At last year’s Prefontaine Classic, Matt Tegenkamp set the American 2-mile record of 8:07.07. On Sunday in Eugene, Oregon, he’ll drop down to race the mile in an absolutely stacked field. About which he says….
Fasil and Jason will be on hand for a question-and-answer session following the July 5 screening of the Running Film Festival, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon during the Olympic track trials. Jason and Fasil are among the subjects of Born To Run: A Tale of Endurance, which will be excerpted at the festival.
If you’re lucky enough to be in Eugene during the trials, come by and say hi. If you buy your tickets before June 15, you can win VIP passes and a massive flat-screen HDTV.
More info at the festival’s site. A trailer of trailers on the Running Times site.
You ask, Chris answers. Today: Why do you fall so often in races?
Music by Tripsitter.
Tomorrow: Teg Talks: Pre-Prefontaine
The Madison squad love their drills, and we’ll have three videos sharing the love. In this first one, Chris Solinsky and Jonathon Riley impress the neighbors following a 70-minute run with Simon Bairu and Brandon Bethke.
Music by The Coctails.
Tomorrow: So, Solinsky: Fall Much?
Matt Tegenkamp ran his first 5,000m of the season at the Hengelo meet on May 24. In a race that Kenenisa Bekele won in 12:58.94, Matt was 10th in 13:28.52. Three days after the meet, he discussed his race with his massage therapist, Brian Blindt.
Tomorrow: Solinsky Demonstrates Drills
Welcome to the first installment of our Madison Project series. We’ll have new video every weekday leading up to Matt Tegenkamp’s and Chris Solinsky’s attempt to make the Olympic 5,000m team at the end of this month.
Music by Sparrow.
Tomorrow: Teg Talks: What Happened in Hengelo
No victories to report, but some solid performances this weekend, most recently James Getanda’s 4th-place finish at this morning’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego. James ran 2:11:50. He was part of the lead pack at halfway (1:04:07). Simon Wangai emerged from that pack to win in 2:10:07. Results and splits are available at the race’s site.
Yesterday, at the Freihofer’s Run for Women in Albany, New York, Jane Gakunyi and Millicent Gathoni doubled back from Monday’s Bolder Boulder 10K, which Millicent won. Jane was 4th in Albany in 16:02, one second and one place ahead of Millicent. Kathy Butler was 10th in 16:38. Australia’s Benita Johnson won her third straight title. Top ten are here.
You may have heard that Simon Bairu ran a massive PR and an Olympic “A” standard last night in Belgium. Unfortunately, while it is true that Simon ran 27:30.90, that time is for 24 laps, which is when Simon stopped. Our initial reports are that the 10,000m was a bit chaotic–more than 30 men were in the field–and that both runners and officials misjudged the lap count. We’ll post updates as we receive them.
Meanwhile, be sure to join us tomorrow for the launch of our Madison Project video series. We’ll have new video every weekday leading up to Matt Tegenkamp’s and Chris Solinsky’s bid to make the Olympic 5,000m team at the end of the month.
