November 13, 2020 Homepage Archive

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The Decrease Of Drug Testing Doesn't Worry The WADA Head Too Much

“You don’t become a cheater overnight, I mean there’s a mental process and a decision that you need to be taking. So, it’s because you are stuck in your living room and suddenly you’re going to start taking something and in particular the effect of doping while you can’t train is not great. So, I think we have to put that into perspective. This being said, yes, I mean there is a concern and we need to be alerted to the fact that, you know, potentially there are some possible holes at the moment given the situation and that’s what I was saying earlier, that one of our tasks is to work with our partners to identify these holes in particular in advance of a major competition – that will be the Olympic Games next year. So, we’re going to be monitoring with federation and others to make sure that, you know, those who need to be tested are tested.”

– WADA Director General, Olivier Niggli, responding to a question about whether or not he’s worried that dopers might be taking advantage of the fact that drug testing is way down during the global Covid-19 pandemic.

**XC Town Meet Of Champions Is This Weekend *Meet Info**

Pro XC Racing Is Coming To America This Saturday At XC Town USA Meet Of Champions In Terre Haute Paul Chelimo, Mason Ferlic, Amanda Eccleston, Amy-Eloise Markovc and others are racing.

Who’s Going Where

Notre Dame’s Anna Rohrer And 2:12 Marathoner Jonas Hampton Join Team B.A.A. Rohrer was an 8-time All-American at Notre Dame, where she ran 15:29/31:58, while Hampton was 8th at the Olympic Trials.
*MB: Anna Rohrer goes pro and signs with the BAA – 2:12 marathoner Jonas Hampton signs as well

Inside Japan Distance Culture

Recommended Read:Why Japan Is An Island Of Greener Pastures For Kenyan Athletes A lot of interesting insights into the Japanese running culture why Kenyans are attracted to it and how they sometimes struggle to adjust.
British Olympian Mara Yamauchi Tries To Explain “The Magic Of The Ekiden” She describes it as, “Japan’s cultural icon of the running world which turns solitary running into the most gripping of team sports.”
Osaka Women’s Marathon To Be Held On January 31st With Limited Field Normally the race has a 3:10 entry cutoff, but that’s being moved to 2:50 which is expected to decrease the field from about 500 to around 100.

Covid Studies

Japan Study Of 787 Races Held Since July Finds Only One Case Of Someone Contracting COVID-19 Not that surprising considering what we’ve heard about transmission outdoors.
New Study Suggests Masks Don’t Hinder Your Performance In Workouts On the one hand, Galen Rupp has raced multiple times with a mask. On the other hand, if you’ve tried running hard with a mask on, it isn’t very comfortable.

European Champs Hosting

Rome To Host The 2024 European Championships The last time they hosted was 1974. They were chosen over Katowice-Silesia, Poland.
Istanbul Awarded The 2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul has hosted big indoor events before as they held the 2012 World Indoor Champs.

Stay Fit (Or Get Fit)

World’s Oldest Woman – 117-Year-Old Kane Tanaka Of Japan -Still Planning On Doing Olympic Torch Relay In 2021
*MB: God bless her. Kane Tanaka, 117, the oldest woman in the history of Japan, loves Coke and America
How Should You Train If You Get Covid-19? Experts recommend using the 50/30/20/10 rule (reduce your training by 50% the 1st week, 30% the next).
Nurse Loses 105 Pounds By Watching Her Diet And Adding In Runs
Running In Milwaukee – America’s Most Segregated City The mission of F.E.A.R. (Forget Everything And Run) is to “bridge the fitness gap” in Milwaukee’s communities of color by increasing representation and exposure to the sport of running, especially long-distance runs.

News From The UK

RIP

Canadian Running Mourns Loss Of Legendary University Of Windsor Coach Dennis Fairall Fairall, who died last Friday at 67, had been living with the rare degenerative disease PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy) and stepped away from coaching duties in 2016.

MB: Wejo’s Former Yale Coach Steve Bartold Has Died He also had great success at St. John’s.

MB: Hugh Short – former WR holder at Georgetown – dies at 98 after a life well lived From setting a world record at Georgetown to listening to the I Have A Dream Speech in-person to having the longest marriage in Vermont, Hugh had quite a life.