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– Swarnjit Boyal, a member of the Hoka ONE ONE Aggies, sharing his incredible story of how he went from being a guy who was cut two-times in college, to being a 3-time conference champion and now to an Olympic Trials qualifier. This month, LetsRun is partnering with HOKA to profile their athletes at the US Olympic Marathon Trials – from the contenders to the dreamers to the mountain men and women.
This quote reminds us to have everyone re-live one of the most classic LRC threads in history:
- Ajee Wilson breaks her own AR at Millrose - Runs 1:58.29
- Rupp has tuned up; time for some Trials talk!
- Asics Launch there new "Vapor Fly Killer " , going back to using leather and Bold colors
- Increased mileage at slow pace, improved a lot, increased easy pace, improvement slowed. What should I do?
- Nico Young runs 4:10, 4:16 in practice!!!
- Nico MF Young - 7:56.96 3k
- Donavan Brazier comes from behind, crushes last lap (24.89) and sets American record - 1:44.20!!
- Elle Purrier - Are you F***ing kidding - 4:16.85 full mile FTW at Millrose. AR and #2 all time
Millrose And Camel City *Camel City Results*2020 Millrose Game Results
LRC Making Sense of the Madness at 2020 Millrose, Where 3 American Records Fell in 70 Minutes What an incredible night. For 70 minutes on Saturday evening, the American distance running world lost its collective mind. When it was all over, a US HS record + 3 outright American records were history. *Full Video of Purrier’s American Record
*RRW:USA Records Fall at NYRR Millrose Games
*USATF Recap Non-distance highlights included Sandi Morris‘ world lead in the PV (4.91m), Keni Harrison taking the 60H in 7.90, Rai Benjamin moving to #8 US all-time in the 300m (32.35) and Ryan Crouser throwing the 6th best throw in US indoor history with 22.19m in the SP.
*MB: Elle Purrier – Are you F***ing kidding – 4:16.85 full mile FTW at Millrose. AR and #2 all time She came in with a 4:02 1,500 PR but just ran the equivalent of 3:57. It was an 8-second mile PR!
*MB: Donavan Brazier comes from behind, crushes last lap (24.89) and sets American record – 1:44.20!! What a performance.
*MB: Nico MF Young – 7:56.96 3k The US HSer broke the US HS record formerly held by Drew Hunter but came up short of Chris Derrick‘s U20 record.
*MB: Ajee Wilson breaks her own AR at Millrose – Runs 1:58.29
*MB: Official 2020 NYRR Millrose Games Discussion Thread
LRCCamel City Elite Results: King Ches Loses, Murphy Over Engels, Simpson And Chelimo Dominate
*MB: Upset City at Camel City: Willy Fink (who?) takes down King Ches and Clayton Murphy in the mile
*MB: Camel City Thread
*LRC 2020 Camel City Preview
Track And The NFL
Donavan Brazier Says He’d Consider Trying Out For The NFL As A Wide Receiver In The Next Year Or Two “When I’m in practice and I’m going through a lot of pain and training, I start thinking about anything else I’m good at so that I don’t have to do track.”- Usain Bolt Says That Kansas City Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill Has “No Chance” Of Making The Tokyo 2020 Olympics “A lot of people think it’s about one-off runs, but it’s rounds that really show who you are and the amount of work you do. So I think no, he wouldn’t make the team.”
Russian Doping Updates
The Entire Executive Committee Of The Russian Athletics Federation Resigns Power has been handed to a Russian Olympic Committee working group.
- World Athletics Gave The Russian Athletics Federation Until Monday To Explain The Danil Lysenko Cover-Up Scandal If they don’t have a response tomorrow, it’s possible that the federation is expelled from World Athletics.
US HS Star Katelyn Tuohy Talks And We Listen
LRC Katelyn Tuohy Explains Why She Chose NC State & Picks Her Favorite HS XC Race After Winning Record 5th Gatorade POTY Award We caught up with Tuohy after she won her 5th Gatorade Player of the Year award (three in XC, one in track, one as overall athlete of the year) – more than any other athlete in high school history.
Previous Shoe News
MB: Nike will release Alphaflys and they WILL be legal for Tokyo 2020 What’s not clear is whether the shoes Eliud Kipchoge wore in his sub-2 are now illegal or not as the WSJ claims Kipchoge’s Alphafly shoe is/was LEGAL, but the BBC says it was not.
