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Wow

Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker run 3:50.39 and 3:50.55 to destroy the NCAA mile record. Well done @OregonTF pic.twitter.com/1FOCqhu4Fb
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) February 13, 2021

– Wow. Recap here.

Oregon Milers Go Crazy

LRC Oregon’s Cooper Teare Runs 3:50 to Break NCAA Mile Record; Cole Hocker 3:50, Charlie Hunter 3:53 Running at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, Teare took almost two seconds off Edward Cheserek‘s 3:52.01 CR. Teare & Hocker are now #7 & #8 on the world all-time list indoors. *Results

MB Talk – How much of it is the shoes?

More Distance News

2021 Comrades Marathon Is Cancelled For 2nd-Straight Year Before 2020 and 2021, the last time the race hadn’t been held was World War II (1941-45). It’s a shame as the race started in 1921.
RRW NN Running Team Will Put On Elite-Only Marathon In Hamburg On April 11th Billed as “the fastest way to Tokyo,” the NN Mission Marathon Hamburg will be open to a maximum of 100 athletes and be held on a 10.5-kilometer loop in the city center. *Press Release
March 7th’s New Delhi National Marathon Will Serve As India’s Olympic Marathon Trials We doubt it will matter considering the fastest Indians in 2019 ran just 2:13:39 and 2:34:56.
Dyestat Video Chat With Hobbs Kessler
Dyestat Video Chat With 3-Time Big 12 XC Champ Cailie Logue Of Iowa State

2021 Lieven Was AMAZING ResultsStreaming Info

LRC Madness In Lievin: Gudaf Tsegay SHATTERS Women’s 1,500 WR, Grant Holloway Breaks American 60H Record, Getnet Wale Runs 7:24 & More What a track meet. 4 world records were given a scare, and in the end, one world record fell as did a European record, an Ethiopian record and an American record.

World Athletics Full Meet Recap World indoor record holder Hugues Fabrice Zango won the TJ with 17.82m, Juan Miguel Echevarria took the LJ in a world-leading 8.25m and Mondo Duplantis cleared 5.86m to win a relatively tame PV.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Shatters Euro Indoor 1,500m Record With 3:31.80
Laura Muir Becomes The First Brit To Break The 4-Minute Barrier Indoors (3:59.58), But Loses By Six Seconds
Melissa Courtney-Bryant Smashes PR By 10 Seconds To Set Welsh 1,500m Indoor Record With 4:04.79
MB:HOLY CRAP WHAT A MEET
MB: Jakob MF Ingebrigtsen 3:31 INDOORS
MB: HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wale runs 7:24:98 in 3000m indoor
MB: GUDAF MF TSEGAY

Administrative

Athletics Weekly:Open Up The Tracks Or Risk Losing A Generation Of Athletes There are fears of a “lost generation” of athletes in the UK due to track and field facilities being off-limits during COVID lockdowns.
Ted Metellus Named New Race Director Of NYC Marathon Metellus becomes the first black race director of a WMM.
LA 2028 Olympics Set To Be Featured Prominently At Super Bowl LVI In LA Next Year

Guest Column On Alexi Pappas’ New Memoir

LRCHow Bravey Could Have Been Braver Author and runner Kate Raphael finds Bravey to be “honest and inspiring” and says Pappas gets it “so much of the time” but is ” troubled by some of the language present throughout the memoir and the effect this language could have on young women athletes.” Read how Raphael thinks Bravey could have been even better.
*MB: Guest Column on Alexi Pappas’ Memoir Bravey How Bravey Could Have Been Braver

Olympic News

Athletes Warned Against Excessive Celebrations At Tokyo 2020 To Limit COVID-19 Risks Probably means we won’t see any celebrations as good as Robert Harting in 2012.
Olympic Expert Says Too Much Money Is At Stake For Tokyo Games To Be Cancelled Michael Naraine: “The value of the Olympic brand would be devalued to the point where sponsors will not be willing to pay the price points that they are currently paying.”
Indian Government To Vaccinate All Athletes Going To Tokyo 2020
More Than 110,000 Sign Petition Seeking Action Over Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori Sexist Comments Mori apologized at a press conference earlier this week.
Report Says Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori Was Convinced By Colleagues Not To Resign Over Controversial Comments
Tokyo 2020 Volunteers Apologized To After Sexist Comments

