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Quote Of The Day

“It was difficult for me mentally to compete today. My auntie Tracey died yesterday but then I asked myself what would she want? And she would want me to race. It was hard today, I just wanted to finish, win and get the job done. When I crossed the line I started crying. I dedicate my win tonight in her memory.”

– Jamaica’s Olympic and World 110H champ Omar McLeod talking after winning the Shanghai Diamond League meet on Saturday, the day after his aunt had passed away.

LRCCaster Semenya will run the women’s 3000 at 2019 Prefontaine Classic

Ultramarathon Madness Continues (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE)

LRCGOAT: Yiannis Kouros’ 24-Hour Record of 303.306 KM (188.68 Miles) From 1997 Is The Greatest Ultramarathon World Record There’s no world record easier to understand in the ultramarathon world than, “How far can you run in a day?” And there’s been no human in history that has come anywhere close to Yiannis Kouros in a 24 hour period.
*MB:What are the best ultramarathon records?

Previous:LRCThese Are 7 Of The Greatest But Not THE Greatest Ultra RecordsCamille Herron‘s 24-hour record, Jim Walmsley‘s Western States, Francois D’Haene‘s UTMB mark and a couple from Comrades all make the cut. Updated with UTMB correction.

PodThe Jim Walmsley Big Talk: 2 Hour PodcastWe tried to cover it all from Jim’s recent 50 mile world best, to his high school career inspired by Ken Cormier, to his college career, to manning the nuclear silos, to getting “fired” from the Air Force, to taking the ultra world by storm, to his thoughts on the new Carbon X shoe. Who does he think are the greatest ultra runners of all-time? What about Eliud Kipchoge racing Killian Jornet? We even talk back yard ultras and how he checks LetsRun when in the mountains.

This Week’s Topic:MB: Who are the greatest ultramarathon runners in history? Give us your thougths and you could win free great.

Interesting Distance News

8 Years After Wanjiru’s Death, Kenyan Journalist Mutwiri Mutuota Reminisces About Sammy Wanjiru And Wonders How Many People Missed The Anniversary The great Eliud Kipchoge dedicated his 2016 Olympic gold to Wanjiru. “Studying the way he ran the marathon taught me so much,” said Kipchoge.
Alysia Montano 1, Nike 0 Nike To Change Pregnancy Policy In Women’s Athlete Sponsorship Contracts Outrage grows after Alysia Montano shared her story in the NY Times. One LetsRun.com employee’s wife said she would not buy Nike. Nike says it will no longer punish its women endorsers who get pregnant.
Comrades Ultra Will Be Run “Down” In Both 2020 And 2021 2021 is their centenary and only the town at the bottom of the course is large enough to host 34,000, which they hope to have (they had 34 in year #1).
10 Takeaways Following Declarations For NCAA Division 1 West Regionals Former NCAA 1,500/mile champs Dani Jones and Geordie Beamish are in the 5,000, not 1,500. Morgan McDonald is just the 5,000. *Entry Lists
10 Takeaways Following Declarations For NCAA Division 1 East Regionals Syracuse’s Paige Stoner has opted for the 10,000, where she is the #1 seed, not the steeple. Danae Rivers opts for the 800, not 1,500. *Entry Lists
Japanese 10,000 Champs Highlight The Weekend In Japan They 10,000 Trials have been moved up so athletes can try to maximize world ranking points – rankings that USATF wants to do its best to ignore.
Hellen Obiri Says She Wants To Do The 10,000/5,000 Double In Doha
Hellen Obiri Will Make Her Road 10k Debut This Weekend At Great Manchester Run 10km
Asia’s Leading Road 10km Race Is Sunday – TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2019 Matthew Kimeli and Agnes Tirop lead the fields.
Irish Olympic Steeplechaser Sara Treacy Talks About Balancing Being A Doctor And Athlete

2019 USATF Distance Classic *Schedule And Results

LRC2019 Oxy Recap: Nikki Hiltz Stays Hot, Rachel Schneider Gets A Big 5K PR, Aisha Praught Leer Gets A NR And Is Lawi Lalang Back? Plus recent LRC podcast guest Stephanie Bruce ran a 27-second PR at age 35 to get the Worlds standard.
*MB: 2019 USATF Distance Classic Official Discussion Thread
*MB: Is Steph Bruce update
*MB: Oxy Meet: winners and losers
*USATF Recap:Rachel Schneider’s 15:06.71 World Lead Highlights

