September 6, 2020 | LetsRun.com

Upcoming Action

September 8: Genzebe Dibaba, Faith Kipyegon And Jemma Reekie Will Face Off In The Ostrava Women’s 1500m World indoor champ Samuel Tefera vs world indoor mile record-holder Yomif Kejelcha in the men’s 1500m. Karsten Warholm in the 400H.
September 17: Laura Muir, Mondo Duplantis And Elaine Thompson-Herah Among Big Names Announced For Rome DL
MB: Jakob runs 3k in Rome(18.Sep) ?!
September 14: Olympic Champ Ryan Crouser Vs World Champ Joe Kovacs Set For Zagreb Shot Put
September 25: Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah And Two-Time World 200m Champ Dafne Schippers Will Go Head-To-Head Over 100m At Doha DL They will also face world medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou.

Brussels DL Results TV/Streaming Information

LRC 2020 Memorial Van Damme Recap: Mo Farah Breaks One-Hour World Record, Mondo Duplantis Clears 6.00m Again Mo Farah had accomplished a lot in his career but before tonight he’d never held a track world record.

LRC Sifan Hassan Breaks One-Hour Run World Record At 2020 Memorial Van Damme The battle between the WR holder in the mile and marathon ended up being pretty entertaining even if the pace they were running was modest compared to their own lofty standards.

RRW: One-Hour World Records Fall at Brussels Diamond League Sifan Hassan: “I didn’t felt good before the start of the race; I even puked. After thirty minutes of racing, I finally felt better. …When there were only two minutes left on the clock, the fun began.”
The Telegraph article
World Athletics Recap

Brussels DL Talk On The Message Board

WADA Vs. USA Drama

Reuters: US Threat To Pull WADA Funding Could Leave Americans Out Of Olympics Several governments have urged WADA to introduce legislation that would find the US non-compliant with the WADA code, which would keep US athletes out of international competition. It sounds like they couldn’t do this under current rules, though.
WADA President Witold Banka Reacts To US Funding Threat; Says WADA Is “Not For Sale” Banka hit back at the US and said he wouldn’t let WADA get sucked into “political attacks and games.”

Bolt And Covid

Opinion Piece From The Jamaican Observer: “Usain Bolt Should Have Known Better” This writer criticizes Bolt as being “reckless and dangerous” for having a big birthday party ignoring coronavirus regulations.
Kevin Hart Slams NBC For Mistaking Him For Usain Bolt NBC says a technical error put Hart’s picture instead of Bolt’s on a story about Bolt having coronavirus. Hart joked, “I must of (sic) gotten really fast & tall overnight.”

Olympic News

BBC: Athletes Who Break Coronavirus Rules Could Be Excluded From British Champs

NCAA XC News

DI NCAA Considering A Winter XC Season Starting In January A source has said that NCAA coaches recently voted in favor of having a shortened XC season from January to mid-March with apparently March 15th and March 16 as potential dates for a rescheduled D1 NCAA XC Champs. However, athletes would not be able to compete in both XC and indoor track.
Julie Culley Talks About Her Decision To Leave Her Position As Georgetown Track And Field Coach Culley left her position to be the sports marketing manager at Brooks. Culley said the decision was about trying “something new and exciting and different” and also allow her more time with her family (she has two young sons).
SEC, ACC And Big 12 Discussing XC Tri-Conference Proposal
*SEC Establishes New Start Dates, Formats For Fall Seasons

International Weekend Results

Fast Mid-D Action Highlights Gothenburg Grand Prix As GB’s Daniel Rowden Wins 800m In 1:44.74 GB’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant won the 1,500m in 4:05.07 over Jessica Hull (4:05.47) and Austrailia’s Stewart McSweyn took the 5,000m in 13:09.83. Raevyn Rogers won the 800m in 2:01.24. *Results
*Athletics Weekly Recap
Phil Healy Still Undisputed As Fastest Irish Woman After National 100m/200m Double Win Sean Tobin bounced back from his tough 2nd place 1,500m finish last week to win the 10,000m in 29:35.14.
Elliot Giles (3:41.29) And Adelle Tracey (4:12.62) Win 1,500m At British Milers’ Club Gold Standard Meeting
Leonardo Fabbri Throws A European-Leading 21.99m Shot Put At Italian Championships European indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi won the HJ with 2.28m. At the Polish Championships, Michal Rozmys upset Marcin Lewandowski in the 1,500m – 3:53.09 to 3:54.13.
Ivona Dadic Defies Tough Conditions To Set World Heptathlon Lead With 6419 Points At Austrian Championships
World Athletics Weekend Round-Up
MB: Recent results form Australia’s Matthew Ramsden: 4:55 2000m with a 53 final lap, 13:16 5km.
Callum Wilkinson Breaks British 10,000m Walk Record In Dublin

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.

