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It's awards season. Who had the best indoor seasons? Which collegiate had the biggest breakthrough? Can Eugene 2022 match the energy of Belgrade? Plus meet the world champ who trains on a triangular dirt track. -
We LOVED this piece by David Monti on Thweatt who led a lot the 2020 Olympic Trials before finshing 5th. -
Sowinski talks about how he couldn't get a contract out of college despite being a 1:45 guy and the NCAA runner-up. Also some interesting stats on how Solinski is one of the most traveled/prolific 800m runners ever with 180 races at 800m in 72 cities in 21 different countries and territories.
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While the medical examiner's report and the Scottsdale PD ruled Torrence’s death an accidental drowning, David's mother, Bianca Torrence, is frustrated because she feels investigators didn't seriously consider another possible cause of death: murder. Bianca said that multiple people told her that David had received death threats in 2016 and said she does not believe that Scottsdale PD has taken the information about the death threats seriously. -
Reid surprised even herself by winning the 1500 over Shannon Rowbury at Oxy after coming back from the injury which kept her from making it to Rio last year. -
As Meb Keflezighi prepares to race his final Boston Marathon, he looks back and shares some of his favorite memories from Boston. -
Oliver gives a funny recap of the current doping scandals plaguing professional sports. *USA Today: John Oliver Destroys Olympic Drug Testing Amid Doping Scandal *MB: John Oliver's HBO show just nailed Doping. -
Discover how Yego went from training with wooden sticks and YouTube as a coach to being the world javelin champ. -
The poor 22-year-old turned heads and caught the attention of former Boston champ Wesley Korir when he showed up at a local 3K and won running barefoot. Korir took him in and arranged for him to train with Wilson Kipsang. Korir thinks he can run 2:06-2:08.
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LRC has another exclusive update from Kenya as Andy Arnold watched Canova conduct workouts with some of the world's top athletes. Plus Birech makes an Olympic prediction that Evan Jager fans will want to read about. -
Sure we look back at World Indoors, but there was news made outdoors and on the roads as well, plus the 'robots' in the long jump. -
What a week! Indoor nationals were held at every level - HS, college and pro. We get you caught up on everything as it was impossible to follow it all as it took place. Who overachieved, underachieved and dropped out? Plus learn about Drew Hunter's latest exploits. -
This week we also catch up with coaching legends Frank Gagliano and Ron Warhurst, talk about abolishing the US Olympic Trials and wonder if the Russian doping scandal resulted in a murder. -
In his final high school race, he ran 11:07 for 3,200. As a college freshman, he was the worst guy on the team. But Chris Zablocki never gave up and on Saturday in LA, the Yuki Kawauchi of American distance running (13 marathons in 12 months), will be looking to take some serious scalps. *MB: LetsRun, Meet The Most Interesting Man in Running - Chris Zablocki -
What a week. So much to break down including two amazing teen performances and one bad one. All of that and more including our Performance of the Year by Adriana Nelson. -
Tegenkamp called it a career yesterday and his career helped usher American distance running into a new era. -
Cassidy qualified for the 2012 OT, but fighting back from chronic injury issues saw him come up short for 2016 as he ran 2:21:20 in Houston. Here, he shares that experience and whether you're an OT qualifier, a fellow near misser or a 4-hour marathoner, if you've ever shot for a goal, you'll find meaning in what he says. *LRC Archives: The Time of My Life: Staten Island Native Mike Cassidy Shares His Experience Finishing The NYC Marathon Hand-In-Hand With His Hero Meb Keflezighi Cassidy's essay after the 2013 NYC Marathon generated more than 12,000 Facebook "likes" and is still one of the most popular articles posted on LRC.
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This week we start with talk about Alan Webb, Craig Virgin, Drew Hunter and "Tinman" before moving to the 2013 World Junior XC race with Matt McClintock, Craig Nowak and Malachy Schrobilgen. But we also cater to our 40+ demographic as we talk extensively about Meb, Deena and Sean Wade. Plus Eliud Kipchoge proves that the runner makes the shoe, not vice versa. -
LRC's founders, Robert Johnson and Weldon Johnson (Brojos) are among the 50 most influential people in running according to Runner's World thanks to you. RW had high praise for the LRC audience saying the Brojos are the "masterminds behind perhaps the most engaged online community of runners." -
Last week, our sport lost three figures at way too young of an age, Craig Virgin talked about drugs at Nike's Athletics West, and the stars did some karaoke in NYC, which we compare to Alan Webb's retirement karaoke in NYC in 2014.