African Champs Underway: *Ethiopian Men Sweep 10k at Day 1 of African Champs The meet is at 8,000 feet of altitude in Addis Ababa and the Ethiopians dominated on their home track. *Results 1500m sensation Asbel Kiprop is running the 800 and made it to the 2nd round. *Olusoji Fasuba Makes 100m Finals at African Champs *Tanzania Team Not at African Champs
Gebrselassie, Frankie Fredericks,Maria Mutola, Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar Inducted in African Athletics Hall of Fame
Scandal in Washington? Rep. Bart Gordon's Team Wins ACLI Capital Challenge Without a Single Staffer From His Own Office On It *Results: Stanford ex Laura Turner Wins the Race
On the boards: *Runnersworld for Sale? *Malmo Scored Over a Million at PacMan in 1982
LRC The Week That Was Once again we go behind the scenes and give you the scoop on last weekend's action. We break down the action at Penn, praise Leo Manzano, Nick Symmonds, Gags/Centro, Sean O'Brien, and Alicia Follmar, and we criticize all the other anchors not named Leo Manzano (or Russell Brown). Plus we give you some amazing stats on John McDonnell, wonder when Lashawn Merritt will beat Jeremy Wariner, and officially get the Boaz Lalang bandwagon rolling.
Watch Out For Asian Steroid Cheats
Some People Have Genes That Allow Them To Take Steroids With Impunity The genes are very common in Asian men and result in one not testing positive. Dr. Don Catlin: Its disturbing..Basically, you
have a license to cheat. All we can say is - wow.
All Africa Games Start Today
IAAF Preview: Expect Host Ethiopians To Dominate Middle and Long Distance Haile G There are very few chances for the rest of the Africans because the
Ethiopians are running in front of their own people in the stadium they
do their training in every day.
Preview of Distance Action From Kenyan Paper
Brigette Schutzman Festival of Miles: 4:07 for the winner Neville Miller Nice recap in St. Louis Paper. They were hoping for the first outdoor sub 4 in Missouri in order to raise money for a good cause, but bad weather got in the way. Which reminds us of the greatest mile field ever assembled not to break 4. *Message board thread on race
More on Andrew Wheating: We said we'd never heard of this guy before he ran 3:58.16 over the weekend. Now we don't feel as bad as Wheating didn't run but one year of high school track. But he's got great credentials and was coached by one of the best, Jeff Johnson (Nike's first employee and one of the backers of the original Farm Team). Apparently Oregon's Sports Information Department is the only group that does not believe Bruce Hyde's 3:55 mile (we witnessed people congratulating Bruce at the Puma party on it) as they claim it was Vermont's first sub 4. *Andrew Wheating Only Ran 1 Season of High School Track, Was Coached by Jeff Johnson Message board thread *Andy Wheating Bio on U of O Website
One Day We Can Hope for This: A Track Meet With 10,000m Races on TV in Japan *We reported on the results yesterday but didn't realize the meet was broadcast on tv in Japan. You can see that when the 5th placer at Worlds Josphat Ndambiri runs 27:15, it is not an all-out effort as he blew away the field the last 100m. Or check out the women's race, where Ongori and Shibui both supposedly ran 31:19.73 but someone should look at the photo again. The highlights were worth our time just to hear the Japanese announcers. More here. *Japan Running Blog Recap
Kenyans Ready for African Track Champs in Ethiopia
2 Time World 400m Hurdles champion Nezha Bidouane Gets 17,000 Women for Her Race in Morocco IAAF
Marius Bakken Has New Marathon Website
Non Penn Weekend Track Action: California: Derrick Atkins Runs 10.07 for 100m in Berkeley IAAF
Oregon Relays: Results Kara Goucher 15:33, Gabe Jennings 3:41. And some guy named Andrew Wheating who Wejo has never heard of ran a 3:58.16. Wonder child Galen Rupp ran 4:03.13 as he still is short of the sub 4 barrier. More coverage here
Japan: World Leaders In Men's and Women's 10k: Women: Philes Ongori and Yoko Shibui Both Run World Leading 31:19.73 but Ongori Gets Win Shibui is the Japanese national record holder. Men: 5th Placer at 2007 Worlds Josphat Ndambiri Runs 27:15 for 2008 10k World Leader and Victory over Gedion Ngatuni in Japan
Jeremy Wariner Wants to Run 42. 400, Tyson Gay Wants on 4*400 Team at Olympics
Oscar Pistorius Challenging His Olympic Ban on Tuesday at Cout of Arbitration in Sport
2008 Penn Relays: *Day
3 Results *Day
2 Results *Day
1 Results
Saturday: Longhorns Sweep The men's
Texas Longhors won the 4*Mile and 4*800 (without Leo Manzano) to sweep
the 3 distance relays at Penn. (On the women's side Tennessee was the
bridesmaid in all 3 distance relays).
