Quote Of The Day
-USATF CEO Max Siegel announcing that USATF and the USOC have settled the Run Gum lawsuit and will allow athletes to wear whatever tiny logo they want on their apparel at the Olympic Trials.
- Running historians - Can you tell me why / how Katherine Switzer became as or more famous than Bobbi Gibb?
- $400 / month rent in San Fran - but there's a catch!!
- Hebron, KY doping group represented by Russian Larisa Mikhaylova outed in AP article!
- Update: Abdi now says he's planning on doing 10,000 Trials
- Lost? Maybe You're Looking for this page.
USATF Does The Right Thing! A Win-Win-Win For The Sport And Athletes
LRCGreat News: USATF and USOC Settle Nick Symmonds' Run Gum Lawsuit and Let Athletes Have Non-Shoe Sponsor Logos On Their Jerseys at Olympic Trials
Settling the lawsuit is a win for athletes (they can try and monetize the small log on their jerseys), a win for USATF (it costs them nothing but pride and the controversy is gone), and a win for the entire sport.
April 1 News From Outside LRC
Brilliant Idea Tom Bedford Starts Half Marathon In UK For Kids Under 12 Years Old – Drug Testing Will Be Mandatory We love the idea. Get the youngsters to realize before they get jaded in their teenage years that a) virtually every able-bodied person under the age of 50 is capable of running a half marathon and b) they don’t need to use drugs to do so.
Tim Ritchie Is Quitting Competitive Running Why bother when you realize the best you’ve got is only 23rd best in the World?
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction – April 2014
Chanelle Price Goes Wire-To-Wire – Wins World Gold- 10,000 Gold Medalist Runs 3:28 1,500m
- American Teens 6th And 10th At World Championships
- American 1,500 Silver Medalist Sponsorless, Coachless And Running Races In T-Shirt
- 39-Year-Old Man Dominates USAs, Wins World Indoor Silver Meanwhile, Alan Webb retires from track just days after his 31st birthday.
- Racer Is DQed At USA Indoors Despite Making Zero Contact
- Nike Coaches Alberto Salazar And Jerry Schumacher Nearly Come To Blows, Have To Be Separated
- LetsRun.com Gets A Mobile Friendly Design & A Content Management System
- NOP Pulls Out Of Club Nats Because It’s Not Rupp Certified
- Man Gets Paid A Lot To Run Half Of London Marathon And Drop Out
- Asafa Powell, VCB And Tyson Gay All Test Positive
- Olympic Champion Gets Run Over By Wheelchair At London Marathon
April 1st, 2012 – Truth Is Sometimes Stranger Than Fiction
- After Being Dumped By Nike, Meb Signs With Skechers And Runs Two Straight PRs & Makes Olympic Team
- Tegenkamp Runs 10k & Gets Olympic “A”‘
- American Not Named Wheating, Webb, Manzano Or Lomong Wins WChampionships Medal At 1,500
- High Schooler Goes Sub-4 In Mile But Then Gives Up On Running After Losing 1st Two College XC Races
- Runner-Up At USAs Wins 1,500 Gold At Worlds
- Galen Rupp Runs 1,500 At Worlds
- Guy Runs 2:03:06 In Boston & Loses
Surprising Doping News
LRC US Department Of State Declares That Vladimir Putin Probably Had Nothing To Do With Deaths Of The Past Two Russian Anti-Doping Heads Who Both Died Unexpectedly In The Span Of 11 Days In February John Kerry commissioned an independent report by the same British judge who handled the death of the ex-Russian spy in London. He says he is “kind of confident” that the deaths were just crazy coincidences.
More From Russia
LRCRussia To Honor Lamine & Papa Massata Diack For Contributions To Russian Sport “I shudder to think where Olympic champions Mariya Savinova and Yuliya Zaripova would be without the Diacks’ support,” said Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko.
The Retirement Is Over
LRCLetsRun.com’s Weldon Johnson Returning To Competitive Racing; Will Chase Men’s American Over-50 Marathon Record
"With Meb, Bernard and Deena running so well, I know there is no way I can make waves in my 40s,” states Wejo. “I figure, though by the time I’m 50 they’ll have quit and that’s when I’ll make my move.”
A Look Back – Truth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction – April 2015
American Man With A 2:09 PR Wins Boston Marathon For First Time In 30 Years- Woman Runs 800 At US Champs While 8 Months Pregnant And Gets Way More Attention Than Anyone Else
- Guy Runs 3:36 And 13:18 In College Races And Loses Both
- Nick Symmonds Runs Zero 800s Outdoors, Joins Reality TV Show
- White Guy Leads World’s 10,000 List For 1st Time Since 1987
- Kenyan Runs Full Marathon At A Pace Faster Than Any American-Born Runner Ran A Half In 2014
- Popular Official With Years Of Experience Gets 85% Of USATF Voters’s Support; Doesn’t Win Election
- Former Doper Runs PRs Of 9.77 And 19.78 At Age 32
- Steeplechaser Loses European Title For Stripping Off His Clothes In Finishing Straight
- David Rudisha Loses Four 800s … Finishing One In 7th
- US HS Girl Runs 4:10.95, Only Enda Up At #3 On US HS List For 2014
- Man Runs 2:03:13 But Still Loses A Marathon
- Journalist Uncovers Huge Doping Scandal; Gets Threatened With A Lawsuit By The IAAF
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From The Archives
Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction – 2016
Third Placer At USAs Wins Bronze Medal In 10,000 At Worlds- American Woman Runs 3:56 1,500 And Loses Race By 6 Seconds As Another Woman Runs 3:50
- Top US Coach Admits To Conducting Doping Experiment On His Sons – USADA Does Nothing
- American Falls In Steeple – Gets Up And Still Sets American Record By Running 8:00
- Brojos Named Among Top 50 Most Influential People In Running
- Three American HS Boys Break 4:00 In Span Of 10 Months
- 22,000+ Message Board Thread Is Devoted To A 3:43 Marathoner
- Two American Collegians Run 3:53 Miles – Neither Runs Mile At NCAAs
- Medal Contender Booted From Worlds Team After He Refuses To Sign Document Required To Go After He’s Told He Can’t Wear His Favorite Jacket To Coffee
- A Public University (UVA) Continues To Employ Currently Banned Doper And Non-US Citizen In Its Athletic Department
- Unsponsored American Wins 800 World Title
- Kenya Tops US In Beijing Gold Medal Count – Wins Golds In Javelin & 400H As Top Men’s Marathoner Finishes 22nd
- Man Wins Bronze In 110 Hurdles 4 Days Before He Has Kidney Transplant
- American Women Put Up Top 18 100H Times In 2015 But Win Zero Medals At Worlds
- The Mile is Called Sexist and Said To Be Symbolic of “Male Nostalgia”
- Stephanie Hightower Named Chair Of IAAF Conflict Resolution
- NBC Announced 10,000m At Olympic Trials To Be Broadcast Live In Prime Time On NBC
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction – April 2013
- GBR And USA Go 1-2 In Olympic 10,000
- US Men Beat Kenya At World Cross-Country Even After Ritz Skips Event To Run NYC Half
American Man Wins 1,500m Silver At Olympics, Loses Sponsorship- Evan Jager Sets AR In 5th Steeple Of His Life
- Two American Men Run 1:42 In Olympics, Don’t Sniff Medals
- Want To Watch That College Track Meet Online? It’ll Cost You At Least $20
- Most Decorated NCAA Champion In Women’s Track History Caught Working As Hooker In Vegas
LetsRun.com Founders Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”
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