- Trump tests positive for coronavirus. Discuss.
- Is there a safe way to watch Netflix while I run ?
- 2020 Foot Locker National Champs Cancelled
- Bob Gibson RIP
- Ex-Harvard runner Kieran Tuntivate joins Bowerman?
- CORY LESLIE JOINS TINMAN ELITE
- MINNESOTA TO CUT 18 WOMEN FROM XC ROSTER-effect on recruiting?
- BOEING MOVING OUT of Washington state
- How many weeks of training do you need to peak for 400m?
- Can someone explain this to me? California passes historic slavery reparations bill yet there were never any slaves in CA
- Bekele is downright SCARED of kipchoge and knows he cant win
- What’s the point of press conference if the athletes don’t say the truth
- Is anyone else intellectually offended that Bekele and Haile never ran an ultramarathon?
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The Virgin Money London Marathon Is Sunday *Men’s Preview *Women’s Preview *TV & Streaming
Live 2:15 am ET MB: Official 2020 London Marathon Women’s Race Live Discussion Thread
Kenenisa Bekele Withdraws From Virgin Money London Marathon “I was in good shape but then I picked up a niggle in my left calf after two fast training sessions close together in the last weeks of preparation,” said Bekele. “I have been having treatment every day since then and I truly believed I would be ready, but today it is worse and I now know I cannot race on it.”
- LRC How Many Americans Will Get Lapped At The 2020 London Marathon? A Scientific Exploration The bad news: an American is almost certain to get lapped in Sunday’s London Marathon. The good news: you can get lapped in London and still run really, really fast. We preview the chances of Jared Ward, Sara Hall, Molly Seidel and Lindsay Flanagan. Could Sara Hall possibly break Deena Kastor‘s 2:19:36 AR?
- LRC London Women’s Press Conference Highlights: Brigid Kosgei Sounds Less Confident Than She Did A Year Ago, Could Ruth Chepngetich Spring The Upset? Who sounded confident at Thursday’s pre-race press conference? Find out here.
High School: Foot Locker Cancelled
LRC 2020 Foot Locker XC Champs Cancelled Bummer for a ton of high school kids. *Discuss
- New Mexico Requiring High Schoolers To Race With Masks On (At Altitude) Other states are requiring athletes to wear a mask at the start and finish line, but New Mexico is taking things to the extreme and requiring it during the entire race.
- MileSplit: Athletes React To Cancellation Of Foot Locker Nationals
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Non-London Distance News
- Day One Highlights from Japanese National Track and Field Champs The biggest shocker came in the men’s 1500 where #1 seed Hideyuki Tanaka collapsed with 50m left in his heat.
- The Stewart McSweyn Interview 3 years ago, McSweyn was a steeplechase also-ran. Now he’s the Aussie record holder at 1,500, 3,000 and 10,000.
*MB: Aussies: If I told you 4 years ago that Steward McSweyn would have the Aussie record at 1,500 (3k and 10k), what would have said? 
Sydney Thorvaldson (3rd At NXN) Commits To Arkansas She was the top underclassman at NXN last year.- Canada’s Marco Arop (By Way Of Miss. St. And Sudan) Is Dreaming Big For 2021: “My goal is to win the Olympics.” Arop is still based at Mississippi St. and he talks about how Brandon McBride was reportedly confronted by a racist man with a shotgun on a run.
- Long Video Interview With NC State Star (And Wofford Transfer) Hannah Steelman She became an NCAA All-American in the steeple and 5k in the same day in 2019.
- Start lists for Kip Keino classic Hellen Obiri and 12:51 man Nicholas Kimeli is on them.
Previous London News
RRW After Trials Disappointment, American Linsday Flanagan Ready For Fast London Marathon On Sunday The American wasn’t confirmed to the field until late August but says she’s ready to PR and also admits to being star-struck by Kipchoge. “I wanted to get my own picture of him like you know, from the bushes, but I didn’t. I was like can I just hide and snap a picture?”All Elite Athletes Plus 500 Others At London Marathon Are Wearing The Tharsus Device That Will Detect Social Distancing Breaches The bump devices will allow marathon organizers to accurately monitor how often and for how long elite athletes and event staff spend within a pre-defined distance of each other, and if there are any positive tests, it will be able to trace interactions back to specific wearers and inform them accordingly.
- Cam Levins Isn’t Allowed To Upload His Runs In London To Strava As Race Organizers Don’t Want People To Know Where The Elites Are Do they really think fans are going to swarm the place?
More Distance News
Recommended Read: World Athletics Talks To Joshua Cheptegei’s Coach Addy Ruiter About His 5,000m WR, Training, World Half Champs And More Ruiter says Cheptegei ran a workout that told him he was in 12:30 shape. “Knowing he was that much further ahead of the world record was important because we knew the likely hot conditions he would face in Monaco would slow him down a little.”