Say Hello To The Eastern Track League

Five Clubs Announce Formation Of The Eastern Track League The Atlanta TC, NJ-NY TC, Furman Elite, Nashville TC and District TC have combined forces to form six race series for athletes to chase qualifying marks. It started with the Swarthmore Last Chance meet on Monday and ends with a final on June 13th in DC.
Ajee Wilson Ran A 4:08.17 To Beat Out Elinor Purrier (4:08.49) At The Swarthmore Last Chance Meet
Friday: Start Lists For The Georgia Meet Of Champions In Atlanta

WADA Updates And Drama

First Anti-Doping Case Based On Retrieved Moscow Lab Data Could Be Opened “Within Weeks” A WADA official said the process of preparing “a number of strong cases” had begun.
*Previously:WADA Retrieves More Than 2,200 Samples From Moscow Lab
WADA Agree On Change Of Procedure For Low-Level Clenbuterol Cases The steroid causes a problems for testers since it’s often found in meat consumed in some countries like China and Mexico.
WADA Executive Committee Members Cleared Of BullyingBeckie Scott and Edwin Moses alleged that two other WADA members bullied Scott over her objection to the reinstatement of RUSADA, but an investigation found that while the responses “could be viewed as aggressive or disrespectful,” they “did not rise to the level of bullying or harassment.”
The Telegraph:WADA Accused Of Double Standards After Executives Cleared Of BullyingEd Moses and Beckie Scott accused WADA of “whitewashing.”
*Scott And Moses Express”Extreme Disappointment” At Outcome Of WADA Bullying Investigation
*Previously:Scott And Moses Decline To Participate In WADA Bullying Investigation After Claiming Process Is “Fatally Flawed”
Marcos Diaz Vows To Collaborate With Former Rival And New WADA President Witold Banka; WADA Vice President Linda Helleland Formerly Withdrew From Election

More Upcoming Track Action

Next Weekend:NCAA Regionals Entry Lists
June 6:Paul Chelimo Vs. World Champ Muktar Edris And DL Champ Selemon Barega In The Rome DL 5,000m Also announced: Laura Muir is in the 1,500 and Nijel Amos in the 800m. Katerina Stefanidi vs. Sandi Morris in the PV, Elaine Thompson vs. Dafne Schippers in the 100m.
July 12:Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Noah Lyles, Kevin Mayer Confirmed For Monaco DL Meet Miller-Uibo will be up against Dafne Schippers and Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the 200m. Lyles vs. China’s world indoor silver medalist Su Bingtian in the 100m.
June 16:Quartet of the world’s best hurdlers to take to the streets of Boston at adidas Boost Boston Games Sharika Nelvis, Christina Clemons, Danielle Williams and Tobi Amusan will face off in Boston.
June 16:Omar McLeod And Sergey Shubenkov Will Go Head-To-Head At The Rabat DL 110H
May 25:World Silver Medallist Carolin Schäfer, 2015 Hypomeeting Winner Kai Kazmirek, Worlds Silver Medalist Rico Freimuth Among Latest Additions To Gotzis Hypo Multi-Event Meet

African Federation Woes

IAAF May Ban Nigeria From Major Championships Including Worlds Over “Missing” $134,000 In 2017, the IAAF mistakenly paid $150,000 instead of $15,000 to the Nigerian federation and thus far, Nigeria has refused to return the excess payment.
*InsideTheGames:Nigeria Given 2-Week Deadline To Repay Debt Or Face Sanctions
Cause For Concern As Preparations For The 2020 Under-20 Championships In Nairobi Are Way Behind Schedule This Kenyan writer was harsh as he said, “Tokyo’s faultless work ethic [preparing for the 2020 Games] puts to shame Kenya’s lethargic, bureaucracy-laden run-up to next year’s competition.”

