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Oregon and Drake Relays

LRC 2021 USATF Grand Prix: Big Wins for Muir, Bromell, & Hoare, Simpson Struggles, & Updike Stuns Steeple Field

This one had a little bit of everything - dominant wins from Laura Muir, Trayvon Bromell, Ollie Hoare, and Shaunae Miller-Uibo, a shock win by Isaac Updike and a total clunker from Jenny Simpson.

MB: Official DRAKE/OREGON Relays Discussion Thread
MB: Guess who's back, back again, Murphy's back, tell a friend Clayton Murphy has won the Drake 1500.
MB: OLLI MF HOARE He dominated the Oregon 1500in 3:33.
MB: HOBBS KESSLER 56.06 final lap
MB: How soon until Cole Hocker beats Jakob Ingebrigtsen??
MB: Jenny Simpson DONE!!!?? She ran 4:10 today.

LRC Teenage Dreams: 19-Year-Old Cole Hocker WINS Oregon Relays in 13:19, 18-Year-Old Nico Young Sets American Junior Record 13:24 at Drake

It was a great day for US distance running as American teens broke 13:25 twice in the span of five hours.

On The Boards

Random News

Caitlyn Jenner Announces Bid To Run For Governor Of California

Jenner vowed to put an end to Gavin Newsom's "disastrous" spell as Governor and "turn the state around."

GB's Former Olympic Long Jump Champ Greg Rutherford Trying To Make It To The 2022 Winter Games As A Bobsledder If he won a medal he's be the first Brit to ever win a summer and winter Olympic medal.
Runner's World: 7 Times When Animals Completely Disrupted Races Includes a video of a college cross country runner getting absolutely laid out by a deer.
MB: Kara Goucher Made Her Debut As A NBC Sports Announcer This Weekend
MB: Allie Ostrander kicked off track by security guard
USATF Releases 2021 Broadcast Schedule On NBC, NBCSN

Olympic News

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Declares State Of Emergency In Tokyo Suga also imposed emergency measures, which include banning fans from attending sports events, in some other areas of the country as well.
Olympic Track And Field Test Event Likely To Be Held Without Spectators The event is set for May 9th at the Olympic Stadium.
NBC To Use Outdoor Studio For Tokyo 2020 Primetime Show There is very little risk of spreading COVID outdoors, although this wasn't cited as the reason for an open-air location.
US Commission Calls For "Diplomatic Boycott" Of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics They say representatives from the government should not attend the Games over human rights violations in China.
Activist Group Promises Athletes Legal Support If They Break Rules By Protesting At Tokyo Olympics

HS Stars Past and Present In The News

LRC Tom "Tinman" Schwartz Is No Longer Coaching Drew Hunter and The Tinman Elite

LetsRun.com has confirmed that the Tinman Elite group is no long being led by its inspiration - Tom "Tinman" Schwartz.

MB: Tom “Tinman” Schwartz and Drew Hunter/Tinman Elite have parted ways

LRC LRC Q&A with Parker Wolfe, Who Went from COVID Diagnosis to Winning 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year

Wolfe tested positive for COVID in July and still has to use an inhaler before races to counteract lingering effects. But that didn't stop him from putting together a stellar cross country season in 2020.

Pre-Eugene News

LRC Donavan Brazier Has Unfinished Business at Hayward Field: "I Wanted to Go to Oregon, But They Never Gave Me a Scholarship"

*MB: Donavan Brazier says he wanted to go to Oreogn but they didn't offer him a scholarship

Non-Distance News

Florida State sprint coach Ricky Argo admits he was stunned by JoVaughn Martin's 9.94 in the B heat

Interesting Q&A with Sanya Richards-Ross about her new job as tv commentator She'll be broadcasting the Oregon Relays this weekend.
CA's Paige Sommers sets new US HS vault record of 14-8½ (4.485)
Music from Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto No. 1 music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing
Jessica Ennis-Hill wants you to map your training to your menstrual cycle with her game-changing fitness app- Jennis Sign up here.
High school storylines ahead of the Drake Relays: Distance battles, young sprinters and one defending champ
Yale football recruit how is running at Drake de-commits as he says he wants to run track in college Ok, then why doesn't he just run track at Yale?

