Archived Homepage For February 22, 2020
Archived Homepage For February 22, 2020

Mo Farah In The News

  • Mo Farah Admits To Lying About His Link To Jama Aden Farah says that when he was asked about it years ago and said Aden was just a fan that asked for a “selfie,” he was lying and in reality he’s “known Jama for many years.” Farah also says he doesn’t regret not leaving Salazar earlier when allegations came out in 2015 as that would have meant uprooting his whole family with little notice.
  • Athletics Weekly:Mo Farah Tackles Tough Topics Farah says he’s suffered “financially and emotionally” due to his links with Alberto Salazar. He his coach Gary Lough also say they were “blindsided” by the news when Salazar’s ban was announced.
  • Former UK Athletics Chairman Ed Warner Says He Advised Mo Farah To Leave Alberto Salazar In 2015 Warner: “I would have loved Mo to walk away. …I personally tried to persuade him to change coach. …He was adamant he wasn’t going to change his coach.”

Will This Current HS Phenom Ever Make The Olympics?

LRC LRC Q&A: NXN Champ Nico Young on His Favorite Race, Toughest Workout, & Why He Chose NAUNico also shares who his favorite pros are – Galen Rupp and Justyn Knight.

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Day 1 At USAs

LRC Day 1 Recap: Shelby Houlihan, Paul Chelimo Earn Dominant 3K Wins Thanks To Big Last Laps The best distance runners in the US the last three years, Shelby Houlihan and Paul Chelimo were on display. Houlihan led the BTC women to 1-2-3 finish (and 5 of the top 6), and Chelimo led the Scott Simmons group to a 1-2-3 finish as well. Christian Coleman (6.48) looks like he can break the WR in the 60 and the TJ record fell twice (Keturah Orji (14.60m), Tori Franklin (14.64m)).

LRC 800 Prelims: Ajee’ Wilson And Bryce Hoppel Cruise As Athing Mu Struggles; Raevyn Rogers Is A DNS The biggest surprise may have been Kaela Edwards as the former NCAA mile champ showed the form she flashed in 2018 when she broke 2:00.

Not Every US Distance Star Ran USAs
MB: Jenny Simpson runs 14:58 5k She wanted to bang out an Olympic qualifier in the 5000 in case disaster strikes in the 1500.
MB: Bowerman Track Club men and Jerry Schumacher- Skip USAs to run on illegal track in Washington Lopez Lomong (7:45), Evan Jager (7:46), Sean McGorty (7:46).
MB: LRC Day 1 Thread

The TJ WR Goes Down

Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas Breaks Indoor Triple Jump Record With 15.43m In Madrid The two-time world champ broke the 16-year-old record by 7cm on her final jump. Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale set a MR and secured the World Athletics Indoor Tour title by winning the 3000m in 7:39.96 over Bethwel Birgen (7:40.23) and Selemon Barega (7:40.30). Gudaf Tsegay won her third consecutive 1500m in 4:04.66 over Axumawit Embaye (4:05.24). Collins Kipruto took the 800m in 1:46.09 over Adam Kszczot (1:46.30). Christina Clemons (7.82) beat out Nia Ali with a MR in the 60H and Ronnie Baker set one in the 60m (6.44).
*Croatian Shot Putter Filip Mihaljevic Wins Madrid And The World Athletics Tour With A National Record 21.74m

The HOKA Pros Take On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC HOKA Trials Athlete of the Day: Sid Vaughn: From Unsigned Out of College to Living the Dream in Flagstaff Vaughn may not have run 2:09 and 2:11 like his two training partners, Scott Fauble and Scott Smith, but he’s aiming big for his first marathon as part of HOKA NAZ Elite.

The Trials Are February 29th

Breaking: LRC Defending Champion Amy Cragg Withdraws From 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials A source close to Cragg said her withdrawal is the result of adrenal fatigue as a result of the Epstein-Barr virus.
*MB Amy Cragg – 2:21:42 marathoner – pulls out of Trials with illness

LRC Olympic Marathon Trials Question Of Day: Which Man Has The Best Shot To Make The Team (Other Than Galen Rupp)? Fauble. Ward. Korir. Who’s the odd man out in Atlanta?

LRC Podcast: Jim Walmsley Ready For His Marathon Debut At Trials Walmsley talks for nearly 1 hour about his marathon debut, being in 2:10 shape, shoes, and more. Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE.

