Archived Homepage For August 26, 2020
Archived Homepage For August 26, 2020

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Usain Bolt Is In Quarantine

LRCReport: Usain Bolt Tests Positive For Coronavirus BA report from Jamaica says Bolt reportedly tested positive over the weekend as Jamaica’s daily positive cases have risen to their highest levels ever each of the last 3 days; earlier last week, he attended a surprise birthday party with a number of guests, including English soccer star Raheem Sterling. *MB: Usain Bolt test positive for COVID

Stockholm DL Was Sunday *TV & Streaming*Full  Results

LRC Members Stockholm Post-Race Video Reaction Show Also available as a podcast in the members only podcast feeds.

LRC Karsten Warholm Just Misses 400m Hurdles World Record, Runs 46.87 After Hitting Final Hurdle Warholm had to settle for the 2nd-best mark in history. He now is the first man to record two sub-47 clockings.
*MB: 400h – WARHOLM 46.87

LRC 2020 Stockholm DL Recap: Brazier & Cheruiyot Keep Rolling As Reekie & Muir Lead Scottish Mid-D Sweep Karsten Warholm scared the 400m hurdles world record as part of a historic 400 hurdles/400 flat double and Donavan Brazier and Timothy Cheruiyot continued their winning ways as the 2020 Diamond League season continued at the BAUHAUS-Galan in Stockholm on Sunday.
*MB: Stockholm DL Live Discussion
*MB: OFFICIAL NBC SPORTSGOLD MADPOSTING THREAD

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Big Friendly 5 *Results *Full Broadcast

Josh Kerr Wins Big Friendly 800m In 1:46.69; Ben Blankenship Takes 3,000m In 7:50.13 Kerr won handily over Drew Windle (1:49.63) while Matt Centrowitz was back in 4th (1:50.62). Chanelle Price time trialed an 800m with male pacers in 2:00.12 while Sam Prakel (3:39.05) and Eleanor Fulton (15:40.64) won the men’s 1,500 and women’s 5,000.

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The 1995 Weltklasse Zürich Was Special

LRC 25 Years Later: A Look Back At One Of The Greatest Nights In Distance Running History At the 1995 Weltklasse Zürich meet, Moses Kiptanui became the first man under 8:00 in the steeplechase and Haile Gebrselassie took over 10 seconds off the 5,000m world record.  It was the Golden Age of one of Europe’s finest meets. A quarter century later, those who were there reflect on the famous night.
*MB: Sub-8 and 12:44.39 at 1995 Weltklasse Zürich: A look back at one of the greatest nights in distance running history 25 yrs later

World Athletics: On Its 25th Anniversary, Remembering Kiptanui’s Historic Sub-Eight-Minute Steeplechase

Mid-Week Results

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Irish Champs And More From The Weekend

Under Armour Sunset Tour Pop Up

Results:Cory McGee (2:00.16), Edward Cheserek (13:21.78) And Lauren Paquette (15:10.01) Highlight McGee beat Rebecca Mehra (2:01.09) and Emma Coburn (2:01.10) while Cheserek won over Sam Atkin, Oliver Hoare and Joe Klecker. Kellyn Taylor (15:11.50) was a close second in the women’s 5,000. *Discuss

DyeStat Recap: Late Surges Lead To Personal Bests For Cory McGee And Lauren Paquette, Edward Cheserek Sets Meet Record At Sunset Tour

Distance News

Seb Coe Speaks

Mid-Week Results From Gyulai Memorial In Hungary *Results

LRC Donavan Brazier Keeps Win Streak Alive, Runs 1:15.07 For 600m In Hungary Brazier had to come from way down in the last 100 to win the race and run down Puerto Rico’s Wesley Vázquez.
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MB: Donny Braz to Take Down a 34 Year Old World’s 600m Best?

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More From Cheptegei

LRC VIP Joshua Cheptegei Video Chat With LetsRun.com Cheptegei spoke to us Tuesday afternoon for 45 minutes about his shocking run. LRC Supporter’s Club members can watch the interview now. Join the LRC Supporters Club to get bonus content, enhanced access, and huge savings on running shoes. We’ll edit the zoom and release it as a podcast next week.

LRC How Joshua Cheptegei Became The World’s Fastest Distance Runner – A Look Back At His Career After 5,000m World Record He first made noise on the senior level by having the biggest blowup we’ve ever seen in a race. Since then he’s won 2 world titles and broken 4 world records.

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.

More Post-Stockholm Analysis

Early Access For LRC Supporters Club Members

Joshua Cheptegei 45-Minute Podcast And Video With LetsRun.com The world’s greatest track runner talks about his incredible run in Monaco. Now available as a podcast as well for Supporters Club Members. We’ll be announcing more details on the Supporters Club soon but you can join now.

Get Hyped For London 2020

2020 London Marathon Elite Fields Released
LRC Breaking Down The 2020 London Marathon Field Which Features 3 Of The 4 Fastest Men Ever The 2020 London Marathon field is out and it’s amazing as usual. We tell you who is in, who is out and along the way we wonder when Galen Rupp will next race as he’s not in the race although the London field does include Americans Jared Ward, Molly Seidel and Sara Hall.
*MB: London Marathon elite fields 2020
*Official Press Release

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