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The US Olympic Marathon Trials Are Saturday

LRC 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials Preview: The Men’s Underdogs – From Bernard Lagat To Jim Walmsley The odds are the Olympic team will consist of 3 of the “Big 4” of Rupp, Korir, Fauble and Ward, but here are 26 underdogs with a chance if 2 of the 4 falter. From 45-year-old Bernard Lagat to 24-year-old Jerrell Mock, meet those with “a chance.”

Trials Question Of The Day: Which Woman Is Most Likely To Make The US Olympic Marathon Team? Des Linden, Emily Sisson, Jordan Hasay, Sara Hall, Molly Huddle, Kellyn Taylor, Sally Kipyego, Emma Bates, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Stephanie Bruce: Who is most likely to make the Olympic team?

HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE) – Meet The Full-Time HOKA Pros

LRC Scott Fauble: Does HOKA’s Fastest American Pro Get To The Top of American Distance Running At the Trials? Scott Fauble is arguable America’s best male long distance runner who hasn’t been on an Olympic team. Can he change that?

Weekend NCAA / HS Action *All NCAA Coverage

South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen Breaks Mondo Duplantis’ Collegiate Pole Vault Record With 5.93m At The Nebraska Tune-Up (includes video) Duplantis’ 5.92m record was exactly one day short of one year old.
USTFCCCA NCAA Weekend In Review There was fast DMR action this weekend lead by Notre Dame men (9:25.80) over Wisconsin (9:25.84) and the Notre Dame women (11:04.27) over Michigan (11:05.89).
*MB: Alex Wilson DMR – Notre Dame 9:25.80
MB: Ct HS sophomore goes sub-9:00 indoors wearing VAPORFLYS

Coronavirus News

Tokyo Governor Criticizes “Inappropriate” Offer From London To Host Olympics Because Of Coronavirus Crisis The offer came from London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey who said London may need to “step up” to host the games instead of Tokyo.
Japanese Virologist Says That If The Tokyo Games Were Tomorrow, They’d Need To Be Cancelled Due To The Current Coronavirus Climate Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani, a former advisor during the SARS pandemic in the early 2000s, said “Right now we don’t have an effective strategy …but by the end of July we may be in a different situation.”
Beggars Must Not Be Choosers: Minister Of Sport Says Russia Is Ready To Host Any Sporting Events That Need Relocating Due To Coronavirus
Chinese Anti-Doping Agency To Resume Testing In China After Temporary Suspension Due To Coronavirus
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori: “I pray to God every day that the coronavirus will just vanish.” Organizers have said there is no chance the Games will be cancelled or postponed, but Japan is one of the riskiest places in the world for the spread of the virus.
Tokyo 2020 Postpones Volunteer Training Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

Trials Question Of The Day

LRC Which “Old Guy” – Ritz (37), Abdi (43), Or Lagat (45), Has Best Shot At Marathon Trials? Ritz (37) will be Lagat’s age (45) in LA 2028, which is nuts.
*Yesterday: Trials Question of the Day: Will Jordan Hasay Make the Olympic Team?

RRW: Just Back From Training In Kenya, Bernard Lagat Eyes Record Sixth Olympic Team
Large Panel Of Marathon Experts (Which Included LRC’s Jon Gault) Predicts Olympic Trials Top 3 For the men, they chose Jared Ward, Leonard Korir and Galen Rupp. Emily Sisson, Molly Huddle and Sara Hall for the women.
Interesting: Runner’s World Chooses Their “Best Moments At The Olympic Marathon Trials”
Carrie Tollefson Interviews Tierney Wolfgram, The Youngest Competitor In The Olympic Marathon Trials Wolfgram ran 2:40:03 as a 15-year-old to qualify.

The Trials Are February 29th

Breaking: LRC Defending Champion Amy Cragg Withdraws From 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials A source close to Cragg said her withdrawal is the result of adrenal fatigue as a result of the Epstein-Barr virus.
*MB Amy Cragg – 2:21:42 marathoner – pulls out of Trials with illness

LRC Olympic Marathon Trials Question Of Day: Which Man Has The Best Shot To Make The Team (Other Than Galen Rupp)? Fauble. Ward. Korir. Who’s the odd man out in Atlanta?