More Doping News

Polish Sports Minister And Former Mid-D Runner Witold Banka Chosen To Succeed Craig Reedie As Next WADA President Banka was nominated ahead of Dominican Republic’s former swimmer Marcos Diaz and WADA vice president Linda Helleland. Banka’s plans include increasing the number of labs to address what he believes is a regional imbalance.
Mexico’s Olympic Racewalk Silver Medalist Lupita Gonzalez Gets 4-Year Doping Ban She tested positive for steroids which she claimed was from eating contaminated meat. South African TJer Reneilwe Aphane also got a 3.5-year doping ban.
Latvia’s 2012 London Olympic Long Jump 4th Placer Ineta Radevica Tests Positive For Steroids In Frozen Sample Retests She’ll get a 4-year ban, even though she’s already retired. An Armenian weightlifter also tested positive in the retests.

**The 10th Shanghai DL FULL Results TV/Streaming**

LRC2019 Shanghai Diamond League Recap: Noah Lyles Beats Christian Coleman, Samba Over Benjamin, And Sydney McLaughlin Debuts Shanghai had it all. Sydney McLaughlin‘s DL debut, Abderrahman Samba vs. Rai Benjamin at 400H, Christian Coleman vs. Noah Lyles in the 100 and a STACKED men’s 5,000. We recap it all for you. Includes results and video highlights.
*Omar McLeod In Tears After Winning Hurdles As 24 Hours Before The Race, He Learned His Aunt Had Died

Road Results

World XC Silver Medalist Jacob Kiplimo (27:31) And World 5000m Champ Hellen Obiri (31:23) Win Great Manchester Run 10k Two-time world marathon champ Edna Kiplagat was third in the women’s race (32:34).
Brilliant Kipkoech Runs World Best 12k With 38:05 (5:06 Pae) At The Cape Town 12 ONERUNMorris Gachanga won the men’s race in 33:38.
Craziness In India: Five Women Let $26,000 Come Down To A Sprint Finish On The Track, Kenya’s Agnes Tirop Defends Her Title In 33:55 At The 2019 TCS World 10K Bengaluru The 2015 World XC champ got the win as Senbere Teferi, who had won the RAK Half and Healthy Kidney this year, settled for 2nd as the top 3 all were credited with the same time.
Ethiopia’s Andamlak Belihu Wins Huge Race Yet Again In India, Captures $26,000 Win In 27:56 At The 2019 TCS World 10K Bengaluru Unheralded Mande Bushendich of Uganda was second as Tokyo marathon champ Birhanu Legese was third.
Latvian All-Comers’ Records Go Down As Ethiopians Andualem Belay (2:08:51) And Beyene Debele (2:26:18) Win Tet Riga Marathon
IAAF Weekend Round-Up Of Road Action – 1st Sub-2:10 Marathon Happens In Denmark Hard to believe the all-comers record in Denmark is just 2:09:54 after today.

Administrative News

Column: It Would Be A Mistake To Underestimate WADA’s New Head Man Witold Bańka
*MB: New WADA chairman Witold Bańka is just 34 years old

Alan Abrahamson Rips Beckie Scott For Claiming She Was Bullied By WADA She voted for Russian reinstatement, then after a social media outcry, changed her mind.

A Call To Action

LRC Editorial The Olympic Marathon Trials Are (Still) In Jeopardy – Here’s What USATF & The IAAF Can Do To Fix It No American marathon is more compelling than the Olympic Marathon Trials. But if USATF and the IAAF don’t act, the drama and intrigue of the Trials could be destroyed in 2020. Please take 30 seconds to tweet, post, and share about this issue with the tags @USATF, @iaaforg, @TeamUSA, @nbcsports, and #savethetrials. We couldn’t care less if you share this article – we just want awareness to the issue in general. Write your own article and we’ll reshare it.
*MB:Help save the US Olympic Marathon Trials – A call to action

LRC Weekly Podcast: Legend Of “White Lightning” Matt Boling Grows, Mary Cain Wins, Grant Fisher Loses (Twice), World Relays, Shanghai Diamond League, Homophobic Slurs, US Olympic Trials, And The Ethiopian High Jump Record Falls Listen and subscribe today. We also note Rojo is in fine form.

