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RIP NCAA Fall Championships

"We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships."
NCAA President Mark Emmert discusses the latest developments in fall sports and looks ahead to winter and spring championships.
Hear more on the NCAA Social Series TONIGHT at 7 p.m. ET from @NCAA. pic.twitter.com/SmjC8FU0Uo
— NCAA (@NCAA) August 13, 2020

– NCAA President Mark Emmert announcing the cancellation of all fall NCAA Championships.

*MB: It’s Official: There Will Be No NCAA Championships This Fall

Monaco – This Year’s Version Of The Olympics – Is Friday TV & StreamingSchedule

LRC 2020 Monaco DL Preview: The 2020 Olympics Is Happening On Friday In Monaco What a meet! Sifan Hassan, Donavan Brazier, Noah Lyles, Joshua Cheptegei and many more stars will all compete in the best track meet of 2020 – in front of real live fans – on Friday in Monaco.

LRC World Champions Donavan Brazier & Noah Lyles Speak Ahead Of Monaco Diamond League Find out which double Brazier wants to attempt (hint: it’s not the 800/1,500), why he’d like to stay in Europe for a while, and what Lyles has been doing to get closer to Usain Bolt‘s 200m WR.

LRC Joshua Cheptegei Is Going For The 5,000 WR In Monaco – Can He Break It? Kenenisa Bekele‘s 12:37.35 WR has stood for 16+ years. the longest time for the men’s 5k record in history, but Cheptegei, the 10k & XC world champ, is 100% committed to trying to break it in Monaco on Friday. Can he do it? We break down his chances for you.

Podcast: Monaco Diamond League Preview + Guest Ok State Coach Dave Smith on NCAA XC 2020 Believe it or not NCAA XC practice is underway and the biggest one day track meet of 2020 is here.

Monaco MB Talk

The Shoes Have Ruined The Sport

World Athletics Issues Reminder About Their Amended Shoe Rules Which Went Into Affect Two Weeks Ago The new rules set a maximum sole height limit of 25mm for track events 800m and above. This means that road shoes with a higher sole height like the Nike Vaporfly can’t be worn for track races. However, anyone who ran a time or set a record before the rule came in effect two weeks ago will be grandfathered in.
*2nd Article Cross-Country also has a maximum sole height limit of 25mm.

Monaco Diamond League Is Friday

Monaco Provisional Entry Lists There is a solid women’s 5,000m with Sifan Hassan, Hellen Obiri, Letesenbet Gidey, Shannon Rowbury and Konstanze Klosterhalfen. The men’s 1,500m should also be good with Timothy Cheruiyot, Jakob and Filip Ingebrigsten and Craig Engels. The men’s 5,000 has Joshua Cheptegei, Julien Wanders and Henrik Ingebrigsten; Soufiane El Bakkali in the steeple. Brits Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie are in the 1,000m with Raevyn Rogers and Faith Kipyegon.
*MB: DL Monaco entries are up

World Athletics Fail:British Viewers Won’t Be Able To Watch The Diamond League Live This Year Eurosport opted not to extend its contract when it expired last year and World Athletics hasn’t secured a new British broadcaster. (The BBC can show meet highlights only.)
NBC Sports’ Five Events To Watch At The Monaco DL Three of the five on their list are distance races.
Meet Director Jean-Pierre Schoebel Talks About Putting On The Monaco DL Through The Covid-19 Pandemic “We’ve never worked as hard as this year. I can’t tell you how difficult the situation has been.”

OAC Full Team Revealed – Monson & Hoare Added To The Mix

LRC Full On Athletics Club Roster Announced, Led By NCAA Champs Geordie Beamish & Alicia Monson On has announced more NCAA signings this summer than every other shoe company combined. We reveal the full squad and analyze the roster, which is made up of 6 NCAA champs (4 DI) and led by Joe Klecker, Ollie Hoare, and Alicia Monson.

