RunBlogRun tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010-02-11://5 2010-09-02T23:55:01Z Movable Type Pro 4.32-en Tyson Gay in Split, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4169 2010-09-02T23:29:30Z 2010-09-02T23:55:01Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549


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       Tyson Gay speaking with BBC, Aviva London, photorun.net.


All the stars are arriving in Split today. The Continental Cup is looking like a pretty good way to end a non championship year. Looking forward to some fun end of season matchups!  

One more thing. I just read this stuff about Usain Bolt, in Huffington Post, noting that he runs for big races and Tyson Gay, "probably hates his guts?". Was it a slow news day? Both of these sprinters are supposed to be professionals. And they both comport themselves that way. My frustration, like all track fans, was that once Gay beat Bolt, Usain Bolt called it a season due to his sore back. The frustration is not about his sore back, but not seeing them race more in the early season.

The great thing about this sport is that, all is decided on the track. In 2007, Tyson Gay was on top of the world. In 2008, Usain Bolt was, as he was in 2009. In 2010, after two years of stunning running, Usain's body showed that, yes, he is human after all.

In 2011, when it comes to that hot, humid night in Daegu, when a billion track fans are watching the World Champs on TV, web or in the stadium, the tension will be felt. The finalists for the 100 meters and 200 meters will line up, wait for the gun, and put four years of emotions into under ten seconds for the 100 meters and 20 seconds for the two hundred meters. The key is being healthy then, and in London 2012.
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SPLIT (CRO): Stars of Zagreb meeting moved on Thursday southwards to Split to compete at IAAF Continental Cup. Amongst them also Tyson Gay who is scheduled to run the 4x100 m relay. Since he did not compete in the national championship of the USA, which is a requirement for selection into the Americas team he cannot run in the individual event. Gay also apologised to Nesta Carter after a collision at the Zagreb 100 m on Wednesday. Gay said he and Carter briefly clashed hands, preventing him from recording a quicker time. Writes TrackAlerts. „I kind of ran into his lane and bumped on him. That messed me up and him also, but it was my fault. It was very cold but the cold weather did not affect my result," the US record holder was quoted. After his arrival to Split Gay said at a press conference about the relay for IAAF: „No we haven't yet (training). I'll be running third leg, and Wallace (Spearmon) will be handing to me. We've been running the sticks for years. We do need to practice though. I need to work with whoever is going to be the anchor leg. But we don't know who that's going to be right now since Yohan Blake was injured and went home."

 

NO RUDISHA AT CG

NAIROBI (KEN): The Nation writes that world record holder and African champion at 800 m David Rudisha will skip the Commonwealth Games due in Delhi next month, citing fatigue. "I have come to realise that, in this profession, you do not need to wait for your body to tell you when to stop but rather have the instict to stop when it is required," he was quoted. Athletics Kenya (AK) has since agreed to the request and settled on Abraham Kiplagat, second at the national trials, to fill the place.

 

 

 

OTHER NEWS

 

 

NEWCASTLE (GBR): German top marathon runner Irina Mikitenko will renew her rivalry with Mara Yamauchi at the 30th edition of the Bupa Great North Run on September 19. Writes Athletics Weekly website. The former two-time London Marathon winner Mikitenko will clash not only with Yamauchi but also defending champion Jessica Augusto from Portugal and former winner Berhane Adere from Ethiopia. For Mikitenko a good preparation for Chicago Marathon early October.

 

PARIS (FRA): French media are informing that Jacques Piasenta will help 2005 world champion Ladji Doucoure the technical part of his training. Renaud Longuevre remains his main coach. His main goal is to be in top shape at London Olympics 2012.

 

LONDON (GBR): Latest Pat Butcher´s blog at www.globerunner.org - David Rudisha and Colm O'Connell.

 

BUDAPEST (HUN): In All-Athletics.com one day meetings rankings the last IAAF World Challenge Zagreb 2010 is ranked fourth in that category. Leading is Rieti ahead of Berlin and Ostrava. In overall meeting Zagreb gets position number 18. Best EA Premium meeting of the year in the rankings is Bydgoszcz ahead of Zhukovskiy and Barcelona. In EA Classic still one more meet remains to be held (Padova), top three for the moment are Luzern, Dubnica and Huelva. Best European meeting in the rankings which is not EA Premium or Classic is the DLV Gala in Wattenscheid, Germany. Not counting Baie Mahault under French jurisdiction, but staged in Caribbean Area which is having higher ranking as the German meet.

 

TILBURG (NED): Dutch representative Hilda Kibet will not be able to compete at the Tilburg Ten Miles on September 5th due to illness. Kibet currently trains in Kenya and has gotten sick earlier this week. Lornah Kiplagat and Meselech Melkamu remain the top favourites of the event.

 

AMSTERDAM (NED): Kenyan Moses Masai and Ethiopian Sileshi Sihine are the big names announced for the Dam tot Damloop in Amsterdam on September 19th. Masai won the World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico earlier this year while Sihine is slowly building his career in road racing after being a double Olympic silver medalist on the track. In the women's race, which starts exactly 5.46 minutes before the men's race, Lornah Kiplagat and Doris Changeiywo have high hopes of winning the race. Also Hilda Kibet is announced for the race but she has withdrawn from the Tilburg Ten Miles this weekend.

 

LONDON (GBR): Britain has begun preparing for the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012 by inducting four young girls into a development bobsleigh programme overseen by world champion Nicola Minichiello. Charlotte Burrows, Kirsten Emery, Mica McNeil and Rebecca Law were chosen by Great Britain Bobsleigh to take part in a training camp at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

 

LAUSANNE (SUI): European Athletics is pleased to unveil its new website homepage following the Barcelona 2010 European Athletics Championships which attracted a record number of visitors to the official site of the continental governing body. The new homepage layout at www.european-athletics.org is similar to the one introduced ahead of Barcelona 2010, which drew praise from athletics fans for its design and ease of use. European Athletics is now working on the redesign of the rest of its website. The official website, along with the B10 local organising committee website, live results website and official statistics website, attracted record numbers during the 20th European Athletics Championships. In an eight-day period between 26 July and August 2, there were almost 2.5 million unique visitors and 22.66 million page views on the websites dedicated to the championships. There were more than 654,000 unique visitors to www.european-athletics.org during the event, with over 5.1 million page views. The LOC website www.bcn2010.org attracted over 910,000 unique visitors during the same period with more than 3 million page views. Swiss Timing's live results service attracted 829,100 visitors and 13.7 million page views, while the www.tilastopaja.com website of European Athletics' official statistician, Mirko Jalava, drew in almost 100,000 unique visitors and approaching 1 million page views. Writes European Athletics.

 

FRANKFURT (GER): This year Jamaica has the highest number sub 10 runners per year with 6. USA is following with 5, one athlete from France and Great Britain also dipped under 10 seconds. The season is still not over. Highest ever number legal sub 10 by individual athlete is 65 of Asafa Powell. Second Maurice Greene has 53 and third Ato Boldon 28 and Tyson Gay 27 (including split from Manchester). Usain Bolt has 21 including split from Manchester.

 

DIAMOND LEAGUE: Best results according to IAAF Scoring Table in the 2010 inaugural Samsung Diamond League are Tyson Gay´s 100 m 9.78 in London worth of 1297 points and on the women side the 52.82 of Lashinda Demus in Rome at 400 m hurdles worth of 1242 points. In men events Gay is the best in section sprints/hurdles, in middle distances the 1:42.04 of David Rudisha in Oslo valued at 1261 points. In long distances the best points score of 1263 for Brimin Kipruto and his 8:00.90 in the Paris steeple. Best jumps results is the 17.98 of Teddy Tamgho in New York worth of 1262 and in throws the 22.41 in shot put by Christian Cantwell (1265 points). In women groups of events Demus is the best in section sprints/hurdles. Russian Anna Alminova has the best result in middle distances with her 3:57.65 1500 m win in Paris (1224), in long distances Vivian Cheruiyot and her 14:27.41 in the 5000 m also in Paris (1232). Best result in jumps was the 203 clearance in Rome by Blanka Vlasic and Chaunte Howard (1226). In throws the best result is the javelin of Mariya Abakumova 68.89 in Doha (1238).

 

 

 

SPLIT PREVIEW

 

 

RUDISHA, WARINER, DIBABA

SPLIT (CRO): Former World Cup is now Continental Cup. Warmer weather that in most parts of Europe is expected in Croatia over the weekend. New format brings together four teams competing for the final ranking (men and women together). It looks like Europe and Americas will fight for the first place. Africa with superb runners could be third and Asia-Pacific select will have the toughest job to attack one of the other teams. Top stars competing are Wariner, Rudisha, Oliver, Bershawn Jackson in running events. Phillips and pole vaulters in jumps, Cantwell, Thorkildsen and best discus giants in throws. Tyson Gay is scheduled to run the relay. Women top names in long distances Defar, Dibaba, Cheruiyot. Home stars Vlasic and Perkovic will be just perfect for the local crowds. Winners of each event will get 30 000 USD (the same also for winning relay team), prize money is ready for top 8 in each event. Throwers and long/triple jump will have four attempts.

Event by event preview

men

100 m: Fastest European Lemaitre has a good chance to win, his main opponent will be Daniel Bailey.

200 m: Looks like a clear one for Diamond Race winner Spearmon.

400 m: Wariner wants to remain unbeaten and can attack the meet record 44.47.

800 m: Last race of the year for world record setter Rudisha. He can win any kind of race.

1500 m: Kiprop, Laalou, Casado, Manzano, if slow anything can happen.

3000 m: Tariku Bekele looks to be in top shape. But Lagat could be dangerous.

5000 m: Again Lagat, but African team has Diamond Race winner Merga with also very strong finish.

SC: Mekhissi can prove his qualities, Africa is not having the best ones. Meet record 8:19.09 under threat.

110mH: Oliver against the time.

400mH: Batman should continue in winning.

HJ: An open one, Eurochamp Shustov, former world champ Thomas.

PV: Another Hooker-Lavillenie affair. Miles and Mazuryk waiting behind.

LJ: Phillips wants to remain unbeaten since Prefontaine Classic, but Reif and Lapierre can attack.

TJ: Copello could get it, but also Eurochamp Idowu is there.

SP: Cantwell is the one to watch, he likes Croatia. Eurochamp Mikhnevich finally gets a chance to compete.

DT: Again Harting vs. Malachowski. This year they are 6:3 so far.

HT: Charfreitag is the one to watch. Let´s see whether Murofushi will be a late addition.

JT: Thorkildsen wants to be again the winner.

4x100 m: Americas should be the one (with Tyson Gay), but French and Japanese squads representing their continents are well working with baton.

4x400 m: Can Europe take the pace of Americas?

women

100 m: Baptiste vs. Okagbare, where would fit Eurochamp Sailer.

