Jonathan Gault has compiled a list of the youngest and oldest US Olympians in all track events since 2000.
Archived Homepage For April 15, 2021
Archived Homepage For April 15, 2021
The Latest VIP/SC Content
The Latest VIP/SC Content
Looks Like Purrier Is Going To The 1500
Mark Coogan tells LRC that he's "75% sure" Elle Purrier is going to do the 1500 at the US Olympic Trials. While it's a real shame World Athletics and/or USATF won't make the double more doable, the women's 1500 is going to be incredible.
On The Boards
On The Boards
Women In The News
And she's undecided on the 1500 or 5000 but admits the 1500 is her favorite event.
*MB: Is Shannon Rowbury jumping on the anti-Alberto Salazar bandwagon w/o naming him? What does this quote mean?
- British Olympic marathon Trials winner Steph Davis reveals she only runs 60-65 mpw
- Katie Rainsberger said she had a panic attack while racing in August and is now trying to focus on process goals and not define her self-worth by running “You can’t control anything but your effort and your attitude."
A New Marketing Idea
There will be 4 teams of 8 runners each, with a televised draft, and the top 6 runners on each team will score. *World Athletics release
Random But Interesting
- Eliud Kipchoge makes $40,000 after auctioning off NFTs from 'key moments' in his career
- 10 things the latest science tells us about caffeine and athletes BYU athletes may be missing out on a 2-4% increase in endurance. Wejo had a love affair with caffeine back in the day and the NY Times even wrote about that affair.
- Drake Relays announces 1st 4 of 12 'Journey To Gold' elite fields - men's shot, women's pv, women's 100h and men's 400h World record holder and four-time defending Drake Relays champion Keni Harrison will going for 5 in a row.
Des Joins the Ultra Ranks
Linden averaged 5:47 for just over 31 miles to break the previous record by over seven minutes.
Negative News
The NCAA did not go so far as to say it would pull currently scheduled events from states like Arkansas which recently passed a law banning transgender athletes from competing in sports according to their identity.
- MB: 2001 NCAA xc champ Boaz Cheboiywo faces drunken driving charges in fatal crash Cheboiywo caused a multi-vehicle crash when he crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming SUV and a passenger car.
Non-Distance News
- Irish Hurdler Thomas Barr Is Afraid We're "Going To Lose A Lot Of The Younger Generation" Because Of COVID Lockdowns Young Irish athletes are now facing a second straight summer with few competitive opportunities.
- World Athletics Profile On Recent Aussie Pole Vault Record (4.82m) Setter Nina Kennedy Kennedy says the lockdowns were a "blessing in disguise" for her as it let her "reflect" on her career and decide she wanted to be more than a 4.60m vaulter.
- WA Profile: Australian Discus Thrower Dani Stevens Enjoying Impressive Comeback After Multiple Injuries Leading Up To 2020 Surgery At one point the injuries were bad enough she thought she "might not be able to throw again."
- Dutch Team Of 24 Selected For World Relay Champs Olympic 200m silver medalist Dafne Schippers headlines the squad.
- Japan Names Team Of 23 For World Relay Champs
Anti-Doping News
- Pandemic Lockdowns Have Been A "Logistical Nightmare" For Drug Testers Lockdowns halted drug testing for a period of time and even when it resumed, it has been a lot more difficult with COVID restrictions.
- US Promises To "Aggressively" Enforce The New Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov says the law will be a "game changer."
- Michael Johnson Talks About Anti-Doping, Russia And Wanting Minimum 4-Year Bans For First-Time Dopers
Sprint Stuff
Van Niekerk is joining Noah Lyles' training group in Florida, but has been waiting for approval for weeks to actually travel to the US. His new coach, Lance Brauman says van Niekerk isn't "where he needs to be" for 400m and that's why he's been having him race 200m.
- Usain Bolt Is Still Working Hard Pursuing A Music Career, Despite Challenges Bolt: "We are already thinking about winning Grammys; when you come into music you want to aim high."
- Runner's World Q&A With Allyson Felix Felix says she's going to do both the 200m and 400m at the Trials and that she's feeling the best she has since coming back after giving birth.
NCAA News
BYU's 2nd runner (15th at NCAAs) Aubrey Frentheway: "I think it honestly helped a lot, for me, to have that taken because then, when I got the opportunity again, I knew how important it was."
- LSU, Southern California And Texas Remain 1-3 In Updated Women's NCAA Rankings Texas A&M moved up to #4.
- LSU Passes BYU To Top Men's NCAA Rankings Florida and Southern California stay ranked 3-4.
- Drake Relays Attracting Good Collegiate Fields
Random News
- T&F News' Men's 2020 Olympic Medal Predictions The only US distance medal they predict is 800m gold for Donavan Brazier.
- T&F News' Women's 2020 Olympic Medal Predictions They predict Ajee Wilson will win 800m gold and Emma Coburn steeple bronze.
- Mariko Yugeta Betters Her Own 60+ World Marathon Record She ran 2:52:01 to break her previous mark of 2:52:13.
- New Study Finds Listening To Music Pre-Workout Can Boost Your Performance
Some More Post-Weekend Results
- AW Weekly Round-Up At the Ethiopian national champs, Berihu Aregawi won the 10,000m in 28:20.2 with Olympic medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet (28:22.3) runner-up and world silver medalist Yomif Kejelcha (28:23.7) in 4th. Getnet Wale won the men's 5000m in 13:34.4 and Lemlem Halu won the women's 1500m in 4:05.1.
- Tony Bowman Breaks UK M85 200m Record With 36.67 He took 4-seconds off the previous record.
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks From Last Week
Last Week's Podcast
The LRC crew debated on this week's podcast at what distance a women's world record holder would beat Walmsley.
World Relays Are May 1-2
- Athletics Kenya Names Strong Team For World Relays The team includes former NCAA champ and 1:42 man Emmanuel Korir, world 800m bronze medalist Ferguson Rotich and Commonwealth 800m champ Wycliffe Kinyamal.
- Hosts Poland Name 44-Strong Team For World Relays They're including a team for every event.
- Britain Names Squad For World Relays; No Big Stars They're sending a men's and women's 4x400 and a mixed 4x400.
Tokyo 2020 News
- Poll Finds 39.2% Of Japanese Public Wants Tokyo 2020 Cancelled The headline was 72% want the games cancelled or postponed, but that's meaningless as games can't be postponed at this point.
- Tokyo 2020 Expected To Use Hotel As Isolation Facility During Olympics
Tsegay is in sick shape
Deep Marathon In Italy
Ethiopia's Abdi Fufa Nigassa was runner-up in 2:05:57 as nine athletes went sub-2:07 and a crazy 20 went sub-2:09. Tanui's time broke the women's Italian all-comers' record.
America's Sprint Squad Looking Great
Grant Holloway (13.04, +2.2 wind) and Ajee' Wilson (2:00.57 win over Natoya Goule) looked great, but Matthew Centrowitz (6th, 1:50.97) and Robby Andrews (5th, 3:46.89) struggled.
- MB: Time to panic? Centro runs 1:50.97 800!!!
- MB: Centro is... not DONE.
- MB: Centro 800m tomorrow
- MB: Michael Sanuri 3:45 1500M At Mirimar Today
- MB: Kenneth Bednarek 19.65
- MB: Justin Gatlin is back and racing in florida? Is he cheating, or does the sun never set on this man's career?
- MB: Sha'Carri Richardson 10.72 WIND LEGAL
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
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LetsRun Classics
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‒British Olympic Trials winner Steph Davis telling Atheltics Weekly she only runs 60-65 mpw (but does do 6-7 hours of cycling a week).