- 16-Year-Old Rin Kubo Becomes First Japanese Woman To Break 2:00 For 800m She ran 1:59.93 to break the 19-year-old national record.
- 16-Year-Old Japan 800m Champ Rin Kubo Leads Girls' 4x800m To High School National Record (8:33.77) She split 2:01.9 and her teammates' splits were 2:07.4, 2:11.2 and 2:13.1.
‒The NY Times writing about the lace-less shoe Hellen Obiri ran with in Boston that is largely made by a robot.
*MB: 8 years ago, Nike's super shoes made a mockery of the Olympic marathon. Will history repeat itself with On & Hellen Obiri in 24?