*USATF
Recap of Penn
*US
Stars Do Well in Relays at Penn Despite 4*100 Loss
Leroy Dixon got scratched in the eye on the leadoff and Tyson Gay's team only finished 4th
*Poked
Eye Costs US in 4*100
Friday:
*AP
Article On Friday at Penn: Texas Leonel
Manzano Wins 3rd Straight Men's DMR (1st of 3?) as Michigan Women Add 4
x 1500 after Winning DMR Of Thursday Russell Brown is a damn good miler and he gave Manzano all he
could handle but it seems like Manzano is basically unbeatable in the
college ranks now that
Lopez Lomong is
gone. You know Texas has high expectations when Coach Vig apologizes
for the slow time. "The time wasn't particularly fast, but
we weren't trying to run fast today" With Manzano running, it's hard
for Texas
to lose. All they have to do is be anywhere close.
*Texassports.com
Article On Horns Big Win in Men's DMR
*Johnny
Mac Gets His Due - NY Times Article On John McDonnell's Retirement
*More
On The Thursday's Women's DMR: N. Edwards Turned Table On S. Bowman
Indoors
Tennessee passed Michigan in the stretch to win. At Penn, revenge was
sweet.
*More
on Frances Koons Battle Back From Cancer
Thursday:
*Nicole Edwards leads Michigan to Penn Relays win in
DMR
- She outkicked Sarah Bowman of
Tennessee as the teams ran blistering fast 10:49 and 10:50 (2nd fastest
collegiate DMR). Brie Felnagle runs 430 anchor
split for UNC.
*10
Months After Being Diagnosed With Cancer Villanova's Frances Koons
Splits 4:34 at Penn
*Host
Penn Sets Ivy League Record In Women's DMR With 11:08 - 6th Place
Showing.
*Distance Carnival: Anthony
Famiglietti Breaks Franklin Field Record By Running 8:22 For Win in
Steeple It
was his third win in the steeple in three weeks. (Message board
thread here) On the women's side, the Princeton
women looked to be regaining their early season xc form as
they had a great night and won the 3k, 5k and had a runner-up
in the steeple.
*IAAF
Preview of Penn: World's
Fastest Men Tyson
Gay and Asafa Powell To Clash In 4 x 100
*AP Preview Of Penn Relays -
*Penn
Relays Preview - 6 Teams Might Win Men's 4 x 800. This article claims
Texas/LSU are favorites. Sorry Columbia.
*Walt
Murphy's Penn Relays Amazing Event By
Event Preview
*As
Penn Relays begin, track's magical allure returns
*People
To Watch At Penn Relays philly.com
*Penn
Relays Agenda philly.com
Drugs: Trevor
Graham's Lawyer Says Expect No Plea Bargain Trial to Start May 19
Hopefully it'll go to trial so the truth will
come out. Everyone is starting to talk about this. Hell, perhaps Graham
just wants to testify to get the Word out about other coaches being
dirty.
*Ato
Boldon Says He'll be Exonerated on May 19th
*Steve Cram: Get Ready for Names To Be
Named In Latest Sprint Doping Scandal Cram talks about Ato.
*Michael
Johnson:
Maurice Greene Has Some Serious Explaining To Do
*Editorial:
I wish I had a friend like Maurice Greene
*Trinidad
Editorial Warns Ato to Tread Carefully
LRC Robert Cheruiyot: The Best Marathoner in the World?
No
(It's Martin Lel) After
thinking about it for 2 days, it's obvious to us that Cheruiyot can not
be deemed the top marathoner in the World because four of his World
Marathon Majors wins have come versus the weakened fields in Boston.
Goumri would be undefeated in his marathon career if he raced the
fields Cheuiyot has been up against. Plus we remember the time just 2
years ago when Meb Keflezighi was the favorite to win Boston.
On the
boards: My 11 year-old son wants to run a half-marathon:
Good idea or not?
*Longest sub five streak -
2008 Boston
Marathon Post-Race News Watch The Replay Commercial Free
on WCSN.com
Boston and New York Both Appear To Want Trials Back
(With Changes)
Mainly it looks like they (particularly the cash strapped Boston) don't
want to pay $1 million to host them.
*Another look at Cheruyiot's Win in Boston He described why he made his move early in the
race instead of waiting for the hills. "For me, it was better to kill
them before. When the lion wants meat, he has to kill."
