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Quote Of The Day

“The hardest part for me is I do 99% of my training alone. Doing those long grinding workouts that you need to be top-level can be fairly wearing not just physically but also mentally. Being by yourself, going to the track when nobody else is there, it’s just you and you’re suffering through it. I’ve really been trying to change it up a bit. A lot of times my wife will come out to time me. Just having another body at the track actually makes things a whole lot mentally easier.”

– Ben True talking about the difficulty of doing most of his training alone.

Saturday Action Drake ResultsSC Results

Ryan Crouser Has One Of The Best Shot Put Series Ever At Drake Blue Oval Classic, Lynna Irby Women’s Performer Of Meet Crouser has the 14 top throws in the world in 2020.

South Carolina TrackFest Results: Ollie Hoare Crushes Everyone Again With 3:53 Mile, 16-Year-Old Rheinhardt Harrison Runs 4:02.6 Free video replay of meet here set to start with men’s mile.
*Discussion Thread

Sunset Tour #2 Meet Discussion

Looking Ahead On The Roads

2020 Virtual TCS New York City Marathon To Feature Top Professional Athletes And Celebrities Those running include Emily Sisson, Stephanie Bruce, Deena Kastor and Meb Keflezighi.
London Marathon Release Race Day Schedule For October 4 The elite women will go off at 7:15 AM local time (2:15AM ET) with the men’s race at 10:15 AM (5:15 AM ET).
Tokyo Marathon May Go Elite-Only Again In 2021 Due To Coronavirus Next year’s race is scheduled for March 7 and they are expected to make a decision on the this early next month.

Distance News

Donavan Brazier Ends His Season Early Due To Plantar Fasciitis Problem Brazier had been running through it for a while as Pete Julian says it was the type of injury that “not bad enough to stop but not good enough to bring fuzzy happiness.”
Good Read:Mo Farah And Bashir Abdi Talk About Their Upcoming One Hour World Record Attempt Haile Gebrselassie has the current record of 21,285 meters which he set in 2007. Farah’s and Abdi’s attempt is set for September 4 in Belgium.
Emily Sisson Running The NYC Virtual Marathon She doesn’t know her route yet, but said she’ll probably run with music while her husband rides next to her on a bike.
European Athletics Looks Back At When Seb Coe Won His First International Title At The 1977 European Indoor Championships Coe led the race wire-to-wire, winning in a championship record of 1:46.54.
Shannon Rowbury Talks About Coming Back From Giving Birth And How “Having A Child Isn’t A Death Sentence” Includes video interview with Alysia Montano interviewing Rowbury.
77-Year-Old Scottish Former Commonwealth Games 10,000m Champion Loses His Leg 77-year-old Lachie Stewart had to had to have the lower half of his leg amputated due to complications with diabetes.

Mid-Week Results

GB’s Jemma Reekie Impresses With 1:58.63 Outdoor World Lead In Chorzow Kenya’s world bronze medalist Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich won the men’s race in 1:45.34 over Puerto Rico’s Wesley Vázquez (1:45.54). Sam Kendricks cleared 5.82m to win the PV.
*World Athletics Recap:Germany’s Johannes Vetter Dominates Javelin In Chorzow With Another Two Throws Over 90 Meters He won with a stadium record of 90.86m while Orlando Ortega won the 110H in 13.25. *European Athletics Recap
Olympic Champ Ryan Crouser Has Four Throws Over 22 Meters To Dominate At The Drake Blue Oval Shot Put Showcase Crouser won easily with 22.56m. *Video Broadcast *Results
British Milers’ Club Trafford Gold Standard Meet Recap: Jess Judd Wins 3,000m In 8:57.60 European 5,000m silver medalist Eilish McColgan stepped down in distance to run her first 800m in 12 years (2:08.11 for 7th).

Olympic Protest Debate

IOC Athletes’ Commission Targeting Rule 50 Recommendation In Early 2021 Some athletes are asking the IOC to relax its rule against political protests at the Olympics.
Australian Olympic Committee Survey Finds Majority Of Athletes Against Field-Of-Play And Podium Protests
Survey Finds Majority Of Irish Athletes Are Against Podium Protests, But Believe Rule 50 Should Be Relaxed

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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Distance News

