Archived Homepage For October 11, 2021
Archived Homepage For October 11, 2021
Chicago is Sunday / Boston is Monday (8:30 am eastern NBCSN)
Chicago is Sunday / Boston is Monday (8:30 am eastern NBCSN)
Galen Rupp (2:06:35) ran really smart and had a shot to win.
Ruth Chepngetich went out on world record pace, faded big time, but hung on to win as Emma Bates executed a wonderful race to finish 2nd, with Sara Hall 3rd.
Chicago Discussion:
- Official 2021 Chicago Marathon live discussion thread
- Emma MF Bates PR and a negative split for 2nd.
- Sara Hall private pacers the entire way in Chicago
- What’s next for Rupp? What should he do in 2022?
- What's better? SLOW pro runners who get 👏 👏 on social media or GALEN MF RUPP, who gets the job done
- Biggest blow ups to still win a World Marathon Major? Would Ruth have survived without super shoes?
- This is the weirdest thing Letsrun has EVER seen in a marathon. Why did Ian Butler run backwards in the Chicago marathon?
- Shalane Flanagan, Chicago Marathon: 2:46:39 - What will she do in Boston tomorrow?
- Resident in orthopedic surgery runs 2:27:23 on Sat. in Baltimore, 2:31:54 on Sun. in Chicago, what can he do in Boston?
Huddle found out she was pregnant in August and hopes she'll be back by the fall 2022 marathon season. Meanwhile, Fauble is embracing Des Linden's "keep showing up" mantra as he prepares for his second Boston.
*MB: Official 2021 Boston Marathon Discussion Thread
It's been over 900 days since the last Boston Marathon and get you ready for this year's race. Who are the top contenders? Who will be the top Americans? All of that and more.
*MB: Official 2021 Boston Marathon Discussion Thread
*LRC: Who will be the top American man at the 2021 Boston Marathon? 9 Americans who have broken 2:12 are entered. Who will come out on top?
*LRC: Jordan Hasay on the comeback trail at 2021 Boston Marathon / Jordan Hasay and the Stockdale Paradox
On The Boards
On The Boards
Weekend XC Action
- MB: Newbury Park, 14:29, 14:33, 14:34, 14:43, 15:15, 15:18 at Woodward Park Newbury Park went 1-4 with Colin Sahlman winning ahead of Leo and Lex Young. *DyeStat Photos
- MB: Riley Hough Breaks A Dathan Ritzenhein High School XC Course Record At Portage Invy Hough ran 14:37 to break Ritz's 14:41. Grant Fisher ran 14:42 here in HS.
- USTFCCCA NCAA XC Weekend Recap No big DI results from this weekend.
- DyeStat Manhattan Invy Recap
- DyeStat Alaska State Meet XC Recap
International Distance News
- Top Brit In London Phil Sesemann Talks About Being A Doctor In The Pandemic And Training With His Dog, Kipchoge He says he started running with his dog when he couldn't run with people during the pandemic. On his dog he says, “She’s always willing, I don’t think she’s ever stopped on a run. Sometimes she’ll lag behind, because she’s pacing herself. The poor girl has no idea if she’s going for a four-mile jog or a 20-mile long run.”
- Kenyan Marathoner And Former 10-Mile WR Holder Caroline Chepkoech Switches Allegiance To Kazakhstan She is racing Boston, but as far as we can tell hasn't raced a marathon since 2013 (her 2:31 PB is from 2012).
- 100k WR Holder Nao Kazami Wins Shibamata 100k In Japan
(Russian) Anti-Doping News
- WADA Revokes Moscow Anti-Doping Lab License Due To Lab's "Manipulation Of Data" The lab had already been suspended since 2020, but the Tprocess to revoke the status completely was held up by CAS hearings.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin Orders Sports Ministry To Settle Reinstatement Issues With WADA And World Athletics The Russian Sports Ministry must present a report regarding RusAF’s membership reinstatement progress, but the deadline isn't until December 26 2022?
- WADA Concerned About Sudden RUSADA Leadership Major Reshuffle A statement said, "WADA is concerned with the sudden resignations of three Supervisory Board members, including the Chair" and that they have requested more info on the changes.
- Indonesia, Thailand And North Korea Anti-Doping Labs Declared Non-Compliant By WADA
US Distance Women Podcasts
- Podcast: Mary Cain Reacts To Alberto Salazar's Suspension Being Upheld Cain also talks about starting up the nonprofit group, Atalanta NYC.
- Podcast Interview With Cory McGee Carrie Tollefson talks to McGee about making the Olympic team and what it took to get there. Also, apparently alligators.
- Pre-Boston Podcast With 2:29 Marathoner Dakotah Lindwurm Lindwurm talks about how she got started in the sport, transitioning from being a hockey goalie to a runner.
More Boston / Chicago News
- RRW: After Long COVID Year and Knee Surgery, Parker Stinson Ready For Boston Marathon With surgery and other issues, Stinson struggled to stay in the sport, but has ran a couple good build-up races including a 62-minute half.
