– Hamburg Marathon chief organizer Frank Thaleiser talking about plans to hold the race on September 13th with 10,000 runners, including an elite field.
2020 NYC Marathon Canceled Due To COVID-19 The NYRR considered an elite-only race, but was concerned crowds might still gather and was unsure of its ability to bring in international runners. Of the 2020 US major marathons, only Chicago (October 11) remains scheduled as planned. NYC had been scheduled for November 1.
*NYRR Press Release
*Discuss: MB: NYC Marathon Canceled
LRC Sudanese Refugee Turned Olympian Guor Mading Maker’s Incredible Life Story Is Now A Feature Film: “Runner” 8 of his 9 siblings were killed in the Sudanese Civil War but Guor Maker (née Marial) somehow survived and eventually thrived despite the odds and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Marathons. Maker is the subject of a new feature-length documentary that will premiere this weekend in conjunction with World Refugee Day. *Click Here To Find Out How To Watch
LRC 2020 Virtual Beer Mile World Classic Coming to LetsRun.com July 4th – Get Your Entries in By This Saturday Anyone can enter. Get your submissions in by midnight June 27th to try and win $8,000 in prize/bonus money.
Hamburg Marathon Optimistic It Can Be Held With 10,000 Runners And Elites On September 13th in GermanyGives us hope that the Berlin Marathon may be held this year in a COVID-safe manner. Hamburg is planning on being held despite there being a ban on mass events in Germany through October 24th, because organizers came up are implementing a rigorous anti-COVID hygiene plan.
*Discuss
LRC In Christian Coleman Case, Track & Field Cannot Win No matter the outcome of the Christian Coleman saga, somebody is going to be unhappy. So it goes, as track & field suffers another self-inflicted wound.
LRC USATF Corrects Their Own Error; Still Unclear If Marks This Summer Will Count For Olympic Trials Qualifying USATF says its statement that marks achieved this summer would not count for Olympic Trials qualification was not “finalized” so it’s possible marks will count. At least it’s not as bad as last year, when USATF was forced to re-pick its entire Pan American Games squad because it failed to follow its own selection policy.
*MB: USATF says statement it published on its website saying you couldn’t qualify for the Trials during Covid-19 wasn’t actually true.
LRC World’s Fastest Man May Face An Olympic Ban For Missing Yet Another Drug Test Christian Coleman may be facing a two-year ban, but we’re not sure he should be banned as some significant questions remain about his case. The authorities ADMIT they made no attempt to call Coleman when they could not locate him.
*MB: Christian Coleman facing suspension for three missed tests
AP:Coleman Is Accusing AIU Of Making A “Purposeful Attempt” To Make Him Miss A Test For the test in question, Coleman says he was shopping for Christmas presents near his home and documents show the testers didn’t call him.
Mo Farah Returning To Track To Target One Hour Record September 4th In Brussels Haile Gebrselassie set the record 13 years ago with 21.285km.
*Ethiopia’s Half Marathon WR Holder Ababel Yeshaneh And 2:18:35 Marathoner Birhane Dibaba Will Shoot For The Women’s One-Hour World Record Dire Tune set the record at 18,517km in 2008.
RRW: OTC Defeats ATC At Return Of The Dual OTC won the meet with six points to one. They swept the 600m with Nijel Amos (1:17.2) and Chanelle Price (1:27.9) taking the wins.
*Watch The Full Event Replay With Commentary By Tim Hutchings
*MB: 600m TT: the carnage of Nijel Amos
*MB:Oregon Track Club Vs. Atlanta Track Club In Virtual Dual Meet Saturday Night
*Register Guard Article
Recommended Read: ESPN:“Philadelphia Eagles Receiver (And Olympic LJer) Marquise Goodwin And Wife Morgan Persevere Through Pain For The Promise Of Family” Goodwin and his wife tell the emotional story of how after losing three children to pregnancy complications and premature births, they finally welcomed into the world a beautiful baby girl.
Throwback Thursday #11
LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched Craig Mottram Battle Augustine Choge In Melbourne At The 2006 Commonwealth Games In honor of Craig Mottram‘s 40th birthday today, we revisit the race he called “the greatest race I have ever done in my life” – his incredible duel with Kenya’s Augustine Choge in the 2006 Commonwealth Games 5,000m final.
*MB: Time flies. Happy 40th birthday Craig Mottram. We celebrate by featuring your 2006 CG silver on Throwback Thursday
LRCHigh Schoolers And College Runners- Train Smarter This Summer With The LetsRun.com Summer Training Program If you aren’t sure what you should be doing for summer training and want to be your best this fall, sign up for our summer training program. Get a daily training schedule, interact with our team, and be your best this fall.
Want a Better Running Shoe?
Beta Better Running Shoe Site
It’s Time to Change How We Find Running Shoes