– Former triple NCAA champion (100m, 200m, long jump) and world long jump silver medalist Jarrion Lawson talking about staying motivated to train despite currently serving and fighting a four-year doping ban.
LRC A Life On Pause: Jarrion Lawson’s Career Hangs In The Balance As He Fights His Four-Year Doping Ban – And The Global Anti-Doping System How do you prove something you ate over a year ago was contaminated with a substance banned for athletes – but not for cattle? That’s what Lawson, who in 2016 joined Jesse Owens as the only men in history to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump at the NCAA championship and came inches shy of Olympic gold, must do to prove his innocence and save his career.
*MB: Ajee Wilson, Will Claye and a 90 yr old cyclist got cleared after eating contaminated beef – Why not Jarrion Lawson?
LRC Leonard Korir Becomes First American To Win Falmouth Road Race Since 1988 On a hot and humid day in Massachusetts, Korir finally got the victory he so badly wanted after finishing in the top 3 each of the last 4 years. In the women’s race, Sharon Lokedi, the 2018 NCAA 10,000 champ, was the surprise winner and American Sara Hall the even more surprising runner-up.
*MB: 2019 Falmouth Road Race Thread: Edward Cheserek added to elite field
*Toni Reavis’s Falmouth Photos
LRC After A Year Of Ups And Downs, Josh Thompson & Cory McGee Stay Red Hot And Claim 2019 Falmouth Mile Titles Earlier this year, Thompson ran 9:02 for the steeple but now he’s one of America’s best in the 1,500. As for McGee, just weeks ago she was DQed at USAs. But both have been running amazingly of late and it continued tonight at Falmouth.
*MB: Official 2019 Falmouth Mile and Road Race Discussion Thread
Guardian Mile In Cleveland: MB: Nick Willis (3:58.12) and Shannon Oskia (4:27.20) win 2019 Guardian Miles in Cleveland Willis still needs the 2019 WC standard but he’s #45 on the descending order list and they take 45.
More Road Action: Suguru Osako Gets Ready For Japanese Trials With Dominant Half Marathon Win In Dallas, TX (62:23) 80 degrees with 76% humidity.
LRC Shelby Houlihan Is Out Of DL But Is She Sitting Pretty For Worlds ? Shalane Flanagan Is Back Running But Will She Do Boston 2020 Or Olympic Trials? Birmingham Diamond League Preview, Pan Am Games Recap Subscribe today on itunes or listen at link above or in player below.
LRC Californians Dominated: Meet The Winners Of The Running Warehouse LetsRun.com USAs Prediction Contest And get excited for the Worlds contest in September! Our winners got HOKA ONE ONE Clifton 6s and Running Warehouse gift certificates. You can get free 2-day shipping from Running Warehouse.
LRC 5 Takeaways From Pan Ams: NCAA Stars Bounce Back (But Hoppel Struggles), Remember The Name Justin Robinson, & Why Did So Many Americans No Show? Redemption was sweet for Marco Arop and Carlos Villarreal, but where were US champs Donavan Brazier, Craig Engels, Teahna Daniels and more?
And Some News About A Few Men
LRC Mid-D/Distance Recap 2019 Birmingham DL Recap: Ajee’ Wilson, Beatrice Chepkoech & KoKo Keep Rolling; Craig Engels Runs 3:35 Wilson and Chepkoech got wins in the 800 and steeple as expected, while KoKo held off Gabriela DeBues-Stafford in the mile. Engels was 3rd in the 1,500 behind Ronald Musagala and Stewart McSweyn. Updated with race videos.
*MB: Official 2019 Birmingham DL Discussion Thread
*MB:Calling it now: Kate Grace – Grace will beat Ajee Wilson and win Birmingham DL 800 This certainly did not happen.
*Just 4 Days After Dropping Out Of Race In His Native Ireland, Mark English Wins Birmingham 800 – “A right old funny sport, eh?”
LRC Sorry Conspiracy Theorists, Rosie Ruiz Has Actually Died – Here Is Her Death Certificate Some had wondered if Ruiz’s death might have been another hoax. After all, she did fake her way to the 1980 Boston Marathon crown.
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