LRC Podcast: Jim Walmsley Ready For His Marathon Debut At Trials Walmsley talks for nearly 1 hour about his marathon debut, being in 2:10 shape, shoes, and more. Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE.

Mid-Week Action: Duplantis Just Misses WR Again

Mondo Duplantis Falls Short Of His Third Consecutive WR As He Tops 6.07m And Narrowly Misses 6.19m In Lievin, France On the women’s side, Sandi Morris also attempted to equal the PV indoor world record (5.03m held by Jen Suhr), but also had a close miss and settled for a 4.83m win. In the 3,000m, Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale ran the fastest time indoors for 7 years with 7:32.80, beating out Selemon Barega‘s 7:33.19. 1,500m wins went to Samuel Tefera (3:35.54) and Gudaf Tsegay (4:00.60) as Collins Kipruto won the 800m in 1:46.34. Ronnie Baker won the men’s 60m in 6.44 while Gambia’s Gina Bass got an upset win over Murielle Ahoure in the women’s race with 7.11.
*France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Runs European-Leading 7.47 To Win 60H In Lievin

HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC From Being An Overweight High Schooler To The Marathon Trials – Rajpaul Pannu – HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #10 Raj started running to lose weight in high school. Now he’ll be toeing the line at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. Get inspired by his story.

2020 USA Indoors *Results

LRC Shelby Houlihan & Josh Thompson Complete Bowerman TC Sweep Of 1,500s At 2020 USATF Indoors Houlihan used a sub-30 final lap to win her 13th US title while Thompson held off defending champ Craig Engels and unheralded (and unsponsored) Nick Harris to earn his first US title.

LRC Ajee’ Wilson And Bryce Hoppel Comfortably Win 2020 USATF Indoor 800-Meter Titles (As Expected) The 800s went very much according to form as Wilson and Hoppel earned wins as expected.

Tokyo Marathon Cancelled

Tokyo Marathon Cancels Mass Participation Race Over Coronavirus; Only Elites Will Run Runners will be allowed to defer their entry until next year, but would have to pay again and would not get their money back from this year’s race. IOC officials have insisted there are no concerns over cancelling the Tokyo 2020 Games.
*MB: Tokyo Marathon CANCELLED!

Asian Cross-Country Championships Postponed Due To Coronavirus They were to be in Hong Kong in March, but will now be in November or December.
Japan Running News’ Brett Larner Notes That Multiple Other Major Public Events Have Been Cancelled In Japan However, he noted that there were at least seven road races with 10,000+ runners across Japan this weekend.

Glasgow Indoor GP: Duplantis Breaks The WR Again

World Athletics Recap: Mondo Duplantis Breaks PV WR Again With 6.18m In Glasgow Duplantis picked up a $30,000 bonus for breaking his own record from a week ago, sailing over it on his first attempt. Distance winners winners included Adam Kszczot (1:46.34) in the 800m (just .18 ahead of Kenya’s Cornelius Tuwei) and Bethwell Birgen in the 1,500m (3:36.22).
*MB: MONDO Duplantis does it AGAIN – 6.18 new WR!!!

GB’s Jemma Reekie Maintains Momentum With Glasgow 1,500m Win In 4:04.07 Ahead Of Ethiopia’s Former World Indoor Silver Medalist Dawit Seyaum (4:04.24) Laura Muir was shooting for the 2:30.94 world record in the 1,000m, but was way off with a 2:33.45 win (still the 11th-fastest of all time).
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Runs 7.16 To Beat Out Murielle Ahoure In The Glasgow 60m USA’s Ronnie Baker won the men’s race in 6.50 seconds.

Week That Was

LRC WTW: Bernard Lagat’s Sister Is Fast, False Starts In The Half Marathon, And More Vaporfly Talk? Bernard Lagat‘s sister may have found a new distance, the NCAA DMR heated up, there was a false start in the world record in the half marathon, and of course Rojo has some Vaporfly talk.

