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January 31, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: USATF News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 5 Athletics: Rock 'n' Roll Seattle to Change Course in 2012 (IAAF) Athletics: Limo and Cheromei to defend titles at Prague Half (Miami Herald) Athletics: Work begins for 2013 ING Miami Marathon On the morning after Sunday’s successful ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, race officials began work on next year’s event Psychology: Motivation and Goals (IAAF) Athletics: Rudisha confirms return to Sydney and Melbourne (Oregon Live) Athletics: Oregon track & field rundown: Alberto Salazar says all is good at the Nike Oregon Project's altitude camp (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Austin hosts 70.3 US Collegiate Championship 2012 Ironman 70.3 U.S. Collegiate Championship to offer slots to the 2013 Ironman World Championship 70.3 Vervloet Named Chief Marketing Officer WTC Introduces New Chief Marketing Officer (AC) Athletics: Record Breaking Weekend for Canadian Track and Field (Guelph Victors) Athletics: Guelph Runners Drawn Together to Become Faster Runners (Eurosport UK) Drugs in Sport: German doping agency says 30 athletes in spotlight Thirty athletes are being investigated in connection with a suspected doping affair involving a doctor in the city of Erfurt, the German anti-doping agency said (Independent) Olympics: Tourism gold? Olympics set to lose Britain billions Organisers accused of scaring off visitors by creating damaging spike in hotel rates (Sports Illsutrated) Athletics: Kenya's Malakwen wins Miami Marathon by a single stride (Independent) Athletics: Turner faces a needle as Farah makes his point January 30, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Guardian) Drugs in Sport: German anti-doping agency says 28 athletes implicated in scandal Doctor under investigation for conducting blood transfusions - Dr Andreas Franke was once part of Olympic base in Erfurt (RRW) Athletics: Millrose Games to Be Broadcast Live in HD on YouTube Sports (Baltimore Sun) Multisport: Fit to be an Iron Girl Get race-day ready with advice from Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson (Miami Herald) Athletics: Tightest win in ING Miami Marathon history The closest — and largest — ING Miami Marathon ended with a Kenyan outsprinting an Ethiopian by a quarter of a second (IAAF) Athletics: Commonwealth Marathon champion Kelai among the headliners in Brighton (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Turner to have Achilles scan Britain's hurdling medal hope Andy Turner will on Monday have a scan on his right Achilles tendon after suffering an injury scare at the Aviva International in Glasgow (RWire) Athletics: RRCA Announces 2011 Outstanding Runner Friendly Community (RWire) Athletics: Nickerson Wins Inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland Resort (RWire) Athletics: Hall, Davila on Athlete Panel at USA Cross Country Championships (RWire) Athletics: Malakwen Nips Bacha at Finish of ING Miami Marathon (OC Register) Athletics: Tinker Bells take over Disneyland (BBC) Athletics: Mo Farah heads to London 2012 via Kenya Sometimes the life of an Olympic athlete might seem an easy one: Lottery funded, big-name endorsements, masseurs on call, nothing much to do all day but indulge your singular sporting talents (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kipyego slays the giants in half marathon (EAA) Athletics: Former 1500m world record holder István Rózsavölgyi dies, aged 82 (Guardian) Athletics: Hurdler Andy Turner's tendon injury raises Olympic concerns European champion requires injection after Glasgow flop - 'He's 31 and 31-year-old hurdlers don't have great achilles' (BBC) Athletics: Olympics 2012: Van Commenee hails 'complete' Mo Farah UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee believes 5000m world champion Mo Farah is "a complete athlete". January 29, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Malakwen Nips Bacha At Finish Of 10th Annual ING Miami Marathon (Telegraph) Athletics: London Olympics 2012 - Team GB's Mo Farah is 'a complete athlete', says head coach Charles van Commenee UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is not the type to indulge in hype or idle speculation but even he was caught up in the euphoria as Mo Farah began his competitive countdown to the London Olympics with a stirring 1,500 metres victory in Glasgow (IAAF) Athletics: Kipyego produces surprise win at Eldoret Half (Miami Herlad) Athletics: Tightest win in ING Miami Marathon history (IAAF) Athletics: Shigetomo takes Osaka as favourite Fukushi falters (Japan Running News) Shigetomo Wins Osaka International Women's Marathon in 2:23:23, Koda and Murayama Take Half (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Jamaica celebrates sprint double Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown completed a Jamaican sprint double at the U.S. Open indoor meet at Madison Square Garden on Saturday Athletics: Jones back on top at U.S. Open (RRW) Athletics: Kiplagat Upstages Lagat at U.S. Open Mile (Sports Illustrated) Athletics: World champ Chicherova wins Golden High Jump (Independent) Athletics: Mo Farah masters another gear in battle for gold Olympic medal hope passes his speed test in a British show of strength (Voice of America) Athletics: World-Class Runners Flock to Kenyan Town (Daily Yomiuri) Athletics: Fukushi makes strides toward marathon success (The Standard) Athletics: Latent talent on show in Eldoret on SundayM.A< ING Miami Marathon - Miami, FL Miracle Match Marathon - Waco, TX Osaka International Ladies Marathon - Japan (Inaugural) Tinkerbell Half-Marathon - Anaheim, CA January 28, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (IAAF) Athletics: Farah sends crowd home happy; two world season leads in Glasgow (BBC) Mo Farah helps Great Britain win in Glasgow (Telegraph) Glasgow's 'unbelievable' Kelvin Hall crowd roar Team GB and Mo Farah to memorable victory Of all the great races that have been staged in Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall since it began hosting international athletics meetings in 1988, Mo Farah’s brilliant 1,500 metres triumph on Saturday must surely rank as one of the best (Guardian) Mo Farah beats Augustine Choge in 1500m to lay down Olympic marker Mo Farah raises roof with victory at Kelvin Hall - Danny Talbot and Margaret Adeoye also star in home triumph (Miami Herald) Athletics: Races have grown in a tropical setting Despite skepticism, Miami’s long-distance events have become a destination for runners Athletics: Drummonds And Persson Score Wins In Publix Tropical 5K (NY Post) Athletics: Track-ing a controversy (RRW) Athletics: Lagat Sees New York Mile as Bridge to 5000m Success (EthioSports) Athletics: Aselefech Mergia seeks 3rd Dubai title, to invest prize money in Ethiopia (Gulf News) Athletics: World record is not far away, Kamali says (Gulf Today) Athletics: Ethiopian duo gives thumbs up to Dubai Marathon race (Guardian) Athletics: Mo Farah looks for last-lap speed improvement to land London gold World 5,000m champion will run 1500m in Glasgow - 'We are working on my weaknesses,' says British hope (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Abshero storms to Dubai marathon win Twenty-one-year-old Ayele Abshero of Ethopia ran a blistering time to win the Dubai marathon (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironmanlife - Frederik Van Lierde Kevin Mackinnon catches up with the Ironman France-Nice champion (OPB) Triathlon: Ironman, Leadman Battle For Bend (Japan Running News) Athletics: Watch the 2012 Osaka International Women's Marathon Live Online - Preview Dick Batchelor 5K - Orlando, FL (10th) The Texas Half - Dallas, TX U.S. Open Track & Field at Madison Square Garden - New York, NY January 27, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Washington Times) Athletics: Women lead at Disney's inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon Athletics: Lucky Golden Ticket Inspires Runners to Sell Out Irish Sprint 10K (BBC) Athletics: London 2012 - GB's Sophie Hitchon on quitting ballet for the hammer It was a spur-of-the moment opportunity that changed Sophie Hitchon's life (IAAF) Athletics: All eyes on Fukushi as Japanese Olympic squad selection continues in Osaka (Investor Place) Health and Fitness: Nike’s FuelBand Could Become Big Business The motion-tracking bracelet from Nike+ awards "NikeFuel" credits for physical activity (RRW) Athletics: Extraordinarily Fast Results At Dubai Marathon (Washington Post) Ethiopia’s Ayele Abshero breaks course record in Dubai Marathon in debut (IAAF) Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai (Guelph Mercury) Athletics: Athletes past and present rush in to help Guelph track cause (FS Arizona) Athletics: Past his prime? Abdirahman just keeps running (Japan Times) Athletics: Gebrselassie named to Tokyo field (BBC) Athletics: Jessica Ennis will repair Daegu misery in London, says coach Jessica Ennis is