If You Didn't Already Know, There's A Pretty Big Race In Houston The Day After The Trials, Too
- A Look At Some Of The Field For The Jan. 15th Houston Marathon Simon Bairu up against Kenyan Charles Munyeki (2:07:06 PR). In the women's race, Australia's Benita Willis will be up against Ethiopia's Alemitu Abera (2:26:33 in Daegu).
- Live Web Chat With Simon Bairu Ahead Of The Houston Marathon He's going after the Canadian Olympic standard of 2:11.29. Come here at 12:00-12:45 p.m. ET for the chat.
LRC The Puma Faas Team Starts To Answer Your Questions In part of Puma's effort to show its new Faas line is made for the LetsRun.com audience, Puma is having the Faas designers and product managers brave the LRC messageboard and answer questions from the LRC audience on Tuesday-Thursday of this week (Jan. 10-12). To warm-everyone up for the rest of the week, we've decided to have them answer a few questions a day early as the LRC audience has already sent in a slew of questions. So check it out. And if you've got a question or comment about the Faas line, Puma, or running shoes in general, you can still pre-submit.
OT Marathon News - 5 More Days ... *LRC Puma Marathon Trials Prediction Contest
- Stephen Shay Blogs About His Prep For The Trials Also talks about running to honor his brother, Ryan Shay, who passed away at the 2007 Trials.
- Profile On Brett Gotcher, The "#4 Seed" Going Into The Trials
- Josh Moen Taking One Last Stab At The Marathon; Hoping To Drop At Least 8 Minutes Off His 2:23 PR He qualified with a 1:02:53 half, but has only finished one marathon.
- 47-Year-Old Lisbet Sunshine Ready For Her Fifth OT Marathon
Galen Rupp Says He'll Pull Out Of Olympic Marathon Trials We're sure many Olympic hopefuls are breathing a huge sigh of relief as the debate as to whether Rupp would run, rabbit if he did start or go all out is over
a week before the starting date, as his coach Alberto Salazar wants him to work on his speed by racing indoors. We'd argue that by training for the marathon and getting
stronger, Rupp just did a ton for his speed. Kudos to Rupp to not waiting until the last minute to decide. Rupp: "It would be difficult to do all the speedwork for (the 10k), and still
train for the marathon."
*MB: Rupp Out
Patrick Makau Reacts To Renato Canova's Comments That His WR Will Be Broken This Spring Makau: "It makes me wonder if the record is a preserve for some region, tribe or runners. What shocks me is that some people are speaking ill of me just because I broke the world record ... Let us not talk much but redeploy our energies on good training and skills that will power our legs to do the talking."
Alan Webb's Comeback Begins
Raffi Cote = Matt VanDenHengel
Alan Webb Returns With A 1:55.02 And Loses To A Senior From Gwynedd-Mercy College Whose PR Is 1:53.53 In his first race since April and his first race since dumping Alberto Salazar, American mile record holder Alan Webb busted the rust with a 2nd-place 1:55.02 performance in a race that was won by the previously unknown Matt VanDenHengel. For everyone writing off Mr. Webb, we remind you that "talent doesn't go away"
and
that two years ago, Galen Rupp similarly lost to a freshman walk-on in January in the 800 in a 1:54 race. Since then, Rupp has run 13:06, 26:48 and 60:30.
*Alan Webb Interview With Ian Brooks: "I had to start somewhere."
More: MB: *Webb runs 1:55.02 today at Armory *Alan Webb's 800m In 1:55 Was A Good Thing *Webb spotted in 800 at Armory *Rupp
loses to freshman walk-on at 800
2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials Are This Saturday - Time To Get Excited - LRC Puma Marathon Trials Prediction Contest
- Ryan Hall Blogs On Training The Last Two Weeks Before A Major Marathon Hall's thoughts 3 days before Boston: "I am so screwed."
- Need Help With Your LRC Puma Prediction Contest?: Olympic Marathon Trials "Cheat Sheet"
- Who's Going to Win the Trials? Poll Results From Some Experts Didn't really need to ask the experts to choose the top 3 favorites.
- A Brief Update From Meb He says that if he's not in the top 3, he will run some track races in the spring
but the Trials could be his last marathon. He says this is his almost certainly his last OT marathon. - RR: Profile On 1:05:00 Half Marathon Runner Tommy Neal, Who Was Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Just A Month Before The Trials On moving to Colorado to train he said, "I pretty much moved out there in a leap of faith. I had no job, nowhere to live, and I knew one person who I had met one time, and I was living in his apartment because he let me while he was out of town."
