Archived Homepage For June 14, 2019
Archived Homepage For June 14, 2019
Quote Of The Day
– Jeff Morris, coach at Perham HS, remembering Gabe Grunewald in a Spikes piece where 12 different people shared their memories of Grunewald.
- Why Jim Walmsley will make the olympics for USA
- Enice Kirwa's brother, Felix (2:06:13 pb), banned for using rat poison as ped
- High School Coaches: Do you treat your cross country team as a no-cut sport? Why or why not?
- Brad Hudson has a group in Boulder again!
- British WC marathoner Tish Jones (2:31:00 pb) does up to nearly 250 miles (400km) of training a week.... on a bike
- Where is Ryan Hill? Is he related to Ryan Hall?
- OJ Simpson 25 Yrs Later: Did He Do It?
- Check your scores/change your picks in $200,019 Running Warehouse Prediction contest
- Do NBA players know the games are predetermined or is it just the refs?
- Top 5 MBA, Can't Get A Job
Chatting With The Stars In Boston – 2019 adidas Boost Boston Games And Street Mile Are Sunday (4:30-6:00 PM ET On NBC) *Track Schedule*Mile Schedule
LRC Noah Lyles On Christian Coleman: “Some people just don’t like you. You can’t do nothing about it.” The world’s fastest 100 meter man also reiterated once again that he has zero plans to run the 100 at USAs and Worlds. Plus he says he’s “more excited” to train after losing to Michael Norman in Rome.
LRC Shaunae Miller-Uibo Says She’s In The Best Shape Of Her Life, “I Just Feel A Whole Lot Stronger This Year.” In other news, Miller-Uibo declined to discuss what happened in the fight with Tori Bowie that led to Bowie’s exit from PURE Athletics.- LRC Ajee’ Wilson Plans To Eventually Move Up To The 1,500, Perhaps As Soon As Next Year US 1,500 Olympic hopefuls, your nightmare may become reality in 2020.
- LRC Robby Andrews Is Trying To Come Back From Hell But He’s Not Making Any Excuses, “There’s no real excuse for running 1:54.” Andrews, who is coming back from Lyme disease and surgery, was horrific earlier this week when he ran 1:54 for 800.
Don’t Try This At Home
Lessons From Ron Hill: The World’s First And Greatest Run Streaker The Boston, European, and Commonwealth Marathon champion ran every day for more than 52 years in a row.- Why Run Streaking Isn’t As Insane As It Sounds
- How And Why To Start A Run Streak
High School: NBNO And Brooks PR Are This Weekend *NBNO Free Live Stream (Starts Thursday) *NBNO Results*Brooks Start Lists*Brooks Webcast Info (6 PM ET Saturday)
- DyeStat.com: 10 Storylines To Follow at New Balance Nationals Outdoor 2019 Everything from Athing Mu to Joseph Fahnbulleh (10.23 100m).
- Who’s Coming? A Look At The Stars Competing At The 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor, Which Started Thursday
Katelyn Tuohy Ends Her Season; Won’t Compete At New Balance Nationals Or USATF Champs Her coach cited “fatigue” as the reason for shutting down the season early. *MB:Katelyn Tuohy’s season over- DyeStat Distance Preview New Balance Nationals Outdoor (NBNO)*More Previews:*Sprints/Hurdles*Jumps*Throws*Full Entries*Webcast Info Starts Thursday @ 10AM ET
- Saturday:Ericka VanderLende Shooting For Sub-9:50 2-Mile At Brooks PR*Brooks Star Llists*Brooks Webcast Info Broadcast starts at 6PM ET.
Other Distance News
Evan Jager Update: MB: Craig Virgin reports that Evan Jager has “been battling an injury this past winter and spring.”- World 1,500m Champ Elijah Manangoi Wants To Run The 1,500/5,000 Double In Doha Manangoi ran his first 5,000m in Kenya last week (neither this article nor the recap give his time).
- Hardrock Hundred Canceled Due To Historic Snowfall The race was supposed to be next month, but due to historic snowfall in the mountains this winter, race organizers felt it was too dangerous. *MB: Hardrock 100 – Cancelled
What Is Going On In Nigeria?
Athletics Federation Of Nigeria Call Emergency Meeting To Decide To Decide On Reopening Investigation Into Missing IAAF Money They are trying to figure out if suspended president Ibrahim Gusau is to blame.
