Running Training 101

LRC Running 101: Six Keys To Becoming A Better Runner The basics of running explained with a high schooler in mind from Wejo.

Upcoming Action In Europe

• Sunday:IAAF Preview Of ISTAF Berlin Meet: Sam Kendricks And Mondo Duplantis Will Go Head-To-Head Again In The PV Andre De Grasse is in the 100m, Omar McLeod and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, in the 110H, and 9:11 woman Gesa Krause in the steeple.
• September 9-10:Team Europe And Team USA Announced For “The Match” In Minsk The meet will be a scored competition between Team USA and Team Europe. Top athletes competing for the US include Craig Engels, Hilary Bor, Ben True, Kate Grace, Athing Mu, Shannon Rowbury, Brianna McNeal, Allyson Felix and Brittney Reese. *USATF Release

_{NCAA XC Is Here}

• Runner’s World Profile:June Eastwood Running Her First XC Race Of The Season Today At The Clash Of the Inland Northwest Meet In Montana Talking about Eastwood’s training, her coach says that her times “don’t compare” to what she ran as a male NCAA athlete. Eastwood claims she isn’t the fastest on the women’s team right now.
  *Results:June Eastwood Finishes 7th In First XC Race Eastwood ran 14:33.0 for the 4k race, 19.3 seconds off the winner.
  *MB: First transgender athlete June Eastwood to compete in women’s DI XC this fall, has pbs of 1:55/3:50/14:38 
• NAU And BYU Top Two Ranked Teams In Men’s NCAA XC Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll Washington, Colorado and Iowa State are ranked 3-5.
• Colorado And New Mexico Ranked 1-2 In Pre-Season Women’s NCAA Coaching Poll Washington, Michigan and Stanford made up the rest of the top 5.
• Pre-Season Men’s D1 Regional XC Rankings
• Pre-Season Women’s D1 Regional XC Rankings

Chicago Marathon Talk

LRC 2019 Chicago Marathon Elite Field Analysis: Men’s Race Could Be Epic With Farah, Rupp & 2:03 Crew; An Extremely Shallow Women’s Race Boston champ Lawrence Cherono & Dubai champ Getaneh Molla join Mo Farah & Galen Rupp in the men’s race. Defending champ Brigid Kosgei is back, but Jordan Hasay is the only other woman faster than 2:22:56. And Amy Cragg is a scratch.

Gender Controversy News

LRC5 Facts About June Eastwood, Who Will Become The First Transgender Woman To Run An NCAA Division I Cross-Country Race Saturday Eastwood, who ran PRs of 1:55/3:50/14:38 competing as a male for the University of Montana, has undergone a year of testosterone suppression treatment and is now cleared to compete in the NCAA as a woman.
*MB: First transgender athlete June Eastwood to compete in women’s DI XC this fall, has pbs of 1:55/3:50/14:38

• Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Profile On University Of Montana Transgender Runner June Eastwood Eastwood says she began questioning her gender in fifth or sixth grade.
• Chinese Women’s 400m Runners Go Viral On Social Media “For Looking Like Men” The appearance of the Chinese national 400m champ, Liao Mengxue, and runner-up, Tong Zenghuan, has led to questions over their genders. The Chinese Athletics Association has reportedly responded, declaring that the two runners are female.

Chicago 2019

LRC 2019 Chicago Marathon Elite Field Analysis: The Men’s Race Could Be Epic, Women’s Field Looking Extremely Shallow Defending champ Brigid Kosgei is back, but Jordan Hasay is the only other woman faster than 2:22:56. Boston champ Lawrence Cherono & Dubai champ Getaneh Molla join Mo Farah & Galen Rupp in the men’s race. And Amy Cragg is a scratch.

Chicago Press Release: Past Champions Dickson Chumba And Brigid Kosgei Lead International Field For The 2019 Chicago Marathon Kosgei comes in as the defending champion after winning in 2018 in 2:18:35 and then winning London in 2:18:20. She is joined by Betsy Saina (2:22:56) and Mexico’s Madai Perez (2:22:59). Chumba won Chicago in 2015, but will only be the fourth fastest in the field as Dubai champ Getaneh Molla (2:03:34) and runner-up Herpasa Negasa (2:03:40) lead the way along with previously announced Mo Farah. USA’s Amy Cragg, Chris Derrick and Brogan Austin have all withdrawn.

Doping News

• Jamaican Sprinter On World Champs Squad Reportedly Tests Positive Inside sources say that the sprinter tested positive for a banned diuretic which came from a contaminated cold and flu medication.
• Belarus’ Former 800m World Champ Marina Arzamasova Gets Doping Ban After Testing Positive For A Steroid-Like Substance Arzamasova beat out Canada’s Melissa Bishop for world 800m gold in 2015.
• Canada’s Former 100m WR Holder Donovan Bailey Is Hoping “There’s A Proper Explanation” For Christian Coleman’s Missed Tests Although Bailey claims he never missed tests himself. “I never missed one test, so I personally can’t see why [anyone] would miss three.”
• GB’s Steve Cram Says HIs Reaction To Christian Coleman’s Missed Tests Is “Less Of Surprise, More Of Despair” More than a dirty sport, Cram seems to feel like this points to today’s athletes not taking responsibility for their own careers and leaving too much to agents and/or coaches.
• Former Olympic PV Champ And Current IOC Member Yelena Isinbayeva Calls For IAAF To Lift Russia’s Ban We prefer the statements of another Russian Olympic champion jumper, Maria Lasitskene, who has been very critical of the Russian federation for failing to show “a desire to change.”
• German Javelin Thrower Christina Obergfoll Criticizes Anti-Doping System After Being Awarded 2008 Olympic Silver Medal 11-Years Late She was upgraded from bronze to silver after Russia’s Mariya Abakumova was caught in doping re-tests.
• AIU Announces Re-test Of A Sample From The 2011 World Champs Has Lead To A 2-Year Ban For Ukraine Shot Putter Andriy Semenov Semenov was the Ukraine national champion that year, but did not make the final at Worlds.
• WADA Suspend Accreditation Of New Delhi Laboratory For Up To Six Months They were suspended when WADA found “non-conformities with international standards.”

Christian Coleman Updates

• MB:Christian Coleman Issues Statement; Expects To Be Cleared In Hearing On September 4th “I’m not a guy who takes any supplements at all, so I’m never concerned about taking drug tests, at any time. What has been widely reported concerning filing violations is simply not true.”
• USADA Confirms Whereabouts Violation For Christian Coleman “We can confirm that he (Coleman) has been notified and charged under the USADA Protocol of a potential anti-doping rule violation for failing to properly file his whereabouts information.”
• Ato Boldon:“I think it is very premature to expect that Christian is not going to be at Doha because the more I investigate the situation, the more I believe that he will be in Doha.”

Might Farah Still Run Worlds?

Mo Farah Is Focused On Defending His Title At The Chicago Marathon, But Isn’t Ruling Out Doing The 10,000m At Worlds Chicago is on October 13th and the Doha 10,000 is on October 6th. Farah gets an automatic entry as the defending champ and said, “Anything is possible. I’m a reigning champion. I get an automatic spot. There’s nothing I have to do. I just thought why not?”

Better Running Shoes

LRC Top 10 Most Comfortable Running Shoes As Rated By You We got over 1,500+ shoe reviews last month and decided to do something with them. People rate shoes different ways but when we ask them what they want they often say “comfort.”