*MB: WSJ Claims Kipchoge’s Alphafly shoe is/was LEGAL, BBC says it was not – LEGAL version will be out for Olympics
- Rojo: MB: Wow: Did World Athletics new shoe rules combined with a Nikes patent just give Nike a 20-year unbeatable advantage?
- The Telegraph: Nike Threaten Assault On 100m Records With Release Of Viperfly Sprint Spike The Viperfly is designed specifically for the 100m and contains a carbon-fiber plate and “ultra-responsive” airpod. Nike hopes it will be ready for Tokyo 2020, but they developed them before World Athletics’ rules were released, so Nike is working to modify them. Nike also announced a “Victory” spike designed specifically for 800m to 10,000m.
- Recommended Read:Outside: “How the Nike Vaporfly War Was Lost” Alex Hutchinson writes, “By deploying the shoe without asking permission, Nike effectively checkmated World Athletics.”
- Nike’s New Chief Executive John Donahoe Denies That The Vaporflys Offer A “Mechanical Advantage” “It’s simply using the same materials that go into a shoe and putting them together in an innovative way that allows the athlete to do their very best in a safe way.”
- Reuters: “Nike Launches New, Legal Alphafly Shoe To Outrun ‘Tech Doping’ Furore”
Athletics Weekly shoe guru Paul Freary looks at how track spikes have changed from 1968 to now The spikes pictured were used to set the British 10,000 record in 1968.
LRC Exclusives
Our Weekly Recap LRC World, Meet Jemma Reekie, Insanity On The Roads in Japan And Did The Vaporflys Cause Asics Stock Price To Drop? Relax, the winter hiatus for our weekly recap is over. We spend a lot of time talking about shoes and wonder, did the stock price of Asics really just plummet because of the Vaporflys?
Going To Millrose?Read This: LRC Welcome To Coogan’s, Where Everybody Knows The Runners’ Names When you need to wet your whistle after the Millrose Games, there’s only one place to go. Athlete, coach, fan – it doesn’t matter. Everyone ends up at Coogan’s – the #1 track and field bar in America.
Upcoming: What Kind Of Shape Is Galen Rupp In? We Find Out This Weekend
Galen Rupp Will Tune Up For The Olympic Marathon Trials At Sprouts Mesa Half Marathon Saturday In Arizona This will be Rupp’s first race since dropping out of the Chicago Marathon and also his first race since being coached by NAU’s Mike Smith.- Also Saturday: 2020 Camel City Elite Fields Finalized The meet will be highlighted by Paul Chelimo (3,000), Jenny Simpson (3,000), Edward Cheserek (mile), Clayton Murphy vs. Craig Engels in the 800 and Raevyn Rogers and Athing Mu in the 800.
- Mo Farah Withdraws From London Half Marathon With Achilles Injury Farah: “My priority is to be fit, healthy and competitive for the summer season. For that reason I have had to make the tough decision not to race this year.”
*MB: Farah runs away from Bekele
NCAA News
USTFCCCA NCAA Weekend In Review Joe Klecker set a new Colorado state soil mile record of 4:01.00 (converts to 3:55.06 with NCAA altitude conversion). In New Mexico, Weini Kelati ran a solo 4:38.73 (altitude conversion of 4:32.66).- BYU And UW Women Got DMR NCAA Qualifiers A Day After An Official Error Ruined Their Chances An official had the women on one leg line up a lap early on Friday, so they stopped the race and re-ran it on Saturday. BYU won in a facility record 10:53.95 followed by BYU in 10:56.23.
*MB: UW and BYU go home DEVASTATED, hand off baton a lap early - Florida State And LSU Men Stay Ranked 1-2 In Latest NCAA Rankings Texas moved up to #3 and Southern California down to #4.
- No Changes To Women’s Top 4 Ranked NCAA Teams As Southern California Remains #1 Georgia, Arkansas and Texas are ranked 2-4.
- The Oregon Men’s DMR And Georgia Jumper Jasmine Moore Are NCAA Athletes Of The Week The Oregon DMR broke the collegiate record with 9:24.52 while Moore jumped 13.90m in the TJ, which is the second best ever by a freshman.
- Event-By-Event Top Ten NCAA Marks From Last Week
- MB:NCAA athlete gets $20k from Ellen DeGeneres. How is this not an NCAA violation?
