Archived Homepage For March 29, 2019
Archived Homepage For March 29, 2019

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Semenya News

Caster Semenya Accuses Seb Coe Of “Opening Old Wounds” With His Comments In A Recent Interview Semenya’s situation was handled terribly by the IAAF when it first became public in 2009 and we’re sure this debate happening in the public eye isn’t enjoyable. However, Coe’s comments about trying to protect women’s sports are true. The IAAF decision makers aren’t the bad guys. *BBC Article

UK News

Interesting Distance News During A Slow Weekend Of Action

Going Pro

More On IAAF Neutering The 5,000

Our Weekly Recap

LRCWTW: USATF Defies The IAAF And Ruins The Olympic Trials, Fast Halves And The Perfect Solution To The DL 5,000 Situation What a ridiculous week for US distance fans. We pick ourselves off the mat and offer common sense solutions to keep the crown jewel of US track and field – the Olympic Trials – exciting and to save the Diamond League 5,000. Along the way we wonder if Brigid Kosgei is now the favorite for next month’s London Marathon.

Meet Team LetsRun.com, Which Just Doubled In Number

LRCFrom 15:40 In College To 13:57 At Age 28, Meet Matt Crowe, The LetsRun.com Men’s Entrant To 2019 World Cross-Country Crowe is 28-year-old American with a 13:57 PR who is currently living in London. The story of how he got there, going from 15:40 in college to 13:57, is incredible.
*MB:Team LetsRun.com just doubled in size – Meet Matt Crowe – We’re sending him to 2019 World XC as well

Behind the Scenes with Team LetsRun.com at World XC

Kelsey and Matt meet for first time and undergo doping interrogation

Pre-race coaching session

Kelsey at the course

LRC Meet Kelsey Bruce, The LetsRun.com Entrant At The 2019 World Cross-Country Championships This week, we’re doing something that the athletics federations of Belgium, Finland, and the Netherlands couldn’t manage. We’re sending an athlete to the World Cross Country Championships. Meet Kelsey Bruce. The former DII runner has chopped her marathon PR from 2:48 to 2:31 in less than three years, and is pumped to race the world’s best.
*MB: Meet Kelsey Bruce: We’re sending the former DII runner, who has improved from 2:48 to 2:31 in the marathon, to 2019 World XC

LRC 2019 World XC Team USA Preview: Could Both American Squads Medal Together For The First Time Since 1985? The last time both the US men and women’s team medaled at World XC was 1985 when not a single woman from Africa even competed in the meet. This year, does Team USA have a shot at doing it? We break it down for you.

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Non-Distance News

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More On IAAF Neutering The 5,000

Next Week’s World XC Looks Like It Will Be Amazing

LRC Mud, Beer And VIKINGS! A Behind-The-Scenes Look At How The Incredible 2019 World XC Course Was Designed Organizers are planning one hell of a party for next week’s World XC Champs. The course features mud, water, and sand pits, a beer tent, a portion that runs over the roof of a museum, and a Viking Zone. And it’s all inspired by Chuck Norris.
*MB:
 2019 World XC looks like it’s going to be LEGENDARY! Someone hire Jakob Larsen to run all of track and field

NCAA News *All Weekend NCAA Coverage*Major NCAA Results

USATF Champs And Qualifying News

Previous World XC News

An Update On The Confusion / Controversy Surrounding The 2020 Olympic Selection System

LRC One Week Later: How Will USATF Select The 2020 Olympic Team? No One Really Seems To Know We have a little good news to report. Amid confusion, USA Track and Field is refusing to confirm the statement they gave us last week that put US distance fans into a tizzy. And USATF tells us they are appealing to the IAAF to give the top 5 at the US Olympic Marathon Trials the marathon standard.
*MB: A Little Good News: USATF is appealing to get top 5 at US Olympic Marathon Trials the standard.

Collegiate News *USTFCCCA Weekend NCAA Coverage

Semenya Decision Delayed

LRC CAS Delays Caster Semenya Case For At Least A Month In a guest post for LRC, Amby Burfoot gives some background on the case and references studies demonstrating the over-representation of DSD (Differences of Sexual Development) athletes in the women’s 800.

Our Weekly Recap

LRCWTW: USATF Defies The IAAF And Ruins The Olympic Trials, Fast Halves And The Perfect Solution To The DL 5,000 Situation What a ridiculous week for US distance fans. We pick ourselves off the mat and offer common sense solutions to keep the crown jewel of US track and field – the Olympic Trials – exciting and to save the Diamond League 5,000. Along the way we wonder if Brigid Kosgei is now the favorite for next month’s London Marathon.