Archived Homepage For July 8, 2022

Archived Homepage For July 08, 2022

Eliud Kipchoge Ducks The Hills and The Competition? Kipchoge Not Coming to NYC

MB Eliud Kipchoge says he'll run the Berlin Marathon this year: "Berlin is the fastest course, it’s where a human being can showcase its potential to push the limits,”

So much for wanting to win all the majors or prove he can win a non-flat course.
*MB: So much for wanting to win all the majors and prove he can win a non-flat course: Kipchoge to Berlin
*MB: (Prediction from May 1, 2022): Kipchoge is running Berlin 2022 This was a thread started two-plus months ago from a poster who said he had it on good authority that Kipchoge would do Berlin.

LRC London Marathon Announces 2022 Men's Elite Field -- Race Will Feature Record 8 Sub-2:04 Men

A record 8-sub 2:04 men are scheduled to run including defending champ Sisay Lemma & 40-year-old Kenenisa Bekele are the headliners.

Getting you ready for Worlds

LRC 2022 Worlds W1500 Preview: All Hail the GOAT Faith Kipyegon; Plus Can Sinclaire Johnson Medal?

Kipyegon will try to win a record 4th global 1500 title while US champ Sinclaire Johnson will try to earn her first global medal.

On The Boards

Worlds Is Less Than 10 Days Away

LRC Counting Down the 10 Most Exciting Stories at the 2022 World Championships

Can Grant Fisher medal? Can Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win global titles 14 years apart? And how about a Noah Lyles-Erriyon Knighton rematch? Worlds is going to be sick.
*MB: It's less than 10 days to 2022 Worlds. Here are JG's top 10 storylines. What events are you most into?

LRC World's #1 Distance Runner Sifan Hassan Will Make 2022 Debut on Friday & Will Compete at 2022 Worlds

Hassan, who tripled in Tokyo, hasn't raced all year but coach Tim Rowberry said the last two months of training have gone well after a rough start to 2022.
*MB: Sifan Hassan is entered in 3 events at Worlds, will race 2 and is racing this weekend!!!

LRC Ethiopia Has Changed Its Team (Again) for the 2022 Worlds & It's Terrible News For US Distance Fans

The medal hopes for Sinclaire Johnson and Grant Fisher just went WAY down. Studs Selemon Barega, Berihu Aregawi, Letesenbet Gidey, and Ejgayehu Taye will all double in the 5k/10k and Gudaf Tsegay has moved to the 1500.

LRC 2022 Worlds M Steeple Preview: More of the El Bakkali-Girma Show, or Can Conseslus Kipruto Three-Peat?

There's been a clear 1-2 in the steeple this year, but reigning world champ Conseslus Kipruto, finally healthy, could be a factor once again.
*MB: 2022 World men's steeplechase preview: Who you got - Girma, El Bakkali, Kipruto? Does an American factor?

News From Europe / Mo Farah will run 2022 London Marathon

Mo Farah knows he won't keep competing forever but isn't retiring quite yet “I’m kind of learning, taking my time, taking it easy, piling up the miles and seeing what I can do.”
‘I still have the hunger’: Mo Farah will race 2022 London Marathon
Pick your relatives wisely: Nephew of world champ and 2 kids of European champs win European U18 titles
Great nephew of 1972 Olympic discus champ wins Euro U18 discus title on day 2

Important Administrative News / Bad News For Grant Fisher and Sinclaire Johnson

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MB: Ethiopia re-announces World Championships Team (multiple doubles will permitted) This is bad news for Grant Fisher and Sinclaire Johnson fans as Gudaf Tsegay is now in the 1500 and Berega and Aregawi are now doubling in the 5,000 and 10,000.
MB: 2022 World Half Marathon championships in China are cancelled - Will 2023 World Indoors in China be next? China's zero Covid policy doesn't seem to be working too well 2.5 years after the fact as the only way to stop Covid is to keep total lockdowns forever.
MB: Eugene 2022 medals are unveiled and there are 7 different version of each color "The medals depart from the traditional die-cast variety, using instead the ultra-modern and durable material of Corian, which has been subsequently inlaid with the relevant precious metal. The use of Corian enables the finely detailed carving of intricate relief work featured in the designs - something just not possible using conventional medal techniques...All seven regions are represented across each color of medal - so if an athlete wins multiple medals, each one can feature a different Oregon relief."
Nnenna Lynch shares her vision for the NYRR - The 5-time NCAA champ doesn't take over as head of the NYRR board for more than a year but she hopes to deepen and further the NYRR's community impact. They also need to hire a new CEO.

