Huge Drama Already Coming Out Of London

LRC London Marathon Preview Podcast, Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie Brawling Off Track, + Special Guest Ultra Marathoner Sage Canaday Learn everything you need to know about London and then if you dare the ultra marathoner world.

LRC Exclusive Victim Of Mo Farah’s Alleged Attack Says His Altercation With Farah Was “Minor” & That His Wife Was Not Struck Good news for distance fans all around as the main athlete involved in the “brawl” with Farah says the whole thing was “minor” and his wife was not struck by Farah as Gebrselassie alleged.
*Haile says Farah has held a “grudge” ever since he refused to let Farah bring Jama Aden into his hotel in 2016
*Farah accused of 2nd assault at Haile’s hotel A hotel gym instructor says Farah grabbed him by the neck an pushed and shoved him in 2018.
*MB: Mo Farah says someone stole from while he was at Haile’s G hotel – Haile says Farah was reported for “attacking married athlete”

More LRC London Coverage

LRC  London Marathon Preview: The Greatest Field in Women’s Marathon History Set to Battle in 2019 Even without Tirunesh Dibaba this is the greatest women’s marathon field ever assembled.

LRC Mo Farah Says Training Has Been “Perfect,” Expect A 61:20-5 Opening Half, & More From London Marathon Media Day Get the inside scoop from today’s press event in London.

LRC Show You The Money: 2019 London Marathon Betting Guide Whether you like to bet favorites or long shots, we’ve got you covered.

LRC Callum Hawkins Is Dreaming Big As He Enters The 2019 London Marathon “[The] plan is to go out at 63:30, so 2:07 pace, and either speed up or keep going,” said Hawkins.

LRC 3 Massive Reasons To Get Excited For London: Kipchoge Vs. Farah, Women’s Race For The Ages, Huddle And Sisson Trying To Run Fast Eliud Kipchoge vs. Mo Farah (and the field) on the men’s side, the greatest women’s field ever assembled, and Americans Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson trying to run fast.

High School News

• A Result We Missed Last Week: Katelyn Tuohy Ran A 9:53.3 To Win The Red Raider Relays 3,200m Tuohy ran a solo effort in her individual season debut. Afterwards she said, “I’m pretty happy with my time, especially at this point in the season.” *Full Video Interview With Tuohy
• MileSplit Movie Review For “Sprinter” – They Say It’s A “Coming-Of-Age Story Worth Seeing” The film is about a fictional teenage Jamaican sprinter and includes a cameo from Usain Bolt. Ato Boldon gave his opinion on the movie and said he wasn’t a fan of the coach’s attempt at a Jamaican accent, but it was “an otherwise good film.”
• The Oregonian: Meet Oregon’s Top High School Distance Runners

Other Distance News Of Note

• Tripp Hurt (4:03.9) And Nikki Hiltz (4:29.7) Won Tuesday’s USATF 1 Mile Road Championships Hurt won a tight finish and Hiltz dominated. *Discuss
• Recommended Read Legendary Japanese Marathon Coach Yoshio Koide, Who Coached Women To Olympic Gold, Silver And Bronze, As Well As History’s First-2:20, Dies At 80 Koide was the true definition of what a coach should be as he was totally different for different athletes. *JapanRunningNews
  *MB: Legendary Japanase marathon coach Yoshio Koide has died at age 80 – Anyone have any anecdotes to share?
• Ritz Tries To Figure Out What Went Wrong In Boston But Says He Couldn’t Drop Out Due To His Kids “I did not want to them thinking their Dad had just quit,” said Ritz, who went from 2:10 pace at mile 20 to 2:16 at the finish.
• MB: Shalane Flanagan To Undergo Knee Surgery Flanagan has had knee problems for months and she’s decided surgery is the best chance to fix the issue.

Previous London News

• Mo Farah Admits That He’s “Addicted” To Running And Has A Very Competitive Personality “I’ve learned over the years no matter what race it is – or if I’m playing computer games with my kids – I just have that fight in me where I want to just win everything.”
• Mo Farah Says He Would Rank A London Marathon Victory Up There With His Marathon And World Titles Also, according to the BBC, Farah came “agonizingly close” to upsetting Kipchoge last year when he lost by 2+ minutes.