*Runner-Up
Abderrahime Bouramdane Had Trouble With His Sock That Gave Him Blisters
A class act as he congratulated
Cheruyiot for his win.
*Runner-Up
Alevtina Biktimirova Pleased With Her Effort in Boston
*Alabama Athletes Run With Lance Armstrong
LetsRun.com
Women's Recap New Ethiopian Star Dire Tune Wins Epic Duel A day after the women's US Olympic marathon trials,
it was only fitting that the women put on a remarkable show on Monday.
In the end, after the fastest 2nd half ever (70:36), Dire Tune
edged Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the
closest
women's race in Boston's legendary history. However, to defeat the
tough Russian she had to run the last mile faster than the men's winner.
LetsRun.com!
2008
Boston Marathon Photos
*2008
Boston Marathon Photos from Victor Sailer 75
more photos added including good race action photos
*Message Board Thread On Race
*IAAF: Robert
Cheruiyot Wins 4th Boston
*AP: Tune
wins women's race at Boston Marathon in thriller
*Hanson's-Brooks Nicholas
A. Arciniaga 1st American Male (10th - 2:16:13)
*Former Drake Runner and Current Med Student Ashley Anklam Is Firs American Female Finisher in 2:48.
*Lance Armstrong Lance
Recaps His 2008 Boston Marathon (Video and text)
He had high praise for the Boston crowds: "Boston
was a pleasant surprise. I expected the crowds to be great but they
were about ten times what I expected"
*AP
Article on Lance's Run Lance talks about the Boston
hills.
Olympic Trials:
LetsRun.com:
Deena
Triumphs in Boisterous Boston It was an incredible day on the streets in Boston.
The fans turned out in droves to cheer on America's finest and Magdalena
Lewy Boulet made it interesting by opening up nearly a 2
minutes lead
before Deena Kastor came from behind for the win.
We give you all the analysis, talk about Deena's strategy (no miles
over 5:25), and more (Joan
Benoit's final competitive marathon)
*LetsRun.com! Boston Women's
Olympic Trials Photos
*4
Minute Highlight Video of Post Race Comments
(Deena, Magdalena, Blake
Russell and Joan Benoit all give their take)
*Victor
Sailor Photos link fixed. Photos rearragned. A few
captions added.
More coverage:
*USAToday
article by Dick Patrick
*Joan
Benoit Article in NY Times
*Olympic
Trials Coverage *Splits
for Every Mile Here
*LestRun.com Message Board Thread
Here
*Watch on Demand Here
Non Boston
News: Jeremy
Wariner, Sanya Richards (44.56, 50.47) at Michael Johnson Invite
Tyson
Gay Runs Fast 100m on 4*100 at Mt. Sac
Zurich
Marathon Recap IAAF
*Mara
Yamauchi Runs Half Marathon in Beijing, Says She May Wear a Face Mask
to Prevent Pollution at Olympics
The
Trials: LetsRun.com
Preview: Deena and ...
Athletes
spend years dreaming and striving for the Olympics and on Sunday 3
people will have their dreams answered by booking tickets to Beijing at
the 2008 US Olympic Trials. In theory Deena Kastor
could give the rest of the women a 2 mile head start and still win on
Sunday. In 2004, she could have given them a 1.5 mile head start and
she lost, so that is why they run the race. When they give out the USA
jerseys for Beijing, they're all the same no matter what ones
qualifying time was. We give our exclusive analysis and pick the team
for Beijing.
*Deena
and Kate O'Neill Have Trained Together for The Trials
Boston Herald
*Elva
Dryer: "For me, the experiences and the memories are
what keep me motivated, and I loved wearing that USA on my sleeve"
*IAAF Preview of Women's Olympic Marathon Trials IAAF
*Blind
Susan Graham-Gray Competing in Olympic Marathon
Trials
*Marla Runyan Out of Trials Her Career May be Over
*2008
U.S. Olympic Team Trials Womens Marathon New
England Qualifier Press Conference Quotes
LetsRun.com
London
Men: Lel
Leads 3 Under 2:05:30!!!, Ryan Hall 2:06:17
Ryan Hall
Goes Through Halfway on World Record Pace
The 2008 Flora London Marathon will be remembered for a long time. The
lead pack of 9 went through 5k at 14:21 (2:01 pace). They continued
together (yes, all 9) through halfway on world record pace (1:02:13).
Ryan Hall then went to the front soon after and asked the pacemakers to
go FASTER. Soon Hall was off the back, but he would catch the
leaders briefly again and go on to run 2:06:17. (Until Sunday, only 7
guys had ever run under 2:06:15, now 11 have.). Up front, it came down
to a 3-man battle over the final mile before Martin Lel
got his 3rd straight World Marathon Major win over the final quarter
mile as he led 6 guys under 2:07 and to $50,000 bonuses each.