- Interesting Read: RRW: Pro Marathon Contracts Explained Appearance fees, prize money, prize money, time bonuses, sponsor bonuses and interesting private personal bonuses add up to make up an elite marathoner's total earnings.
- MB: Galen Rupp - Interview On Training And Racing (3 Days Before Chicago Marathon)
- Geoffrey Kirui Looks To Upstage Opponents In Boston The 2:06 man and former world champ won Boston in 2017.
- 72-Year-Old Ben Beach Looking To Continue His Boston Marathon Streak Beach has ran in a record 53 consecutive Boston Marathons.
Chicago / Boston Preview Show
The Latest Distance News of Note
"In my head, it was my greatest race because I won in a sprint finish and I think it’s about the only race I ever won that way," says Radcliffe.
- Eliud Kipchoge heaps praise on Patrick Sang: "He knows how to make an athlete a normal human being and a star at the same time”. The article is a great read and reveals that Sang gave him only a little attention at age 16.
*MB: Eliud Kipchoge raves about coach Patrick Sang - A look at Eliud Kipchoge's low-profile wife Grace Sugut - "I want to be remembered as the force behind the force,”
- Gala held to honor Kenyan Olympians, gold medallists given $8,128. Kenya's first Olympic medallist Wilson Kiprugut was on hand at age 83. He ran 1:45 way back in 1964. Read about his life and career here:
*Tracksmith: THE OG: WILSON KIPRUGUT *Athletics Kenya's head urges runners not to go straight to roads, to start careers on track - IAU says as of Jan. 1 2022, all 1,000 km, 1,000 mile, and 6 Day events will no longer be ratified by the IAU for world records What a joke.
Sprint News
(link fixed) This could get interesting. The EPO positive came from a test in Nigeria while the HGH came from a test in Slovakia.
*MB: Blessing Okagbare tests positive for HGH - Update and EPO.
- Gabby Thomas admits there was a big post-Olympic letdown "Everything that I had been working for for essentially two years ... was just over... I was like, 'OK, well what now?'" said Thomas. Michael Phelps once estimated 80% of Olympians get depressed after the Olympics.
- Sha'Carrison Richardson posts bold prediction about Paris 2024: "History will be made"
- Sha'Carri Richardson sounds off once more on haters who critique her “I ignore a lot of shady sh-t because y’all be ugly anyway.”
Previous Mid-D and Distance News
- Chanelle Price goes out on top and retires after her best season ever "This has been my best season ever. I’m okay with walking away after PRing," said the 31-year old who ran a PR of 1:58.73.
- Mo Ahmed's HS coach reveals he "initially showed up for races wearing high-top sneakers, baggy pants and a basketball jersey" And Ahmed reveals his favorite quote, "Abandon that which has departed (yesterday/past) and rather ponder on that which is yet to come (tomorrow/future).”
- Kenyan politican wants to pass bill giving Eliud Kipchoge a diplomatic passport and athletes a pension when they are 60+ “Why should a Member of County Assembly own a diplomatic passport and not Kipchoge?"
- Jim Ryun pens column in Newsweek: International Olympic Committee Reform Needed Now More Than Ever Ryun: The chief question that should matter to IOC members is, "What is best for the participating athletes?" But many times, it appears that this question is an afterthought. Historically, the host selection process has been marred by cronyism, sweetheart deals and even outright bribery.
- 51-yr old Jesus Angel Garcia who competed in his 8th Olympic track competition this summer (race walk) has retired The 1993 world champ never medalled in the Olympics but did set a record for most Olympics by a track athlete.
This Week's Pod
It's a huge week for marathoning. Get up to speed now.
Non Chicago / Boston Marathon News
- Reigning NYC, Boston and Chicago men's champs commit to December Valencia's Marathon If you are wondering why Geoffrey Kamworor and Lawrence Cherono weren't defending their titles this fall, now you know.
- RRW: Emily Sisson pulls out of TCS New York City Marathon with knee injury "I haven't really been able to train for 2.5 months now," said Sisson.
- Beijing Marathon set to return on October 31 with 30,000 runners If you want to run, you have to be in Beijing for 21 days before the race, be vaccinated and produce a negative Covid test within 72 hours of the race.
Non-Distance News
- Recommended Read Helena Duplantis pens a letter to her son Mondo Duplantis It's a great read for any parents.
- Olympian decathlon champ Damian Warner reflects on his Olympic win and plans for the future He may try some individual events like Ashton Eaton. “When I was dreaming about the lead up to the Olympics and how I thought it had to be to win a gold medal, that’s not necessarily how I would have predicted it — waking up in the middle of night with a baby crying or (working out at) a hockey rink.”
Free Training Advice
- Curious about trying runs after fasting? Here’s how to do it right.
