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RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
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Jonathan Gault spoke to 17 of the NCAA's top coaches about the teams, athletes, and storylines to watch during the 2021 NCAA XC season. From the impact of COVID and the transfer portal on recruiting to the Alabama freshman from Kenya who has run 13:26 at altitude, we give you the scoop.
After the Olympic Trials, Mantz's mind was made up - he was going pro, but he's back at BYU hoping to become the first American since Steve Prefontaine to repeat as NCAA xc champ.
“[My therapist] was able to be a combination of sports psychology, but also just therapy. We address everything versus it just being performance related. I started to realize how much so many of these struggles were present just in life as well. I look back at school, my childhood, there was this innate perfectionism that obviously came out quite a bit in running, but was always there.”
Sarah Lorge Butler reveals she's really happy with new coach Pete Julian and Julian reveals was stunned by how bad she ran in New Haven, "That was more shocking to me than winning would have been."
*MB: Jordan Hassay Reads "the message boards"
And what's even worse is the fattest people compensate at a 50% rate.
In the World Marathon Major era (2006-present), no woman has more WMM wins than Keitany, who claimed three London titles and four NYC victories and retires with pbs of 64:55 and 2:17:01. On the LetsRun.com Mt. Rushmore of women's marathoners, she's on there along with Paula Radcliffe, Catherine Ndereba, and Grete Waitz.
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Cathal Kelly writes, "Salazar’s actual crime is going against the new ethos that all sports, no matter how elite, ought to be talked about and treated like a participation fun run in grade school. Everyone’s a winner!"
McSweyn, the Australian record holder at 1500, 3000, and the mile, is quarantining upon his return to Australia after a long summer of racing and joined us as on a special LIVE edition of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast. Watch on demand while still available.
In our weekly recap, we wonder if it's fair USADA went out of its way to nail Alberto Salazar, take a closer look at a couple of sprinters who improved massively in 2021, wonder if steroid usage contributed to the death of world record holder Yuriy Sedykh and introduce you to an American who ran 2:13 in the marathon in a race where most of the race was well over 5,000 feet of altitude.
Macdonald once famously said, "I feel that one of the basic requirements of being a sprinter is having legs." If we apply that same logic to the transgender/intersex debate, then we'd have an easy solution. "I feel that a basic requirement of being eligible to compete in elite women's sport is to never have had functioning testes."
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RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
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Your latest American stars share their insights.
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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‒An opinion piece by Cathal Kelly for the The Globe And Mail defending Alberto Salazar and criticizing his four-year ban.