on course to shrug off the misery of her silver medal at the World Championships when she competes at London 2012, according to coach Toni Minichiello Athletics: “TrackTown Tuesday” Series Announced for 2012 (Niagara This Week) Athletics: Grimsby Half Marathon cancelled Remaining races in 2012 season to go ahead (CSN Washington) Athletics: MCM kicks off the 2012 Event Series (Independent) Athletics: Britain's Robbie Grabarz on top of the world despite losing Lottery In this website at the start of home Olympic year, Charles van Commenee was pondering where a surprise medal might materialise for the British track and field squad this summer. "Maybe one of the high-jump boys will come good," said the head coach of UK Athletics. Just three weeks later, one of those British high-jump boys is standing on top of the world rankings. January 26, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (IAAF) Athletics: High powered line-up assemble in Madison Square Garden for inaugural U.S. Open (IAAF) Athletics: Dibaba and Defar join Boston's eye catching middle distance line-ups (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Opinion: Record(s) to fall Timothy Moore looks forward to an exciting year of racing Ironman 70.3 Japan offers Kona Slots (Sports Illustrated) Drugs in Sport: Swiss sprinter Pascal Mancini sues doctor (Daily Nation) Athletics: Lel, Kabuu and Cheromei raid Dubai (Tribune-Review) Athletics: Pittsburgh Marathon unveils new course map (RRW) Athletics: 2012 Easter Date Sets Up Super Marathon Weekend April 14-16 (Miami Herald) Athletics: Marathon runner travels on a path with God (*Washington Post) Athletics: Kenyans, Ethiopians runners set to dominate at Dubai Marathon (*Washington Post) Drugs in Sport: Russia’s Tatiana Aryasova stripped of Tokyo marathon title for doping (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Tax rule change could tempt Bolt to Glasgow Athletes competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games will be exempt from income tax - a move which might persuade top talent, such as Jamaica's Usain Bolt, to take part (RWire) Athletics: Economic Uncertainty to Slow Sponsorship Growth in 2012 (RWire) Athletics: Duplessis, Farr Win Rose Bowl Half Marathon (RWire) Athletics: Inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon Takes "Flight" at Disneyland Resort (RWire) Athletics: Olympian Ryan Hall to Lead ING Run For Something Better Final 1.2 Mile (Running Times) Athletics: Jenny Simpson - Golden Girl The 1,500m world champion lives a simple lifestyle in Colorado (Reuters) Athletics: Farah prepares in Kenya's highland home of champions British athletics coach George Gandy looked on with approval as Mo Farah ran a warm-up lap around a dusty, dirt track in this tiny Kenyan highland town (Globe Runner) Athletics: Kenyans Rule The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, which celebrates its 13th edition on Friday morning, has been a happy hunting ground for Ethiopian runners in the past, foremost among them former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie, who won here three times Paula Radcliffe admits that pal Mo Farah has been an inspiration to her over a difficult 12 months (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas Preview Second annual event takes place at The Woodlands, Texas May 19, 2012 (Daily Mail) Athletics: Radcliffe plots her route to London 2012 gold via Vienna (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Robbie Grabarz finds the right mental attitude to match his high ambitions Just two months after he was axed from Lottery funding, high jumper Robbie Grabarz could be forgiven for nursing a sense of injustice following a stunning clearance of 2.34 metres last weekend that put him top of the world rankings and equal third on the UK all-time list (NY Times Magazine) Athletics: The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Farah training in Kenya British athletics coach George Gandy looked on with approval as Mo Farah ran a warm-up lap around a dusty, dirt track in a tiny Kenyan highland town (IAAF) Athletics: Lel to stake out his Olympic claim in Dubai (Star Africa) Athletics: London Marathon - A shower of stars (Guardian) Olympics: Michael Johnson's guide to getting the most from a home Olympic Games A US track legend advises British athletes: don't be overawed by the daily reminders, be inspired by them (BBC) Drugs in Sport: ‘Naïve’ and ‘misleading’ to say Olympics will be clean - Rogge The IOC president Jacques Rogge has admitted that he expects some athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs at the London Olympics January 25, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: USATF News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 4 Athletics: William Ramsay Elementary to Receive Healthy School Award on Jan. 26 (PRNewswire) Athletics: Zombie-Infested 5K, Run For Your Lives Launches Nationally Popular race to invade 12 cities throughout the United States in 2012 Multisport: AVIA Named Presenting Sponsor of XTERRA (ESW) Athletics: Elite Coach Lee Zohlman Tapped to Host TV Coverage for ING Miami Marathon and Publix A1A Marathon (RRW) Athletics: Running Event News Round-Up (Gulf News) Athletics: Keen battle for Dubai Marathon titles Much-awaited Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon is here again (Running Times) Athletics: 5 Minutes with Alissa McKaig ZAP Fitness runner has had a huge year leading up to an eighth-place finish at the Olympic trials marathon in a PR of 2:31:56 (Ironman.com) Triathlon: WTC Announces Exciting Changes to 5150 Triathlon Series Enhancements include expanded automatic qualifying for champions, added 5150 PR opportunities and new races (AFP) Athletics: Ex-Olympic marathon champ Noguchi hit by injury (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Holly Bleasdale opts for pole-vault upgrade in hope of scaling podium for gold medal Holly Bleasdale, the new hot property of British athletics after her extraordinary pole-vault clearance of 4.87 metres at the weekend, has an important training session in store on Monday (Independent) Holly Bleasdale - Meteoric rise of Lancashire lass who has raised the bar She is just 20 and only took up the pole vault in 2008. Now she is one of the world's best. She talks to Simon Turnbull (IAAF) Athletics: Lel to stake out his Olympic claim in Dubai Athletics: Inspired by Haile Gebrselassie Paula Radcliffe will run the half marathon in Vienna (Guardian) Athletics: Daegu failure spurred me to greater heights, says Holly Bleasdale Pole vaulter failed with three jumps in South Korea - 20-year-old is now fourth on all-time world list (BBC) Athletics: Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele has suspension lifted Ethiopian long-distance athlete Kenenisa Bekele has had his ban on competing lifted by his governing body January 24, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: 2012 MCM Event Series Opens Registration on January 25 (All-Athletics) Athletics: London was Nr.1 Marathon, New Delhi HM Titled as Top Road Running Event in 2011 Athletics: Fayetteville returns to Visa Championship Series with 2012 USATF Classic Athletics:The Garmin® Marathon, In the Land of Oz (Independent) Athletics: Bleasdale is going up in the world in time for London Yelena Isinbayeva, the long-time pole vault queen, was in action in Volgograd on Saturday, preparing for the defence of her Olympic crown. She must be worried. A rising young British star is threatening to dethrone her (Telegraph) Athletics: Scottish athlete Claire Gibson eyes Olympic place after receiving late Aviva International Match call-up Claire Gibson, the Scottish middle distance athlete, will make her Great Britain & Northern Ireland debut this weekend in the Aviva International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Ethiopia lifts ban on 35 athletes Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele Athletics: Non-Profits Partner To Walk Run 'n Roll For People With Developmental Disabilities (Japan Running News) Athletics: Olympic Champion Dita Voices Support for Noguchi Ahead of Sunday's Osaka Int'l Women's Marathon (NZ Herald) Athletics: Run of a lifetime 50 years on (RRW) Athletics: Millrose 5000 Offers Chance for Multiple Records Athletics: Marine Corps Historic Half Opens Discounted Registration on Jan. 25 -- while celebrating five years in Fredericksburg VA (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironmanlife - Catching up with Rasmus Henning Kevin Mackinnon interviews Denmark's Rasmus Henning (Sports Illustrated) Athletics: Lagat will try for US mark in 5,000 at Millrose (Evening-Standard) Athletics: Mind games of the long-distance runner (Maui News) Athletics: Engle takes Maui Oceanfront Marathon for 142nd win Kauri first female to cross finish line in fourth edition of race (Forbes) Athletics: Top 10 Marathons Worth Traveling For January 23, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Achilles Athletes To Race In Miami Marathon Athletics: World first to take place in Canada; National Track