Distance News

Oregon’s Cooper Teare Runs 3:50 to Break NCAA Mile Record; Cole Hocker 3:50, Charlie Hunter 3:53 Running at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, Teare took almost two seconds off Edward Cheserek‘s 3:52.01 CR. Teare & Hocker are now #7 & #8 on the world all-time list indoors. *Results

Discuss on the MB: COOPER TEARE 3:50

MB: Joshua Cheptegei will open season on Sunday with Monaco 5k You can watch it live on the NN Running YouTube page at 3:45 am ET (9:45 CET).
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu Is Enjoying Her Training This Winter In Victoria Under New Coach Trent Stellingwerff Covid-19 restrictions prevented her from traveling to the US like she normally does. Her longtime coach Dennis Fairall died in 2020. *Bishop-Nriagu Says Her “… fitness is really coming along great.”
Sub-4 HSer Leo Daschbach Is Making His Collegiate Debut This Weekend At Washington Invitational
Meet 2:33 Marathoner And Doctor Elsey Davis Of The UK
Why Do Runners Get Night Sweats? Night sweats can also be a sign that you are either over-training and/or under-fueling.
Why You Should Eat Protein Before Bed – PodiumRunner Consuming protein before bed helps to increase muscle protein synthesis overnight.
German Ultrarunner Covers 100K In 6:26:08, Sets New Treadmill World Record

This Week’s Podcast

LRC Guest The Hobbs Kessler + Lievin Madness Podcast Hobbs Kessler, the 3:57 new American high school record holder in the mile, is our guest.

Other News Of Note

No Hugs Or High Fives: Olympic Organizers Unveil Athlete Rule Book For Tokyo To Stop Covid-19 Spread Some on the message board think the document makes no logical sense.
*MB: Logical insanity: Tokyo 2021 organizers will bar athletes from hugging or shaking hands but will give them 150,000 free condoms
Catching Up With Reigning World Decathlon Champ Niklas Kaul On His 23rd Birthday He talks about how the final 2 events of the decathlon – the jav and 1,500 (4:15 PR) – are his two best events. He’s scored 8691 despite never haven broken 11 in the 100 or 48 in the 400.
Should CHAMPS In Jamaica Go On During Covid-19?

Meet Hobbs Kessler

LRC VIP Two Decades After Brannen, Webb, & Willis, Ron Warhurst Has Another Teen Mile Star On His Hands. His Name Is Hobbs Kessler. Warhurst doesn’t want to burden Kessler with expectations but admits the obvious, “It looks like he might be the next really good one.” Nick Willis compares him to Matthew Centrowitz and Alan Webb. (Sub required. 100% of subscriptions through Wednesday go to Jonathan Gault in honor of his 30th bday).

LRC An Unknown High Schooler Just Ran A 3:57 Mile – Everything You Need To About Hobbs Kessler’s Record-Breaking Run Who the heck is Hobbs Kessler? We tell you everything you need to know about the guy who came into yesterday’s race with a 4:18 1,600 PR and left with a 3:57 mile PR. Kessler broke Drew Hunter‘s indoor record of 3:57.81. He was 3rd in the race behind Algeria’s Takieddine Hedeilli (3:56.79) and Nick Willis (3:56.82). (Sub required. 100% of subscriptions through Wednesday go to Jonathan Gault in honor of his 30th bday).
*MB: HOBBS KESSLER 3:57.66 MILE NEW HS RECORD!!!

Sprint Stuff

Arkansas’ Double-Amputee Sprinter Hunter Woodhall Turns Pro Woodhall is a Paralympic medalist, started an apparel company that has sold 100,000 units and a YouTube channel with 210,000 subscribers that documents his relationship with Texas LJer Tara Davis.
Athletics Weekly Video/Written Interview With European 400m Champ Martyn Rooney Rooney answers the question as to why he always races with sunglasses.
RIP Jamaican Olympic 4 X 400 Gold Medalist Leslie Alphonso Laing, 95
Short BBC Video On Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand Chand talks about her training as well as the controversy over her hyperandrogenism.
Blessing Okagbare Excited After Setting Two PRs At ATL#3 She won the 60m in 7.10 and her heat of the 200m in 23.01.