British Champs *Results

Daniel Rowden Upsets Jake Wightman To Win British 800m Title In 1:45.94 It was the fastest winning time at the British Championships since 1992. 18-year-old Keely Hodgkinson won the women’s race in 2:03.24.
Hannah Williams Succeeds Sister Jodie To Tkae UK 200m Crown In 23.83
Holly Bradshaw Dedicates UK Pole Vault Gold To Her Late Grandfather Who Passed Away Just A Few Hours Before She Competed
Marc Scott (5000m – 13:32.98) And Laura Weightman (1500m – 4:09.76) Win British Titles Morgan Lake claimed her fifth successive HJ title on countback (1.80m) and Holly Bradshaw won her eighth PV title with 4.35m.
Athletics Weekly: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Strikes British Championships 100m Gold At Last 32-year-old Aikines-Aryeetey ran 10.35 to finally win gold in his 12th appearance at British Champs. “I have won and I am British champion, for the first time after all these years. It bodes well for next year. I am very stubborn, I am not going away.”
Imani-Lara Lansiquot Claims Her First British Title With 11.26 In The Women’s 100m Jessica Judd took the 5,000m in 15:37.52, Jazmin Sawyers the LJ in 6.69m, and Cindy Ofili defended her 100H title just beating out 17-year-old Lucy-Jane Matthews by .04.
AW: Harry Coppel Wins British Champs Pole Vault With National Record Of 5.85m

Prague 21.1 KM

RRW: “Women-Only” WR Of 65:34 For Peres Jepchirchir At Prague 21.1 KM; Kibiwott Kandie Wins Men’s Race In 58:37 Kandie’s time makes him the fifth fastest man in history. Jepchirchir is actually #7 all-time with her 65:06 PR, but her 65:34 “women only” record would be good for 14th on the list. *World Athletics
*MB: Official Prague 21.1 KM Discussion Thread – Women’s Only Half Marathon WR Attempt
*MB: adidas strikes back at Nike. Peres Jepchirchir wears adidas super shoe and sets women’s-only half marathon WR

Horrible NCAA News – William & Mary Cuts It Men’s Track Program

MB: W&M Cuts Men’s Track & Field – WARNING All NCAA Track/XC Programs Now At Risk So a team that has made the NCAA Men’s XC meet 26 times has cut its track program.

British Athletics Hires New Head Coach

Former GB Sprinter Christian Malcolm Named British Athletics Head Coach The former World and European medalist has been the head of performance at Athletics Australia since January 2019 and used to be the technical lead for British Athletics’ sprint relays.
Athletics Weekly: “Why ‘Flash’ Is The Athletes’ Choice As UKA Head Coach”
AP: Malcolm Is The First Black Head Coach Of British Athletics
The Telegraph: “Christian Malcolm’s Appointment Is A Risk With A Clear Message: This Is About British Athletics’ Future, Not Past” Malcolm was chosen over a couple more experienced candidates and one senior figure said, “Malcolm hasn’t had long enough to prove himself up to the task.”
BBC: “Christian Malcolm Appointment ‘Huge’ For British Athletics”
The Telegraph: “Christian Malcolm ‘Can Be UK Athletics’ Pep Guardiola'”

Mondo Duplantis Clears The Best Outdoor PV In 26 Years With 6.07m In Lausanne Duplantis had a duel with Sam Kendricks as both men were perfect through 6.02m, but Kendricks couldn’t get over 6.07m. Duplantis took one attempt at 6.15m, but it was getting too dark and unsafe. Sweden’s Angelica Bengtsson’s won the women’s vault in 4.72m.

More Recent Results

MB: Kellyn Taylor Runs 31:06 At HOKA NAZ Elite Intrasquad Meet Nick Hauger split 48:56 for 10 miles during his one hour run which was an American record for 10 miles on the track. *Results
Gerard O’Donnell Hurdled Into Irish History Books With His Fourth Straight 110H National Title With 13.96 Victory
AW Weekly Round-Up

Weekend USA Action Drake Results SC 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. Irby won the 200m in 22.52. Other winners included Sandi Morris (4.65m – PV), Jeff Demps (10.09 – 100m) and Kayla White (11.18 – 100m).

South Carolina TrackFest Results: Ollie Hoare Crushes Everyone Again With 3:53.35 Mile, 16-Year-Old Rheinhardt Harrison Runs 4:02.61 Free video replay of meet here set to start with men’s mile.
*Discussion Thread
*MB: Aussie Ollie Hoare runs 3:53 mile in South Carolina and wins by 5 seconds!