New Salazar News

BBC Panorama: Alberto Salazar’s Spectacular Fall From Grace Some new allegations against Salazar, including from former Stanford runner Ari Lambie who says Salazar changed her birth control, had her take thyroid meds she didn’t need and gave her an unknown supplement followed by a drug test.
More BBC On Mo Farah: Details On UK Athletics Involvement In Helping Farah Get L-Carnitine And Farah’s Initial Denial To USADA That He Took It Before London Marathon
*MB: Ariana Lambie speaks about her time in NOP, says she was given a supplement by Salazar & told to take a drug test after it
*MB: Goucher says Salazar “was obsessed with the size of my breasts”

Mo Farah Speaks

Mo Farah Admits To Lying About His Link To Jama Aden Farah says that when he was asked about it years ago and said Aden was just a fan that asked for a “selfie,” he was lying and in reality he’s “known Jama for many years.”
Athletics Weekly: Mo Farah Tackles Tough Topics Farah says he’s suffered “financially and emotionally” due to his links with Alberto Salazar. He his coach Gary Lough also say they were “blindsided” by the news when Salazar’s ban was announced.
Former UK Athletics Chairman Ed Warner Says He Advised Mo Farah To Leave Alberto Salazar In 2015 Warner: “I would have loved Mo to walk away. … I personally tried to persuade him to change coach. … He was adamant he wasn’t going to change his coach.”

US Mid-D News

Quick Catch-Up With Former NOP Assistant Coach Pete Julian Asked if his group of former NOPers has a new club name yet, he said no, but they are “considering several names.”
Theo Quax And Dick Quax The Latest To Join The Father-Son Sub-4 Club NAU’s Theo Quax ran 3:57.13 last week at the Husky Classic to join his father in the sub-4 club. They are only the 12th father-son pair to achieve the feat.
*List Of All Father-Son Sub-4 Combos
Good Read: World Athletics Profile On Elinor Purrier Purrier talks about gaining strength from doing hard work growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont.
*AP: “Cream Rises – Purrier’s Track Feats Paved By Dairy Farm Work”
USATF Announces One Mile Road Championships Are Returning To The Grand Blue Mile At The Drake Relays They will be there through 2023. Early entrants for this year’s race (April 21st) include Heather Kampf and Emily Lipari.
Race Video Of Craig Engel’s 3:56 Mile Win At Boston Terrier Earlier This Winter

World Record!!! 2020 RAK Half *Results

LRC Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh Upsets Brigid Kosgei And Smashes Half Marathon World Record At 2020 RAK Half Marathon Yeshaneh, who lost to Kosgei by nearly 7 minutes in Chicago, took 20 seconds off the old word record and won in 64:31 as Kosgei also broke the old WR. In the men’s race, Kibiwott Kandie got the win in 58:58 after beating Geoffrey Kamworor last week in Kenya in controversial fashion.
*World Athletics Recap
*MB: 2020 RAK Half Discussion Thread
*MB: Kosgei breaks Half Marathon World Record and Loses race!

Week That Was

LRC WTW: USA Indoors By The Numbers, Cheptegei Is Sublime, Kamworor’s Mysterious Loss, Praise For Nia Akins And Shoes Jam-packed action on the roads, the turf, and the indoor oval.

The HOKA Pros Take On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day: Scott Smith: Can He Get Top 3 Like His Dog At The Dog World Championships? We now turn our attention to the full-time pros trying to make the Olympic team in Atlanta and start with Scott Smith.

Non-Distance News

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Clears The Air On Her Retirement Plans The 32-year-old said she’s “taking it a year at a time” after their were rumors she was planning to retire after Eugene 2021.
Former Pole Vault WR Holder Sergey Bubka Calls Mondo Duplantis A “Beautiful Talent” “He really makes athletics attractive. He brings a lot of attention to athletics and the pole vault.”
*BBC: Is Mondo Duplantis Usain Bolt’s “Heir Apparent?”
Baylor’s KC Lightfoot And Washington’s Olivia Gruver Are NCAA Athletes Of The Week Lightfoot cleared 5.83m in the PV at the Iowa State Classic to beat Chris Nilsen and equal the 5th best jump in NCAA history. Gruver cleared 4.70m in the PV to move to #2 on the all-time list.
France’s Melina Robert-Michon Throws 64.14m World Discus Lead At The French Winter Throwing Championships
Wayde Van Niekerk After His Comeback Race: “It is good to be back running and I am satisfied with my time. Thanks again to everyone who has assisted in my recovery.”