- Who Are Some Of The "Underdogs" At The Olympic Marathon Trials? This article highlights a few who are definitely not outright favorites, but definitely threats.
- Training Update From US World Championships Marathoner Mike Sayenko More updates on his site here.
- Interviews With Men's '88 / Women's '96 Surprise Marathon Trials Winners, Mark Conover And Jenny Spangler Spangler: "After I had been in the lead for a few minutes and no one had caught up with me yet I remember panicking for a minute and thinking to myself, 'What do you think you are doing? You are leading the Olympic trials marathon!!'"
- Injury Hall Of Shame / Galen, Pay Attention: Meb's Foot Became Infected Because He Ran The Entire NYC Marathon With Breathe Right Nasal Strip In His Shoe The last thing out of Meb's shoe normally is the nasal strip but in mile one he realized it wasn't on his nose. The good news is Meb is now recovered and talking confidently about his chances.
*Recovered From Foot Infection, Meb Keflezighi Says He's Ready For 2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials - 5 Questions With US 25k Record Holder Fernando Cabada, Who Talks Very Confidently "If I was to run a 2:08 on January 14th, that wouldn't surprise me."
- A Brief Chat With 2:11 Marathoner Nick Arciniaga, Who Sounds Upbeat But Admits Brett Gotcher Has Been Beating Him In Workouts Arciniaga is on the comeback from a hip injury and seems upbeat but admits his training partner Gotcher has actually been "a lot more fit than I have been."
- A Brief Chat With Kevin Hanson 4 years ago, Brian Sell surpisingly made the team. This time, Desi Davila is expected to make it for Hansons-Brooks.
- Brent Vaughn Says He's Enjoying Running More Than Ever And Is Upbeat Now That Stomach Issues Are Behind Him "I have enjoyed running more than ever before. I have big dreams going into next weekend, no different than most men who will start the race."
- Will Californians Deliver Again At The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials? Includes quote from all the top Californians, including Lewy Boulet, Kastor, Hall, Meb, etc.
- MB: Why is Scott Bauhs running the Houston half marathon on Sunday instead of the Trials Marathon on Saturday?
- A Brief Chat With Last-Minute Qualifier Erin O'Mara (2:43:55)
LRC Todd Morgan And Pete Watson To Be New Women's And Men's Cross-Country Coaches At UVA
One We Missed - 2012 Millenium Mile
Yet Another Sub-4 Mile Took Place At New Year's Millenium Mile In NH That's #24 in the race's 13-year existence (it is downhill).
*Video Highlights From 2012 Millenium Mile
*Race Website
Stars On the Comeback Trail
- Agent Jos Hermens Gives Great Insight Into Reasons Behind Kenenisa Bekele's Absence And Now His Comeback He says that Bekele is in some ways too talented for his own good as he was double world champ in 2009 on very limited training. He also said Bekele is spending $1 million of his own cash to build a soft track so he doesn't get hurt.
- After Hip Surgery, Lisa Dobriskey Thinks She Can Reclaim Sub-4 Form Of 2009 & 2010 In 2012
Want To Watch Track & Field On TV? - Get Out Your Credit Card
Universal Sports Moves From Free To Cable (Directv) Only We're sure many LRC fans will complain about having to pay to watch track and field, but think about how many hundreds of dollars you pay to watch an NFL or NBA game each year. This makes sense from a business sense - put the channel on a sports package so they can get subscription fees for niche sports.
*LA Times: Universal Sports channel didn't disappear, it just seems that way "The channel has not gone under but rather has changed its distribution strategy and is basically starting from scratch."
*Letter From Universal Sports CEO David Sternberg
Track And Field 2011 Men's World #1s - Event By Event - MEN & WOMEN To get the top 10 lists, you need to purchase the magazine.
Good News
Olympic Track Champion Lee Evans Undergoes Successful Brain Surgery
Sad News
Frank Horwill 1927-2012 Horwill founded the British Milers Club and coached Tim Hutchings (most of you in the US know him as the the really good British announcer on track TV broadcasts; his real claim to fame was a 4th in the 1984 Olympic 5k). BMC Remembrances here.
*IAAF Remembrance Here
The Running Story Of The Year
Japan Running News Recaps The Life And Career Of Sammy Wanjiru Barcelona Olympics marathon silver medalist Koichi Morishita: "The people who were supporting Sam were only motivated by the money flowing around him, not from the heart, and they didn't give him the kind of support he really needed. You hear a lot of disturbing things about his family too, his wife, and I can't help but think that he should have had more people around him who cared about his soul."
