– Kelsey Bruce talking about how her dreams have become reality by racing for Team LRC at World XC last March and now preparing to race for Team USA at Doha 2019.
LRC Want A Running Shoe That Lasts? The 10 Most Durable Running Shoes As Rated By You The most durable running shoes as rated by you.
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.”
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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LRC Running 101: Six Keys To Becoming A Better Runner The basics of running explained with a high schooler in mind from Wejo.
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LRC Weekly Recap: Geoffrey Kamworor Gets His World Record (And Emotional), Woody Kincaid, USA Vs. Kenya Vs. Ethiopia Kamworor ran fast, Jordan Hasay didn’t. Shannon Osika and Elise Cranny keep improving and, yes, Woody MF Kincaid.
LRC Dathan Ritzenhein Withdraws From 2019 Chicago Marathon Chronic foot issues led to flare-ups in other areas, which caused the 36-year-old to withdraw ahead of the race on October 13. He still plans on racing the Olympic Trials in February.
LRCShogo 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
*IAAF Recap
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.”
LRCTeam LRC’s Kelsey Bruce Tells Us How She’s Preparing For The World Championships MarathonAfter running for Team LRC at World XC in March, Kelsey Bruce earned her way onto Team USA for the World Championships in Doha. Read what she’s been up to.
MB:World 1,500m Champ Elijah Manangoi Will Not Defend His Title In Doha Due To An Ankle Injury The timing of the announcement is surprising as when his brother made the team a few days ago he said, “We really thank God because going to the World Championships as two brothers is a great achievement for our family.”
Geoffrey Kamworor Breaks Half Marathon World Record With 58:01 In CopenhagenKamworor 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
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”
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
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