Recap, photos, video above
This Guy Has
Totally Won Back Our Respect
Maasai
Warriors Finish Marathon link fixed One of them
went back to the course and finished the race a day after being forced
to go the hospital after a ceremonial wrap cut off his circulation. He
said, "It was very important for me to do this. This is what I came to
England for."
LetsRun.com Ryan
Hall Reflects On his Incredible Run We tell you (and let you watch) what Ryan, his dad,
his grand-dad, his coach and even Martin Lel had
to say about Ryan. Lel was full of praise for the
American and shocked by Ryan's attempt to get the pacemakers to go even
faster. If Hall didn't already have your respect,
he does after reading this article as he pays homage to a throwback
type of guy - Steve Jones. Text and Video.
LetsRun.com
Video: Ryan
Hall Talks About His 2:06:17 at the 2008 Flora London Marathon
*More
LRC London Videos Here
*Photo Gallery
LetsRun.com Ryan Hall's
Coach Terrence Mahon Assesses Ryan's Chances "I would not be surprised
if he won the race on Sunday" We
sat down and talked to Mahon about Ryan Hall's meteoric rise in the
marathon, expectations for Sunday, the pressure Mahon feels in coaching
Ryan and Deena,
the mental side of coaching, the 1:02:30 half way pace, and much more. Text
and video above.
LetsRun.com!
Wejo
Speaks: Friday in London (With Ryan Hall) Wejo
goes behind
the scenes and tries to give you a little glimpse what's it's like
marathon week in London. Ryan tried to keep himself entertained by
watching a match race over 800m between his wife Sara and
his coach, Terrence Mahon.
LetsRun.com!
London
Tidbits Bank
of America Chicago Marathon inks with Nike, Paul Tergat's military
commitment, Kenyan athletics
taxes, Kenny B and of course Alan Webb.
LetsRun.com Ryan
Hall:"The Future"(And Present?) Western Civilization's great hope received the
compliment of a lifetime at Wednesday's press conference when reigning
Olympic champ Stefano Baldini called him "the
future" and said he could win "a lot of medals." Hall himself seemed
full of optimism and certainly didn't try to downplay expectations for
Sunday. "Last
year I proved I can do it through 23 miles (37 kilometers). This year,
my expectations have grown from that."
*Video
Highlight of Press Conference at link above.
LetsRun.com Flora
London Marathon Men's Press Conference The greatest marathon of the year is Sunday and
we're there to bring you the action. Only in London is the field so
loaded that the 2nd fastest marathoner from the year before (Emmanual
Mutai) is not invited to the press conference. How can that
be? Because London has Ryan Hall, Martin Lel, Luke Kibet,
Stefano Baldini, Sammy Wanjiru, Abderrahim Goumri, Felix Limo, Hendrick
Ramaala and others. The piece includes video from Lel and
Wanjiru.
LRC: Photo
Gallery from Wednesday
*Stefano
Baldini's Marathon Show Rolls On
The 36-year-old doesn't think he can win in
London but he's hoping to defend in Beijing.
*Paula
Radcliffe Offers Training Tips and Gives Insight On Her Rebound From
Injury Radcliffe missed 8 weeks due to her toe
injury but has been back running for two weeks now and is feeling good.
*Nice
IAAF Profile of America's Great Hope Ryan Hall
The author points out that in less than a year, Hall has gone from a
marathon virgin to being annointed as "the future" by the defending
Olympic champ. Remarkable. Hall: "I certainly believe I can win."
RYAN HALL 2:09:02
Ryan
Hall put on one of the most impressive performances ever in
American marathoning history, as he destroyed
the field and coasted to victory in an incredible 2:09:04 (after a
1:06:17 1st half, yes that's a 1:02:47 2nd half on the hills of Central
Park) on the very difficult NYC course. Dathan Ritzenhein
ran a very impressive 2:11:07 to get 2nd while Brian Sell got
the 3rd Olympic spot in 2:11:40. Former World Record holder Khalid
Khannouchi ran a very gutsy race to finish 4th.
Ryan Hall is the real deal in case you didn't know. Here are his 5k
splits on the very difficult NY course to prove
how incredible he is at the marathon: 16:44, 15:41, 15:27, 15:12,
15:05, 14:48, 14:28. Yes that's right a 14:28 from 30 to 35k. Hall
pumped his fist, pointed to the heavens, and waved to the crowd the
final mile savoring the incredible run and still ran a 15 minute 5k
pace for the final 7.2k (14.56 from 35 to 40k)
*Results
Race
Recap From RunnersWorld's Amby Burfoot Amby did an
excellent job covering the lead up to the Trials so it is fitting we
link to his race article.