Hayward Field Updates
Good Read:Ken Goe: “When the new Hayward Field finally opens for business, will Eugene still be Track Town?” After years without a regular season to excite the fans, Goe asks if the “Hayward field magic” will still exist by the time the new (much larger) stadium finishes construction.- PAC-12 Announces New Hayward Field Will Host The 2020 PAC-12 Track Championships
And The Greatest Ultras And Ultra Runners Are … (Ultramarathon Exploration Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)
LRCThe Greatest Ultramarathons In The World: The “Triple Crown Of Ultras”: Comrades, Western States, UTMB There are a ton of great ultras in the world, but after a month plus of debate we’ve come up with a big 3. 
LRCThe G.O.A.T. Of The Ultramarathon Is … We can’t give it away as we want you to read the article. On the women’s side, our winner is an American.
More Hit Pieces On Mo Farah? Or Justified Negative Press?
Ethiopian Hotel Maid Who Was Jailed For 16 Days After Mo Farah’s Stuff Was Stolen In Haile’s Hotel Wants An Apology She also says Farah never tipped her in the 2 months she cleaned his room.- Olympic Hero Sir Mo Farah And Family Dubbed “Neighbours From Hell” After They Move Out Just kids being kids and playing on the green or kids totally out of control? You be the judge.
2019 Adrian Martinez Classic *Full Meet Replay *Results
LRC2019 Adrian Martinez: Comebacks Galore And Everyone Is Feeling #BraveLikeGabe Charlie Grice (3:54) and Elle Purrier (15:08) were the big winners on the night in terms of time but Abbey D C impressed as did Nikki Hiltz and HSer Ryan Oosting. Plus Robby Andrews and Isaiah Harris try to come back from injury.
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LRC Podcast:Remembering Gabe Grunewald, What A Great NCAA Outdoor Meet Listen on your favorite podcast platform or in the player below.
NCAA News
Sinclaire Johnson Will NOT Go For Worlds, Is Shutting Down Season After NCAA 1,500 Win “I didn’t want to get too greedy and try to chase more and more times and possibly undo the magic of what happened this past weekend. I just want to end on a high note.”- One And Done: Sha’Carri Richardson Goes Pro After Running NCAA And World Junior Record Of 10.75 In 100
- Texas Tech Coach Wes Kittley Expects Divine Oduduru To Go Pro
- Chris Nilsen, Coffee Barista Dad And Multi-Time NCAA Pole Vault Champ, Reflects On Beating Mondo At NCAAs “Coming in I wasn’t, ‘I have to beat Mondo.’ I was more focused on, I wanted to jump high, I wanted to jump 5.90 or higher and I completed my goal,” Nilsen says. “I didn’t think about it as coming in and wanting to beat Mondo. Competing against him is just fun.”
- NCAA Men’s HJ And LJ Champ JuVaughn Harrison Says He’s Better At The LJ But Loves The HJ More
- Emma Gee, BYU Steeplechaser, Comes Out As Bbisexual; “I am the only out LGBTQ athlete at BYU.”
- Robyne Johnson Leaving BU To Take Over At Cal
Mid-Week Action In France & Finland
France: MB: Caster Semenya Runs 5:38.20 For 2k At Montreuil Meet The time is equivalent to a 4:06.00 for 1,500m.- Caster Semenya Says She Isn’t Worried About Changing From The 800m “I am a talented athlete, I am not worried. I can run any event I want. It can be 100m, 200m, the long jump, heptathlon – you name it.” *Semenya Thinks The IAAF Should Focus On Doping, Not Her “I’m not an idiot. Why will I take drugs? I’m a pure athlete. I don’t cheat. They should focus on doping, not us. I’m never going to take drugs.” *Post-Race Video Interview
- Laura Muir Wins 800m In 2:00.63 In Montreuil She beat out Ukraine’s European indoor and outdoor bronze medalist Olha Lyakhova by over a second.
- Finland: Anita Wlodarczyk’s Hammer Victory (75.61 All Comers’ Record) Highlights Paavo Nurmi Games Distance winners were Kenya’s Cornelius Tuwei (1:46.37), Andy Bayer in the steeple (8:18.29) and Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo (4:06.21 over Ethiopia’s Fantu Worku (4:06.27). *Full Results
More NCAA Stuff
USTFCCCA Names Athletes And Coaches Of The YearGrant Holloway, Divine Oduduru, JuVaughn Harrison, Sha’Carri Richardson and Yanis David were named track/field athletes of the year.- Ex-Harvard Coach Walter Johnson Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography
- Assistant Robert Farrell Takes Over As Rutgers Head Track And Field Coach Long-time coach Mike Mulqueen is transitioning to men’s and women’s head XC coach.
