– Kenyan journalist Idah Waringa writing for the Daily Nation about why so many top Kenyan stars skipped the African Games this year in Rabat.
USADA Clears Christian Coleman To Compete In Whereabouts Violation Case Coleman has gotten off without a hearing due to a technicality with the rules which says whereabouts violations relate back to the first day of the quarter. So even though he had three missed tests in a 12-month period, one missed test was outside the 12-month period when considering the “first day of the quarter” rule. *Discuss
LRC Running 101: Six Keys To Becoming A Better Runner The basics of running explained with a high schooler in mind from Wejo.
*Discussion Thread
LRC Donavan Brazier Runs 1:42.70 For The Win And Puts A Scare In Johnny Gray’s American Record Donavan Brazier picked up a huge $50,000 win and PR.
LRC Women’s Recap: Sifan Hassan Leads NOP 1-2, Sydney McLaughlin Defeats World Record Holder Dalilah Muhammad, Coburn Comes Up Short Full recap of the women’s action in Zurich.
Race Videos: Donavan Brazier 1:42.7, Karsten Warholm, Noah Lyles Defeats Justin Gatlin, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, McLaughlin > Muhammad
Course Adjustments Announced For The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Rather than the planned 6-mile loop (which the athletes were essentially running six times), there will now be an 8-mile loop which they will run three times. This change “will decrease the number of turns and reduce the overall elevation gain on the course.” Apparently the changes were made in part because the field (mostly the women’s) is much larger than expected.
*LRC Archive:LetsRun.com Previews The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Course – Where Cross-Country Meets The Marathon
Runner’s World Article On Updated Marathon Trials Course They say the new course is still spectator friendly and the elevation gain has lessened, but “only slightly.”
Podcast Will Christian Coleman Be At Worlds? Transgender Woman To Run NCAA Cross-Country, Can Coburn Go Sub-9? Listen at link above or in your favorite podcast player.
Video Highlights Of Paris: Hanna Green WINS 800!, Noah Lyles 19.65, Ronald Musagala Wins 1,500, Brandon McBride Wins 800Elaine Thompson won the 100, and Will Claye beat Christian Taylor in the triple jump. Clayton Murphy was 5th in 800 as was Conseslus Kipruto in steeple.
*MB:Official 2019 Paris DL Discussion Thread – Olympic champs Kipruto & Makhloufi return to the DL + The Ingebrigtsen Civil War
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.
RRW:Leonard Korir And Sara Hall Dominate USA 20K Championships At New Haven Road Race Both got comfortable wins as Koror won in 59:06 by 26 seconds and Hall won by almost 2 minutes. *USATF Recap
LRCWhat Can Our Sport Do To Make Its Stars Compete More?Bowerman Track Club Will Have ZERO Athletes At Diamond League Finals Everything in our sport except Worlds is now the pre-season. What can be done?
MB Discussion Of Week: No Bowerman TC athletes will be at Diamond League finals; what can sport do to make athletes compete more?
2020 Changes: Zurich To Host Diamond League Final In 2020 And 2021 As Part Of Diamond League Reform
Dalilah Muhammad Talks About Her “Magical” WR Run And How She And Her Coach Stepped Back And Refocused To Get Ready For Zurich Rather than racing the last month, Muhammad took a week off after USAs and then got back to training.
Jamaica’s Double World Under-20 Sprint Champ Brianna Williams Tests Positive For A Banned Diuretic Williams’s legal representative is seeking an expedited hearing and arguing that she was not at fault and shouldn’t face sanctions. *Discuss
BAA Head Coach Ricardo Santos Is Leaving To Take Distance Coach Position At Stanford; 2012 Olympian Morgan Uceny Will Take Over Uceny has been an assistant coach with the BAA, but has now been named interim head coach while the they search for a permanent replacement for Santos. *Discuss
World’s Fastest Man Christian Coleman “Has Missed THREE Drugs Tests'” Potential anti-doping infractions don’t get any bigger than this. Matt Lawton says the world’s fastest human is fighting one of 3 missed test infractions but if his appeal is unsuccessful he’ll face a 1-2 year ban.
*MB: World’s fastest man Christian Coleman faces potential whereabouts failure ban for 3 missed drug tests
LRC Analysis The World’s Fastest Man May Be Banned From The Olympics And World Championships: Analyzing The Christian Coleman Situation While Coleman is reportedly fighting his whereabouts infraction, 10 of the 11 fastest men in history have now been linked to a some sort of anti-doping infraction.
Noah Lyles Says He’s “Shocked” By Christian Coleman’s Missed Tests Lyles said “you don’t expect anybody to be missing three [tests].”
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.”
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.
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
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.
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?
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