January 7: Former World Champs 5000 Bronze Medalist Moses Kipsiro Headlines At The Safi Half-Marathon In Morocco
Stanley Biwott Is Ready to Repeat, Lelisa Desisa Is Feeling Fresher Than Ever And Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Compares The Olympics To a Long Training Run
WTW: Chris Solinsky Doesn't Do 26.2, Arne Gabius Does Do 26.2, Remembering When 2:06 Was Really Fast, Meb K Has Run A Lot And Wilson Kipsang Is Psychic
RRW: Five Storylines For Sunday's New Balance Falmouth Road Race
Defending champion Stephen Sambu and 2-time winner Micah Kogo lead men's field that has Chris Derrick, Meb Keflezighi, Abdi Abdirahman, Sam Chelanga and Moses Kipsiro. The women are lead by Amy Cragg, Diane Nukuri, Sara Hall, Neely Spence Gracey and Alexi Pappas.
Stephen Kosgei (28:28) & Wude Ayalew (31:55) Claim Titles at 2015 TD Beach to Beacon 10K; Former Oregon Standouts Eric Jenkins (28:50) & Alexi Pappas (32:56) Lead American Finishers
Americans Ready to Battle for Bragging Rights, Dedicated Purse at TD Beach to Beacon 10-K
Thanks to Dunkin Donuts we've got American bonus prize money.
Daniel Salel Confident Contender at TB Bank Beach to Beacon 10-K
Race Results Weekly Preview
LRC 2015 Beach To Beacon Preview, Plus Updates From Eric Jenkins, Will Geoghegan, Riley Masters, Christo Landry, Abdi, And Why Uganda Trails Kenya
Stephen Kibet, Stanley Biwott, Moses Kipsiro, Eric Jenkins, Abdi Abdirahman, Headline Field For 18th TD Beach To Beacon 10K On Saturday In Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Kibet with a 58:54 half PR is the class of the field that also has Micah Kogo, Will Geoghegan, Christo Landry, Riley Masters, Aaron Braun, Maksim Korolev and Chris Solinsky. The women are lead by defending champ Gemma Steel, Emily Sisson, 5-time world xc medalist Meselech Melakamu, Diane Nukuri Alexi Pappas and Laura Thweatt. *Full Fields
*Ben True Pulls Out Of B2B With Fatigue From Standard USAs/Standard Chasing In Europe Many top Kenyans (including Patrick Maka and Emily Chebet) also pulled out of the race due to the sudden death of their agent, Zane Branson.
Tabor Stevens - The American Star You Likely Haven't Heard Of - Gets A Big Win, So Does German Fernandez And Michael O'Hara X 4, Geoffrey Kamworor And President Bush
Tabor Stevens, the NCAA XC champ and fastest American collegiate steepler last year, got a big win, so did German Fernandez, and Michael O'Hara got four of them. More track action, coaching advice, and a chance encounter with Geoffrey Kamworor in the airport which reminded us of Paul Tergat and Moses Tanui meeting President Bush.
Week That Was: A Final Look At World Cross 2015, How Good/Bad Was The US, The Mercedes Marathon Drops The Ball, And More
The World's Greatest Foot Race - 2015 World XC Champs Men's International Preview: Kenya Or Ethiopia? Shame On Europe For Waving The White Flag
The world's greatest foot race is Saturday in China (Friday night in the USA) and it should be Kenya vs. Ethiopia for gold with USA battling for bronze on the men's side. Can Eritrea's Teklemariam Medhin, the guy who had a malaria-like disease and slept in the airport two years ago but still got bronze, come out on top?
Commonwealth Games Awards, Sportsmanship At Its Finest, Ryan Vail > Mo Farah, Is Shalane Too Old, and Steve Hooker's Wife Gets Busted
This week we throw our British visitors a few bones by handing out Commonwealth Games awards and showing the Brits exactly where they are superior to Americans, before reversing course and saying how Ryan Vail > Mo Farah. Along the way, we wonder if Shalane Flanagan is too old to get the AR and talk a lot about Steve Hooker's wife / a Russian beauty getting busted.
Cam Levins Just Misses Commonwealth Games Gold as Moses Kipsiro Repeats
Cam Levins ran like a champion but had to settle for bronze in a blanket finish in Glasgow.