League to share race bib with athletes Athletics: USATF Board welcomes three new members Athletics: Hall's Appearances Highlight Nissan Health And Fitness Expo Presented By The Miami Herald And El Nuevo Herald (Independent) Athletics: Britons try it the Kenyan way Team GB members including Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe are in the home of distance running, looking to find the secret to Olympic glory, writes Simon Turnbull in Kenya (BBC) Athletics: Andrew Lemoncello aims for 10,000 metres at London 2012 Scottish marathon runner Andrew Lemoncello aims to resurrect his Olympic dream by running in the 10,000 metres at London 2012 (Evening Standard) Athletics: Mo Farah leaves our man for dust on run in Kenyan heat (AllAfrica) Athletics: Runners Made Me World Champion, Says British Hero Mo (ESPN) Athletics: Farah heads to Kenya to take tips from Radcliffe (RWire) Athletics: Everclear to Headline Finish Line Concert at Austin 10/20 (RWire) Athletics: The "New" Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & Half-Marathon Announced (RWire) Athletics: ING Miami Marathon Expects $45-Plus Million Economic Impact in 2012 (RWire) Athletics: Macias, Kenney Win 21st Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon (NC Times) Lagat ends Kibii's reign in Carlsbad Half Marathon (Mirror) Athletics: Mo has to check his diary for Olympic dates (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Holly Bleasdale records fourth highest pole vault in history to improve chance of gold British pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale has taken a giant leap towards the Olympic gold medal after an astonishing clearance of 4.87 metres that has only been bettered indoors by the great Yelena Isinbayeva and puts her fourth on the all-time world list for indoor and outdoor competition Athletics: Nunn wins 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's 50 km Race Walk (Independent) Athletics: How an Irish missionary helped put Kenya on top Turn left past the market in Iten, with its stall offering Manchester United and Liverpool scarves, and a short way up the hill there is a fading metal Coca-Cola sign that points the way to St Patrick's High School. Through the gates, we pass the main building and pull up in front of a rusty green-and-white school bus, with a wheel off, bringing St Trinian's and George Cole to mind (Daily Nation) Athletics: Discovery win brings back Kiprop dream of Olympic 10,000m gold (Globe and Mail) Athletics: Carbo-loading: Is it key the day before a marathon? (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Mo Farah won't let stray donkeys divert him from his mission to win gold Mo Farah is well aware of the obstacles that remain in his path to Olympic gold this summer, though the one that confronted him when he turned up at the local cinder track at his Kenyan training base last week was not in any coaching manual January 22, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Winter Running in Canada (EAA) Athletics: 2011 European indoor hurdles champion Svoboda to have Achilles surgery (Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: MVP stars target best times If the preparation of the Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) Track Club athletes goes according to plan then the country could witness the breaking of four national records this year (Mirror) Athletics: Mo Farah backed to be Olympic champion by Brendan Foster (IAAF) Athletics: Tanui and Wude Yimer take the spoils at Elgoibar Cross Country (Independent) Athletics: Radcliffe takes high road in search of gold Marathon star takes to Kenyan altitude (Telegraph) London 2012 Olympics: Britain's athletes strike gold before the games begin Britain's elite athletes will earn up to ten times more in endorsements than during previous Olympic years thanks to their increasingly high profile in the run up to London 2012 (IAAF) Athletics: W. Kiprop takes down G. Mutai in Eldoret XC Triathlon: Vanhoenacker and Swallow dominate in East London (SF Examiner) Athletics: Marathon runner sets sights on 2016 Olympics (NY Daily News) Athletics: St. Benedict's Edward Cheserek runs second-fastest mile in U.S. history at New Balance Games (AW) Athletics: Bleasdale obliterates UK pole vault record, Grabarz sets world-leading high jump mark Holly Bleasdale produces one of highest ever vaults in athletics history in Lyon, Robbie Grabarz makes high jump breakthrough in Wuppertal (RRW) Athletics: Baddeley Wins New Balance Games Elite Mile (Independnet) Athletics: World record holder Makau leads Kenyan Marathon men Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Rift Valley, with hawks circling above, Dave Bedford, the joint race director of the Virgin London Marathon, yesterday unveiled the six Kenyans who will feature in the elite men's field on 23 April. (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Paula Radcliffe on high alert in quest for marathon gold There has been a new addition to the Paula Radcliffe Encyclopaedia of Athletic Ailments, since her arrival, a couple of weeks ago, at the British training camp 2,400 metres above sea level in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. Maui Oceanfront Marathon - Wailea-Lahaina, HI Rose Bowl Half-Marathon - Pasadena, CA Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half - CA January 21, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Ironman.com) Triathlon: ITU and WTC Look to Work Together Ironman CEO Andrew Messick and ITU President Marisol Casado meet to discuss future endeavors (TV NZ) Athletics: Nick Willis upbeat about Olympic chances (Sydney Morning Herald) Athletics: After hellish year, Jana's on mission to shock world (BBC) Athletics: London 2012 - Mo Farah gambling on Olympic double, says Mike McLeod Mo Farah's decision to go for double glory in London this summer is a major gamble, according to Britain's last Olympic medallist over 10,000m (Running Times) Athletics: The First African Olympic Marathon Champions They were considered national heroes, but racial inferiors (IAAF) Athletics: Kigen makes it a hat-trick; Britton takes women’s race win in Antrim (IAAF) Athletics: Kiptoo and Cherop take Kenyan military XC titles (Channel 3000) Athletics: Indoor Marathon Being Held In Milwaukee Runners Come From 21 States, United Kingdom (Savannah Now) Athletics: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon's economic impact: $32 million Athletics: Former world-class runner challenges running stereotypes (Telegraph) Athletics: Ethiopia's Olympic champions Bekele and Dibaba are among 35 athletes banned after a row over training Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia’s Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion, is among 35 athletes banned from competition by their national federation in a row over training Triathlon: Farlow, Crawford win sixth Challenge Wanaka (Eurosport UK) Athletics: London Marathon field revealed Emmanuel Mutai will hope to stake his claim for a place in Kenya's crack Olympic marathon squad by defending his London Marathon title (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 South Africa Women's Preview Talent in abundance in Women's pro field at Ironman 70.3 South Africa Pro Men Preview (Guardian) Athletics: Olympic champion's absence 'not good news for me', says Phillips Idowu British triple jumper's main rival for gold to miss London 2012 - Nelson Evora's injury denies Idowu chance to 'beat the best' ESW) Athletics: 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race Registration Lottery Opens March 15 (BBC) Athletics: Emmanuel Mutai and Patrick Makau go head-to-head in London Marathon Emmanuel Mutai is to defend his London Marathon title on 22 April - 16 weeks before the Olympic men's marathon (ESW) Athletics: Hollywood Half Marathon Trending as Most Sought After Race Debut race on track to sell pout (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics: French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre unlikely to double up at Games French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre revealed on Friday that he was unlikely to double up in the 100m and 200m at the London Olympics (ESW) Triathlon: HITS Triathlon Series Continues 2012 Tour in Corpus Christi, TX Triathlon legend Dave Scott scheduled to attend ATC Peachtree City 5K & 10K - Peachtree City, GA January 20, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: America's best to compete at U.S. Olympic Team Trials - 50 km Race Walk Athletics: Athletics Canada announces partnership with BioSteel Sports Supplements #DrinkthePink Athletics: Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland Half Marathon Announces Race Route (RRW) Athletics: WMM Champion Emmanuel Mutai To Lead Kenyan Charge at Virgin London Marathon (CoastWeek) Athletics: Ndereba predicts Kenya to break jinx in marathon When the late Samuel Wanjiru won gold in Beijing, it was a warning to the world that Kenyans are finally ready to take over the world in marathon running (Universal Sports) Athletics: Ethiopia