200 m: Very open, Europeans Bryzgina, Fedoriva but also Moore and Mothersill to watch.

400 m: High quality affair with Firova, Dunn and Montsho.

800 m: Also here excellent line-up. Eurowinner Savinova, DL winner Jepkosgei, in-shape Sinclair.

1500 m: Nancy Langat should remain in winning ways. But in slow race Burka, Dehiba, Dobriskey are to be considered too.

3000 m: One for Meseret Defar, but Alemitu Bekele can try as in Stockholm.

5000 m: The duel of the weekend Dibaba vs. Cheruiyot and Abeylegesse.

SC: Another clash of the two best Chemos and Zarudneva. Meet record very possible (9:29.10).

100mH: Lolo with Felicien as in Zagreb, but added by Pearson and Yanit.

400mH: Antyukh should get it, but what is the shape of Stambolova.

HJ: Something for the crowd Vlasic and the bar.

PV: Murer, but also Feofanova. Meet record (460) should be for sure.

LJ: Europeans Radevica and Gomes are the favorites. Okagbare should be also considered.

TJ: Savigne vs. Rypakova, rematch after Brussels.

SP: Ostapchuk vs. Adams as usual.

DT: Another one for the Split crowds Perkovic but against Barrios.

HT: Heidler is in good shape, ready to win. Moreno and Lysenko attacking.

JT: Abakumova is ready, Eurochamp Stahl not missing, but Patterson and Viljoen should not be underestimated. Meet record 64.41 could go.

4x100 m: Well synchronized Ukraine against stronger on paper Americas.

4x400 m: Europe with three Russians is the main team. Only Americas can come close.

 

 

 

RESULTS

 

 

CELJE (SLO, Sep 2): At National Grand Prix meet in Celje world indoor record holder Jolanda Batagelj (formerly Ceplak) ran her last international race. She will continue to run at club level in Slovenia. On Thursday she was 6th with 2:12.36, winner Amela Terzic of Serbia got 2:05.66. Solid shot put for Hungarian Lajos Kurthy (20.01) over Serbians Milan Jotanovic (19.96) and Asmir Kolasinac (19.81). Another win for Hungary for Krisztian Pars with 76.40 in hammer. Overseas wins in men´s running events. Ghana´s Aziz Zakari posted 10.45 (-1.2) and beat Nigerian Peter Emelieze (10.46) in the 100 m. Jamaican Oral Thompson won the 400 m (46.28) and Kenyan John Kipkoech the 3000 m (7:55.09). Everyoung Merlene Ottey was at age of 50 second in the 100 m in 11.99 (-1.0) and was beaten only by Serbian Tatjana Mitic (11.81). Russian relay European champion Natalya Nazarova won the 400m (52.20) and Bulgarian Magdalena Khristova leaped to 646 in long jump. Good home win for javelin record holder Martina Ratej (61.05). Jeremy Scott cleared 561 to win the pole vault.

]]> Emerald Still Nuts About Running, from Rhodyco, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4167 2010-09-01T23:57:50Z 2010-09-02T00:13:07Z Diamond Foods owns Emerald Nuts. Emerald Nuts has sponsored the Across the Bay 12k race for eight years now, and just renewed for 2011! The management team at Rhodyco, who have been around Bay Area running for centuries, have created... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 2010 EAB12K jumping girl.jpg
Diamond Foods owns Emerald Nuts. Emerald Nuts has sponsored the Across the Bay 12k race for eight years now, and just renewed for 2011! The management team at Rhodyco, who have been around Bay Area running for centuries, have created strong events and renewed sponsorship in this day and age is something to celebrate! Congrats to Dave Rhody and Kathy Henning at Rhodyco, in their 27th year of event management! 

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Diamond Foods' Emerald Snack Nut Brand Renews Title Sponsorship of Premier Golden Gate Bridge Run

SAN FRANCISCO (August 13th 2010):  RhodyCo Productions of San Francisco proudly announces that, for the eighth year in a row, Diamond Foods, Inc. will title RhodyCo's flagship event, 'Emerald Across the Bay 12K'.  In January of 2004 when Diamond first took the title position, the headline was: "Healthy Nuts join 'the Best Bridge Run in America.'" As Diamond's Emerald brand grew so has the relationship with the annual race from Sausalito to San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. One Runner's World magazine issue named the Across the Bay 12K 'the Best Bridge Run in America.'

            About the renewal, Michael J. Mendes, Diamond Foods Chairman, President & CEO said: "Diamond Foods is involved in sponsoring running events through out the country, promoting our better for you products under the Emerald, Pop Secret and Kettle brands.  RhodyCo Productions, led by Dave Rhody, always does an exceptional job of facilitating an outstanding race experience for all runners who participate, and we are proud to associate our brands and sample products with the Emerald Across the Bay12K."

            From top ranked U.S. distance runners to fitness enthusiasts who have made running part of their lifestyle, participants at every level are attracted to the unique challenge of the Emerald 12K course. The point-to-point course features a two hundred and twenty foot climb from sea level at Horseshoe Cove in East Fort Baker up to the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, a sharp cloverleaf turn coming off the Bridge, wind and surf spray at Fort Point, the flat straight-aways of Crissy Field and the Marina and a final hill up and over Fort Mason to the finish at Aquatic Park.

            The 2011 Emerald Across the Bay 12K, scheduled for Sunday March 20th, will be the 400th major fitness event produced by RhodyCo Productions. Emerald Across the Bay 12K, born on April 1st 1984 as the 'Houlihan's to Houlihan's 8 Mile Bay Race' had an auspicious debut. The original course, a reverse of the one adopted in 1987, was from Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco to downtown Sausalito. 2,000 finishers were ferried back to Fisherman's Wharf for a party at Houlihan's Restaurant where 49ers quarterback, Joe Montana, still celebrating his first Super Bowl victory, presented the awards. In the ensuing twenty-seven years of race production, 1.4 million people have run, biked or walked in RhodyCo events.

                        "We are very fortunate to continue partnering with Diamond Foods on the run that launched RhodyCo Productions twenty-seven years ago," said Rhody after the recent title sponsorship renewal.

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            Emerald Nuts is the snack brand of Diamond Foods, Inc, a company committed to promoting healthy, active lifestyles. Diamond Foods, Inc, which is based in San Francisco, Calif., is a high-growth innovative packaged food company focused on building, acquiring and energizing brands including Kettle® Chips, Emerald® snack nuts, Pop Secret® popcorn, and Diamond of California® culinary and snack nuts. The Company's products are distributed in a wide range of stores where snacks and culinary nuts are sold.

            Diamond was founded in 1912, and became publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 2005 (DMND). Under its Emerald brand, the company has been providing U.S. consumers with healthy, natural energy snack nut products since 2004. The Emerald line has grown to over 35 products, including premium-quality snack nuts, sweet and savory glazed nuts and trail mix. The newest innovation to hit the market is Cinnamon Roast Almonds, an indulgent flavored nut with no added calories and a natural extension of its extremely popular Cocoa Roast Almonds.


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            Since the race's inception in 1984, the more recently named Emerald Across the Bay 12K has benefited Edgewood Center for Children and Families. The Edgewood kids train as runners to help them set and achieve goals and to raise their self-esteem. They run the final mile of the race. Edgewood Center for Children and Families is a nonprofit that helps children overcome severe challenges like abuse, neglect, mental illness, and family crisis. Edgewood provides essential services to more than 5,000 San Francisco Bay Area children and families each year.

            Additional background as well as new highlights and registration for Emerald Across the Bay can be found at RhodyCo Productions.

 

Photos by Brightroom Photography, Chris Graham and Gene Cohn Photography
]]> 2011 Go! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend Reg opens today! release, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4166 2010-09-01T23:40:11Z 2010-09-01T23:51:17Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 gosltimage001.jpg


I am from St. Louis. I have to admit that I am very proud of Nancy Lieberman and her team in putting on the Go! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness weekend. Growing from 2,500 in 2001 to 23,000 this past April, the event also gives runners and walkers a view of the history of St. Louis. From the Spanish to the French to those going West, St. Louis has so many eclectic neighborhoods and influences! Tying into that culture is why the race is so successful.

Go! St. Louis is an example of making a running and fitness event resonate with the local culture and community. We hope that they sell out even faster in 2011 than in 2010!
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REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY

 

Event is Missouri's Largest Competitive Fitness Event

Features One of the Largest Half Marathon Fields in the U.S.



 

ST. LOUIS (MO) - September 1, 2010 - GO! St. Louis, a not-for-profit organization that specializes in presenting fitness events and programs announced today that registration for the 11th Annual GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend, set for April 9 & 10, 2011 opened on September 1, 2010.

 

The event is Missouri's largest competitive fitness event, featuring races for all ages and fitness levels. The event started in 2000 with 2,500 participants and increased to more than 23,000 in 2010. The GO! St. Louis Family Fitness Weekend features a marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 5K run/walk, GO! St. Louis Read, Right and Run Marathon®, Children's Fun Runs and a Mature Mile.

 

Participants are encouraged to register early to secure their spot and to take advantage of the early sign-up incentives, including the opportunity to save on registration fees and getting their race bib personalized. Due to the increased popularity of the event, a registration participation cap has been reinstituted again this year. The endurance race maximum has been set at 22,000 total participants for the marathon (3,000 participants), half marathon (15,000), marathon relay (500 teams) and 5K (2,000). The half marathon race, which is the organization's most popular event, has grown to become one of the largest in the U.S. and sold out months in advance last year at 12,500 registrants. The 2011 half marathon race cap has been increased to 15,000 participants.

 

All event registrants receive high-quality runner amenities, including a Brooks performance shirt, finisher's medal and various additional incentives.

 

Entry fees for the event range from $10 to $220 (4-person relay team). Entry fees increase as the event draws closer, so register by October 31, 2010 to get the best possible price.

 

To register for the GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend, visit gostlouis.org. For additional information, call 314-727-0800 or email info@gostlouis.org.

 

2011 Major Sponsors: PNC Bank, Subway, KMOX Radio, McCarthy Building Co., Missouri Beef Industry Council, Big River Running Company, Lockton Companies, Reliv International, Michelob ULTRA, Drury Hotels, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ALIVE Magazine, Absopure, Brighton and Pasta House Company.

 

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]]> Molly Huddle named USATF Athlete of the Week, by USATF, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4165 2010-09-01T23:25:46Z 2010-09-01T23:35:50Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 Huddle_Molly-Brussels10 copy.JPG
                    Molly Huddle, 14:44.76, AR, Belgacom Brussels, photorun.net.

Molly Huddle broke Shalane Flanagans' AR by .04 of a second, in the 5,000 meter
race in Brussels last Friday evening. Photographer Victah Sailer sent us a text that
he shot pictures of Molly, then, not knowing she had set the AR, rushed over to the
DL press conference. It was only on the way back to the hotel, on the bus, that Molly
and her agent quietly told Victah that Molly had set the 5,000 meter AR! " I would have
never known, Molly was so quiet..." . Congrats to Molly Huddle who set prs in the 5,000
meters two separate times, dropping 34 seconds this season (from 15:17 to 14:44.76)!