Key Non-USA Indoor Results – Joshua Cheptegei Crushes Road World Record

MB: Wayde Van Niekerk Opens His Season With A 1:57 800m On Grass Track (Includes Video)
*Wayde Van Niekerk Also Raced A 10.20 Grass 100m (Hand Timed)
*MB: I Raced against Wayde Van niekerk in the 800m last night.

Joshua Cheptegei Runs 12:51 To Smash World 5k Road Record Cheptegei has been on fire the last year. The previous road best was 13:00. *Video Of Race
*France’s Jimmy Gressier Finishes Second In European Record With 13:18
*World Athletics Recap
*MB: Why Do Joshua Cheptegei And Rhonex Kipruto Avoid Even Attempting Track Records?

More USAs

MB LRC Day 2 Thread
Online Rivalry: MB: Shots fired: Paul Chelimo calls out Lopez Lomong for ducking him at USAs
Christian Coleman Comes Close To 60m WR With 6.37 To Win USAs The time is #2 in history behind his own 6.34 WR.
USATF Recap: World Leads Dominate Final Day Of USAs Ryan Crouser threw the second farthest indoor shot put in history with 22.60m. Sandi Morris beat out Jenn Suhur in the PV with 4.90m. Vashti Cunningham became the first woman to win 5 straight US indoor titles in the HJ with a 1.97m victory.
*Day 1: Tori Franklin Reclaims The American TJ Record And US Title From Keturah Orji With 14.64m 2019 winner Orji had just broken the record moments earlier with a 14.60m jump.
Coach Pete Julian On Why Donavan Brazier Scratched From USAs “[Brazier] accomplished the things we wanted to accomplish indoors. We sharpened the blade a little bit. It’s time to keep our eyes on the big prize.”

HOKA ONE ONE Takes On The Marathon Trials (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #9: Tyler Andrews – From Not Breaking 18 Minutes In High School To Training With Kenyans In Ecuador To Winning US 50 Mile Championship Andrews has a true where your dreams become reality story as he didn’t break 18 minutes for 5k in high school. Plus he’s got a film crew now following his story.

LRC In “2:10 shape” & With Secret “Trials Dagger” Shoes, Ultra Star Jim Walmsley Is Ready To Take On The 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials “I’d like to think I’m around 2:10 shape right now. … I feel like I’ve legitimately put in the training and the work to contend up front. I feel pretty confident with that,” said Walmsley.
*HOKA Trials Athlete Of The Day #8 Jim Walmsley Walmsley gives some advice and also wants advice for his marathon debut.

More Non-USA Action: The Pros Don’t Care About USA Champs *All NCAA Results

MB: Jenny Simpson runs 14:58.67 5k (#3 US all-time indoors) Simpson won the BU Valentine 5,000m. Colorado’s Dani Jones was a distant second in 15:17.11. *Full Results
Husky Classic Results: Lopez Lomong (7:45.82) And Emily Infeld (8:48.73) Lead Fast 3,000s For BTC BTC went 1-2-3 with Marc Scott (7:46.11) and Evan Jager (7:46.24) behind Lomong.
*MB: Bowerman Track Club men and Jerry Schumacher- Skip USAs to run in Washington
MB: Transgender Runner June Eastwood runs 4:45 mile Eastwood won the third section and was 19th in the merge at the Husky Classic.

