October 13, 2019 | LetsRun.com

Chicago Marathon *Tracking & Results

LRC Final Brigid Kosgei Runs 2:14:04, Shatters Women’s Marathon World Record At 2019 Chicago Marathon Paula Radcliffe‘s legendary 2:15:25 world record is history after 16+ years.

LRC Final Lawrence Cherono Sprints To 2019 Chicago Marathon Title, His 2nd Straight Major Win Just as he did in Boston earlier this year, Lawrence Cherono won a thrilling sprint finish for the title today in Chicago. Meanwhile, former NOP teammates Mo Farah and Galen Rupp both struggled but 10 Americans broke 2:12.

*Jordan Hasay’s Father Says That She Had To Drop Out After Suffering A Hamstring Injury At Mile Two

MB: BRIGID KOSGEI WTF 2:14:04!!!
MB: Galen Rupp drops out of 2019 Chicago Marathon just before 23 miles
MB: Jordan Hasay drops out after going out over 3 hour pace
MB: Statement from agent Ricky Simms on Galen Rupp/Jordan Hasay DNFs in Chicago
MB: Mo Farah goes home DEVASTATED and outclassed Farah was 8th in 2:09:58.
MB: Parker Stinson goes home ELATED! LRC haters go home DEVASTATED!
MB: Emma Bates Top American Woman at Chicago
MB: Official Discussion Thread

*Men’s Preview *Women’s Preview

More Weekend Results

Sheila Chepkirui Breaks African All-Comers’ Record With 30:55 At The Durban 10k She beat out Evaline Chirchir by two-seconds. Stephen Mokoka won the men’s race in 28:12.
Enos Kales (58:28) And Naomi Jebet (1:08:51) Win Paris 20k
Eritrea’s .Petro Mamu AN dKenya’s Lucy Murigi Win Smarna Gora Mountain Race In Slovenia Scotland’s Andrew Doublas and Ireland’s Sarah McCormack finished farther back, but won the overall WMRA World Cup series titles.

Post-Worlds News Of Note

LRC Report Card Time: From A+ To F, We Grade Team USA At Worlds From the very best (A+: Brazier, Schweizer, Groner), to the very worst (F: Colleen Quigley), we hand out the grades to Team USA at Worlds.

Craig Engels Has Shaved Off His Mustache And Gotten Rid Of The Mullet
Alex Hutchinson: The New Culture Of Hammering Races Right From The Start He’s crunched the numbers and this year’s Worlds distance races started much quicker than in recent years.
Athletics Weekly Analyzes How They Did In Their Worlds Predictions They did pretty well, nailing the top 3 perfectly in 3 events – M400H, WSteeple, WVault – but that’s just half as good as the winner of our Running Warehouse Prediction Contest.
Gabriela Debues-Stafford Says She Was Surprised By Her 3:56.16 Final In Doha After running an effortless 4:01 in the semis, she thought a 3:57-mid was possible.
When Seb Coe Was Asked By French Court What Promises Nike May Have Made To Get 2021 Worlds In Eugene, He Said, “I don’t know. Very little, I would say.”
IOC Official Visits LA For 1st Time And Is Pleased With LA 2028 Plans

Good News For Olympic Athletes And Their Sponsors

USOPC Relaxes Rule 40 Guidlines For Athletes Ahead Of Tokyo 2020 The controversial rule has always had very rigid restrictions on what athletes and their sponsors could do during the Olympics. Now for example athletes are allowed to thank their sponsors and receive congratulatory messages from their sponsors during the Games.
*Full USOPC Release
*British Olympic Association Also Revising Restrictions On Personal Sponsors During Olympics

Russian Doping News

RUSADA Head Yury Ganus Claims Russia Made “Thousands” Of Changes To Moscow Lab Data Before It Was Given To WADA If this guy dies in the near future from a “heart attack” or “card accident,” you’ll know why.
Long Jumper Darya Klishina, The Only Russian Track Athlete At Rio 2016, Concerned Over Russian Tokyo 2020 Participation She wants to be able to compete under the Russian flag in Tokyo, but the chances of that aren’t looking good.
Previously: Russia Faces Exclusion From Tokyo 2020 Over Suspected Moscow Lab Data Tampering WADA opened a formal compliance procedure against RUSADA and asked it to explain how multiple positive drug tests had been deleted from the database.
The Telegraph: “WADA Tells Russia They Have To ‘Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat’ To Avoid Possible Tokyo 2020 And 2022 World Cup Bans”
Mariya Lasitskene: “I do not intend to miss a second Olympics in a row because of some strange people that cannot do their job honestly.”
World 110H Silver Medalist Sergey Shubenkov Says There Is A Double Standard When It Comes To Doping Controls Applied To Russia Shubenkov uses the Christian Coleman issue as an example of how “stricter measures are applied to Russian.” Well, he’s right that stricter measures are applied to Russia because they had a state run doping program.