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USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - Molly Huddle has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after breaking the American record in the women's 5,000m Friday at the Belgacom Memorial van Damme, the final meeting of the Samsung Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium.

The 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up, Huddle took .04 seconds off Shalane Flanagan's previous American record when she finished tenth in Brussels in 14:44.76. Her time is also an Area and NACAC record. Huddle has now taken over 30 seconds off the 15:17 lifetime best she had heading into the 2010 outdoor season.

Now in its ninth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

Winners: January 13, Jen Clayton; January 20, Shalane Flanagan; January 27, Nolan Shaheed; February 3, Bernard Lagat; February 10, Bernard Lagat; February 17, Shalane Flanagan; February 24, Amber Campbell; March 3, Amber Campbell; March 10, Phil Raschker; March 17, Ashton Eaton; March 31, Lisa Koll; April 7, Queen Harrison; April 14, Magdalena Lewy Boulet; April 21, Bershawn Jackson; April 28, Phoebe Wright; May 5, Chris Solinsky; May 12, Walter Dix; May 26, Cory Martin; June 2, Chaunte Lowe; June 9, Bernard Lagat; June 16, Queen Harrison; June 30, Kara Patterson; July 7, David Oliver; July 22, David Oliver; July 28, Conor McCullough; August 4, Kennedy Blahnik; August 11, Tyson Gay; August 18, Allyson Felix; August 26, Robin Reynolds.

BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29

MEN

100 - 9.79 Tyson Gay (adidas) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

200 - 19.85 Wallace Spearmon (Saucony) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

400 - 45.59 David Neville (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

800 - 1:43.76 Nick Symmonds (Nike/OTC) - Rieti, ITA 8/29   U.S. leader

1500 - 3:32.37 Leo Manzano (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

3000 - 7:29.00 Bernard Lagat (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29   AMERICAN RECORD

5000 - 13:32.10 Ryan Vail (Brooks) - Merksem, BEL 8/28

110H - 13.01 David Oliver (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

400H - 47.85 Bershawn Jackson (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

HJ - 2.27/7-5.25 Jesse Williams (Nike) - Eberstadt, GER 8/28

PV - 5.65/18-6.5 Derek Miles (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

SP - 22.16/72-8.5 Reese Hoffa (NYAC) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

JT - 74.37/244-0 Sean Furey (unat) - Merksem, BEL 8/28

WOMEN

100 - 11.21 Miki Barber (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

200 - 22.61 Allyson Felix (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

400 - 50.87 Natasha Hastings (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

800 - 1:59.89 Alysia Johnson (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

1500 - 4:01.63 Shannon Rowbury (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

3000 - 8:53.13 Sara Hall (Asics) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

3000SC - 9:24.84 Lisa Aguilera (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27   U.S. leader

5000 - 14:44.76 Molly Huddle (Saucony) - Brussels, BEL 8/27   AMERICAN RECORD

100H - 12.69 Queen Harrison (unat) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

400H - 54.71 Sheena Tosta (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

PV - 4.34/14-2.75 Lacy Janson (unat) - Rieti, ITA 8/29

LJ - 6.31/20-8.5 Brianna Glenn (unat) - Breda, HOL 8/28

DT - 61.58/202-0 Aretha Thurmond (Nike) - Brussels, BEL 8/27

HT - 69.87/229-2 Amber Campbell (Nike) - Rieti, ITA 8/28

About USA Track & Field
 
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]]> Yohan Blake over Justin Gatlin, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4164 2010-09-01T22:52:29Z 2010-09-01T23:13:59Z Yohan Blake over Justin Gatlin, August 31, 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net. The end of the season meets continue to draw attention to the sport. On Tuesday, it wasRovieretto, Italy, where Yohan Blake finished first to Justin Gatlin's comebacking second.Gatlin has... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549








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Yohan Blake over Justin Gatlin, August 31, 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net.

The end of the season meets continue to draw attention to the sport. On Tuesday, it was
Rovieretto, Italy, where Yohan Blake finished first to Justin Gatlin's comebacking second.
Gatlin has been running a little better each race, picking smaller, more obscure meets, because, due to his drug positive, are some of the few places he can compete. The European
meet directors will not let an athlete convicted for two or more years to compete in their meetings. Gatlin continues his comeback, quietly and race by race.

I do try to appreciate both sides. I have listened to a prominent British meet director who does not want drug cheats in his races.  I do also remember being told by a prominent coach that he hoped and prayed that Ben Johnson, clean, would run a 9.85. His reasoning was that people thought that drugs made the athletes, and this coach noted, "you can not make a race horse out of a work horse." Banned drugs do not make super humans, they allow athletes to recover faster and therefore get weeks, perhaps months more training benefit than their more human competitor in the next lane. Because so many athletes are talented, and the difference between first and seventh is perhaps, .2 of a second in the 100 meters, then an advantage like an additional month of training could make a difference in a final. That is why we have drug testing and that is the concept of an even playing field.

I do worry that, if an athlete has no way to go but out, the secrecy about illicit drugs gets harder and harder to break. Gatlin served his time, it will be interesting to see how he conducts himself, and how the sport, having observed how he served his time, determines how to bring him back into the sport.


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BLAKE BEATS GATLIN

ROVERETO (ITA, Aug 31): Jamaican Yohan Blake clocked excellent 10.06 (+0.9) in cold weather to win the 100 m at 46th Palio Citta della Quercia meet (last EA Premium of the year) in Rovereto. Also impressive second former global gold medalist Justin Gatlin with 10.09, his fastest since returning from doping ban. Third home Emanuele Di Gregorio posted 10.28 when two sprinters were disqualified after false starts US Ryan Bailey and home Fabio Cerutti. Gatlin next runs on September 3 in Padova, Italy. Another name which is followed on the circuit, South African 800 m world champion Caster Semenya was only 9th in the 800 m in 2:07.16. Her agent Jukka Harkonen explains: „She had very fast speed training the day before the meet and her muscles did not work." Her next race is in Milano on September 9. Italian Elisa Cusma won the 800 after 2:00.37 beating strong 1:58 Russian Yelena Kofanova 2:00.54. Ethiopians produced solid steeple times as Mekdes Bekele won in 9:25.09 (meet record) over fresh world junior record holder Almaz Ayana 9:26.96. Trinidad´s record holder Kelly-Ann Baptiste registered 11.13 to win the 100 m what would mean that she equalled the meet record. But official results are listing strange +6.7 wind. Second Mikele Barber got 11.17. Russian Tatyana Dektyareva won the 100 m hurdles (12.95, +3.9), men´s hurdles for US Jason Richardson (13.48, +0.1) over Briton William Sharman (13.55). Italian Barcelona semifinalist Marco Vistalli recorded a good win at 400 m (45.77) over US olympic medalist David Neville (45.91). In B-race Japanese champion Yuzo Kanemaru got 46.33 and Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius finished third (47.14). Kenyan wins in two men distances. Hillary Kipkorir at 1500 m (3:38.52) and Alex Korio with personal best 13:17.09 at 5000 m. Paul Lonyangat as second also lifetime race 13:19.07. Third Italian Barcelona 10k medalist Daniele Meucci celebrated fastest of the career 13:24.38. Best result in men technical events was the 810 (+0.8) of Russian Aleksandr Menkov in long jump (with Barcelona medalist Gomis only 4th 769, +0.3). Russian Eduard Malchenko cleared 224 in second to win high jump over US Jesse Williams (224 in third) and New Zealand´s Stuart Farquhar was the best in javelin (79.85). German Christina Obergfoll achieved the best female technical result in javelin with 64.38. Bulgarian Peta Dacheva won the triple jump (14.12, +1.4) and US Lacy Janson on count-back over German Carolin Hingst (both 441) the pole vault.

 

VLASIC HOPES FOR TWO METERS

ZAGREB (CRO): Home biggest star before IAAF World Challenge Zagreb 2010 meet Blanka Vlasic said that most important thing on Wednesday will be to win. She warned the spectators that it will be hard to think about her last years result here the 208 national record. „We will see the situation only after I will be able to clear two meters," said Vlasic. Another interesting information from Vlasic background is her boyfriend, one of the top handball players Nikola Karabatic. Another Croatian European Champion from Barcelona discus thrower Sandra Perkovic said that if good conditions she can attack the 67 meters, that would mean more than her national record from last Friday in Brussels. Long jump world champion Dwight Phillips promised an attack on his season best of 846 cm. „I want to achieve a world lead, I do not like to be second in the lists," he said about the fact that German Christian Reif leads the year with 847. No longer in start list is triple jump world champion Yargelis Savigne of Cuba, but interesting addition in the men´s 400 m is Brussels winner Nery Brenes of Costa-Rica.

 

BOLT IN UK

LONDON (GBR): Usain Bolt has kicked off his book tour in London with a stop on The One Show. Bolt will also pay visits to all radio and TV stations of the BBC and will pay a visit to the Olympic stadium for the 2012 Olympic Games. The world record holder also will go to The Sun's headquarters and to a two hours public signing at Waterstone's Piccadilly facilities. The book is called Usain Bolt My Story 9.58 and is an illustrated biography about his three world records at the Beijing Olympics writes trackalerts.com.

 

LINET AND VIVIAN FOR INDIA

LONDON (GBR): Kenyan top runners who dominated the 5000 m race in Brussels on Friday are planning for Commonwealth Games. Linet Masai wants to run the 10 000 m and Vivian Cheruiyot the 5000 m. Both are world champions in their events. For both it would be debut at the Games. Masai runs next in London on Sunday at adidas Women's 5k Challenge on the road. Cheruiyot competes for Africa at IAAF Continental Cup in Split at 5000 m against Tirunesh Dibaba.

 

BAILEY AND EDWARDS FOR AMERICAS

SPLIT (CRO): Americas Team for IAAF Continental Cup is named strictly in line with the agreed criterias which are best results as at July 31 and participation at national championships. Based on entry lists published by IAAF at 100 m running will be Antiguan Daniel Bailey and US Rae Edwards. At 200 m Churandy Martina of Netherland Antilles with Diamond Race winner Wallace Spearmon of USA will be fighting for points. All four sprinters have been named also for 4x100 m relay along with two other big names Tyson Gay and Jamaican Yohan Blake. In the 100 m the strongest opponents for American sprinters will be Europeans Christophe Lemaitre of France and Briton Mark Lewis-Francis. Africa will be represented by Ben Meite of Ivory Coast and Aziz Zakari of Ghana. The Asia-Pacific selection named Australian Aaron Rouge-Serret and Chinese Yi Lao.

