 the guy who was about to be world champion before a throng of rabid fans.
While Cheptegei’s collapse was something we had never seen before, so was the Ugandan crowd’s reaction. They were eerily silent as Cheptegei staggered to the finish.
But the silence should not be mistaken for indifference. Cheptegei got the recognition of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who sought Cheptegei out afterwards and spoke some words to him. After Museveni departed, the rest of the Ugandan team gathered around asking Cheptegei what the president told him.
At the start of the final lap we said out loud to one another, “Can the crowd really just will someone to be world champion?” Apparently not, but that doesn’t take anything away from Cheptegei’s performance. He extended his body to its absolute limit and secured the team bronze for Uganda. When Geoffrey Kamworor says the pace is “suicidal,” you are going where human beings have not gone before.
Video of Cheptegei staggering to the finish below.
Before the race Cheptegei said it was a “do or die case”. He really meant it.
Poor Joshua Cheptegei took 'do or die' almost too literally today. I hope he's ok after his brave effort to finish. pic.twitter.com/0qp9PdU9ds
— Emily Evans (@RunEmilyERun) March 26, 2017
Quick Take: Major Props To Team USA For Coming To Uganda, Dreaming Big and Going For It
In the end, the fact that the US put no one in the top 10 and ended up in 5th place as a team was a little disappointing. But US fans certainly can’t be disappointed in Team USA’s effort (just like Ugandan fans can’t be disappointed in Cheptegei). The US runners deserve props for coming to Uganda and dreaming big and going for gold. For years, people have complained when Americans go out conservatively in major marathons. Well there was nothing conservative about the US’s approach today. At the end of the first lap, they had two in the top six (Kebenei was 3rd, and Korir was 6th).
Believe what you are seeing. An American male leads #iaafkampala2017 https://t.co/ACCDjsSVOe pic.twitter.com/6YHjyjZBbC
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) March 26, 2017
Sam Chelanga Post-Race
Leonard Korir Post-Race
Scott Fauble Post-Race: Fauble revealed he won’t be doing a track season this spring.
Shot Clip with Stanley Kebenei
Quick Take: Patrick Tiernan – The Top Non-African-Born Runner in 13th – Was Very Happy About His Run, Particularly How He Recovered After A Quick Start
Tiernan said the start of the race was very hard but he was proud of himself for recovering in the middle. He said he even picked it up in the last 1k and picked off a lot of runners, before ultimately finishing 13th. When asked to compare his fitness now to last fall when he won the NCAA cross country title for Villanova, he said he was in better shape last fall as he took two weeks off from running after winning the Australian 10,000 title on December 8.
Tiernan also announced he’s signed with Nike Australia.
Quick Thought: Jacob Kiplimo – The Winner of The U20 Race – Is A Name You May Want To Remember
The highlight of the day for the wild Ugandan fans was Jacob Kiplimo’s dominant win the U20 boys race. Kiplimo already had made a name for himself – at least on LetsRun.com – last summer when he ran 27:26 to nab the bronze in the World U20 10,000 at the alleged age of just 15 years old.
People may want to doubt his age but there is no doubting his talent.
MB: 15 yr old just ran a 27:26 10K at the World Junior Championships!
Here are some videos of the Ugandan crowd going wild.
Team USA’s Paul Roberts (33rd)
Team USA’s Aidan Reed (46th)
Alec Haines (58th)
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- EventsBtw, I absolutely love this version of Superman. He actually consults others, doesn't ask for attention, and is always willing to sacrifice himself. I would love to see him win the hearts of America and the world. Unfortunately, that's not how the media and the internet see him. Instead, we are told he is cold, violent, and irresponsible. The audience needs to be hit on the head with flowery speeches and an adoring in-film public and smiles to make Superman a hero. Does that seem right with everybody? Smiles &gt; values?A recent paper, reported on HERE, suggests that human activity has led to a new age in mineral formation.
Examples are chalconatronite, a rare copper mineral forming blue crystals on ancient Egyptian Bronze; andersonite, forms green to yellow crystals on the walls of some mines, when uranium ore is exposed for the first time to water during the excavation of the tunnels.
My favourite is fordite, only found in old Detroit auto-painting facilities and formed by the deposition of layers of enamel paint.
My least favourite is plastiglomerate (actually a rock type, not a mineral) formed by burning plastic rubbish along the coasts of Hawaii. The melting plastic incorporates the pebbles of lava-rocks found on the beach, forming a never before seen type of conglomerate.
I suspect these new minerals are not very pretty as the article is illustrated by pictures of "traditional" minerals.There are loads of handy things you can do around the kitchen to make your weekly shop go even further.
Get your fridge temperature right - fridges kept between 0C and 5C (32F to 41F) will preserve food for longer.
Plan your meals - so you only buy what you need.
Make a shopping list - so you know exactly what you need and what you already have in the cupboard. And remember, you're more likely to buy things you do not need if you go shopping while hungry!
Bargain shelf - we all love a bargain. But only buy end-of-the-day sale treats if you can fit them into your meal plan for the week or you can freeze them.
Get your shelves in order - new stuff at the back and older stuff at the front so first in, first out.
Contain it - many types of food are best stored in airtight containers so it helps to have a few spare storage boxes to hand.
Label - write the date on lids of large pots of yogurt, condiments and fruit juices to remind you when they were opened.
Love your leftovers - freeze your leftovers. Remember to label them with the date so you know how long they've been in the freezer.
Check packaging - for advice about how best to store food.
Portions - do you cook more food than you can eat? Use an average sized mug to measure uncooked rice. One adult portion is about a quarter of a mug or 60g. And for a perfect pasta portion use a spaghetti measurer. Find more information on portion control.
Doggie bag - do not be afraid to ask for a doggie bag for your leftovers when eating out - after all you have paid for it!
Get the app - the Love Food Hate Waste App, available on iPhone and android, helps you to keep track of food planning, shopping, cooking meals and making the most of leftovers with recipe ideas too.Close window
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Lucille Allain is Associate Professor (Practice) Social Work in the Department of Mental Health and Social Work. She is Director of Programmes, External Partnerships and Professional Lead, Social Work and is the academic lead for a range of partnership projects including Think Ahead, Step Up to Social Work and the North London Social Work Teaching Partnership. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate social work students and experienced practitioners undertaking CPD programmes.
Lucille qualified as a social worker in 1992 with a postgraduate social work award. Her first degree was in history and politics and she holds an MSc Social Research Methods, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Social Services Management, Professional Doctorate and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Lucille is a professionally registered social worker with the HCPC and has over 20 years' experience working in London local authorities. She worked as a social worker, team manager and strategic commissioning manager before moving to a joint appointment role with Middlesex University and Barnet Council. There she successfully developed a postgraduate social work trainee scheme for a number of London boroughs. Lucille has worked at Middlesex University for over 10 years and has also led social work at the University of East London in the role of Associate Dean.
Her doctoral research focused on young people leaving care and service user involvement in social work education. One of her recent, jointly-led research projects involves researching Special Guardianship Orders and connected persons placements for looked after children and their carers. In her other research, she is the principal investigator in a project evaluating interprofessional working relationships between social workers in adult social care and trainee GPs across north and east London.
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