T&F News Talks To Ben True: Is He A 5k Or 10k Guy? They didn’t get a definitive answer on that question, but True shared some interesting insights like how he considered running a marathon this year when the Olympics were postponed and how this may be the first time he averages over 100 miles a week for the whole year.
Lame:Mark English Excluded From Irish Champs Because He Didn’t Meet Self-Isolation Requirements Athletes coming from outside the country (even from “green list” countries) need to self-isolate for 14 days and English went out of the country last week for a race in Italy. He misses a chance at what would have been a record eight Irish outdoor 800m titles.
Video Interview:Dave Wottle Relives His 1972 800m Gold Medal Race Wottle provides race commentary as he watches the video replay of his gold medal winning race with Billy Toad.
Faith Kipyegon Talks About Her 1,000m WR Attempt Upcoming In Brussels On September 4 “My training has been good, but not up to the standard because all tracks we were using were closed. I have been doing my training along the road which is not that good. The season has started, and I’m going to do my best because this is my job.”
Joshua Cheptegei Posts Biggest Flex In Strava History With 5,000m WR

Saturday International Action

Aussie Jessica Hull Vs. Euro Indoor 3,000m Bronze Medalist Melissa Courtney-Bryant Over 1,500m At Goteborg Friidrott Grand Prix In Sweden Switzerland’s Julien Wanders is in the 5,000m. Horizontal/vertical jumps highlight non-distance action.
RRW:Global Cross-Country Season Kicks Off Saturday In New Zealand

NCAA News

DyeStat:Top Recruits Sydney Masciarelli, Brynn Brown And Makayla Paige All Commit To North Carolina The program continues to grow under coach Chris Miltenberg.
*MB: Sydney Masciarelli to UNC
*MB: Brynn Brown Commits to UNC??
Tucson.com:“Eight Former University Of Arizona Athletes Detail ‘Rotten Culture’ In Track Program” Serious allegations against the coaching staff include not responding to (or trying to downplay) cases of sexual harassment, holding public weigh-ins for female athletes, and pushing athletes to overtrain, even when injured.
Group Of Senators Proposing A “College Athletes Bill Of Rights” The bill of rights, if enacted as legislation, would allow college athletes “to market their name, image, and likeness” with minimal restrictions and for the NCAA to be prevented from “restricting or regulating athlete compensation.”

Track And Field’s Newest World Record Holder Talks To LetsRun.com

Podcast And Video Now Released
LRC Joshua Cheptegei Talks After Breaking The 5,000m World Record Cheptegei says he never doubted he’d break Kenenisa Bekele‘s 5,000 WR and now may go for the 10,000 mark. “I have a surprise. I might run a 10,000 meters very soon,” said Cheptegei. Cheptegei also reveals he’s wanted to be the GOAT since 2014, talks about why Uganda could finally be emerging as a serious distance power and discusses if a sub-12:30 or sub-26:00 are possible. “12:30 Could Be Possible, Maybe Also Sub-26:00? I Don’t Know.”
*MB: Joshua Cheptegei talks to LetsRun.com: “I have a surprise. I might run a 10,000 meters very soon.”

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 & StreamingFull 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

Athletics Weekly:Stockholm Long Jump Experiment Falls Short Ruswahl Samaai won the LJ, but said he felt he won “based on a format that’s not fair” as he didn’t have the longest jump of the day; only in the final round.
Housemates Jemma Reekie And Laura Muir Lead British Success In Stockholm Muir won the 1,500m in a world-leading 3:57.87 while Reekie took the 800m in 1:59.68. *BBC
World Athletics Recap:Karsten Warholm Dazzles WIth 46.87 Performance In Stockholm
USATF Highlights From Stockholm

More Weekend Results

MB:Cam Levins is BACK BABY!!! Time trial a half in 1:02
Seth DeMoor And Brittany Charboneau Win Pikes Peak Marathon
*MB: Seth demoor wins pikes peak
*MB: Official 2020 Pikes Peak Marathon Thread
Marc Scott Wins 3,000m At Bromley Twilight Invitational In 7:43.38 It was a close race as he just beat out fellow Brit James West (7:43.79) as Amelia Quirk won the women’s race in 8:54.09.
Nozomi Tanaka Runs Japan 1,500m National Record At The Seiko Golden Grand Prix She ran 4:05.27 to smash the 14-year-old record by more than two seconds.
GB’s Dina Asher-Smith Makes Low-Key Return To Action With 17.20 For 150m At Her Home Track For context, she ran 16.70 for 150m at the Great North CityGames back in 2017.

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

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Your Fall Races Cancelled? Want To Train Smarter? We’ve Got You Covered

LRCThe 9-Week LetsRun.com Fall Summer Training And Racing Program Is HereThis program was designed for our summer training program members who had their fall seasons cancelled but is designed for anyone who wants to excel at 5k or 8k this fall.

