The former world XC champ and two-time world 10,000m bronze medalist was only 25-years-old.
Archived Homepage For October 13, 2021
Archived Homepage For October 13, 2021
Tragic news
Cain Vs Nike/Salazar
“Salazar told her that she was too fat and that her breasts and bottom were too big,” the lawsuit alleges.
*MB: Mary Cain sues Al Sal and Nike for $20 million over alleged abuse
On The Boards
On The Boards
Boston
Boston
updated Albertson, best known before today for setting treadmill and indoor marathon world bests, had a 2:13 lead at halfway, got caught on Heartbreak Hill but still rallied back for a top 10 showing.
updated Two sub 5:10 miles put away the field as unsponsored Nell Rojas was the top American in 6th.
Chicago / Boston Videos
Chicago / Boston Videos
Chicago Highlights
Boston Highlights
CJ Albertson - American Hero
Colin Bennie - 1st American Boston
Boston Discussion
- Official 2021 Boston Marathon Discussion Thread
- CJ Albertson Appreciation /Prediction Thread
- American CJ Albertson has a 2+ Minute lead at halfway of Boston Marathon
- FLANAGAN 2:40:34 in Boston
- Men's winner Benson Kipruto said he had no idea CJ Albertson was in front until they caught him
- NAZ “Elite” – the Boston Massacre
- Resident in orthopedic surgery runs 2:27:23 on Sat. in Baltimore, 2:31:54 on Sun. in Chicago and 2:32:13 on Mon. in Boston!!
- Is it time for Jordan Hasay to hang it up? Hasay 2:41:43, Flanagan 2:40:34.
- Nell Rojas Appreciation Thread
Chicago
Chicago
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?
New Athletics Youtube Show
New Athletics Youtube Show
Wejo Talks LetsRun, Top Moments of 2021, Pacing Paula, and Marathons on New Athletics Show
LetsRun co-founder Wejo was one of the guests on "Love Athletics", a new biweekly youtube show by Anna Legnani, former Deputy Director of Communications at World Athletics, that spans the athletics globe
Random Marathon News
- 87 Runners Rescued After Snowstorm Derails Ultra Marathon In Utah More than a foot of snow came down in the Utah mountains where the 50 mile race was held and runners had to be helped by rescue teams with snow mobiles and 4x4s.
- RW: Looks At How Notable Runners And Celebrities Did In Boston Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick ran 4:01:21 for her first marathon.
- Boston Marathon Wheelchair Racer Says His Wrong Turn Cost Him $50,000 Marcel Hug still won, but missed out on his own CR (and the $50k bonus) by just 7-seconds. He estimates the wrong turn cost him 20-seconds.
- Married Couple "Truly Sorry" After Husband Bandits London Marathon To Run With His Wife They got caught because they ran the course together wearing the same bib number which was only registered to the wife.
More Recent Results
- AW Extensive Weekly Round-Up: Fast Marathons All Over The World Kenya's Silas Too ran 2:06:32 to win the Eindhoven Marathon. Ethiopians Atatel Anmut (2:29:03) and Fikadu Teferi (2:12:24) won the Stockholm Marathon.
- AW Recap Of English Road Running National Relay - Aldershot Sweeps Team Titles Jack Rowe equaled Mo Farah's mark for #3 on the all-time list for the course.
- Italy's Henri Aymonod And Kenya's Joyce Muthoni Njeru Crowned Overall World Mountain Running Association World Cup Champions After Final Race In Italy Aymonod won the historic Chiavenna-Lagunc vertical kilometer race on Sunday while Austria's Andrea Mayr won the women's race.
- Tokyo Kokusai University Wins in Izumo Ekiden Debut
Admin / Doping News
- Future Commonwealth Games Hosts Will Have More Flexibility To Choose Its Own Program With Popular Local Sports Track and field and swimming will be the only two required sports at the Commonwealth Games. All others are fair game to be cut. *BBC Article
- Indonesian Sports Minister Blames COVID For Having Their Lab Declared Non-Compliant By WADA He claimed the pandemic prevented them from taking sufficient samples from athletes. This would prevent them from being awarded a major championship like the 2036 Olympics.
- India Proposing Multi-City Bid For 2036 Olympics
- The International Testing Agency Issues 5,400 Athlete Testing Recommendations Ahead Of Beijing Winter Olympics
- Birmingham 2022 Might Try To Offer Vaccines To Foreign Athletes Before This Summer's Commonwealth Games
US Distance News
- MB: Cole Hocker interview: on music, nasty hill workouts & 'too dangerous' LR msg boards Hocker thinks he could have ran sub-3:30 in a Monaco DL type race this year. He says he thinks he does a good job handling the pressure that can come from reading messages boards or social media.
- Parker Stinson On Running Through Pain Ahead Of Boston: “I choose to keep fighting" Stinson says his knee surgery was "kind of like a deal with the devil because they fix your problem. But your new problem is that you've got surgery because you have scar tissue. You're just not the same for a while."
- MB: Gwen Jorgensen And Her Husband Talk About Giving Up Alcohol For A Year Jorgensen said it was easy.
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
*DyeStat Recap: Buchanan Girls Prevent Newbury Park Sweep At Clovis XC Invy - 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.
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.
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.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
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