Did You Get Your Run In On Christmas?
On The Boards: Haile G
trains twice a day, every day, except christmas. Who doubled today?
*Merry
Christmas / How Far Are You Running Today?
More US Open And Millrose
LRC USATF Trying To Continue The 99-Year MSG Track Tradition Continues With The US Open USATF is attempting to put on a fan-friendly 2-3 hour meet (instead of 6 hours) with the promotional
muscle of MSG behind it with a focus on the pros and a few select high school races. Since MSG is helping promote the meet there is a chance for success. Will the meet make changes to entertain fans once they get in the door to bring them back for year 100? See below.
LRC Emails Track And Field: Entertain Or Continue A Slow Death
An email from an LRC visitor: "The Millrose Games as you knew it no longer exists. So what? Why should any track athlete or fan care?" got Wejo to think about our sports slow decline and what needs to be done to change it. Entertaining meets with good matchups. An another emailer who co-authored books with both Bill Bowerman and Bill Dellinger says why not have a pro Millrose (at the Garden) and a separate amateur one (at the Armory)?
Yesterday: LRC How The Millrose Games As We Knew Them Died On October 2, 2009, steps were put into place to give the Armory the rights to the Millrose name. Considering the mission of the Armory and the declining attendance, it was only a matter of time before the meet moved.
Saturday XC Action: Foot Locker *Boys Results *Girls Results *Boys Photos *Girls Photos *Full Girls Race Video *Full Boys Race Video
LRC Boys: Cheserek Outkicks Futsum For The Win
This race lived up to its hype as the top 2 African-born stars went mano-a-mano until the final 100m. After a cat-and-mouse 9:50 opening 2 miles, their last 1.1 was run at a pretty quick pace (4:31 mile pace), but the winning time of 14:51.5 wasn't close to Reina's 14:36 CR.
LRC Girls: Molly Seidel Turns Back Tough Challenge From Erin Finn
Seidel was the favorite, undefeated in 2011, but Finn was the top
returner and Finn made it super-interesting as she opened up a big lead
and even managed to regain the lead once Seidel caught her.
Recommended Read: Dyestat Recap: Cheserek, Zeinasellassie Forge Bond In San Diego
More Coverage: *Newark Star-Ledger Recap Note the paper incorrectly reports their last 800 as being a 1:54. No chance.
*San Diego Tribune Recap Cheserek says he just wanted win - might go for Reuben Reina's record next year.
MB: *Where would Cheserek have placed at NCAA XC? *Cheserek and Futsum's last 800 meters - 1:54? *Poll: How old are Cheserek and Futsum? *Will an American male ever win Foot Locker again? *Another
FL Finalist Staying Home
2011 NCAAs Are History *Men's Results *Women's Results *Entire Race Video Replays
Men: LRC Wisconsin Badgers Take Control Early As Lawi Lalang Dominates Lawi Lalang waited until 5k before deciding it was time to crush the competition
once and for all, while #1 Wisconsin
showed no fear and put a stranglehold on the competition from the very beginning and held off a belated charge from Oklahoma State and a surprising Colorado team as the Cowboys tried to three-peat. American Chris Derrick took home individual runner-up honors to cap a brilliant career in style. *Discuss
More: Wisco #1: *Give 'em five: Badgers lay claim to program's fifth national title *Krause earns redemption as Badgers storm to fifth national title
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OSU #2: *Dave Smith Calls Loss "Disappointing" - But Expected www.okstate.com
Colorado #3: *Wetmore Calls Medina Most Improved Runner In Country www.denverpost.com *CU Coach Mark Wetmore Pleased With Buffs 3rd-Place Run
Individual: Coach Li - I Think Lalang Would Have Got Course Record If He Was Pushed www.arizonawildcats.com
Week That Was
LRC Geoffrey Mutai Amazes Again, Adam Goucher Retires, & Lukas Verzbicas Calls It Quits We go behind the scenes to take a look at the last two weeks in the running world, which included the NYC Marathon, Adam Goucher's retirement, and Lukas Verzbicas leaving Oregon mid-season. Plus we take a look at the Phil Hersh-Ryan Hall spat and compare Hall to Tim Tebow.