Road Action
Vaporfly Madness Continues MB Australian, Japanese, Canadian, Korean And Namibian Half NRs All Fall In Japan Australia’s Brett Robinson led the way at 59:57 as Japan’s Yusuke Ogura ran 60:00. In the women’s race, national records were set by Helalia Johannes (68:10, Namibia), Kyun Sun Cho (68:35, South Korea) and Andrea Seccafien (69:38, Canada).
*World Athletics Recap
- Morocco’s Hamza Sahli Runs 2:08:01 To Set New Beppu-Oita Marathon Course Record As Japanese Collegian Yoshida Brings Debuts At 2:08:30 After crushing the 4th stage last month at the Hakone Ekiden last month, Yoshida said he was done with running. Instead, he jumped in a marathon and ran the 2nd best debut in Japanese history. And yes, he was wearing the Vaporfly technology.
*MB: Japanese collegian Yuya Yoshida hops in marathon and debuts at 2:08:30 at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon!! - Former British 10,000m Champ Charlotte Arter Breaks Parkrun World Record With 15:49
- Anna Emilie Moller And Mahamed Mahamed Dominate At British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) XC Champs In Edinburgh
European News
- Revamp Of Alexander Stadium For 20202 Commonwealth Games Approved By Birmingham City Council The permanent spectator capacity will go from 12,800 to 18,000 with temporary seating being able to raise it to 40,000.
AP:Russian Government Suspends Its Recognition Of The Russian Athletics Federation For A Month The suspension is mostly a symbolic expression of disapproval, given that the ministry said it wouldn’t affect government backing for training camps and competitions. The ministry can decide to lift it at any time.- Germany’s 2014 European Steeple Champion Antje Moldner-Schmidt Announces Retirement At Age 35
- World Discus Champion Daniel Stahl Named Swedish Sportsman Of The Year For The Second Straight Year
Previous Shoe News
More Indoor Results: Mondo Gets Pole Vault WR!
Mondo Duplantis Breaks Pole Vault World Record With 6.17m In Torun Duplantis cleared it on his second attempt. Afterwards he said, “It’s something that I wanted since I was three years old. It’s a big year, but it’s a good way to start it.” *Video/Discussion- Sam Kendricks Breaks North American Pole Vault Record With 6.01m Clearance At The Perche Elite Tour Meet In France
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins 60m At The Mile Western Relays In 7.32 Seconds; Asafa Powell Won The Men’s Race In 6.73
- George Kusche Breaks His Own Nebraska School Record With 7:50.93 At The Husker Invitational
- Garret Scantling Posts 8th Best All-Time US Heptathlon To Win At The USATF Indoor Combined Events Championships
- Annie Kunz Wins With 8th Beset All-Time US Pentathlon At USATF Indoor Combined Champs
HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored)
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LRC Be Inspired By Swarnjit Boyal’s Incredible US Olympic Trials Story Learn how Boyal has progressed from being cut twice in college, to being a walkon, to a conference champion, and now a US Olympic Trials qualifier. Read his incredible story.
More Shoe News
Nike Claim The Version Of The Alphafly Worn By Eliud Kipchoge To Break 2 Hours Would Be Legal Under The New Rules They also say that widespread reports that the shoes contained three carbon plates were false.- Sean Ingle:“The Great Shoe War Has Switched Lanes To The Track, But Nike Still Leads The Field” Ingle tells an interesting story about how a Russian HJer set a world record in 1957 wearing shoes with a huge heel. The difference is that that the governing body at the time actually stepped in and quickly banned the shoe.
- Paula Radcliffe Thinks Shoe Technology Advances Will Continue And Lead To More Broken Records “One of the biggest reasons that the shoe technology has come on so much is not the plate they talk about but the foam, and the fact it saves energy in your legs. The hardest thing in a marathon is getting to 20 miles and finding that your legs are dead and you can’t get any more return back from them.”
- Why The World Athletics Nike AlphaFly Ban Is a Nike Dream Scenario Nike couldn’t pay for better marketing if they tried.
- Non-Nike: Saucony Teased Biodegradable Shoes In Their Super Bowl Ad The brands says it will use no plastics and a stitching process from the late 1800s. But will the shoes be able to run a sub-2 hour marathon? That’s the question.
