October 26, 2020 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

“We will begin a campaign of passive resistance to the unfair practices and policies of the College’s administration, including the dishonest manner in which these decisions were arrived at. As such, you can expect to see us front and center voicing our concerns about these issues; you can expect us to take our argument to our student body, to our faculty, and to our alumni; what you should not expect is for us to show up in uniform, representing this institution, until this matter is resolved. A College that does not share these core values is not a College to be valued. … With the callous removal of Men’s Track & Field, we have lost our training partners, our teammates, and our friends. For the past decades, we have shared facilities, travel, equipment, coaches, and memories with our Men’s team. We demand nothing less than the reinstatement of ALL the programs and a faculty-partnered approach to a long-term solution.”

– Excerpt from an open letter from the William & Mary women’s track and field team to the W&M administration threatening to boycott competition unless the men’s team is reinstated.

International Distance News

Hellen Obiri Won’t Defend Her World XC Title Next Year Obiri says she wants to keep her focus on the Olympics and didn’t want to race in Australia.
Joshua Cheptegei To Rest For A Month Before He Starts Preparing To Chase The Olympic 5,000/10,000 Double “It has been hectic. I want to rest a bit before I prepare for what could be an even more challenging 2021 … Of course I will be going for double gold in Tokyo.”
European Athletics: Getting To Know World Half Marathon Silver Medalist Melat Kejeta The Ethiopian-born German was not a favorite at all coming in, but PRed by over 3 minutes to finish runner-up. She also split 30:47 for 10k, breaking the German national record.
Japan Running News:Meijo University Women Break Morinomiyako Ekiden Course Record To Win 4th Straight National Title They broke their own CR by over a minute and a half and the meet record by nearly three minutes.

Field Event News

T&F News Profile On US Triple Jumper Chris Benard, Who Talks About The Depth In The US Where Christian Taylor And Will Claye Are #2 And #3 All-Time “In other countries if your national record is 17.20m you’re going to feel very accomplished at 17.10m, but in our country you don’t feel that.”
2012 Olympic Pole Vault Champ Jenn Suhr To Release New Book, “Running Into The Headwind” In the story Suhr and her husband and coach, Rick, tell the behind the scenes stories of her career.
Pretty Cool: NZ Shot Putter Jacko Gill Gets Put On Postage Stamp It was very appropriate as his dad his a major stamp collector.

Tokyo Olympic News

IOC President Thomas Bach Doesn’t Expect Countries To “Opt Out” Of Tokyo 2020 Games Bach also said athletes coming from countries with a high number of COVID cases won’t be prevented from competing.
Billy Mills Named USATF Throwback Athlete Of The Week For When He Won Olympic 10,000m Gold At The 1964 Tokyo Games
Tokyo 2020 Organizers Advise Spectators To “Pack Less” To Avoid Delays At Games Venues There are going to be multiple coronavirus countermeasures including cameras that check spectators’ body temperatures.
Tokyo 2020 Torches To Be Put On Display In Public

Sprint News

A New Fall Classic? *Free Stream

LRC HOKA NAZ Elite Wins Inaugural Michigan Pro Ekiden In 2:10:11 In his first event in the HOKA NAZ Elite singlet, Tyler Day ran a 28:46 opening leg to give his team the lead and they never gave it back.
*MB: Official Michigan Pro Ekiden Prediction Thread

2:11:46 Wins Canadian 42.2k Relay Event An all women’s team that included the national record holders in the 10k (Natasha Wodak) and marathon (Malindi Elmore) ran it 2:22:39.

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African Road News

Ugandan Media: Expect More From The Jacob Kiplimo Vs. Joshua Cheptegei Rivalry The writer compares the rivalry to Seb Coe vs. Steve Ovett or Eliud Kipchoge vs. Kenenisa Bekele. According to Tilastopaja, Cheptegei currently has a 5-3 lead over Kiplimo when they’ve gone head-to-head.
World Athletics Profile:Refugee Team Member Otmane Nait-Hammou Made His Half Marathon Debut At World Half Champs He ran 63:28 for 67th place, setting PRs for 5k (14:40) and 10K (29:35) along the way.
Canadian Running Magazine:“Why Eliud Kipchoge’s And Joshua Cheptegei’s Bad Races Are A Good Thing” It definitely makes the sport more interesting, both with the initial upset and anticipation ahead of future races.
Peres Jepchirchir Shifts Focus To Valencia Marathon After World Half Glory She says she wants to run at least 2:18 or 2:19. (Her PR is only 2:23:50.)
Peres Jepchirchir Talks About The Tactics She Used To Win World Half Champs “I knew that if I kicked early my opponents would have beaten me so I delayed. That is the trick I used.”
Paul Tergat And Geoffrey Kamworor Tip Kibiwott Kandi To Be The Next Big Thing

More NCAA News

Now That’s Solidarity:William & Mary Women’s Track Team Says They Won’t Represent School Unless The Men’s Team Is Reinstated Twenty-six athletes signed an open letter saying they wouldn’t race for the university “in uniform” again until this is resolved.
*W&M Women’s Swim Team Also Wrote Letter To The AD Supporting Men’s Swimming They say cutting the men hurts recruiting because prospects prefer schools with both teams.
NCAA XC Weekend Round-Up: DII And DIII Conference Championships

Sprint Stuff

Karsten Warholm Compares The Race For The 400H WR To The Race To The Moon Between The US And Soviet Union Warholm also revealed that he’d be open to trying the 800m one day “down the road.”
GB Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith Talks About The Huge Difference She’s Feeling Going Into This Off Season Compared To Most Years She says normally athletes are exhausted and in need of a long break by the time October comes, but with COVID-19 curtailing the 2020 season, she feels “rested and ready to keep pushing.”
1976 Olympic 200m Champion Don Quarrie Lays Out His Plan As Jamaican Federation (JAAA) Presidential Candidate Quarrie says athletes and coaches would be the focus of his administration.

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Marathon-Related News

Kipchoge Reflects On His London Loss “If you despair, you lose what you have built over many years and miss future opportunities to come back stronger and better.”
Kipchoge Extends One-Year Deal With Isuzu East Africa They will work with his foundation “to uplift the well-being of community through access to Education, Sports Talent development and Environmental Conservation.”
2:24 Marathoner Kevin Beck Introduces You To His 21-Day Rotating Marathon Training Block
Want To Run A Marathon With Five Of Your Friends? Asics Can Help As They Are Launching An Asics World Ekiden App

Video Interviews

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Recommended Read Wyomia Tyus: Still Fighting For Recognition As The First Back-To-Back Olympic 100m Champ Did you also know she protested racial inequality before John Carlos and Tommie Smith?

More Women In The News

Shaunae Miller-Uibo Unloads On Naser Being Cleared: “I cry foul play.”
After Winning World Half, Peres Chepchirchir Has Big Plans For December’s Valencia Marathon “I’d like to run 2:17 or 2:18.”
The Allie Kieffer Interview: Kieffer Explains Why Sh’es Thriving Under Liz McColgan’s Coaching Kieffer dropped out of one of the first workouts they did together and McColgan made her go back to the track from the parking lot and finish.

Salwa Eid Naser Cleared

LRC Analysis Why Was Salwa Eid Naser Cleared? Everything You Need To Know About Her Whereabouts Case On 4 different occasions in a 365-day span, drug testers were unable to test Salwa Eid Naser, the third-fastest woman in history at 400, and yet she’s been cleared to compete. Find out why here.