Covid Needs To Back Off

Olympic And World Steeplechase Champ Conseslus Kipruto Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Will Miss Monaco Diamond League Meet Kipruto says he doesn’t have any symptoms and was planning on going for the WR. *Discuss

Track Results – Last BTC Time Trial

MB:BTC Time Trial – Mo Ahmed Runs 5:00.72 For 2,000m; Shelby Houlihan Runs 2:01.08 For 800m Over Karissa Schweizer’s 2:02.77 This one was much more tame than BTC’s previous time trials.
*Full Results You’ll notice some bizarre results like Matt Centrowitz running 3:03 for 800m. These results are athletes fulfilling contract obligations. For more of an explanation on that, read our article here: Why Did Michael Norman Run 9.86 – And Then Races Four More Times? A Look At How COVID-19 Is Affecting Elite Track & Field Contracts
*MB:BTC Ran The 2000m As An Elimination Race

LRC Content

LRC Running’s D-Day Podcast As London Marathon, 2020 NCAA Cross-Country Decisions Expectedaudio fixed Good 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 hot spot – Connecticut.
Have You Run A Race Recently?Share Your Experience Here

LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched The 1993 World Championship 5,000 In one of distance running’s greatest efforts, Kenya’s Ismael Kirui ran 13:02 from the front to hold off Haile Gebrselassie and avenge his brother’s controversial Olympic defeat to KhalidSkah.

Will There Be Any College Sports This Fall?

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.

NCAA Division II Cancels All 2020 Fall Championships 11 of the 23 Division II conferences had already announced they would not compete during the traditional fall season. Like DIII, these championships are cancelled, not postponed until spring.
Division III Presidents Council Cancels Fall Championships For 2020 They considered holding the fall championships in the spring, but “found it was logistically untenable and financially prohibitive.”
*MB: RIP D3

Sprint Stuff

Lolo Jones Featured In HBO Sports Documentary, The Weight Of Gold; Says She’s Determined To Make It Back To The Olympics Jones is gunning for the Tokyo Olympic team, but says she doesn’t plan on trying to go back to bobsledding after missing the 2018 Games in what she called a “subjective process.”
The Guardian: “Usain Bolt’s Talent For Speed Becomes More Apparent Now It Is Denied To US” The writer explains how he chooses to believe Bolt’s WRs are clean even at the risk of “looking like a sap in 20 years’ time.”
Face2FaceAfrica.com:“Former Star Sprinter To Street Sweeper: Meet Jackie’s Forgotten Brother Mack Robinson”
Mildred “Babe” Didriksen Selected As USATF Throwback Athlete Of The Week For Her 80m Hurdles American Record In 1931

RIP News

RIP Kenyan 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist Ben Jipcho, 77 Jipcho won silver in the steeplechase, but is also credited with helping Kip Keino win 1500m gold in 1968 over Jim Ryun by acting as a pacesetter.
*Daily Nation Says Ben Jipcho Left Behind Five Widows And More Than 30 Children His first wife said Jipcho was hard working and greatly supported the family.
*Athletics Legend Jipcho Buried In Trans Nzoia
Russia’s 1956 And 1960 Olympic Triple Jump Bronze Medalist Vitold Kreyer Dies At 87
USATF Mourns Passing Of Race Walk Pioneer A.C. “Beto” Jaime, 84

High School Corner

DyeStat Lists NCAA Conference-By-Conference Break Down On Where Each State Stands On High School Fall Sports
From Last Week: MB:Sydney Masciarelli WORLD RECORD 1 mile w/ basketball The 2018 Foot Locker winner ran 5:08.57, not that much slower than her 4:58.62 PR (her 1,500m best is 4:34.72). 2015 World Championships runner Lauren Johnson had apparently just set the dribbling record at 5:16.36 a few weeks previously.

More Recent Results

MB:Oliver Hoare And Joe Klecker Become The First Two Men To Go Sub-4 In Colorado Klecker posted on Instagram that he ran 3:58.4 to Hoare’s 3:56.8. Those times convert to 3:51.16 and 3:52.72 according to NCAA altitude conversions.
Sweden’s Michaela Meijer Breaks Swedish PV Record With 4.83m On Her First Attempt
AW Weekly Round-Up: UK Athletics Comeback Continues

The Big Friendly 3 / BTC Intrasquad IV *Results

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

We Wish Them A Speedy Recovery

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.