 

CHINESE SPONSOR FOR IAAF

MONTE CARLO (MON): The IAAF announced a sponsorship deal with the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). In a deal brokered by Dentsu, the IAAF Marketing Agency, Sinopec becomes the first international Chinese corporation to be involved with the IAAF at an international level. Writes IAAF. The addition of Sinopec as an IAAF partner, although currently for only a limited number of competitions, is the latest step in the international diversification of the IAAF's portfolio of sponsors following the integration of Korea's Samsung and Russian bank VTB in recent years. Under the terms of the agreement Sinopec will become an Official Sponsor of the IAAF/VTB Continental Cup that will take place on 4 & 5 September 2010, in Split, Croatia. Sinopec has acquired a full sponsorship package comprising 6 advertising boards and an array of additional rights. Sinopec will join title sponsor VTB Bank and Official Sponsors Adidas, TDK and Seiko, as well as Official Supplier Mondo, and a group of National Suppliers/Public Institutions. Sinopec has also acquired title sponsorship rights for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that will take place on 16 October 2010 in Nanning, China. The event has therefore been rebranded the IAAF/Sinopec World Half Marathon Championships.

 

 

 

OTHER NEWS

 

 

NEW DELHI (IND): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced a 90 member Indian athletics team for the Commonwealth Games, to be held at New Delhi from October 3 to 14. The team consists of 46 male and 44 female athletes. The athletes for walking events are yet to be nominated, as well as the final composition of relay team members, and is expected to announce it after September 15. Indian athletes will take part in as much as 45 events at the Games. The AFI did not name anyone for women's pole vault due to dismal show by athletes in the recent selection meets. The Indian federation also fields a whooping 23 coaches, 7 supporting staff and 3 team officials (managers) to assist the national squad for the above Games to be played at the Indian capital for the first time in its 80-year-old history. Writes Murali Krishnan.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS (USA): Sprinter Mark Jelks has been suspended for two years confirms the USADA. Jelks failed to comply with the whereabouts system and had three whereabout failures within 18 months (two filing failures and one missed test). Jelks suspension started on August 23rd 2010. He raced last time early April and this marks will not be discounted.

 

NANJING (CHN): IOC President Jacques Rogge has warned Nanjing, the host city of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, for giantism. Rogge is currently visiting the Chinese city and said: „The Games, definitely, will further the development of the city, but it has to be sustainable. If you build a sports venue, you should not build it too big, you can always fit it at the occasion of the Olympic Games, but then the needs for such a big building might not be necessary for the citizens of the city."

 

PAPENDAL (NED): The Dutch Olympic Committee has announced an extensive plan to become a top 10 sports nation in the world. Athletics should be one of the key sports in which The Netherlands hopes to win medals which means its budget will increase from 2,4 million euro to 9,3 million euro in 2012 and 21,6 million euro in 2020.

 

LOS ANGELES (USA): Organizers announced that the finish line for the Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon will be at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. The race is scheduled for October 24 and 15 000 runners are expected. Keeping with the rock 'n' roll theme, Los Angeles runners and spectators will be treated to a post-race concert at L.A. LIVE.

 

KOLN (GER): European Champion 2006 at 10 000 m Jan Fitschen announced he will run a half-marathon in Koln on October 3. That is first step towards marathon and confirmed plans to change from track to road. Fitschen who was 12th in Barcelona 10 000 m plans his first marathon for 2011.

 

FRANKFURT (GER): Double olympic gold medalist Heike Drechsler will be married for second time. As leichtathletik.de writes the ceremony still needs to be held, but her new husband will be Steffen Fichtner. In time span 1984-1997 she was married with Andreas Drechsler with whom she is having a 20 years old son.

 

 

 

RESULTS

 

 

SLOVYANSK (UKR, Aug 28): National road 10 km champion was Oleksandr Sitkovskiy with 30:22 ahead of Ivan Babaryka (30:35) and Oleksandr Matviychuk (30:36). Among non-finishers also former world indoor champion Ivan Heshko who is trying for a comeback. Women champion Iryna Syerhyeyeva clocked 33:19 beating former European CC Champ Tetyana Holovchenko (33:54) and marathon runners Tatyana Vilisova (34:10) with Olena Shurhno (35:04).

 

BUDAPEST (HUN, Aug 31): US Derek Miles won the square Pole Vault meet here in strong rain after clearing 510 cm.

 

 

 

SAD NEWS

 

 

ADDIS ABABA (ETH): Peter Matthews writes in latest Athletics International that Dejene Berhanu died on August 29 in Ethiopia at the age of 29. He first appeared on the world scene in 2000, when he was 2nd in the African 10,000m, and in 2001 he was Ethiopian cross-country champion. In 2003 he was 3rd in the African Games at 10,000m and ranked tenth in the world with 27:14.61 when 8th in Brussels. He took 20 seconds off his 5000m best to rank fourth on the 2004 world lists with 12:54.15 (3rd in Rome) and he followed that with 5th at the Olympic Games. He was then a brilliant winner of the Great North Run half marathon in 59:37. In 2005 he was 6th (12k) and 7th (4k) at the World Cross-country, 8th at the World Champs and with a best of 12:56.24 for 5000m, and he ran his 10,000m pb of 27:12.22. His best marathon came in 2006 with 2:08:46 for 4th at Rotterdam, but he was only 31st in the 2007 Worlds.

 

]]> This Day in Track & Field, August 31, 2010, by Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4163 2010-08-31T19:12:15Z 2010-08-31T22:54:47Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 ]]> This Day in Track & Field, by Walt Murphy, copyright 2010 by Walt Murphy News Services. Used with permission.

August 31

1909--Running on a 368m track in a Stockholm velodrome, Sweden's Thure Johansson improved the marathon best to 2:40:34.2.

1924--Paavo Nurmi ran 30:06.2 in Kuopia, Finland, to regain the World Record for 10,000-meters from fellow Finn WIllie Ritola(30:23.2)

1961--Russia's Valeriy Brumel set his 3rd World Record of the season in the high jump by at the clearing 7-4  1/2(2.25m) World University Games in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1968--Competing on the track at Echo Summit (South Lake Tahoe,CA) that would be used for the U.S. Olympic Trials, Vince Matthews bettered the existing World Record for 400-meters with his time of 44.4. However, his mark couldn't be officially recognized since he was wearing Puma's illegal "Brush Spikes", which featured many more than the allowable number of spikes allowed on a shoe. John Carlos(200) and Lee Evans(400) would lose records for the same reason at the Trials.
         
1978--Italy's Sara Simeoni cleared 6-7(2.01m) at the European Championships in Prague to equal her own World Record in the high jump.
         
1980--19-year old Carl Lewis won the 100(10.43) and 200(20.72) at the Pan-American Junior Championships in Sudbury, Ontario(Aug.29-31). Finishing 2nd in both races was Calvin Smith (10.51, 20.94), who went on to become a 2-time World Champion in the 200 and a World Record holder in the 100. Smith and Lewis ran legs 3-4 on the winning 4x100 relay(39.61). Lance Deal, destined to become America's #1 hammer thrower, won the discus with a throw of 184-4.  Another double winner was Brazil's Joaquim Cruz, who won the 800(1:47.85) and 1500(3:49.96). Cruz would win the 800 at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. 2nd in the 800 was John Marshall, later a 1984 Olympian.  Finishing 1-2 in the women's 800 were future stars Joetta Clark(2:05.65) and Kim Gallagher(2:06.52. And who knew then that the winner of the women's long jump would become one of the greatest athletes in history? Jackie Joyner, who had just completed her senior year at East St.Louis H.S. in Illinois, finished first with a jump of 20-3  1/4..
         
1983--The incomparable Edwin Moses celebrated his 28th birthday in style, running 47.02 in Koblenz, Germany, to set his 4th (and final) world record in the 400-meter hurdles. Moses, currently the Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy(http://www.laureus.com/), set his first WR(47.64) at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, his 2nd(47.45) at the 1977 U.S. Championships in Los Angeles, and his 3rd(47.13) in Milan, Italy, in 1980. His reign as world record holder lasted for 16 years until Kevin Young took over when he ran 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
http://www.edwinmoses.com/;
Hall of Fame Bio: http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=116
         
1984--Rome--France's Thierry Vigneron jumped 19-4  3/4(5.91m) in Rome to break Sergei Bubka's World Record of 19-4  1/4(5.90m) , but lost the win and the record to Bubka, who missed once at  19-4  3/4, then passed to 19-5 3/4(5.94m) , clearing on his first attempt.
         
2003--18-year old Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya(12:52.79) was the upset winner in a thrilling 5000-meters at the World Championships in Paris(St.Denis). Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj(12:52.83) and Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele(12:53.12) had already won the 1500 and 10,000, respectively, and were hoping to come away with a 2nd gold  medal in the 500    
T&F News Cover(October)--     http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/past_issues/2003covers.html
         
          Other events in history(http://www.historyorb.com/day/August/31)
          1897 - Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
                    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist.html
          1950 - Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
                    http://www.gilhodges.com/index.php;
                    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hodgegi01.shtml;
                    (The greatest player NOT in the Hall of Fame!--WM)
          1951 - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
          1959 - L.A. Dodger Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 against the San Francisco Giants to tie
                         Bob Feller's Major League record.
                         http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/koufasa01.php;
                         YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEEmXbalUsA
    
                    More at: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
          The #1 song on this day in history--1890s to present:
          http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/08/0831.htm]]> 29th Hood to Coast Relays: Running with Last Legs, by Gary Morgan/Michigan Runner, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4162 2010-08-31T17:49:47Z 2010-08-31T18:18:53Z Hood to Coast, Last Legs masters team, photo by Gary MorganMany who have read my blog over the last three years note that Gary Morgan is one of the global running travelers. Gary Morgan is an accomplished athlete; a... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549
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Hood to Coast, Last Legs masters team, photo by Gary Morgan

Many who have read my blog over the last three years note that Gary Morgan is one of the global running travelers. Gary Morgan is an accomplished athlete; a 1988 Olympian at the 20,000m race walk. Since then, Gary has run and raced nearly every major marathon in the
U.S. and abroad. This year, Gary ran the Comrades Marathon, RNR San Antonio (he does pace groups at many of the marathons and half marathons). Gary also is part of my RN Running Network TV road show, and we have done shows in Berlin, Beijing,Boston,  Des Moines, you name it, if we are in the same stadium, there is a video camera somewhere near!

Gary is literally at a race each and every weekend. He loves the sport and loves running. I believe his secret training aid is...yoga! He swears by it! Always a smile on his face, and a great story from his recent exploits, Gary is just fun to be around!

This is Gary's email plus photos from the Hood to Coast. He recently ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon as well! I hope you enjoy! 
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     The race is even more logistics.