Weekend Road Results

Ethiopia’s Mekuant Ayenew (2:04:46) And Uganda Juliet Chekwel (2:23:13) Win With Course Records At The Seville Marathon Both races had strong depth as seven men finished sub-2:07 and 14 broke 2:08 while seven women went sub-2:28.
*MB: Kevin Seaward – Fastest teacher in the world?
*MB: Spanish Javier Guerra (36 yo) ran 2:07:24 in Sevilla Marathon
MB: Bernard Lagat’s sister and FSU GRAD Violah Lagat 66:47 in Half Marathon Debut

British Indoor Champs *Results

BBC Day 2 Recap: Guy Learmonth Leapfrogs His Way To PR And British 800m Title With 1:46.89 Learmonth avoided a collision and jumped over a fallen runner on the final lap, managing to come back and catch former NCAA champ Josh Kerr (finished 4th) and hold off Andrew Osagie (1:46.98). *Race Video *Video Interview With Learmonth
17-Year-Old Amy Hunt Wins 60m National Title At British Indoor Champs With the bigger names absent, Hunt won easily in 7.39. On the men’s side, Andrew Robertson won in 6.66 while 41-year-old Dwain Chambers competed, but didn’t make the final, saying, “This is a chance to have a little bit more fun before the wheels fall off.”
BBC Day 1 Recap: Sophie Cook Wins GB Pole Vault Title With 4.50m David King (7.78) and Yasmin Miller (8.29) took the 60H titles.

The TJ WR Goes Down In Madrid

Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas Breaks Indoor Triple Jump Record With 15.43m In Madrid The two-time world champ broke the 16-year-old record by 7cm on her final jump. Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale set a MR and secured the World Athletics Indoor Tour title by winning the 3,000m in 7:39.96 over Bethwel Birgen (7:40.23) and Selemon Barega (7:40.30). Gudaf Tsegay won her third consecutive 1500m. Christina Clemons (7.82) beat out Nia Ali with a MR in the 60H and Ronnie Baker set one in the 60m (6.44).
*GB’s Andrew Pozzi Remains Unbeaten With A Season’s Best 7.48 In The Madrid 60H
*Croatian Shot Putter Filip Mihaljevic Wins Madrid And The World Athletics Tour With A National Record 21.74m

Will This Current HS Phenom Ever Make The Olympics?

LRC LRC Q&A: NXN Champ Nico Young On His Favorite Race, Toughest Workout, & Why He Chose NAU Nico also shares who his favorite pros are – Galen Rupp and Justyn Knight.

DyeStat Video Interview

March / April Road Race News

Chicago Marathon Champ Lawrence Cherono Will Replace Mo Farah At The London Half Marathon On March 1st Farah pulled out with injury, so now Cherono will be the one to go up against Kenenisa Bekele.
Nagoya Women’s Marathon In Japan Limited To Elite Runners Because Of Coronavirus Fears Like Tokyo, next month’s Nagoya Marathon has cancelled the mass participation race.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Says Coronavirus Should Not Affect The Boston Marathon There has been one case of coronavirus in Boston and Walsh says, “I think we have to be very careful in overreacting to a situation that isn’t there.”
After Setting 5k WR, Joshua Cheptegei Turns His Attention To His Half Marathon Debut At The World Half Marathon Championships Next Month In Poland

The Jemma Reekie Show

GB’s Jemma Reekie Gets Her Biggest Scalp Yet As She Beats 800m World Champ Halimah Nakaayi In France Reekie ran 2:00.34 to beat Nakaayi (2:01.96) by over a second and a half.
Laura Muir: “The faster Jemma’s got, the closer we’ve got.” Despite the fact that Reekie has been beating Muir and breaking her records, Muir says “sorry to disappoint you, but it’s not a big rivalry.”
Jemma Reekie Dismisses Link Between Her Nike Spikes And Recent Record-Breaking Form “It doesn’t happen overnight and there’s a lot of hard work. … I will just let my legs do the talking.”
Laura Muir Happy With Her Form Despite Being Outshone By Her Training Partner Jemma Reekie Muir missed a lot of training this winter when she tore her calf and hurt her Achilles.
The Telegraph: “Jemma Reekie’s Coach Andy Young says 2020 Olympics Is En ‘Exciting Opportunity’ As Her Rapid Rise Continues”
Jemma Reekie’s Coach Andy Young Thinks Her “Special Kick” Could Take Her To Olympic Glory Reekie has set three British records this month and closed her last lap in 30.1 seconds during her 4:04 win in Glasgow.
Sean Ingle: “Record-breaking middle-distance duo staying on message in Olympic year”
The Telegraph: “The incredible rise of Jemma Reekie: How Britain’s overnight middle-distance sensation stepped up to rival Laura Muir”

