This has been a jam-packed weekend; there was a lot going on! If only NBC actually broadcast the races, I’d be all set. I’d sit there and watch commercial after commercial.
First, the women’s marathon. I almost cried when Deena Kastor broke her foot barely 3 miles into the race. Magdalena Lewy Boulet [...]

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This week last year, there was a good mix of running tips and running news.

The first running tip that I offered was how to drink water during a race, with practical tips to keep you from having to slow down and to make sure you don’t try to drown yourself.
The second tip that I offered [...]

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In 1998, Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington and Michael Johnson set the American 4×400m record with a time of 2:54.20. That record is in discussions to be removed, with the 2:54.29 that was run in the 1993 World Outdoor Championships getting reinstated. Young was banned for life in 2004, and Pettigrew has [...]

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This week last year covered a lot of news, and I answered quite a few reader questions.

This week last year started off with The Running Shoe FAQ, which explained why runners wear specialty shoes and what makes them different from normal walking shoes.
I answered a question from an aerobics instructor about how to treat posterior [...]

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Jenny Barringer ran second place to Anna Willard at the Olympic Trials where Willard set the American record.
This week, though, they swapped places at a competitive meet in Belgium against top international talent. Barringer edged Willard by 0.03 seconds to run a new American record by almost 5 seconds of 9:22.73. [...]

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After falling halfway back into the field in the 4th heat of the opening round in yesterday’s 100m Olympic Trials, Tyson Gay had a lot of ground to make up. He did well for 70 meters, but then started to slow down. Only a late surge in the last 7 to 10 meters [...]

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This week last year was dominated by exercise related news, although there were a few less topical articles that were worth looking at.

This week last year, there was a debate about whether or not you should refuel during a marathon or whether you should stick to water. I had to throw my 2 cents [...]

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Recent 100m Records

9.90: Leroy Burell (US), June 14, 1991
9.86: Carl Lewis (US), August 08, 1991
9.85: Leroy Burrell (US), July 06, 1994
9.84: Donovan Bailey (Can), July 27, 1996
9.79: Maurice Greene (US), June 16, 1999
9.78: Tim Montgomery (US), September 14, 2002
9.77: Asafa Powell (Jam), June 14, 2005
9.76/9.77: Justin Gatlin (US), May 12, 2006
9.74: Asafa Powell (Jam), [...]

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I now own a marathon course record.

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This week last year, I compared the pros and cons of running with headphones, which is always such a polarizing topic.
Shani Davis broke his own 1500m speed skate record with a time of 1:42.32. He bested his own record by 0.36 seconds.
Jim Snyder provided some information about the treadmill record from the week before, [...]

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I never got around to writing a “this week last year” article last week, so here it is this week for last week. If that makes sense.

Some folks decided to try and break the 24-hour treadmill world record by running as a team on the treadmill. Each of the people in the “relay” [...]

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Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon this weekend in a world record time of 2:04:26! He surpassed Paul Tergat’s time of 2:04:55 from 4 years ago at the same race. With his win, he moves into second place in the world marathon majors for the 2006/2007 scoring year, and is tied for first [...]

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Photo by Jonas WittDespite a bout of tendonitis earlier this year, Asafa Powell has set a new 100 meter world record this weekend in Rieti, Italy.
He won his heat in 9.74 seconds with a 1.7 m/s tailwind, which falls inside of the guidelines set by the IAAF, Track & Field’s international governing body.
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Jeremy Wariner won the 400m in Stockholm, Sweden today. He set a stadium record of 43.50 after running the fastest 400 meters in the world so far this year and the 6th fastest in history.
“Very good race, this is now my personal record,” said Wariner, who won the one-lap race last year in 44.02. [...]

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I was checking the news wire this morning and saw quite a few articles of interest that I thought that I would share with you:

Two national records were broken yesterday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, both in the 4×800. The (15-16 year old) intermediate boy’s time was brought down [...]

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What did Alan Webb have to say to the Americans back home after breaking Steve Scott’s mile record in Belgium?
“Dreams come true, man!”
Flotrack has some great videos of Alan Webb’s record-setting mile:

Video of the Race (low resolution version)
Post Race Interview

Thanks to Andy Burfoot from Runner’s World for bringing the interview to my attention. The [...]

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Photo by Erik R. BishoffTwo weeks ago, Alan Webb ran a 3:30.54 in a 1500 meter race in France, the fastest so far this year. Yesterday, he ran the fastest mile this year and broke the American record by running 3:46.91 at the Atletiek Vlaanderenmeet in Belgium. There were less than 1000 people [...]

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