Aaaand We're Back

Apologies for the lag in posts. I've been working like a slave. Such is life on the plantation.

Nothing to talk about anyway, until now, with a full weekend coming up:

US Indoor Nationals are being held Sunday in Albuquerque, and USATF big wig Doug Logan is refusing to allow altitude time adjustments for the runners, which is putting everyone's spandex in a bunch.
Feature event will be Ruppy vs Lagat II, this time it's over 3000m.
Indoor Nationals raises the "yawn" of indoor track to "half a yawn".
You can watch it 7pm - 9pm on ESPN2. The coverage will be amazing, I'm sure.


The(self proclaimed) Worlds Best 10k in San Juan, Puerto Rico happening Sunday just got a lot more interesting to me with the announcement today that the "Great White Hope", aka Dathan Ritzenhein, has entered the field.
Ritz will take on Deriba Merga, who will attempt to finish his 1st race in 4 tries, after most recently dropping out of the RAK Half last weekend. Merga won this race in '08.
Also running is the defending champ, "Emperor Slayer" Sammy Kitwara, who earned that nickname I just gave him by defeating Haile Geb in the City-Pier-City Half last year.
Of course you cannot watch this race anywhere except for San Juan, standing along the route.

Then there's the Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Half-Marathon taking place in, duh, New Orleans.
Somehow($$$$$$$$) they got the biggest name in marathoning, and half world record holder, Sammy "Please Don't Rob My House Anymore" Wanjiru.
Wanjiru is doing a systems check as he prepares for the London Marathon in April.
His main, or only, competition will be 3-time London/2-time NYC champ, Martin Lel. Lel has been dealing with injury mostly for the past year and will be interesting to see if he's back to form.
Everyone's favorite tattooed, Irish national record holder at the 13.1 mile distance, Martin Fagan, is also in the field.
If you can fight off your hangover and wake up by 8am www.RunNow.com will have, HOLY SMOKES, live coverage..... which will surely cut out as winner approaches finish line.

Before all of that, on Sat., "The Future" aka German Fernandez will run the 3000m at the Big 12 meet in Iowa. Gotta pay attention anytime he races.


And of course on the woman's sides of all the races, nobody cares.

Have a good weekend.