Archived Homepage For July 19, 2020
Archived Homepage For July 19, 2020

LRC Podcast

LRC Shelby Houlihan 14:23 American Record Bonus Podcast Shelby Houlihan joined us to talk about her American record run in the 5,000m. Listen to the best track and field running podcast on the planet.

Damn It – Too Good To Be True

LRC US Masters Star Kevin Castille Banned Four Years For Steroid Use Castille, who holds world 45+ records of 14:11 and 29:44 on the track, was banned after testing positive at the 2019 USATF Masters 10K Champs. *Discuss Here

More Doping News:

2020 Chicago Marathon Is Cancelled – London Is The Only Remaining Major

 2020 Chicago Marathon CancelledRunners have the option of taking a full refund or being deferred to 2021, 22 or 23. London, please have an elite race and you will cement your status as numero uno.

Track Is Back In Jamaica

Not A Lot Of Positive NCAA News These Days

More Upcoming Action

News From Oregon

Semenya Updates

Fast Sprinting In Kingston, Jamaica

Olympic News

Doping-Related News

Great Guest Feature

LRC The Abilene 800 And The Birth Of American Women’s Distance Running 60 years ago today, a group of American women descended upon Abilene, Tex., for the US Olympic Trials to prove their event belonged. This is the story of those women, from the 16-year-old American record holder who had been abused as a child to the 49-year-old Olympic 100m champion. Nearly 7,000 words by Amby Burfoot.

Throwback Thursday #15

LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched Jenny Simpson’s Shock Gold At The 2011 Worlds 2011 was far from Jenny Simpson‘s best year, but she wound up as a shock world champion in Daegu. Jonathan Gault explains how it happened.

Distance News

Doping: Did UK Sport Promote Gray Area Drugs?

More Results

Mass Road Race News

Throwback Thursday #14

LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched The Greatest Marathon Ever – 2002 London 18 years ago, the three men who held the marathon WR from 1999 to 2011 – Geb, Tergat and Khannouchi – sparred on the streets of London in an epic race and Paula Radcliffe announced herself as a marathon star. It was the marathon’s greatest day.
*MB: Throwback Thursday #14: Re-Experience The Greatest Marathon In History – The 2002 London Marathon

Russia / WADA Doping News

Catching Up On Some Recent Results

A Women’s 10,000 Will Take Place This Saturday In The US

LRC Recovering From The Trials, Returning To The Track, & Time-Trialing A Marathon? LRC Catches Up With Molly Seidel Seidel will race this weekend for the first time since her stunning debut at the US Olympic Marathon Trials; she’s running a 10,000 in Massachusetts at the MVMNT Race Series, which is being staged by her coach, Jon Green.

LRC Podcast: Guest Molly Seidel + Houlihan, Ahmed, Bowerman Fast 5ks, Lyles & Felix – This Week” LRC Track Talk Podcast Is Out

Athletes Talk About Race / Protest Issues

The BTC Scrimmage Was Quite Fast *Results

LRC Shelby Houlihan (14:23.92) CRUSHES American Record At 5,000 (And So Does Karissa Schweizer) The Americans are now the 12th and 14th fastest women In history as Houlihan used a 4:26 last 1,600 and 61.5 last 400 to set the new mark.
*MB: SHELBY MF HOULIHAN 14:23.
*Full Event Replay Available Here From 3 PM ET

Retired Stars In The News

Assorted Distance News

A Bunch More Race Cancellations

We’ve Brought John Kellogg Out Of Retirement – Our Summer Training Program Is Back

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.