Archived Homepage For April 01, 2019
Archived Homepage For April 01, 2019
Quote Of The Day
– USATF Max Siegel announcing why USATF will be moving all distance races for the 2020 US Olympic Track and Field Trials to Boston University.
- White men can jump: Matthew Boling currently leads the US HS list in both the long jump (8.03 - 26'10) and 100 (10.22)
- The 2019 Barkley Marathons - Zero Finishers?
- Do you consider it rude when a random runner joins your run?
- Emily Sisson Runs 30:49 in Stanford 10000m, moves to #3 on US list. Beat Molly Huddle (30:58).
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Nike Wants US Male Marathoners Not To Suck
LRC Nike To Hold Breaking 2:10 Race For US Men’s Marathoners Nike has finally decided to do something for US male distance runners and has announced the Breaking2:10 Project will take place in October to ensure an American man not named Galen Rupp finally goes sub 2:10 in the marathon. Cool race, cool idea. “(Even) Canada had a guy we gave up on break 2:10 last year. … We’re a country of 320 million people and all we’ve got is one guy that can do it? Frankly, it’s embarrassing,” said Nike CEO Mark Parker.
Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction – 2018
American Women Go 1-2 In Steeple At Worlds As Pre-Race Favorite Forgets To Hurdle The First Water Jump- Usain Bolt Loses World Championships 100m Title To A 35-Year-Old
- Someone Named Ramil Guliyev Wins Men’s 200 At Worlds
- USATF Loses $1.2 Million, CEO Max Siegel Gets $1 Million Bonus
- Human Being Runs 2:00:25 For 26.2 Miles
- Man Runs 13:01 5k At End Of Half Marathon
- Runner Blames Positive Drug Test On Sketchy Indian Cold Medicine & “Frequent And Passionate Kissing” With His Girlfriend, Serves No Ban
- Medal Favorite Barred From Entering Stadium At World Champs On Night Of 400m Final Because He’s Sick
- Woman Breaks 10k And Half Marathon World Records In Same Race
- Man Runs 2:04:15 Marathon And Finishes 6th
- Four Polish Guys Beat Americans To Win 4 X 400 At World Indoors, Set World Record
- 4 X 400 Relay Team Sets World Record, Finishes Second In Race
- Every Single Runner In World Championship Heat Is DQed
American Woman Defeats Mary Keitany To Win NYC Marathon- American man wins Chicago Marathon
- Johnny Gregorek Makes Worlds Team, Then Is Only American Man To Make World Champs 1,500m Final
- Months After Emphatically Stating “We Are Clean” And Criticizing Claudio Berardelli For Not Knowing Rita Jeptoo Was Doped, Gabriele Rosa’s Star Runner Jemima Sumgong Is Busted For EPO
- Olympic Triathlon Champ Quits Triathlon, Says She Wants To Win Olympic Marathon, Runs 15:15 For 5k In First Track Race
- British Journalist Sued By Mo Farah After Complaining That Farah Wouldn’t Do Interviews
- Rojo Becomes A Father
A Look Back – Truth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction – April 2015
American Man With A 2:09 PR Wins Boston Marathon For First Time In 30 Years- Woman Runs 800 At US Champs While 8 Months Pregnant And Gets Way More Attention Than Anyone Else
- Guy Runs 3:36 And 13:18 In College Races And Loses Both
- Nick Symmonds Runs Zero 800s Outdoors, Joins Reality TV Show
- White Guy Leads World’s 10,000 List For 1st Time Since 1987
- Kenyan Runs Full Marathon At A Pace Faster Than Any American-Born Runner Ran A Half In 2014
- Popular Official With Years Of Experience Gets 85% Of USATF Voters’s Support; Doesn’t Win Election
