– Geoffrey Kamworor speaking after running 58:01 in Copenhagen to break the half marathon world record.
Geoffrey Kamworor Breaks Half Marathon World Record With 58:01 In Copenhagen Kamworor ran splits of 13:53 (5k), 27:34 (10k), 41:05 (15k) and 55:00 (20k) to break the record by 17 seconds. Five other men finished inside 60 minutes with Bernard Kipkorir taking second in 59:16. 2018 Tokyo Marathon champ Birhane Dibaba won the women’s race in 65:57 to beat out Evaline Chirchir (66:22). *Discuss
IAAF Recap Of 2019 Kenyan Trails World Junior silver medalist Ng’eno Kipng’etich surprisingly won the 800 over Emmanuel Korir.
Steeplechase Women Cross Line Holding Hands At Kenyan Trials In “Sign Of Unity” Beatrice Chepkoech, Hyvin Kiyeng and Celliphine Chespol were timed at 9:45.15, 9:45.20 and 9:45.24 respectively.
IAAF Will Use “Ground-Breaking Technology” For The 2019 World Champs Broadcast Their release says that they have “an array of new cameras that will provide innovative angles on the competition and behind-the-scenes pictures that have never been shown to the audience before.” For example, there will be cameras in the starting blocks.
The Oregonian: The New Hayward Field Is Taking Shape And It Will Be Imposing Ken Goe writes that “UO track athletes will have virtually every need contained within the stadium including “meeting rooms, treatment rooms, locker rooms, an athletes’ lounge, an amphitheater and even a barber shop.”
LRC Christian Coleman Releases YouTube Video About Whereabouts Failures, Criticizes USADA & Media, Says He Has Never Failed A Test “And Never Will” Coleman ripped USADA, which he accused of trying to land a “big fish” and says the whole episode cost him at least $150,000 in earnings.
*MB: Robert Johnson is an unprofessional, irresponsible hack and an idiot … and I have no problem tell him to his face
*MB: World’s fastest man Christian Coleman faces potential whereabouts failure ban for 3 missed drug tests
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
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 Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD And THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials As Honami Maeda Crushes Women’s Field We expected the first Marathon Grand Championship to be the most dramatic marathon of the year and the men’s race more than lived up to the hype as it had an incredible blowup, an incredible finish and much more.
*MB: The Most Dramatic Marathon of The Year is Saturday – Official 2019 Japanese Marathon Grand Championship Discussion Thread
LRC Vin Lananna Speaks To LRC: On Why He Took The Virginia Job, Building Programs, & Winning NCAA XC With 3 Scholarships At Stanford Lananna says his goal is for UVA to be contending for national titles within 5 years and that he plans to be very hands-on when it comes to coaching: “I am gonna be the coach. I didn’t go here to be the administrator.”
Bahamas Association President Says They Are In Jeopardy Of Not Sending A Team To Worlds Due To Lack Of Funds They say they proposed a budge of $116,000, but were only granted $25,000 by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.
Briana Williams Named To Jamaican World Team Despite Still Being Provisionally Suspended In Doping Case Her trial is set for September 23-25, so will end just two days before the start of Worlds. JAAA head Warren Blake said, “The window is really very tight, but we firmly believe in the principle of innocent until proven guilty …” But we wonder if they’d be this accommodating for a less high profile athlete? *2nd Article
LRC Recap Woody Kincaid Burns Up Nike’s Famed Wooded Track With 12:58 PR For 5,000 13:00 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 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
Geoffrey Kamworor The Favorite At The Copenhagen Half-Marathon The three-time world half champ faces stiff competition from a dozen other sub-one-hour men. The women’s field has eight sub-1:08 runners, lead by WR holder Peres Chepchirchir.
Trinidad And Tobago’s Commonwealth 100m Champ Michelle-Lee Ahye Provisionally Suspended For “Whereabouts Failures”
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 David 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
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