Lots Of Interesting Reads That Will Keep You From Being Productive On A Friday

• Meet Bobbi Gibb – The First Woman To Run The Boston Marathon 50 Years Ago
• MB: Running historians – Can you tell me why / how Kathrine Switzer became as or more famous than Bobbi Gibb?
• Meet Liam Malone, The Man Who Very Well Could Succeed Oscar P As T43 Paralympic 400m Champion In Rio New Zealand’s “blade runner” wasn’t even an athlete four years ago. If you don’t think the blade technology is HUGE, read this.
• Guy Who Filmed Kamworor With GoPro Was Wearing It So He Could Prove To Guinness He Was Running The Fastest-Ever Half Marathon In A Superman Costume
• Several Athletes Hand-Picked From Refugee Camps In Kenya Are Now Training At High Altitude To Represent Refugees In Rio Olympics One guy’s family was massacred in the Congo. The best athlete is a Mo Farah look-alike who hopes to be as good as Mo. Mohammed Daud Abubakar: “You know, Mo is Somali, and I am Somali, and I would be very happy to be like him in the coming years, and if it is possible, in Rio.”
• Good Read On The Comeback Of Tom Green – Ultrarunning Pioneer Who Was Nearly Killed In A Freak Tree-Cutting Accident Last Year In 1986, Green became the first person to finish four 100 mile races in a single year.
• New York Times Reporter Says She Never Felt Safer As A Woman On A Solo Run Than In Cuba “I run alone often and in many kinds of places, urban, suburban and rural, but I have never felt safer as a female solo runner than I did in Havana. No catcalling, no staring.”

The Olympics Are Big Business

• Nick Symmonds Tweets About Lack Of IOC Revenue Sharing “If the IOC shared 50% of its 4 billion 2016 revenue with the athletes it would write a $190,000 check to every single Rio Olympian.” Of course, if the IOC had to pay the $14.4 billion it costs to put them on, they might be in the hole.
• NBC Hits $1 Billion Advertising Sale Mark For Rio 2016 They hit the mark four months earlier than they did for London 2012.
• Sally Bergesen Reminds Us That She Can’t Even Tweet A Congratulation To Olympians Or She’ll Get Sued If any lawyers want to sue the IOC on her and our behalf, please email us. Oiselle couldn’t even do advertising with Olympians on LetsRun without being sued.

Doping News

• AP Does Exposé On The Hebron, KY Group Everyone Knew Was Doping People have been saying the group is dirty on LetsRun.com for years.
  *MB: Hebron, KY group outed in AP article! 
• $1,000 Fine And 1 Year In Jail Proposed In Kenyan Anti-Doping Bill Imagine what the fine would be if MLB baseball did it.

Which US Meet Will Join The Indoor Diamond League Circuit?

IAAF World Indoor Tour Will Expand In 2017 And 2018 The NBIGP is the lone indoor US meet on the Tour – which is turning into the Diamond League of the indoor season – but a 2nd US meet will be added for 2018 (Dusseldorf, Germany, is being added for 2017).

US Stars In The News

• After Winning World Indoor Silver, Ryan Hill Is Pumped For Outdoor Season, Which He Thinks Suits His Racing Style Better Than Indoors “My style of running will work a lot better on an outdoor track. More room to work, positioning isn’t as crucial because I’m not great at getting to the front and staying there. But I’m great at going from fifth to second. Or fourth to first.” *Discuss
• Neely Spence Gracey Is Excited To Make Her Debut In Boston And Has No Regrets About Missing Olympic Trials Boston is the place she should debut as she was born while her dad was racing there in 1990.
• Good TeamUSA.org Profile Of World Champion Vashti Cunningham And Dad Randall Randall: “I’ve always told her, ‘Look, you’re 18 years old, there’s no pressure on you. The pressure’s on everyone else.'”
• Kim Conley Blogs About Her Final Altitude Training Stint Of Year And Shares Her 1st Days Of Training In Flagstaff
• Brianne And Ashton Eaton Blog About Their World Indoors Experience

Doping Related News

• Ken Goe Asks If “The USADA Investigation Into The Oregon Project Becoming A Vendetta?” Goe is frustrated that the investigation is taking so long and is critical of reports that it might try and pursue Salazar on ethical grounds.
• Did WADA Do Meldonium Makers A Huge Favor? Sales For Meldonium In Russia Have Increased By 50% Since Maria Sharapova’s Failed Drug Test The drug requires a prescription, but many Russian pharmacies will still sell it without one.
• NY Times: Pressure On WADA To Start Investigating Winter Sports After The Major Drug Scandals In Track And Field

#WhatabouttheSport

LRC What About The Sport? Big Praise For Mo Farah; The IAAF And Abbott World Marathon Majors Needs To Improve Their Broadcasts How can we improve our sport? By taking one little step after another.

Upcoming Track Action: American Fans Gets Excited For Drake Relays

• April 30th: Deep Men’s 800 Set For This Year’s Drake Relays With Boris Berian, Matt Centrowitz, Erik Sowinski And Robby Andrews Also Cas Loxsom, Tyler Mulder and Ryan Martin.
• May 28: Women’s LJ At Pre Classic Will Be Stacked With Brittney Reese, Tianna Bartoletta, Janay DeLoach, Ivana Spanovic And Shara Proctor The field has every major international championship gold medalist since 2009.
• May 22: 5 Things You Need To Know About The Rabat Diamond League Meet Rabat replaces the adidas GP in the DL series this year.
• 2026? Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson Wants Wales To Bid For The 2026 Commonwealth Games

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