Paula And Rudisha Pull Out With Illness & Injury
- Paula Radcliffe Pulls Out Of Great Manchester Run 10k May 15th Due To Recent Illness Now the main race should be between European Indoor 3k Champ Helen Clitheroe and the top European finisher at World XC, Charlotte Purdue.
*Paula Radcliffe Delays Comeback Until End Of May Due To Bronchitis Her first race back will now be the Bupa London 10km on May 30th, which races part of the Olympic marathon course. - Both David Rudisha And Double World Indoor Champ Abubaker Kaki Pull Out Of Diamond League Opener With Minor Injuries
- Even With David Rudisha And Abubakar Kaki Out, Diamond League 800 Race Still Has Deep Field The field is still headlined by Olympic champ Asbel Kiprop, World 800m silver medallist Alfred Kirwa Yego, and Rudisha's training partner Sammy Tangui.
*Asbel Kiprop Says If He Doesn't Break The 3:30 Barrier This Season, He Will Quit The Distance And Move To The 5k He talks about how he feels he performs better when there is less pressure and how Seb Coe is his inspiration to try and tackle both the 800m and 1,500m distances. He says, "For an athlete to be considered a hero he needs to win titles and set records and that is what I want to do."
Sad News
*Canadian Running Community Deeply Saddened By Loss Of Member Of "Our Family" In Danny Kassap
*2:14 Marathoner Danny Kassap Dies At Age 28 Danny Kassap, a former world-class runner who fled to Canada from Congo, passed away a day after withdrawing from a
local 10k race because he was not feeling well.
Believe It Or Not, Diamond League Starts Friday
Diamond League Kicks Off This Friday In Doha With Kaki Vs. Rudisha And Kiprop At 800m, Allyson Felix At 400 A great matchup between Abubaker Kaki and world record holder David Rudisha at 800m to kick things off. Olympic 1,500m
champ Asbel Kiprop is in the field, as is former World Champ Alfred Yego according to this article.
LRC Archives: World Record Holders David Rudisha, Seb Coe, Alberto Juantorena And Wilson Kipketer Discuss The 800m Get educated.
Sprint/Field News
- Nice Profile On Olympic Champ Charles Austin's Son, Allex In his first year of high jumping, he's #2 in the country.
- Simon Turnbull Says There Should Be One Rule For All Drug Cheats And Whether They Can Compete In The Olympics
- USATF Took 8 Coaches To Penn Relays
SUNDAY Payton Jordan *Results *Photos
LRC Another Great Stanford Meet Is In The Books The 2011 Payton Jordan meet did not disappoint, as 22 runners got under the Olympic A standard in the men's and women's 10,000, as the "star" Americans in
Matt Tegenkamp and Shalane Flanagan got beaten. In the men's 10k, the winner was 20-year-old Bedan Karoki,
whose breathtaking move with more than seven laps to go instantly ended the race, which was the first one in American history where three Americans broke 27:30 (led by Bobby Curtis). In the men's 1,500, German Fernandez's struggles continued in the B heat (is it officially time to panic?), while Lopez Lomong and Evan Jager returned to action in the A heat that was won by Ben Blankenship. In the ladies' 1,500, Jordan Hasay got a PR and collegiate leader
but only
finished 5th. The
story of the steeple was that Mark Wetmore-coached athletes shined and got the Olympic A standards, as Emma Coburn impressed from the opening moment of the race while Billy Nelson waited until late to unleash an incredibly impressive kick. In the men's 5k, Elliott Heath's unreal kick wasn't quite enough to get him the win, as seven broke 13:30. Read all about as we recap the top action for you.
*HS Senior Ammar Moussa Runs 14:05 To Win Heat In Peyton Jordan 5k
*Athletics Weekly Recap Of Stanford 10k: Brit Chris Thompson Runs Fastest UK Time In 13 Years With 27:27
*IAAF Recap Of Peyton Jordan 10k
*Register Guard Recap Of Peyton Jordan Meet
*MB: Teg, Nelson 27:28, 13 under 'A' standard!
*Bobby Curtis 27:24, you all saw that right?
*Jordan Hasay 4:10
*Photos
Pre-Race: *LRC Wejo's Thoughts On Stanford 10,000m Fields Shalane
Flanagan, Sally Kipyego, Molly Huddle and Lineth Chepkurui on the women's side and the debut of Matt Tegenkamp on the men's side. The main goal for the men is Olympic and Worlds qualifiers.
*Profile On UK's Chris Thompson, Who Finished 4th In The 10k With 27:27
Saturday At Penn *Penn Results *Official Site *Photos
Saturday At Penn (Reuters Recap) The carnival that is Penn is always crazy (and hard to recap). Saturday saw Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair run a 1:57.06 split to nearly set the world record in the sprint medley relay, Robby Andrews getting revenge for his loss to Casimir Loxsom at World Juniors by outkicking him to win the 4 x 800, Princeton gets its first Championship of America title in 71 years by winning the 4 x mile, a great pro DMR where Bernard Lagat (2:48.30) and Ryan Gregson (Aussie who turned 21 this week, in his first race back from a navicular stress fracture) had great first legs, and things came down to a 4-way battle on the anchor and Amine Laalou came from behind for the win, plus Allyson Felix winning 2 relays, Asafa Powell leading Jamaica, and even the return of Justin Gatlin. Individual coverage of these stories below:
- NY Times: Gatlin Looking To Outrun Competition And Suspicions USATF spokeswoman Jill Geer explains the Catch 22 of the doping world: "If he runs as fast as he did before, people will think he must be doping now. If he doesn't run as fast as he did in the past, people will say that was evidence that he really was doping and cheating."