suspends Bekele, Dibaba through London 35 runners suspended for failure to report to Ethiopian camp Triathlon: Star Events World opens North American office and names new General Manager Athletics: Velenje winners Britton and Bekele voted as European Athletes of the Month for December (NY Times) Athletics: After Losing a Leg, New Races to Be Won Jarryd Wallace, a champion runner in high school, lost his right leg but not his determination to compete. He is now a contender to participate in the 2012 London Paralympics (Press of Atlantic City) Triathlon: A.C. Triathlon moving to Bader Field, adding second, shorter race in 2012 (Stuff NZ) Triathlon: Hewitt and Vidal too strong in Wanaka triathlon (Wales Online) Triathlon: Work, rest and play all in a day’s work for London 2012 medal hope Helen Jenkins (Guardian) Athletics: Jessica Ennis: 'I'm so hungry by the end of a heptathlon that I just want to indulge' The European heptathlon champion on her diet secrets – and why all athletes like Nando's (Oregon Live) Athletics: Nike+ FuelBand "a critical part of the future," says CEO at glitzy New York launch (BBC) Drugs in Sport: Bernice Wilson loses UK Athletics doping ban appeal British sprinter Bernice Wilson has failed in her appeal against a four-year suspension handed out after a positive drugs test in June 2011 (Telegraph) London 2012 Olympics: Bernice Wilson banned for four years after losing appeal ban from athletics following positive drugs test Sprinter Bernice Wilson, who made her international debut for Britain at the European Indoor Championships in Paris in March, has failed in her appeal against a four-year suspension handed out after a positive drugs test in June 2011 (Run the Edge) Athletics: Kara’s Ticket to London (Chicago Tribune) Athletics: Benoit Samuelson tops list of U.S. women marathoners Athletics: USATF News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 3 (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironman Lake Placid Sold out for 2012 General entry and Ironman Foundation slots are sold out at Ironman Lake Placid Ironman St. George Spotlight Ironman St. George takes place on May 5, 2012 in St. George, Utah (Eurosport UK) Athletics: London 2012 - Bolt to use Rome as Olympic warm-up World record holder Usain Bolt will race over 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on May 31 in preparation for the London Olympics (Our Amazing Planet) Ultr Running: Ultra-Marathoner Finishes First-Ever Pole-to-Pole Run (BBC) Athletics: Nelson Evora out London 2012 triple jump with stress fracture Reigning Olympic triple jump champion Nelson Evora will miss the London 2012 Games due to a recurrence of a stress fracture of his shinbone January 20, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Olympian Ryan Hall To Lead Kids' Run For Something Better At ING Miami Marathon Athletics: Saucony® Guide 5 Captures Runner’s World Editor’s Choice Award (RRW) Athletics: New Balance GP, Millrose Games Announce Athletes (RRW) Athletics: Sticking To Plan, Simpson Readies for Olympic Year (Sports Illustrated) Athletics: Olympian auctions off space on his shoulder (Miami Herald) Athletics: Venetian Causeway construction in way of the ING marathon (Running Times) Athletics: Peter Snell - Gentleman, Athlete, Scholar The 3-time Olympic medalist studies to figure out how he did it (IAAF) Athletics: Kigen gunning for third consecutive Antrim win (Eurosport UK) Athletics: London 2012 - Where are they now? Flying Scot Allan Wells Allan Wells won the men's 100m final at the Olympic Games with a stirring run - but what has the flying Scot been doing since Moscow 1980? (Jamaica Observer) Athletics: Fear of me pushes Bolt, says Blake (Spiked Up/Psyched Up) Athletics: 10k The Best Option For Ritzenhein January 18, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Flanagan named USATF Athlete of the Week (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironman 70.3 South Africa Race Week kicks off Ironman 70.3 South Africa Race Week kicks off Ironman St. George Spotlight Ironman St. George takes place on May 5, 2012 in St. George, Utah (Columbus Business First) Athletics: Columbus Marathon renamed in deal with Nationwide Children’s Hospital (RRW) Athletics: USA Women's Trials Shattered Marathon Depth Records (RRW) Athletics: 2009 African Junior Champion Aman Disqualifed for Being Under Age (Guardian) Olympics: 50 stunning Olympic moments No10 - Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four golds The Dutchwoman demolished prejudices about gender, age and motherhood and, as a pioneer who inspired millions at the 1948 London Games, established the legitimacy of women's sport (Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: London 2012 Olympics - Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing on drug cheat ban switched to London Exclusive: The arbitration hearing that will decide the legality of the British Olympic Association’s lifetime Olympic ban for drug cheats has been switched from Switzerland to London, ensuring maximum publicity for the hotly contested case (Capital FM) Athletics: Kiplagat seeks to make history at the Olympics Triathlon: Kufstein to host the second TriStar in Austria on 15 July (NY Times) Athletics: Australian Winds His Way to Olympic Heights, One Great Leap at a Time (Running Runners) Athletics: Professional Steeplechase runner Shayla Houlihan Interview (Telegraph) Athletics: Ellington's close shave on eBay A shaving company has come to the rescue of British sprinter James Ellington who put himself up for auction on eBay to secure sponsorship for the London Olympics only to find the winning bidder was a hoax (RWire) Athletics: Running USA 2012: The Industry Conference Recap (RWire) Athletics: Rose Bowl Half Marathon Event Participants to Finish on 50-Yard Line (RWire) Athletics: Ethiopians Break All Four Course Records at Houston Marathon Weekend (RWire) Athletics: Competitor Group Signs MarathonFoto as Exclusive Event Photographer (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironman 70.3 Panama Registration Deadline Approaching Race registration for Ironman 70.3 Panama closes soon Athletics: Powerhouse, full fields announced for U.S. Open (London Evening-Standard) Athletics: Mara-thon journey - meet Mara Yamauchi, the runner hoping to eclipse Paula Radcliffe at the Olympics Athletics: Economic Impact Of ING Miami Marathon Continues To Surge (KMBC) Athletics: Olathe Marathon To Be Renamed For Garmin Annual Race Draws Runners To Olathe Every April (The Score) Drugs in Sport: No distance left to run: Martin Fagan banned for two years by atheltics chiefs January 17, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (BBC) Athletics: London 2012 - Sprinter James Ellington secures sponsor An Olympic hopeful from south London who took to eBay to seek a sponsorship deal has secured backing from elsewhere after the eBay deal collapsed (IAAF) Athletics: National record holders Rupp and Oliver set to compete in Boston (Ironman.com) Triathlon: WTC and WSEM Announce Ironman 70.3 National Harbor New event will be first-ever Ironman 70.3 in the Washington DC Metropolitan area Athletics: Publix Georgia Marathon Announces Cuties as Title Sponsor for Luckie 5K and Kids Fun Run (My San Antonio) Athletics: Half-marathon runner likely died of heat stroke (Reuters) Athletics: Kenya spoilt for choice in marathon bid Athletics: Baptist Health South Florida Becomes Marathon Medical Sponsor (Irish Times) Drugs in Sport: Relief to fore as athlete admits his race is run Martin Fagan is now willingly admitting he took EPO, ordering it on the internet, and administering it to himself at his training base in Arizona (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Bermuda's Marshall ready for Kenyan experience (IAAF) Athletics: Fast prospects - Wells, Nytra and Jones join Karlsruhe hurdles field (TriZone) Triathlon: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon aims for 2100 athletes with Enhanced Course Athletics: Twelve 2012 National Track League series events confirmed (IAAF) Athletics: Kenya names provisional Olympic Marathon squads (The Score) Drugs in Sport: ‘It was never about performance-enhancing – Martin just wanted to get back to neutral’ (Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Runner who collapsed at marathon in critical but stable condition (IAAF) Athletics: Spiegelburg opens with 4.77m national record, Koech to headline Dusseldorf 5000m (All Africa) Athletics: Trials Should Determine Future Kenyan Olympic Squads (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Wellington's Break Means Women's Season Gets Interesting Wellington's break from the sport shakes up women's standings Manocchio and Stampfli Claim Ironman 70.3 Pucon Titles Shawn Skene wraps up this weekend's Ironman 70.3 racing in Chile (NY Daily News) Athletics: Marathon deaths - New study points to undiagnosed cardiac disease as sudden death contributing factor Meeting with a doctor before running a marathon is easy way to keep from becoming a statistic (Guardian) Athletics: Olympic