– Vin Lananna and attorney David Greifinger speaking after Lananna was restored as USATF President by CAS after two years of involuntary leave.
LRC Remember Their Names: Young Vs. Sprout Vs. Methner In A Boys’ Race For The Ages Headlines 2019 Nike Cross Nationals The quality of the fields seems to be up from recent years and we tell you what to expect at this weekend’s Nike Cross Nationals – the only US high school national champs for both teams and individuals in cross-country.
Gwen Jorgensen Switches Her Focus From The Marathon To The Track For The 2020 Olympic Trials After a setback requiring heel surgery earlier this year, Jorgensen has decided to try to make the Olympic team in the 10,000m and possibly the 5,000m. She says she hasn’t given up on her marathon goals, but has put them on hold for the Paris Olympic cycle.
*MB: Jorgensen announces move to track for 2020
*LRC Archive: A Year And A Half Ago, The LRC Staff Discussed If Jorgensen Should Move To The Track Over The Roads
*Pre-Race: LRC Preview The Best Marathon Of The Fall? 10 Sub-2:06 Guys Plus A 10K WR Attempt At Sunday’s Valencia Marathon
LRC Three Thoughts On Mo Farah’s Return To The Track For The 2020 Olympics Here’s our take on Farah’s decision and chances to win gold in Tokyo.
*Discuss: Official: Farah will run 10k in Tokyo
LRC The LetsRun.com Decade Awards: Which NCAA Cross-Country Programs & Athletes Were The Best Of The 2010s? We hand out awards, including Runner of the Decade, Upset of the Decade, & Program of the Decade. Plus, what were the best single-season teams of the last 10 years? *Discuss
LRC WTW: Was BYU’s Win Really An Upset? How Would An All-Star High School Team Do At NCAAs? A full look back at the 2019 NCAA cross-country champs.
Times of San Diego:CAS Restores Vin Lananna As USATF President, Board Chairman Lananna’s “temporary” removal as USATF President and Board Chairman lasted nearly 2 years but CAS put an end to the shenanigans.
*MB: Vin Lananna wins his grievance against USATF, CAS rules for him to be reinstated as President and Chair of Board immediately
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WTW:Valencia Amazes, Tsegaye Kebede Continues To Outrun America And Molly Huddle Gets Nervous The Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon amazed last week and we break it down for you. Plus Molly Huddle tweets about the Vaporflys, a sneak peak at Saucony’s new $210 shoe, an update on Steve Spence‘s quest to break 5:00 in the mile for the 44th straight year, an introduction to one of the craziest doping stories ever and is USATF or UK Athletics more dysfunctional?
One We Missed ThursdayShannon Rowbury Defeats Kim Conley, Emily Infeld, Stephanie Bruce At Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey TrotAaron Templeton won the men’s race. Results and race videos.
RRW:Eric Jenkins, Edna Kiplagat Win Blustery Manchester Road Race Jenkins outkicked Edward Cheserek by 3 seconds while Kiplagat beat out Sally Kipyego by 13 seconds. *Discuss
*Local Fox Article With Video Interviews
Craig Engels Wins His Hometown Turkey Trot In Winston-Salem, NC Engels won the Turkey Strut 5k in 15:05 and did another mile afterwards to complete the workout. Asked about cutting his trademark mullet and mustache, he said, “I feel like if I had the mullet and mustache year round people wouldn’t appreciate it, but I’ll have my fancy mullet and mustache again by June.”
LRCGobble, Gobble: Post-NCAA Cross-Country Turkey Trot Podcast NCAAs are in the books and Turkey Trots are here.
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