LRC 4:12.33 World Record For Sifan Hassan In Brave Like Gabe Mile In Monaco The 23-year-old world record fell despite Hassan going out in 2:08. Unbelievable. *Updated with full analysis.
LRC The 1:41 Club Is Back: Nijel Amos Runs 1:41.89 In Monaco Amos was the last man to go sub-1:42 back in 2012 until he did it again in Monaco.
Rest Of Meet: Justin Gatlin Defeats Noah Lyles, Ajee’ Wilson Wins, Cheruiyot Over Ingebrigtsen, McLaughlin World Leader Monaco annually seems to be the highlight of the Diamond League season and the 2019 version did not disappoint.
LRCChicago Marathon Announces Deep American Fields For 2019 Race: Cragg, Derrick, & Ritz Join Rupp & Hasay We break down what it all means as we we get closer to the 2020 US Trials. Plus, why we think Berlin might be a better option.
*MB: 2019 Chicago Marathon US field is out: Cragg, Derrick, Ritz Join Rupp & Hasay
Also In October 1st Canadian Across Line With Standard At Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon On October 20th Will Be Named To Olympic Team Former 4:02 1,500 runner Malindi Elmore of Canada, now 39, is hoping it’s her and she’s got reason to be optimistic as she ran 2:32 in her debut 6 months after giving birth.
LRC Bryce Hoppel Wins 20th (!) Race In A Row, Donavan Brazier Runs 3:37, & Shelby Houlihan Finally Breaks 2:00 But Loses To Kate Grace A lot of PRs as Americans chased qualifying standards. We give you the event-by-event highlights.
*DyeStat Recap With Quotes From Bryce Hoppel, Kate Grace, Shelby Houlihan, Nikki Hiltz, Karissa Schweizer
*Discussion Thread
LRC Q&A 44-Year Old Bernard Lagat Explains How He Broke The US Masters Record In Men’s Marathon And Went From Marathon Afterthought To Olympic Team Contender The former 1,500 star reveals the keys to his 2:12:10 marathon.
*MB: Bernard Lagat runs 2:12:10 to break Meb’s US Masters marathon mark. Amazingly now holds EVERY US masters mark 1500 and up!!!
LRC LetsRun.com Previews The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Course – Where Cross-Country Meets The Marathon Just how hard is this course? What are the pros saying? And why should Walking Dead fans be excited? We traveled to Atlanta to give you the scoop.
LRC Exclusive Evan Jager Will Attempt To Win His 8th-Straight US Title After Just 40 Days Of Running Injuries have kept Evan Jager from racing since last August. Jager is back running now – finally – and he’s ready to talk. So we listened.
*MB: Evan Jager Will Attempt To Win His 8th Straight US Title After Just 40 Days of Running – Is It Enough?
LRC Here’s What We Know About The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials The top 3 across the line in the women’s race on February 29th will definitely be going to the Olympics. As for the men, that’s still TBD.
MB:Frank mesas death has officially been ruled a suicide The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says Meza died from multiple blunt force traumatic injuries and ruled his death a suicide. This after there were reports last week that someone may have jumped from a bridge.
LRCPodcast: Evan Jager Talks Injury & Redemption, + A Look Back At Lausanne And The Sunset Tour, + Lagat’s 2:12 Subscribe today on your favorite podcasting app. Evan Jager is the special guest for the final 50 minutes.
Weekly Recap LRC WTW: Life Isn’t Fair / Brigid Kosgei Wins $58,000, Bernard Lagat 2020 Olympic Marathoner?, Bribes And Pro Daycare Dads In our weekly recap, we also analyze who looked older as a teen: Alan Webb, Eliud Kipchoge or Edward Zakayo?
LRC Greatest Of All Throws: Michael Carter’s Unbreakable High School Shot Put Record Turns 40 One of the greatest records in all of sports is now 40 years old and no one one has even come within four feet of it. Read all about it here. We’re so amazed by it we had Jonathan Gault write more than 5,000 words about it.
*MB: Jonathan Gault on Michael Carter a must read. Definitely the greatest high school record
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