- Robby Andrews Uses His Patented Kick To Win Penn 4 X 800 Over Casimir Loxsom *Video Of Final 200
More On Andrews: "As soon as he gets the stick, it's over." - Princeton's Mark Amirault Roars By Arkansas' Duncan Phillips To Give Princeton Its First Championship Of America Title In 71 Years
- Message Board Thread On Pro DMR
- Allyson Felix Leads US To 2 Wins, Asafa Powell Leads Jamaican 4 X 100 Team To Win, Kenia Sinclair's 1:57.06 Split Nearly Gets Sprint Medley World Record
- Duke Gets A 4 X 800 Wheel
- Penn's Maalik Reynolds Wins High Jump Before Home Crowd
- Ristananna Tracey Named Penn Relays Most Outstanding Female HS Relay Athlete
Several Interesting Stories Worth Reading
- Recommended Read Suzy Favor Hamilton Talks To Middle School Students About Falling Down On Purpose At 2,000 Olympics Unable to handle the pressure, Hamilton saved herself for Zürich (oh wait, that was actually in 2001) but now gives very inspiring speeches to youngsters showing them elite athletes are normal people too.
- One We Missed: ESPN W Looks At Alicia Shay's Comeback Ryan's widow is healthy again on the comeback.
- Venezuelan Runner With 8:39 Steeple PR Hopes Training In Kenya Will Get Him Down To 8:20
- 80 Top Ethiopian Athletes & Coaches Pledge $1 Million+ To Build Dam In Ethiopia The stars include Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Meseret Defar, Tirunesh Dibaba, Sileshi Sihine and Gebre Gebremariam.
- Japanese Runner Runs 15:17.84 PR After Being Fired From Corporate Team
News From Europe
- Former HJ World Record Holder Patrik Sjoberg Says He Was Sexually Abused By His Coach Despite the abuse, he respected him as a coach. "I hated him for everything he did to me but at the same time, you can't take away from him that he was a great coach. I thought that I couldn't train with anyone else." *2nd Article On Sexual Abuse
- Brit Chris Thompson Wants UK Record Of 27:18.14
- After Being Not Invited To Royal Wedding, Tony Blair Travels To Rio To Talk About 2016 Olympics
- Germany's Sabrina Mockenhaupt Says She'll Run European Cup 10k On June 4th
Payton Jordan *2011 PJordan Accepted Entries *LRC MB: Stanford Predictions
- UK's Chris Thompson May Benefit From Chris Solinsky's Pacing At Stanford 10k In His Attempt To Better The UK National Record His current PR is 27:29 and Jon Brown's current record is 27:18. Solinsky is supposed to pace for a target time of 27:20.
- After Dropping Out Of Boston, Alastair Cragg Looking For Some Redemption On The Track In Stanford 5k And Prefontaine Classic 10k Thinks he can be under 13:20 at Stanford and 27:20 at Prefontaine.
- Q&A With Olympic Steeplechaser Anna Pierce, Who Will Run Stanford 1,500m On Sunday
- Interview With Matt Tegenkamp About Getting Ready For His Debut 10k He says even though he will run the 10k, he still won't run World Cross. Hopefully he eventually decides to cross that off his "won't do" list as well.
- Runner's World Interview With Chris Solinsky, Who Will Be Pacing Teammates Tim Nelson And Matt Tegenkamp To "A" Standard At Stanford 10k MB: Matt Tegenkamp Runs the 10k & Solinsky pacing Nelson, Teg to do 10k?
- The Oregonian: Chris Solinsky Says Pacing Is "More Nerve-Wracking" Than Racing He Also talks about how the Stanford 10k last year, where he set the American Record, was a huge mental breakthrough for him.
- Six Oregon Ducks Running Stanford
Other Random News
- NYRR Study Maintains That NYC Marathon Generates Far More Economic Benefits Than It Costs The City This study is in response to NYPD, which says it will start charging race organizers for traffic control which will cost the NYRR millions.
- Dutch Businessman Gert-Jan van Wijk Giving Financial Aid To John Mutai Kipkorir, Who Finished 2nd (2:17:35) In The Controversial Utrecht Marathon Apparently the Utrecht Marathon didn't just offer foreign athletes less prize money, but they didn't let them have professional entry, an elite start (they had to start with the recreational runners), or drink support after 30k. From the sounds of it they essentially went out of their way to make sure a Dutch runner won.
Meb Running New York 69 Days Before Olympic Trials
LRC: Meb Attempting New York / Olympic Trials Double Meb Keflezighi joined the live NYRR 2011 ING New York City Marathon "Opening Day" show from Columbus Circle to announce he was running this year's marathon, 69 days before the US Olympic Trials in Houston (in 2004, Meb did the Olympic
and
New York double 70 days apart). Meb will take on defending champ Gebre Gebremariam, while defending women's champ Edna Kiplagat will face Jen Rhines. Athletes Apolo Anton Ohno and Curtis Granderson were on hand for the marathon kickoff along with celebrities Al Roker and Ed Norton.
