LRC 6 Things You Need to Know Ahead of the Most Dramatic Marathon of 2019: The Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials We can’t wait for Saturday night’s race which is super high in quality. Only 20 Americans in history have broken 2:10 in the marathon and only four have ever broken 2:08; the MGC will feature 21 sub-2:10 guys, six of whom have broken 2:08.
*MB: The Most Dramatic Marathon of The Year is Saturday – Official 2019 Japanese Marathon Grand Championship Discussion Thread
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
RRW Jenny Simpson, Nick Willis Continue Winning Ways At New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Simpson won in 4:16.1 to barely beat Elinor Purrier (4:16.2) as Simpson broke PattieSue Plumer‘s previous CR of 4:16.68 from 1990. Willis got his 5th win, taking the men’s race in 3:51.7, just edging out Chris O’Hare (3:51.7) and Sam Prakel (3:51.8).
*MB: Official 2019 Fifth Avenue Mile Thread: Jenny Simpson wins 8th title in event record 4:16.2
LRC Pre-Race Jenny Simpson’s Got The Coolest Job In America And Is Ready To “Rock And Roll” At 5th Avenue Mile And World Champs Jenny Simpson runs fast, wins medals, plays with kids, and gives away free shoes. What’s not to love about that?
Running Shoe Store Fleet Feet Sues Nike Over “Sport Changes Everything” Slogan Fleet Feet has filed a lawsuit against Nike over Nike’s use of phrases such as “Change Everything” and “Running Changes Everything” which Fleet Feet claims they have trademarks on. *Discuss
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 Podcast: Woody Kincaid Runs 12:58, Vin Lananna Is Back, Alberto Vs. Jerry, Japanese Marathon Trials, Noah Lyles “Issue” In Brussels Subscribe today on your favorite podcast player or listen above.
LRC RecapWoody Kincaid Burns Up Nike’s Famed Wooded Track With 12:58 PR For 5,00013:00 for Lopez, 13:01 for Centro. What a run by the Bowerman crew.
Thread:Woody Kincaid 12:58, Lopez Lomong 13:00, Matthew Centrowitz 13:00 at Nike Track in Beaverton
*MB:The next American sub-13:00 5k runner is……..Woody Kincaid???
Ken Goe’s Recap:“Woody Kincaid, Lopez Lomong And Matthew Centrowitz Get The Olympic 5k Standard On A Surreal Night”
LRC On Top Of The World: Americans Ajee’ Wilson & Raevyn Rogers Go 1-2 In 2019 Diamond League 800m Final
LRC Women’s Recap: Sifan Hassan CRUSHES Field In 5k As Dina Asher-Smith Springs Upset In 100 Hassan was so good she now has a problem. Does she want to win 10k and 1,500 gold or 10k and 5k gold?
LRC Men’s Recap: Controversy In The Steeple, Dominance In The 1,500, & DL Titles For Young Stars Lyles & Norman Plus American Craig Engels becomes the 1st American to get the standard in the 1,500.
Brussels MB Talk
Non DL Action: Kirani James IS BACK!!! Runs 44.47 in 1st race of year (and just 6th race since 2016 Olympics) in Spain
LRC Podcast Christian Coleman Cleared, Donavan Brazier Makes History, Drew Hunter Out, Bekele, Farah, Rupp, Kipchoge Marathon Talk, Brussels Diamond League Final Preview Plus transgender running talk, ultra talk and the return of Rojo.
*MB:Christian Coleman’s Father Listens To LRC Podcast, Then Takes To Message Board To Slam LetsRun.com Co-Founder Robert Johnson For His Take On Coleman Situation – Calls Rojo “Unprofessional, Irresponsible Hack And An Idiot” He wasn’t happy that Rojo said Coleman should be drug tested every day for the rest of his career.
ESPN’s Max Kellerman Slams Track Athletes Saying They’re “Usually Failed Football And Basketball Players” Canadian Running Magazine hits back and explains all the things Kellerman got wrong about track.
LRCDavid Rudisha’s Strange Summer Continues The bizarre summer of 2019 for the world record holder in the 800 continues. There has been some personal drama with his wife, a very serious car crash, and now a strange social media post.
*MB:David Rudisha’s instagram post
More Kenyan Distance News:
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.
LRCHow 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
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
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
Want a Better Running Shoe?
Beta Better Running Shoe Site
It’s Time to Change How We Find Running Shoes