- Former Doper Runs PRs Of 9.77 And 19.78 At Age 32
- Steeplechaser Loses European Title For Stripping Off His Clothes In Finishing Straight
- David Rudisha Loses Four 800s … Finishing One In 7th
- US HS Girl Runs 4:10.95, Only Ends Up At #3 On US HS List For 2014
- Man Runs 2:03:13 But Still Loses A Marathon
- Journalist Uncovers Huge Doping Scandal; Gets Threatened With A Lawsuit By The IAAF
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction – April 2013
- GBR And USA Go 1-2 In Olympic 10,000
- US Men Beat Kenya At World Cross-Country Even After Ritz Skips Event To Run NYC Half
American Man Wins 1,500m Silver At Olympics, Loses Sponsorship- Evan Jager Sets AR In 5th Steeple Of His Life
- Two American Men Run 1:42 In Olympics, Don’t Sniff Medals
- Want To Watch That College Track Meet Online? It’ll Cost You At Least $20
- Most Decorated NCAA Champion In Women’s Track History Caught Working As Hooker In Vegas
That Pricey Marathon Is Likely To Get Even Pricier
LRC ExclusiveAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Ask That A Tax On Distance Running Be Added To Green New Deal AOC is going to ask for distance running to be taxed after a study found runners add greatly to the CO2 levels of the globe. “Even if we ignore the amount of CO2 they needlessly produce when working out, the amount of CO2 the runners create when they fly to their marathons is staggering,” said AOC.
Sad But Necessary News
LRCLetsRun.com Founder “Wejo” To Take Leave Of Absence After Incident At World Cross-Country The reins of LRC will be in the hands of Rojo after Weldon “disappointed his family and the LetsRun.com community” in Aarhus, Denmark. He’ll be taking time off to recenter himself. Full details at link above.
Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction – 2017
American Goes Wire-To-Wire To Win 1,500 At Olympics In 3:50- World’s Greatest Marathoner Bypasses Major Marathons To Run Time Trial On Formula OneTrack
- Third Placer At U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000 Nearly Beats Mo Farah, Wins Olympic Silver
- Athletes Whom Most Believe Have Internal Testes Go 1-2-3 In Women’s Olympic 800
- Man Runs 43.03 400 WR From Lane 8
- Edward Cheserek Finishes 3rd At NCAA XC
- USA Wins 7 Distance Medals At Olympics
- American True Freshman Runs 1:43 NCAA 800 Record; Another American Collegian Runs 1:42 & Medals At Olympics
- Nike Serves World Indoor Champion With Lawsuit At A Track Meet
- Mary Cain Fails To Break 4:10 And Quits Nike Oregon Project 18 Months After Salazar Says She Can Run 3:55
- Top US Coach Still Admits To Conducting Doping Experiment On His Sons – USADA Does Nothing
American Beaks World Record In 100 Hurdles But Misses Olympic Team- US Women’s 4 X 100 Team Runs A Race By Itself En Route To Olympic Gold
- Ryan Hall Runs 5:15 Marathon
- High Schoolers Go 4-5 In Men’s 200 At US Olympic Trials
- 41-Year-Old Wins U.S. 5,000 Title
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction – April 2014
Chanelle Price Goes Wire-To-Wire – Wins World Gold- 10,000 Gold Medalist Runs 3:28 1,500m
- American Teens 6th And 10th At World Championships
- American 1,500 Silver Medalist Sponsorless, Coachless And Running Races In T-Shirt
- 39-Year-Old Man Dominates USAs, Wins World Indoor Silver Meanwhile, Alan Webb retires from track just days after his 31st birthday.