*NYRR Article
*USA Today Article Meb also reveals that he is recovered from knee injury he sustained right before NYC Half that occurred during an "altercation with a dog in Central Park."
*IAAF Article
Drake Earlier In The Week
- Alan Webb & Sara Hall Win Uphill And Into Wind Road Mile To Kick Off Drake Relays Weekend Webb defeated Olympian Boaz Lalang and WChampionships semfinalist Peter Vander Westhuizen by running 4:08. Webb: "We need to switch directions and go
the
other way." Wait, we thought the wind didn't matter.
Pre-Race Article On Webb "I've been struggling the last couple years, but the last six months I feel like I'm digging myself out of a little hole."
*Road Mile Photos - Recommended Read / Sad News: Drake Relays No Longer Giving Out Watches To Winners, Will Go With Oakley Sunglasses Sadly, they don't think kids with cellphones give a **** about watches.
- Injury Almost Caused Lolo Jones To Miss Drake
Düsseldorf Marathon Is This Weekend
- 18-Year-Old Ethiopian With 2:23:06 Marathon PR Wants Course Record In Gerrmany Next Week A photo is included so you can decide for yourself if she looks 18.
- Former Steepler Günther Weidlinger Wants Olympic Qualifier In Düsseldorf
US/NCAA Track Action - Results: *Jesse Owens Classic *ACC Results *Oregon Relays *Princeton Larry Ellis *Arkansas McDonnell Invy
Craziness At The ACC Meet: Florida State NCAA Long Jump Champion Ngoni Makusha Runs Legal 9.97 In His First 100m In 4 Years, Florida State Storms Back For 7th Straight Title Makashua had never run a 100m in college until the ACC meet, and he ran 9.97 for the win. Simply amazing. Florida State pulled out all the stops
to storm back from 40 points
down to win the title. Makusha wasn't
even the meet MVP,
as Maurice Mitchell got it after his 20.17 in the 200m and runner-up in the 100m. *Thread here. However, distance fans will be most impressed by Irishman Ciaran O'Lionaird (see below).
10k Man Ciaran O'Lionaird Beats Robby Andrews In 1,500m, Gets ACC Records In 1,500 And 5k To Lead FSU To ACC Title There was one way O'Lionaird was going to beat Andrews, and that was by running away from him - and that's what he did (barely). Ciaran built up a 5-second lead at the bell and held on barely against Andrews' patented kick for an ACC record (3:40) win (video
on right of homepage or here). 2+ hours later he was back for a meet record in the 5,000m. *Thread Here
2011 London & Boston Were So Good They Continue To Dominate The News Cycle
LRC John Kellogg Explains How He "Predicted" The Unpredictable - A Sub-2:03:59 In Boston LetsRun.com's coaching guru explains the rationale behind his non-prediction that is making waves around the globe. Years of timed out-and-back and straight-shot tempos with the wind in Waco, Texas (and other windy Texas venues) proved invaluable to his understanding the effects of the wind. JK took a stab at converting the Boston performances by Mutai and Hall to London and Berlin and even reveals what would happen if the Boston Mutai raced the London Mutai.
LRC Week In Review: 13 Thoughts About The 2011 Virgin London And Boston Marathons We try to give out some thoughts about a glorious two days of marathoning. From it not being a good two days for North
American-based
debutants or US Olympic women, to Ryan Hall never runs a bad marathon, to stats showing how the wind helped the mid-packers, to you couldn't find two more deserving winners than the Mutais. All of that plus we give out our top contenders for the 2012 Olympic medals and praise Caroline Kilel while talking about kissing Dave Bedford's ***.
LRC Rojo Speaks: Boston - Please Stop This World Record Nonsense "(Boston), you are the most historic of all the major marathons and don't need publicity stunts ... You don't need a record to validate what happened. In fact, you shouldn't
want it. Your race course has character and tradition behind it - all most of the others can do is get in a contest amongst themselves for time."Sad
Alvin Harrison, Former Olympic 400m Silver Medallist (And Drug Cheat), Getting Second Chance Coaching High School Team, Drunk Drives A High School Van At Arcadia, Flips Another Car, Jailed On $50,000 Bond Less than 10 years, ago he was on Oprah. Now he could be in prison for a while (we also were surprised to read he competed for the Dominican Republic last year and ran 47 seconds).
The Sport Loses A Legend *Grete Waitz's NYC Marathon Results
Grete Waitz Loses Battle With Cancer Waitz is best known for being a 9-time New York City Marathon champion, a class act, and a pioneer in the sport, but she also was a 4:00 1,500m runner and an 8:31 3,000m
runner. As a kid, watching her on ABC win
NYC every year was one of the site founders' earliest running memories. She will be missed. Thanks to Leo Kulinski for the photo. Another one here.