Games 2012 - loneliness of the long-distance Paula Radcliffe The mother of two toddlers is preparing for her fifth Olympic Games by slogging along Kenyan dirt tracks with Mo Farah (Universal Sports) Athletics: After marathon failures, it's back on track for Dathan Ritzenhein Ritz: 'I am really going to focus on the disciplines and distances that I am good at' (Telegraph) Athletics: Jo Pavey may take risk of missing London Marathon to concentrate on being in shape for Olympic Games Jo Pavey admits she faces a dilemma over whether to make sure of her Olympic place by competing in the Virgin London Marathon on April 22 or to miss the race to concentrate on her London 2012 preparations January 16, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: World-Class Athletes Come Together For 2nd Annual Jerusalem International Marathon, March 16 (The Sun) Triathlon: Wellington breaks from triathlon Four-Time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington is taking a break from the sport (BBC) Drugs in Sport: Irish runner Martin Fagan faces ban after admitting to EPO use (Independent) Athletics: Ennis talks Turkey with confidence after golden return No sooner had Jessica Ennis popped out of winter training to win her first gold medal and her first title of 2012 than she was getting ready to return to hibernation in home Olympic year (Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: BOA's life bans for drug cheats appeal faces new threat The legality of the British Olympic Association’s lifetime Olympic ban for drug cheats is to be decided by the same arbitration panel that ruled in favour of American athlete LaShawn Merritt and overturned a similar ban brought in by the International Olympic Committee (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Moiben wins marathon in photo finish Kenya's Laban Moiben won the Mumbai Marathon in a dramatic photo finish ahead of Ethiopia's Raji Assefa (RWire) Athletics: ING Miami Marathon, American Airlines Launch Race of the Americas Challenge (RWire) Athletics: Lady Speed Stick Title Sponsor of 2012 Women's Half Marathon Series (RWire) Athletics: Running USA 2012 Hall of Champions Dinner and Auction Celebrates, Honors the Sport (IAAF) Athletics: Ethiopians dominate at Villa Lagarina XC (Houston Chrobicle) Athletics: Runner collapses at Houston half-marathon, has heart re-started in ambulance (USA Today) Athletics: U.S. men will need speed for shot at Olympic medal Athletics: Omae, Miller win 2012 P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon (Venice Patch) Athletics: Moses Waweru Wins 13.1 Marathon from Venice Beach to Playa del Rey More than 3,000 runners run from Venice to Playa del Rey on Sunday during the annual 13.1 Marathon race (Sports Illustrated) Athletics: Kenyan Ayieni pulls away to win Arizona marathon (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Estwanik completes clean sweep with BErmuda Half-Marathon win (Guardian) Triathlon: How to make yourself train harder World record-breaking triathlete and Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington has a punishing training regime. How does she stay motivated? (Independent) Athletics: Home help is a shot in the arm for Ennis Sheffield heptathlete wins her first medal in Olympic year as she sets her sights on returning to top of the pile January 15, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (IAAF) Athletics: Kipsang and Masai reign in rainy Seville (Irish Central) Drugs in Sport: Traces of EPO ‘found’ in sample from Olympic hopeful Fagan Houston is a problem as he flies home to answer charges (Washington Post) Athletics: Ethiopians sweep men’s and women’s marathon, half marathon in record times in Houston (RWire) Athletics: Keflezighi Captures Olympic Marathon Trials Title (RWire) Athletics: Flanagan Shatters Olympic Marathon Trials Record in Houston (RRW) Athletics: Full Set of New Records at Houston Marathon & Half-Marathon (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Bell claims victory in Women’s 10K Rolanda Bell put the disappointment of finishing third in the Elite Women’s mile behind her to win the Bermuda Marathon Weekend women’s 10K on Saturday Estwanik crushes overseas field to claim historic win Athletics: Pre Race Diet (Washington Post) Athletics: Tsega, Tolossa among favorites for Houston Marathon (IAAF) Athletics: Abeyo notches course record, while Moiben edges Assefa in Mumbai (Denver Post) Athletics: After coming up eight seconds short in Olympic marathon trials, Ritzenhein ponders future (IAAF) Athletics: Osaka wins women’s Inter-Prefectural Ekiden in Kyoto (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Usain Bolt begins run-up to Games with February tune-up races in Jamaica The world will not need to wait long to get a glimpse at triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt's fitness for his highly anticipated 2012 season (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironmanlife - Air Force Maj. John Hensz Kevin Mackinnon interviews an impressive Ironman finisher from Ironman Florida (RRW) Athletics: Flanagan Shows Mastery of the Marathon with Trials Victory (RRW) Athletics: Trials Redemption for Keflezighi After Heartbreak of 2008 13.1 Los Angeles, CA (40th) Chevron Houston Marathon, TX Aramco Houston Half-Marathon & El Paso Corporation 5K Louisiana Marathon & Half - Baton Rouge, LA Maui Paradise Marathon - Kihei, Maui, HI P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon & 1/2 - Phoenix, AZ Richmond Road Races - Ottawa, ON Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon - India January 14, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Times of India) Athletics: African rivalry set to dominate Mumbai Marathon Athletics: Keflezighi; Flanagan win U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon (NY Times) Athletics: In Trials, Hall Runs on Faith, but Runs Out of Gas Ryan Hall set a searing pace to open the Olympic marathon trials but could not hold it in the closing miles as Meb Keflezighi won Saturday’s race in 2 hours 9 minutes 8 seconds (Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Keflezighi pulls away from Hall to win 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston Flanagan claims U.S. Women’s Olympic Trials, punches ticket to Olympics along with Davila, Goucher (RRW) Athletics: USA Olympic Marathon Trials Quick Report (Irish Times) Drugs in Sport: Fagan faces ban after failing drugs test (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics - Delano Williams wants passport to sprint success A promising teenage sprinter from the Turks and Caicos Islands has become the latest overseas athlete to declare his ambition to represent Britain on the track at this summer’s Olympics (IAAF) Athletics: Pearson opens 2012 in good form in Brisbane (IAAF) Athletics: Mutai and Kabuu unstoppable in Nairobi (Ottawa Citizen) Athletics: For 70-year-old Doug Arnold, it’s a one-race season (Globe and Mail) Athletics: Canada's Simon Bairu takes aim at marathon qualifying standard (NY Times) Athletics: Fifteen Minutes Faster and Four Years Wiser Desiree Davila, an also-ran at the 2008 qualifying race, enters Saturday’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials with the fastest qualifying time, 2:22:38 (Washington Post) Athletics: Arizona Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon honors defending champion (Free Press) Athletics:Ryan Hall, Desiree Davila favorites in today's marathon Olympic trials (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Wellington Releases Training MP3s Chrissie Wellington releases new training programs for triathletes and runners, donates portion of sales to Challenged Athletes Foundation (The Standard) Athletics: Cheruiyot, Masai to skip Africa X-country (AllAfrica.com) Athletics: Kabuu to Make Marathon Debut When Lucy Kabuu hit the road on her return to competition last year after a two-year break, her coach, William Ng'ang'a, was quick to notice something unique in her running style Athletics: Publix Georgia Marathon Announces Sponsorship with Atlanta Hawks (IAAF) Athletics: Mumbai ready for new champions to emerge (Wasjington Post) Athletics: At Olympic marathon trials, Desiree Davila seeks to validate Boston performance (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletes in race for multi-million dollar riches Russian athletes who win gold medals at this summer’s London Olympics will be in line for million-dollar cash bonuses paid for by some of the country’s wealthiest oligarchs as the country battles to repel the threat of Great Britain and hold on to at least third place in the medals table Avalon Benefit 50 Mile Run - Avalon, CA Buffalo Run - Avalon, CA U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - Houston, TX 2012 London Olympic Games qualifier Runner's World/Running Times Coverage Houston 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials LIVE Streaming Video Internet Web Link Info Television - NBC 3:00 - 5:00 PM ET January 13, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Olympic marathon