*MB: Addy Ruiter on Joshua Cheptegei : “He is much fitter than Bekele ever was. He proved me he is in 12:30/26:00 shape.”- Good Read: BBC: Meet British 800m Champ Daniel Rowden – 2020’s Comeback Star On Faith, Fast Times And Vomiting Pizza Rowden talks about his religion, coming back from a very painful stomach surgery and how he uses Donavan Brazier as a benchmark.
*MB: BBC article on Daniel Rowden - World Athletics Profile: Hellen Obiri: “I’ve won a lot but I’m not yet there,” She Says. “Olympic gold is the only medal that’s missing from my collection.” Obiri says she considered quitting the sport after the 2012 Olympics (where she came in as one of the favorites, but finished 12th), but bounced back in 2016 to win Olympic silver 15 months after giving birth.
- The Roar: Is Australia Experiencing A Distance Running Renaissance? Stewart McSweyn and Jessica Hull are among those having a great year.
- Kosuke Ishida Breaks His Own Japan 5,000m High School National Record With 13:34.53 He finished 3rd just behind the top-2 fastest Japanese 5,000m runners ever Tetsuya Yoroizaka (won in 13:33.53) and Suguru Osako (13:33.83).
Admin News
- Study Estimates There Has Been An Over $6.7 Billion Loss From Cancellation Of Japanese Marathons The study is estimating losses for fall 2020 through spring 2021, but doesn’t even include all the races cancelled between February and September this year.
Porscha Dobson Named New Dartmouth Director Of Track And Field And Cross Country Dobson is the first African-American woman in the Ivy League to lead both men’s and women’s programs. She previously served as associate head coach at Penn.- Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori Claims The Olympics Will Take Place “No Matter What Happens”
- Helsinki Olympic Stadium Officially Opens Again With A New Mondo Track It was shut down in 2016 for refurbishment and renovation which reportedly cost around $410 million.
- Possible Joint Bid From South Korea And North Korea For The 2032 Olympics
- Athletics Weekly (AW) Relaunches Under New Ownership The magazine will now be published monthly by 21six.
London Marathon Updates
London Marathon Race Director Hugh Brasher Says Sunday’s Race Could Be “Most Unpredictable Ever” With the pandemic preventing athletes from racing for months, there will be a lot of unknowns going into this race.
*MB: London race director already making excuses for Bekele: “Kenenisa has not always been able to train in the way he would normally.” Brasher mentioned the political unrest in Ethiopia.- Some Ethiopian Athletes Missed Their Flight To London For “Personal Issues” No word on which athletes missed the flight, but thankfully Kenenisa Bekele wasn’t one of them.
- Elite Athletes Start To Arrive In London Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele, Brigid Kosgei and Ruth Chepngetich were among the first group of athletes to arrive at the “biosecure hotel bubble” on Monday.
- List Of Random London Marathon Facts You Might Not Know The hottest London Marathon was 75.56F (24.2C) in 2018 while the coldest was 41.54F (5.3C) in 2004.
- The Guardian‘s Sean Ingle: “London Marathon Goes Virtual, But Its Unrivaled Ability To Unite Never More Vital Ingle writes, “Sunday’s 40th edition of the race will be like no other but that it is being staged at all is cause for celebration in troubled times.”
Kenyan News
London Marathon Hires Executive Jet To Fly Eliud Kipchoge, Brigid Kosgei, Vivian Cheruiyot And Others To London- The Daily Nation Breaks Down The Eliud Kipchoge Vs. Kenenisa Bekele Rivlary Ahead Of The London Marathon
- Vivian Cheruiyot Says She Feels “Much Better” Now Than When She Won London In 2018
- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Troubled By Doping Cases Among Kenyan Athletes “We have had the use of illicit products among our sportsmen. Even though these cases are tiny, they are troubling.”
- Kenyan President Kenyatta Officially Reopens Nyayo Stadium Which Had Been Closed For 3 Years
- Any Marks Set At The Kip Keino Classic On Saturday Will Be Record Eligible After Officials From Germany Confirm Stadium Meets Technical Standards
More London Coverage
NY Times: “Eliud Kipchoge Emerges As The Philosopher – King Of Running” Kipchoge: “The reason for running 1:59 is not the performance,” Kipchoge said. “The reason to run 1:59 is to tell that farmer that he is not limited; that teacher that she can produce good results in school; that engineer… that he can go to another project.”- RW: Four Americans In London Hoping For Personal Bests Some good insights into the training and outlook of Jared Ward, Sara Hall, Molly Seidel and Lindsay Flanagan ahead of London.
- British 10,000m Champ Ben Connor Aiming For Olympic Qualification In His Marathon Debut In London Connor has so far focused on the track, but the self-coached runner thinks his future is on the roads and hopes to get Olympic qualification in London (2:11:30).