2019 World Champs Schedule, Entries & Results TV & Streaming Prediction Contest LRC Post-Race Interviews

LRC Final Timothy Cheruiyot DOMINATES Men’s 1,500 And Wins First World Title In 3:29.26 Timothy Cheruiyot outran the world’s best 1,500 runners from start to finish and when it was all said and done he had the achieved the largest margin of victory in WChamps history (2.12 seconds).

LRC Final Joshua Cheptegei Outkicks Yomif Kejelcha To Join The Great Kenenisa Bekele As World XC And 10,000m Champs In Same Year Cheptegei held off a stiff challenge from Kejelcha on the final lap to get the 10,000m crown to go with his World XC crown.
*MB: THAT WAS A GREAT 10000

MBoard Talk

Road Results: USATF 10 Mile Champs *Results

Sara Hall And Futsum Zienasellassie Kick To Victory At USATF 10 Mile Champs Hosted At The Medtronic TC 10 Mile Just a week after running 2:22 for 5th in Berlin, Hall ran 53:11, six seconds ahead of Makena Morley. Zienasellassie finished in 46:55, two seconds in front of Abbabiya Simbassa. *Results

Daniel Herrera (4:05) And Emily Lipari (4:33 – CR) Win At The Navy Mile This was the finale of the BBTM Grand Prix with Herrera and Heather Kampf (4th place) finishing as the series overall winners.
*Low-Key Pre-Race Interview With Kampf

Eliud Kipchoge Breaks 2:00 *Full Event Replay

LRC What Does It All Mean? Four Thoughts On Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 Marathon Be inspired by Kipchoge’s greatness and the unifying power of the feat even if it won’t count as a World Record. That being said, the shoe technology needs to be fair to all moving forward. *NYTimes *BBC *WSJ

LRC MBoard Talk

Pre-Chicago News TV & Streaming Tracking & Results *LRC Video Interviews With Emma Bates, Jordan Hasay, Parker Stinson, Stephanie Bruce And Galen Rupp

LRC Questions & (Some) Answers: Galen Rupp Meets The Press Ahead Of 2019 Chicago Marathon Jonathan Gault has a hard time believing one key answer Rupp gave at today’s press event. When asked when did he learn that Salazar had been charged by USADA, Rupp said, “I read about it on the news, I think like everybody else.” Hard to believe as Rupp was a witness in the Salazar case. As for what type of shape Rupp is in, Rupp himself wants to know. “I’m kind of wondering about it too, to be honest,” Rupp said.
*Rupp’s Official Statement On Salazar *Rupp Video Interview

LRC Mo Farah & Jordan Hasay Speak, Emma Bates Tries Not To Throw Up, & More From 2019 Chicago Marathon Media Day American record alert. Jordan Hasay says she’s going out in 70 flat.
*Jordan Hasay Says She’s Going Out In 70 Flat
*Emma Bates Wants To Run 2:24
*Stephanie Bruce Wants A Big PR
*Parker Stinson Shooting For 2:10

MB: Ben Rosario: ” I just don’t think that you’re making some kind of giant leap to believe that Galen Rupp was involved”

Farah Addresses Salazar’s Ban In Chicago

Mo Farah: “There is no allegation against me. I’ve not done anything wrong. Let’s be clear – these allegations are about Alberto Salazar.” Farah also urged the authorities to “test me any time.”
*Farah Reminds Everyone In 2015, He Flew Over To Confront Salazar Over BBC/ProPublica Allegations And Salazar Promised Him They Weren’t True
*Farah Refuses To Say If He Feels Let Down By Salazar But Does Say He Feels Let Down By Press Coverage
*Farah Suggests There Was A Racial Element In Coverage Of Him

The Latest Nike Doping Articles

Ex Nike Star Michael Johnson Had Little Sympathy For Sifan Hassan When She Cried And Said She Was Clean On The BBC “Running fast, if you’ve been under some kind of doping cloud, doesn’t make you clean, it doesn’t prove to people that you’re clean. They are going to say, ‘Yeah, that’s what I mean.'”

Irish 1,500 Runner Ciara Mageean Goes On Irish Radio And Doesn’t Sound Like A Fan Of Sifan Hassan “If you associate with a coach who is known to have doping offences, you are opening yourself up to questions. … The fact that she ran the 10k with a sub four-minute 1,500m to finish it and then 3:51 gun to tape [in the 1,500m], yeah, it’s an interesting one.”