- Racer Is DQed At USA Indoors Despite Making Zero Contact
- Nike Coaches Alberto Salazar And Jerry Schumacher Nearly Come To Blows, Have To Be Separated
- LetsRun.com Gets A Mobile Friendly Design & A Content Management System
- NOP Pulls Out Of Club Nats Because It’s Not Rupp Certified
- Man Gets Paid A Lot To Run Half Of London Marathon And Drop Out
- Asafa Powell, VCB And Tyson Gay All Test Positive
- Olympic Champion Gets Run Over By Wheelchair At London Marathon
April 1st, 2012 – Truth Is Sometimes Stranger Than Fiction
- After Being Dumped By Nike, Meb Signs With Skechers And Runs Two Straight PRs & Makes Olympic Team
- Tegenkamp Runs 10k & Gets Olympic “A”‘
- American Not Named Wheating, Webb, Manzano Or Lomong Wins WChampionships Medal At 1,500
- High Schooler Goes Sub-4 In Mile But Then Gives Up On Running After Losing 1st Two College XC Races
- Runner-Up At USAs Wins 1,500 Gold At Worlds
- Galen Rupp Runs 1,500 At Worlds
- Guy Runs 2:03:06 In Boston & Loses
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction – 2019
- American Woman In Jacket Considers Dropping Out, Slows Down For Friend Who Took A Bathroom Break, Positive Splits A 2:39:54, And Wins Boston Marathon By Over 4 Minutes
- Someone Named Sarah Sellers Finishes 2nd In Boston Marathon
- After Running 1:10 Half Marathon In A Panda Suit As A Prep Race, Yuki Kawauchi Wins The Boston Marathon
- Hayward Field Torn Down
- 7th Placer At NCAAs Wins USA 400m Title
- World Indoor 1,500 Champion Finishes 5th At World Juniors
- 17-Year-Old Norwegian Smokes Reigning Olympic Champion In A 1,500, Runs 3:31/3:52, And Wins Euros In The 1,500 & 5k
- Man Breaks American Record At European Championships
- 43-Year-Old Wins US 10k Title
- American Woman Runs 9:00 Steeple … And Loses By 16 Seconds
- Man Wins Diamond League Steeple Final Despite Running Last 5+ Laps With One Shoe
- Man Runs 12:45 5k And Loses
- Human Being Runs 2:01:39 Marathon
- Guy No One Has Heard Of Runs 58:18 Half Marathon WR
- Woman Runs Second Half Of New York City Marathon In 66:58
- Matthew Centrowitz Leaves Nike Oregon Project To Join Bowerman Track Club
- Several Top US Pros Skip USAs To Run A Time Trial In Boston
- Drew Hunter Wins USAs From The Slow Section
Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction – 2016
Third Placer At USAs Wins Bronze Medal In 10,000 At Worlds- American Woman Runs 3:56 1,500 And Loses Race By 6 Seconds As Another Woman Runs 3:50
- Top US Coach Admits To Conducting Doping Experiment On His Sons – USADA Does Nothing
- American Falls In Steeple – Gets Up And Still Sets American Record By Running 8:00
- Brojos Named Among Top 50 Most Influential People In Running
- Three American HS Boys Break 4:00 In Span Of 10 Months
- 22,000+ Message Board Thread Is Devoted To A 3:43 Marathoner
- Two American Collegians Run 3:53 Miles – Neither Runs Mile At NCAAs
- Medal Contender Booted From Worlds Team After He Refuses To Sign Document Required To Go After He’s Told He Can’t Wear His Favorite Jacket To Coffee
- A Public University (UVA) Continues To Employ Currently Banned Doper And Non-US Citizen In Its Athletic Department
- Unsponsored American Wins 800 World Title
- Kenya Tops US In Beijing Gold Medal Count – Wins Golds In Javelin & 400H As Top Men’s Marathoner Finishes 22nd
- Man Wins Bronze In 110 Hurdles 4 Days Before He Has Kidney Transplant
- American Women Put Up Top 18 100H Times In 2015 But Win Zero Medals At Worlds
- The Mile is Called Sexist and Said To Be Symbolic of “Male Nostalgia”
- Stephanie Hightower Named Chair Of IAAF Conflict Resolution
- NBC Announced 10,000m At Olympic Trials To Be Broadcast Live In Prime Time On NBC
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