September 15, 2020 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

Ray Treacy: “I always thought [the marathon] would be difficult for her. [She’s] just so good on the track. She’s really good in certain types of workouts and not as good as you would hope she would be for marathon-type training. Tempo running is not a strong suit for her, which is really important for the marathon.”

Molly Huddle: “I didn’t feel bad (physically) until I started marathoning. And I now feel bad. I want to get that freshness back, and I think this year will help. I think it’s all biomechanical. I just have to straighten things up and strengthen some things that the mileage is kind of deadening. And we’ve been working on that. Maybe a year of not going over 100 miles per week will be good for that. I think I’m just more natural on the track…”

– Molly Huddle and her coach Ray Treacy, talking about how she has struggled to put up a marathon performance that lives up to her success at shorter distances.

Zagreb Results TV & Streaming

LRC 2020 Zagreb Recap: Daniel Rowden Arrives as Bryce Hoppel Is Beaten; Stewart McSweyn Just Misses Aussie Record World, it’s time to introduce you to Daniel Rowden as Britain may have a new 800 star on its hands; Rowden’s 1:44.09 was the fastest by a Brit since Andrew Osagie in the 2012 Olympic final.

ISTAF Berlin *Results

Karsten Warholm Breaks Edwin Moses’ 40-Year-Old ISTAF Meet – Not World – Record In Berlin In other action, Laura Muir ran a world lead (3:57.40) and Jessica Hull (4:00.42) set a Aussie national record in the women’s 1,500 as Shannon Rowbury ran 4:02. In the women’s steeple, world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech (9:10.07) was beaten by Hyvin Kiyeng (9:06.14). A pretty good meet in Berlin with fans. *Discussion

World Athletics Recap:Warholm Breaks Moses’ 40-Year-Old ISTAF Meeting Record In Berlin
BBC:Laura Muir Runs World-Leading 1,500m In Berlin For 5th Straight Win
Jessica Hull Breaks Australian National 1,500m Record With 4:00.42 She broke the 4:00.86 record set two years ago by Linden Hall.

World Athletics News

World Athletics Incurred $17.4 Million Loss In 2019 Despite RusAF Payment They had a 13% increase in revenue from 2018, but that didn’t make up for increased expenditures.
World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland 2020 Mass Race Cancelled The mass participation race was supposed to accompany the elite race on October 17th.
Cali, Colombia Chosen As The Hosts For The 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships
World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 Logo Unveiled
World Athletics’s 2020 Road Running Season Will Recommence This Month With Robust Anti-Doping Measures In Place

Tokyo 2020 News

Reuters:Japan Lines Up Half Billion Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Japan is signing multiple deals for vaccines because some of them could fail clinical trials or require more than one. This article says a vaccine could be produced between the end of this year and March.
Tokyo 2020 Advisor Claims Heat May Be A “Nightmare” For Next Year’s Games University of Tokyo professor Makoto Yokohari says “When it comes to heat stress or heat stroke, the problem is not only the temperature but also the humidity as well. When you can combine these two … Tokyo is the worst in history.”
Tokyo 2020 Face Sponsor Crisis With Contracts Expiring At End Of Year Some sponsors are not interested in renewing their contracts and some have said they expect the negotiations between Tokyo 2020 and sponsors to be “very difficult.”
Japan To Consider Allowing 20,000 Spectators Into Sporting Events This would be an increase from the current 5,000 spectator limit.

Ryan Hall Runs His First Ultra + Other Results

Ryan Hall Has Run Six Times In 2020; One Of Them Was His First Ultramarathon Hall ran the 43-mile Grand Traverse Mountain Run in Colorado in 12 hours, 47 minutes.
Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa Runs European-Leading 3:52.08 Mile; Just Misses NR By .12 Elsewhere, Belarus’ Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova won the LJ with 6.94m.
World LJ Champ Malaika Mihambo Flies To World-Leading 7.03m In Germany Johannes Vetter won the javelin with 86.17m.
Laura Muir Ran 3:58.24 To Win The 1,500m In Chorzow, Poland
*World Athletics Recap: Ryan Crouser Wins SP In 22.70m; Daniel Stahl Wins 13th Straight Victory In Discus (67.28m)
AW Weekly Round-Up

Is 36 Old? Or Young?

LRC With Olympic Marathon Dreams Dashed, Molly Huddle Refocuses On The Track To Chase Her Third Olympic Berth Jonathan Gault caught up with Huddle and her coach Ray Treacy to discuss Huddle’s marathon career and her transition back to the track ahead of Tokyo 2021. At 36 (the same age that Shalane was when she won NY), how much does Huddle have left? “I didn’t feel bad (physically) until I started marathoning,” Huddle says. “And I now feel bad.”
*MB: Molly Huddle just turned 36, how much does she have left? Will she ever rock the marathon?

Random Running Records

Good Read: NY Post:Meet Aaron Yoder, The World’s Fastest Backward Runner Yoder broke his own backwards mile record by 24-seconds with 5:30.
BYU’s Whittni Orton Breaks World Record For Running A Mile While Dribbling A Basketball She ran 4:58.56. It’s the third time this record has been broken in 2020.