*Pay
Your Respects In This Thread
*Grete Waitz: In The Long Run, A Legacy Of Triumph For Women And Sport
*IAAF: Grete Waitz, Distance Running Legend, Passes Away
*The Independent: Norwegian Marathon Legend Grete Waitz Dies Of Cancer At Age 57
*Runner's World: Remembering Grete Waitz
*Runner's World: 2005: When We First Learned Of Grete Waitz's Battle With Cancer
Virgin London Marathon *Watch Full Race On Demand *Photos
LRC Emmanuel Mutai Runs The Best 10km Ever In A Marathon To Destroy The Field & Arrive As One Of The World's Best
A lead pack that was a who's who of marathoning went through 30km together, but soon the race would be nothing but a coronation for Emmanuel Mutai, who destroyed the field with a 28:44 4th 10k and ended up with a 2:04:40 course record. Almost as big of a story as Mutai's
incredible run was the fact that the 2nd placer ended up being one of the all-time greats - Martin Lel - who shocked even himself in his first marathon since Beijing 2008. American Jason Lehmkuhle was the only elite American finisher as the three rookie American marathoners went out too fast and blew up - none worse than Mo Trafeh, who ran with the lead pack for 15 km.
LRC Women's Marathoning Has A New Star Named Mary Keitany Keitany knocked nearly 10 minutes off her personal best and knocked Liliya Shobukhova off her pedestal as the best in the world, as Keitany
ran the first sub-2:20 since 2008 and made mincemeat of "undoubtedly" of the strongest women's field in London history. All together,
a record 22 women
broke 2:30 - but that didn't
include US Olympian Magdalena Lewy-Boulet.
Haile G's Back & A Winner In Vienna Only Haile G could be upset with a solo 60:18 at age of 37 years and 364 days. Happy B-Day Haile!!!
Doping News
- LA Times: Barry Bonds' Trial So Humiliating It Might Dissuade Athletes From Using Steroids "It's hard to imagine how any pro athlete, or any high school kid aspiring to be one, could look at Bonds' public disgrace and decide that taking steroids would be a good idea. Cheating doesn't just shrink sexual organs; it ravages reputations." *Barry Bonds Guilty Of Obstruction Of Justice
- Banned Coach Trevor Graham Says US Anti-Doping Agency Covering Up For US Coaches Graham coached drug cheats Justin Gatlin and Marion Jones and was given a lifetime ban by the USADA.
April Fools News
LetsRun's 2011 April Fools Edition
The Only Required Reading In The Industry
LRC: Week That Was: Flanagan Gets Bronze, Rupp Makes An Impressive Debut, An American Runs 2:27 At LA, And The US XC Dream Team Sure, we bet you know about Shalane Flanagan's bronze at World XC and Galen Rupp's half marathon in NYC. But we help put these in perspective and tell you about the American who ran 2:27 in LA (Amy Hastings) and wonder how well the US dream team of Lagat, Rupp, Solinsky, Tegenkamp and Ritz would do at World XC. And of course the most important news of the week, the fight at World XC.
Sad News
Sad News: Sally Meyerhoff Killed In Cycling Accident The two-time All-American and US Olympic Trials qualifier as well former US champion at 25km was killed on Tuesday in a cycling accident at the young age of 27 while she trained for the Ironman World
Championship. *LRC MB: Sad News: Sally Meyerhoff Killed in Accident
*Abc15.com Article With Video On Meyerhoff's Death
*Ahwatukee.com Article On Meyerhoff's Death
*AZcentral.com Article
*USATF Article
*New York Road Runners Article
*More Sad News: Florida High School Track Athlete Sarah Landauer Dies After Collapsing At Practice
The Secret Is ... There Is No Secret
Coaching: There Are No Secrets, Substitutes Or Shortcuts For Success ... Do The Work
US/NCAA News *2012 US Olympic Trials Tickets Go On Sale Friday
- OTC Vs. Oregon DMR On For Friday's Oregon Twilight Meet The OTC Elite team will have Russell Brown as the 1,600 leg, Nick Symmonds on the 800, either Andy Wheating or Tyler Mulder for the 1,200, and Ashton Eaton as the 400 leg. The Oregon team will probably have Mike Berry as the 400, and some combination of A.J. Acosta, Matt Centrowitz, Elijah Greer and Boru Guyota as the other legs.
- Interview With Russell Brown About His Experience As The Anchor For The USA DMR In The Penn Relays USA Vs. The World Race Speaking on his win at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix during the winter he said, "You know, that's the race that got me here. That's the race that got the rest of my season rolling, and I'm being given opportunities I've never been given before and I have sort of a level of confidence in what I can accomplish that I've never had before ... It's races like that you go in being somebody and then you come out being somebody else, and that's what athletics is for, you know, surprising people and taking it somewhere you've never been before. So I'll remember it forever."
- USA Today Already Tracking London Medals Nick Symmonds & Bernard Lagat are only US runners who made their top 8 ranking in the men mid-distance/distance events.
- Carl Lewis Appeals To State Supreme Court To Be Let Back Into NJ Senate Race
- Team Rankings In D-I Shuffle A Bit After Weekend
- D-II Outdoor Week 5 Team Rankings Released
- Tickets For 2012 US Olympic Trials Go On Sale This Friday
Some 10k Results & Other News
- Former World Jr. 10k & XC Champ Ibrahim Jeilan Runs 13:09.95 For Shizuoka Win (Video Included) He outkicked World XC runner-up Paul Tanui and 10k Japanese all-comers record holder Josephat Ndambiri for the win.
