en-us Copyright 2006-2008 Flocasts Inc Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:23:35 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/assets/portal/simple30/images/logos/flotrack-logo.gif http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/350-wallace-spearmon Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/350-wallace-spearmon Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:32:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/531-anthony-famiglietti Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/531-anthony-famiglietti Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/726-steve-hooker Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/726-steve-hooker Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:22:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/292-jenny-barringer Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/292-jenny-barringer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:21:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/530-dave-scott-thomas Although Dave Scott-Thomas is not an official Canadian Olympic Team Coach (Athletics), rather Varsity with the Guelph University Gryphons, he is in Beijing anyway. Scott-Thomas is there to view the track action and discuss pre-race strategy with rising stars, Eric Gillis and Taylor Milne, who have already competed in the 10, 000m and 1500m respectively - by the time of this interview submission.   Oddly, getting a hold of Scott-Thomas is easier while he is in Beijing than when he is at home in Guelph, Ontario. Perhaps he has more free time in Beijing with family and work getting all his attention in Guelph. He is after all a dedicated coach and Dad.   “I know it's a drag to have to wait for people, so I'm trying to get back to you ASAP - but am also running on about 3hrs sleep in the past 38 and in a pretty crowded, noisy bar – I think it’s 8am! Anyway, fire back at will”   3 hours of sleep? This is the same committed coach who worked through the night on behalf of Eric Gillis’ appeal, when Gillis was told unceremoniously that he wasn’t going to Beijing. He was told this even though the criteria preventing him read sketchy and gray at best and left the decision makers open to the appeal.   Obviously the appeal worked. This is the stuff of champions, in this case a champion coach, who has been recognized with enough Coach of the Year awards to sink a tornado class sail boat competing in Fushan Bay, Qingdao, China. The interview   CK: Dave, you have earned 12 CIS Coach of the Year nods, 17 OUA Coaching awards and 2 of the Fox 40 Coach of the Year, for all sports. Personally, I am just happy when the parents get together and give me a Starbucks pre-loaded card and a case of beer.   I hope you are not getting jaded with all the recognition.   DST: The best recognition I get is free baby-sitting from the team! I don't think about the other stuff too much so there's no real sense of getting stale. Every season, every team, every runner is different so there's always a sense of renewal. You don't have to do this too long before you realize you can't get too fully invested in external factors. I'm only one off-meet away from looking out of touch.   Coaching-wise, during some of our stronger years, well, I wasn't doing brain surgery....and some years I feel I feel I've done my best coaching and we've not placed so high (our women's xc team finishing 4th in xc in '98 is one of our relatively best accomplishments in my opinion. We really weren't that strong a team).   Coaching recognition is team recognition anyway. Particularly in the CIS, coaching awards go to whoever is in charge of the winning team. While I appreciate the nods from my peers, our team's success is clearly indicative of an overall effort amongst a huge number of people AND, without sounding ungrateful, I think our awards will gain credibility when we start to really dig deeper into who's doing what. Look at Bernie Chisholm at StFX, or Dick Moss at Laurentian... man, there's some damn good coaching going on in lots of places with fewer resources than we now have.   CK: In your opinion, what are a few key strengths of an effective coach.   DST: Too many to mention. For me, I think the key is rapport. You've got to really care and be genuine about the people you're working with. Certainly at a national level, a coach with modest technical skills but great rapport will build a better group than an excellent technical coach who just doesn't get the people end of things.   CK: You keep winning the awards and you can start repeating your original acceptance speeches.   DST: I really dislike speaking in front of large groups of people - even with my own team! I'm more of a one-on-one or small group guy. If I know I've got speak and prep, then I tend to rush through it so I tend to just wing it, which might not sound as slick and which makes me more nervous, but I think comes across as more genuine.   Anyway, I've got three daughters and about 100 surrogate "kids" who I think keep me bailed to the floor. I was out at lunch with some of the post-collegiate group the other day and we were chatting about the past years and roles and Reid (Coolsaet) said "I never thought of you as an authority figure!" - Hah! Good I suppose in what it says about our partnership and in the confidence of the guys to "take the piss".   CK: Your Guelph Gryphons Varsity team successfully defended the men’s and women’s Canadian University titles. This is the first time for any Canadian coach to manage. What is the foundation of your success; is it more recruitment and recognizing potential in athletes or is it the development, working with what you are given.   DST: I think you can see evidence of both. I know there's a tendency to think that we get a lot of good athletes who just show up. That's truer now than when I started for sure, when we weren't really a strong program at all, but the group and I work, very, very hard at talent identification and recruitment. Most of it is "soft" since the nature of our team is to focus on internal motivation rather than external, we look long-term (i.e., post-collegiate) and for most of my time here we really haven't had much in the way of "stuff" to offer. Despite that, we've had our share of studs come in. We've grown a lot of good athletes as well. When I look at Josh Roundell or Courtney Laurie (to give two contemporary examples) and see them grow from modest high-school runners into good senior athletes, it's just a great feeling.   On the free babysitting   CK: Does the co-efficiency of quality babysitting function in parallel to ability to run?    