“[After London 2012] it was like, ‘Am I still going to do this or not?’ I was 29 years old, and I was very disappointed with what happened, and I wanted to make amends for that. Am I going to head into the business and corporate world, or am I going to keep sticking with this? By turning my back to the options of off-the-track work, there’s no looking back. It’s difficult to start climbing the corporate ladder at 31, 32. So I was like, I’m going for broke now.”

” … With the birth of my son [Lachlan, born in July 2013], I’ve experienced a lot of joy basically being a stay-at-home dad … I train two and a half, three hours a day at most. The rest of the time, I’m home with my boy … I realised that the longer I can keep doing this, and having success, the longer I can be a good dad. It’s very easy to be motivated now, probably more so than when I was just out of college.”

– Nick Willis explaining how he’s more motivated than ever to succeed in running so he can keep being a stay-at-home dad.

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British Indoor Champs *Results

Are You Getting Excited For 2015 World XC? We Are Kenyan Champs: Bedan Karoki And Faith Kipyegon Repeat As Champs, Geoffrey Kipsang And Agnes Tirop Are 2nd The big news on the men’s side was reigning World XC champ Japhet Korir failed to qualify. Faith Kipyegon, who has won the last 2 World Jr. XC titles and has a 3:56 1,500 PR, will go for title #3 in China.
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Ugandan Champs: World Junior Mountain-Running Champion Phillip Kipyeko Beats Moses Kipsiro

The Last Star Standing? After 18-Month Maternity Break, Yelena Isinbayeva Begins Preparations For 2016 Olympics Meanwhile, the rest of Russia has seemingly been banned for doping.

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Sprint / Hurdle Stuff

Distance News: Was Sammy Wanjiru Murdered? The World Marathon Majors Start Saturday in Tokyo *Full Coverage Here LRC Men’s Preview: The Three Kings Geoffrey Mutai, Stephen Kiprotich, and Tsegaye Kebede Have Something to Prove vs Defending Champ Dickson Chumba A year ago a Geoffrey Mutai (2013 NY champ), Kebede (2013 London champ), Kiprotich (2013 World Champ) match-up would have been salivating. Now all 3 titans have something to prove against defending champ Dickson Chumba as Tariku Bekele makes his debut. In all, five sub-2:05 guys will toe the line on Sunday morning (Saturday night in U.S.).

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IAAF Inside Athletics Episode 2: Ato Boldon Interviews HJ WR Holder And 1992 Olympic Champ Javier Sotomayor His WR is 27 years old, but could go down soon. *Some Transcription From Q&A

Women’s Pro News

International Results 2015 NYRR Millrose Games Were Saturday *Results *Post-Race Videos *Race Videos LRC Bowerman Track Club’s Lopez Lomong And Ryan Hill Go 1-2 As Cam Levins Falters NOP’s Cam Levins had an off day and the rival BTC’s Lopez Lomong and Ryan Hill were glad to pick up the slack, going 1-2 in the men’s 5,000m. German Fernandez DNFed as he was having a terrible day and going to get lapped. LRC Men’s 3000m: Eric Jenkins Just Misses Galen Rupp’s American Collegiate Record As Oregon Goes 1-2 Eric Jenkins and Will Geoghegan aren’t even Oregon’s best 3,000m runners but they went 1-2 at Millrose and nearly broke Galen Rupp’s American collegiate record.

Millrose On The Boards: RAK Half Marathon Race/ Post-Race Photos 2015 RAK Half Marathon – World’s Fastest Half *Results LRCRecap: The Marvelous Mary Keitany And Remember The Drone

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Millrose Photo Gallery LRC A Wobbly Shannon Rowbury Hangs On To Win Women’s Wanamaker By Over 3 Seconds Poor pacing ruined the AR attempt and Rowbury wobbled during the final straight but held on for a dominating victory. Treniere Moser came in 2nd, an upbeat Jordan Hasay faded the last lap, and Mary Cain struggled. LRC Sponsorless Brycen Spratling Runs New 500m World Record Of 1:00.06 The Pittsburgh grad was hoping to be the first man sub-1:00.00.

LRC Erik Sowinski Edges Robby Andrews, Ajee Wilson Repeats, Ashton Eaton Drops 10 Feet, Sally Kipyego And More 2015 Millrose Erik Sowinski edged Robby Andrews, Ajee Wilson repeated, and Sally Kipyego won the 3,000 as Ashton Eaton could have killed himself.

Non-Distance: IAAF: Former World Champ Jesse Williams Wins HJ (2.31) While Aleec Harris Sets WL In The 60H At 7.50 Beating David Oliver And Ashton Eaton Phyllis Francis beat Sanya Richards-Ross in the 400 with 53.14, Jamaica’s Damar Forbes won the LJ (8.03m) over Will Claye (8.02m), Murielle Ahoure set a WL in the 60 with 7.05, Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi took the PV.

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