More Weekend News Of Note

NAU Soars 9 Spots To Move To #1 In The Latest Men’s NCAA Rankings LSU, Florida, Texas and Oregon are ranked 2-5.
LSU Jumps Five Spots To Take Over As The New #1 In Women’s Updated NCAA Rankings
USTFCCCA NCAA Weekend In Review Olivia Gruver finished 3rd in the PV at USAs with 4.70m, the second best in collegiate history.
US HSer Cruz Culpepper Just Misses Sub-4 With A 4:00.10 Mile At The Husky Classic Culpepper placed 6th in the race won by Oregon’s James West in 3:57.43.
*MB: WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT CULPEPPER’S 4:00.1???
Marlee Starliper Runs US High School #3 All-Time 3,000m With 9:07.14 At BU Valentine Only Katelyn Tuohy and Mary Cain have run faster on a standard 200m track.
WA Road Round-Up: Kenya’s Victor Chumo (59:58) And Ethiopia’s Ashete Bekere (66:37) Win Barcelona Half Marathon Kenyans Benson Kipruto (62:13) and Lucy Cheruiyot (70:52) won at the Guadalajara Half.
Grant Holloway And Keni Harrison Both Skip USAs To Run World Leading 60H At Clemson Holloway ran (just 0.03 off his PR) and Harrison won with 7.80.
Japanese Olympic Trials Winner Honami Maeda Breaks National 30k Record With 1:38:35 At The Ome 30k The record belonged to 2004 Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi. Masaya Taguchi won the women’s race in 1:30:45.

More International Weekend Results

Caster Semenya Runs Her First Race In 8 Months; Breaks National 300m Record With 36.78 At Low Key South African Meet Semenya is barred from racing distances from 400m to the mile, but 300m obviously falls outside that range. Afterwards she said, “Track and field, you will still see my face. That is all I can say for now.”
*AP Article Semenya previously made it sound like she was going to play soccer and done with track completely.
Julia Ratcliffe Breaks NZ Hammer Record With 71.39m At The Porritt Classic In NZ Nick Willis won the 1,500m comfortably in 3:46.71 and Valerie Adams continued her comeback with a season’s best 18.81m in the SP.
Germany’s World LJ Champ Malaika Mihambo Sets World Lead With 7.07m At The ISTAF Berlin Indoor Meet Three-time European bronze medalist Shanice Craft won the discus with a world indoor best of 64.03m. *Full Results
Nafissatou Thiam Opens Her Season With 60H At Belgian Indoor Champs Thiam finished 4th in 8.34 (the second fastest time of her career). Eline Berings won the race in 8.10.
British PV Record Holder Holly Bradshaw Wins BUCS Indoor Championships With 4.65m
Mesud Pezer, Of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Wins Shot Put At Balkan Indoor Champs (20.75m) And Istanbul Athletics Cup (20.90m) Both meets were this weekend in Istanbul.

Day 1 At USAs

LRC Day 1 Recap: Shelby Houlihan, Paul Chelimo Earn Dominant 3K Wins Thanks To Big Last Laps The best distance runners in the US the last three years, Shelby Houlihan and Paul Chelimo were on display. Houlihan led the BTC women to 1-2-3 finish (and 5 of the top 6), and Chelimo led the Scott Simmons group to a 1-2-3 finish as well. Christian Coleman (6.48) looks like he can break the WR in the 60 and the TJ record fell twice (Keturah Orji (14.60m), Tori Franklin (14.64m)).

LRC 800 Prelims: Ajee’ Wilson And Bryce Hoppel Cruise As Athing Mu Struggles; Raevyn Rogers Is A DNS The biggest surprise may have been Kaela Edwards as the former NCAA mile champ showed the form she flashed in 2018 when she broke 2:00.

Not Every US Distance Star Ran USAs
MB: Jenny Simpson runs 14:58 5k She wanted to bang out an Olympic qualifier in the 5000 in case disaster strikes in the 1500.
MB: Bowerman Track Club men and Jerry Schumacher- Skip USAs to run on illegal track in Washington Lopez Lomong (7:45), Evan Jager (7:46), Sean McGorty (7:46).
MB: LRC Day 1 Thread