RIP NCAA Fall Sports

MB:It’s Official: There Will Be No NCAA Championships This Fall This was pretty much already a given for XC as more than 50% of the teams had cancelled their fall season and the NCAA was requiring at least that to hold NCAA Championships.
Big Sky Postpones All Fall Sports Until Spring 2021
Big 10 Cancels Fall Sports
*MB: Big Ten cancels football season
MB: NCAA DI Cancellation threshold
MB: Is NCAA fall XC going to be totally wiped out? B1G just cancelled football and P5 will follow

More Upcoming Action

August 23:Strong Cast Of World And Olympic Champions Confirmed For Stockholm DL Highlights will include all three 800m medalists from 2019 worlds, Donavan Brazier, Amel Tuka and Ferguson Rotich.
August 19:World 110H Champ Grant Holloway Will Take On Pascal Martinot-Lagarde At The Gyulai Memorial In Hungary The 200m is also good with Kenny Bednarek (who recently ran 19.80), US indoor record holder Elijah Hall and African 100m champ Akani Simbine.
August 25:Five European Champions Confirmed For Janusz Kusocinski Memorial In Poland Polish rivals Marcin Lewandowski and Adam Kszczot are in the 800m along with Kenya’s world bronze medalist Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich.

North American Sprint Action

US’s Kenny Bednarek Blazes 19.80 200m World Lead In Florida Less than an hour before he took third in the 100m (10.02, wind assisted) which was won by Trayvon Bromell in 9.87 over Justin Gatlin (10.02). Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100m in a slightly wind-assisted 10.83 after running a wind-legal 10.95 in the prelims. She went on to win the 200m in the #2 time this year with 22.00. *Results
Elaine Thompson Runs Season’s Best 200m With 22.19 In Kingston Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also won her section in 22.57. This followed their 10.87 (SAFP) and 10.88 (Thompson) from the day before and once again, it’s pretty lame that these two aren’t being put head-to-head.
After Weekend Sprint Double, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Optimistic About 2021

European Results

Johannes Vetter Highlights German Championships With European-Leading 87.36m Javelin Win
Sweden’s World Champ Daniel Stahl Throws 71.37m World Leading Discus
Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer Sets World Decathlon Lead Of 8231 Points
AW Weekly Round-Up British indoor 400m champ Jessie Knight moved to 10th on the UK all-time 400H list with 55.27 at the Brussels Grand Prix.

Fast Sprint Action In Jamaica

World Athletics Weekend Recap: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce And Elaine Thompson Drop Fast 100m Times At The Velocity Fest Meet In Jamaica World 100m champ Fraser-Pryce won her section in 10.87 while Olympic champ Thompson-Herah won the second section in 10.88. A real shame they weren’t in the same race.

Road Results: Sara Hall Sets Half Marathon PR

Sara Hall Runs 68:17 Half Marathon PR (6th On The US All-Time List) Hall ran the race on a bike path in Oregon with just her and two male pacers. She says she’s really encouraged by the PR as she prepares for a fall marathon (which she couldn’t name, but is likely London). *Discuss

Marc Scott Breaks British National Record With 13:20 At The Podium 5k In The UK Triathlete Beth Potter won the women’s race in 15:24 (5th UK all-time).
*MB: Marc Scott new British record for road 5k

European Track Action

Sondre Moen Breaks 44-Year-Old European 1 Hour Record Moen ran 21,131m (4:34 per mile) to break Jos Hermens‘ European record from 1976. *Discuss
Finland’s Aaron Kangas Throws PR And European-Leading 79.05m In The Hammer

Doping News

WADA To Downgrade Bans For Out-Of-Competition Recreational Drug Use Athletes can now get a ban as short as one month. We agree; it didn’t make sense to ban someone for two years for a drug that wasn’t performance enhancing.
Ukraine’s Two-Time European 800m Champion Gets 20-Month Ban; Will Miss Tokyo Games She tested positive for a banned diuretic, but her ban was reduced as the AIU accepted her violation had not been intentional.
Interesting:Florence Griffith Joyner’s Husband Had Doctors Test Her Body For Steroid Use After She Died To Try To Prove Critics Wrong The article glosses over doping suspicions with “she never failed a test,” but we thought this was interesting. For the record, 89.67% of the LetsRun audience polled in 2014 thought FloJo was dirty.