- Daily Nation: These Are The Dark Horses To Keep An Eye On At The London Marathon
- The Guardian‘s Sean Ingle: “London Marathon Hopes To Retain Spirit In Park Laps And Virtual Runs”
- World Athletics London Preview: Defending Champions Eliud Kipchoge And Brigid Kosgei Set For Titanic Clashes In London
NCAA News *XC Results
Q&A Ok. State Coach Dave Smith is Pumped As His New $25 Million XC Course Prepares To Host 2020 Cowboy Jamboree Smith says the long break due to Covid-19 has taught him a lot as he’s thrilled by how good his men look. “This team is amongst the best groups I’ve ever had, including or equal to some teams who’ve won national championships. I’m excited about that. I think they’re excited.”
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- In Addition To Cutting Men’s Track/XC, University Of Minnesota Will Also Cut 14 Women From XC (34 To 20) And Reduce Track Rosters By 18 Women Per Season
- The Stride Report Previews This Weekend’s NCAA XC Action At Ok. State, Fl. State And Louisville *Results
- Oregon Track And Field Athletes Will Finally Get To See The New Hayward Field On Friday
- How Will NCAA Coaches Prepare Teams For NCAA Indoors And XC Two Days Apart? Only complete morons would schedule the two events like this. Shhhh. The secret is many expect indoor track to be cancelled.
More US News
- By Vote Of 10-8, Minnesota Officials Shut Down HS State XC Championships You can still have 7 regular season meets. What a joke.
- US Congress Unanimously Passes Bill That Gives Govt. Right To Remove Board Members From USOPC The IOC rules technically forbid governments from interfering in their affairs but we doubt they’ll have the guts to suspend the US for designing a bill mainly to protect people from sexual abuse.
- Brooks Running Is Donating 200 Pairs Of Running Shoes And 90 Sports Bras To Fire Victims In Oregon
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- Steve Moneghetti Shares Sample Training And Talks About How He Played Mind Game With The Africans The 13:25/2:08 guy won bronze in 1997 at Worlds.
- Struggling To Maintain A Certain Pace In A Race? Maybe You Should Speed Up That trick worked well for 1002 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Lorraine Moller. “I was stuck in this negative feedback loop,” Moller says. “To break that loop, I’d run to the front of the pack.”
- Joe Rubio, Tom “Tinman” Schwartz And Amy Yoder-Begley Tell You How To Evaluate Your Training Log The coaches explain how to spot red flags when you survey your training log.
- Scientific Study: Higher Mileage Runners Less Likely To Have Nagging Achilles Pain One Year After Injury Than Lower Mileage Runners
- 1 Hour Video Chat With Olympian And Ohio St. Coach Khadevis Robinson
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Non-Distance News
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Instagram Post Sparks Pregnancy Rumors Apparently some fans thought they saw a “baby bump” in a recent Instagram post.- World Athletics Profile: Twenty Years After Her Olympic Hammer Throw Triumph, Kamila Skolimowska’s Legacy Lives On Poland’s Skolimowska won the “most unexpected gold medal of the [2000 Sydney] Games” with a big upset over the two pre-meet favorites.
- World Athletics Introduces New Rule For Take-Off Fouls For The Long And Triple Jump The rule has to do with how it is determined if a jumper fouled or not by going over the take-off line.
- Double Olympic Champ Elaine Thompson-Herah Calls Her Coach, Stephen Francis, A “Genius”
Doping / Corruption News
World Athletics Give Statement On Belarus Federation Electing Convicted Drug Cheat As President “Member Federations conduct their elections in line with their own constitutions and their own Congresses. … However, no one who has served a doping ban would be able to hold an official position on World Athletics bodies or structures today.”- WADA Welcomes Decision Of French Court In Lamine Diack Case WADA was awarded more than $350,000 in costs and damages as part of the verdict.
- French Prosecutors Describe Alleged “Mechanism Of Corruption” Associated With Tokyo 2020 The Diack trial is over, but investigations continue, including one into the former Japanese Olympic Committee president over payments to the consultancy firm Black Tidings.
NCAA News
Oregon Distance Runner Taylor Chiotti Transfers To Washington Last year as a sophomore, Chiotti was the Ducks’ top finisher at NCAA Champs and NCAA West Regionals, placing 79th and 13th, respectively.- Ken Goe: “If you’re [an Oregon] track fan, you might wonder if you ever will see the inside of the new Hayward Field.”
- COVID Cancels Multiple Dreams For North Carolina A&T Track & Field
- MB: How is the NCAA going to select the NCAA cross country qualifiers – both individual and team – without regionals in 2021?
