– Patrick Sang talking about what he has learned about the power of the mind through coaching Eliud Kipchoge in his attempts to break the 2-hour barrier in the marathon.
Podcast: Podcast: Sifan Hassan World Record in Mile, Rojo Eats Crow, Nijel Amos Back in 1:41s, Will Jager Ever Break 8? NOP / Bowerman Talk Subscribe today on itunes
WTW Shelby Houlihan Is An 800 Runner (Again), Anna-Emilie Møller Breaks 41-Year-Old Record, + Is Muktar Edris Getting Into Shape? Monaco lived up to its hype but we go beyond the headlines and also look at the state of affairs with the Japanese men’s 1,500 and listen to Lance Armstrong‘s latest justification excuse of you better bring guns to a gun fight.
LRCEvan Jager, Robby Andrews And Eric Jenkins Definitely Are Out Of USAs Three World Championships team members from 2017 likely will be MIA at USAs later this month. Wed. AM Update: Jager is definitely out as well.
*MB:2019 USATF Outdoor Entries/Robby Andrews and Eric Jenkins Definitely Are Out of USAs; Evan Jager May Be As Well
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.
Josh Kerr Is On Fire – He’s Set 4 PRs In 4 Straight Races It’s not conventional for a 21-year-old Brit to be training in Seattle but Kerr is far from an ordinary talent. Can he medal in Doha?
Q&A With Laura Weightman, Who Reflects On Her”Surprise” 8:26 3,000m At Pre She says she’s undecided on whether she’ll run the 1,500 or 5,000 at Worlds.
Another Interesting Profile Brazil’s Discus Star Andressa de MoraisRecalls How She Competed Against Her Mom At Age 12 And Talks About Overcoming Her Rio Disappointment
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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 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
LRC 2019 Ethiopian 10,000 Trials Results and Race Video: Hagos Gebrhiwet (26:48) and Letesenbet Gidey (30:37) Win The men’s race was super high. 8 Ethiopians ran 27:02 or faster.
*MB: Official 2019 Ethiopian 10,000 Trials Discussion Thread
*MB: Shouldn’t all of the 10k times recorded from Hengelo be disallowed due to illegal pacing? A computer paced the race!!! (video)
MB:Former Olympic 1,500m Champ Taoufik Makhloufi Runs 1:46.33 For Second Place In Sotteville les Rouen, France It was Makhloufi’s first race since 2016. Kenya’s Alfred Kipketer won the race in 1:45.59.
*IAAF Full Meet Recap:Cuba’s Yaimé Perez Throws World Leading 69.39m In The DiscusAbdelaati Iguider got a dominating win in the 3,000m in 7:40.71. *Full Results
Recommended Read:GB Sprinter James Ellington Says Making It To Tokyo 2020 Will Be A “Walk In The Park” After Recovering From The Extensive And Life Threatening Injuries In His Motorcycle Crash He’ll be racing this weekend for the first time since that accident in 2016. This after doctors initially told him they didn’t know if he’d ever walk again.
IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon Addresses “Alarming Decrease In Global Sports Participation” “If we only see sport as a product, then we are no different from washing powder, cereal or pencils. … We need to help young people to develop a sport habit that will lead to a healthy lifestyle when they become adults.”
*Athletics Weekly:Growing Athletics Is At The Top Of IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon’s To-Do List
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.
Athletics Weekly:Sifan Hassan And Shelly-Ann Faster-Pryce Among Global Stars Set For London DL Hassan will take on Hellen Obiri and GB’s Laura Weightman in the 5000m while Fraser-Pryce is up against Dina Asher-Smith, Dafne Schippers and Murielle Ahoure in the 100m.
Recommended Read:Toni Reavis Bemoans The Fact That Modern Running Shoes Are Becoming So Advanced, They May Kill The Joy Of Running “Soon we will begin to hear about the first sub-1 hour marathon before Eliud Kipchoge has a chance to fully recover from his first sub-2. And everyone will applaud but like the proliferation of home runs in Major League Baseball this year, the performances in one era will be impossible to compare against another and something fundamental will be lost.”
*MB: Sifan Hassan ran her world record in cheater spikes, does it count!?!?
LRCBoots On The Ground In Monaco: What Did Track & Field’s Stars Tell LetsRun.com After Racing On Friday? We had boots on the ground in Monaco on Friday. What did Noah Lyles, Justin Gatlin, Sydney McLaughlin, Ajee Wilson, Nijel Amos and the Ingebrigtsens tell us after Monaco?
*Timothy Cheruiyot After Monaco: “I was expecting a sub 3:29 but it wasn’t a fast race. I’m still happy for the victory.”
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?
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