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Super Sounds, Hood to Coast 2010, photo by Gary Morgan 


     As we get there around 1:30 pm, teams were leaving every 15 minutes. There's 1000 teams consisting of 12 runners. approximately 15 to 20 teams are in each group. They have been taking off since 6:30 am and will keep leaving until 6:30 pm. My team Last Legs started at 3:30pm. The race started at Timberline Lodge which is at 6,000ft. Mt Hood is majestic behind the lodge rising 11,265ft.

     As the sun shined on us as we waited for our first teammate to run it was awesome. Great picture taking time. Shirley our team captain takes off on a 5 mile downhill run and we take off to the first exchange zone.


      We get to exchange zone one and theres lots of excitement as teams are handing off the blue magnetic wrist band the each running team member hands off at exchange zones. I ran leg number 6 which was a 7.4 mile stretch of up and down hills. It was getting to be dusk so I had to run with a reflective vest and a flashlight. My quads knew I had just run that leg. I still had 2 more legs to run in the next 18 hours. I'm in van one and were done running for the next 4.5 hours.

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Pink Ladys, Hood to Coast 2010, photo by Gary Morgan 


     We head off to the number 12 exchange zone. We park the van in a parking lot under the freeway bridges in downtown Portland next to a camp of homeless people. They had to be wondering what to hell was going on. A 1,000 vehicles with 1000's of runners keeping them up all night. Shirley our fearless leader took the next run from there. She's a relay veteran with 22 hood to coast relays under her belt and she has run every single leg.

     I ran leg 18 at 3am and it was a short 4.1 miles but a 300 foot elevation. Plus, running in the dark is always tough even with a head lamp. When I finished that leg I took a long nap. we get another 4.5 hour break as the runners in the other van run. We headed to exchange zone 24 where lots of runners lay out sleeping bags on the ground and sleep. So theres vans and runners sleeping out in this open field. It was cool to see.

     I ran leg number 30 for my last leg. It was 5.25 mile downhill to flat run. My quads were screaming almost as bad as when I ran Comrades in May. That gave me 16.75 miles for the relay. Everyone ran between 15 and 18 miles for the relay.

     We're done and we headed for Seaside Oregon, the finish of the race and the finish spot for the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806. That is truly a fitting spot for the Hood to Coast Relay to finish. The beach here is spectacular. Our last runner came in and we all ran through the finish line together. Our total time was 25hours and 59 minutes which gave us 4Th in the mixed masters and Shirley's team Last Legs gets an automatic entry next. Like most big races it's a lottery to get in now.

     What an epic adventure this was and I'd do it again in a heart beat. I've always heard about this race and how great it is. Well, it lived up to it's reputation. Next year is the 30Th running of this race and I'm sure the race organizers will go to make it special. You gotta put this on your list of races to do. Til next time Keep on Running.

You can see more from Gary Morgan at www.michiganrunner.net and at www.runningnetwork.com.


]]> The inside story on Tyson Gay's Spikes, courtesy of Flotrack.org, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4161 2010-08-31T17:30:44Z 2010-08-31T17:36:04Z Track and Field Videos on Flotrack Nicely done video by Flotrack.org. Paul Astorino of adidas gave Flotrack.org the inside scoop on Tyson Gay's new spike and some fascinating history on the development of adidas specialty shoes. Make sure that you... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Nicely done video by Flotrack.org. Paul Astorino of adidas gave Flotrack.org the inside scoop on Tyson Gay's new spike and some fascinating history on the development of adidas specialty shoes. Make sure that you sign up on www.Flotrack.org to see their awesome coverage of the sport. ]]> Another view of the Gay-Bolt Race in Stockholm, by Conway Hill, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4160 2010-08-30T21:29:20Z 2010-08-30T22:05:37Z I was clearing out my emails in runblogrun and found this thoughtful commentary on how tounderstand the Tyson Gay versus Usain Bolt race in Stockholm. Written by Conway Hill on his blog, The view from the Finish Line, this column,... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 I was clearing out my emails in runblogrun and found this thoughtful commentary on how to
understand the Tyson Gay versus Usain Bolt race in Stockholm. Written by Conway Hill on his blog, The view from the Finish Line, this column, in my mind, puts the race in its' proper perspective.

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Kimmons, Gay, Bolt, DN Galan 2010, Stockholm DL. photo by PhotoRun.net.
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In the days since Tyson' Gay's "upset" victory over Usain Bolt, much has been written and said. From message board arguments, to newspaper articles, to other bloggers. Everyone has been trying to "figure out" and/or "explain" how the "unbeatable" Usain Bolt lost to Tyson Gay. I've seen everything from "Bolt didn't take Gay seriously"; to "Bolt wasn't trying"' to Bolt was out of shape"; to "the race didn't matter".

I'm going to chalk up most of the post race chatter to either youth - haven't been watching the sport very long). Nationalism - we all like to think "our" athletes are unbeatable). Fanaticism -  fans sometimes get so wrapped up in their athletes they refuse to believe anything negative can happen. Media Hype - the media loves to build up individuals and teams to seem unbeatable. Because the reality of Stockholm, and all the races that have and will take place this year, is that they are not some Electronic Arts video game with artificial characters taking part, but real flesh and blood individuals competing against each other - and all real people are beatable.

Let's start with world record holders. World record holders get beat sometimes. Since the first auto timed world record in the 100 was set in Mexico City in 1968 every world record holder has been beaten. Jim Hines, Calvin Smith, Ben Johnson (later taken away), Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell, Donovan Bailey, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Asafa Powell, and now Usain Bolt. Every last one was beaten while holding the WR. All except Ben Johnson who tested positive just after, and he was beaten in Zurich just before his record setting run. And, interestingly enough, neither Smith, Lewis, Burrell, Bailey, Montgomery, or Powell won a major championship while holding the WR. So for those with short memories, being the world record holder is no guarantee of victory.

Neither is being seemingly "invincible". Edwin Moses met his "Waterloo" in Madrid after dominating the 400 hurdles without a loss in 122 straight races - then lost gold in Rome. Carl Lewis was the most dominant long jumper we've ever seen winning in Helsinki, Los Angeles, Rome, and Seoul before setting his lifetime best in the event in Tokyo - while losing! Michael Johnson ran a stunning 19.32 in Atlanta, then ran a match race against Donovan Bailey over 150 and lost. There are many, many others, but the point is simple - great athletes lose. Primarily because the competitions aren't video games. And in real life you have to factor in the heart, desire, and competitive nature of the competition. Andre Phillips got tired of losing to Edwin Moses - so he worked to try and change that paradigm. Same for Mike Powell when it came to Carl Lewis - he wanted BADLY to turn the tables. And Donovan Bailey was out to prove that it was the 100 WR holder and not the 200 WR holder that was indeed the world's fastest man!

Former Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjonovich once said "never underestimate the heart of a champion" and Winston Churchill once said "never, never, never give up". Such is the nature of human beings that some refuse to be down for long. To date the greatest 100 meter runner in history, Maurice Greene (Bolt has a few more titles to win) rose up from the depths of being defeated. By contrast, multiple record setters Leroy Burrell and Asafa Powell, were unable to find victory when it mattered most. One of my favorite sayings (at least I think I said it first) is "it ain't how fast you run, it's when you run fast". Meaning that regardless of how fast an individual is he/she has to be able to do so when it matters most. It is those intangibles - desire and ability to perform at one's best under pressure - that make most champions.

Bolt is indeed a champion. He has performed at the highest level in back to back championships winning four individual gold medals and four world records in the process. But everyone seemed to forget that Tyson Gay has crossed the line first twice in a major championship himself. One of those races beating a man - Asafa Powell - that was the WR holder and supposed to be able to destroy him. That was considered an "upset" by many as well. But Gay, when faced with tough odds, always seems able to bring his best.

The other gold medal that Tyson Gay won in Osaka was against Usain Bolt himself in the 200 - the last time the two have met over the distance. Now, since then much has been chronicled about how much Usain Bolt has improved in the interim - all the way to 9.58 & 19.19. But what has gone unnoticed apparently is how much Tyson Gay has improved as well. The man that beat Usain Bolt was no 9.9x 100 meter man taking a shot at the big man. He wasn't even the 9.84 sprinter that took down Asafa Powell in Osaka. Tyson Gay is the second fastest sprinter in history at 9.69! And over the last two seasons has run - 9.68w, 9.69, 9.71, 9.75w, 9.76w, 9.77, 9.77, 9.79w, 9.79w - 9 races legal and windy under 9.80. Guess how many races under 9.80 Usain Bolt has run, windy and legal,  in the same time frame - 7. So Tyson Gay has proved to have as much "leg speed" (i.e. able to run as fast) as Bolt. So Gay being able to defeat Bolt should NOT be that big a surprise. Besides, after Stockholm their record is only 2-1 in favor of Bolt (not sure where TFN is coming up with a third win). So it's not as if Bolt has this long history of defeating Gay.

Of course the trump card here for Usain is that he has performed his best two times under the spotlight of the Olympics and World Championships. Which reminds me of a Maurice Greene quote. When asked how he felt his WR 9.79 compared to the 9.84 record of Donovan Bailey that he took down, Mo said in effect "his came on the big stage"! Because world records set in the Games and Worlds take on a superhuman persona. Those races seem bigger than life. and those that run them become bigger than life. And setting records in both - double records at that - has given Bolt the persona of being bigger than life.  But at the end of the day - or perhaps I should say prior to taking to the blocks - he still has to pull his designer uniform over his head just like the other competitors, and lace up his yam colored shoes just as they do.

And for some of his competition, those designer duds have a target on the back. Again quoting Mo Greene, when asked how he trained being "The Man" he in effect said "I train like #2, trying to be". Because the true competitors of the sport are always trying to get to #!. And when you're Mo Greene, Carl Lewis or Edwin Moses, YOU are the goal of those with true heart! Which is why there is no "unbeatable", just those that haven't been defeated YET. How long that takes depends on both the "hunters" and the "hunted" - what you do to stay there and what you do to get there.

So for all those looking for "reasons" why Bolt lost perhaps you're looking at the wrong person and the wrong reasons. It may not be all about Bolt and whether or not he wanted or didn't want to win - sounds rather ridiculous to even say. Yes he was injured earlier, but has since run 9.86 and 9.82 and defeated Asafa Powell who has also run 9.82 this season. And Tyson Gay has had injury ills of his own this season (and last). But then, to get a race full of athletes that are all 100% on any given day is somewhat of a fallacy. Charlie Greene took to the starting line of the 100 in Mexico City with a hamstring issue. Ditto Tommie Smith in the 200. Jim Hines beat Charlie Greene, Tommie Smith won gold in a WR. Calvin Smith was injured at the Trials in '84, Carl Lewis went on to double gold. Mo Greene pulled up during the race in Edmonton yet held off Tim Montgomery for the win. Tyson Gay took to the starting line in Berlin having nursed a groin all season - lost to Bolt, defeated Powell. When you line up only track nerds like me remember what your condition was, history simply writes down the results - wins, losses and times.