There aren't many races this week so read this feature from 2011

What made Bill Squires special? Read this 2011 Scott Douglas feature of him

"I think the most important thing was his enthusiasm and passion," Rodgers says. "Billy [Squires] got you fired up." Squires once called Beardsley at 9:30 on a Tuesday night. "I got so fired up I wanted to go out for a 20-miler right then," Beardsley says. "I told him, 'Coach, from now on you can't call me after 8:00. I get too excited.'"

Recent Results That We Now Have Room on The Homepage For

Marco Arop ran 1:43.61 in Edmonton - Is he now the world's favorite?
Allie McLaughlin crushes Alaska's Mount Marathon Race course record as Max King becomes oldest winner at age 43 *MB: MAX F**CKIN KING - OLDEST MT MARATHON CHAMP
Meet Yupun Abeykoon - who over the weekend became the first South Asian runner to break 10.00 for 100 The Sri Lankan athlete ran 9.96 in Switzerland on a track known for producing wild results.

Remember London Is In The Fall In 2022 Yet Again

LRC Crazy Good 2022 London Marathon Women's Field Released - It Will Feature A Record 8 Sub-2:19 and 5 Sub-2:18 Women

Plus it will serve as the debut for Eilish McColgan. Whose left for the other majors? We tell you.
*MB: 2022 London Marathon women's field is out and it will feature a record 5 sub-2:18 and 8 sub-2:19 women.

July 4 = Peachtree

2022 Peachtree Elite Results

Photo by Matt Demarko via @adidasrunning

Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi (30:49) edges Kenya's Irene Cheptai to win women’s elite division at AJC Peachtree Road Race Marathon WR holder Brigid Kosgei (30:57) was third. Top American honors went to Annie Frisbie in 10th in 32:22.
Rhonex Kipruto (27:26) beats Kibiwott Kandie (27:34) to win Peachtree men's race Conner Mantz took top American honors in 5th in 28:04.

Reads We Found Interesting

The Oregonian reports USADA head Travis Tygart told them he's "more skeptical of the rival doping agency and the way it handled this case than he is of Houlihan"

The excerpt above summarizes Tygart's position on the Houlihan case but the article doesn't quote him directly on that key point (the rival doping agency is implied to be the AIU). "We know that these innocent sources are out there,” Tygart said. “We need to work just as hard to exonerate the innocent as we do pursuing the true cheaters
*MB: Travis Tygart doesn't think Shelby Houlihan is a doper

The Latest Distance News

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MB: All 3 Tokyo 10,000 medallists - Barega, Cheptegei, Kiplimo to race Great North Run in September. Who you got?

It will be the half-marathon debut for the Olympic 10,000 champ Barega.

MB: Sam Prakel (3;50.5) breaks Washington State soil mile record earns $15,000 at Downtown Yakima Mile 3:38/13:23 man Kieran Lumb, who was only 17th in the NCAA 10,000, was 2nd in 3:53.5. The women's race was won by Ella Donaghu in 4:31.6.
Eilish McColgan is tired of people criticizing for being too skinny online “Just because I’m lean doesn’t mean I’m unhealthy. Yes, my body shape might be unhealthy for another individual to try and aspire to but to me there’s so many in between so you don’t have to fit. Just be confident in you."
Meet Gabi Rooker - the 34-yr old American who didn't run in college but just dropper marathon PR from 2:54:57 to 2:34:57 That's 20-minutes.
NCAA 10,000 champ Dylan Jacobs is following Sean Carlson to Tennessee as a grad transfer He's got 1 year of track and 2 years of xc left.
Jacob Kiplimo was 99% satisified with his 7:29 in Stockholm

Who has the edge at 13.1?