Post-Edinburgh News
- UK's Jonny Hay Delighted With Notable Scalps At 19 years old and with a 5k PR of only 13:57, Hay finished 2nd in the Edinburgh XC meet, beating two Olympic champions as well as an Olympic runner-up. MAJOR, MAJOR PROPS to Mr. Hay, who is just 19.
- Kenenisa Bekele: "I think in the summer we will see the real Kenenisa Bekele again." Hints that he may go to road racing or the marathon after the 2012 Games.
- US Junior Runners Including Aisling Cuffe And Molly Seidel Do Well In Edinburgh XC
- Neely Spence Blogs About Her First Pro Race
- MB: Kenenisa should give back his appearance fee
USTFCCCA's Weekend Collegiate Results Links
International News
- No Rest For Yuki Kawauchi: 2nd Place In Mari Tanigawa Half In 1:06:19 "My dream is to travel to see all the other amateur runners all across Japan. From now on I'll go anywhere I'm invited."
- Mo Farah Expected To Go For European 2-Mile Record Of 8:13 At Birmingham The record is held by Belgium's Emiel Puttemans, which has stood back from 1973.
- Former 800m World Champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi On The Comeback From Achilles Injury Says he will run some indoor races in the US and Europe to build up for World Indoor Champs in Istanbul.
- Fake Bomb Breaches London Olympic Security In Police Test
- A Look Ahead To Kenya's National XC Trials To Select Their Team For Africa XC Champs
2012 BUPA Edinburgh XC Race *Leading Results *Video Highlights *Start Lists *Meet Website
Asbel Kiprop Makes A Statement As Kenenisa Bekele Finishes A Distant 11th At BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross-Country Kiprop, the Olympic 1,500 champion, cruised to victory over the 2008 Olympic steeple,
5k and 10k champs, and showed he's intent on being the first since Seb Coe to defend an Olympic 1,500 title. European XC champ Fionnuala Britton won the women's title.
*IAAF Recap: Kiprop Totally Dominant On Last Lap
*Bekele Suffers But Seems Unfazed How bad was Bekele? Well, 5 Brits beat him, including one who was doubling back from the 8k, but Bekele was confident afterwards: "I'm not serious for this race. At this time of the year I don't want to be in very good shape. It is too early. It is a long time to the Olympics. I want to build up slowly."
*Bekele: "I lack fitness." "I was not confident before the race. But it's a long time until the Olympics and it is too early to be in better shape."
*11 Years Since Bekele Finsihed Outside Top 10 Of Any Race
*US Men Struggle In 8k Team Competition, But Bobby Mack Finishes 2nd And Beats European XC Champ
*Neely Spence Takes 4th Place In Her First Pro Race; Bobby Mack & Jon Grey Go 2-4 In Men's Race
*American Dominates Jr. Boys Race Oklahoma State's Kirubel Erassa, who ran 14:19 in HS, won easily.
*MB: Alan Webb running better than Bekele *Jr. Race In Edinburgh - (America?)/OSU Guy Dominates!!!
Other Results From Saturday
- 2010 World XC Champ Emily Chebet Wins Last Meet In Kenyan XC Series All Africa Games 10k silver winner Bedan Karoki won the men's race; Kenyan national 10k champ (and 6th in Daegu) Peter Kirui was 6th.
- Second HS Texas PVer In A Week Over 17-6 Shawn Barber US#1 17-6.5 (=#2 all-time).
- DyeStat Recap Of Hispanic Games: Samantha Nadel Runs Season-Leading 4:46.11 To Win Mile
- Kenyan Peter Kamais Wins Xiamen International Marathon In A CR 2:07:37 Ethiopia's Ashu Kasim won the women's race in 2:23:09.
Michael Johnson Speaks Out Against "Plastic Brits" "It's hard to believe it when athletes who have tried to represent their country and couldn't make that team turn round and claim that all along they wanted to represent Great Britain."
Kenenisa Bekele Says He's Not Afraid Of Mo Farah And Wants To Be The First To Win 3 Olympic 10k Titles He says he's not sure if he will also double with the 5k. And a note that you can never trust the media, as this article makes it sound like he's not sure if he'll race the Olympics at all.
International Results/Preview
- Olympic 5k Bronze Medallist Edwin Soi And World Junior XC Champ Mercy Cherono Win Campaccio XC Race In Italy
- Interesting Analysis Of How Top Japanese University Teams Compare To The Top Teams In The NCAA Basically, as far as 5k PRs go, the US is stronger up front (13:30s or faster), but Japan is much deeper in the 13:40-50 range.