And to question that an athlete would step to the track with the intent to do anything less than their best, or would not try once there, impugns the integrity of the athlete - and ultimately of the sport. Champions - those with the hardware and those working hard to get it - are competitive by nature. You show up to win - in some cases against all odds. To do, or to assume that one would do, anything less begins to make assumptions about integrity that shouldn't be uttered.

They ran a race and someone won and seven others lost. That's how it works. Some win more than others, but all can lose. Shock and surprised? No I'm not. But then my memory is a lot longer than some others. Frankly it's good for the sport. I've said all year that the sport needs rivalries and that we need to tout more than one or two athletes. Bolt v Gay can be exciting for the sport - especially when there is a question as to what the outcome might be. Predictability leads to boredom - and that's the last thing this sport needs. We need excitement. Look at how much discussion this one race has elicited! Imagine what four or five races/events like this a week could do for track and field.

To see Conway Hill's blog and his excellent cite, please check out:
http://theviewfromthefinishline.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-two-cents-on-after-spin-of-stockholm.html]]> Tyson Gay is Ready (For Zagreb): "Possible for faster than 9.69.." by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4159 2010-08-30T17:21:52Z 2010-08-30T17:48:53Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 Gay_TysonQ-LondonDL10.JPG
                    Tyson Gay, Gateshead DL, July 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net.

What a difference the month of August meant for Tyson Gay. On August 6, Tyson Gay defeats Usain Bolt. On August 12, Tyson runs 9.78 at AVIVA London. On August 22, at the Weltklasse in Zurich, Gay ran leg three on the fastest 4 x 100m of the year. And on August 27, a 9.79 victory in Belgacom Brussels, in the coolness of a summer night in Belgium.

Tyson Gay says he is ready. He should know. Good conditions in Zagreb on September 1, and
we might hear of a new American record!

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GAY IS READY
ZAGREB (CRO): Co-world leader at 100 m US Tyson Gay was the star of a press conference two days before the IAAF World Athletics mtiinga Challenge Zagreb 2010 to be held on Wednesday in Sports Park Mladost. He recieved a special gift from city mayor.
"I think it is very possible that I will run faster than 9.69 seconds if it will be good conditions. It will be very balanced and very fast race." His main rival will be the other world leader Nesta Carter of Jamaica. Also from Rieti 100 m Michael Frater, Mike Rodgers and Jaisuma Saidy Ndure are scheduled to run. Home stars Blanka Vlasic in high jump and Sandra Perkovic in discus, both European Champions from Barcelona are the other headliners. World champions competing will be Yargelis Savigne in triple jump, Dwight Phillips in long jump. Great competition is expected in shot put, where all top three from recent Samsung Diamond League finals will fight (Hoffa, Cantwell, Majewski). Lolo Jones is the star of 100 m Hurdles, sub 11 runner Mershevet Myers in the 200 m and US Champion Debbie Dunn in the 400 m. Kaliese Spencer can make for the fall in Rieti with another win at 400 m hurdles, US Nick Symmonds is the 800 m top name. Belgian record holder Jonathan Borlee has the fastest 400 m time. Hanzekovic Memorial at 110 m hurdles will have Jamaican record holder Dwight Thomas, European Champion Andy Turner and European leader Petr Svoboda running. In men´s hammer the winner of inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge will be decided. Tajikistan´s Dilshod Nazarov is still leading, but Libor Charfreitag needs a 78 metres to get over him, but Nazarov can also improve. And waiting behind for his third performance to count is world Koji Murofushi, another 80+ would secure the win for him most probably. In men´s discus home top athlete Roland Varga will compete with Asian record holder Ehsan Hadadi of Iran.

STRONG 100 M, SEMENYA
ROVERETO (ITA): 46th Palio Citta de Quercia meet in Rovereto (last EA Premium of the year) will have on Tuesday some special highlights. Justin Gatlin will run his first race against strong opponents since return. His rivals will be Jamaican Yohan Blake and improved US sprinter Ryan Bailey (9.88 in Rieti) and Jamaican Mario Forsythe. In the 400 m Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius will face Brussels winner Nery Brenes of Costarica. World champion Caster Semenya runs the 800 m and European medalist Christina Obergfoll is the top name in women javelin. Trinidad´s 100 m record holder Kelly-Ann Baptiste is the favorite of women 100 m. In long jump home star Andrew Howe will fight with French Kafetien Gomis who is Barcelona silver medalist. Ethiopian Gemma Daba is the main name in the 1500 m and Kenyan Thomas Longosiwa in the 5000 m. US Jason Richardson and Briton William Sharman should fight for win at 110 m hurdles. US Jesse Williams and Finland´s Ari Mannio are the favorites of men´s high jump and javelin. Strong Ethiopian group runs women steeple, including fresh world junior record holder Almaz Ayana. Russians Tatyana Dektyareva at 100 m hurdles and Natalya Kutyakova in triple jump should fight for first place in their events. German Carolin Hingst is one of the main names in women pole vault but Anastasiya Shvedova of Belarus and Russian Yulia Golubchikova will make her position not easy.

DATES FOR SDL 2011
BRUSSELS (BEL): After first year of Samsung Diamond League the dates for 2011 are as follows. Begining in May again in Asia with Doha on May 6 and Shanghai on May 15. Then to Europe for Rome on May 26 and Oslo on June 9, but also US meets in Eugene on June 4 and New York on June 11. After usual championships break return to Europe with Lausanne on June 30, Paris on July 8, Gateshead on July 10, Monaco on July 22, Stockholm on July 29 and London on Aug 5-6. Last two final meetings will be staged after World Championships in Korea. Zurich on September 8 and Brussels on September 16. Diamond League in 2010 produced world leading marks in 23 events (currently) what is an impressive number. On the other hand interestingly all three track senior world records were registered outside the series.



OTHER NEWS


TOKYO (JPN): Japanese media are informing that long distance star Kayoko Fukushi and two other Japanese athletes have withdrawn from next week's IAAF Continental Cup. Fukushi was supposed to run 5000 m, also out are Kenji Narisako at 400 m hurdles and Sachiko Masumi in women long jump. Takayuki Kojima will replace the hurdler. For 400 m Asami Chiba was added. Japanese athletes will compete for Asia-Pacific Team in Split.

NAIROBI (KEN): Kenyan media are informing, that upon return of David Rudisha to the country plans are afoot to toast to the world record holder with 50 bulls reportedly up for slaughter. But before that Rudisha will run on the weekend for Africa in the IAAF Continental Cup in Split.

LONDON (GBR): Latest Pat Butcher´s blog at www.globerunner.org - Youth Olympic Games Reviewed.

LINZ (AUT): New change in background of Linz Indoor Meeting. Meet Director Peter Hiller stepped down, but the meeting will go on on February 3 next year. Wolfgang Adler remains athletes coordinator. City and regional government confirmed its financial support. The Austrian city is still missing the outdoor meeting Gugl which was succesfull in nineties and had its last version in 2007.

TURKU (FIN): Ken Nakamura informs that Kenyan Josphat Menjo by recording 26:56.74 in Turku on Sunday became the 32nd runner to crack 27 minutes barrier at 10 000 m. With sub-13 minutes 5000 m 11 days ago, Menjo became the 22nd runner
to have sub 13 and 27. Incidentally, 11 days between the first sub-13 5000m and the first sub-27 10000m is the second shortest in history. The record of 9 days is held by Paul Tergat. Very quiet and modest Menjo said after the Sunday race that this was his last race of the 2010 track season. Menjo's manager Antti Lähteenmäki said that the runner had declined an offer to race in the Brussels 1500m and chose to race in Turku instead. Writes Mirko Jalava.

TOKYO (JPN): Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi was quoted as saying that she has made considerable progress on the road to recovery from a long-term left groin injury and could make her comeback before the year's end. Writes Japan Today. Noguchi has not raced since suffering the injury that robbed her of the chance to defend her Olympic title in Beijing two years ago because of a series of setbacks.

RIETI (ITA): TrackAlerts is quoting Nesta Carter after his life.time best 9.78. "Even though I noticed my times were coming down and everyone kept saying the Rieti track is fast, I was only expecting to run and do my best here, not run 9.7 at this time of the season. I ran a race like two days ago and my body was not fully recovered from that run as yet, so I was not expecting to do that here. I feel good. Hard work is the key to success and I have been putting in the hard work and I am really pleased with the results at the moment. I've been taught to never put a limit on one's self, so I don't ever limit myself ... I wanted to PR this year, and I want to PR again next year, so I am just going to keep working hard," he said. His next race is in Zagreb on Wednesday against Tyson Gay.

HAVANA (CUB): Coach Santiago Antunez confirmed that world record holder Dayron Robles will not compete any more this season. After cancelling Rieti and Zagreb he was expected to compete for Americas in Split at IAAF Continental Cup this weekend. "Dayron is competing only when he is in top shape. And that is not currently the case," Antunez was explaining. That means he will end the season with five wins and two losses and 13.01 best.

BUDAPEST (HUN): Rieti is the best meeting of IAAF World Challenge in All-Athletics.com one day meetings rankings so far this year. In overall rankings Rieti is at 12th position.

NEW DELHI (IND): Concerns about the condition of the Nehru stadium, in which the Commonwealth Games will be held in October, are not alarming according to officials. The doubts arose when a cave-in and development of depressions at various spots in the grassy infield occurred. However, official agencies assured that everything is "perfectly all right" and whatever problems had cropped up have already been taken care of writes hindu.com.

LONDON (GBR): IAAF President Lamine Diack is happy about the solution Sebastian Coe has been able to attain for the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Olympics. Coe has been able to ensure that whoever takes over the Olympic Stadium will have to retain the Olympic track. All the leading contenders to be given the lease for the Stadium after the Olympics and Paralympics, including Premier League football club West Ham United, have promised to keep the track writes insidethegames.

KINGSTON (JAM): In an interview with the Jamaican Observer Asafa Powell confirmed he is satisfied with the 2010 season but admitted that, with the rapid improvements by fellow Jamaicans Nesta Carter and Yohan Blake, 2011 will be a very tough year. Powell's main aim for 2011 is the World championships in Daegu but acknowledged that never before so many Jamaicans have run that fast at the same time.

NEW DELHI (IND): Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi has claimed that this year's Commonwealth Games will be better than the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kalmadi used the occasion of the launch of the Games official song "Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto" to make his statement and hopes to try to regain the trust of the Indian people, whose enthusiasm for the Games have been dented by stories about corruption and contruction delays. "It is going to be the best infrastructure in the world, It is going to have the best games; better than the Beijing Olympics. Everybody is working like a team - Team India." Kalmadi was quoted.

VIENNA (AUT): Austrian Athletics Federation informs that long distance runner Günther Weidlinger was named as member of European Athletics Athletes Commission. He was nominated by EA President Hansjorg Wirz who has the right to name two more members after the elections which were staged during European Championships in Barcelona.

