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USATF Unveils Tougher Men’s Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifying Standards
Posted September 30th, 2008 at 5:55 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
What began as debate amongst delegates attending the 2007 USATF convention in Honolulu last December has ended in a new, tougher set of rules for qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials - Men’s Marathon. According to the new rules, recently made public on the USATF website, there will no longer be “A” and “B” standards for getting into the Trials, but rather three “A” standard marks at the marathon, half-marathon and 10,000m distances:
- Marathon: 2:19:00
- Half-Marathon: 1:05:00
- 10,000m: 28:30.00
The marks must be achieved from January 1, 2009, through 30 days prior to the 2012 Trials, or October 5, 2008, and marathon times from course which are severely aided will no longer be accepted. The date and location for the 2012 Trials has not yet been set by USATF.
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Josh Cox: Carpe Diem
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #2)
Posted February 6th, 2008 at 3:15 PM by Josh Cox
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox
Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry and for more information about Cox, also please visit: www.joshcox.com
In ‘97 Cox ran and won a 50-mile ultra, in ’99 he ran his first marathon making him the youngest Trials qualifier. The following year he clocked 2:13, which opened the door for him to train with the world’s best in Kenya. Cox has tried his hand at Reality TV, been all over magazine covers and is a fixture in the sport.
CARPE DIEM
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights leader“It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.”
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman“Never, never, never quit.”
- Winston Churchill, Author, soldier and Prime Minister
October 1980, Paul David Hewson and his band - formally known as “Feedback” and “The Hype” - had just released their first full-length album, Boy. Their single “I Will Follow” climbed the UK charts and their star was born. Around that time, the band joined a religious group in Dublin, the Shalom Fellowship. Time passed and some of Shalom’s leaders began criticizing the bands “involvement in the world.” The leaders told the band that in order to please God they would have to give up rock ‘n’ roll.
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Josh Cox: Temet Nosce
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #1)
Posted January 24th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Josh Cox
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox
Welcome to the official blog of U.S. marathon runner Josh Cox.
Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry and for more information about Cox, also please visit: www.joshcox.com
In ‘97 Cox ran and won a 50-mile ultra, in ’99 he ran his first marathon making him the youngest Trials qualifier. The following year he clocked 2:13, which opened the door for him to train with the world’s best in Kenya. Cox has tried his hand at Reality TV, been all over magazine covers and is a fixture in the sport.
TEMET NOSCE
“If you wish it, wish it now
If you wish it, wish it loud
If you want it, say it now
If you want it, say it loud.”
- “Lifeline” by Angels & Airwaves“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that.”
- Dr. Howard Thurman, Author, philosopher, preacher and civil rights leader
We’ve all seen the movie, The Matrix. Thomas “Neo” Anderson enters the Matrix to meet the Oracle, find his destiny, and figure out who he is in an attempt to touch the future. He meets a kid. The kid bends the spoon with his mind only to explain that there really is no spoon. Neo walks into the kitchen and is greeted by the Oracle:
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After 15 Minutes of Fame, Wardian Back in Marathon Action Again
Posted November 17th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
After leading the USA Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon on Nov. 3, in New York City for the first five kilometers, marathoner Michael Wardian was back on the roads again, winning yesterday’s OBX Marathon in North Carolina in 2:24:16.
This was nothing unusual for the 33 year-old athlete from Arlington, Va., who has completed 13 marathons this year, five of them sub-2:30. In both March and April he ran two marathons just six days apart. He’s won four marathons this year.
At the Trials, Wardian was the race’s early leader, running alone through 5 km (16:20). He faded to finish 92nd in 2:30:54, running halves of 1:09:26 and 1:21:28.
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Podcast 103
JASON LEHMKUHLE Climbing the Marathon Leaderboard
JASON LEHMKUHLE Climbing the Marathon Leaderboard
Posted November 12th, 2007 at 4:48 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Episode 103 of The Final Sprint Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America, features my interview with Team USA Minnesota’s JASON LEHMKUHLE.
Jason shattered his marathon PR and outperformed many of America’s most prominent runners to finish in 2:12:54 and come in an impressive 5th place at last Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials in NYC.
In the interview Jason talks about the keys to his success at the Trials, why the course was not as difficult as he expected, what it’s like to be running with and passing America’s most successful elite runners, the tremendous crowd support, dealing with the tragic lose of Ryan Shay, and how it makes (or should make) an athlete (especially one like Jason who knows they have a heart murmur) take extra medical precautions.
Download the podcast to hear Jason discuss these topics, as well as, his racing plans for the spring, his long buildup to the 10,000m U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, his future in marathoning, what makes Minnesota an ideal place to live and train, his freelance graphic design work, helping younger runners, and much more!
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Remembering Ryan Shay
Posted November 11th, 2007 at 9:45 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, SPOTLIGHT
Today in East Jordan, Mich., a funeral was held for Ryan Shay, the 2003 USA marathon champion who collapsed and died at the USA Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon on Nov. 3, in New York City. He was 28 years-old and had been married only for four months to the former Alicia Craig, the Stanford University star who won the NCAA 10,000m title in 2003 and 2004.