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Should Erriyon and Noah take notice?

Cuba's Reynier Mena runs massive 19.63 (+1.2) pb in Switzerland The 25-year old had a 20.26 pb at the start of the year and his time converting to zero win and zero altitude is now wroth 19.79.
Martyn Rooney remembers when he first broke 45 and how he almost won a medal in 2008 He also says the London stadium is too big but loves the Crystal Palace stadium.
105 year-old Indian woman shatters age group 100m record with 45.40

World Jrs Are in Colombia

1 month until World U20 champs and Cathal Dennehy previews it for you Erriyon Knighton won't be there but Emmanuel Wanyonyi is scheduled to compete for a 2nd straight year.
After missing out on World U20s last year, Japan-based Samuel Kibathi wants to win U20 5000 gold this year

Previous Weekend Results

Wayde van Niekerk Runs 44.58 400m Opener At American Track League In Atlanta This is the first race the 400m WR holder has finished this year (he had one DNF in a 200m) as he comes back from injury and prepares for Worlds later this month.
American Lindsay Flanagan wins the Australian Gold Coast Marathon in a course record 2:24:43. The 31-year old began the year with a 2:28:08 pb but has now PRd twice.
*Japan Running News Recap Japan's Jo Fukuda won the men's race in 2:10:55.
MB: Jessica Hull 4:19 Aussie Mile Record (Union Athletics Club Time Trial) *Race Video
*The Oregonian Article Hull had three pacers: US 1500m champ Sinclaire Johnson, Eleanor Fulton and Koko Klosterhalfen.
*MB: Wayde Van Niekerk - 44.58 @ ATL
Sound Running Sunset Tour Results Morgan McDonald won the 1500m in 3:39.09, China's Wuga He the 3000 in 8:52.19 and Vincent Crisp the 800m in 1:45.03. *Discus
Andrew Coscoran dives at finish line to win thrilling Morton Mile in 3:57.09 He's the first Irish winner in 18 years. *Video #1 *#2nd angle

More Teams Named For World Champs

Recommended Read: Q&A With Keira D'Amato On Making Her First US Team: "There's No Greater Honor." "Everything I have been working for my whole life is to make the U.S. team, to be able to wear red, white, and blue and a Team USA jersey. ...I would regret it for the rest of my life, not saying “yes” to an opportunity like this. Are you kidding me?"
*Molly Seidel Out, Keira D’Amato In For World Championships Marathon D’Amato was the alternate for the Worlds team so moves up after Seidel withdrew with a stress reaction.
All Five Of Their Reigning World Champions Named On Kenya's World Team Hellen Obiri is in the 5000 and 10,000, Conseslus Kipruto and Beatrice Chepkoech in the steeple, Timothy Cheruiyot in the 1500m and Ruth Chepngetich in the marathon.
British Team named What a joke that the winner of the British 100 Trials Jeremiah Azu can't go as it was wind-aided and he doesn't have the standard.
Jamaica Names Their Team For World Champs Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson lead the way in the 100, 200 and 4x100.
Japan's Final Team for Oregon 2022 World Championships 38 men and 26 women are on the team.
CWG: Sprinter Ella Connolly On Australia's Team Of 85 For Commonwealth Games
*39-Year-Olds Eloise Wellings (Marathon) And Kathryn Mitchell (Javelin) Will Be The First Australians To Compete In Five Commonwealth Games

More News Of Note

Oscar Pistorius Meets With Slain Girlfriend's Father As Prerequisite For Getting Parole Pistorius was supposed to have his parole hearing last year, but it was cancelled because he hadn't yet met with Riva Steenkamp's parents.
US's 2016 Olympic Shot Put Champion Michelle Carter Announces Retirement The 36-year-old retires as a 12-time national champion.
Outside: "What Makes a Pro Runner Valuable to a Brand?" Outside says that race performances still matter more than social media for now.
16-Year-Old Puripol Boonson Breaks Thailand National 200m Record With 20.19