- Canada's Reid Coolsaet Runs 28:08 To Win Three-Man Finishing Sprint In Toronto 10K
- Interview With Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Snell Some very interesting insights into Snell's racing strategies/tactics and the history/progression of middle distance events in general.
- Drug Cheat And Former World 1,500 Champ/Axed Olympic Gold Medalist Rashid Ramzi Set To Return To Competition After 2-Year Ban
- IOC President Jacques Rogge Says Security At 2012 Games Remains "Top Priority" And Is Not Affected By News Of Osama bin Laden's Death
- The Guardian: Non-Elite Runner Writes Of His Experience Training And Racing In Ethiopia & Kenya
- IAAF Discus Preview Of FBK-Games - IAAF World Challenge
Interesting Distance News
Dathan Ritzenhein Talks About His Comeback From Surgery He's running 70 miles a week on the Alter-G treadmill and hasn't given up hope of running the US track champs. And we liked this exchange with his wife after Boston. Wife: "It's okay if you're in a bad mood today." Dathan: "Why would I be in a bad mood because everybody ran well?" Wife: "Because
you weren't there to be able to do it."
Former
Oregon Duck And Nike Exec Admits To Getting Paid On European Track
Trip While In College, Says More Needs To Be Done To Help NCAA Athletes Financially After expenses, he netted $133 from his trip (we may be wrong, but we think college athletes can get their expenses covered by pro meets). He says athletes in the big sports are taken advantage of and more funds need to be set aside to help them get jobs.
Kevin Hanson And Desiree Davila Talking Boston At Ceremony Honoring Her In Michigan
More Weekend Action We Didn't Cover Yesterday
Eugene Marathon: *Katie Blackett Wins Eugene Marathon
*Justin Ricks Comes Up Short Of Olympic Trials At Eugene Marathon
*Shalane Flanagan's Husband Runs 2:38
UCLA-USC: UCLA Men Defeat USC In Dual
*USC Women Win Fourth Straight Over UCLA
Bloomsday *Results And Prize Money *Overall Recap
Men: Kenya's Simon Ndirangu Outkicks Countryman Allan Kiprono For $7,000 Title
Women: Misiker Mekonnin Upsets Fellow Ethiopian Wude Ayalew Over 56,000 runners ran this year, making Bloomsday a tremendous success. We should do a series on America's great road races. Josh Moen and new American citizen Janet
Cherobon-Bawcom (who beat 2:27 marathoner Amy Hastings) were the first Americans, picking up an extra $5,000.
Drake Saturday *Drake Results *Photos *Newspaper Special Section
LRC 2011 Drake Relays Recap: Boaz Lalang Wins 2011 Drake Relays Mile Over Alan Webb, Who Is Fourth Webb, the American record holder, got the short end of the stick in the final sprint between Kenyan Olympian Lalang, NCAA breakout star Chris O'Hare and World Champs semi-finalist Peter Van Der Westhuizen. In other action, Jenny Barringer went wire-to-wire
in the 1,500, Jeremy Wariner
won the 400m and Adam Nelson went over 70 feet for the first time in 3 years to show he could be a factor in 2011.
On The Boards: Alan Webb Gets 4th At Drake, Boaz Lalang Wins
*Lolo Jones Upstaged For 3rd Straight Year At Drake
*IAAF: Adam Nelson's 21.39 Heave One Of The Highlights Of Drake Relays
*University Of Mississippi's Ellis Moore Wins Drake Relays 400m Hurdles Title For 2nd Year In A Row
More Drake From Des Moines Register: Men's Recap: Jeremy Wariner Cruises, Boaz Lalang Defeats Alan Webb
*Lolo Jones Gets Support From Home Crowd But Comes Up Short
*50 Years Ago, Wilma Rudolph And Others Were First Women To Compete At Drake
Some Inspirational Stories
- Recommended Read WSU's High Jumper Shawn Swartz Competes With Leukemia Swartz's mother: "When people see him and they say, 'Shawn is doing really well,' well, yes he is, but it also makes it sound like it wasn't that bad. It was that bad. He's just rising above it."
- NY Times: World Scholarship Program Gives Zimbabwean Athletes A Chance Louisiana State's Gabriel Mvumvure and Florida State's Ngonidzashe Makusha are former HS classmates from the impoverished country Zimbabwe, but now Mvumvure is a 3-time Penn Relays champ, anchoring his team in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 and winning the open 100, and Makusha is the long jump champion who ran his first collegiate 100 in 9.97 a week ago.
- Recommended Read Old School Dedication And Training That Borders On "Fanatical" Key To 16-Year-Old Shot Putter Jacko Gill's Success Gill: "No one ever has to tell me to train - I just enjoy it."
His parents also talk about how he builds himself up so much on competition days that you can't even be around him or talk to him; he is that focused.
*NZ's Jacko Gill Is Too Young To Compete At World Champs, But He Will Still Compete At Diamond League Meets & Hopefully The Olympics In 2012 - Legally Blind Woman Win's Flying Pig Marathon In Ohio In 2:58:14
Other Assorted News
- The Independent Profile On David Rudisha: A Warrior On And Off The Track He says he is not focused on fast times, but wining the 800m crown at WC and the Olympics. He says, "If you win a title, everybody remembers you. You leave a legacy behind."