- Study: Limit your running in minimalist to 35% of your training
- Olympic 1500 finalist Jake Heyward shares a week of his training with OTC and his favorite session 540
- 7 exercises to reduce shin pain
- Pulmonologist: You probably shouldn't run near major roads
Week That Was
Plus praise for the NC State women and a 17-yr old in Japan runs 13:31 after already running 3:37. We recap the week that was in running.
Supporters Club Feature
Would you be surprised to know that Wallace Spearmon, the man who ended up coaching the men's 4x100 team, did not even know he was going to be the coach when he arrived at the Olympics? With no relay camp, coaching uncertainty, and just two days of baton practice in Tokyo, is it any surprise that the US failed to make the Olympic final? Article for Supporters Club members until next Monday.
Nesta Carter Fails Drug Test
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Carter retired in August, but faces a hearing next week for a positive test. You will remember that Carter's failed drug test is the reason that Jamaican and Usain Bolt lost the 4x100m gold medal from the 2008 Games.
Distance News
- AW: London Marathon Keen To Stage Mo Farah's Farewell Race Race director Hugh Brasher would like to see Farah finish his career in London with a European record. Some thought Farah would retire after failing to qualify for Tokyo 2020, but he said he wants to have a big farewell race appearance at a marathon or half-marathon.
- AP: Caster Semenya Is Working ON A Memoir, "Silence All The Noise"
- RRW: Comrades Marathon To Be Next Held in August of 2022 Organizers shifted the race date later in the summer so that they could gain an additional two hours of daylight which they say will help with COVID mitigation as it allows for more times between waves.
More From The London Marathon
- London Champ Joyciline Jepkosgei Is Coached By Her Husband, Former 1:46 800m Runner, Nicholas Koech Talking about the relationship she says, “When we are in the field, he is a coach not a husband, and in the house he is a husband."
- Junior Doctor Phil Sesemann Has A Dog Named Kipchoge And Says Training With Her Lead To his London Marathon Breakthrough Sesemann was the top Brit in London with a 2:12:58 debut and says his dog runs 80+ miles a week with him.
- Joyciline Jepkosgei Eyeing Eugene Worlds After London Marathon Victory "If selected for the World Championships in Eugene, USA, I will be happy to represent my country."
- Athletics Weekly Takes A Look At How The Masters Did In The World Marathon Majors Age Group Champs In London There were many interesting performances including Hong Kong’s 1984 Olympian Yuko Gordon setting a UK W70 record of 3:25:30 and 72-year-old Michael Sheridan becoming the oldest Brit to break 3-hours with 2:59:37. Shalane Flanagan was the fastest master in the mass race, but Sinead Diver ran 2:28:06 in the elite race.
Sprint / Field News
- Good Read: World Athletics Profile: "High School Teachers And A Disused Ice Hockey Arena – Damian Warner’s Unorthodox Path To Olympic Gold" Warner is coached by two of his former high school teachers and with COVID lockdowns last year had to do much of his training in a makeshift facility in a 66-year-old unheated ice hockey rink.
- Andre De Grasse Profile From View The Vibe: "The Next, World’s Fastest Man" De Grasse admitted that he didn't take the Rio 2016 Olympics "as seriously as [he] probably should have" but was much more "focused" and "determined" for Tokyo 2020.
- Usain Bolt Is Entering The NFT Market; Will Sell A Digital Collection Of Iconic Moments From His Career Bolt's NFT line will have prices ranging from $12 to $100.
- RIP: Olympic Sprinter Lee McNeill Dies From Coronavirus At 56 McNeill won 1987 world 4x100m gold and also competed for the US in the 4x100 at the 1988 Games.
- BBC: Olympic Shot Put Silver Medalist Raven Saunders Talks About The Pandemic, Mental Health And Tokyo Podium Gesture
Previous Chicago News
Chicago now has a new #1 seed as previous #1 seed Getaneh Molla (2:03:34 pb) is a scratch but he's been replaced by Reuben Kipyegon (2:03:55 pb). Based on pbs, both the women's and men's elite fields now appear to be a little stronger than they were in August.
*MB: Chicago adds 17 elites (14 withdraw) to its 2021 lineup the week of the race .
Assorted Road News
- Nagoya Women’s Marathon Announces $250,000 Prize Money for 2022 Winner This will make it the highest-prize paying marathon in the world.
- AW Extensive Weekly Round-Up: Two-Time World 5000m Champ Muktar Edris Won A 10k In Italy In 28:14 To Edge Yassin Haji (28:15) In Vienna, Kenyan Gladys Chepkurui won a women-only 5k in 14:49.
- Eilish McColgan Says As A Woman She'd "Be Very Hesitant About Running In The Dark" Due To Saftey Concerns She added, "I'm in the fortunate position of being a professional athlete and being able to train 24 hours a day. My partner actually cycles along with me most days so I never really feel unsafe."
- RW: Which Marathons Have Been Canceled This Fall?
Nairobi 2025?
Athletics Kenya president, Jackson Tuwei: "We feel like Kenya is the spiritual home of athletics."
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
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.
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