Assorted Tokyo 2020 News
Tokyo Olympics Chief ‘Seriously Worried’ About Spread Of Coronavirus Japan has had 20 confirmed cases — the largest number outside China.- Edwin Moses Thinks IOC Stopping Athletes From Protesting At The Olympics Will “Be Impossible”
*Previously: IOC Say No Kneeling Or Any Form Of Political Protests Allowed At Tokyo 2020 - British Athletics Publish Standards For Tokyo 2020 You need to be top-2 at the British trials and have the World Athletics standard. If you don’t and get an invite from WA anyway (based on global ranking), you need to have the British standard or they have to consider you to have “future global medal potential.”
- Canada The Latest Country To Relax Rule 40 Guidelines Ahead Of Tokyo 2020 The US and Australia previously relaxed their rules, but British athletes have threatened legal action against the BOA, saying their guidelines are still too strict.
- IPC Believes That Coronavirus Has Had “Minimal Impact” On Tokyo 2020 Planning So Far
Despite The New Rules, The Vaporfly Story Isn’t Going Away
World Athletics Denies Tipping Off Nike Over New Running Shoe Regulations; Says They Could Re-Evaluate After A New Study At The End Of The Year Apparently Nike just happened to come out with shoes with a 39.5mm heel days after the limit was set at 40mm. Some are crying foul as Seb Coe used to be a paid Nike brand ambassador.- Recommended Read:Ross Tucker Explains Why “Failure To Regulate ‘Super Shoes'” Is Hurting The Sport Of Running Tucker explains how letting everyone use the “super shoes” isn’t enough because some people respond way more to the shoes than others.
*MB: Incredible Read. Ross Tucker: The Vaporflys Need To Be Banned - Great Quotes: Irish Marathoner Fionnuala McCormack: “I Want To Improve From Training, Not Technology” “I wish it never happened. … I don’t want to have to try them. I don’t know what position I’m in now. You’re not competing on a level playing field if you don’t have the same shoes. But I don’t want to have to wear the shoes. … For me, I would question my times …”
- InsideTheGames’ Mike Rowbottom: “World Athletics Treading Carefully On The Vaporfly Question”
Mid-Week Track News
MB:Stewart McSweyn and Jessica Hull Win 5000s, Secure Spots on Australian Olympic Teams at Melbourne Track Classic McSweyn crushed his last 2k, running 5:03.08 for a 13:38.77. You can watch a full replay of the meet here. Results are here. Find out why Morgan McDonald skipped the meet here.
*World Athletics Recap Hull says her debate now is whether to do the 5,000m or 1,500m in Tokyo.
LRC Erik Sowinski Pulls A “Symmonds,” Joins Brooks Beasts Sowinski wasn’t renewed by Nike after the 2019 season, but it didn’t take him long to land on his feet.
Tragic News – RIP
Ethiopian Distance Runner Abadi Hadis Dies At The Age Of 22 The 2016 Olympian and 2017 World XC bronze medalist reportedly died from a “complicated illness.”
*MB: Terrible news, Ethiopia’s Abadi Hadis (12:56/26:56/58:44) has passed away at just 22- Two High School Runners Killed And Four Injured During Practice By Hit-Run Driver In Oklahoma The driver reportedly hopped the curb and hit the runners on the sidewalk.
*Local Article With More Details On The Driver, Max Townsend The 57-year-old has a long criminal history that includes drunk driving and child abuse. Apparently his own 29-year-old son was killed in a hit-and-run days earlier.
*MB: Tragic Accident
More Solid Results From The Weekend
Emily Lipari Ran The #8 All-Time US Indoor 5,000m With 15:07.44 At The BU Scarlet And White Invitational Behind her, Sharon Lokedi was 2nd in 15:13.04. In the women’s 1,500m, Cory McGee moved to #5 on the all-time US indoor list with a 4:04.75 victory. BTC’s Josh Thompson won the men’s 1,500m in 3:37.21 and Willy Fink took the 3,000m in 7:44.21.- Germany’s Marc Reuther Ran World-Leading 1:45.39 In Erfurt (Second Fastest Ever By A German Indoors)
- Kenyans Davis Kiplangat And Lydia Lagat Win Almond Blossom XC Race In Portugal Kiplangat beat out Richard Yator by just 1 second while Lagat dominated by 20.
