– Shelby Houlihan talking about trying to make American women great at the 5,000. Houlihan will get her first test at 10,000m this weekend at the US XC Champs.
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
*MB: Would it be wrong to say the 2019 USA XC women’s race is the greatest women’s distance race in American history?
*MB: Bowerman sending a squad of 5 women to USA XC Nationals!!!
*MB: Can Shelby Houlihan win USA XC over 10k?
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.
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
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
LRCSuper Saturday Preview: Wilson Vs. Rogers & Cheserek Vs. Willis At Camel City, Plus IAAF World Indoor Tour Action In Karlsruhe The distance action in Camel City on Saturday is going to be fantastic. Are you ready for a (flat track) WR attempt by Ajee’ Wilson and Raevyn Rogers in the women’s 800? The first track race since the Rio Olympics for Abbey D’Agostino (now named Abbey Cooper)? Plus Edward Cheserek vs. Nick Willis in the mile and Clayton Murphy in the 800.
LRC Podcast Shelby Houlihan Guest Interview+ NBIGP, US Cross, And Sydney McLaughlin Pro Debut And Diva Talk The American record holder Shelby Houlihan 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.
*MB:Shelby Houlihan is running 10k cross this weekend and we’ve got a podcast with her to celebrate
Transcript Shelby Houlihan Talks About Her Breakout 2018 Season, Making America Great At 5,000 Again, And Jerry Schumacher If you’re not a podcast person, we’ve got a transcript of our interview with Houlihan right here.
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.
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.
LRCMarathon Madness In Dubai: Getaneh Molla Runs 2:03:34 Debut Record; Ruth Chepngetich (2:17:08) & Worknesh Degefa (2:17:34) Move To #3 & #4 On All-Time List The 12:59 5ker Molla took to the marathon like a fish to water while Chepngetich went sub-2:18 just 75 days after breaking 2:19 in Istanbul. Course records fell for both the men and women.
MB: Official 2019 Dubai Marathon Discussion Thread
MB: If Kipchoge ran Dubai…
MB: Negesa (2nd place and Adidas runner) ran Dubai in Nike Vaporfly Flyknits dyed red to (poorly) mask the Nike Logo
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.
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