Admin News

NY Times: "Power 5? College Sports May Soon Be Dominated By A Mighty 2" "The Big Ten and the SEC are consolidating power. The rest of college sports, some fear, could become a muddle."
IOC Defends Decision To Allow Sports To Form Own Transgender Rules The IOC has been heavily criticized for "passing the buck on the issue."
Twelve Nominees Line Up For Six Places On World Athletics Athletes' Commission Nominees include Uganda's world 800m champ Halimah Nakaayi and Canada's 2015 Pan American steeple champ Matt Hughes.
NBCUniversal's Olympic Channel Will Go Dark After September 30th

Get Hyped For 2022 Worlds

University Of Oregon Student Creates Title Video For World Championships It's pretty good, especially when you consider it came from a 19-year-old college freshman.

Other Weekend Results

World Champs Start In Less Than Two Weeks

MB: SEIDEL IS OUT OF WC MARATHON, has stress reaction in sacrum + TUE not approved
Lamont Marcell Jacobs Headed To Eugene Early To "Test The Waters" After Sitting Out Stockholm DL
Nigeria Women's 4x100 Gets Back Into Worlds After France Decides Not To Enter A Team Nigeria originally lost their spot after Blessing Okabare's doping ban DQ'd their time. But France pulling out moved them up from 17th to 16th on the qualification list, granting them the last spot.
Ukrainian Athletes Set Off For Eugene World Champs Funded By World Athletics And The IOC World Athletics assisted with $220,000 to help Ukraine athletes, their coaches and family travel to Eugene.
Athletics Canada Selects Team Of 54 For World Champs Team Mohammed Ahmed in the 5000 and 10,000. Andre De Grasse in the 100/200.
Edmonton To Host World Champs Warm-Up Meet On Sunday

Assorted Distance News

IndyStar: Cheryl Treworgy Paved Pathway To Olympic Glory For Daughter Shalane Flanagan Some interesting insights into Flanagan's mother's running career. Flanagan rolls her eyes about how coverage of her mother from the 1960s were more about her looks than athletic achievements.
Rhonex Kipruto And Kibiwott Kandie Added To Field For Peachtree 10k Kipruto is the 10k road WR holder at 26:24 and has the Peachtree course record from when he won in 27:01 in 2019. Kandie has the second fastest time in the world this year at 26:50.
*RRW: If Someone Breaks 27:00 at The Peachtree Road Race, They Will Make History and Potentially Win $53,000 From The Atlantic Track Club
Stewart McSweyn Says He Wasn't Sure If He'd Ever Get Back To His Best After COVID Booster Heart Scare McSweyn has recently "turned a corner" after his bout of pericarditis and said, "It's a huge relief to know I can still do it."
Laura Muir Says She Has "Unfinished Business" At The Commonwealth Games Muir was earlier in her career at the 2014 CWGs and couldn't compete in 2018 due to her final exam schedule.
Switzerland's Maude Mathys Wins Fourth Straight European Mountain Running Championship Italy's Cesare Maestri won the men's race.

Meet Gary Martin's Coach

LRC Meet Gary Martin's Coach: Paul Streleckis Had Never Coached a Sub-5:00 Miler. Then Gary Martin Entered His Life.

Streleckis was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March but didn't let that stop him from engineering one of the most memorable seasons in prep mile history.

Looking Ahead To The Rest of the Year

LRC The Eight Most Interesting Track Storylines to Follow in 2022

From world record chases to era-defining rivalries, here are the eight stories Jonathan Gault will be following closely throughout the 2022 track season.

MB: Here are the 8 storylines I'll be watching most closely in track in 2022. What are yours?

Are The Marathon Trials In Trouble?

SC Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America's Greatest Marathon

As USATF searches for a bidder for the 2024 Trials, those in charge of recent Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Atlanta believe the Trials' financial model is unsustainable. Will anything change?

