silver Medalist Valeeria Straneo Running Her First Marathon In Two-And-A-Half Years This Weekend In Valencia The 42-year-old has the fastest PR in the field (2:23:44), but after dealing with injuries for the last few years, she said she’s just happy to be back on the starting line.

NCAA Cross-Country Banquet Photo Gallery (60+ Photos)

Non-Elite News

Traffic Cameras Catch More Than 250 Runners Cheating At The Shenzhen Half Marathon In China There were 18 runners with fake bibs, three imposters and 237 course cutters. The included gif shows a bunch of runners cutting through trees from one side of the course to the other. The race organizers are banning them all for 2 years. Good on them. *CNN Article
Runner’s World: Interesting Stats From Last Year’s Strava Data Apparently a lot of Strava runners are getting a cold beer afterwards and as always, Thanksgiving was the most active day of the year in the US.

US Distance News

Extensive Q&A With US Olympian John Gregorek Gregorek qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, but only ran in 1984 because of the 1980 boycott. Gregorek talks about that, his 8-time All-American collegiate career, and his 3:53 miler son, Johnny.
MB:Adam Goucher rips Alberto Salazar and Rupp on Citius Mag Podcast Goucher says Salazar wasn’t actually interested in coaching him and wanted Goucher there as a training partner for Galen Rupp. We’re publishing our Goucher Q&A tomorrow.
MB:Parker Stinson being coached by Dathan Ritzenhein
Martin Hehir Talks Ahead Of His Marathon Debut At CIM About Training As A Pro While Going To Med School Heir is coached by Chris Fox as part of the new Reebok Track Club. Fox says, “We’re all amazed by him. I’ve been around professional runners for the last 30 years. Everyone just naps [between workouts]; Marty goes to med school. He’s a different guy.”

Jamaican News

Daily Mail:Brazil Soccer Legend Ronaldo Seen Hanging Out With Usain Bolt In Madrid Word is top-tier Turkish club Sivasspor is still trying to sign Bolt.
*Usain Bolt Going To Play Soccer In Mexico? There are reports that the team manager, Diego Maradona, wants to sign Bolt.
Olympic And World 110H Champ Omar McLeod Has Joined Florida Training Group With Justin Gatlin
High School In Jamaica Being Renamed After Veronica Campbell-Brown

Gone For Thanksgiving Week? Some Highlights

News From The IAAF

LRC IAAF Announces Tougher 2019 World Championships Entry Standards – Which Ones Were Changed The Most? The women’s 1,500 mark is now a full second tougher at 4:06.50 and the 10k drops all the way down to 31:50 from 32:15. The men’s 10k is now 27:40.

Budapest Officially Awarded 2023 IAAF World Championships They were the only candidate under the IAAF’s new model which ended bidding and introduced a ~~corruption~~ consultation process.
*MB:2023 IAAF World Championships awarded to Budapest (Hungary)
WADA And The IOC Could Learn Something From Track And Field: IAAF Upholds Doping Ban On Russian Athletics Federation The ban is in place pending full access to doping data stored in the Moscow lab and financial compensation for the IAAF’s investigations. This is how it should work, you unban them after they fulfill the terms, not before.

USATF News

Former World Triple Jump Record Holder And Two-Time Olympian Willie Banks Defeats Stephanie Hightower For Spot As USATF’s IAAF Council Representative Banks defeated Hightower in a 391-217 vote. Banks noted that Hightower made some “missteps” by not campaigning much and accusing Bob Hersh of making “racially charged” comments when she replaced him in 2014.
USATF Q&A With Hall Of Fame Inductee Bob Hersh
*LRC Archives: #WeAreUSATF – It’s time to show them you care -Final Editorial on Bob Hersh-Stephanie Hightower

2018 NXN Results Full Coverage

LRC Girls: Katelyn Tuohy Breaks Course Record As Summit HS (Oregon) Stops Fayetteville-Manlius Win Streak Tuohy was impressive and Summit HS became the first West Coast team ever to win NXN.

LRCBoys: Loudoun Valley Repeats With Lowest Score Ever, Liam Anderson First Under 15:00 It was a record-setting day with a course record (course is only 5 years is old) and LV breaking its score from last year for lowest ever.

DyeStat:Katelyn Tuohy Overcomes Pressure And Nerves To Capture Second Straight NXN Title Tuohy: “I definitely went out way too fast, got pretty excited, and paid for it toward the end. I was more happy with how I finished mentally than with my time.”
DyeStat: Summit Girls Break Through At NXN
*MileSplit: A Recap Of The Historic Girls Race At NXN
DyeStat:Loudoun Valley Becomes First Team To Win Back To Back Boys NXN Titles
DyeStat:Kashon Harrison Repeats As Kristin Fahy Adds To Family Legacy At Foot Locker West Regional Harrison was the first back-to-back boys winner since 1998 while Fahy followed in her brother’s footsteps to become the only sibling winners in meet history.
Runner’s World NXN Recap

MB: Official 2018 NXN Discussion Thread
MB: Tuohy will NOT win NXN
MB: Winning NXN and flying first class
MB: Did Liam Anderson set the NXN course record today?!

