Big Collegiate XC News

MB: Woody Kincaid 12:58, Lopez Lomong 13:00, Matthew Centrowitz 13:00 at Nike Track in Beaverton They were going for the Olympic standard (13:13.50) and hit it with ease. Kincaid (#5), Lomong (#9), and Centro (#10) all cracked the US all-time top 10.

LRC The Race For The Ages That No One Knows About: The US (NAU) and Japanese Collegiate Champs (Tokai) Just Raced Each Other in Cross Country Last Weekend. Here’s What Happened. And the narrow 25 to 30 victory went to…..
*MB: Just saw GREATEST Intl’ collegiate men’s XC race ever?

The Oregonian: Vin Lananna Opens Up About Leaving Oregon To Become Track Coach At The University Of Virginia Lananna says that he has realized he has missed coaching and working directly with athletes, but says he has no intention of resigning his USATF presidency.

MB: Vin Lananna Hired as Director of T&F/XC at University of Virginia

Tonight On The Nike Track *RunnerSpace Live Stream @ 11:30PM ET (Subscription Required)

• Matt Centrowitz, Lopez Lomong And Woody Kincaid Chasing The Olympic 5,000m Standard At The Nike HQ Track Ken Goe explains how the race wasn’t easy to put together because the track didn’t have a rail and had to be certified by USATF all at the last minute. Mohammed Ahmed will pace the race; the Olympic standard is 13:13.50.
  *MB: Bowerman Track Club men will actually race before Worlds – Centro and Lomong running a 5000 on Tuesday

Doping News

• IAAF Bans Lamine Diack’s Former Lawyer Habib Cisse For Life And Fines Him $25,000 The IAAF Ethics Board said they found Cisse guilty of helping to cover up doping by Lilya Shobukhova and other Russian athletes. *InsideTheGames article
• Molly Huddle Asking People To Sign A Petition To Have Lifetime Bans For Dopers Even On Their First Time Offenders
• Briana Williams’ Anti-Doping Is Tuesday She tested positive for a banned diuretic at the Jamaican Trials.
• IAAF Approves Application of 11 More Russians To Compete As Neutrals

Great North Run

Brigid Kosgei Runs Fastest Half Marathon Ever By A Woman With 64:28 At The Great North Run Kosgei won by over three minutes as Mary Keitany was only 4th. Kosgei’s time is 23 seconds faster than Joyciline Jepkosgei‘s WR, but this isn’t a record-eligible course. Charlotte Purdue was the top Brit in 5th (68:10) to move to #3 on the UK all-time list. *Discuss

Mo Farah Wins His Sixth-Straight Great North Run Title In 59:07 Farah beat Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist Tamirat Tola (59:13).

Great Run Organizers Accidentally Send 5k Racers The Wrong Way They ended up cutting about 300m off the course.

An LRC Exclusive

LRC How Does The Whereabouts System Work For A Professional Athlete? We Asked Jenny Simpson To Explain It Simpson explains everything she has to do to file her whereabouts information and doesn’t believe it’s that much of a burden: “If you miss three tests, it’s either because you’re cheating or because you’re an idiot.”
*MB: Jenny Simpson’s account of how testing works is troubling 

More Colorado News Denver Post‘s John Meyer Looks At How Runners And Cyclists Are Increasingly Fighting On The Colorado Trails

Their Track Careers Appear To Be Over

Caster Semenya Joins Women’s Pro Football (Soccer) Team In South Africa
*MB: Caster Semenya hints on her Instagram that she may take up soccer 

Kemoy Campbell Is Forced To Retire As Doctors Say He Could Die If He Tried To Compete Again 

Hoka Long Island Mile *Results

Last Lap Burst Wins Morgan McDonald The Hoka One One Long Island Mile In A PR Of 3:54.63 McDonald ran his last quarter in 57.2. to beat Robert Domanic (3:57.41) and Riley Masters (3:57.59) as nine men went sub-4. Amanda Eccleston won the women’s race in 4:32.58 over Heather Kampf (4:32.79) and Katie Mackey (4:33.28). The meet also included a women’s 5,000m where Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson went 1-2 in 15:08.67 and 15:10.62.
*Full Meet Broadcast *Race Website *DyeStat Recap