- Assistant Valerie Brown Named Head Coach OF Austin Peay State University
Post-NCAAs Stuff
Mondo Duplantis Goes Pro With PUMA In a “thank you letter” to LSU, Duplantis says he’s loved his time competing as a Tiger, but “Now, it’s time to pursue another dream” going for medals at Worlds and the Olympics. *Discuss- Allie Ostrander Made History As First Boise State Athlete To Win Three National Titles
- Texas Tech Fans Welcome Back NCAA Champions With Celebration*IAAF: After NCAA Heroics, Rising Star Divine Oduduru Now Sees Doha On His Horizon
- Daily Bruin:UCLA Had Their Strongest Performance In Six Years At NCAAs
- University Of North Carolina Not Renewing Contract Of Head Coach Harlis Meaders
- Full List Of All DI All-Americans
- Oregon State Announces 23 New Recruits
News Of Note
Swiss Court Denies IAAF Request To Immediately Re-Impose Testosterone Rules On Caster Semenya- Divine Oduduru Reluctantly Says He’s Going Pro As He Can’t Turn Down $300-500k Per Year But Says He’ll Still Be Coached By Calvin Robinson “I feel more comfortable here than when I’m back home in my country,” he said, “because they’ve given me home here. They’ve accepted me. They’ve given me love. Everything I need, they’ve given it to me here.”
- Eunice Kirwa’s Brother, Felix (2:06:13 PR), Banned For 9 Months For Using Drug Often Found In Rat Poison
- Kara Goucher, Steph Bruce, Nick Willis, Molly Huddle And Others Remember Gabe Grunewald
- Great Run Company Launching A 55k Ultra – UltraLondon – In London
- A Look At The Leading Entries For The 2019 Japanese National Track And Field Champs
A Star Has Left This Earth
LRCGabe Grunewald: Rest In Peace No one wanted to see this day come, but thank you Gabe for teaching us all how to live. You can pay your respects here or by donating to her foundation.
- Tim Layden SI Article
- LRC Discussion
- USATF:“She will be remembered as one of the bravest athletes we knew.” Also includes a compilation of tweets from Molly Huddle, Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher, Emma Bates and Chip Gaines.
- More: *Toni Reavis*Cas Loxsom *Runner’s World *IAAF *MileSplit *NY Times *AP
Pro Sprint News
- Ivet Lalova-Collio Writes A Letter To Her Younger Self Lalova, the fastest non-African woman in history (10.77), famously blew Employee 1.0 a kiss in 2011 in a video that has now been seen nearly 100,000 times.
- In Case You Missed It: Justin Gatlin Ran 10.01 On Tuesday Andy Bayer ran 8:18 in the steeple.
Non-Distance News
Marquise Goodwin Says He’s Serious About Going For 2020 Olympic LJ During The NFL Offseason “It’s just off-season, same way I did it in high school, college, NFL. Just make it happen. It’s all on my off time. I use it as part of my training.”- IAAF Profile:Slowing Down Is The Key To Michael Norman Going Faster Norman says he has a new “secret race pattern” that has been helping him and “unfortunately” will just do the 400m at Worlds.
- The Guardian: “No Can Live Without Love”: Dutee Chand, India’s LGBT Trailblazer Talking about the backlash, Chand said, “It is going to take time for people in my village to get used to the idea.”
- July 20:Omar McLeod And GB’s Andrew Pozzi To Clash In 110H At London Anniversary Games
- BBC Podcast Interview With Michael Norman And Kori Carter
Doping News
- Runs In The Family: Kenyan 2:06:13 Marathoner Felix Kirwa Gets 9-Month Ban After Testing Positive For Rat Poison Surprise, surprise, Kirwa is the brother of 2016 Olympic marathon silver medalist and EPO cheat Eunice Kirwa.
- Russian Athletics Federation Vice President And 2008 Olympic HJ Champ Andrei Silnov Facing Doping Ban For “Possible Violation Of Anti-Doping Rules” He’s being investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit.
- GB’s Goldie Sayers To Receive Her 2008 Olympic Javelin Bronze At London DL Next Month – BBC Sport She was upgraded to bronze when Russian Mariya Abakumova was stripped of silver after a retest of her frozen sample.
Previous Gabe Grunewald News
Justin Grunewald Shares Picture Of Gabe Resting Peacefully At Home On Her “Comfy Couch” In a tweet on Tuesday he said, “She’s still comfy on the couch sleeping, listening to stories and messages from friends and strangers around the world.”- BBC:Pros Including Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher, Paula Radcliffe And Jo Pavey Tweet Messages To Gabe Grunewald Goucher said, “Thank you for showing me what bravery looks like.”
- MB: Gabe Grunewald “enters end of life care”
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