Who Needs An Official Meet – Just Get Out Your Phone and Make History

LRC High Schooler Brynn Brown Runs Second-Best 3200 In US HS Girls’ History Running with a male pacer, the junior from Denton, Tex., clocked 9:39.67 (ht) in a time trial on Tuesday. That’s equal to 8:59.9 for 3k. Watch it here.
*MB: BRYNN BROWN RUNS 9:39 3200M!!!

Entertaining Reads

• Interesting read: Declassified CIA files reveals that 100m star Dave Sime and former Navy coach Al Cantello worked as CIA agents while competing at 1960 Olympics Sime was an incredible talent who didn’t even run track in HS but won Olympic 100m silver. Cantello was a legend at Navy.
• Nick Symmonds orders bionic legs off amazon and attempts to break Hicham El Guerruouj’s mile WR
• Lost in translation – Or Racist? European 800 bronze medallist Lykhova Olga of Ukraine causes small uproar after translation of her instagram post from Iten angers locals After braiding her hair, she said she had made herself an Afro and asked if she looked like a monkey according to google translate. Google says she also wrote, “Kenyans never rush anywhere. They even say I’ll come at 2.00 but African means maybe an hour or more late. This really makes me angry. Can’t you do everything on time?” Olga responded to the uproar by saying she loves Kenya and the translation of her tweets was inaccurate.
• What should you do after you stink up a race? Scott Fauble says what coach Dan Green told him makes a ton of sense, “Sometimes Scott you take a big shit, but you stand up, close the lid, and flush that sucker away.” *Discuss
• Meet a guy who used his MBA to help Eliud Kipchoge run 1:59:40 Samir Abid we employed to “help analyze the course and draw out the optimal running route.” He also claims to have helped others win 41 Olympic medals.
• Reigning NCAA Shot Put Champion Samantha Noennig of Arizona State is going to be a grad transfer at rival Arizona

Anniversary Time

• adidas Will Be Releasing A Commemorative Collection Dedicated To Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of Terry Fox’s Remarkable Run Across Canada The guy with terminal cancer started a run across Canada with one leg hoping to inspire a nation. He inspired a world although he was forced to abandon the run after averaging 23 miles per day for 143 days when the cancer spread to his lungs and he died within a year. 100% of the net proceeds will be donated to The Terry Fox Foundation to support cancer research.
• It’s Been 45 Years And 1 Day Since Filbert Bayi Ran 3:51.0 To Break Jim Ryun’s Mile Record Read about the non-rabbited race here. Watch it here.
• 40 Years Ago, Larry Mangan Became The 1st Penn St. Athlete To Break 4:00

Seb Coe Making News

• Seb Coe Tells Indian TV He Understands Why Sports Leagues Might Decide To Stage Events Even If It’s Not Always With The Approval Of Those Authorities. “We have to be guided by what governments, the WHO and local authorities are telling us, but we also have to make our own decisions and make sensible compromises. There may be a moment when a sport decides that it is ready to stage events even if it is not always with the approval of those authorities,” said Coe.
• World Athletics President Coe States The Obvious And Says Track May Have To Return To Empty Stadiums

Links We Highly Recommend

• Recommended Read American Marathon Record Holder Deena Kastor Writes Essay Reflecting On Her Own Adoption
• Fascinating Read: A Look At The Kenyan Runners Who Are Now Working Construction So They Can Eat And Pay Rent During Covid-19 Many have put their training on hold as working from 8 AM to 4 PM for less than $4 isn’t easy.
• Cool Idea: Are Your Kids Bored At Home? Print Out This Free Track And Field Coloring Book And Have The Kids Get At It
• Mary Cain Q&A about her new role at Tracksmith Cain is thrilled as she finally feels she’s choosing to run versus being forced to try to make as much as she could from Nike. “Now there’s this sense of, actually, I don’t have to. I’m choosing to. I want to….That kind of shift has been interesting because it sometimes fuels me to even try to run a little harder, a little faster, and it’s just because that “want to” and not “have to.””
• 2:13 marathoner and immunology expert Kingston Mills talks about what running events he sees returning, calls mass marathons a “huge risk Running alone or with a buddy is an extremely low risk activity. He thinks track meets without fans are low risk as well but says a mass marathon is a “huge risk” and thinks marathons will need to be elite only for a while but is worried how that will work financially as the masses pay the bills

