HASPA MARATHON HAMBURG ON SUNDAY   Course records and Olympic qualification the targets in Hamburg, by Race News Service    World-class fields will go for course records and target Olympic qualification in Sunday’s Haspa Marathon in Hamburg. Kenya’s defending champion and course record holder Bernard Koech, who tied his best with 2:04:09 a year ago, is back. At the same time, Gotytom Gebreslase, the World Champion from 2022, is the favorite in the women’s race. The Ethiopian, who has a PB of 2:18:18, wants to secure the third spot for the Paris Olympic race in Hamburg. Fellow Et ..read more

The Hydra Patch Review – A new method using some old-fashioned ideas! By Jeff Benjamin Last month in Orlando, America’s best marathoners toed the line in their attempts to finish in the top three and qualify for the Paris Olympics. As the gun went off in the male and female races, Orlando was still pretty shady and cool around 10am, a solid ally for the runners competing. However, within the hour, everything changed. The sun preceded to blast out, sending a bomb-like, quickly forming heat wave throughout the course, heating up and dehydrating many competitors who tried to complete the 26 ..read more

Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews First In A Series CHASING FOUR: A Personal History of Work and Play By Gene McCarthy A Top High School & Collegiate Runner who trained with the French Legend Marcel Phillipe at Fordham University. A Four-Minute Miler who trained with his idol, the legendary Marty Liquori, and the vaunted Florida Track Club, where he also became club President and clashed elbows in races with icons like Steve Ovett. An aspiring “Shoe Dog” who, beginning with his first foray at Athletic Attic, rose through the ranks into the upper echelon of the sneaker industry ..read more

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on track & field! This is Coffee with Larry, our daily podcast on all the global track and field stories! This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, April 25, 2024. Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #JamBar, the Original Organic Artisan Sports Energy Bar. Founded in 2021 by Jenny Maxwell, co-founder of Powerbar (1985), JAMBAR is made with organic ingredients in small batches in Northern California. Chocolate Cha Cha, from JAMBAR! Jambar has vegan options and comes in six flavors. It has 34 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of pro ..read more

WOMEN-ONLY WORLD RECORD FOR PERES JEPCHIRCHIR AT TCS LONDON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission. NOTE: This story was written remotely. Ed.(21-Apr) — After more than two hours of running in cool and windy conditions, only four women remained in the hunt for victory at today’s TCS London Marathon.  The pace had been fast (1:07:04 at halfway), and any of the four –Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir and Joyciline Jepkosgei and Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa and Megertu Alemu– could not only get the win but also break Mary ..read more

This is Thursday, April 25, 2024. This is Week 7, Day 4. This is Fartlek Day. Gosta Holmer, a Swedish Olympian who competed against Jim Thorpe, invented this interval program for running on trails and in parks. Mr. Holmer developed it for the Swedish cross-country team in the 1930s, which did poorly in European competitions, and Gosta wanted to motivate them. The Olympic decathlete and pentathlete came up with a beautiful approach to training that gives athletes many ways to personalize training. This is your workout: Warm up today, 60 minute fartlek, 5 minutes hard, 5 minutes easy, one time 3 ..read more

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on the news in global track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #JamBar, the Original Organic Artisan Sports Energy Bar. Founded in 2021 by Jenny Maxwell, co-founder of Powerbar (1985), JAMBAR is made with organic ingredients in small batches in Northern California. Jammin Jazzleberry, photo from JAMBAR Jambar has vegan options and comes in six flavors. It has 34 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of protein and is sweetened with maple syrup! You can purchase JAMBA ..read more

Dr Jess Warner-Judd Jess Judd has just announced that she has successfully completed her PhD. “The title is ‘A mechanical injury model of skeletal muscle’,” she told me. It is in regenerative medicine. My thesis was looking at strain rates and strain rate percentages and their impact on skeletal muscle, which we grew in a 3D environment in vitro. It was very lab-based tissue culture.” Jess Judd, photo by Getty Images for British Athletics Balancing academic work and running at the elite level is difficult, as she explained: “I started that in 2018, and I’ve now finished, so I’m really over the ..read more

Walt Murphy is one of the finest track geeks that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that provides true geek stories about our sport. You can check out the service for FREE with a free one-month trial subscription! (email: WaltMurphy44@gmail.com ) for the entire daily service. We will post a few historic moments each day, beginning February 1, 2024.(c)Copyright 2024-all rights reserved. It may not be reprinted or retransmitted without permission. By Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission. This Day in Track &a ..read more

Six  Observations on Michael Johnson’s Announcement on Funding for a Professional Track & Field League On April 23, 2024, Michael Johnson announced, in a story through Sporting Business Journal, that he had secured $30 million in funding for his still-unnamed professional track league. Here is the copyrighted story: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/04/23/michael-johnson-secures-investment-new-track-league 1. Michael Johnson is one of the few sports leaders (Olympic champion, WR holder, BBC analyst, social media commentator, Baylor grad) who could champion such an ob ..read more