*NBCOlympics
Recap of 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials: Triumph and Tragedy
*Quotes
*Video: Watch the on Demand (For
Free, Skip to Any Crucial Point Instantaneously. Thank you NBC)
*Post
Race Press Conference Videos Top 3, Meb,
Culpepper, Khannouchi, Lehmkuhle
*Dathan
Ritz Quotes
*Brian
Sell Quotes
*Khalid
Khannouchi 4th at Trials A great great run for
Special K. He got 4th hobbling around the park.
*Photos Excellent ones from letsrun.com message boarders
skylon
|
Asafa Powell's Chest Injury is More Serious, He's out 2 Months
British News: Mo Farah Running 10,000m at Stanford, He's Been Training With 26:35 10ker Micah Kogo and 12:55 5ker Boniface Songok in Flagstaff Ok, we're going to stop the Flagstaff parade we are partially responsible for. Paula Radcliffe went there one winter and left because of too much snow. Jim Ryun went there and look what happened to him at the 1968 Olympics. Dieter Baumann went there and then got busted for drugs. Gary Reed went there and got hit on the head by a lamp at Wejo's house.
He Too Trained in Flagstaff: Catching Up With Rising American Star Josh Simpson Josh lived with Wejo one summer. Wejo can relate to Josh in this article. Josh went to the US 10 Mile champs, beat a few stud name guys (who may not have been having their best day), and then had more confidence the next time out.
Interview of The US Women's Olympic Trials Biggest Surprise Tera Moody The 152nd seed finished 5th. In college, she didn't even get to go to conference as a senior. Remarkable.
Good News:
Dathan Ritzenhein Is Going To Try To Defend His Healthy Kidney 10k On May 17th In Central Park The American admits his latest injury has taken a bit longer to come back than he would have liked. Last year, Ritz shocked Craig Mottram.
32nd Lilac Bloomsday Is Sunday
Micah Kogo And Catherine
Ndereba Headline Elite Fields The elite coordinator thinks John Korir is the favorite but Kogo with his 26:35 pr is a real talent. Over 47,000 will run in the Spokane.
Sprinting Needs Trash Talking And Since Tyson Gay Won't Do It - We'll Have To Let Michael Johnson Do It Michael Johnson Tyson Gay Is Better Than Asafa Powell. MJ: "Asafa Powell is a great talent but he can never get it done. He's failed time after time at the championships." *Pulled Pectoral Muscle To Keep Asafa Powell Out Until Late June
Michael Johnson and Saidy Ndure Kick Off Countdown To Oslo The article is full of Johnson's analysis of the 200m. He thinks a 19.5-6 is going to be needed to win gold this summer. The article reminds us also that Johnson actually lost a race in 1996 prior to the Olympics.
Australia's Fastest Man Josh Ross Is No Longer Depressed And Is Once Again Aiming For Olympics The 100m man said earlier in the year he wasn't going to Beijing but after being reunited with his old coach, his mood is elevated and he's going sub 10 in practice.
If you click on one thing today (besides the quote of the day) it should be this: Tough Chick at Penn Alicia Follmar of Stanford fell at Penn in the DMR and then got spiked in the head. With all the blood it looks like she got shot. *Message board thread here
Boston Odds/Ends: *2008 Women's Olympic Trials Facts and Number Amazingly 13 of the top 15 set prs. The 2 who didn't? Deena Kastor and Blake Russell who both booked tickets to Beijing. 48,583 of you visited their website the day of the trials. The website is the best race website we've ever seen. Even More Impressive: 1,363,982 Went to the Boston Marathon Website the Day of the Marathon link fixed *Boston Marathon Finisher's Medal Sells for $102 on Ebay *Message Board Thread on Ebay Auction
Review of Run For Your Life: Fred Lebow Film *Fred Lebow Film Showing This Weekend in NY
Tug of War, Lacrosse Were Among the Highlights of 1908 Olympics Maybe we shouldn't feel quite as bad about BMX or whatever they're trying to add now.
