– Ashton Eaton writing an advice letter to his younger self, explaining how he regrets not having more of a social life when he was competing.
LRC Who Is The GOAT Of US Women’s Distance Running: Shalane Flanagan Or Deena Kastor? Or Someone Else? Their resumes are very similar – both had significant achievements in track, XC and the marathon – but should Kastor get the edge considering she won 2 marathon majors and her 2:19:36 American record still stands?
*MB: Who had the better career – Deena Kastor or Shalane Flanagan?
Week That Was Leonard Korir Runs 2:07, Unknown Canadian Runs 2:09, Plus Fast Times In Toronto And DelhiLeonard Korir was only 11th in Amsterdam but he now is looking like a strong bet for the US Olympic team + fast times in Toronto and New Delhi.
Pre-Race: RRW:After Food Poisoning Nightmare, Betsy Saina To Run Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Saina struggled with food poisoning for the three days before Chicago and was forced to drop out after going through halfway in 4th place. Knowing she was in great shape, she wanted the chance for another race.
RRW:Marathon Debut A Big Leap In Distance For Former BYU Runner Rory Linkletter
IOC Announces That The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Marathon And Racewalks Are Being Moved To Sappaoro This is due to fears over the Tokyo heat, as Sapporo is the northern-most and coolest prefecture in Japan. Temperatures there are as much as 40 degrees F cooler than in Tokyo during the day at the time of the Games.
The Telegraph: “Olympic Organizers Learn From Doha Chaos” The article points out that half the women’s marathon field dropped out at Doha Worlds.
LRC FinalBrigid Kosgei Runs 2:14:04, Shatters Women’s Marathon World Record At 2019 Chicago MarathonPaula Radcliffe‘s legendary 2:15:25 world record is history after 16+ years.
LRC FinalLawrence 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.
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Pre-Nats: LRC Conner Mantz & Erica Birk Lead BYU To Big Day At 2019 Pre-Nats BYU took home both individual titles and the men’s team title but #8 Washington upset them to win the women’s team race.
Wisco: LRC Edwin Kurgat & Alicia Monson Stamp Themselves As NCAA Title Contenders As NAU Men & Arkansas Women Roll At 2019 Nuttycombe Invite We break down the biggest regular-season NCAA meet of the season for you. As good as NAU and Arkansas were, the men from the ACC were bad as their top 4 teams all bombed. Plus it looks like the American men’s losing streak at NCAAs will continue.
LRC Podcast: The Week The Marathon Broke: Eliud Kipchoge Goes Sub-2 Hours, Brigid Kosgei 2:14:04 + US Olympic Marathon Trials Preview Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei took the marathon where it has never been before. We break it all down.
*Thread Of Week On Podcast: Adjusting Top Lists To Account For The Shoes
*Hilarious, Explosive Listener Audio On The Podcast
LRC Meet The Winners Of The Running Warehouse Worlds Prediction Contest: Mutual Fund Guy, A Newlywed And An Aerospace Engineer Triumph Meet the true winners of the World Champs.
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
LRC Shalane Flanagan Retires: Is She The US GOAT? + Top 5 Moments In Her Career Flanagan may not have been the greatest track, XC or marathon runner in US history, but if you take all three together – is the she the US women’s distance GOAT? *Discuss:Flanagan Retires
MB: Leonard Korir Runs 2:07:56 In Amsterdam, #5 Ever For US
*IAAF RecapVincent Kipchumba won the race in 2:05:09 as the top 4 broke 2:06. Degitu Azmeraw broke the CR and ran the second-fastest debut in history with a 2:19:26 victory over Tigist Girma (2:19:52).
LRC What A Week: Kipchoge Goes Sub-2 In Marathon, Paula Radcliffe’s World Record Gets Destroyed By Brigid Kosgei, 10 Americans Go Sub-2:12,Is Rupp In Trouble For The Trials? Eliud Kipchoge went sub-2 in the marathon, Paula Radcliffe’s world record was destroyed by Brigid Kosgei, and 10 Americans went sub-2:12. Is Galen Rupp’s spot on the Olympic team in jeopardy? We make sense of it all.
LRC Top Track Agent Will Repay Commissions Earned From Athlete Who Tested Positive For PEDs We have a new model as to how all track and field agents should behave if one of their athletes gets busted for PEDs. Davor Savija, head of Ikaika Sports, has announced they’ll be repaying the commissions they received for one of their athletes who tested positive.
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