Trailer for The Stand, a film by Tom Ratcliffe and Becky Paige, which aims to tell the definitive story of Smith’s and Carlos’ protest on the Olympic 200m medal stand in 1968. The film was released on all popular streaming services on Tuesday.
*Read Jonathan Gault’s Review of The Stand *Stream The Stand On Amazon
LRC Running’s D-Day Podcast As London Marathon, 2020 NCAA Cross Country Decisions ExpectedGood news as the LRC crew expects the London Marathon to take place as an elite race.
LRC I Ran a Real Race with Real People, and It Was Glorious Believe it or not there is actual racing going on in a former COVID-19 hotspot- Connect.
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LRC On Establishes Pro Group In Boulder To Be Coached by Dathan Ritzenhein; Joe Klecker Is Group’s First Signing The group will be called the On Athletics Club and features eight athletes (the remainder will be announced soon) led by Joe Klecker, who was signed before Ritz and given veto power over the coach of the group. Klecker will make his pro debut at the Music City Distance Carnival on August 15 and Ritz says he’s in incredible shape. “I did that exact workout at sea level a month before I ran 12:56 and broke the American record … He’s doing the kind of quality work that I was doing at my best.”
*MB: Breaking: On is starting a new training group in Boulder coached by Dathan Ritzenhein and headlined by Joe Klecker
*MB: Joe Klecker Sub 4 at altitude?! 3:58.4
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Haile Gebrselassie Demands Justice From The Ethiopian Government After Two Of His Hotels Were Burned Down As Part Of An Ethnic Uprising Gebrselassie estimated the properties were valued at over $8 million.
*MB: Haile G’s Hotels Are Burned Down as More Than 200 Are Killed in Ethnic Uprising in Ethiopia
NCAA Board of Governors Leaves Decision On Fall NCAA Championships To Each Division D2 and D3 are already out. D1 needs to make their decision by August 21.
*MB: RIP D3
LRC The Stand: 52 Years Later, Tommie Smith & John Carlos’ Famous Protest Is As Relevant As Ever Tom Ratcliffe and Becky Paige, who teamed up for the terrific Bannister: Everest on the Track, have reunited for The Stand, which aims to tell the definitive story of Smith and Carlos’ protest on the Olympic 200m medal stand in 1968.
*Stream The Stand On Amazon
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LRC Paul Chelimo’s Rise To the Top: “I’m Willing To Die In A Race” The Olympic 5,000m silver medalist joined the LRC podcast last week to discuss his beginnings in the sport, his rivalry with Lopez Lomong, why he once missed two drug tests, & much more. Plus Chelimo reveals his toughest workout ever and says he wants to run the 2028 Olympic marathon in LA.
Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Has His Death Penalty Sentence Overturned By US Court Of Appeals It was ruled that the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors to make sure they were impartial. So his conviction is still in place, but there will be a new penalty phase trial to determine his sentence where he could still receive the death penalty. *Discuss
*AP Article
*AP: Ruling Renews Fairness Debate In Boston Marathon Bomber Case
LRC The Olympic Track & Field MVPs, Part II: 1964-2016 The 2020 Olympic track and field action was supposed to begin this week and we’re feeling nostalgic. Football has a Super Bowl MVP. Baseball has a World Series MVP. We need to have an Olympic MVP. Today, we name an Olympic MVP for every Olympics from 1964 to 2016.
*MB: Let the debate begin. Here are our Olympic MVPs from 1896 to 2016.
Donavan Brazier Gunning For A Fast Time And Maybe Even A Record In Today’s Portland Track Popup Meet Brazier might be trying to break his own 1:42.34 American record which he set last year at Worlds. The other events should be good as well with Craig Engels, Hassan Mead and Josh Kerr in the men’s 1,500, Shannon Rowbury in the women’s 1,500 and Brenda Martinez, Chanelle Price and Nia Akins in the women’s 800. *Meet Info
*LRC Official Thread Brazier Predictions
*MB:BTC & Portland Track Holding Separate Meets this Friday (7/31)
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LRC Donavan Brazier Runs 1:43.84 In His 800 Opener; Bowerman TC Breaks World, American 4 X 1,500 Records In his first 800 in 304 days, the 2019 world champ split 50.80 for the first lap and 53.04 for the 2nd.
*MB: Schweizer > Houlihan in 4 x 1500 – 4:04 vs 4:05? The BTC women’s splits appear to be 4:07 for Quigley, 4:10 for Cranny, 4:04 for Schweizer and 4:05 for Houlihan. Grant Fisher had the fastest men’s split at 3:36.
MB Discussion
400m World Record Holder Wayde Van Niekerk Tests Positive For Coronavirus Van Niekerk was supposed to run the 100m and 400m at a meet in Italy, but will have to sit out and quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. *MB: Van Niekerk Covid positive
Flagstaff Running Community Launches Run With Rivs Fundraiser For Local Legend Tommy Rivers Puzey, Who Is Battling A Rare Form Of Cancer You can participate by logging (or donating to) an endurance challenge anytime through August 9. All funds go to the Puzey family.
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