- GB’s World Indoor 60H Champ Andrew Pozzi Ran World-Leading 7.52 To Win Over 110H World Champ Pascal Martinot-Lagarde In Paris
- 43-Year-Old Japanese Woman Sets Marathon WR For Visually Impaired With 2:54:22
Weekend Indoor Action *All Weekend NCAA Coverage
2020 UW Invitational:Evan Jager Is Back With 3:56 Mile Win; Shelby Houlihan Runs Impressive 4:23/2:01 Double Behind Houlihan, Karissa Schweizer ran a quick 4:24.32 for second while Sean McGorty came in behind Jager with 3:57.19. Besides Jager and Houlihan, the rest of BTC cleaned house as well with Colleen Quigley winning the 3,000m in 8:44.83 and Marc Scott taking the men’s race in 7:49.65.
*DyeStat Recap Houlihan: “I wasn’t expecting to run the times that I ran back to back. I’m pleasantly surprised with that.”
Dreams Become Reality:Jemma Reekie Runs 1:57.91 To Break Scottish Record And Beat Laura Muir Pretty impressive for someone with a 2:01 outdoor PR. *Discussion/Video Of Race
*Was Jemma Reekie’s 800m Breakthrough Another Instance Of Nike Mechanical Doping? Reekie broke her PR by nearly four seconds, but was wearing a Nike prototype spike. Her coach says that the shoes were legal and would be available for retail shortly.
The Oregon Men Break The Collegiate Record In The DMR With 9:24.52 Running at the Razorback Invy, the team of James West, Jacob Miller, Charlie Hunter and Cooper Teare broke the former record (9:25.97) set by Texas in 2008. Teare ran the 1,600m leg in 3:55.45.
*MB: OREGON DMR COLLEGIATE RECORD- MB:Power Five Invite/Michigan – Mary Cain Back in the Mile (6th – 4:42.78) Julie-Ann Staehli won the race in 4:33.80. Shannon Osika won the 800m in 2:02.11. *Full Results
- MB: Matt Boling Run 20.90 200M At Razorback Meet He was 5th overall; Texas Micaiah Harris won the race in 20.49.*Razorback Full Results
- Ella Donaghu Breaks Stanford Indoor Mile Record With 4:33.71 Victory At Razorback Invy She ran faster than Elise Cranny‘s 4:34.48, but slower than Cranny ran on Washington’s oversized track (4:31.29).
- Allyson Felix Opens Seaon With 60m Victory (7.35) At Power Five Invitational In Michigan GB’s Cindy Ofili edged Tiffany Porter in the60H 8.19 (8.181) to 8.19 (8.188).
- High School MB CRUZ CULPEPPER Runs 4:01.81 for full mile at UW The son of two Olympians is producing at a high level.
- Brandon Miller’s 1:52.10 800m Among HS US#1s at Music City HS Invitational
- USTFCCCA Weekend Collegiate Preview
The World Reacts To The New Shoe Rules
LRC Olympian And Key Vaporfly Researcher Shalaya Kipp Talks To LRC About World Athletics’ New Shoe Regulations And The Shoe Nicknamed “The Magic” Kipp, who worked on the study that gave the Vaporflys their 4% name, is pleased by the new regulations as she thinks within a year or two athletes will have a level playing field. Or listen to Kipp’s remarks as a podcast here.
LRC5 Takeaways About World Atheltics New Shoe Rules Soon the back of the packers at major marathons will be running in technology superior to the winners.
- The Irish Times‘ Ian O’Riordan Reminds Us How Fair Or Unfair, Shoe Technology Innovations Has Always Been A Thing From Bill Bowerman‘s waffle iron to the now standard tongue loop for shoe laces, Nike’s often been ahead of the curve, but other companies have been there too.
- Ben Bloom: Integrity Of Athletics The Price Tag For Nike’s Latest Shoe “When five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat posted a photo of himself in what appeared to be Alphafly shoes this week, someone asked how much they would cost. One reply summed up what is at stake for the sport: “The price is integrity.”
- Rojo Raves (And Moans About) Vaporflys In NY Post “They made an incredible shoe … [but[ running is not supposed to be about who has the best technology. It’s supposed to be about who pushes the hardest, has the most talent and trains the hardest,” said Rojo, who referred to Nike’s action in 2016 when they secretly released it and made it look like other shoes as “shady.”
- BBC Takes A Look At The Technology Behind The Vaporfly
- AP:World Athletics Sees Risk In Shoe Technology, But Clears Nike Design
Better Running Shoes
LRCThe 10 Most Popular Running Shoes On LetsRun.com Before we do our final call of shoe reviews in 2019, we decided to take a look at what shoes are the most popluar on LetsRun. Four shoe lines dominant, the Nike Pegasus, the Brooks Ghost, the HOKA Clifton and the Saucony Kinvara. These four might be a great place to start when looking for a new pair of shoes.
