It was a survival contest the final half-marathon in Berlin, as the crazy fast pace (60:48 at half way) and warm conditions took its toll on the entire field. Guye Adola emerged as the winner, Bekele in 3rd. Gotytom Gebreslase was impressive in her debut.
Mantz beat Kiptoo 23:53.9 to 23:54.9. #10 Minnesota won the women's team title while Iowa State's Cailie Logue took the individual win in 20:57.9. *Results
There will be nine regional meets including a first ever California regional.
*MB: NXN 2021 Canceled
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.
"'Rumours, of course... It's probably because I didn't show up at practice. I am still on my rest period, so maybe they are just speculating why I am not at practice," said Thompson-Hera but her coach Stephen Francis seemed to give the rumors more credence. "I will wait and see what happens in the middle of October."
“[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.
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.