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LRC Kenenisa Bekele And Eliud Kipchoge Speak Ahead Of 2020 London Marathon: WRs, Shoes, And Kipchoge’s COVID Message Of Hope For The USA Bekele admitted it’s “really difficult” to see his track WRs fall and Kipchoge says Covid-19 shows why fans need to accept the new shoe technology.- Haile G raves about Eliud Kipchoge: “[Kipchoge’s] my favorite athlete.”
Crazy, But True
Caster Semenya’s Lawyer Says He’s Preparing To Approach The European Court Of Human Rights To Challenge Her “Ban” Let us repeat. There isn’t a human right to compete in a restricted category of professional sports. Semenya is not banned from the Olympics. She’s just not good enough to make it in the open 800.- 62-Minute Half Marathoner Suffers Four Broken Ribs And Two Fractures On Hand After Being Attacked By Hippo In Kenya
- Princeton Researcher Gets Rave Reviews For Study Showing The Obvious: “If you feel thirsty, you definitely need to drink.”
- Justin Robinson – Who Just Finished Up HS Last Spring – Is Likely To Be The World Leader In The 400 At 44.91
- After Covid Hiatus, Athletics Weekly Comes Back As A Monthly The new owners are publishing it again. A look at the top 10 covers since 1945.
- 87-year-old man will run his 40th straight London Marathon by doing laps in countryside
- Scientific Study: Coaches Should Not Attempt To Judge Runner’s Efficiency Based On How Their Strides Look, Nor Change Their Form A new study asked coaches to rank the most economical runners after watching video footage. It didn’t go well.
*MB: Scientific researchers: Alberto Salazar may have been wrong in trying to change Mary Cain’s form.
Sprint / Field Event News
- Researchers: 44% of the variability in sprinters is explained by the size of the gluteus maximus muscle
- Recommended Read Track And Field News‘ Garry Hill Has Some Radical Ideas To Make The Field Events More Popular We think his ideas are certainly worth debating.
*MB: Garry Hill has some interesting ideas to make the field events more popular. Should the shot and long jump be run like the HJ? - Japan Is Holding Its National Track Championships This Weekend (At Least Part Of It): Meet Preview The distance portion will be held in December so the marks count for Tokyo 2021 but the sprints, middle distance, hurdles, jumps and throws are this weekend.
- Javelin Star Yego Withdraws From Kip Keino Classic “I have been training in Eldoret since March but I have not yet trained on track. … Going into a competition without training will be risky because you can get injured and be out for a longer period of time.”
Even More London News
2:19:26 Woman Degitu Azimeraw Withdraws From London After Testing Positive For COVID She and an Ethiopian coach who tested positive prior to the flight did not travel to London.
*BBC Article- Interesting Fact: This Looped London Course Was Originally Created For Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Hour Marathon Attempt, But Was Ditched In Favor Of Vienna Due To Weather Concerns
- Pre-London 2020 11-Minute Documentary On Eliud Kipchoge Vs Kenenisa Bekele
*MB: Bekele: “I never prepared well for records” - Eliud Kipchoge Unveils Kenyan Flag Inspired Shoes For The London Marathon
- Race Director Hugh Brasher Thinks World Record Times Could Be Possible If Rain Stays Away
- GB 50k Record Holder Dan Nash Got Into The London Elite Only Race With A “Cheeky Tweet” The 2:18 marathoner tweeted at the London Marathon and caught some attention which helped him get an entry. *Video Interview With Nash
- Hugh Brasher: “I hope we can be a beacon of light in the darkness …”
Looking Ahead At Future Distance Action
- Friday Night: Elite Distance Races Set For The Night Of The 5k Trials Of Miles In NYC Johnny Gregorek vs. Colby Alexander in the mile, Donn Cabral and Libya Olympian Mohamed Hrezi in the men’s 5,000m, Former Foot Locker champ Sydney Masciarelli, Lindsey Scherf, Allie Kieffer in the women’s 5,000m.
- MB: Valencia Marathon And Half Elite Fields Announced (December 6) The marathon is led by 2:02:48 man Birhanu Legese and 2:18:34 woman Ruti Aga. The men’s half has Rhonex Kipruto vs. Jacob Kiplimo while the woman’s race is led by Senbere Teferi (65:32) and Emily Sisson.
*MB: Rhonex Kipruto to make HM debut in Valencia. - World Athletics Adding A World Road 5k Championships In 2023 (Possibility Of Eventually Adding The Mile Or Other Road Distances) Another change is that World XC Champs are being moved to even years instead of odd years. The 2021 championships in Australia had already been postponed until early 2022.
- Spain Announces Squad For World Half Champs
Good News, Running Fans – Kamworor Will Race Again In 2020
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Five-time global champ Geoffrey Kamworor won't be running next month's World Half, but his agent Valentijn Trouw says he will race in 2020. What will his "secret" race be? *Discuss
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