Olympic Champs That Win Multiple Golds Become Legends – World Athletics Should Make It As Easy As Possible

LRC What Track And Field Doubles Are Doable At The 2021 Olympics? We know the 100/200 will be doable, but what about the 200/400? The 1,500/5,000? The (gulp) … 100/400? We break them all down and propose a few easy solutions. World Athletics, are you paying attention? A few tweaks could make the schedule much more athlete-friendly.
*MB: What doubles are doable in Tokyo? LRC tells you and offers some simple changes

(Mostly) European Distance News

Pete Julian’s Group Will Spend August Training And Racing In Europe Julian said, “We’re doing the very best we can to stay safe and healthy. There are concerns, obviously. We’re in a pandemic. But this is their job. They seem up for it. They’re really responsible athletes.”
Few Results We Missed: European Leads From Sweden’s Andreas Kramer (1:45.86 In The 800m), Germany’s Alina Reh (15:27.46 In The 5,000m) And Sweden’s Kim Amb (86.49m In The Javelin)
*British Milers’ Club Holds Socially Distanced 800m Using Alternate Lanes
*GB’s Jo Zakrzewski Breaks Four National Ultra Running Records In One Race She ran 236k in 24 hours on the track.
Israeli Marathoner Bracha Deutsch Pleading With The IOC To Change The Day Of The Olympic Marathon So She Can Race The 2:32 marathoner is an Orthodox Jew and can’t race on Shabbat, a day of rest for Jewish people.
GB Ultra Runner Carla Molinaro Breaks The Land’s End To John O’Groats (LEJOG) Record She ran the length of Britain (874 miles) in 12 days, 30 minutes and 14 seconds.
2021 European 10,000m Cup Will Return To London On June 5 You probably know the race better as “the Night of the 10,000m PBs.”

Upcoming Stuff

Doha Diamond League Rescheduled For September 25 This is moved up about two weeks from the original rescheduled date on October 9.
Laura Muir, Renaud Lavillenie And World Silver Medalist Hjer Yaroslava Mahuchikh Announced For LOTTO Kamila Skolimowska Memorial In Poland On September 6 Polish social distancing rules will require the stadium be limited to 50% capacity, which means they can still have 27,000 spectators watch live.
USATF.TV Replaying The 2016 Olympic Trials For Free Each day is free to watch for 48 hours.
We Wish USATF Had Done The Same:One Month To Go Until The British Athletics Championships The championships are being held behind closed doors September 4-5.
European Athletics: Eleven Meets To Follow In Early August Must be nice.

On – The Swiss Running Brand – Gets Into Pro Running In A Big Way

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

Weekend Recap

Full World Athletics Weekend Recap

MB: Bob Beamon move over. Valarie Allman PRs by almost 10 feet to shatter US discus record by more than 3 feet!! She PRed by nearly 10 feet – 9 feet 11 inches to be exact – to set a new US record of 70.15 (230′ 2″).
MB: Jemma Reekie runs 1:59.52 to edge Laura Muir (1:59.54) in Italy as four break 2:00 in Italy
*Athletics Weekly Recap
MB: 1:44.81 Edose Ibadin – District Track Club
Katie Nageotte vaults 4.92, takes a few good cracks at AR
Germany’s Johannes Vetter Wins Javelin At The Kuortane Games With A European-Leading 86.94m
18-Year-Old Elina Tzengko Of Greece Breaks U20 Javelin Record With 63.96m.

Miling Legends Pay Tribute To Jim Ryun

LRCBehind The Scenes: An Inside Look At Jim Ryun’s Presidential Medal Of Freedom Celebration Hear what mile legends Alan Webb, Matthew Centrowitz, Seb Coe and Steve Cram had to say about Jim Ryun when he was honored with the highest US civilian honor last Friday. Centrowitz said of Ryun, “He’s a legend everywhere” whereas Coe called him an inspiration and the “greatest prep athlete of all time, in front of LeBron James and Tiger Woods.”

The Olympics Needs An MVP

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.

LRC The Olympic Track & Field MVPs, Part I: 1896-1960

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.

Mid-Week Action

18-Year-Old Max Burgin Runs British Under-20 Record With 1:44.75 At British Milers’ Club Meet Burgin improved his own age group record of 1:45.36 which he ran last year.
*MB: Max Burgin 18year Old 1:44.75 800m…WOW
MB:Elle Purrier 4:00.77, Heather MacLean 2:00.29 in time trials
Andrew Pozzi Sets 110H World Lead And Breaks Meet Record At Paavo Nurmi Games With 13.17 GB’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant won the women’s 1,500m in 4.03.69 as Finland’s Topi Raitanen won the men’s steeple in 8:22.45.
Germany’s Johannes Vetter Throws 91.49m Javelin World Lead At The Paavo Nurmi Games

USATF News

USATF Foundation Celebrates $6.7 Million In Elite Grants Awarded To Athletes Since 2006 Over 14 years they’ve given $6.7 million to 406 athletes (so average of about $16,600 per athlete).
USATF Announces Partnership Renewal With Hershey’s

2020 London Is Set – Will It Be Great?

LRC Now That Kipchoge Vs. Bekele Is Set, The Question Is – Are They In Shape? How have the greatest marathoner and greatest distance runner in history been training during the pandemic? Where is their fitness two months before London? Superagent Jos Hermens gives us the inside scoop.
*MB: Bekele vs Kipchoge is on!! But will either one of them be in shape?