Good News

RRW New York Mini 10-K Picks Up Mastercard as Title Sponsor and Will Feature The NYRRs 1st Elite Field Since Covid on June 12th

1,200 runners will be allowed to compete.

Clemson to reinstate men's track and field, cross country programs Your voices were heard. This is huge as oncd Power5 schools start dropping it, then everyone will feel it's ok. They also will eventually add another women's sport.
*MB: Clemson will continue men's track and cross-country
Ethan Coleman (8:49) and Evan Jenkins (8:50) break Washington state junior class 3,200m record
Thursday was Earth Day: Donate your gently used shoes to help the environment (free shipping from Zappos included)

Reads We Enjoyed

2:30 marathoner Becky Wade writes about 3 minset shifts she learned from training in Ethiopia Many of the Ethiopians followed the Letsrun mantra - run slow on your easy days. "The seriousness with which my Ethiopian training partners took their recovery was impressive."
Toni Reavis writes about race and coming back from injury after the Chauvin guilty verdicts
Matt Fitzgerald writes about mental fitness and recalls when Callum Hawkins collapsed at the Commonwealth Games and woke up and blurted out, "Did I win?" Fitzgerald, on the other hand, admits he faked an injury once to drop out of a 2-mile in high school.
The BBC Devotes 3,000+ Words To The Big Dog's Backyard Ultra: "The toughest, weirdest race you've never heard of" We've heard of it and love it. Let's just hope this year's event doesn't have a controversial finish like the virtual edition did last year.
Meet DIII superstar Favor Ezewuzie of Wheaton who had never done track before college She asked to try out and the coach begrudgingly let her try out and he was blown away, “I looked at my watch and I literally started laughing out loud because she had run basically as fast as anyone I had ever coached."

LRC TrackTown USA is refunding all Olympic Trials ticket purchases, will start entirely new ticketing process with Covid-19 restrictions in place in May

Since Oregon officials are about as worried about Covid as one possibly can be, the local organizers feel its best to star the ticketing process entirely over.

US 1 Mile Road Champs

LRC Eric Avila & Rachel Schneider Win First National Titles at 2021 USATF Road Mile Champs

Avila upset Craig Engels and Clayton Murphy. Schneider held off Shannon Osika as Alexa Efraimson was 10th.

Discuss: Jeff Thies goes out in :54 at USATF Road Mile

Women's Distance News

Sonia O'Sullivan Taking Assistant Coaching Position With Pete Julian's Portland-Based Group

O'Sullivan described the role as “exciting and challenging” and said she's looking forward to the chance to “have some purpose again in big time athletics”.
*LRC Archives: 2015: Sonia O’Sullivan Shares Her Training Log With LetsRun.com – How Did The Villanova Grad Win The World Cross-Country Title (Twice) In 1998?

Recommended Read: T&F News Catches Up With Jenny Simpson After Going Her Longest Stint Ever Without Racing Simpson hasn't raced since February 2020 and says she took last summer to "be kind of a normal person." She's keeping her options open, but it sounds like she'll be going for the 1500 rather than the 5000 at the Trials.
Ten Years Having Passed, Norway Celebrates The Legacy Of Grete Waitz

Assorted Distance News

Good Read: World Athletics Looks Back At The Rivalry Between Halie Gebrselassie And Paul Tergat And Their Epic 10,000m Duel In The 2000 Olympic 10,000m

The article includes a chart listing all the head-to-head matchups the two all-time greats had throughout their career.