hopeful Cox talks about rude welcome to Houston (Bermuda Sun) Athletics: Marathon Weekend up and running tonight Elite international runners will compete in the Invitational Mile on Front Street (RRW) Athletics: Athletes Assess Their Chances at Marathon Trials (RRW) Athletics: College Milers to Attack Records at Millrose Games (Gulf News) Athletics: Mumbai gears up for marathon Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon has grown into one of India’s largest charity events (Telegraph) Athletics: London 2012 Olympics: mum’s the word as Paula Radcliffe goes for marathon gold one last time From Kenya, with love and tears. Little Isla’s face was the picture of misery as she plaintively asked her mum over the video link-up when she would be coming back home and mum’s face, gazing into her iPad, only mirrored the pain (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Bermuda Race Weekend survives the recession (NY Times) Athletics: Kastor, After Pregnancy, Sees Trials as New Start Saturday in Houston, Deena Kastor, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, will run her first marathon since London in April 2010, hoping to qualify for the 2012 Games (WSJ) Athletics: Beating the Competition by a Mile The nation's top distance runners begin the long road to the London Olympics on Saturday, when the U.S. Olympic marathon trials are contested in Houston (IAAF) Athletics: Punta Umbría podium gathers in Seville (Guardian) Athletics: Jermaine Gonzales - like all of us, Usain Bolt is training real hard We really need a couple of the other young Jamaican quarter-milers to step up between now and the trials at the end of June (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironman 70.3 Agrosuper Pucon Preview Shawn Skene previews this weekend's Ironman 70.3 racing in Chile Athletics: Sign Up for a Healthier You! (RRW) Athletics: After Long Road Back, Kaster Ready To Make Fourth Olympic Team Athletics: Scotiabank Calgary Marathon celebrates the future of Canada's oldest marathon Athletics: USATF News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 2 (RWire) Athletics: Portland Marathon's Event Director's College to Host Program in Charleston, South Carolina (RWire) Athletics: ING New York City Marathon Returns to Live National TV in 2012 (RWire) Athletics: Idea Labs Offer Variety of Take Home Topics at Running USA 2012 (RWire) Athletics: More than 300 Set to Run in 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on Saturday January 12, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (ESPN) Athletics: .S. women's Olympic marathon trials preview (Calgary Herald) Athletics: Change is in the air for nation's oldest marathon New route to go through all four city quadrants, finishing in front of Stampede Park grandstands (Yahoo) Athletics: Mud-track runners in Kenya’s global athletic “capital” (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Former world champ Wakiihuri rolls back the years in Bermuda (USA Today) Athletics: Ryan Hall relies on faith in quest to make Olympic marathon (Examiner) Athletics: Chicago Marathon’s Carey Pinkowski on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (AP) Athletics: Low risk of heart incidents found for marathoners Athletics: Erassa named USATF Athlete of the Week (RRW) Athletics: Court Clears Marathoner Thys (RRW) Athletics: Centrowitz To Wear The Swoosh (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Race Spotlight - Ironman 70.3 Texas Ironman 70.3 Texas takes place on April 1, 2012 in Galveston, Texas (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Bolt to run 100 metres at Oslo in June Usain Bolt's first confirmed appearance over 100 metres this year will be at the Bislett Games in Oslo on June 7 (Guardian) Athletics: Williams Formula One team up with Michael Johnson to boost efficiency Former Olympic champion brings biomechanic expertise - 'We can cut hundredths, tenths of seconds from pit stops' (Telegraph) Athletics: Jim Redmond's 1992 Olympic heroics put Steven Spielberg's Warhorse in its place Anyone intending to head to the cinema to catch Steven Spielberg’s Warhorse should save themselves a bit of cash and instead look up on YouTube footage of Jim Redmond’s involvement in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics January 11, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: Does a woman's menstrual cycle affect her running performance? (ESW) Triathlon: Key West, FL Iron and Half Iron Distance Triathlons Announced Athletics: ING Miami Marathon® Teams With American Airlines To Launch Race Of The Americas Challenge Athletics: Carter added to U.S. Open 50m field (Telegraph) Triathlon: London 2012 Olympics - sibling rivalry drives British triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee to glory It started in childhood, continued in their teens and now drives them to Olympic glory. Oliver Brown delves into a unique sibling rivalry (The Gleaner) Athletics: 'I'm looking to surpass my own feat' - Usian Bolt (Guardian) Athletics: 50 stunning Olympic moments No 9 - Cathy Freeman wins gold for Australia As her country's foremost Aboriginal athlete and sole track and field medal hope, the sprinter carried a unique burden of expectation in the 2000 Olympics 400m final (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Running legend’s mission to help slum kids, and his thanks to Bermuda (Running Times) Athletics: California Girls One of the top club teams in the U.S., the Impala Racing Team is sending 14 sub-elite runners to the Olympic trials marathon (WSJ) Athletics: Racing With No Chance of Winning Simply Appearing in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Is Victory Enough For These N.Y. Runners. (Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Weather helps course for Olympic marathon trials (IAAF) Athletics: Merga ready for Dubai debut (Running Times) Athletics: 1984 Looking back on one of the best U.S. Olympic marathon trials ever (IAAF) Athletics: Oeser and Cantwell added to Karlsruhe line-ups (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Alexander to compete at 2102 Endurafit Ironman 70.3 Eagleman Three-Time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander to race in Maryland on June 10 Boulder Tri Series Receives "Best of" Award Boulder Tri Series wins Best of Competitor 2011 Award (Beacon Journal) Athletics: Akron Marathon unveils new course maps for 10th year of event (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Douglas targets medal in 2012 The forgotten man of triple jump is back and while Nathan Douglas may not be the British name preying on world champion Christian Taylor’s mind during his winter training, the 29-year-old has his eyes firmly on the London 2012 podium Cycling: NZ MTB Cup Queenstown Downhill Round One Wrap Athletics: More than 300 set to run in 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on Saturday Athletics: World Champ Kirani James to Race Bershawn Jackson in Beantown January 10, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: 2008 Olympian Magdalena Lewy Boulet Leads Saucony Team Of Hometown Heroes At 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (RRW) Athletics: Centrowitz to Headline NYRR Wanamaker Mile at New Millrose Games (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Kenyan pair resume battle One of the outstanding overseas athletes to compete in the Bermuda Marathon Weekend during the past few years is returning this week (Royal Gazette) Smith sounds warning ahead of Elite Mile (Telegraph) Athletics: Lisa Dobriskey begins fightback for London 2012 Olympics place Lisa Dobriskey arrived in Daegu for last summer's World Athletics Championships as a genuine medal hope yet returned home mortified and dumbfounded after finishing second-last in her 1,500m heat (IAAF) Athletics: Oeser and Cantwell added to Karlsruhe line-ups (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kenyans hit the ground running, literally, in 2012 (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Alexander and Cave Top Kona Pro Rankings A look at the KPR and 70.3 Rankings as we head into the 2012 race season More Than Sport Build Houses in Panama Race for More than Sport to give back to the families of Panama (Big Pond Sport) Athletics: Is Usain Bolt history's greatest athlete? (SpikeUpPsychedUp) Athletics: Shoe Companies Release Some Sweet Kicks For Olympic Trials Marathoners (Running Times) Athletics: Patriot Games Reflections on national identity, migration and professionalism (Dallas News) Athletics: Is cheating the new norm at athletic events? (Reuters) Athletics: To optimize exercise, heed your heart rate training zone Whether you're interested in running a marathon or staving off the chronic diseases of ageing, to reap the rewards of your efforts getting into the zone is essential (Chicago Tribune) Athletics: Shorter heads list of U.S. men's marathon greats Top 10 span more than a century (WSJ) Athletics: NYC Marathon will return to live TV in 2012 (BBC) Drugs in Sport: British Olympic drug ban due to face March arbitration