The Big Friendly 4

Nijel Amos Wins Tactical 800m Over In 1:49.23 Josh Kerr (1:49.29) At The Big Friendly 4
*Results Chanelle Price won the women’s 800m in 2:02.93. Ben Blankenship ran 7:56.53 to win the 3,000m over Chris Derrick (8:05.91). *Full Meet Broadcast

AAU Junior Olympics

Yahoo Sports:Is Erriyon Knighton The Next Usain Bolt? 16-Year-Old Runs 20.33 For 200m At AAU Junior Olympics Knighton broke an age group national record. For comparison, Bolt ran 20.13 a month before he turned 17.
*MileSplit Article The time was also a US sophomore class record.
MileSplit:AAU Junior Olympic Games Day 3: Records Start Falling *Day 2*Day 1
AAU Junior Olympics Are Going On In Satellite Beach, Florida

2020 Isn’t Over Yet – Kipchoge Vs. Bekele Is Still On!

London Marathon Will Hold Elite-Only Race On October 4; Kipchoge, Bekele, & Brigid Kosgei All Confirmed The mass race has been cancelled, but London will still have an elite race on a closed, looped course in a “secure biosphere” in St. James’s Park. In addition, the 2021 edition has been moved from April to October.
*MB: London Marathon could be laps around a big park
*The Times Article (behind paywall)

Distance News

Donavan Brazier Believes He Has A Shot At Breaking David Rudisha’s 800m World Record Brazier explained that this wasn’t a prediction though, calling Rudisha a “once-in-a-century athlete and saying, “1:40.91 is a really dangerous record to break.”
September 8: Sifan Hassan Set For Ostrava 5,000m Laura Muir is in the 800m while her training partner Jemma Reekie is in the 1,500m.
August 23:Japanese Record Holders Confirmed For Tokyo Golden Grand Prix Distance action will be highlighted by World U20 3,000m champ Nozomi Tanaka in the 1,500m. Last month she ran 4:08.68 to become the second fastest Japanese woman of all-time and will be eyeing the 4:07.86 national record.
Turkish Steeplechaser Gulcan Mingir Gets 2-Year Ban And Her Result Disqualified From The 2012 London Olympics The 9:13.53 runner tested positive for a steroid in a London re-test. Thankfully, she failed to make the final at those Games.

Well Worth 1 Hour Of Your Time

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

Running Book News:

Pro Marathoner Becky Wade Reviews New Book By Legendary Coach Joe Vigil Wade shares six interesting takeaways including the fact that at 90 years old, Vigil is still active and involved in the sport.
*Press Release:“Chasing Excellence” – New Biography On Legendary Coach Joe Vigil Released Vigil coached Adams State College to 19 DII national titles and coached 22 Olympians, including Denna Kastor when she won an Olympic bronze in the marathon.
MB:New book about FM

NCAA News

NCAA Supposed To Give Update On Fall Sports Championships Today The NCAA board of governors has the authority to cancel or postpone NCAA championships.
*MB: wtf is the NCAA doing
USTFCCCA Takes A Look Back At Marty Liquori’s First NCAA Mile Title In 1969 Liquori, then only a sophomore, beat out Jim Ryun who hadn’t lost an outdoor mile in four years and was the huge favorite.
DyeStat Lists NCAA Conference-By-Conference Break Down On Where Each Stands On Fall Sports
George Washington University Cuts Seven Athletics Programs Including Men’s Indoor Track They cited the pandemic and expected shortfall of $200 million.
*MB: GWU to cut men’s indoor track
MB:Former NAU XC Coach Eric Heins: Starting a NEW NCAA D3 track program ! Heins coached NAU to their first DI XC national victory and now will be the head coach for a new track program at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Highlights From Our Chat With The Olympic Silver Medalist

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 Bomber Death Sentence Overturned

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