LISBOA (POR): The Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola reported that Ana Dulce Félix would make her marathon debut at the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 7. Writes RRW. Félix, 27, a former shoe factory worker who made just 400 euros per month, has become one of Portugal's top distance runners, especially on the roads. She has a 10,000m personal best of 31:30.90 set at the IAAF World Championships last year in Berlin where she finished 13th. On the road, she's run 49:36 for 15-K, 53:58 for ten miles, and 1:09:48 for the half-marathon.



RESULTS


LIMA (PER, Aug 29): Peruvian Jhon Cusi Huamán won the 101st Half Marathon of Lima in 1:03:12 and qualified for World Half-Marathon Championships in China later in the fall. Women win also remained at home for Jimena Misayuri Camargo who achieved 1:13:32.

HEM (NED, Aug 29): Ethiopian Ayele Abshiro succesfully defended his 2009 title here with 28:11 at 10 km on the road.



NOTE

EME NEWS is publishing meeting rankings from All-Athletics.com website because this rankings are made and existing. Everybody can have a look of course if having All-Athletics.com access. There will be always discussion about the criteria, but EME NEWS is not suggesting which meeting is the best or so, just purely informing. The rankings are based on results and participation. There are of course other things to evaluate - number of spectators, quality of TV production, quality of event presentation, quality of media services, athletes services (transport, food, hotel). EME NEWS is not aware that any other rankings than by All-Athletics.com will be published by IAAF or Diamond League itself.
]]> Rieti Meeting, RN Photo Gallery, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4158 2010-08-30T16:34:41Z 2010-08-30T16:43:58Z Meeting. The 40th version, held over the weekend had meet records, an Please enjoy the RN Photo Gallery celebrating the 40th anniversary of the R>Americanrecord, a French record and a World Record! David Rudisha's second WR in a week,Christophe Lemaitre's... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549
Meeting. The 40th version, held over the weekend had meet records, an
Please enjoy the RN Photo Gallery celebrating the 40th anniversary of the R>American
record, a French record and a World Record! David Rudisha's second WR in a week,
Christophe Lemaitre's 9.97 French record, and Bernard Lagat's 3,000m AR! Thanks again to PhotoRun.net, and Chuck Bartlett. We hope that you enjoy!







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]]> Bernard Lagat Sets AR at 3,000m : 7:29.00, by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4157 2010-08-29T18:36:14Z 2010-08-29T18:45:17Z Bernard Lagat, 3,000m AR, 7:29.00, August 29, 2010, Rieti, Italy, photo by PhotoRun.netBernard Lagat added to his American records today, running an excellent 7:29.00, to take Bob Kennedy's venerable 7:30.84, set July 8, 1988, in Monaco. Bernard took second to... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549

Bernard Lagat, 3,000m AR, 7:29.00, August 29, 2010, Rieti, Italy, photo by PhotoRun.net

Bernard Lagat added to his American records today, running an excellent 7:29.00, to take Bob Kennedy's venerable 7:30.84, set July 8, 1988, in Monaco. Bernard took second to Tariku
Bekele, who ran 7:28.70 to Lagat's fine 7:29.00 for second place. Edwin Soi, also under 7:30,
was in third. Chris Solinsky finished fifth in a pb of 7:34.52.

Bernard set the AR for 5,000 meters on June 4, in Oslo, running 12;54.12. He ran a spectacular 1,500 meters, his best in years, in 3:32.56. After his 3,000m win at the AVIVA
London GP, Lagat ran a 7:35.11 in Zurich. His AR here takes three seconds off his personal best!
]]> Rieti Meeting, August 29, 2010, results by IAAF, Note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4155 2010-08-29T18:05:31Z 2010-08-29T18:20:58Z Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 Rudisha_David-Lausanne10.jpg
            Rudisha, Laussane 2010 , photorun.net.

The summer season of athletics is coming to a close. Rieti is the signal of that. The fast track, the appreciative crowd, give some athletes that little extra push to do well. David Rudisha set his second world record in eight days, running 1:41.01 for the 800 meters! Nesta Carter ran 9.78 for the 100 meters (lots of fans 100 meters here!). Wallace Spearmon ran a 19.85 to take the 400 meters here!

David Oliver ran 13.01, clearly the class of the field, after a season of sub 13 second 110m hurdle races! Nice pb by Nick Symmonds, who finished third in the 800 meters in 1:43.76!

Congrats to David Torrance, who finished eighth in a personal best of 3;34.25 for the 1,500 meters, won by Asbel Kiprop.

In the men's 3,000 meters, Tariku Bekele won, with Bernard Lagat breaking the 3,000 meter
American record (Bob Kennedy, Monaco, July 8, 1988, 7:30.84) with his fine 7:29.00. AR holder at 10,000m, Chris Solinsky, finished fifth overall in 7:34.52, a new personal best!

Shannon Rowbury was first American women at 1,500 meters, finishing fourth in 4:01.63, with Erin Donahue in seventh, running a personal best of 4:03.49! 

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Rieti 2010
Rieti, 29/08/2010


Men' results

100 Metres - Men Final                                        Wind: +0.9 m/s

    1 Carter , Nesta                   JAM       9.78
    2 Bailey , Ryan                    USA       9.88
    3 Forsythe , Mario                 JAM       9.95
    4 Lemaître , Christophe            FRA       9.97
    5 Frater , Michael                 JAM       9.98
    6 Rodgers , Mike                   USA      10.00
    7 Saidy Ndure , Jaysuma            NOR      10.00
    8 Bailey , Daniel                  ANT      10.11

100 Metres - Men Heats Race 1                                 Wind: +1.0 m/s

    1 Saidy Ndure , Jaysuma            NOR      10.07
    2 Frater , Michael                 JAM      10.12
    3 Carter , Nesta                   JAM      10.13
    4 Thompson , Richard               TRI      10.13
    5 Samuels , J-Mee                  USA      10.15
    6 Collio , Simone                  ITA      10.24
    7 Rouge-Serret , Aaron             AUS      10.32
    8 Checcucci , Maurizio             ITA      10.45

100 Metres - Men Heats Race 2                                 Wind: +1.1 m/s

    1 Bailey , Ryan                    USA       9.95
    2 Lemaître , Christophe            FRA       9.98
    3 Forsythe , Mario                 JAM       9.99
    4 Bailey , Daniel                  ANT      10.09
    5 Rodgers , Mike                   USA      10.10
    6 Di Gregorio , Emanuele           ITA      10.20
    7 Clarke , Lerone                  JAM      10.23
    8 Devonish , Marlon                GBR      10.25

200 Metres - Men                                              Wind: +0.6 m/s

    1 Spearmon , Wallace               USA      19.85
    2 Taylor , Angelo                  USA      20.23
    3 Schneeberger , Marc              SUI      20.42
    4 Hession , Paul                   IRL      20.72
    5 Davies , Matt                    AUS      20.82
    6 Donati , Roberto                 ITA      20.89
    7 Davis , Lancford                 JAM      21.07
    8 Cavallaro , Alessandro           ITA      21.44

800 Metres - Men Race 1                                       

    1 Rudisha , David Lekuta           KEN    1:41.01
    2 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat           KEN    1:42.95
    3 Symmonds , Nick                  USA    1:43.76
    4 Rimmer , Michael                 GBR    1:43.89
    5 Lewandowski , Marcin             POL    1:44.10
    6 Casado , Arturo                  ESP    1:44.74
    7 Kivuva , Jackson Mumbwa          KEN    2:23.39
      Tangui , Sammy                   KEN        DNF                   

800 Metres - Men Race 2                                       

    1 Kinyor , Job                     KEN    1:46.40
    2 Reina , Antonio Manuel           ESP    1:46.56
    3 Mumba , Prince                   ZAM    1:46.64
    4 Osagie , Andrew                  GBR    1:46.81
    5 Renshaw , Lachlan                AUS    1:47.18
    6 Marco , Luis Alberto             ESP    1:47.69
    7 Solares , Pablo                  MEX    1:47.79
    8 Obrist , Christian               ITA    1:49.59
      Milazar , Eric                   MRI        DNF                   

1500 Metres - Men                                             

    1 Kiprop , Asbel                   KEN    3:31.78
    2 Kiplagat , Silas                 KEN    3:31.97
    3 Chepseba , Nixon Kiplimo         KEN    3:32.42
    4 Kamel , Yusuf Saad               BRN    3:33.06
    5 Rono , Geoffrey Kipkoech         KEN    3:33.20
    6 Choge , Augustine Kiprono        KEN    3:33.99
    7 Daba , Demma                     ETH    3:34.16
    8 Torrence , David                 USA    3:34.25
    9 van Deventer , Juan              RSA    3:34.52
   10 Baala , Mehdi                    FRA    3:34.59
   11 Baddeley , Andrew                GBR    3:35.35
   12 Lancashire , Thomas              GBR    3:36.36
   13 Fernández , Álvaro               ESP    3:38.32
      Seco , Victor                    ESP        DNF                   
      Polonet , Vickson Naran          KEN        DNF                   

3000 Metres - Men                                             

    1 Bekele , Tariku                  ETH    7:28.70
    2 Lagat , Bernard                  USA    7:29.00
    3 Soi , Edwin Cheruiyot            KEN    7:29.75
    4 Kipkoech , John                  KEN    7:32.72
    5 Solinsky , Chris                 USA    7:34.32
    6 Tahri , Bouabdellah              FRA    7:35.50
    7 Birmingham , Collis              AUS    7:38.77
    8 Rashed , Essa Ismail             QAT    7:39.61
    9 Blincoe , Adrian                 NZL    7:46.38
   10 Huling , Daniel                  USA    7:46.97
   11 Longosiwa , Thomas Pkemei        KEN    7:48.67
   12 Simotwo , Suleiman Kipses        KEN    7:49.41
   13 Lebid , Serhiy                   UKR    7:49.45
   14 Rupp , Galen                     USA    7:50.46
   15 Songok , Isaac Kiprono           KEN    7:52.59
      Cheboi , Collins                 KEN        DNF                   
      Biwott , Yusuf Kibet             KEN        DNF                   

110 Metres Hurdles - Men                                      Wind: +0.8 m/s

    1 Oliver , David                   USA      13.01
    2 Thomas , Dwight                  JAM      13.26
    3 Richardson , Jason               USA      13.37
    4 Brown , Joel                     USA      13.39
    5 Sharman , William                GBR      13.50
    6 Svoboda , Petr                   CZE      13.69
    7 Tedesco , Stefano                ITA      13.84
    8 Wilson , Ryan                    USA      23.80

