Espresso with Larry, All in regards to the Financial institution of America Chicago Marathon, Ruth Chepngetich’s WR, Ideas from all over the world, FootLocker XC coming quickly!

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That is Espresso with Larry for Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

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Our subjects:

1. Have we gone too far celebrating otherworldly quick occasions in marathons?

2. Had been you extra excited with the ladies’s Olympic marathon end or Ruth Chepngetich’s WR?

3. A member of the Kenyan Parliament demanded Robert Johnson’s apology to Ruth Chepngetich over his query in regards to the cloud of doping in Kenyan sports activities. We expect that Robert Johnson was absolutely in the correct.

4. Many Kenyans are very upset in regards to the accusations in opposition to Ruth Chepnegetich. One requested me if it was as a result of Ruth was not white?

5. John Korir received the boys’s race, taking a pack of ten by the half in 1:02:19, breaking the sector of seven down at 21 miles, and successful in 2:02:44 PB. Right here’s my story: https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

6. John’s win was overshadowed by the paradigm-shifting WR of Ruth Chepngetich, who turned the primary lady underneath 2:11 and a couple of:10, with a PB of two:09;56, ending eleventh general. Right here’s Justin Lagat’s story: https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

6. Ruth Chepngetich received by 7 1/2 minutes, breaking world file by almost two minutes. Right here’s the story from Deji Ogeyingbo: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/gracious-and-brilliant

7. Right here’s opinion piece from Athletics Illustrated on Ruth Chepngetich: https://athleticsillustrated.com/opinion-ruth…/

8. FootLocker regionals are November 30 for Midwest, NorthEast and SouthEast. West Regional is December 7, and Nationals are December 14, 2024. www.footlockerxc.com

9. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, introduced by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration may be discovered right here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

10. 2024 South FootLocker regional, introduced by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration may be discovered right here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

11. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, introduced by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration may be discovered right here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

12. 2024 West FootLocker regional, introduced by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration may be discovered right here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

13. Amby Burfoot, former editor at RW, Boston 1968 Marathon champion, and one in all our sport’s most considerate and conscientious writers, wrote this piece on his misgivings on the Ladies’s WR set by Ruth Chepngetich on the 2024 Financial institution of America Chicago Marathon WR (posted October 15, 2024): https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

14. RunBlogRun has requested feedback from each Athletics Integrity and the Financial institution of America Chicago Marathon on the drug testing protocals used with Ruth Chepngetich. We might be reaching out to a number of different consultants to offer a whole image on the file. As a journalistic web site on operating, we should take a look at either side of any {photograph}. The WR in Chicago was insane, as I known as it, however to understand it, we should know whether it is official and with the quantity of doping in Kenya, questions are solely pure.

See you Thursday on Espresso with Larry!