News We Missed: Country Music Marathon Recap $17,500 for the winners. *Colleen De Reuck and Sean Wade Win US Masters 10k Titles
Weekend Road Action: Hamburg: 2 Sub 2:08s at Hamburg Marathon (David David Mandago Winner) and Irina Timofeyeva Runs 2:24
Vienna Marathon: Abel Kirui 2:07:38 Course Record, Luminita Talpos Defends Her Women's Crown IAAF More: 2008 Vienna City Marathon Photos Vienna is a much bigger event than we thought. 30,000 in all the races. More Photos: Vienna Marathon Champs Meet With President of Austria
Madrid Marathon: Chema Martinez Wins Madrid Marathon in 2:12:42 IAAF Padua: Francis Kirwa Wins Hot Padua Marathon in 2:11:00
Drake Recap:
Lolo Jones Wins Hurdles, Christian Cantwell Over Hoffa in Shot
*Drake
Results (Allen
Johnson Only 5th in Hurdles 13.40. Indoor sensation Steve Sherer only
ran 4:09)
The Times of London Picks Up on
Ato Boldon, John Smith Letter The
article takes an in depth look at whether the letter is legit and the
possible implications of it. Good read. We had taken the letter down
from letsrun but may now put it back up.
Move over
Penn/Drake: Boaz
Lalang Defeats Nate Brannen 3:37.6 to 3:38.4 at Hillsdale Meet
*Discussion
of Hillsdale Meet
If you're not familiar with Lalang you might want
to start here. We were sent the article on him this week.
Also This
Weekend: *Preview of Sunday's Hamburg Marathon IAAF
*Preview
of Sunday's Vienna Marathon IAAF
*Nicole
Blood Ready for Oregon Relays
2008 Drake
Relays: *Results/Quotes/Notes
*Results
Here *Meet Preview
Friday
Recap: The story is the cold weather which is
making for slow times. None the less there was a meet record in the
javelin.
Previous:
Great
Idea: Drake
Relays Pole Vault Competition is Held In Middle of Mall and Thousands
of Spectators Watch Derek Miles and Mark Hollis Go 18'8. Not sure how they could stay focused with a
Victoria's Secret store in the background. But more people need to try
and present our sport to casual fans. *More
on Fantastic Pole Vault Event
*Day 1
Recap: Chante Howard Wins Women's HJ With 6'4.75 - Lisa
Koll Wins 5k 15:59 - Alan Webb Withdraws Maternity leave doesn't seem to have hurt the HJ
star Howard who is the world leader.
*Allen
Johnson Talks About Running Drake For 1st Time In
his final year of competition, he wants to experience Drake.
*Top
Results from Drake
Previous: Meet Preview
*Alan Webb Withdraws from Drake Relays
Smart Move Or Signs of Panic? We say smart move as he simply
can't afford to have another bad race.
He ran 3:51 there
last year but isn't ready to go this year. Webb, "My training hasn't
progressed to where I feel I can deliver the type of performance that I
would like to for the Drake Relays." *Message
Board Talk of Webb's Pullout
Looking for inspiration? Try this
1)
Villanova Coach O'Sullivan just wants to see improvement at Penn Relays The article is full of a lot
of inspiring quotes as it tells people how O'Sullivan went from being a
walk-on (4:25 HS miler)to a world record holder. O'Sullivan: "I didn't get good until (my sophomore
year of college). I could've quit. I
just kept working hard and it paid off. That's what it's about. Talent
is a very small part."
2)
10:48
HS Two Mile Dave Berdan wins Penn Relays Olympic Development 10k
Our former training partner in Flagstaff takes it
down.
Alan Wells - Scottish 100m Olympic Champ
From Disillusioned By Drugs Cheats In Sprinting Hard to believe the 100m winning time in 1980 was
10.25. What makes him most suspicious is how sprinters maintain their
form for months on end.
Seb
Coe Privately Calls Chinese Guards For Olympic Torch 'Thugs' But It
Gets Broadcast Internationally and Furor Erupts
Zimbabwe's
Lone Olympic Male Marathoner Talks About His Disappointing 5th Place
Showing In A Korean Marathon and His Olympic Preparations
LRC The Week that Was: April 24,
2008 We go behind the scenes and give you our
exclusive take on this past weekend's action which was centered in
Boston. We have some praise for the BAA and the fans
in Boston, praise for the 152nd
qualifier for the Olympic Marathon Trials (who went on to
finish 5th), and praise for some 45+ year-old women.
But don't worry we're still criticizing the BAA for being in the dark
ages and are critical of the TV coverage in Boston.
Plus, Mt. Sac, the ACC meet, and the big event of
the week, the LetsRun.com Puma Party in Boston.
Gebrselassie
Now Says He Won't Run Olympic Marathon in Beijing Because He Wants the
World Record in Berlin Instead
More on
Johnny Mac's Retirement
*The Greatest
Coach You've Never Heard Of (A tribute to Johnny Mac from the Illinois
St. student newspaper)
*McDonnell's
Retirement: At Least Somebody Gets It
*Daily
Pennsylvania's Take On John McDonnell's Retirement: Some great
anecdotes in here about McDonnell the man
Benita Johnson To Go For 3-Peat At Freihofers in
Albany on May 31st
We normally mock racewalking but....