- Boston Marathon Organizers Seeking Scientific/Medical Advice To Try And Alter Ruling Which Renders Their Race Ineligible For World Records
- Amended IAAF Rules And New & Updated IAAF Regulations - In Force As Of 1 May 2011 Includes new gender rules.
- LaShawn Merritt Going To Great Lengths To Compete In 2012 Games, But Will IOC Let Him?
- Qataris Set To Upstage Rival Bidders London In Their Bid To Host The 2017 World Champs
- Jamaica's 400 Hurdler Isa Phillips Looking Towards 2011 World Champs After A Very Disappointing 2009
S. Africa
- Caster Semenya Runs 2:02.52 To Win S. African Student Champs Easily After Winning 400 And 1,500 Day Before
- S. African Student Champs Day 1: Caster Semenya Wins 400 (53.18) And 1,500 (4:22)
Previous Penn/Drake Action: *Penn Results *Drake Results
- Penn: AP: Villanova Wins 24th DMR Title As Boston College Wins Its First Penn Relays 4 x 1,500 Title Thanks To Caroline King "Caroline who?" you ask. Caroline King ran 4:12 to defeat the more famous Emily Infeld and Sheila Reid in the women's 4 x 1,500. In the men's DMR, an unheralded Villanova squad won for the 2nd time in three years as anchor Matthew Gibney
showed his last 200 is nearly unbeatable in a tactical race, as he blew by NCAA mile champ and 3:36 man Miles Batty as well as 3:35 man Dorian Ulrey.
*Good Local Coverage: *Phillynews.com - Gibney: Penn Relays Feels Like Home Meet For 'Nova *Philly Inquirer - Slowest Winning Times Since 1973 *2011 Was Supposed To Be Year Of Villanova Women, But Matthew Gibney's Kick Makes It About Villanova Men *Nova's 1,200 Leg - Unheralded 3:48 Guy Brian Tetreault - Talks About His Clutch 3rd-Best Opening Leg A senior, Tetreault had never even run at Penn Relays in college until yesterday, but somehow he handed off in third. *Villanova Release About DMR
*Archive: 2009 Article On Gibney Anchoring 'Nova To Surprise DMR Win - Milesplit Recap Of HS Distance Races From Friday
- Texas A&M's Gabby Mayo Wins 7th Penn Relays Watch
- Writer Still Can't Believe Ajee Wilson Ran 2:03 To Pass Entire Field And Win Girls SMR
- Coming Back From Minor Drug Ban, Shelly-Ann Fraser Focusing On Running Fast, Not Worrying What Others Think Of Her
- Jamaica's Ristananna Tracey Runs 56.17 To Win Girls 400H Title At Penn
- #1 Boys HS Mile Seed Miles Schoedler Finishes 10th And Says "I Stunk"
- Recap Of Friday HS Action At Penn
- Allyson Felix The Complete Package
Impressive Youths In The News
- Athletics New Zealand Attempting To Get The IAAF To Allow 16-Year-Old Shot Putter Jacko Gill To Be Allowed To Throw At World Champs Gill recently became the youngest (and lightest) person to ever throw the shot over 20m, but IAAF rules prevent those under 18 from competing in World Champs throwing events.
- NZ's 16-Year-Old Jacko Gill Says He Is Not Only Sure He Will Qualify For The 2012 Olympics, But He Plans On Winning A Medal And Breaking The WR Too "... I'm not worried at all. It is great being able to break 20 metres already but I'm not in this to only just qualify for the Olympics. I'm planning to [win a] medal in London."
- Morgann LeLeux Sets National Prep Record In Pole Vault At 14'3"
*Video - DyeStat: 2011 World Youth Champs - Leading U.S. Candidates April 26 Update
- MileSplit: 11 Prep Stars Added To Dream Fields At Adidas Grand Prix
Politically-Themed Track News
- America's Fastest Man Tyson Gay Went To White House To Help With Easter Egg Hunt - Gets Snubbed By President Gay actually enjoyed himself at the event but didn't get to meet the President. He needs friends in high places, like marathon greats Paul Tergat and Moses Tanui, who got private time with President Bush thanks To LetsRun.com back in 2001.
- Not So Fast: New Jersey's Republican Secretary Of State Says Carl Lewis (Dem.) Can't Run For Office In NJ *WSJ Article On King Carl
Boston Marathon *Live Boston Thread *Women's Reaction *Men's Reaction
*Video Highlights *Weather *Photos
One For The Ages In Boston: Desiree And The Fastest Marathon Ever Run "Unbelievable" is probably the best way to describe the 2011 Boston Marathon.
First, American
Desiree
Davila, off the back of the lead pack multiple times, was gutsy as hell,
battling for the win with Caroline Kilel down the final straight. There were 4 lead changes on the final straight before Kilel came out on top. In the men's race, American Ryan Hall ran 2:04:57 and lost by nearly 2 minutes. Yes, ladies and gentleman, Geoffrey
Mutai and Moses Mosop ran faster than anyone else ever before the in the marathon, 2:03:02 and 2:03:06 respectively, thanks in part to 20 mph tailwinds. Mutai cemented his status as the strongest runner on the planet with the win. We give you some post-race comments below but purposely are holding off discussing the wind.