Dwain Chambers and other British drugs cheats could be cleared for London 2012 by April after the Court of Arbitration for Sport finalised a hearing into their lifetime Olympic bans January 9, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Running Magazine) Athletics: Live chat replay with Simon Bairu Athletics: New Balance Canada Offers First Update To The Surprisingly Lightweight New Balance 890 For Spring 2012 (IAAF) Athletics: Istanbul a crucial stop on Meadows' road to London (RWire) Athletics: 12 Fun Facts About the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (Staffordshire) Athletics: Director zooms in to capture Mumbai Marathon on film Multisport: Triathlon America Announces Keynote Speakers and Breakout Sessions for Second Annual Industry Conference (IAAF) Athletics: Ebuya dominates in Amorebieta XC (Independent) Athletics: Hay delighted with notable scalps as Kiprop starts well Jonny Hay will be back at his studies as a first-year chemistry undergraduate at Birmingham University this morning. The 19-year-old will still be trying to work out the equation of how he managed to finish on the second step of the podium on Saturday in a race at the start of London Olympic year featuring three gold medal winners and one silver medallist from the 2008 Games (Ame Info) AThletics: Record entries expected for Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon (RWire) Athletics: MarathonFoto Re-Signs as Running USA Conference Presenting Sponsor (RWire) Athletics: Costa, High Win 19th Walt Disney World Marathon (Stuff NZ) Triathlon: Nicky Samuels has heart surgery next on her list (The Standard) Athletics: Focus shifts to next month’s national trials after KCB/AK Cross Country series (Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Bolt, Blake top Zenith Awards (IAAF) Athletics: Blake and Campbell-Brown selected the best CAC athletes in 2011 (Star Africa) Athletics: Kenya's duo to defend Boston Marathon Reigning champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel of Kenya will defend their Boston Marathon titles at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race’s 116th running on April 16 January 8, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Orlando Sentinel) Athletics: Brazilian Fredison Costa wins 2nd consecutive Disney Marathon+ Fredison Costa topped Adriano Bastos by 14 seconds, and Renee High of Virginia Beach finished first in the women's race (Canadian Running) Athletics: Live chat Monday: Simon Bairu Athletics: Goal Setting (Sun Star) Athletics: Kenyan disqualified It may have been delayed, but Kenyan Richard Mutisya got his men’s 42K crown, while compatriot Joan Jeruto reigned in the women’s 42K division of the third Cebu City Marathon at the Cebu IT Park (SpikedUp and PsychedUp) Athletics: Simon Bairu, Benita Willis Take On East Africans At Houston Marathon (IAAF) Athletics: Despite high profile defeat, Bekele remains upbeat about London hopes Athletics: Dawit Wolde breaks course record PWN Egmond Half Marathon (EAA) Athletics: Farah expected to attack long-standing European two miles best in Birmingham The 2011 European Athlete of the Year Mo Farah has confirmed will return to Birmingham's National Indoor Arena on 18 February, to race at the same meeting last year where he smashed the European indoor 5000m records with a thrilling run of 13:10.60 in front of a home audience (IAAF) Athletics: Russian indoor season kicks off in Yekaterinburg (CRI) Athletics: Kenya to Name Final Marathon Team in April (Houston Chronicle) Athletics:Four races scheduled for marathon's 40th birthday (Gulf News) Athletics: Dubai Marathon deadline extended Kenya’s Martin Lel is favourite to win the $250,000 prize for first (Sunday Nationa) Athletics: Catch me if you can, Makau tells marathon pursuers (Oregon Live) Athletics: Galen Rupp says he will withdraw from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (Orlando Sentinel) Athletics: South Americans win 2012 Disney Half Marathon Jose De Morias of Brazil and Rosa Chacha of Ecuador prevail in the Disney Half Marathon on Saturday (IAAF) Athletics: Kamais and Kasim cruise to Xiamen wins (Telegraph) Athletics: Double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele admits to lack of fitness after struggle in Edinburgh Double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele admitted he was short of fitness after slumping to 11th place in Saturday’s Bupa Edinburgh Great Cross-Country, though he insisted there was still plenty of time to regain his shape before the Olympics. January 7, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Psychology: Prepare For Your Race -- Your Way! (BBC) Athletics: Asbel Kiprop and Fionnuala Britton earn cross country victories Kenya's world and Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop eased to a comfortable victory in the men's 3km event at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country race Athletics: Team USA places four on medal stand at Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country International Challenge (Clarion Ledger) Athletics: Richard Kessio wins 5th annual Mississippi Blues Marathon Cycling: 2012 NZ MTB Cup launches this weekend in Queenstown (IAAF) Athletics: Kiprop triumphs in race of champions, Bekele a distant 12th - Edinburgh XC report (Eurosport UK) Kiprop wins Edinburgh cross country Kenyan Olympic and world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop coasted to victory in the Great Edinburgh three kms cross-country race in nine minutes 20 seconds on Saturday (Independent) Athletics: Bekele the legend does not fear Farah – or anyone else Kenenisa Bekele, the little Ethiopian with the big claim to being the greatest distance runner of all time, has been venturing to these shores for 10 years now, ever since he emerged victorious from the mud of Newcastle's Exhibition Park in the Great North Cross-country race in December 2001. (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Olympic great Bekele unsure about London Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Kenenisa Bekele said on Friday he had not yet decided whether to defend his titles at this year's London Olympics (WESH) Athletics: Disney Marathon Weekend Sets Record (Telegraph) Athletics: Mo Farah's fears realised as Kenenisa Bekele declares himself fully fit for medal bid They are not the words Mo Farah will have wanted to hear at the start of a year he hopes will culminate in an Olympic gold medal, and maybe even two, hanging from his neck Athletics: 2012 Amica Race Series Announced (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironmanlife: Evoe's Incredible Journey Kevin Mackinnon catches up with Austin's Patrick Evoe New Year's Resolutions: Ironman 70.3 Registration prices for many Ironman 70.3 races increase on January 11 Mississippi Blues Marathon - Jackson, MS USA 100K Trail Championships - Bandera, TX January 6, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (IAAF) Athletics: Soi defends in a thriller, Cherono dominates at Campaccio XC (Nassau Guardian) Athletics: Marathon Bahamas on the horizon Nutrition: Athletes should maintain a solid strength-to-weight ratio An excerpt from Advanced Sports Nutrition, Second Edition (Royal Gazette) Athletics: Overseas timing company hired for Bermuda Race Weekend (IAAF) Athletics: Tough defence awaits Kipchumba in Xiamen Marathon (NBC Chicago) Athletics: Registration Date Set for Chicago Marathon (Otago Daily Times) Triathlon: Wanaka triathlete hoping to lure world-class field (Competitor Magazine) Athletics: Competitor Group Acquires the Austin Triathlon (Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Boston Marathon champ heads Aramco Half Marathon field (NY Times) Athletics: New York City Marathon to Be Shown Live Nationally As part of a five-year deal, the race will be carried for three and a half hours on ESPN2, which reaches nearly every household with cable or satellite television (Writing About Running) Athletics: Road to Houston - 5 Questions with Olympic Trials competitor, Fernando Cabada (Competior Magazine) Athletics: U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - 12 Runners To Watch (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Ironman Founders Participate in Panama 70.3 Festivities John and Judy Collins join the action at Ironman 70.3 Panama Ironman Lake Placid Wins Reader's Choice Award Travlete.com names Ironman Lake Placid 2011 Best Triathlon (Greenwich Time) Athletics: Record field for Mississippi Blues Marathon Athletics: Resolve to Run the 2012 Honda LA Marathon: Discount Pricing Ends Jan. 15th (RRW) Athletics: Recovered from Foot Infection, Keflezighi Ready For Trials Athletics: XTERRA Trail Run Series set to begin 2012 schedule (Mirror) Athletics: Running marathons increases your chances of catching a cold six fold (Independent) Athletics: Bolt returns to action in 400m (BBC) Athletics: Mo Farah to race at Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Britain's Mo Farah will race over two miles at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 18 