Major Scandal At The University Of Guelph
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The Globe And Mail: “She Was A Running Prodigy, He Was The Most Powerful Man In Track. How Her Promising Career Unravelled“ Dave Scott-Thomas, the coach at Guelph for over 20-years, is accused by one of his former athletes of grooming her for sex when she was a teenager. Guelph dismissed Scott-Thomas last month after new allegations came out, but they had heard the first accusations against him over a decade ago.
*MB: Guelph Implodes
Nike Making Waves With Olympic Uniforms Too
Eliud Kipchoge Backs Controversial Kenyan Tokyo 2020 Kit Kipchoge called the controversial design “unique and awesome.”
- MB:New Kenya Tokyo 2020 Kit Sparks Outrage Many Kenyan fans have been bashing the new design on social media.
- Nike Puts Its New Tokyo 2020 Range Uniforms And Footwear On Show In NYC The “cooling” material is designed to counter the heat and humidity expected at Tokyo 2020.
Non-Distance News
- Video:Three Time World 110H Champ And Olympic Silver Medalist Greg Foster Has Successful Heart Transplant
World LJ Champ Tajay Gayle Wants To Make Jamaican Tokyo Team In The 100m His 100m best is only 10.42.- Mondo Duplantis Says Attempting The WR Earlier In The Week “Almost Brought A Tear To [His] Eye”
- February 14: Germany’s Olympic Discus Champion Christoph Harting Announced For ISTAF Berlin Meet
Doping News
Recommended Read: Two-Time Olympic 400H Champ Edwin Moses: “We All Knew Doping Was Happening … It Was A Dark Period In Athletics” Moses talks about he played a major role in starting the practice of out-of-competition testing. Talking about Eastern European women doping he said, “I’m a physicist. I’ve got a biology and chemistry background. I wanted to be a doctor. So I was shocked when I went to the 1976 Olympics and saw some of the Eastern bloc women. They were much more manly than me.”- Sweden’s European XC Champion Robel Fsiha Busted For EPO (translated article) The Eritrean born Fsiha uses Spanish manager Juan Pineda, who reportedly has close links with Jama Aden.
*MB: Swedish East-African who Euro XC champs has been BUSTED for doping
*MB: Juan Pineda – one athlete dead at 22, one athlete busted for doping, both within 48 hours - Turkish European Steeplechase Champion Gülcan Mıngır And Albanian Sprinter Klodiana Shala Suspended After Testing Positive From Their London 2012 Frozen Samples On Twitter, Steven Mills wrote, “Mingir was part of the infamous Turkish Class of 2012. She improved from 9:39 to 9:13 in one race in 2012 and mysteriously vanished after winning the World University Games title in 2013.”
Non-Distance News
Usain Bolt Says He’s Going To Advise His Unborn Child Not To Compete In Sports Because They’ll Have Too Much To Live Up To Pretty bold statement by Bolt. With Nike super spikes, his kid will break 9.58 (or the female equivalent if he has a girl) easily.- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Still Thinks She Has Room To Improve To Win Tokyo Gold Last year at 32-years-old, Fraser-Pryce ran 10.71, just .01 off her PR.
- Poland’s Konrad Bukowiecki Throws World-Leading 21.88m Shot Put At Czech Indoor Gala In the men’s 1,500m, Elzan Bibic became the first Serbian runner to go under 3:40 in the 1,500m, winning in 3:38.94.
Our Weekly Podcast
LRC Podcast: Evan Jager Is BACK, Millrose Preview + Who Are The Oregon T&F Greats? Get your weekly fix on the running world. This week we talk about who belongs on the Mt. Rushmore for Oregon T&F, Evan Jager‘s return, Jeema Reekie‘s 1:57, Vaporflys, Brett Robinson‘s sub-60 and get you ready for Millrose.