More Non-Distance News

• Brianne Theisen-Eaton And Ashton Eaton Announce Pregnancy They are expecting in February.
• IAAF Inside Athletics Interview With The Borlee Brothers The Belgium 400m stars Jonathan, Kevin and Dylan Borlee talk about the prospect of one day having an all Borlee 4 x 4 and trying to live up to their sister, who has an Olympic medal.
• The IAAF Looks Back At Five Dramatic Moments From Past World Championship Finals USA’s Tianna Bartoletta and her 2015 long jump win makes their list.
• USA’s Olympic Shot Put Champion Michelle Carter Donates Her Rio Qualification Kit To IAAF Heritage Exhibition In Doha

Upcoming Action

• Sunday: Mo Farah Going For His Sixth-Straight Victory At The Great North Run Half Marathon Farah is up against Olympic bronze medalist Tamirat Tola and GB’s Callum Hawkins. The women’s race has a clash between Mary Keitany and London Marathon winner Brigid Kosgei.
• Athletics Weekly Great North CityGames Preview Allyson Felix in the 150m and Tianna Bartoletta in the LJ.
• Good Read: Profile On Spain’s Fernando Carro, Who Ran A Huge 10-Second PR Earlier This Summer To Finish 4th In The Monaco Steeplechase With 8:05.69 The national record holder says “it is a huge honor” to represent Europe at The Match.
• October 20: Belaynesh Oljira (2:21:53) And Bruktayit Degefa Eshetu (2:23:28) Hoping To Lead And Ethiopian 1-2 Punch At The Toronto Waterfront Marathon The two are in the same training group, but say they aren’t friends as Oljira is new to the team, but maybe after this they will be.

Zagreb And Other Recent Results *Zagreb Results

• Kate Grace (4:07.91), Phyllis Francis (51.02), Michael Rodgers (10.04) Among American Winners At Zagreb IAAF World Challenge Meet 2015 World bronze medalist Amel Tuka won the 800m in 1:44.78 over Marcin Lewandowski (1:45.28) as Taoufik Makhloufi was 4th (1:45.54).
  *MB: Justin Gatlin Pulls Up Injured In Zagreb He still finished the race in 4th place (10.29).
  *Tom Walsh Dominates Zagreb Shot Put With 21.98m
• Ivet Lalova-Collio Sets 200m Meet Record With 22.45 Victory At The Balkan Championships She also won the 100m in 11.23.
• Last Sunday: Eunice Sum (2:00.94), Justin Gatlin (9.97 In The 100m) And Ryan Crouser (21.48m In The SP) Highlighted At The Galà dei Castelli In Bellinozona, Switzerland Probably the most interesting thing, though, was Lashawn Merritt running his first 400m since 2017 (he won in 45.82). Sam Prakel won the 1500m (3:37.59). *Results
  *Switzerland’s Lea Sprunger Victorious On Home Soil In The 400H In Bellinzona (55.24) There was also a home victory from Mujinga Kambundji, who got an upset win over Tori Bowie in the 100m in 11.12 (Bowie was only 5th in 11.29).
• IAAF National Championship Round-Up: Darlan Romani Dominates Shot Put With 21.21m At Brazilian Champs Paulo André de Oliveira won the 100m in a wind-assisted 9.90, Swedish champs were highlighted by throws including Daniel Stahl‘s 69.23m discus win and Orlando Ortega ran 13.33 to win the 110H at Spanish Champs.

Recent Ultra/Trail News *UTMB Results

• Last Week: Kilian Jornet Falls Short Of Pikes Peak Marathon Record As He Wins In 3:227:39 He was almost 11-minutes off Matt Carpenter’s record from 1993. In the women’s race, Maude Mathys broke the 1-year-old CR in 4:02:45.
  *MB: Sage Canaday 2nd at Pikes Peak!
• GB’s Alyson Dixon Wins 50k World Champs And Breaks WR In Her First Ever Ultramarathon Dixon (a 2:29:06 marathoner) ran 3:07:20 (6:02 pace) to break the previous record from 1989 by over a minute. Spain’s Iraitz Arrospide won the men’s race in 2:47:42 (5:24 pace), breaking the previous European record by over a minute. *IAU Race Recap
• Courtney Dauwalter Dominates UTMB Wins By Nearly An Hour, Beats All American Men But 1 Very impressive.
  *Spain’s Pau Capell Wins UTMB
  *Official UTMB Discussion thread

USATF 20k Champs *Results

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

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.”