Ross Tucker Speaks

LRC Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Weighs in on the Shelby Houlihan Case

We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.

Discussion: Sports Scientist Ross Tucker breaks down the Shelby Houlihan case for us

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MB Eliud Kipchoge says he'll run the Berlin Marathon this year: "Berlin is the fastest course, it’s where a human being can showcase its potential to push the limits,”

LRC London Marathon Announces 2022 Men's Elite Field -- Race Will Feature Record 8 Sub-2:04 Men

LRC 2022 Worlds W1500 Preview: All Hail the GOAT Faith Kipyegon; Plus Can Sinclaire Johnson Medal?

LRC Counting Down the 10 Most Exciting Stories at the 2022 World Championships

LRC World's #1 Distance Runner Sifan Hassan Will Make 2022 Debut on Friday & Will Compete at 2022 Worlds

LRC Ethiopia Has Changed Its Team (Again) for the 2022 Worlds & It's Terrible News For US Distance Fans

LRC 2022 Worlds M Steeple Preview: More of the El Bakkali-Girma Show, or Can Conseslus Kipruto Three-Peat?

What made Bill Squires special? Read this 2011 Scott Douglas feature of him

LRC Crazy Good 2022 London Marathon Women's Field Released - It Will Feature A Record 8 Sub-2:19 and 5 Sub-2:18 Women

Recommended Read Ryan Crouser's pursuit of the perfect throw is never-ending

The Oregonian reports USADA head Travis Tygart told them he's "more skeptical of the rival doping agency and the way it handled this case than he is of Houlihan"

MB: All 3 Tokyo 10,000 medallists - Barega, Cheptegei, Kiplimo to race Great North Run in September. Who you got?

LRC Meet Gary Martin's Coach: Paul Streleckis Had Never Coached a Sub-5:00 Miler. Then Gary Martin Entered His Life.

LRC The Eight Most Interesting Track Storylines to Follow in 2022

SC Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America's Greatest Marathon

LRC Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Weighs in on the Shelby Houlihan Case

LRC An Improved LetsRun.com Forum Is Here

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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MB Eliud Kipchoge says he'll run the Berlin Marathon this year: "Berlin is the fastest course, it’s where a human being can showcase its potential to push the limits,”

LRC London Marathon Announces 2022 Men's Elite Field -- Race Will Feature Record 8 Sub-2:04 Men

LRC 2022 Worlds W1500 Preview: All Hail the GOAT Faith Kipyegon; Plus Can Sinclaire Johnson Medal?

LRC Counting Down the 10 Most Exciting Stories at the 2022 World Championships

LRC World's #1 Distance Runner Sifan Hassan Will Make 2022 Debut on Friday & Will Compete at 2022 Worlds

LRC Ethiopia Has Changed Its Team (Again) for the 2022 Worlds & It's Terrible News For US Distance Fans

LRC 2022 Worlds M Steeple Preview: More of the El Bakkali-Girma Show, or Can Conseslus Kipruto Three-Peat?

What made Bill Squires special? Read this 2011 Scott Douglas feature of him

LRC Crazy Good 2022 London Marathon Women's Field Released - It Will Feature A Record 8 Sub-2:19 and 5 Sub-2:18 Women

Recommended Read Ryan Crouser's pursuit of the perfect throw is never-ending

The Oregonian reports USADA head Travis Tygart told them he's "more skeptical of the rival doping agency and the way it handled this case than he is of Houlihan"

MB: All 3 Tokyo 10,000 medallists - Barega, Cheptegei, Kiplimo to race Great North Run in September. Who you got?

LRC Meet Gary Martin's Coach: Paul Streleckis Had Never Coached a Sub-5:00 Miler. Then Gary Martin Entered His Life.

LRC The Eight Most Interesting Track Storylines to Follow in 2022

SC Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America's Greatest Marathon

LRC Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Weighs in on the Shelby Houlihan Case

LRC An Improved LetsRun.com Forum Is Here

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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