LRC: Wejo Speaks: Desiree Davila Inspires Us All At The 2011 Boston Marathon She had the entire press room and Alberto Salazar yelling for her.
LRC: Men's Post-Race Reaction The top 4 were all pleased with their blazing fast times. Ryan Hall summed up the magical day: "I am running 2:04
pace and I can't even see the leaders."
LRC: 2011 Boston Marathon Post-Race Reaction From Desiree, Caroline And Kara
*Video Highlights *Men's Post-Race Reaction/Interviews *Women's Post-Race Comments/Interviews
*Photos
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Not So Fast: LRC Julia Webb: Alan Webb HAS NOT FINALIZED PLANS To Head Back To Virginia To Be Coached By Jason Vigilante
Steve Nearman Stands Behind His Story
Steve Nearman, the former Washington Times reporter who first broke the story about Webb's pro contract in 2002, reported
Wednesday night that sources (plural) close to Webb confirmed that Alan was going to be coached by UVA's Jason Vigilante and we said, "Nearman can be trusted." Well, Nearman is trusted in the industry, but Alan's wife Julia Webb has written and said, "Just wanted to give you a heads up that the story is definitely not true ... we are still looking at the options. No decisions made although Vig (is) still a good option." We contacted Nearman and relayed him Julia's comments
and
he
said, "I stand by my story and I stand by my sources."
*RRW: Alan Webb's Agent Ray Flynn Calls Webb Story "Totally Bogus" In reality, Flynn said the story is "at this stage totally bogus."
*LRC MB: *Julia Webb (Alan's wife) Has Written and Said Webb to UVA Story is Not Accurate *Thread On Webb-Vig
- LRC: Desiree Davila Looking For Respect In Boston Davila finished one spot behind Kara Goucher at the last World Championships in the marathon, and she's hoping to finally
get
out of Kara's shadow at Monday's Boston Marathon. LetsRun.com has spent the last six years getting a mole into the Hansons-Brooks team, and now thanks to him we have this inside look at Desiree's preparations for Boston, which has included a 123-mile week. Article and video interview plus some video of the Hansons-Brooks training runs.
South African Champs *Results (Scroll Down)
- Caster Semenya Does 800m/1,500m Double At S. African Champs (2:02 And 4:12) Her first minor test at 1,500m was successful.
- S. African Outdoor Champs: Olympic Silver Medallist Khotso Mokoena Wins Long Jump, Blade Runner Doesn't Make Final
- S. African Hammer Throw Champ Chris Harmse Wins His 16th-Straight National Title The Commonwealths champ can never compete in the Olympics because the hammer is always on Sunday, and for religious reasons, he can't compete on Sunday (Eric Liddell would approve).
2011 World XC *Results *New Women's Race Photos *New Men's Race Photos
LRC: Shalane Flanagan Gets Bronze The Olympic bronze medallist and ING NYC Marathon runner-up ran a stellar race to snatch the bronze versus a star-studded field. Flanagan appeared to be dropped with 2km to go, but dug deep to stay in contention and battle back for the bronze. World 5,000m champ Vivian Cheruiyot pulled away from World 10,000m
champ
Linet Masai for gold. The American women did very well to get a repeat bronze medal.
Men: Imane Merga Blasts Away From Four Kenyans In Sprint To Win The Kenyan men dominated the team competition and had 4 of the top 5 guys in the pack for the sprint the final 400m. However, the lone Ethiopian - Imane Merga, the Diamond League 5,000m champion - got the win the Kenyan nation wants most every year. Ben True was the first American in 36th, as he and fellow
Ivy
Leaguer Max King were America's two best.
*Merga: "Before I used to think of myself as a track runner but this winter I have got to like cross-country races more."
*Craig Mottram Finishes As Top Non-Afrrican Born Male In 21st As Two Guys Ahead Of Him Are DQed For Fighting In Race To Line Eritrea's Samuel Tsegay and Ethiopia's Abera Kuma were given the DQ.
Junior Boys: Geoffrey Kipsang Leads Kenya To 13th Straight Title Kipsang was only 4th at the Kenyan Trials but dominated. High schooler Craig Lutz was the first American in 29th.
Junior Girls: Faith Kipyegon Of Kenya Wins, But Ethiopia Edges Them For Team Title High schooler Aisling Cuffe was the first American in 17th.
Other Nationals *NCAA D3 Champs *NCAA D2 Champs *HS Nationals Results *Photos
HS: Lukas V. Runs Away From The Top Milers To Complete Historic High School Nationals Triple His double on Sunday was super-impressive, but we had completely forgotten about German
Fernandez's 4:00,
8:34 double at the California state meet.
*IAAF Article On Verzbicas
We Wrote This Article Too Soon:
Gerry Lindgren's Legendary 47-Year-Old High School National Record Survives Scare From Lukas Verzbicas And Edward Cheserek
Verzbicas hammered home over the final lap to pull away from Cheserek, but in the end, Lindgren's 8:40.0 lived to see another day, as Verzbicas ran 8:40.70 and Cheserek shattered the indoor and overall sophomore class records with his 8:42.66. More: Gerry Lindgren 8:40 Indoors *LRC MB Lukas
V. 8:40.7!! *LRC MB So close *Running
Times Q&A With Lindgren About His 8:40.0 Note: This article incorrectly implies the record was set in a 16-lap race.
