“It has been really tough, especially on the months leading up to Christmas when I was doing really weird shifts. I look back at it now and I’m not sure how I did it. But you make your priorities. You just get it done. You finish work. You go and train. It’s not more complicated than that."

 

The 39-year-old had a DNF at the 2015 Games, but says it was a blessing in disguise because it motivated her to continue on and hit new highs in the years since.

Talking about what she did differently ahead of NYC, Kieffer says she was doing more mileage in workouts, running all her workouts on the roads (instead of the track) and while she has normally ran easy days "quite slow", she increased her daily pace to 7:15/mile.

 

Talking about what she has done to reach her 4:26.92, Buskirk mentions training with Canadian steeplechaser Matt Hughes which helped her hit times in workouts she hasn't been able to in the past.

She appears briefly in a Michelob Ultra commercial with actor Chris Pratt, golfer Brooks Koepka and surfer Kelly Slater.
*RW Article With Some More Details On The Commercial Which Will Feature Flanagan Singing "I Like Beer"
*Watch The Commercial Here

More interesting than that though is that Olympic champ Ryan Crouser will go against high jumper Ricky Robertson in a dunk competition during halftime of a Drake basketball game.

This week we wonder if we've already found Mo Farah's replacement, prove that life isn't fair, compare the 2018 Boston and London Marathon fields, beg Paul Ereng to let Michael Saruni do the World Indoor/NCAA double, rave about the domination of the Nike 4%, introduce you to Ethiopia's budding 1500 star, and bemoan the fact that hardly any American women run the marathon before they are 25.

Rutherford had reconstruction surgery on his groin and an ankle operation and says now he's jumping "remarkably far" in training. He was thinking of retiring, but now wants to go to 2020.
*Greg Rutheford: "I can still beat any long jumper in the world if I'm in shape."

The ageless Kim Collins is in the 60m.

Španović just missed a medal in London, but won the overall Diamond League title.