- IAAF Preview China's Xiamen International Marathon Defending champ Robert Kipchumba (2:08:07) is up against a slew of sub-2:10 runners, including Alemayehu Shumye (2:08:46) and Albert Matebor, who ran 2:05:25 for 4th place at Frankfurt.
Asafa Powell Says If He Can Stay Healthy He Thinks He Can Beat Usain Bolt "Over the years, before everyone came on, I was the only one out there running very fast. I got quite comfortable, and it became a habit for me to slow down before I get to the finish line. I need to just power through."
LRC Support The Sport Of Cross-Country And The Bay Area Track Club - Run In 2nd Annual Bay Area Cross Challenge On January 15th 3:54 miler David Torrence is involved in the event and has offered LRC visitors the opportunity to save $15 by typing in "resolution" to the checkout box.
Great Marathon News
- Defending Champions Geoffrey Mutai And Caroline Kilel Will Try To Defend Their Crowns At The 2012 Boston Marathon
- 2012 ING New York City Marathon Will Be Broadcast Live On ESPN2 ESPN/NY execs, please let us consult and help you with your broadacst. We will do it for free in year 1. Our first advice will be to tell you who not to hire as broadcasters. It's amazing how little info has been shown when Boston has been on ESPN. Email us here.
Sprint/Jump News
- This Should Be QOD - "Two Male Crabs Cannot Live In The Same Hole"
Former World Champ Kim Collins Thinks There Is No Way Yohan Blake & Usain Bolt Can Train Together With Same Coach Long Term "The idea of Yohan Blake being the man to beat Usain Bolt sounds good on paper. This, how-ever, poses a problem. Two male crabs cannot live in the same hole." - US Open: Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell & Richard Thompson To Clash At 50m At MSG On Jan 29th We said the sport needs more head-to-head matchups and the people at The US Open have listened, as the meet has some nice matchups with Oliver vs. Richardson in the hurdles and now this. *Meet Website *Compact Schedule *Buy Tix
- Olympics: 200
UnluckyLucky People Who Were Told They Had Synchronized Swimming Tickets But Really Didn't Get Them, Get Men's 100m Final Instead - TJ: New York-Born Harvard Grad & Lawyer Samyr Laine Is Now Hoping To Give Haiti Hope By Doing Well In TJ At Olympics
Simon Bairu Running For Olympic Berth And Boys & Girls Clubs Thanks To CharityBets.org (Sponsored)
Will Simon Bairu Make The Canadian Olympic Team? 2-time NCAA XC champ and Wicso star Simon Bairu needs to run sub-2:11 at next weekend's Chevron Houston Marathon to make the Canadian Olympic Team. Can he do
it? Wager on Simon at CharityBets.org. The Regina, Canada native is benefiting his hometown Boys & Girls Club and needs a sub-2:11 marathon for his charity to collect all money wagered. CharityBets creates a charitable result for any running event. How fast will Simon go? More on the 7-time Canadian National Champion here.
*Article: Simon Bairu - Chasing The Olympic Standard (And Raising Money For Charity Too) *MB: Discuss
The Weeks That Were
LRC Tirunesh Dibaba Returns, Dunbar Follows In His Dad's Footsteps & Meb Tries To Make The Olympic Team On 41 Days Of Running In case you've been (like us) more focused on the Holidays than keeping on top of the limited action in the world of running over the last two weeks, we are here for you. From the return of Tirunesh Dibaba to Meb trying to make the Olympic team off of 41 days of running to some high-profile transfers, we've got you covered.
LetsRun.com Puma Marathon Trials Prediction Contest
LRC Puma Marathon Trials Prediction Contest The Trials in Houston are less than two weeks away and we're back with our world famous prediction contest. Shalane or Desi? What about Deena or Kara? Ryan or Meb? What will Dathan and/or Galen do? Pick the top 10 in the men's and women's races perfectly and you could win $250,000. Come out on top of the other LRC faithful and you could win some great Puma prizes as they celebrate the Feb. 1 launch of the first motional control shoe the in the Faas line, the Faas 800.
NCAA News: Neely Spence Goes Pro
- NCAA DII 5k/XC Champ Neely Spence Turns Pro She ran 15:27.72 for 5k last year, finishing 7th at US Champs and 8th at the Pan Am Games.
