January 30, 2019 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

When Camp duty roster got to Tim and Manangoi. They made it look like real fun.@tim_cheruiyot @ElijahManan @Moyo_Sports @rongaiathletics #brotherlove. pic.twitter.com/S2VdVOblNB
— Bernard Ouma (@CoachBOuma) January 29, 2019

-In Kenya, the world’s two best milers don’t skip out on toilet cleaning duty at training camp.

MB: The world’s 2 best milers aren’t afraid to clean the toilets in Kenya – Would America’s stars be willing to do the same?

2019 USATF XC Is Saturday (12:20 pm ET)

LRC Preview Huddle, Houlihan, Cragg, Frerichs, Rowbury & More: The Best Fields In Years Should Make for an Epic 2019 USA XC Champs The women’s race at 2019 USA XC looks INCREDIBLE. For the 1st time in US history, three sub-14:50 women will race each other as Shelby Houlihan, Shannon Rowbury, and Molly Huddle are all racing as are World Championship medalists Courtney Frerichs and Amy Cragg, plus the most recent NCAA XC champ to turn pro in Karissa Schweizer, a 2016 Olympian in Marielle Hall and MUCH MORE. The men’s race includes 5 Olympians plus Ben True and the pro xc debut for Drew Hunter.
*MB: USA World XC Trials Saturday; Top Entrants and Weather Forecast

When They Say All-Access, They Mean All-Access

LRC Book Review Inside A Marathon Is The Ultimate Book For Marathon Junkies Do you want the inside scoop on what it takes to finish top 10 at a major marathon?Then this book is for you as Scott Fauble and Ben Rosario share every single thing – from blood tests to workouts, day by day – that led to Fauble finishing 7th in New York last fall. We loved the book and highly recommend it.

International Indoor Results

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh Clears 1.99m To Equal Vashti Cunningham’s World Under-20 Indoor HJ Record Mahuchikh’s countrywoman Kateryna Tabashny won the competition on countback.
MB:More fast Aussie juniors 17 year old 3:44 and 15 year old 3:53 for 1500m A 3:44 by 17-year-old Luke Young and 3:53 by 15-year-old Tom Palfrey.
World 400H Champ Karsten Warholm Opens Up His 2019 Season With A Norwegian 400m Record Of 45.56 The time was also a world lead.
IAAF Weekend Indoor Round-Up:Hugues-Fabrice Zango Shatters His Own African Indoor Triple Jump Record With 17.58m In Paris Sam Kendricks set a 5.84m world lead in the PV.
Ireland’s Phil Healy Runs World-Leading 400m With 52.31 At The Vienna Track Classic
GB’s Asha Philip Sets 60m World Lead With 7.12 At The PSD Bank Indoor Meeting In Germany

Katelyn Tuohy After Her High School 3,000m Record Run

What Do Shot Putters Eat? A Dozen Eggs For Breakfast, A Pound Of Red Meat For Dinner

Podcast #2 Of 2019

Podcast Houston Recap, A New Richest Marathon, Stacked NBIGP, What Does Jim Walmsley’s 64:00 Tell Us About Ultrarunners? Bekele In Tokyo The pro track and field season is finally here with Donavan Brazier vs. Clayton Murphy to kick it off, Jenny Simpson @5k and more. The world’s richest marathon has changed and a look back at the action in Houston. Plus, a guest appearance from the Vaporfly 4% shoe, a look at Walmsley’s 64:00, and much more.

LRC Exclusive Content

LRC Podcast Shelby Houlihan Guest Interview+ NBIGP, US Cross, and Sydney McLaughlin Pro Debut and Diva Talk The American record holder Shelby Houlihan talks opens up for more than 30 minutes about her breakout year, what is on tap for 2019, her coach’s high standards and more. Plus the LRC crew discusses a Rosa athlete running fast in Dubai, split screen coming to track and field broadcasts and even UCLA legend John Wooden.

WTW Brazier AND Murphy Impress, Should We Not Get Excited About Fast HS Girls?, Who Are The World XC Favorites? And we take a look at the amazing times in Dubai.

Saturday In Winston-Salem, NC

Edward Cheserek Vs. Nick Willis In The Mile, Ajee Wilson Vs. Raevyn Rogers In The 800 Highlights Camel City Elite MeetClayton Murphy is in the 800, Abbey Cooper (D’Agostino) in the mile.