Race Walking World Cup Returns To Cheboksary Where
In 2003 They Got 50 to 75,000 Spectators Just shows you what good marketing can do.
The first
athlete to defeat USADA
WADA Drops Appeal - LaTasha Jenkins' Drug Ban Overturned While we are probably the most anti-drug site out
there, we do believe it's good her ban was overturned. Drug bans should
be way harsher than they currently are but only if people are convicted
100% according to protocol. So despite the fact she was coached by
Trevor Graham, we say let her compete.*2nd
Article On Jenkins
LawShawn
Merritt Profile Most people don't realize his stats
at the same age are pretty comparable to Jeremy Wariner's .
Age 20,:Wariner 44.00, Merritt 44.14. Age 21: Wariner 43.93, Merritt
43.96.
Mo Greene Doping Allegations Hit IAAF Just As It
Should Be Ramping Up Olympic Preparations
Cathy Griffin and The Griffin Network To Lead USATF
CEO Search
Moses Kipsiro Won't Run African Championships
2008
Boston Marathon Men
LRC
Robert Cheruiyot Destroys Field And Joins Bill
Rodgers As a 4-Time Winner
After a
slow opening two miles, Robert Cheruiyot put on
quite a show as he wheeled off 17 straight miles at 4:53 or better
including a 4:36 19th mile that mile that fnished his only reamining
challenger, Abderrahime Bouramdane. His performance
in the middle miles was incredible. Recap, photos, post-race comments.
*LetsRun.com! 2008
Boston Marathon Photos
*2008
Boston Marathon Photos from Victor Sailer 75
more photos added including good race action
*Message Board Thread On Race
*IAAF: Robert
Cheruiyot Wins 4th Boston
*AP: Tune
wins women's race at Boston Marathon in thriller
*Hanson's-Brooks Nicholas
A. Arciniaga 1st American Male (10th - 2:16:13)
*Former Drake Runner and Current Med Student Ashley Anklam Is Firs American Female Finisher in 2:48.
*Lance Armstrong Lance
Recaps His 2008 Boston Marathon (Video and text)
He had high praise for the Boston crowds: "Boston
was a pleasant surprise. I expected the crowds to be great but they
were about ten times what I expected"
*AP
Article on Lance's Run Lance talks about the Boston
hills.
Boston Video:
*Watch the
Race on WCSN
*Post Race Press Conference: Robert Cheruiyot, Abderrahime Bouramdane, Khalid El
Boumlili Share Their Thoughts
*Lance
Gives His Take
Kenyan
Editorial: Pick
Kenyan Olympic Marathon Team Now We agree. How
about we do it for them with zero hesitation? Lel, Wanjiru an
Cheruyiot. Don't even think about anyone else.
*Paul
Tergat Steps Aside For Youth And Pulls Himself From Olympic
Consideration
They should
do this everywhere
Austria To Criminalize Posession of PED's
LetsRun.com Boston
08 LetsRun.com Party Photos The party hosted by Puma was a
smashing success. A packed house as those passionate
about running (from ages 5 to 65+) came to celebrate a great weekend in
Boston. LetsRun.com fans celebrated with Rojo, Wejo, Matt Taylor, and a
few legends in the sport, including former marathon world record holder
Steve Jones and Olympic Silver Medallist Sonia
O'Sullivan. The Harpoon beer was flowing,
DJ Inkognito kept things going and contrary to popular
opinion there was a healthy mix of males and females. The reviews were
excellent. "It's refreshing not to see the same 50
people (industry insiders) at a party." "Most favorable female to male
ration I've seen in a long time."
Sprint News
Tough Break: 'Devastated'
Mark Lewis-Francis TearsAchilles Is Out of Beijing Olympics The
man who many thought 8 years ago would be the next great sprint
champion won't compete in Beijing. He did anchor Britain to gold in
2000.*More
on MLF - It's only a partial tear
Tyson
Gay Runs 8.8 Relay Split At Mt. Sac Relays
- Crazy to think he almost faced Asafa Powell considering
European promoters can't get them to race.
*Asafa
Powell Pulled Out of Mt. Sac With Injured Shoulder Nothing
serious at all. Claims it would hurt to reach back for baton.
Kenyans
Getting Ready for Africa Champs Which Start Wed.
Boston is
Monday: *Chicago Champ Patrick Ivuti Out of Boston with
Malaria
The race is definitely Robert's Cheruiyots to lose. LetsRun.com Preview
coming. Check back late today.