Good Read: Oregon Distance Runner Matt Wisner Gives An Athlete's Perspective On What It's Like Training And Racing At Hayward Field Wisner talks about winning the non-invitational heat of the 1500m at the Hayward Premiere and how he didn't know about the tradition of taking a victory lap.
Sam Tanner Talks About His Background In Surfing And How His High School Coach Even Used To Supplement His Running Training With Surfing When Tanner first started looking at colleges, he looked into the University of Hawaii, but they only had a women's track team.

Sam Tanner "Couldn't Be More Stoked" After Selection To New Zealand Olympic Team Nick Willis, someone Tanner calls his "running hero," was also selected for his fifth Olympic Games.
Entries For The Oregon Relays On Friday *MB: Kiptoo/Kurgat vs Hocker/Teare in Loaded Men's 5k @ Oregon Relays (4/23)
Marc Scott Among Those Set To Compete At The Manchester Invitational On May 27

World Relays Are May 1-2

LRC World Athletics Releases Entries for 2021 World Athletics Relays; USATF Will Not Send a Team

Team USA topped the medal tables at the previous four editions but won't be there in 2021. Will the US men manage to find a way to DNF the 4 x 100 at the Olympics for a 4th straight Games as a result?

Two days after naming team, Jamaica withdraws from World Relays due to Covid-19 logistical problems Elaine Thompson-Herah is disappointed but understands.
Gambling firm Odibets gives Kenya's 10.01 sprinter 1.5 million shillings ($13,831) to help him train Under current Kenyan rules, Ferdinand Omanyala is ineligible for the Olympics due to a past doping conviction.

Admin News

UK Athletics And Diamond League Reject Request To Shift Anniversary Games From London Stadium There was a proposal to shift it to a new location because of the high $4.2 million cost of refitting it from soccer to track for just one event (normally there would be a whole summer of events if it weren't for COVID).
*Evening Standard Article On The Original Proposal
World Athletics Opens Process For Future Championships Bids

Sponsorship / Shoe Company News

MB: Colleen Quigley to Lululemon? She made an Instagram post mentioning "a sponsor" while wearing Lululemon pants.
NCAA Indoor Pole Vault Record Holder KC Lightfoot Now Sponsored By PUMA
New Under Armour Headquarters In Baltimore To Include An Outdoor Track

Olympic News

Doping News

Long Analysis Of Italian Race Walker Alex Schwazer's Doping Case In February an Italian judge dismissed criminal doping charges against Schwazer, a move that was condemned by WADA.
Czech Race Walker Anezka Drahotová Fails Doping Test Not surprisingly, she also competes in cycling.
This Doesn't Sound Like A Good Thing: Size Of Anti-Doping Team At Tokyo 2020 Reduced Due To COVID The International Testing Agency director said the "core" team will be maintained.
Institute of National Anti-Doping Organization Proposes Three Key Reforms For WADA The suggestions seem to center around removing conflicts of interest for WADA members and experts.

Week That Was

LRC WTW: Athing Mu & Jye Edwards Impress, Is Eliud Kipchoge Back or Vulnerable?

Is Eliud Kipchoge's 2:04:30 win a sign he's back or does it mean he's vulnerable? Plus learn about the Furman runner who ran the 1st and last legs of a relay.

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LRC 2021 USATF Grand Prix: Big Wins for Muir, Bromell, & Hoare, Simpson Struggles, & Updike Stuns Steeple Field

LRC Teenage Dreams: 19-Year-Old Cole Hocker WINS Oregon Relays in 13:19, 18-Year-Old Nico Young Sets American Junior Record 13:24 at Drake

Caitlyn Jenner Announces Bid To Run For Governor Of California

LRC Tom "Tinman" Schwartz Is No Longer Coaching Drew Hunter and The Tinman Elite

LRC LRC Q&A with Parker Wolfe, Who Went from COVID Diagnosis to Winning 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year

LRC Donavan Brazier Has Unfinished Business at Hayward Field: "I Wanted to Go to Oregon, But They Never Gave Me a Scholarship"