High Jump - Men                                               

    1 Rybakov , Yaroslav               RUS       2.30
    2 Zamel-Paez , Liam                AUS       2.26
    2 Baniótis , Konstadínos           GRE       2.26
    4 Campioli , Filippo               ITA       2.26
    5 Dmitrik , Aleksey                RUS       2.26
    6 Jonas , Dusty                    USA       2.17
    6 Ninov , Viktor                   BUL       2.17
    8 Ukhov , Ivan                     RUS       2.12
      Ciotti , Giulio                  ITA         NM                   
      Ciotti , Nicola                  ITA         NM                   

Long Jump - Men                                               
                                                                              Wind
    1 Bayer , Sebastian                GER       8.06      -0.2
    2 Li , Jinzhe                      CHN       8.02      -0.1
    3 Donato , Fabrizio                ITA       7.89      +0.0
    4 Gomis , Kafétien                 FRA       7.84      +0.2
    5 Jensen , Morten                  DEN       7.77      +0.2
    6 Noffke , Chris                   AUS       7.73      +0.1
    7 Smith , Tyrone                   BER       7.73      +0.1
    8 Howe , Andrew                    ITA       7.69      +0.0
    9 Plotnikov , Dmitriy              RUS       7.60      -0.2
   10 Formichetti , Emanuele           ITA       7.56      -0.2

Hammer Throw - Men Final                                      
                                                            Pts
    1 Murofushi , Koji                 JPN      80.96      80.96        
    2 Charfreitag , Libor              SVK      79.62      79.62        
    3 Nazarov , Dilshod                TJK      78.34      78.34        
    4 Litvinov , Sergej                GER      76.77      76.77        

Hammer Throw - Men Qualification                              
                                                            Pts
    1 Murofushi , Koji                 JPN      80.99      
    2 Charfreitag , Libor              SVK      79.27     
    3 Litvinov , Sergej                GER      78.32     
    4 Nazarov , Dilshod                TJK      78.02      
    5 Kryvitski , Pavel                BLR      76.45      76.45        
    6 Vizzoni , Nicola                 ITA      76.39      76.39        
    7 Pars , Krisztián                 HUN      75.81      75.81        
    8 Ziólkowski , Szymon              POL      75.73      75.73        
    9 Karjalainen , Olli-Pekka         FIN      73.82      73.82        
   10 Shayunou , Yury                  BLR      72.92      72.92        
   11 Sviatokha , Valeriy              BLR      72.31      72.31        
   12 Lingua , Marco                   ITA      70.03      70.03        


Women' results

100 Metres - Women                                            Wind: +0.6 m/s

    1 Simpson , Sherone                JAM      11.11
    2 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie       BAH      11.15
    3 Barber , Mikele                  USA      11.21
    4 Asumnu , Gloria                  USA      11.27
    5 Bailey , Aleen                   JAM      11.31
    6 Breen , Melissa                  AUS      11.59
    7 Arcioni , Giulia                 ITA      11.78

400 Metres - Women                                            

    1 Firova , Tatyana                 RUS      50.25
    2 Hastings , Natasha               USA      50.87
    3 Grenot , Libania                 ITA      51.20
    4 Hargrove , Monica                USA      52.34
    5 Henry , Jody                     AUS      52.64
    6 Yefremova , Antonina             UKR      52.75
    7 Spacca , Maria Enrica            ITA      52.80
    8 Milani , Marta                   ITA      52.87

1500 Metres - Women                                           

    1 Jamal , Maryam Yusuf             BRN    3:58.93
    2 Belete , Mimi                    BRN    4:00.25
    3 Déhiba Chahyd , Hind             FRA    4:01.07
    4 Rowbury , Shannon                USA    4:01.63
    5 Måkestad Bovim , Ingvill         NOR    4:02.20
    6 Mishchenko , Anna                UKR    4:03.14
    7 Donohue , Erin                   USA    4:03.49
    8 Plis , Renata                    POL    4:06.76
    9 Ngeiywo , Nelly Chebet           KEN    4:11.36
   10 Edwards , Nicole                 CAN    4:13.90
   11 Magnani , Margherita             ITA    4:14.39
      Uceny , Morgan                   USA        DNF                   
      Pierce , Anna                    USA        DNF                   
      Andrianova , Tatyana             RUS        DNF                   
      Tverdostup , Tamara              UKR        DNF                   

3000 Metres - Women                                           

    1 Kibet , Sylvia Jebiwott          KEN    8:39.07
    2 Cherono , Mercy                  KEN    8:42.09
    3 Korikwiang , Pauline Chemning    KEN    8:43.67
    4 Metcalfe , Megan                 CAN    8:44.29
    5 Mrisho , Zakia                   TAN    8:44.53
    6 Rionoripo , Purity Cherotich     KEN    8:44.54
    7 Ndiema , Esther Chemtai          KEN    8:46.66
    8 Clitheroe , Helen                GBR    8:51.82
    9 Popkova , Natalya                RUS    8:52.54
   10 Hall , Sara                      USA    8:53.13
   11 Elmore , Malindi                 CAN    8:58.36
      Fischer , Sabina                 SUI        DNF                   
      Muriuki , Margaret Wangari       KEN        DNF                   
      Shinkins , Karen                 IRL        DNF                   

400 Metres Hurdles - Women                                    

    1 Tosta , Sheena                   USA      54.71
    2 Hejnová , Zuzana                 CZE      54.99
    3 Wilson , Nickiesha               JAM      55.07
    4 Boden , Lauren                   AUS      55.48
    5 Leach , Nicole                   USA      55.84
    6 Gentili , Manuela                ITA      56.68
    7 Darden , Dominique               USA      58.51
    8 Spencer , Kaliese                JAM    1:22.45

Pole Vault - Women                                            

    1 Murer , Fabiana                  BRA       4.74
    2 Kiryashova , Aleksandra          RUS       4.54
    3 Shvedova , Anastasiya            BLR       4.34
    4 Janson , Lacy                    USA       4.34
    4 Golubchikova , Yuliya            RUS       4.34
    6 Scarpellini , Elena              ITA       4.19
    7 Choi , Yun-hee                   KOR       4.04
    7 Duclos-Lasnier , Gabriella       CAN       4.04

Hammer Throw - Women Qualification                            
                                                            Pts
    1 Moreno , Yipsi                   CUB      71.32      
    2 Lysenko , Tatyana                RUS      71.27       
    3 Wlodarczyk , Anita               POL      70.89      
    4 Zhang , Wenxiu                   CHN      70.76      
    5 Dahlgren , Jennifer              ARG      70.43      70.43        
    6 Campbell , Amber                 USA      69.87      69.87        
    7 Marghieva , Zalina               MDA      69.15      69.15        
    8 Zolotukhina , Nataliya           UKR      68.92      68.92        
    9 Falzon , Stéphanie               FRA      66.44      66.44        
      Pchelnik , Darya                 BLR         NM                   
      Sedykh , Alexia                  FRA        DNS                   

Hammer Throw - Women Final                                    
                                                            Pts
    1 Lysenko , Tatyana                RUS      74.80      74.80        
    2 Moreno , Yipsi                   CUB      73.78      73.78        
    3 Zhang , Wenxiu                   CHN      73.70      73.70        
    4 Wlodarczyk , Anita               POL      73.57      73.57        


]]> David Rudisha Breaks WR, Again! 1:41.01, in Rieti! by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4154 2010-08-29T17:42:08Z 2010-08-29T18:00:48Z The picture above is the official finish line shot from the Omega camera of David Rudisha's second world record in eight days, this one set in Rieti! Following his pacemaker through the 400 meters in 48.20, David Rudisha hit... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549 Rudish, 1;41.01, 0110041.jpg



The picture above is the official finish line shot from the Omega camera of David Rudisha's
second world record in eight days, this one set in Rieti! Following his pacemaker through the 400 meters in 48.20, David Rudisha hit the 600 meters in 1:14.59. Covering the last 200 meters in 26.02,David Rudisha lowered his own world record of 1:41.09 to 1:41.01!  Boaz Kiplangat Lalang was second in 1:42.95!

David ran his second world record in eight days in the city of Rieti, Italy, where the 40th anniversary of the magic end of season meeting takes place! Some tremendous performances, including a new AR at 3,000 meters!

In third place, Nick Symmonds of the U.S. ran a personal best of 1:43.76, with Micheal Rimmer of Great Britain, finishing fourth, also in a personal best of 1:43.89. European 800 meter Champion, Poland's Marcin Lewandowski, finished fifth in 1:44.10 and European
1,500 meter champion, Spain's Arturo Casada, was sixth in 1;44.74.
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Results - 800m Men - Final A
World Record 1:41.09 David RUDISHA KEN Berlin 22 AUG 2010
European Record 1:41.11 Wilson KIPKETER DEN Köln 24 AUG 1997
Meeting Record 1:41.83 Wilson KIPKETER DEN
1996
Italian Record 1:43.7 Marcello FIASCONARO ITA Milano 27 JUN 1973

Rank  Athlete Nation Result
1  RUDISHA, David Lekuta
KEN
WR 1:41.01
2  LALANG, Boaz Kiplagat
KEN

1:42.95
3  SYMMONDS, Nick
USA
PB 1:43.76
4  RIMMER, Michael
GBR
PB 1:43.89
5  LEWANDOWSKI, Marcin
POL
SB 1:44.10
6  CASADO, Arturo
ESP

1:44.74
7  KIVUVA, Jackson Mumbwa
KEN

2:23.39
   TANGUI, Sammy
KEN

DNF

 Intermediate times:
  400m 29  Tangui, Sammy (KEN) 48.20  
  600m 28  RUDISHA, David Lekuta (KEN) 1:14.59  






]]> Belgcom Van Damme Memorial, Brussels, RN PhotoGallery, by PhotoRun.net, note by Larry Eder tag:www.runblogrun.com,2010://5.4156 2010-08-28T18:23:38Z 2010-08-31T17:39:09Z Here is the photo gallery for the Belgcom Ivo Van Damme Memorial, held in Brussels on August 27, 2010. Even with a less than normal start, Tyson Gay ran a superb 9.79 to take the win! Also running well... Larry Eder http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/725/549

Here is the photo gallery for the Belgcom Ivo Van Damme Memorial, held in Brussels on August 27, 2010. Even with a less than normal start, Tyson Gay ran a superb 9.79 to take the win!

Also running well was Leonel Manzano, who ran 3:32.37, to take the 3:33.01 of one Jim Ryun, from 1967, off the US top ten list. Note that Leonel, when he finished third in the Emsley Carr Mile on August 14, at AVIVA London, ran 3:50.34, which took Jim Ryun's 1967 WR of 3:51.1 off the US top ten list!

Lisa Galaviz, one of the top U.S. steeplers for nearly a decade now, ran a fine 9:24.83, her personal best,  in the steeple in Brussels! Lisa has raced all over the world this year in the steeple!  


Special thanks to Chuck Bartlett, the RN webmaster, who produces the RN photo galleries! And as always, thanks to PhotoRun.net and the athletes who inspire us!
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