• Cool London Marathon Stats: Average Runner Loses 1/2 Inch In Height During The Race Each runner also burns enough energy to charge a smart phone for a year.
• Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4%’s Successor Is Here! ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT% Comes Out On Sunday In London And Will Cost $275 *AW
• IAAF Inside Athletics Interview With Eliud Kipchoge The full 5-minute interview is here.
• London Marathon Will Pass The £1 Billion Raised For Charity Mark This Year
• Recommended Read: Runner’s World Catches Up With Eliud Kipchoge Ahead Of His London Marathon Title Defense Kipchoge talks about several topics with some great quotes on training and doping. Comparing running to driving a Ferrari, he said, “If you concentrate on the rear mirror, you’ll crash and cause an accident.”
  *MB: Kipchoge: “I have been doing all things at 80 percent.”
• MB: Mo Farah will shock the world on Sunday
• MB: London marathon predictions

More Post-Weekend NCAA Rankings/Results

• North Carolina A&T’s Trevor Stewart Runs 44.54 At LSU
• Kansas Freshman Zach Bradford Clears 5.77m In The Pole Vault At Kansas Relays
• Big Changes To Women’s NCAA Rankings With Arkansas Jumping Two Spots To Take #1 Spot Kentucky moved up from 6th to 2nd while Texas A&M dropped to 3rd and Southern California from 1st to 4th.
• Shakeup With Men’s Updated Men’s NCAA Rankings, But Texas Tech Stays On Top LSU moved up to 2nd, Texas A&M down to 3rd and Alabama up to 4th.
• Event-By-Event Top-10 Marks From The NCAA Weekend
• Drake Relays College Start Lists

US Weekend Track Action *All NCAA Results *Mt. SAC Results

LRC Michael Norman Opens Up Season With Sensational 43.45 400 Meters The American is now tied with Jeremy Wariner as the fourth-fastest man in history and in the process he shattered Michael Johnson‘s record for fastest time ever run in April. Updated with Norman quotes.
*MB: Michael MF Norman!!! 43.45!
*MB: Michael Norman can break 1:40 in the 800. Change my mind 

Texas Tech’s/Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru Runs 9.95/19.76 Double (Wind-Legal) In Less Than 1 Hour At Baylor That’s VERY impressive. He’s the 10th man in history to do it on the same day.

Ryan Crouser Throws 22.74 (74′ 7¼”) – Best Shot Since 1990!

• Beach Invy At Long Beach State: Omar Craddock Gets Upset Triple Jump Win Over Christian Taylor With 17.68m Craddock moved to #9 on the all-time US list. In the PV, recent NCAA record setter Olivia Gruver won with a MR of 4.66m. Chris Nilsen broke the men’s PV meet record with 5.82m.
• Good Read: MileSplit: Cole Sprout Runs First Sub-9 3,200m On Colorado Soil With 8:57.15 The race wasn’t without controversy, though, as Sprout and some others were initially DQed for cutting in too soon before the break. The DQ was overturned, the time might still not count as the official state record.
• IAAF Mt. SAC Recap: Vashti Cunningham wins HJ at 1.97m, Sydney McLaughlin 50.1 relay at Mt Sac
• Dalilah Muhammad (51.62) Beats Kendall Ellis (51.75) In Women’s 400 “I’m disappointed,” Ellis said. “Tried to go but there was nothing left.”
• LA Times: Mt. SAC Relays Will Finally Return To Mt. SAC Next Year As Construction Is Almost Done
• DyeStat Mt. SAC Women’s Recap: Keni Harrison Runs 100H World Leading 12.63
  *DyeStat Men’s Mt. SAC Recap USC’s Isaiah Jewett ran the 2nd fastest NCAA 800m of the year with 1:46.11 to beat Georgetown’s Joseph White (1:46.31).
• MB: Japanese HSer Aaron Tatsunami Clay runs 3:44.86 1,500
• MB: Stanford CLEANED UP at Cardinal Classic 3 guys broke 13:40, led by Grant Fisher‘s 13:29.
• MB: Ex-High School Studs Cooper Teare and Thomas Ratcliffe Crush 5k’s at Stanford Both ran 13:32.
• 18-Year-Old Ayden Owens Of USC Scores 8,130 Points In Collegiate Decathlon Debut At Bryan Clay In the process, he beat the indoor NCAA multi champ, set a Puerto Rican NR, set a USC school record and moved to #3 all time on the U20 list.
• Oregon Freshman Max Vollmer Scored 7,840 Points At The Bryan Clay Invitational
• Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia Throws 76.80m NCAA Hammer Lead At Mt. SAC He also broke his own Dutch national record. Nike pro Marcel Lomincky won the competition with 77.15m.
• MB: More Proof That Track’s Regular Season Is Almost Totally Meaningless: NCAA Star Morgan McDonald Runs “B” Heat At Bryan Clay

Week That Was

LRC Edna Kiplagat Gets Her Green Card, Greg Meyer Gets His 10-Mile Record Back, Jordan Hasay Is Back, And An Indoor Marathon World Record Plus we compare the 2000 Boston finish to 2019 and look at how many sub-2:10 marathons have been run by Ethiopia, Kenya, and the USA.