Weekend Distance Results

MB: 16-Yr Old Rheinhard Harrison comes up well short of 4 – Runs 4:08.65 He’s run 4:01, 4:02 and now 4:08 in recent weeks.
MB:Sir Mo wins Antrim Coast Half Marathon but falls well short o f British Record With 60:27, Lily Partridge wins women’s race in 71:36 Marc Scott ran 60:39 in his debut to finish 2nd and move to No.3 on the UK all-time rankings. Ben Connor was 3rd in 60:55 (#4 all-time UK).
*MB:What does Farah have to do at the Antrim HM to prove he’s back?
MB:Huge Upset!! Army Women DOMINATE Syracuse in XC Syracuse men won their race handily. Syracuse’s JP Trojan and Amanda Vestri were the individual winners.
MB:60-Year old Tommy Hughes runs 71:09 to obliterate 60+ half record. A message board poster notes his time is only 35 seconds per mile off the mile age group record and would be the equivalent of a pro man running a half in 55 minutes.
2:11:50 And 2:17:01 Win Chaski Challenge Virtual Marathon Relay
*Pre-Race: Chaski Challenge Virtual Marathon Relay This international team event has eight Olympians with a ton of sub-2:10 and sub-2:33 runners, including Jared Ward and Des Linden.
*AP Article: Go, Avatar, Go: Icons Track Virtual Team Marathon Progress

Book Review

LRC “From Coal Mine To Finish Line” By James McLatchie McLatchie, one of eight siblings who grew up in a one-room house in Scotland, has lived a very interesting life and spent a lifetime in running, from winning age-group titles as a boy in Scotland, to beating Jim Ryun in the mile, to coaching Olympians. Most recently, at age 77, he and his wife coached a team to the NXN high school national title in the US. That being said, the book isn’t our favorite but maybe worth a purchase for high school coaches as he shares his entire final month of training prior to NXN. *Purchase Here

How Many More Programs Will Covid Cut?

MB: Minnesota Cuts NCAA Men’s Track And Field Program Minnesota has a $123 million athletic budget and a brand new track and field facility but Covid-19 has cost them dearly and they are cutting men’s track, tennis and gymnastics.

More NCAA News:

Ken Goe: Coronavirus Pandemic Is Forcing College Track And Cross-Country Coaches To Rethink Everything Goe asked some coaches what they thought about the proposed late winter/early spring XC season. Oregon’s Robert Johnson was against it, saying, “Too important a year (with the Olympics) for that in the big picture.”
Hurricane Laura Takes Toll On McNeese State University Athletics Facilities The Category 4 storm had winds as high as 150 miles per hour and did massive damage to many buildings on the campus.

2020 Ostrava Golden Spike *Results

LRC 2020 Ostrava Golden Spike Recap: Jacob Kiplimo Comes From Behind To Stun Selemon Barega In Thrilling 5,000 As Both Men Break 12:50 No world records fell today in Ostrava but there was plenty of great action with a ton of BIG names picking up wins as the likes of Laura Muir, Faith Kipyegon, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Ryan Crouser, Karsten Warholm, Christian Taylor and Sifan Hassan all vanquished the competition.

NCAA News

NALathletics.com:Minnesota Cutting Men’s T&F “Will Not Save Much Money … But Will Cost The Sport In Athletes”
Alums Ben Blankenship And Hassan Mead Speak Out About Minnesota Cutting Men’s Track And Field Blankenship called the decision “disappointing and disheartening” as well as “shameful and embarrassing.”
Women’s Running Profile:“Maurica Powell Is An “In-The-Trenches” Coach Powell talked about how one of the great aspects of college coaching is getting to see kids grow into adults. “You realize they need you super differently over the course of that time. The way you talk to someone when she’s 17 and when she’s 22 is super different …”
Ken Goe:1940 Olympic 400m Champ And Former Oregon Ducks Great Otis Davis Gets An All-Star Tour Of The New Hayward Field *Register-Guard Article

US Athletes Deserve Better

USATF Brushes Off Athletes, Punts On Team USA For World Half Marathon Championship
*MB: Unreal: Max Siegel raises the white flag yet again. US WILL NOT send team to World Half

Miscellaneous News

European Athletics Cancels 2020 SPAR European Cross-Country Championships Due To COVID-19 The championships were due to take place in Dublin, Ireland in December.
Preparations Continue For Kip Keino Classic, Africa’s First Major Athletics Event Since The Pandemic Outbreak
UK Athletics Under Investigation For Corporate Manslaughter After Death Of Paralympian Discus Thrower UAE’s Abdullah Hayayei died in 2017 when a throwing cage collapsed at a facility in London.
RIP Former US 400m Olympian Sheila R. Ingram, 63 She finished in 6th place in the 400m at the 1976 Olympics.

Caster Semenya Loses Her Appeal

MB: Caster Semenya Loses Her Appeal She won’t be able to compete in women’s 800 in Tokyo w/o suppressing testosterone.

The Telegraph: Caster Semenya Loses Latest Round Of Legal Battle Against Rules To Limit Female Athletes’ Testosterone Levels Semenya said: “I am very disappointed by this ruling, but refuse to let World Athletics drug me or stop me from being who I am.”
World Athletics Statement On Semenya Decision “For the last five years World Athletics has fought for and defended equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls in our sport today and in the future. We therefore welcome today’s decision …”
The Swiss Federal Tribunal Said, “Fairness in sport is a legitimate concern and forms a central principle of sporting competition. It is one of the pillars on which competition is based.”

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.