Upcoming Track Action

September 4:Brigid Kosgei, Sifan Hassan And Faith Kipyegon Targeting Records In Brussels Kosgei and Hassan are attempting to break Dire Tune‘s one hour world record of 18,517m from 2008. Olympic 1,500m champ Kipyegon is going for the 1,000m WR (2:28.98).
*World Athletics Preview:Olympic Heptathlon Champ Nafi Thiam Pulls Out With Injury, Cancelling The “Triathlon Duel” Between Her And World Champ Katerina Johnson-Thompson
*MB: Is it only seven days until Kosgei v Hassan for an hour on the track in Brussels?
September 6:Olympic Champions Ryan Crouser And Sara Kolak (Javelin) And 2-Time World PV Champ Sam Kendricks Announced For LOTTO Kamila Skolimowska Memorial In Poland
September 8:World 5,000 Silver Medalist Selemon Barega, Ryan Crouser, Christian Taylor Set For Ostrava Golden Spike Meet Sifan Hassan vs. Letesenbet Gidey in the 5,000m, Sam Kendricks vs. Renaud Lavillenie and Olympic champ Thiago Braz in the PV.
September 13:Mondo Duplantis, Christian Taylor, World LJ Champ Malaika Mihambo Among The Stars Confirmed For Berlin ISTAF Meet Gesa-Felicitas Krause is in the steeplechase.
September 25:Doha DL Swaps In Women’s 3,000m Instead Of A 1,500m
2021: Second Chinese Diamond League Meet Postponed Until 2021 The meeting was set for October 17th, but now the 2020 Diamond League will end in Doha on September 25th.

Bolt Update

Usain Bolt’s Positive Coronavirus Test Confirmed; Jamaican Police Investigating His Birthday Party There are reports that people at the party broke rules requiring them to quarantine for 14 days after arriving in Jamaica and local rules require people to wear masks while in public and not have gatherings over 20 people.
*The Telegraph: “Raheem Sterling’s Covid-19 Scare As Usain Bolt Returns Positive Test Following Surprise Party” *2nd Article

More Olympic News

One Year Out From Olympic Marathon, World Athletics Encouraged By Racing Conditions In Sapporo Air quality analysis found that, “… in general the air quality was very good and it reflected a normal urban environment with regular traffic conditions.”
Japan Keeping 5,000 Spectator Limit As They Deal With High Coronavirus Case Numbers
IPC President Says A COVID-19 Vaccine Isn’t Essential For The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics To Go Ahead Andrew Parsons: “But when people say ‘we need a vaccine’ – I think what we need is to say we need to have the virus controlled, we need to have the pandemic under control.”
*IPC Head Hoping Tokyo Games “Can Be Symbol That We Have Left This Crisis Behind”
JOC President Confirms Tokyo 2020 Olympic Flame To Be Placed On Display Next Month
Los Angeles 2028 President Wasserman Snaps Up $23 Million Home

Irish Champs And More From The Weekend

Gutsy Paul Robinson Defies Odds To Win Close Battle In Irish Champs 1,500m Robinson clocked 3:43.90 coming from behind to win by two hundredths of a second over Sean Tobin. 19-year-old Darragh McElhinney won the men’s 5,000m in 13:56.00 over favorite John Travers.
*Watch Great Video Of Race With Amazing Call By Cathal Dennehy
Nicola Tuthhill Smashes Irish Under-18 Hammer Throw Record With 60.04m At irish Champs
AW Weekly Round-Up: Lucy-Jane Matthews Breaks British Age-17 100H Best With 13.25 She broke the previous record of 13.30 which was set back in 1984.
European Bronze Medalist Carolin Schaefer Secures German Heptathlon Title With 6319 Points

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

Good Read: TeamUSA.org: Shannon Rowbury Is Turning 2020 Into A “Miracle” Season Rowbury talks about coming back from childbirth and injury, how 2020 was going to be her “Just in Time” season, whether she’ll run the 1500 or 5000 next year and how the team atmosphere has changed under Pete Julian.
RW Q&A With Joshua Cheptegei Talking About His 5,000m WR And What’s Next Cheptegei explains why he stopped his watch after crossing the finish line in Monaco and says he might want to move up to the marathon after the 2024 Olympics.
RRW: Manchester Road Race To Be Held With Limited Field For 2020; No Elite Race The field will be limited to 500 runners, selected from entrants who pay the $20 to run the virtual race based on time, age and sex.
Ababel Yeshaneh’s 64:31 Half Marathon And Mondo Duplantis’ 6.18m Pole Vault World Records Ratified By World Athletics