Pre-Weekend

Degitu Azmeraw Returning To Defend Her Title At The Kolkata 25K In India On the men’s side, Kenenisa Bekele‘s 1:13:48 India all-comers record is the goal for 58:42 man Eric Kiptanui and Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese.
A Record Eight Countries Will Compete At The Asia & Oceania 24 Hour Championships In Taipei City
IAAF: Spanish All-Comers’ Records The Goals At Sunday’s Valencia Marathon

Week That Was

LRC WTW: A Plan For King Cheserek, Celliphine Chespol Gets Paid, A Race Director Doesn’t Have To Die In Shame We’ve come up with a brilliant plan for Edward Cheserek to end his winter season at the World XC Champs. Plus some free coaching advice and a 55-year-old is tearing it up on the roads.

Euro XC Champs Are December 9th In The Netherlands

Great Britain Names 40-Strong Team For European XC Champs Team includes Dewi Griffiths, Andy Vernon and former NCAA XC champ Kate Avery.
Can Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa Win His Fifth Successive Individual Medal At Euro XC Champs? Crippa is eligible for the under-23 race and would be the favorite, but has decided to skip ahead and race the top men in the senior race.
Germany Selects Team Of 30 For Euro XC Champs In Tilburg
EA:Spain Selects Strong Senior Men’s Team For Tilburg

Doping / Corruption

Kenya’s Kipyegon Bett Says He Won’t Appeal Doping Decision “Since It Involves A Lot Of Money That I Don’t Have At The Moment” Not to mention he would almost certainly lose considering they have him on an EPO positive and missed tests (some reports say he refused to take a test, others say he missed three out-of-competition tests).
Latvian Athletics President And Former Long Jumper Ineta Radevinca Tests Positive In London 2012 Retests She was 4th place and carried Latvia’s flag at the Closing Ceremony. If her suspension is upheld, she’ll make the third finalist from the 2012 women’s LJ to be retrospectively DQed.
MB: Asbel Kiprop on Living Under Doping Cloud
Leaked Documents Claim FIFA Ethics Judge Blocked Potential McLaren Investigation Into Doping In Russian Soccer It is suspected this was a ploy from FIFA to make sure doping in Russian soccer wasn’t investigated before the World Cup.

LetsRun.com (Finally) Goes To Ethiopia

The Final Day In Ethiopia:Kenenisa Bekele’s Bar & Training “Camp” With A Guy Who Beat Gebrselassie At Worlds

Day 3 LRC Day 3 In Ethiopia: Hagos Gebrhiwet Wins, Haile G Dances, And … No Porta-Potties? LRC spent Day 3 at the Great Ethiopian Run, which saw wins for Hagos Gebrhiwet (28:54) & Foten Tesfaye (33:43). Our distinguished author even managed to run the race himself and went to Haile G‘s house afterwards.
*MB: Day #3 in Ethiopia: I broke bread with Haile G, watched him dance, and watched the Dallas Cowboys soar to 5-5 ask me anything

Day 2: MB: Day #2 in Ethiopia: I went to a kids race in Ethiopia…they give out finishers medals… ask me anything

Day 1 LRC LetsRun.com Goes To Ethiopia, Day 1: Arrival In Addis Ababa, Meeting Haile G, & A Run-In With The Ethiopian Military
*MB: LetsRun.com Is Making Its First Trip to Ethiopia. … What Should We Know and What Do You Want to Hear!?!!

Weekend NCAA Coverage

MB: FAST women’s indoor 5k – Ednah Kurgat, Weini Kelati, Sharon Lokedi, Allie Ostrander all run 15:16-15:14!
USTFCCCA Recap:Grand Valley State Men And Women Sweep NCAA DII Cross-Country Championships Individual titles went to Marcela Laguera of CSU Pueblo and Sarah Berger of Grand Valley State, who came out on top in the muddy conditions. *Results

Running With The Buffaloes 20 Years Later

LRC Q&A: Adam Goucher Talks Running With The Buffaloes, His Greatest Running Memories, & The Stress Of Becoming A Whistleblower Against Alberto Salazar & NOP Goucher reveals that he thinks a resolution is looming soon in the Nike Oregon Project doping case. “I think it’s coming very, very soon, but until there is that ultimate resolution, you’re just kind of waiting.”
*MB: Breaking: Adam Goucher says he thinks a resolution to the Salazar/NOP doping investigation is “coming very, very soon”
*MB: If Adam Goucher graduated in 2018, would he get a shoe deal?

LRC Where Are They Now? Catching Up With the Members Of The 1998 University Of Colorado XC Team 20 Years After “Running With The Buffaloes“ We catch up with the key figures from Running With The Buffaloes 20 years later.

LRC Running With The Buffaloes At 20: Author Chris Lear Reflects On The Running Cult Classic In An In-Depth Interview
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*MB: Running with the Buffaloes 20 years later – We catch up with Adam Goucher, Chris Lear and the Buffs

Pro Distance News

MB:Germany’s 3:58 Woman Konstanze Klosterhalfen To NOP? An article translated from German says she’s in Oregon being coached by NOP’s Pete Julian, but technically is “not part of the project.”
Vivian Cheruiyot Looking Forward To Making Her Olympic Marathon Debut At Tokyo 2020 First Cheruiyot will try to defend her London Marathon title and then says she’ll decide if she’ll run World Champs.
Carrie Tollefson Does Podcast Interview With Olympic Marathon Trials 6th Placer Kellyn Taylor Taylor talks about her marathon career and what’s next as well as being a pro athlete and a firefighter.