The exact cause of Ryan’s death is still unknown, but it is clear that his heart abruptly stopped at about the 9 km mark of the Trials and, despite heroic and immediate medical intervention, he died before reaching Lennox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
I knew Ryan both through my role as a journalist and a race organizer. It would be a stretch to say were close, but we were certainly friendly and shared a passion for the sport. I recruited Ryan to run the 2004 ING New York City Marathon where he set his personal best time of 2:14:08, cracking the top-10 in ninth place. It didn’t surprise me that Ryan would run his best marathon in New York, despite the difficulty of the course. He was so strong and so tough, the kind of runner who was well suited to the hills of the Five Borough Classic. Ryan really had heart.
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Ryan Hall named USATF Athlete of the Week
Posted November 6th, 2007 at 4:15 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
Ryan Hall has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon Saturday in Central Park in New York City.
The American record-holder in the half marathon, Hall tamed a difficult course in breaking the Olympic Trials record with his winning time of 2:09:02. He ran the first half of the race in 1:06:17 and the second half in 1:02:45. The previous record of 2:10:19 was set in 1980 by Tony Sandoval.
Now in its sixth 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.
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NYC MARATHON 2007:
Elite Athlete Profile:
MARTIN LEL
Posted November 4th, 2007 at 7:45 AM by thefinalsprint.com
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Lel has the rare ability to win on the biggest occasions—and when he doesn’t win, he comes very close. He has won the Flora London Marathon twice, including this year, when he outlasted Abderrahim Goumri by three seconds, and he won the ING New York City Marathon 2003 by 41 seconds over the defending champion, Rodgers Rop.
Lel has also been second in London (2006) and third twice in Boston (2003, 2004). In a final tune-up race on September 30, he won the BUPA Great North Run half-marathon, outsprinting world half-marathon record-holder Samuel Wanjiru.
NYC MARATHON 2007:
Elite Athlete Profile:
RODGERS ROP
Posted November 4th, 2007 at 7:15 AM by thefinalsprint.com
Section: Announcements
kenya’s Rodgers Rop is one of the very few runners who have won both the Boston and New York City Marathons in the same year, a feat he pulled off in 2002. This year he has again found the form that made him a three-time podium finisher in New York City.
Rop, who works in the Kenyan police force during the off-season, at one time held the world record for 25K, and his 59:49 half-marathon personal best is one of the fastest in history. Rop named his firstborn son “Boston” after his Boston Marathon victory in 2002. He set a personal best in the marathon of 2:07:32 earlier this year.
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Olympic Marathon Trials ‘07:
The Race Has Begun!
Posted November 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results
The U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon has begun! The weather at race time:
46°F
Cloudy
Wind: NE at 12 mph
Humidity: 61%
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- Olympic Marathon Trials ‘07:
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JAMES CARNEYTop-level runners may draw inspiration from one of their own previous performances or a performance by a competitor or childhood idol. But 30-year-old James Carney, who has overcome long odds to earn his place at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon, is inspired by what may be the greatest upset in college football […]
- Olympic Marathon Trials ‘07:
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RYAN SHAYHow any elite runners perform at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon will depend on a number of factors, including health, training regimen, mental and physical conditioning, adaptability to the criterium course in Central Park with its undulating hills, and the performance of other athletes. For Ryan Shay, however, there’s another key factor: […]
- Team Tactics To Decide Olympic Marathon Team?
Interesting article in The Detroit News today about the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, whose team members will make up about 10% of the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon field tomorrow. This elite running team from Michigan was created with some lofty goals in mind:
1. Create an opportunity for successful […] - A Cornucopia of Running News
It’s a great weekend to be a running fan, what with the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon and the ING New York City Marathon both taking place. The media has noticed, too, because there is a cornucopia of news coverage and blogging about both events that are taking place in the Big Apple (no pun […]
- Could Tomorrow’s Trials Be The Slowest Race Ever?
Here’s a look at the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon winners since 1968 when a single race determined the composition of the U.S. Olympic Team. The list is sorted from the slowest winning time (George Young’s 2:30:48 at altitude in 1968 in preparation for Mexico City’s altitude) to the fastest winning time (Tony Sandoval’s 2:10:19 […]
- Mother Nature Imposes Upon NY Marathon Weekend
Here is the weather forecast for New York for this weekend, which threatens to put a damper on the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon. Pay particular attention to the expected wind strength on Saturday (25-35 MPH with gusts up to 45 MPH). Sorry about the all-caps thing. That’s how our government does things:
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Day in the Sun for U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon
Google News, like most news sites, is not know for covering running or track & field on most days. So when the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon makes their sorts page, that’s news in itself. As of publication time, the number of stories devoted to […] - Abdirahman, Culpepper, Hall & Teleconference Excerpts
USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee and New York Road Runners on Thursday hosted a national media teleconference with two-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.), 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials champion Alan Culpepper (Lafayette, Colo.) and American half-marathon record holder Ryan Hall (Palo Alto, Calif.).
All three will compete Saturday in New York for […] - Olympic Team Berths at Stake for Top U.S. Marathoners
America’s top men’s distance runners lead a declared field of 128 in Saturday’s 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon. Perhaps the most anticipated Olympic Trials ever contested over the marathon distance, the race will be held Saturday morning in New York’s Central Park.
Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, 2004 Olympic Trials champion Alan Culpepper, […] - Podcast 99: JOSH COX on Faith, Love, Hope … and the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
Episode 99 of The Final Sprint Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America, features my interview with American marathoner and Olympic hopeful JOSH COX.
In the interview Cox offers intimate details about his absence from racing and the emotionally and mentally trying journey that began in late 2005 when his father was diagnosed […]
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