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by Brett Larner special thanks to Dr. Helmut Winter for assistance with graphics It's fitting that last weekend's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials brought American marathoning back to Los Angeles.  In the years leading up to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics American men and women paved the way as the world's best marathoners, but the L.A. Olympics marked the start of a long decline on both sides that has only recently started to turn around.  With Galen Rupp making a massively anticipated debut and Los Angeles launching its bid for the 2024 Olympics the 2016 L.A. Trials may come to be looked back upon as another turning point.  It's worth taking an honest look at the last 50 years or so of history to understand where that turning point may take American marathoning. Looking at the average of the ten fastest marathons per year by American men, for the 16 years between the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics American men's marathoning develop...

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/02/zane-robertson-pulls-ryan-hall-alberto-salazar-track-fields-bill-belichick-will-claye-not-canadian-good-sport-tweet-week/ translated by Brett Larner Kenya’s “Ryan Hall Moment” – Paul Kuira’s Dream Comes True Last week, Kenya’s Paul Kuira pulled an absolute stunner, as in his half-marathon debut he ran a 59:47 to win the Marugame Half-Marathon, making him the first Kenyan athlete and and [sic] first non-African-based runner under 60:00 this year (New Zealand's Zane Robertson has also done it). When we saw the result, we instantly thought, “Wow, Kenya has found their Ryan Hall.” Paul after the Finish of His 59:47 Half via @mi102014 (click for large image) The parallels between the two are striking. Both come from unconventional training backgrounds and both have spent a considerable time at altitude. Hall great up [sic] in Big Bear, California which is at 6,700 feet and did twenty mile runs as a high schooler and ten mile tempo r...

http://www.nyrr.org/newsroom/press-release/defending-champions-lead-international-field-for-2013-ing-new-york-city-marathon 2013 ING New York City Marathon Elite Field New York, Nov. 3, 2013 Men Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) - 2:04:15 (Berlin 2012) / 2:03:02a (Boston 2011) Stanley Biwott (Kenya) - 2:05:12 (Paris 2012) Wesley Korir (Kenya) - 2:06:13 (Chicago 2012) Ryan Hall (U.S.A.) - 2:06:17 (London 2008) / 2:04:58a (Boston 2011) Peter Kirui (Kenya) - 2:06:31 (Frankfurt 2011) Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) - 2:07:20 (Enschede 2011) Jose Manuel Martinez (Spain) - 2:08:09 (Rotterdam 2003) Yuki Kawauchi (Japan/Saitama Pref. Gov't) - 2:08:14 (Seoul Int'l 2013) Mebrahtom Keflezighi (U.S.A.) - 2:09:08 (Houston 2012) Masato Imai (Japan/Team Toyota Kyushu) - 2:10:29 (Tokyo 2013) Jason Hartmann (U.S.A.) - 2:11:06 (Chicago 2010) Ryan Vail (U.S.A.) - 2:11:45 (Fukuoka Int'l 2012) Jeff Eggleston (U.S.A.) - 2:12:03 (Chicago 2012) Daniele Meucci (Italy) - 2:13:4...

http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO45177410Q2A820C1000000/ translated by Brett Larner -  published by Nikkei 8/22/12 follow Fujiwara on Twitter For men's marathoner Arata Fujiwara (Miki House), the London Olympics ended with a 45th-place finish in 2:19:11, 11 minutes and 10 seconds slower that winner Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda).  Defeated by the sudden dissolution of his speed after 30 km, how does Fujiwara now analyze his performance? Beginning July 5, I trained for a month at 1700 m elevation in St. Moritz (Switzerland) before travelling to London on Aug. 4.  There was no need for any more hard workouts, so all I had to do was just wait for the big race on the 12th without worrying about it.  I think now that I should have been more careful about the process of coming down from altitude and re-acclimatizing to sea level. If you train at altitude one product is that your cardiovascular system and whatnot get stronger. When you come down to sea level it f...

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Click here for complete results from the Aug. 16 New York City Half Marathon. 2009 New York City Half Marathon - Top Finishers Men 1. Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) - 1:00:50 2. Ridouane Harroufi (Morocco) - 1:02:32 3. Ryan Hall (U.S.A.) - 1:02:35 4. Abdi Abdirahman (U.S.A.) - 1:02:50 5. Henrick Ramaala (South Africa) - 1:02:52 6. Abderrahime Bouramdane (Morocco) - 1:04:08 7. Stephen Chemlany (Kenya) - 1:04:10 8. Ketema Nigusse (Ethiopia) - 1:04:13 9. Worku Beyi (Ethiopia) - 1:04:26 10. Hosea Rotich (Kenya) - 1:04:59 ----- 11. Hiroshi Yamada (Team Konica Minolta) - 1:05:06 19. Shuichi Fujii (Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 1:08:36 Women 1. Paula Radcliffe (U.K.) - 1:08:53 2. Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) - 1:11:04 3. Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) - 1:12:22 4. Nadia Ejjafini (Bahamas) - 1:12:47 5. Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopia) - 1:13:17 6. Ilsa Paulson (U.S.A.) - 1:13:17 7. Deena Kastor (U.S.A.) - 1:13:33 8. Aniko Kalovics (Hungary) - 1:14:37 9. Lindsey Scherf (U.S.A.) - 1:14:56 10. Sheri Piers (U.S.A.) - 1:16:10 -...

http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=15986 Marathon legend Toshihiko Seko visits American star Ryan Hall at Hall's training base in Mammoth Lakes, California. The first of a few articles I didn't put up last week in the buildup to the Tokyo Marathon.

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