Boston 2019

Des Linden & Yuki Kawauchi Will Return to Defend Their Titles at 2019 Boston Marathon Linden: “I thought I had every experience imaginable racing in Boston, but in 2019 I’m thrilled and proud to have another first as I’ll start the race as the defending Boston Marathon Champion.”

Honolulu And Other US Action

• RRW: Despite Powerful Trade Winds, Kenya’s Titus Ekiru Comes Close To Honolulu Marathon Record With 2:09:01 Victory Ekiru won by 4 minutes, not far off the 2:08:27 course record. Olympic steeplechaser Donn Cabral made his marathon debut for 4th place in 2:19:16. The women’s title went to Vivian Jerono Kiplagat (2:36:22).
• RRW: Successful Marathon Debut For American Donn Cabral At Honolulu Marathon Cabral thought he was in 2:15 shape on a flat course, so figured around 2:18 at Honolulu would be equivalent. He ran 2:19:16, but said the wind hindered him.
  *MB: Donn Cabral 2:19:16 Marathon Debut in Honolulu
• RRW: Edward Cheserek Wins Fast Kalakaua Merrie Mile In Photo Finish Cheserek defended his title from last year with a 3:54.83 victory over Leonard Bett (3:54.89). Craig Engels was 3rd (3:59.94), Canada’s Ben Flanagan 4th (3:59.97) and Nick Willis 5th (4:00.78). Merriam Cherop won the women’s race in 4:22.54, breaking her own record as the fastest mile on Hawaii by a woman.
• Pre-Race: RRW: Steeplechaser Donn Cabral To Make Surprise Marathon Debut In Honolulu On Sunday Cabral says he wanted to run a marathon because he thinks he responds well to that kind of training and it will help him run his best at the steeplechase.
• Camille Herron Runs 162.9 Miles To Break The 24 Hour World Record Running at the Desert Solstice Invy in Phoenix, Herron broke the WR and won the overall race, beating all the men, including world 12 hour record holder Zach Bitter. *Results
  *MB: CAMILLE MF HERRON!!!!!!!!!
  *MB: Follow Camille Herron’s WR Attempt

Thursday Night Marathoning *Abu Dhabi Top 10 Results

MB: Official 1st Ever Abu Dhabi Marathon Discussion Thread

Rojo Speaks  Was The Inaugural Abu Dhabi Marathon Course Short? I Think It Was – Update: I Know It Was – Here’s Video Proof The splits make no sense. I’m supposed to believe a 2:06 guy went 62:35-61:29 to run 2:04:04, running a big negative split in 70 degree temps with a 13:55 5k from 30 to 35k? Sorry, I can’t do that.
*MB: Length matters: Here’s why I believe the Abu Dhabi course was short 

LRC Marius Kipserem Upsets Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum In 2:04:04 At Inaugural Abu Dhabi Marathon, But Was The Course Short? Forty-four years after Muhammad Ali had his Rope a Dope moment in boxing, marathoning had its own version of it as Kipserem sprinted to a $100,000 victory after Kiptum grabbed the lead at the 2:02 mark.

Ababel Yeshaneh Wins Women’s Race In 2:20:16 (Results Only)

Pre-Race LRC One Of The World’s Richest Marathons Is Taking Place Tonight At 9 PM ET – Get The Inside Scoop On The Inaugural Abu Dhabi Marathon Here

European XC Champs Are Sunday In Tilburg *Live Streaming Info

• Women’s Preview: Strong Opposition Awaits 2-Time Champ Yasemin Can Can is one of only two women to defend her title. Can she make it a hat trick?
• Men’s Preview: Kaan Kigen Ozbilen Vs. Spain’s Adel Mechaal Headlines Star-Studded Field
• Former NCAA XC Champ Kate Avery Named GB Euro XC Team Captain Avery is actually a seven-time Euro XC medalist.
• FloTrack: Current And Former NCAA Athletes Competing At Euro XC
• Live Streaming Info It will be available to stream in the United States, but there is some geo-blocking elsewhere.

News From The IAAF

Eliud Kipchoge And Caterine Ibarguen Named 2018 IAAF World Athletes Of The Year Yeah, if 2:01:39 didn’t do it, we don’t know what would. Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin won male and female rising stars of the year. Joe Vigil won the IAAF coaching achievement of the year.

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.

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.

Pre-NXN News

LRC 2018 NXN Boys’ Preview: Loudoun Valley (Va.) Tries To Become First Boys’ Repeat Champs In What Should Be A Tight Race The individual race is hard to predict as well but the top 10 boys in the country are all doing NXN.

LRC 2018 NXN Girls’ Preview: Katelyn Tuohy Eyes Repeat & Will Fayetteville-Manlius Be Beaten For The First Time Since 2013? (Hint: Probably) FM has won 11 of the last 12 girls national HS XC titles, but that streak should end on Saturday in Portland.

*DyeStat: NXN Boys Projections: Loudoun Valley Faces Big Challenge From FM And Great Oak
*DyeStat NXN Girls Projections: Naperville North, Summit, Great Oak Pencil Out As Co-Favorites

Young Stars In The News

• Sydney McLaughlin Chooses Her New Coach, 2004 Olympic 100H Champion Joanna Hayes Hayes is currently a volunteer assistant at USC.
• Video: Meet New LSU Freshman Mondo Duplantis How do you create a teen phenom? You start pole vaulting at 4 years old with a pole vault mat in your back yard.

European News

• Former World 400H Champ Dai Greene Reveals He’s Been Hindered By A Botched Hernia Surgery For The Last 5 Years In 2013 he received implants that frayed and become entangled with nerves. Greene explains how the complications brought him from best in the world in 2011 to barely racing over the last 5 years.
  *BBC Video Interview: “Dai Greene ‘Bitter’ Over Mesh That Almost Ended His Career”
• Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa And Switzerland’s Fabienne Schlumpf Take The Wins At Warandercross XC Meet In The Netherlands The race was on the same course in Tilburg that will host the Euro XC Champs on December 9th.
• Ingebrigtsens Lead Norway’s Team For The European XC Championships On December 9th Nothing like some good old sibling rivalry to kick off the holidays.
• France’s Jimmy Gressier And Hugu Hay Hoping To Repeat Their 1-2 Finish At European U23 XC Champs
• European Discus Champ Andrius Gudzius And European Javelin Bronze Medalist Liveta Jasiunaite Are Lithuanian Athletes Of The Year