2018 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix NBIGP Compiled Results NBIGP Post-Race Interviews

LRC Analysis 8 Takeaways From The 2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix We recap the highlights and lowlights from Boston where Donavan Brazier sat and kicked on Clayton Murphy, Yomif Kejelcha looked amazing while Sydney McLaughlin didn’t and Jenny Simpson “borderline” embarrassed herself.

RRW Fast Miles, Close 800 Highlight New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
IAAF: Kechelcha Impresses As Nageotte Upsets Stefanidi

Dr. Sander Invite Dr. Sander Results Post-Race Interviews

LRC Recap Brooks Beasts Run 16:03 To Smash 4 X Mile Record, Katelyn Tuohy Gets High School 3,000m Record – 2019 Norb Sander Recap Full meet recap/analysis with video interviews. In other action, Ajee Wilson and Craig Engels won, Robby Andrews returned from Lyme disease.

MB: Discussion
*MB: Sorry to burst your bubble Katelyn Tuohy fans, but Mary Cain’s 9:38.68 full 2 mile is superior to Tuohy’s 9:01.81 3,000

Assorted Distance News

This Is Great:Olympic Marathon Champion Jemima Sumgong Has Her Doping Ban Doubled To Eight YearsThe ban was doubled because it was found that she provided false information while defending herself against her initial sanction. This is good because it will hopefully discourage future athletes from trying to weasel their way out of bans after they’re caught.
Good Read:Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu Wants To Be The First Refugee Athlete To Win A Global Medal Lobalu fled South Sudan as a child during the civil war after being separated from his family. He has a1500 best of 3:52 from London Worlds, but has been improving this year on the Kenyan XC circuit.
Alexi Pappas Has A New Movie Premiering At The SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas In March Pappas directed and starred in her new film called Olympic Dreams.
*MB:Alexi Pappas New Movie Premiering @ SXSW

Bekele Racing Tokyo On March 3rd

Kenenisa Bekele To Headline At The 2019 Tokyo MarathonBekele will face four other sub-2:05 men including defending Tokyo winner Dickson Chumba. Japan’s Suguro Osako (2:05:50) will be the home crowd favorite. Ruti Aga (2:18:34) is the fastest in the women’s race and faces three other sub-2:20 women including former half marathon WR holder Florence Kiplagat. World marathon champion Rose Chelimo is also in the race. *Full Elite Field

Interesting News From The Bureaucrats

Tokyo Olympics Likely to Feature Morning Track and Field Finals to Meet Demands of U.S. Broadcasting 7 or 8 finals are expected.
We sure hope US lawmakers also outlaw US doping US bill to criminalize global doping fraud gets introduced with rare bipartisan fraud “Now is the time to create stiff penalties for Russia’s cheating and send a signal that Russia and other sponsors of state-directed fraud can’t use corruption as a tool of foreign policy,” US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said.

Weekend XC / Road Action

Geoffrey Kamworor Warms Up For World XC By Defending His Crown At The Kenyan National Police XC Championships Kamworor put 17 seconds on Josphat Boit in the final kilometer to get a dominant win. African XC silver medalist Margaret Chelimo won the women’s race easily from 2015 world steeple champ Hyvin Kiyeng. *IAAF Recap
World Under-20 10,000m Champ Rhonex Kipruto And Brilliant Jepkorir Win Discovery Kenya XC Race Kipruto beat out world U20 5,000m champ Edward Zakayo by 6 seconds.
Two-Time Diamond League Steeple Champ Jairus Birech And Bahrain’s Winfred Mutile Yavi Beat The Snow And Cold To Win CInque Mulini XC
Ethiopia’s Fatuma Sado (2:25:39) Just Beats Out Rei Ohara (2:25:46) To Win The Osaka Women’s Marathon Ohara had already qualified for the Japan Olympic Marathon Trials, but in 4th place Madoka Nakano also qualified while Yukari Abe came agonizingly close, missing the 2:28:00 standard by 2 seconds. only 9 women have qualified. *IAAF Recap
Brett Robinson And Melissa Duncan win Australian XC Trials Robinson wins a big thumbs up from us for saying he’s 100% going to run World XC just 4 weeks before the London Marathon. Duncan won the trials but not the race as British marathoner Charlotte Purdue won the race. *Full Results

NCAA News *All Weekend Collegiate Results

Devin Dixon Of Texas A&M DESTROYS American Collegiate Record – Runs 1:45.27 – At Altitude!His 1:45.27 broke Donavan Brazier‘s school record and sits #3 on the NCAA and US all-time lists (Kenyan Paul Ereng has the NCAA record at 1:44.84, Johnny Gray has US record at 1:45.00). Dixon’s previous indoor best was only 1:47.37.