More Salazar-Related News

Recommended Read: Runner’s World: “Jordan Hasay Breaks Her Silence On Alberto Salazar” Hasay talks about going for the AR in Chicago, her coaching relationship with Salazar, the fact she’s never got a transfusion or a TUE and never seen Dr. Brown, how she feels about Kara Goucher and more.
*MB: Hasay breaks her silence about Salazar and talks about her future
The Guardian’s Mariana Hyde: “Nike: Somehow The Most Cynical And Naive Company In The Entire World” Hyde writes, “How can any one firm wield so much influence, then claim to be little more than ingenues when agents of that influence are found to be cheats?”

AIU Head David Howman Shares His Perspective On How NOP Athletes Should Be Viewed In Wake Of Alberto Salazar’s Ban He doesn’t think there should be “guilt by association,” but that these athletes should be targeted for testing. “You’ve just got to keep an eye on them.”
Sebastian Coe Admits He Hasn’t Read Alberto Salazar Doping Report “I’ve read the executive summary, which took me through what was actually said. That was enough for me to get into business mode …”

Collegiate / High School News

NAU And BYU Men Still Sit 1-2 In Updated NCAA National Rankings Colorado moved up from 3rd to 4th.
Updated Men’s NCAA XC Regional Rankings
Arkansas Women Move To #1 In Updated NCAA Coaches’ Poll BYU moved up to 2nd and Colorado and New Mexico down to 3rd and 4th.
Updated Women’s NCAA XC Regional Rankings
NCAA Athletes Of The Week Were Alabama’s Vincent Kiprop And New Mexico’s Weini Kelati For Winning The Joe Piane Invy At Notre Dame
2019 Paul Short Invy Results
Last Weekend Video Interview: Katelyn Tuohy Wins Nike Race Of Champions At Great American XC Festival In CR 16:22 Tuohy called it a “ruster buster” and said she “wasn’t too happy” with her performance.
MileSplit: Manhattan Invitational High School Girls Preview
17-Year-Old Volunteer In India In Critical Condition After Hammer Throw Hits Him On The Head The student was rushed to the hospital and remains in the ICU.

More Sunday At Worlds

Nia Ali, Mom Of 2, Wins 100m Hurdles Gold In 12.34 Pretty impressive for someone previously regarded as the 3rd-fastest hurdler in the US. And dad of kid #2 is Andre De Grasse.
Team USA Wins Men’s 4 X 400 In 2:56.69, The Fastest Time In The Last 11 Years Jamaica and Belgium took silver and bronze. *Video
Team USA Dominate Women’s 4 X 400 With 3:18.92 The team included 400H stars Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin, who helped the US win easily over Poland and Jamaica. *Video
Mississippi State’s NCAA Champ Anderson Peters Throws 86.89m To Become Grenada’s Second-Ever World Champion Peters went undefeated this season with wins at Worlds, NCAAs, SECs and Pan Am Games.
Germany’s Malaika Mihambo Wins LJ Gold With 7.30m She was just one centimeter short of the all-time top ten list.

Previous NOP Doping News

NOP Is Done – Nike CEO Mark Parker Shuts Down The NOP Calling the situation a “distraction” that is “compromising (the athletes) ability to focus on their training and competition needs”, Parker had made the decision to “wind down the Oregon Project.” He, however, reiterated his support for Alberto Salazar, writing, “we will continue to support Alberto in his appeal as a four-year suspension for someone who acted in good faith is wrong.”

Pre-Race INEOS 159 News *Streaming Info

The New Yorker/Ed Caesar: Inside The Race To Break the Two-Hour Marathon An Aerodynamics expert in charge of the pacing says it will benefit him 1:52 versus running alone.
Ben Bloom: Everything You Need To Know About Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Attempt The pace car has been set for 1:59:50.
Interesting Read: What Should We Make Of Performances Aided By Rhe Nike VaporFly?
Scientific Study “Concludes That The Layout Is Only 4.5 Seconds Slower Than What Would Be Expected From A Perfectly Straight, Perfectly Flat Course”
Meet Sir Jim Ratcliffe – The Richest Man In Britain, Who Is Bankrolling Eliud Kipchoge’s Run
Eliuyd Kipchoge Pens A Letter To His Younger Self In it, he raves about a book called, “Who Moved My Cheese?”
Jos Hermens Says Kipchoge Is A Better Athlete Now Than 2 Years Ago And That The Pace Car Will Be Moved From 10m To 15m Ahead To Prevent Swirling Winds Left unsaid is the shoes have taken even more steroids.
Kipchoge Says He’s Ready At Pre-Event Press Conference, Once Again Compares Feat To First Moon Landing “My training has been the same, my coach has been the same, my management, everything has been the same. Now the thinking is different,” he said. “I feel more prepared. I feel more ready.”
Toni Reavis Says He’s Rooting For Kipchoge To Break 2, But The Feat Has Lost Some Of Its Intrigue
41 Pacers Have Been Enlisted To Help Kipchoge By country, Kenya leads the way with 15 then the US has 7, Uganda 6 and Australia and Norway round out the top 5 with 3 each.
BetLion Offers 1.85 Odds On Kipchoge Going Sub-2 That’s an implied success rate of 54.1%.
As Sub-2 Approaches, A Look Back At Five Milestones In Marathoning History