Mid-Week Action: Duplantis Just Misses WR Again

Mondo Duplantis Falls Short Of His Third Consecutive WR As He Tops 6.07m And Narrowly Misses 6.19m In Lievin, France On the women’s side, Sandi Morris also attempted to equal the PV indoor world record (5.03m held by Jen Suhr), but also had a close miss and settled for a 4.83m win. In the 3,000m, Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale ran the fastest time indoors for 7 years with 7:32.80, beating out Selemon Barega‘s 7:33.19. 1,500m wins went to Samuel Tefera (3:35.54) and Gudaf Tsegay (4:00.60) as Collins Kipruto won the 800m in 1:46.34. Ronnie Baker won the men’s 60m in 6.44 while Gambia’s Gina Bass got an upset win over Murielle Ahoure in the women’s race with 7.11.
*France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Runs European-Leading 7.47 To Win 60H In Lievin

HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC From Being An Overweight High Schooler To The Marathon Trials – Rajpaul Pannu – HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #10 Raj started running to lose weight in high school. Now he’ll be toeing the line at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. Get inspired by his story.

2020 USA Indoors *Results

LRCShelby Houlihan & Josh Thompson Complete Bowerman TC Sweep Of 1,500s At 2020 USATF IndoorsHoulihan used a sub-30 final lap to win her 13th US title while Thompson held off defending champ Craig Engels and unheralded (and unsponsored) Nick Harris to earn his first US title.

LRCAjee’ Wilson And Bryce Hoppel Comfortably Win 2020 USATF Indoor 800-Meter Titles (As Expected) The 800s went very much according to form as Wilson and Hoppel earned wins as expected.

Tokyo Marathon Cancelled

Tokyo Marathon Cancels Mass Participation Race Over Coronavirus; Only Elites Will Run Runners will be allowed to defer their entry until next year, but would have to pay again and would not get their money back from this year’s race. IOC officials have insisted there are no concerns over cancelling the Tokyo 2020 Games.
*MB: Tokyo Marathon CANCELLED!

Glasgow Indoor GP: Duplantis Breaks The WR Again

World Athletics Recap:Mondo Duplantis Breaks PV WR Again With 6.18m In Glasgow Duplantis picked up a $30,000 bonus for breaking his own record from a week ago, sailing over it on his first attempt. Distance winners winners included Adam Kszczot (1:46.34) in the 800m (just .18 ahead of Kenya’s Cornelius Tuwei) and Bethwell Birgen in the 1,500m (3:36.22).
*MB: MONDO Duplantis does it AGAIN – 6.18 new WR!!!

World Record!!! 2020 RAK Half *Results

LRC Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh Upsets Brigid Kosgei And Smashes Half Marathon World Record At 2020 RAK Half Marathon Yeshaneh, who lost to Kosgei by nearly 7 minutes in Chicago, took 20 seconds off the old word record and won in 64:31 as Kosgei also broke the old WR. In the men’s race, Kibiwott Kandie got the win in 58:58 after beating Geoffrey Kamworor last week in Kenya in controversial fashion.
*World Athletics Recap
*MB: 2020 RAK Half Discussion Thread
*MB: Kosgei breaks Half Marathon World Record and Loses race!

Week That Was

LRC WTW: USA Indoors By The Numbers, Cheptegei Is Sublime, Kamworor’s Mysterious Loss, Praise For Nia Akins And Shoes Jam-packed action on the roads, the turf, and the indoor oval.

The HOKA Pros Take On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day: Scott Smith: Can He Get Top 3 Like His Dog At The Dog World Championships? We now turn our attention to the full-time pros trying to make the Olympic team in Atlanta and start with Scott Smith.

Non-Distance News

More USAs

HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #9: Tyler Andrews – From Not Breaking 18 Minutes In High School To Training With Kenyans In Ecuador To Winning US 50 Mile Championship  Andrews has a true where your dreams become reality story as he didn’t break 18 minutes for 5k in high school. Plus he’s got a film crew now following his story.

LRC In “2:10 shape” & With Secret “Trials Dagger” Shoes, Ultra Star Jim Walmsley Is Ready To Take On The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials “I’d like to think I’m around 2:10 shape right now. … I feel like I’ve legitimately put in the training and the work to contend up front. I feel pretty confident with that,” said Walmsley.
*HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #8 Jim Walmsley Walmsley gives some advice and also wants advice for his marathon debut.

More Non-USA Action: The Pros Don’t Care About USA Champs *All NCAA Results