More Hobbs Kessler Info

MileSplit Video Interview With Hobbs Kessler
Recommended Read:T&F News Profile On Hobbs Kessler With Lots Of Details On His Background In Rock Climbing And How He Started Training With Nick Willis Under Coach Ron Warhurst Not surprisingly, Hobbs comes from good genes as his father was an all-state XC runner in HS and his mother was a 2:44:55 marathoner who competed at the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.
*T&F News Race Recap

Really Good Or All-Time Great Good?

LRC VIP Cooper Teare & The Record-Breaking Oregon DMR Team Discuss Their 2021 Plans: “This Will Be One of Those All-Time Great Oregon Teams“ Jonathan Gault talked to coach Ben Thomas and the Oregon distance stars to get their plans for the rest of the year. They reveal they “might” do XC, but after running an NCAA record of 9:19.42 in their season opener it looks like the goal is the NCAA team title indoors. “The way these guys have stuck with it and kept their edge, it’s been really special,” said Thomas. Plus how does the squad compares to the all-time great Oregon squads? (Sub required. 100% of subscriptions through Wednesday go to Jonathan Gault in honor of his 30th bday).
*MB:Catching up with Cooper Teare and the studly Oregon distance squad. Teare reveals they “might” do xc.
*MB: U of O Men: Rivaling their best Mid-D team Ever??

Kamworor – Kandie Clash Is Saturday

Athletics Kenya All Set For National Cross-Country Championships On Saturday Meanwhile, USATF has gone AWOL.
Japanese-Based Bedan Karoki Is Excited To Race After Travel Restrictions Prevented Him From Running World Half Or Valencia Marathon “We need to improve on our finishing in the last bend – 200m. That is why the Ethiopians and other nationals have reigned supreme over us in the past.”
Karoki Says He’s In Shape As He Was Getting Ready For The Cancelled RAK Half
Hellen Obiri Won’t Defend Crown – Will Run Mixed Gender Relay Event Instead

Free Coaching Advice

Recommended Read What Type Of Coach Are You? Push Or Pull? Do You Tell Your Athletes What To Do Or Do You Collaboratively Try To Come Up With A Plan? The answer in Rojo‘s mind should be both and it might vary based on the athlete’s age. Steve Ovett‘s old coach would agree.
Study By Harvard’s Dan Lieberman Finds That An Unusual Coordination Between Muscles In Runners’ Shoulders And Arms Helps To Keep Runners’ Heads Stable When We Run
Aisha Praught Leer Ralks About Eating Properly “I’ve learned over the past few years that being the lightest I can be is not a goal that suits me – at all. Now, I think of what I eat in terms of, ‘How strong can I be? How well-fueled can I be?'”

Assorted Distance News

Recommended Read:Keira D’Amato Signs Pro Contract With Nike After Breakthrough Year “Having a second chance at this is just, I can’t even tell you, I’m about to cry. I’m so grateful to try to rewrite my story with running because it didn’t end the way that I wanted it to end.”
The Telegraph:Is Keely Hodgkinson Britain’s Next Great 800m Hope? The new 1:59.03 U20 WR holder is coached by former European champion Jenny Meadows, who thinks Hodgkinson could eventually break Kelly Holmes‘ 1:56.21 British record.
CNN Sports:Colleen Quigley Talks About Getting A Mental Health Coach And Having “No Regrets” Giving Up Her Modeling Career For Running
Eliud Kipchoge Launches New Nike Clothing Line The new EK-line features Kenya’s red, green and black colors.
February 28:Elite Field Named For The Final Lake Biwa Marathon The almost all-Japanese field is led by two sub-2:07 men, but includes 25 with PRs under 2:10 and 40 with PRs under 2:11.
MileSplit:Athing Mu Is In Can’t Miss Form