Pre-Shanghai News

LRC2019 Shanghai DL Preview: OH BABY WHAT A MEET! Sydney McLaughlin’s DL Debut, A Loaded Men’s 5K, And (Finally!) Benjamin Vs. Samba In The 400H Track and field fans, set your alarm clocks or DVR as the Shanghai DL on Saturday is AMAZING and everything a track meet should be.

IAAF:High-Powered Head-To-Heads Galore On Tap In Shanghai
NBC’s Five Events To Watch In ShanghaiChristian Coleman vs. Noah Lyles 100m duel highlights.
Coleman Says He Wants To Attack 100 And 200 This Year Hamstring issues had him focus on the 100 last year.
The Latest From Shanghai – Coleman Talking Big: “My times have all been indicating that I’m ready to run fast. I’m excited to see what I can do.”
IAAF Men’s Event Previews*Women’s Event Previews
Chinese Stars Talk Before 10th DL In Shanghai
MB:OH BABY WHAT A MEET. Official 2019 Shanghai DL Discussion Thread
MB:Kejelcha, Chelimo, Cheptegei, and Barega lead ??????? 5,000m in Shanghai

Retired Athlete News

USATF Suspends Former Two-Time Olympic Champion Angelo Taylor As A Coach Taylor was coaching a youth track club in Atlanta despite being arrested twice in 2005 for child molestation (which he pled down to delinquency of two 15-year-old underage girls).
Former Danish Olympic Shot Putter Puts Out Political Campaign Ad On Pron WebsiteJoachim B. Olsen said, “Yes, it’s me on Pornhub. … Half of the internet is porn. And you have to be where the voters are.”
The Athlete With The Oldest Men’s World Record Says He Wants It To Fall USA’s Kevin Young set the 400H WR with 46.78 back to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics but he thinks it should have already been broken.
Usain Bolt Jumps Into The Very Popular, But Controversial, Paris Scooter Market They are popular for commuting, but also seen as a nuisance and a danger by some.

Gender/Testosterone News

MB:Transgender woman CeCe Telfer currently sits at #2 in NCAA D2 100 hurdles – Watch her DOMINATE here (video) Last year Telfer was a low level athlete on the men’s team, but now is #2 in the NCAA as a woman.
Usain Bolt Urges Caster Semenya To Accept IAAF Ruling “I heard about her story without following it very closely. For me it’s just the rules. I don’t make the rules, but I enforce them … When there is a regulation [in the business rule] I never discuss it, I just bend over and move on.”
Organizers Announce Caster Semenya Won’t Be Competing At The Stockholm DL Meet After The CAS Testosterone Ruling No surprises there as Semenya has said she wouldn’t take testosterone lowering medication.
World Medical Association Reaffirms Its Opposition To IAAF’s Gender Rules Their statement said that treatment should be for medical need, not sports performance.
Kenya’s 800m Olympic Bronze Medalist Margaret Wambui Fears Testosterone Rules Will End Her Career Wambui says she will not take the testosterone lowering medication, nor does she plan to move to the 5,000m. She asks, “Why don’t we take maybe men with low testosterone and categorize them as women?”

More Distance News

RW Catches Up With Mary Cain After Her First Race Finish In 2.5 Years, At Win At NYRR’s Japan Run 4 Miler Cain says that she is “hoping to get on the track soon,” but doesn’t have any plans in place and has been doing strength work, not much speed.
*LRCA Behind-The-Scenes Look At Mary Cain’s Recent Training Camp In Mammoth Lakes, California
Laura Weightman (15:21) And Nick Goolab (13:34) Win English 5k Road Titles At The Ispswich Twilight

Sprint Stuff

Allyson Felix Eyeing Return At USA Champs After Her Comeback From Childbirth Felix had a C-section childbirth in November and has returned to full training and says she still wants to compete through at least Tokyo 2020 and maybe even Eugene 2021.
Good Read:T&F News Writer Gives A “Rant” About How The IAAF Doesn’t Get Splits Right Sieg Lindstrom explains how the splits aren’t accurate and the presentation in the results are horrible. We definitely agree; when the NCAA and Penn Relays can get results formatted so well, why are the IAAF’s so bad?
Gleaner Writer Rips Jamaica’s Performance At World Relays They put all their best sprinters (Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, etc.) in the women’s 4 x 200, but only managed third.
European Athletics Looks Back At Italian Pietro Mennea’s 200m World Record From 1979, Which Still Still Stands As The European Record Mennea’s 19.72 was actually the first of 272 world records set on a Mondo brand track.