If Kipchoge Fails To Break 2, Will He Lose The Status As The #1 Marathoner To Bekele? TFN: How Kenenisa Bekele Returned To World-Beating Form Bekele: “After achieving this time, I am confidant that I am back.”

LRC Doha Analysis

LRC Podcast: Doha Worlds Recap, INEOS 1:59 And Chicago Marathon (Rupp Vs. Farah) Preview, Alberto Salazar Ban The World Track and Field Champs are in the books and the Chicago Marathon and INEOS 1:59 Challenge are here and Alberto Salazar is still banned. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform.

Watch the INEOS 1:59 Challenge Live

LRC In The End, The Doha Worlds Ended Up Being Pretty Spectacular World Cup fans breathe easy. 5 years ago when the track and field world champs were awarded to Doha, dire predictions were made. In the end, the championships ended up being fabulous, particularly from a performance standpoint. Air-conditioned outdoor stadiums really do work.

More Salazar News

Ritzenhein Finally Posts About Salazar Ban And Says It Was Justified “I stand behind the findings of the panel. These findings are important to continue to promote clean running in our sport. I hope these conclusions provide some reassurance to clean runners everywhere.”
Sifan Hassan: “If they want to test me they can test me every single day.” Hassan said she was “angry” that people are now suspicious of her performances because of Salazar’s ban.
Breaking: UK Athletics Performance Directory Leaving Job ASAP In Wake Of Alberto Salazar Doping Ban
*The Telegraph: UK Athletics Head Neil Black To Step Down Over Handling Of Alberto Salazar Scandal Ben Bloom writes that the “decision was effectively taken out of his hands” and that he “jumped before he could be pushed.”
David Walsh Pens Open Letter To Nike CEO Mark Parker In The Times – Why Have You Invested Millions In Drug Cheats Like Alberto Salazar? Walsh writes, “I see Nike as the Russia of the West.”
Kara Goucher on Alberto Salazar’s Ban: “I Feel at Peace” – Women’s Running
*MB: Kara Goucher Speaks Out About Alberto and NOP!
MB: Jessica Hull not leaving her coach or NOP She said on Instagram, “I am exactly where I need to be and I’m surrounded by the best people in every possible way, here’s to 2020!”
Front Page Of Sports In Sunday’s NY Times: “For Salazar Whistle-Blowers, A Long Wait For A Satisfying Outcome” Being a whistleblower has taken an emotional, mental and even economic toll on Kara Goucher, Steve Magness and Danny Mackey, with Mackey saying the stress led to panic attacks and the breakup of his marriage.
BBC Kara Goucher Calls for NOP To Be Shut Down And For All NOP Blood Samples To Be Retested, Including Her Own
Daily Mail: It’s Ugly At Nike, They’re Heading For A Monumental Fall “There was a time, long before their visceral hatred of adidas fuelled a desire to become the biggest, brashest sports brand of all, when Nike had something resembling a soul.”
The Oregonian: “Pursuing Alberto Salazar, USADA Found Itself Fighting Nike” One of the reasons the USADA investigation took so long is because Nike and Dr. Jeffrey Brown “dragged their feet, ignored subpoenas and … deadlines.” Article includes quotes from Adam Goucher, Nick Symmonds and Travis Tygart.
Ken Goe: “Running Icon Alberto Salazar’s Fall From Grace Stirs Strong Emotions Across Track And Field” Galen Rupp and Luke Puskedra both spoke up in Salazar’s defense.
British Milers Not Concerned About Racing Against Current And Former NOP Athletes Jake Wightman said, “All the guys that are part of it now, and especially Pete Julian, are completely fine. That’s the way I see it. It’s a new generation of athletes.”
MB: Why isn’t Steve Magness Banned