Throwback Thursday #6

LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched The Men’s Steeple Final At The 2003 World Championships One week before the 2003 Worlds, the planet’s best runner, Stephen Cherono, changed his name to Saif Saaeed Shaheen and switched nationality from Kenya to Qatar. The steeplechase final pit Shaheen against his brother Abraham (still angry over the move) and a young Ezekiel Kemboi and culminated with a thrilling home-straight duel.
*TBT #1: 1998 NCAA XC *TBT #2: 2000 Foot Locker XC *TBT #3: 2007 World XC *TBT #4: 2003 Foot Locker XC *TBT #5: 1983 World XC

News From The Commonwealth

• Mo Farah Thinks The Olympic Postponement Is Good For Him Even Though He’ll Be A Year Older In 2021 “It gives me a year to do more track races and then go into the Olympics. So in a way I think it works out well for me.”
• Rhonex Kipruto’s 26:24 Road WR Is Ratified This mark isn’t appreciated enough. It’s the 4th-fastest 10,000 ever run on any surface and wasn’t run in Vaporflys.
  *MB: Rhonex Kipruto’s 26:24 road WR is ratified. That mean’s it’s legit but how did he do it not in Vaporflys?
• UK Govt. Says Pro Athletes Can Return To Training Immediately If They Feel Safe But they can’t be forced to do so and they must meet with a doctor before they do so.
• 2:05 Marathoner Benson Kipruto Is Thrilled To Be Making $18 A Day As A Dairy Farmer During Covid-19
• Kenyan Govt. Creates $281,000 (30mn Ksh) Fund To Help Struggling Pro Athletes
• Kelsey-Lee Barber Writes About Her Magical 6th Round Javelin Throw That Took Her From 4th To 1st At Worlds She also talks about being coached by her husband.

Virtual News

• Want To Keep Your Kids Active During The Coronavirus Lockdown? Check Out The NYRR’s Free Active At Home Exercise Program The program “is designed for kids in kindergarten through high school, and it promotes physical literacy and keeps children active while in lockdown. There are photos and descriptions for each exercise, so parents can help their kids perform them correctly, and there are also instructional videos,” including one from Jenny Simpson.
• Miss The 1st Quarantine Backyard Ultra? The Organizers Are Hoding A Second One On July 11th

Free Coaching Tips

• A Good Read For All Coaches: Japanese Half Marathon Record Holder Hitomi Niiya Publishes Her Entire Training 100 Days Before Her 66:38 NR And Now Is Doing A Q&A About Her Training If you missed the full publication of her workouts last month, catch up now.
  *Part II Of Q&A Lots of 400m reps for a half marathon have raised eyebrows.
  *Part III *Part IV
• 2:10 Marathoner Reid Coolsaet Talks About The Long Run And How To Train For The Marathon On Tired Legs One tip. Ignore how you feel on the warmup. “There have been many times when I didn’t think I had a hope in hell of finishing the workout based on the warmup.”
• AW: What Common Products / Foods Should You Be Eating? Fermented soy, gelatin powder and boiled eggs make the list.

10 Years Ago, Chris Solinsky Ran 26:59.60 To SHOCK THE WORLD

LRC 26:59! How Chris Solinsky Transformed A “Glorified Tempo” Into An All-Time Upset And Performance 10 years ago today, Chris Solinsky shocked the world by running 26:59 in his 10,000-meter debut. Get the inside story from Jonathan Gault and learn how the date of Solinsky’s wedding played a key role in his preparations and why his victory led to a decade-long feud between coaches Alberto Salazar and Jerry Schumacher.
*MB: Chris Solinsky’s 26:59 turns 10 years old today. Share your memories here.z
*MB:  Jonathan Gault’s new story makes Alberto Salazar look totally cringe
*MB: Does anyone have access to a recording of the live broadcast by Stanford of Chris Solinksy’s 26:59?

Speaking of Anniversaries

• Three years ago from Tuesday, Thomas Rohler shocked the world with his 93.90m javelin throw in Doha Yes, he was the Olympic champ but no one was expecting the longest throw in 20 years.
• The Penn Relays And Usain Bolt Recall Him Rocking Philly 10 Years Ago As Well