We Worked On Labor Day – Did You?

LRC Track Is Back, Baby! Molly Huddle And Eric Jenkins Win At LRC’s First Track Meet In 7 Months On Labor Day, there was no day off for LetsRun.com staffer Jonathan Gault as he attended his first track meet during the Covid-19 era. Molly Huddle and Eric Jenkins shined the brightest at the Forward Spine & Sport Labor Day Showdown with Jenkins declaring he’s confident heading into 2021. “I’m 100% and I’m very confident of where I’ll be able to end up,” Jenkins said.

Some More Recent Results

• Johannes Vetter Produces The Second Longest Javelin In History With 97.78m In Poland Vetter came within a meter of the 26-year-old WR.
• Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (1:44.24), Jemma Reekie (4:02.20), Laura Muir (2:00.16) And Soufiane El Bakkali, (3:34.51) Win Quick Distance Races In Marseille, France Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega won the 110H with 13.15.
• World Athletics Weekend Round-Up: TJ World Champ Yulimar Rojas Jumps World Leading 14.71m Some distance wins went to Spain’s Esther Guerrero (4:05.45), Spain’s Saul Ordonez (1:45.71) and France’s Quentin Tison (3:36.85). Cynthia Bolingo ran a 300m Belgium record of 36.54.

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 Take 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 (5,000m – 13:32.98) And Laura Weightman (1,500m – 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

NN Valencia World Record Day Is October 7

LRC Emergency Podcast On Joshua Cheptegei World Record Attempt With His Agent Jurrie van der Velden This is the type of bonus content normally available to LRC Supporters Club members. If you’re not a member yet, join by Labor Day and get a free 1:59:40 GOAT shirt. Click here to join.
*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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