*Boston Globe Looks At 20 Years
of Kenyan Dominance At Boston
*Mile by
Mile Guide for Spectators and Runners in Boston
*Greg
Meyer Throwing Out First Pitch at Red Sox Game
*Jos
Hermen's Trained William and Shadrack Kiplagat (Uncle and Nephew) Are
Hoping to Do Well in Boston
*Greek
Marathon Torch Comes to Boston
LetsRun.com
Boston Party Update
The response to the LetsRun.com Party Hosted by Puma in Boston was
overwhelming. We had hundreds of people apply for a very
limited number of spots. We show you some of the lucky winners, lucky
losers, and
let you pick who is the most deserving person at the
party and the person who got shafted the most. Plus details on the
party, Harpoon beer, Sauza tequila,
and models on hand to give out the gift bags.
Update: LetsRun.com
Party Makes the Boston Herald Contrary
to what it says the party
is invitation only.
Non Boston
News: For
the First Time in His Career Wallace Spearmon Has a Plan
Worth the
Wait (Wejo Was Impressed When he Read it): LetsRun.com Week
That Was
We give
our exclusive analysis of the last week in the running world and the
incredible Flora
London Marathon. We put London in perspective,
debate where Ryan Hall's run ranks in the history of American running,
point out he was on 2:05:49 pace at the 25 mile mark,
and rip into the LA Times. In
non-London action, we praise Lopez Lomong (and
wonder if Lopez had run the 1500 last year at the US champs,
if Bernard Lagat would have even made the US team (he was 3rd
at the US Champs),Chris Derrick, and others. Plus,
we may finally
end the American love affair with Gabe Jennings.
You'll Be Hearing About This For a Long,
Long Time
*Maurice
Greene, HSI Linked to Steroids A
few HSI athletes have been caught doping in the past (Larry Wade the
most notable), but this NY Times article brings to
print some of the rumors some of you may have heard. And it is a sad,
sad day for American
sprinting if true.*Times
Of London Story on Maurice Greene Being Accused Of Doping
Maurice Greene Defends Himself He says he never used drugs but did pay for
teammates bills without asking what it was for. Greene:
"This is a bad situation for me. My name's come up in something and
it's not true."
LetsRun.com London
Women: Mikitenko Wins Crazy Women's Race The
women's race went totally
not according to form. German Irina Mikitenko was
the surprise winner. The race went out slow, then picked up, then
slowed back again. Then Gete Wami wiped
out at a water stop, nearly knocking her own teeth out, fell back off
the back, then battled back only to get dropped again as Mikitenko
threw it down the final 5k. And a perfectly sunny day turned into a
cold rainstorm at times. Text, Photos, and Video
Other London Coverage: *Yelling
Makes GB Team: A great moment when she looked rival
Hayley Haining in the eye at 19 miles,. Amazingly both ended up happy
as both PRd.
*British
Men Could Run 25 Miles, Everyone Else 26.2 Miles And They'd Still Lose
in London
*World
Marathon Majors Point Standing - Lel has a huge lead. Wami's is
narrowed by Mikitenko s
*Dick
Patrick of USAToday Writes About Ryan Hall
*American
Ryan Hall mixes it with Kenyans
*AP
Story on Ryan Hall: Hall Confident About Beijing Chances
*Quotes
From The Top 3 In London
*Gas
Leak Causes London Marathon to be Diverted
*Paula
Radcliffe Talks About Her Beijing Preparations
*Jon
Brown Blasts UK Performance Director Dave Collins The
4th placer in the marathon at the last two Olympics absolutely rips
Collins - a man who somehow managed not to show up at world cross
country last month when it was in Scotland..
101 Years Old, Still Smoking,
Running, and Drinking: Buster
Martin: "I'm not worried about the fags because I'll carry them with
me. Everyone says smoking kills but it's taking a long time in my case" The 101 year old legend plans on smoking while
running Sunday's London Marathon.
US
100k is Saturday - Greg Crowther To Defend Title
*Nice
Profile Of Greg Crowther The microbiologist
thinks of how to cure malaria while racing
Marion Jones' 8 Relay Teammates Told To Return
Medals
The IAAF
told Jerome Young's teammates to do the same thing
but lawyers stopped the IAAF from making them do it.
LetsRun.com
2007 World's Coverage:
*Sunday Homepage Ndereba marathon
*Saturday
Homepage
*Friday
Homepage Tyson Gay
*Thursday
Homepage Lagat
*Wednesday's Homepage
Lagat
*Tuesday's Homepage Bekele 10k
*Monday's Homepage Tyson Gay
*Sunday's Homepage Dibaba/Goucher 10k
*Saturday's
Homepage Kibet
Marathon
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