*College Press Release *FloTrack Interview *MB: Neely Spence Leaves College to attempt 2012 Olympic Dream - Trevor Dunbar's Move Reminiscent Of LeBron James "Just as Dunbar cannot be blamed for seeking a better situation, Oregon cannot be faulted to seeking out the best talent for its teams."
- Increased Financial Aid In The Ivy League Has Had A Huge Positive Impact On Sports Programs New York Times Yale Volleyball Coach Erin Appleman: "I can tell the demographics of my team are changing because not everyone is going to Cancún for spring break. The middle-class kids are going home."
Week That Was
LRC Centro Goes Pro (Should German Have Too?), Kawauchi, NXN, And How Soft Are The Women's Olympic Marathon Trials Standards? We cover the big stories in the world of running in the last week, the ones above, plus the USATF convention and we take a look at the amazing depth of the Fukuoka marathon, where you can't compete unless you can run under 2:42.
2011 NCAAs Are History *Men's Results *Women's Results *Entire Race Video Replays
Women: LRC Georgetown, Reid Win Tight Battles Six women kicked for home over the last 400m of the race but in
the end it turned into the duel
many expected and Sheila Reid of Villanova got the narrow win over Jordan Hasay.
The big surprise was in the team's race, where the Georgetown women, who were only third at Big East, won by eight over Washington as #1 Florida State faltered and finished 4th. *Discuss
More: *Georgetown Gets Its First National CC Title GUHoyas.com
*Washington Comes Up 8 Points Short GoHuskies.com
*#1 FSU Finishes 4th & Coach Karen Harvey Pulls No Punches "I felt like I was watching a nightmare. I really thought there was no way this is happening." www.seminoles.com
*Wetmore Says 11th-Placed Colorado Women Purposely Peaked For PAC-12s, Not NCAAs www.denverpost.com
*The FSU Women Finished Fourth And The Men 12th At NCAA Cross-Country Championships www.seminoles.com
*Lananna Says Hasay's Runner-Up Finish Was A Big Step Forward As She Didn't Get Antsy & Kick Too Early www.oregonlive.com
He Will Be Missed Adam Goucher Retires Goucher is having knee surgery on Friday and says his competitive racing career is over. We've always said that one way to judge whether a runner's
career was a good one or not is simple: Were They Good Enough That They Could Retire Or Just Quit? Goucher certainly is retiring, as he had an INCREDIBLE career - Foot Locker champ, NCAA champ indoors, NCAA champ outdoors
and NCAA champ in XC, USA champ in XC and track and an Olympian. Goucher is a runner at heart and we wouldn't rule out seeing him in the 2016 Marathon Trials.
*MB: Adam Goucher retires
2011 ING NYC Marathon *Men's Results *Women's Results *Viewing Info *Flash Yahoo Photos
LRC 2:05:06!!! Geoffrey Mutai Caps Year In Style An unbelievable year in men's marathoning had an appropriate finish, as the Kenyan man who had the most unbelievable of all years, Geoffrey Mutai, smashed the previous NYC Marathon record by a stunning 2:38 - that's two minutes and 38 seconds. If it wasn't the greatest 2nd-greatest men's marathon performance
ever, you'll have to tell us what was. American Meb Keflezighi hung with the leaders for 20 miles after a blistering 63:16 1st half and ended up with a much-deserved PR. Mutai picked up $200,000 by winning, but the big financial winner was runner-up Emmanuel Mutai, who won $635,000 ($500,000 for the WMM title).
LRC Mary Keitany Beats
Herself The women's race was full of gut-wrenching
drama, as Mary Keitany went out in a crazy 67:56. The problem was she came back in 74:42, as unheralded Firehiwot Dado (Rome
Marathon champ) got the win.
LRC Post-Race Interviews: Meb And His Coach Bob Larsen Talks About His PR Despite Throwing Up Plus the winners - Geoffrey Mutai, Firehiwot Dado, men's and women's top 3, Ed Moran, Molly Pritz, Lauren Fleshman and Bobby Curtis.
Trailer For "ITEN - The Town Of RED Dust"
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Olympic Marathon Trials Less Than a Week Away...This Should Get You Pumped Up
Week In Review
LRC Tirunesh Dibaba Returns, Dunbar Follows In His Dad's Footsteps & Meb Tries To Make The Olympic Team On 41 Days Of Running In case you've been (like us) more focused on the Holidays than keeping on top of the limited action in the world of running over the last two weeks, we are here for you. From the return of Tirunesh Dibaba to Meb trying to make the Olympic team off of 41 days of running to some high-profile transfers, we've got you covered.