*Lucas Verzbicas (14:06.78) & (Waverly Neer) 16:35.15 Set National HS 5,000 Records
Tokyo Marathon: A Legend Is Born *Photos
Hailu Mekonnen Wins, Japanese Amateur Yuki Kawauchi Runs Amazing 2:08:37 For 3rd And Faints At Finish Yuki Kawauchi's story is amazing.
A 13:59 5ker and 29:02 10ker, he has a full-time job and has stayed away from the Japanese collegiate and professional system, yet he stunned all of Japan with a 2:08:37 run. Dreams do become reality.
*On The Boards: 13:59 5k, 29:02 10k Japanese AMATEUR Runs 2:08:37 at Tokyo Marathon and Passes Out
Records For Rupp And Farah *Video Of Rupp's And Farah's Race
Galen Rupp & Mo Farah Set National 5k Records!
(13:11.44 and 13:10.60) The two Alberto Salazar-coached athletes put on a brave battle, with Farah coming out on top on the last lap, as Rupp regained his American record from Bernard Lagat by .06. Rupp and Farah will be training together through 2012 and their partnership is off to a strong start. Rupp is scheduled to go for the American 10k record next week in New Zealand. The meet also saw a cool 400m hurdles race (video
here or on the right), an 8:30 3k and American Morgan Uceny going sub-2:00 in the 800.
*Mo Farah Breaks British 5,000m Record With His New Coach Alberto Salazar One Of The 8,000 In Attendance Telegraph.co.uk
*Farah Credits Salazar's Coaching
*Rupp/Farah 5k Video
The 10 Best High School XC Runners Ever
LRC Week That Was: The 10 Best High School XC Runners Of All Time, Verzbicas, Tribute To Gary Reed, The NY Times & The NE Patriots And More We've got the entire running world covered from San Diego to Japan, from the high school ranks to the pros, and even talk about the NE Patriots and the NY Times.
Stanford Photo Gallery
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*Bernard Lagat Says He Wants To Run 12:49 "In my head, I have just put all eggs into that one basket. Monaco. 5,000 meters. If I don't get it there, I don't know when I will get it. It's good to aim high because to me 12:49 is the highest I can put it now."
*IAAF Daegu World Challenge Preview: Recent Drake Relays Mile Champ Boaz Lalang Vs. World 1,500m Champ Yusuf Saad Kamel In The 800 David Oliver in 110 hurdles and Carmelita Jeter in 100m also headline field.
Week In Review
LRC Week That Was: Praise For Kara And Desiree, Dirt Tracks In America, German Fernandez And Mental Barriers As you recover from Boston and London and get ready for Penn, Drake, and Stanford, we have some praise for Kara Goucher and Desiree Davila's sportsmanship, look at some young American milers struggling, and much more.
Better Late Than Never - London 2011 Photos
XC Running Goes Mainstream
Recommended Read
Andrew Bumbalough Thriving In 1st Year As Pro One Year After Getting Mono And Nearly Being Left Out Of Nike's Plans This is an unbelievably good piece of writing for a college newspaper. It also reveals he's gotten his mileage up to 90 per week from 65 to 70 in college.
Boston (Updated Photo Gallery Below) *Recap Analysis: *JK On The Wind *Wejo On Desiree *Rojo *London And Boston *Video Highlights
2:03:02 In Boston: Men's Highlights From Boston (More Here)
Desiree Davila Pure Guts
Emmanual Mutai Becomes A Star, Legend Martin Lel Outkicks Makau (You Can Watch The Full Race Here)
Mary Keitany Crushes London (Highlights And Post Race Comments)
Desiree Davila Ready For Boston (More In-Depth Here)
Question Of The Day?
Train Smarter (More In The Training Forum)
- Scheduling Rest Days - How Often?
- stress fracture twice in same bone in 6 months...HELP
- Coaching that once-in-a-career athlete
- Is there any point doing tempo runs if your event is 3200m or shorter? Let us just chime in with an emphatic yes.
- Anyone get sick or catch a cold right after a race???
Women's World XC In Photos
Men's World XC In Photos
Train Smarter (More In The Training Forum)
- Wow, Lydiard training seems ridiculously hard
- best marathon improvement after age 40?
- How does "strength" differ from "speed" and "endurance" as a runner?
- "A runner needs a LT run every 2 to 5 days in order to not lose any aerobic ability."
Training Talk Is Back
Training Talk With New Marathon Star Stephanie Rothstein And Ben Bruce Stephanie lowered her marathon PR by over 10 minutes, skipping the 2:30s entirely, running 2:29:35 in Houston. And she's still got her sights on lowering it another 10 minutes. Textual recap coming later, but you can listen above or download the podcast here (1:30).
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- Long run, 25% of your weekly mileage?
- 5x1 mile repeats with 1:1 work/rest ratio, 10k time?
- Marathon Training Thread - Week Ending 10/17
- Could I break 33 mins. in the 10k based on this workout
- Does anybody here train using Daniels Running Formula
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