Congrats to SRC staff member Kyle Merber for breaking 4 minutes in the mile this weekend! Kyle is a sophomore at Columbia and ran 3:58.52 at the Armory to win the Columbia Last Chance Mile. We’re still investigating whether or not this is the world record for the indoor mile while wearing a headband.
Congrats to SRC runner Adam Siepiola who ran a fantastic 2:36:14 and made his FloTrack debut at the NYC Marathon.
If anyone is still looking for some great post-race Olympics coverage, check out Flotrack.com. They have excellent video interviews of Olympic track and field athletes (especially American distance runners).
For anyone unfamiliar with the website: beware! There are thousands of backlogged interviews which can easily consume an entire work or school day for a big track fan.
The Olympics are here and the start of Track and Field is just around the corner (8/15). Check out the article about American Miler Lopez Lamong from the opening ceremonies to get your inner track fan ready for this week.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-olydwyre9-2008aug09,0,6384808.column
Unfortunately, Newsday seemed to have very little to say about Medford native Anthony Famigliett’s wire to wire win in the Olympic Trials steeplechase yesterday. Luckily some other really great sources had more to say. Check ‘em out:
Fam’s personal website: Runfam.com
Courtesy (once again) of LetsRun.com:
| Date | Times | Network | Live Events |
| June 28 | 12:00-1:00 a.m. | USA | Women’s 10k |
| June 28 | 8:00-9:00 p.m. | NBC – Primetime | Women’s 100m Live |
| June 29 | 7:00-8:00 p.m. | NBC – Primetime | 400m Hurdles, 100m Men |
| June 30 | 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. | USA | 800s Live, Men’s 5k |
| July 3 | 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. | USA | 400s, Women’s Steeple, 1500 Round1 |
| July 4 | 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. | USA - | Womens 5k, Men’s 10k, 1500 Semis |
| July 5 | 5:00-6:00 p.m. | NBC | 200 semis, mens steeple |
| July 6 | 7:00-9:00 p.m. | NBC – PRIMETIME final day | 1500s, 200s, 110 hurdles |
The Olmpic Trials are almost upon us. This could only mean one thing: LetsRun.com is holding a prediction contest! For those of you not familiar with LetsRun, it’s a website updated daily by two brothers who also happen to be humungous running fanatics. They post articles from all over the world and even write a few of their own, covering elite running and big time college and pro track meets.
Every time there is a particularly noteworthy meet or race they hold a prediction contest where they put up large sums of money as prizes for perfectly predicting the outcome of the event. This time, there is a $280,000 prize up for anyone who can correctly choose the top 3 finishers in each event of the American Olympic Trials.
To play visit: http://www.letsrun.com/letsruncontest/wccontest.php
Be sure to sign up under the Sayville Running Company group and test your place picking knowledge against the staff and customers of SRC!
There is a new blog in town and it’s called “Once a Blogger.” It’s got some interesting articles on various running topics, but the highlight is clearly the “Weekend Recap” which is written by SRC’s own Sean Hopkins. It’s posted at the beginning of each week and details the best performances and results in the world of running.
So head over to Once a Blogger and let site author Geoff Decker (Hopkins’ former Marist teammate) know that more than just his mom reads the posts!
Usain “Lightning” Bolt - 100 meters - 9.72
Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island - New York, NY