More Sprint News

Non-Distance News

Expectations Are High For Michael Norman’s 200 In Osaka On Sunday
Scottish Athletics Chief Executive Mark Munro Wants To Leave A Blueprint For Success When He Leaves His Job It doesn’t appear to include flying on private planes as it does in the US.
Christopher Taylor, Who Won The Jamaican Nationals Last Year In 44.88 At Age 18, Is Moving To Florida To Train With Rana Reider

Wednesday Was HOKA Carbon X Launch Day (Sponsored)

LRC Big Talk Ultramarathon Legend Jim Walmsley Talks Olympic Trials, Hobby Jogging, Missile Silos, Eliud Kipchoge, The Best Records In The Sport, And MoreUltramarathon legend Jim Walmsley shares all. He talks about how he hopes to complete the Triple Crown of ultra running, what events he could beat Eliud Kipchoge in, how he’d rather be the top US marathoner rather than ultramarathoner, and more.

LRCHOKA Pros Michael Wardian And Sabrina Little Tell Us What They View As The Best Ultra Races, Runners And Records In HistoryOur deep dive in the ultra scene continues as Sabrina Little and Michael Wardian reveal what they view as the best races, runners and records (Sponsored content by HOKA ONE ONE).
*MB: What are the best ultramarathon records?
*MB: What are the best ultras in the world?

More Distance News

48-Year-Old Mother Of Three Perry Shoemaker Qualified For The Olympic Trials She ran 2:43:33 at the Eugene Marathon to break her previous PR by over 8 minutes.
May 27:USA Rosters Announced For Bolder Boulder Team Challenge The men’s team includes Parker Stinson, Jared Ward, Tyler McCandless and Diego Estrada while the women are led by Aliphine Tuliamuk and 2012 steeple Olympian Shalaya Kipp.
GB’s Jo Pavey Says Nike Froze Her Sponsorship When She Was Pregnant “It was the joy of running that kept me going because you think, ‘What will be will be’ and I was focused on being a mum. But you don’t want to feel punished for being pregnant.”
Missed Result From The Golden Games In Japan: Strong Performances From Evans Keitany (13:12), Yuta Shitara (27:53) And Tomoka Kimura (15:19)

LetsThrow.com

Good Read:US Shot Put Olympian Darrell Hill Talks About Writing Down His Goal To Be World Champ, His Disappointing Rio 2016 And Losing Weight To Improve “It was tough to lose weight – I do love eating – but in our event you just can’t afford to not maximize your ability. Other guys have the opposite problem. I see Ryan Crouser on a daily basis and it’s funny to watch him at meals; he struggles to eat enough just to maintain weight.”
GB Shot Putter Sophie McKinna Denied World Qualifying Mark Because Meet She Competed At Was Denied Permit Because No Photo-Finish Kit “It’s just absolutely crazy. I was massively upset when I found out, because a photo-finish has nothing to do with my event.”
Elina Tzenggo Sets World U18 Javelin Best With The 500g Implement With 65.80m At The Greek Schools Championships

Four Good High School Reads

T&F News:Matthew Boling Creates New Legend At Texas State Meet They ask if Boling is the second coming of Johnny “Lam” Jones, who ran a 45.1 leg for 440y at the 1976 state meet.
MileSplit:Behind The Scenes Of Matthew Boling’s Memorable Texas State Meet A 10.13/44.75 (relay) double plus a win in the LJ has definitely left an impression.
MileSplit Profile:Cystic Fibrosis Hasn’t Stopped Angelica Rock From Success The high school senior needs seven hours of therapy and 170 pills to combat the genetic lung disease, but has still found success in running qualifying in the 800 for the North Carolina 4A State Championships.
T&F News:DeSoto Girls 4 X 100 Broke Their Own National Record With 44.25 At The Texas State Meet The school now holds three of the top six high school marks of all time.