Sam Prakel (3:58.3) And Emily Lipari (4:29.3) Win USA Road Mile Championships At Drake Blue Oval Showcase Prakel won over Colby Alexander (3:58.8) and Joe Klecker (3:59.0) while Lipari beat out Marisa Howard (4:31.1).

MB: Sunset Tour #2 Meet: King Cheserek Wins 10k in 27:42 Cheserek won over Girma Mecheso (27:49.53) as 1,500m Olympian Ben Blankenship made his debut with 28:08.20 (5th place). Rebecca Mehra beats a good 1,500m field in 4:08.45.
*MB: Ben Blankenship 28:08 10,000m

Distance News

MB: Ryan Hall announced that he will run his 1st Ultra Marathon Hall is running the Grand Traverse 40 mile mountain race in Crested Butte, CO on September 5.
Conseslus Kipruto Now Targeting The Steeplechase WR After Beating COVID-19 Kipruto had to miss the Monaco DL after testing positive for coronavirus, but has now been given a clean bill of health and can resume racing.
Cross-Country Set For A “Restricted Return” In England
Amsterdam Marathon Called Off Due To Rising COVID Cases The race was supposed to be October 18th, but organizers called it off due to the rising number of cases reported in The Netherlands each day.

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.”

NN Valencia World Record Day Is October 7

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*Video (Supporter’s Club Only): Zoom w/ Joshua Cheptegei’s Agent Jurrie van der Velden on 10,000m World Record Attempt Valencia

LRC Joshua Cheptegei Will Make 10,000m World Record Attempt In Valencia On October 7 Can he do it? We analyze his chances for you in GREAT detail.
*MB: Cheptegei to attack 10000m W.R in Valencia (Spain) 7th of October.
*MB: CHEPTEGEI – SUB 26MIN 10K

Previous British Champs News

Jake Wightman Defends Big Names For Skipping British Champs “Everyone has got their own plans and there have been so few races this year. If you have committed to one and you want to try and run a fast time then that is what you have to do.”
BBC: Five Events To Watch At British Athletics Championships Jake Wightman is in the 800m against Daniel Rowden (1:44.74 this year); unfortunately teenage stud Max Burgin pulled out with injury.
Jake Wightman’s Father Geoff Is Doing The Stadium Commentary For The Closed Doors British Champs Jake Wightman said, “Dad’s always played it straight down the line when I’m running. He doesn’t give me any special treatment. If it did, it would be a bit embarrassing.”
Harry Coppel Sets New British Pole Vault Record Of 5.85m At British Champs
British Racewalker Tom Bosworth Rules Out Competing This Season After Long-Lasting Effects Of Coronavirus He said he was in the “form of his life” before COVID, but now “even gardening” was making him out of breath.
Jake Wightman Looking Forward To “Testing Himself Over 800m” At British Champs

LRC Normal Weekly Podcast

LRC Podcast: Guest Peter Walsh Talks Coogan’s Closing And Its Multimillion Facebook Ad + King Ches’s Pro Career + Kosgei, Hassan, Farah In Brussels

Interesting / Bizarre Distance News

New Zealand Olympian Robbie Johnston DQed After Winning NZ Masters XC Race For Spitting In An “Offensive Manner” During The Race Johnston said he received no warning and was the only person to be DQed even though others received warnings. He said, “I thought it was a bit of overkill to be fair – to be making an example of someone.”
*MB: Olympian DQd after winning NZ XC race for spitting in an ‘offensive manner’ during the race
Norway’s Sondre Nordstad Moen Will Miss The Brussels DL One-Hour Race Because Of New World Athletics Shoe Regulations Moen says he had to pull out because of the pain he gets when wearing shoes that fall under the World Athletics track shoe regulations (maximum sole height of 25mm). Moen: “In simple terms, I need more support and cushioning if I’m to race more than a few kilometers on the track as I have had a history of foot injuries.”
World Athletics: Looking Back At The 11 Men Who Have Held The One-Hour World Record The first record dates back to 1904.
Virtual London Marathon Sells Out 45,000 runners signed up to run the race virtually on October 4.

Half Marathon WR Attempt In Prague On Saturday

RRW: Fast Times Targeted On Looped Course At Elite-Only Prague 21.1 KM On Saturday Under 58:30 for the men and under 66:11 (women’s-only WR) for the women are the goal times. The field includes nine sub-60 minute men led by Stephen Kiprop (58:42) and Kibiwott Kandie (58:58) and five sub-66 women led by Joan Chelimo (65:04) and Peres Jepchirchir (65:06).
*MB: RunCzech announces half-marathon WR attempt on Sep 5 in Prague

September 12: Mo Farah Announced For The Antrim Coast Half Marathon Farah is shooting for his own national record of 59:32. Other elites racing include Dewi Griffiths, Marc Scott, Gemma Steel and Jo Pavey. *Discuss

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