Florida State sprint coach Ricky Argo admits he was stunned by JoVaughn Martin's 9.94 in the B heat

RRW New York Mini 10-K Picks Up Mastercard as Title Sponsor and Will Feature The NYRRs 1st Elite Field Since Covid on June 12th

LRC TrackTown USA is refunding all Olympic Trials ticket purchases, will start entirely new ticketing process with Covid-19 restrictions in place in May

LRC Eric Avila & Rachel Schneider Win First National Titles at 2021 USATF Road Mile Champs

Sonia O'Sullivan Taking Assistant Coaching Position With Pete Julian's Portland-Based Group

Good Read: World Athletics Looks Back At The Rivalry Between Halie Gebrselassie And Paul Tergat And Their Epic 10,000m Duel In The 2000 Olympic 10,000m

LRC World Athletics Releases Entries for 2021 World Athletics Relays; USATF Will Not Send a Team

LRC WTW: Athing Mu & Jye Edwards Impress, Is Eliud Kipchoge Back or Vulnerable?

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman

LRC New Balance Boston's Mark Coogan

LRC Brooks Beasts' Danny Mackey

LRC OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein

The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years

26:59: The Story of Chris Solinsky's American Record and Upset of Galen Rupp

The Summer of Webb: An Inside Look at Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season

Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wejo Speaks: Why I Sucked in College

Escorting Paula - How LRC Co-Founder Weldon Johnson Paced Radcliffe To Her 1st World Record

American Strong: How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston

LRC's Robert and Weldon Johnson Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”

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LRC 2021 USATF Grand Prix: Big Wins for Muir, Bromell, & Hoare, Simpson Struggles, & Updike Stuns Steeple Field

LRC Teenage Dreams: 19-Year-Old Cole Hocker WINS Oregon Relays in 13:19, 18-Year-Old Nico Young Sets American Junior Record 13:24 at Drake

﻿Caitlyn Jenner Announces Bid To Run For Governor Of California

LRC Tom "Tinman" Schwartz Is No Longer Coaching Drew Hunter and The Tinman Elite

LRC LRC Q&A with Parker Wolfe, Who Went from COVID Diagnosis to Winning 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year

LRC Donavan Brazier Has Unfinished Business at Hayward Field: "I Wanted to Go to Oregon, But They Never Gave Me a Scholarship"

Florida State sprint coach Ricky Argo admits he was stunned by JoVaughn Martin's 9.94 in the B heat

RRW New York Mini 10-K Picks Up Mastercard as Title Sponsor and Will Feature The NYRRs 1st Elite Field Since Covid on June 12th

LRC TrackTown USA is refunding all Olympic Trials ticket purchases, will start entirely new ticketing process with Covid-19 restrictions in place in May

LRC Eric Avila & Rachel Schneider Win First National Titles at 2021 USATF Road Mile Champs

Sonia O'Sullivan Taking Assistant Coaching Position With Pete Julian's Portland-Based Group

Good Read: World Athletics Looks Back At The Rivalry Between Halie Gebrselassie And Paul Tergat And Their Epic 10,000m Duel In The 2000 Olympic 10,000m

LRC World Athletics Releases Entries for 2021 World Athletics Relays; USATF Will Not Send a Team

LRC WTW: Athing Mu & Jye Edwards Impress, Is Eliud Kipchoge Back or Vulnerable?

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman

LRC New Balance Boston's Mark Coogan

LRC Brooks Beasts' Danny Mackey

LRC OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein

The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years

26:59: The Story of Chris Solinsky's American Record and Upset of Galen Rupp

The Summer of Webb: An Inside Look at Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season

Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wejo Speaks: Why I Sucked in College

Escorting Paula - How LRC Co-Founder Weldon Johnson Paced Radcliffe To Her 1st World Record

American Strong: How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston

LRC's Robert and Weldon Johnson Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”

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