Pole Vault Record Nearly Goes Down In Dusseldorf *Results
Mondo Duplantis Clears 6.00m In Dusseldorf; Narrowly Misses 6.17m World Record Duplantis’ second attempt was “painfully close” to breaking Renaud Lavillenie‘s 6.16m WR as he just nudged the bar slightly with his knee on the way over and brushed it with his arm on the way down. Besides the PV, distance events highlighted the meet as Beatrice Chepkoech broke her own Kenyan national indoor 1,500m record with a 4:02.09 win over Axumawit Embaye (4:02.96). Filip Ingebrigtsen won the men’s race in 3:36.32 while Selemon Barega ran 7:35.71 to win a competitive 3,000m over Getnet Wale (7:36.03) and Bethwel Birgen (7:46.21). There was an upset in the men’s 800 where Germany’s Marc Reuther ran 1:46.13 to end Adam Kszczot‘s (1:46.42) seven straight Dusseldorf victory winning streak.
*MB: Pole Vault WR under threat in Dusseldorf?
Admin / Random
- Racewalkers Lose CAS Legal Case To Add Women’s 50k Event To The Olympics CAS said they have no jurisdiction to hear the athletes’ appeal. World Athletics previously said the women’s event lacks the depth and quality to justify Olympic status.
- MB:True or false: It’s easier to run 6-7 days a week than 2 or 3. Rojo says true!!
- Runner’s World Takes A Look At All The Running-Related Super Bowl Ads. Usain Bolt, Jimmy Fallon, The Rock, and Oprah were among those to star in the commercials.
- Chinese Athletes Forced To Train In Isolation Due To Coronavirus One official said Olympic hopefuls around the country are being kept “behind closed doors.”
- World Athletics Ratifies A Slew Of WRs Including Edward Cheserek’s WR Equalling 13:29 And Dalilah Muhammad’s 52.16 In The 400H Also Joshua Cheptegei‘s 26:38 10k WR, but that’s already been broken by the yet-to-be-ratified 26:24 by Rhonex Kipruto.
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Previous Olympic Marathon Trials News (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)
LRC HOKA NAZ Elite Coach Ben Rosario Talks 2020 Marathon Trials Expectations, Shoe Technology, Jim Walmsley, & Even Galen Rupp (sponsored) 4 years ago, Rosario coached two athletes to 4th place at the Trials and two more to 6th. What will happen in 2020? While talking about the 2020 Trials, Rosario, who will be coaching 3 of the top 11 seeds in both races in Atlanta, also talks about shoe technology, Jim Walmsley, Galen Rupp‘s new coach, Jordan Hasay, Emily Sisson, Des Linden and much more.
LRC HOKA ONE ONE Trials Athlete Of The Day: 2007 Foot Locker Champ Ashley Brasovan The former high school star is our first HOKA ONE ONE Trials Athlete of the Day. She beat Jordan Hasay to win the crown and later was told by doctors she would never “run again, let alone compete, after being diagnosed with osteoporosis and having 4 femoral stress fractures.” Yet she’s become a professional trail runner and 2X Olympic Marathon trials qualifier.
LRC HOKA ONE ONE Is Ready To Take On The Marathon Trials We’re making February Marathon Month on LetsRun.com. HOKA ONE ONE has partnered with us to bring to life the stories of their 17 athletes competing at the Trials in Atlanta. From the dreamers, to the contenders, to the debutantes, to the mountain men and women, we’ll bring their stories to life and help you get pumped up for the Trials, plus get some training advice.
Sprint Stuff
InsideTheGames’ Article On Kansas City’s Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill Looking To Make The 2020 Olympics Tokyo 1964 100m and 4 x 100 gold medalist Bob Hayes is the only Olympic champion to ever win a Super Bowl ring (he won with the Dallas Cowboys in 1971).
*MB: Tyreek Hill says he wants to try out for 2020 Olympic team- US 16-Year-Old Sprinter Tamari Davis Signs Pro Contract With Adidas Last month Davis ran 7.19 to set the world under-18 60m record.
More Indoor Action
Ukraine’s World Silver Medalist Yaroslava Mahuchikh Tops Her Own World U20 Record With A 2.02m Victory At The Karlsruhe Indoor Meet In Germany The 18-year-old also took 3 unsuccessful attempts at 2.04m.
*Earlier In The Week: Yaroslava Mahuchikh Clears 1.98m To Win Springer Meeting In Germany She took failed attempts at 2.02m, which would have broke her own world U20 record.- World Athletics Karlsruhe Meet Recap: World Champs 6th Placer Fantu Worku Domindates The 3,000m In A World-Leading 8:37.58 Bethwel Birgen won the men’s 3000m in 7:38.50 while Axumawit Embaye took the women’s 1,500m in 4:07.94. Mostafa Smaili won the men’s 800m in a world-leading 1:46.38.
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