February as part of his preparations for the London 2012 Olympics January 5, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (FloTrack) Athletics: Galen Rupp Moving Up, Houston 2012 Athletics: Rivalries old and new in U.S. Open men's 50m (Times of India) Athletics: Leading athletes to run in Mumbai Marathon (RRW) Athletics: Defending Champions Mutai, Kilel To Return to Boston Marathon (Indian Sports News) Athletics: Mumbai Marathon attracts world’s elite athletes (EAA) Athletics: Farah returns to Boston to make amends for rare defeat Great Britain's 2011 European Athlete of The Year Mo Farah has announced that he will compete at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, United States, on 4 February (Running Times) Athletics: How Ryan Bak Suddenly Became a 2:14 Marathoner Trail running, high mileage helped rejuvenate this former 5,000m runner (IAAF) Athletics: Bekele to face two Olympic champions and title defender Kipchoge in Edinburgh Cross Country (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Foster: Britton can star for Ireland Fionnuala Britton is the right athlete to rejuvenate the fortunes of Irish distance running, according to former Olympic medallist Brendan Foster. (Running Times) Athletics: Kenenisa Bekele Ready to Kick Off 2012 The three-time Olympic champ is gearing up for London and building a new track in Ethiopia (Telegraph) Athletics: British sprinter James Ellington fears the £32,500 anonymous eBay sponsorship bid was just a 'sad hoax’ British sprinter James Ellington fears he may have been the victim of a hoax after an anonymous bidder pledged £32,500 on the eBay website to sponsor him between now and the London Olympics (ironman.com) Triathlon: Jacobs and Carfrae Commit to Melbourne Pete Jacobs and Mirinda Carfrae commit to race at the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne New Hampshire Novelties: Timberman and Mooseman Check out these amazing North East events (RWire) Athletics: Allan Steinfeld Development Award Winner Announced at Running USA 2012 (RWire) Athletics: Celebrities and Wounded Veterans Join Record Disney Marathon Weekend January 4, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Press Gazette) Athletics: Runner with one leg to speak at Cellcom marathon kickoff today (Competior Magazine) Athletics: Olympic Marathon Trials Course Preview (Guardian) Athletics: Marathon effort means Kenya could provide the athletics highs of 2012 Why have Kenyan athletes been so dominant in marathon and distance running over the past 12 months (IAAF) Athletics: Merga to face in-form Soi in San Giorgio su Legnano – Campaccio XC preview Athletics: Spirit Of The Marathon II (Running Times) Athletics: The Race of Their Lives Who will be this year's Tera Moody? (Des Moines Register) Athletics: Meghan Peyton is a ‘wild card’ at marathon trials (Rediff) Athletics: Enhanced prize purse for Mumbai Marathon 2012 (Telegraph) Athletics: Interview - Lisa Dobriskey begins fightback for London 2012 Olympics place Lisa Dobriskey arrived in Daegu for last summer's World Athletics Championships as a genuine medal hope yet returned home mortified and dumbfounded after finishing second-last in her 1,500m heat (Sports Illustrated) Triathlon: Former collegiate athlete takes on elite triathlon scene by storm (Independent) Drugs in Sport: When the drugs deny real winners their golden moment Asbel Kiprop runs in Edinburgh on Saturday having only just received his rightful 2008 Olympic medal. The fight goes on to avoid similar travesties in 2012 (Ironman.com) Triathlon: Charity Auction Spots for Ironman Asia Pacific Championship Food Spectrum Ironman Charity Challenge Entry Slots to be auctioned from January 16, 2012 (Yahoo) Drugs in Sport: 7 South American riders suspended for doping (WNYC) Athletics: Mayor Says NYC Marathon Should Foot Police Costs (RRW) Athletics: Distance Running News Round-Up (IAAF) Athletics: Kipchoge to defend Edinburgh title against three Olympic champions (Eurosport UK) Athetics: Moses - Greene must up his game Two-time Olympic champion Ed Moses has warned GB 400m hurdler Dai Greene he’ll have to up his game to turn World Championship gold into London 2012 glory this summer (CBS New York) Athletics: Cost To Run In New York City Marathon Goes Up January 3, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Hindu) Athletics: Mumbai Marathon gets National status Athletics: Timpano Italian Chophouse Serves Up Special “Marathon Menu” With High-Carb, High-Class Meal Catering To Marathon Participants -- January 6 – 8, 2012 Athletics: Reston Virginia Store to Receive Marine Corps Marathon Award on Jan. 4 (RRW) Athletics: Canova Predicts Marathon World Record In Spring Athletics: Mo Farah Leads Trio of World #1’s to Boston ING Miami Marathon® Celebrates With Commemorative Medal (All Afirca) Athletics: Country Hope to Take 2011 Success to the London Olympics (BBC) Triathlon: London 2012 - Triathlete Helen Jenkins happy to avoid spotlight Helen Jenkins is happy in the shadow of triathlon's Brownlee brothers (NZ Herald) Triathlon: Hammond pips veteran in stunning finish (Jewish Chronicle) Athletics: Jerusalem marathon to have a global feel (Register-Guard) Sports Medecine: Active for Life At 80, the famed orthopedic surgeon has no intention of retiring his vigorous workout regimen (BBC) Athletics: GB athlete Hannah England plans 2012 indoor season Oxfordshire's Hannah England, the World Championship 1500 metres silver medallist, will compete in Glasgow and Birmingham ahead of the 2012 Olympics (Bloomberg) Athletics: New York City Marathon Organizers Raise Entry Fees by About $60 on Costs (RRW) Athletics: Centrowitz Puts Armory Track Through Its Paces (Mirror) Athletics: Jessica Ennis will rake in nearly £1million in personal endorsements in year up to London 2012 Olympics (Spiked Up - Psyched Up) Athletics: Famed Coach Renato Canova Discusses Marathon Revolution (Spiked Up - Psyched Up) Athletics: Olympic Trials Marathon The “Last Stand” For Team USA Minnesota January 2, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Examiner) Athletics: Lottery opens today for 2012 ING NYC Marathon (EthioSports) Athletics: Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia wins 15k run in Sao Paulo Athletics: Richardson, Thomas to take on Oliver in loaded U.S. Open hurdle field (Journal-Sentinel) Athletics: Runners shrink the gender divide (IAAF) Athletics: Starodubtsev scales 5.90m in Chelyabinsk (IAAF) Athletics: Frank Horwill, coaching legend, passes away (RWire) Athletics: Causeway Cancer Walk Teams with State Farm Melbourne Music Marathon Weekend (RWire) Athletics: Nation's Top High School Athletes to Compete at Brooks PR Invitational (RWire) Athletics: Inaugural Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Mile Announced by runDisney (IAAF) Athletics: 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge REVIEW - Suarez and Chernova the overall winners (Track and Field News) Athletics: 2011 Men's Athlete Of The Year - David Rudisha Repeats As No. 1 Double Pushes Vivian Cheruiyot To The Top (Science of Sport) Athletics: Team of the year - Kenyan athletics (NY Daily News) Athletics: Running Doc: Five resolutions for runners to remain happy and healthy in 2012 Chatting with your physician is an easy way to make sure you're in top condition (Independent) Athletics: Charles van Commenee - Van the man guiding home nation's hopes Charles van Commenee enters Olympic year with four world-class athletes in his charge – but, as he tells Simon Turnbull, he wishes he had more (IAAF) Athletics: Soi and Cheruiyot take thrillers in Bolzano January 1, 2012:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] January Running Trivia and Pegasus Quiz (IAAF) Athletics: T. Bekele and Jeptoo beat the Sao Paulo New Year’s Eve rain (IAAF) Athletics: Komon prevails in Peuerbach New Year's Eve run (IAAF) Athletics: Gebrehiwot surprises, Dibaba signals strong return in Madrid 10Km – San Silvestre Vallecana report Athletics: Cold Weather Running (Runner's World) Athletics: She Can Do It! Glamour girls (and training partners) Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan are among the favorites at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. But don't bet against Desi Davila, who's bringing her Boston-tested, blue-collar work ethic to Houston on January 14 A Brief Chat With Brent Vaughn (RRW) Athletics: Peacock, Pezzullo Are Midnight Run Champions (Youtube) Athletics: Meb Keflezighi 10 mile Tempo training for Olympic Marathon Trials (Caribbean Track Life) Athletics: A Season of Memorable Performances (Bangkok Post) Athletics: Kenyan Jeptoo wins San Silvestre in record time (Times of India) Athletics: Marathon put off due to polls (NZ Herald) Triathlon: Adam wins Tour De Vineyards (Digital Journal) Triathlon: Triracegear.com Releases the Results of their Triathlon Training Schedule Survey (AFP) Athletics: Kenyan Jeptoo wins San Silvestre in record time (Webster Groves Patch) Athletics: GO! St. Louis Announces Entry Fee Increases

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