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  March 20, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Mirror) Olympics: Why Darren Campbell believes Tokyo Olympics must not be postponed YET
"Knee-jerk response now is not the way," says British sprint great, who is calling for an Easter deadline for Games bosses to make a decision and, in all likelihood, set a new date

(VMLM) Athletics: FAQs for the rescheduled 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 4 October

(Daily Mail) Olympics; Lord Coe risking anger of Olympians after suggesting premature Tokyo 2020 postponement will cost stars money... but athletes are STILL expected to continue training regime as world practices social-distancing
* Olympic athletes risk coming to a head with the governing body over training
* Many feel they are being exposed to the risk of coronavirus by continuing on
* Yet Lord Coe warns a premature call to postpone Tokyo 2020 will cost athletes
* GB icon Sir Matthew Pinsent has insisted there are bigger things to worry about

(Runner's World) Athletics: Here’s How to Run Your Best Boston Marathon
Sure, it’s a net downhill, but at mile 20, you’ll run up Heartbreak Hill. Be prepared

(Precision Hydration) Endurance Sports: How to stay hydrated during indoor training

(Spikes) Athletics: Gratitude by Stephen Scullion
"We’re living in a time of crazy"

(The Independent) Athletics: The athlete and the schoolteacher who made it all possible
400m runner Jessie Knight tells Adam LeRoux about a man she owes everything to, but has never had the opportunity to thank







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(CBC) Athletics: Moh Ahmed: From humble beginnings to Canada’s most decorated distance runner
After getting a taste of the podium at the world championships, Somalia-born Canadian Moh Ahmed is now looking for a Canadian long distance first — a medal at the Olympic Games

(NY Times) Health and Fitness: Running From Coronavirus: A Back-to-Basics Exercise Boom
With gyms and pools closed and sports leagues shut down, a miniboom is emerging in running, a natural for social distancing.

(CTolleRun) Athletics: Marielle Hall - Positive Momentum
Carrie chats with Olympian Marielle Hall fresh off her big win at the USATF Championships! They talk about how she got into the sport, finding her perfect distance, dealing with adversity, COVID-19 and its impact on her training, and much more

(irish Times) Olympics: John Treacy calls for 2020 Olympics to be postponed
Sport Ireland CEO is latest voice in growing calls for IOC to push the Games back

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: 'I genuinely forgot': Mo Farah explains changing story over taking supplement
Farah questioned on taking L-carnitine before 2014 marathon - ‘If I was a liar, why would I go straight back in?’

(USA Today) Drugs in Sport: Free-for-all for cheaters? Pandemic presents dilemma for anti-doping leaders

(Oregon Live) Athletics: Coronavirus pandemic is causing college coaches to operate without a road map

(Women's Running) Athletics: Desiree Linden on Recovering and Recalculating: "It’s Uncertain for Everybody"
After placing fourth at the Olympic Trials, Desiree Linden planned to race the Boston Marathon. Like everybody else, she’s trying to figure out what’s next

(BBC) Olympics: The Inside Track: Should Tokyo 2020 be going ahead as planned?
Eleanor Oldroyd and Darren Campbell ask if the Tokyo 2020 Olympics can really go ahead

(Daily Mail) Athletics:'What a joke': British runner Jess Judd vents her anger on Twitter as she is denied access to high performance centre at Loughborough by UK Athletics as they attempt to reduce crowding due to coronavirus outbreak
* UK Athletics say those with Olympic qualifying standard can use Loughborough
* It is one of the measures the body is taking to reduce crowding at the centre
* However, it means some top athletes are ineligible to use their regular track
* Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?

(Inside the Games) Olymics: IOC seek to find Tokyo 2020 solution with "least negative impact" for athletes
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it is seeking to find a solution with "the least negative impact for the athletes", after the organisation received criticism for its insistence that Tokyo 2020 will go ahead as planned amid the coronavirus pandemic

(BBC) Athletics: Tokyo Olympics & coronavirus: Lord Coe says too early to decide on cancellation

(The Independent) Athletics: Lord Coe admits athletes at Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not be on ‘level playing field’ due to coronavirus
The IOC president concedes the pandemic will leave some affected more than others

(EA) Athletics: Abdi sets sights on European record after sub-2:05 clocking in Tokyo

(RTV6) Athletics: 500 festival suspends or cancels all in-person events, including mini-marathon, through May 9

(The Telegraph) Olympics: Life is what matters but as Olympians we must stay ready

(3Wire Sports) Olympics: IOC: 100 percent right to keep pressing forward

(Toni Reavis) Athletics: Running in Uncertain Times
Wandering in a Running World by Toni Reavis

(NYRR) Athletics: NYRR’s Statement on Cancellation of Events Through May 10


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(RRW) Athletics: Comrades Marathon Remains On Schedule
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has announced that South Africa's second biggest ultramarathon will go ahead as scheduled on June 14

(The Telegraph) Olympics: As athletes we have to try and block out these extraordinary times - we have to keep preparing for Tokyo

(ESPN) Drugs in SPort: Olympic doping tests continue, but at lesser rate

Update On The 2020 St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon & Half-Marathon
With the health and safety of our community being an utmost priority, and based on the direction and recommendations of public health agencies and local authorities in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon & Half-Marathon, originally scheduled for April 25-26, 2020 has been postponed. The new 2020 event date, which is currently being finalized with local officials, will be communicated as soon as possible. Participants that are registered for the event will receive an email in the coming days with further details. In what has been a continually evolving and challenging time globally, we recognize that the postponement may come as a disappointment but look forward to providing participants with an exceptional event experience in the future.


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  Book/Video/Movie of the Month - March 2020  
Spitting in the Soup
Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports
By Mark Johnson
What will it take to kick doping out of sports forever?
Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage.
Today, though, athletes are vilified for using performance-enhancing drugs. Damned as moral deviants who shred the fair-play fabric, dopers are an affront to the athletes who don’t take shortcuts.
But this tidy view swindles sports fans. While we may want the world sorted into villains and victims, putting the blame on athletes alone ignores decades of history in which teams, coaches, governments, the media, scientists, sponsors, sports federations, and even spectators have played a role. The truth about doping in sports is messy and shocking because it holds a mirror to our own reluctance to spit in the soup—that is, to tell the truth about the spectacle we crave.
In Spitting in the Soup, sports journalist Mark Johnson explores how the deals made behind closed doors keep drugs in sports. Johnson unwinds the doping culture from the early days, when pills meant progress, and uncovers the complex relationships that underlie elite sports culture—the essence of which is not to play fair but to push the boundaries of human performance.
It’s easy to assume that drugs in sports have always been frowned upon, but that’s not true. Drugs in sports are old. It’s banning drugs in sports that is new. Spitting in the Soup offers a bitingly honest, clear-eyed look at why that’s so, and what it will take to kick pills out of the locker room once and for all.
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