DST:  There is zero correlation! Actually the quality is extremely high, and the variety of experiences gigantic. My kids have seen some strange sights over the years......we've had a number of volunteers with big hearts, but no hands-on experience with kids and who treat them as really short undergrads. College is going to be no big deal for my three girls.   CK: With all this babysitting you are getting, you do realize all these athletes will have children one day too and you will become the surrogate grandfather. Maybe you can represent your kid's future babysitting and profit from the work? Look it's a brilliant revenue stream, you get enough surrogate grandchildren and you can basically run a sitting factory, 10% skimmed off the top, could be better than a successful pyramid scheme.   DST:  It's a long-term passive recruiting scheme with a confirmed genetic component and guaranteed high degree of compliance. I've been coaching long enough that there's now a steady stream of weddings to go to - two this Sept. - and bring on the kids! I'm more proud of those life happenings than any race run.   Back to coaching talk   CK: Who are your coaching mentor(s).   DST: Pete Grinbergs and Allen Keele were my club and university coaches and I learned a ton from them; about running but also, and I know it sounds trite, about growing up and being an adult. Awesome guys, whom I really admire for their perspective on life and their values. I am very lucky to have continued my relationship through life and now count them both as really good friends. I also was lucky enough to be a part of the older NCI system, which involved moving to Victoria for a year to study coaching full-immersion. Brent Fougner was my Master Coach and he and Ron Bowker both really opened up their doors (metaphorically and literally) and taught me a lot. Technically about running, but also about the attitude and development of all the other pieces of building a group that are below the surface, and also about being driven by your heart and passing that value on to your athletes. All of them: great coaches, great guys, great friends.   CK: Who's or which training method do you emulate or draw upon as a coach.   DST:  Aaagh. I'm too old now to know. I started off intuitively using what I knew from my own experiences, and will always be grateful to the athletes at Queens in those days for being open-minded and trusting while I learned!   Then, as with lots of bodies of knowledge, I really ploughed into the structured theory behind everything, read a ton, traveled around a ton, asked lots of questions, set up clinics and so on to try to cement what I felt to be so.   I was a bit ignorant about protocol: I called Alex Gardiner (former CEO of AC) up in his office one afternoon to ask questions about speed work, which to his credit he took time out of his day to answer; I wrote a 10 page letter to Ron Bowker back in the days when you actually sent hard-copy, and when I met him in person he sat down and went through concepts with me; cadged enough money for a Canada3000 ticket to Winnipeg and slept on the airport floor for the first level 3 course in Canada in 3 years...on and on....you really get humbled by the process about learning what you don't know.   But somewhere in there I came around to just trusting my instincts, so there's no one methodology I'd follow. Most of the time when I'm planning I think of what feels right. I plan way ahead of time but our system is pretty liquid and changes a bit every season. I love the feeling of tinkering with a session and will often call one of the guys up to get their opinion - lots of feedback and adjustments and you get those beautiful eureka moments when everything just clicks.   CK: Reid Coolsaet the 5000m athlete seems to also be a 10, 000m competitor now with his sub 28 minute surprise run. Now there is suggestion of his possible move up to the marathon.   Is he moving up to the marathon in 2008/09.   DST: We don't know. Certainly Reid and I have discussed the marathon, and the possibility of him running one this year. At this point though, he's still getting rolling again after his injury. The ensuing couple months were emotionally very tough - he cross-trained very, very hard and with all the therapy etc was pushing his body and mind to the limit. We didn't really call it a season until close to Nat’s when it was evident Beijing wasn't going to happen.   So now he's building back up and isn't fully rolling yet and until that's the case we won't lock too much in. I'd still like to see him race a few 10, 000's yet since I think there's plenty of room to move into there and in the 5000m.   I don't think his sub 28 was a surprise! One of Reid's strengths has always been his ability to be composed and to appreciate the long-term. I knew it his first year at Guelph when after the year was done we talked in my office about what doors might be open to him. Many young athletes glaze over when you start talking 3-4 years down the road, but Reid always "got it" so we've been able to work on a sensible long-term plan. For example his second year we sacrificed some performance ability indoors so he could emphasize volume more, train like a 10, 000m guy, get in some good base for a year and really be ready to roll. He might have said "I'd really like to run 8:28 NOW" but instead we played for the bigger long-term outcome.   So with the marathon - we'll look at motivations and outcomes and what the best timing will be. It didn't take much prodding from Reid to extract this statement, which mirrors Dave's comments well: "Dave has been my coach for over 10 years now and I have brought my 5000m time down by two and half minutes under his guidance. He has a science background, but more importantly has a great feel for his runners. Dave always has me peaking well for championships and is constantly looking for different training methods to get the most out of my ability."   CK: Since you mentioned the ‘base phase’, what is a fairly typical week look like?   DST: It isn't mind-blowing. Volume varies widely within the group so I'll use an "average" senior/post collegiate guy as a model:   Sun - 110-130' Mon - am 20-30' + strength/core, pm 60-80' Tues - 40-45' tempo; could be straight up, could be shorter "cruise" sections, might involve some gear changing (what we call the foxy-frog) later base phase + drills Wed - as Mon Thurs - as Mon Fri - fartlek i.e. 8-9 x 4' / 2' + drills. Sat - rest or easy 60-80'   So only 2 work-outs per week. We don't do too much in the way of intervals during this phase, most work outs are time based as I think you develop a better feel for your body that way, but we'll run a good V02max session of 5 x 1 mile (measured XC loop) with 5' rest once every-three-weeks. We've got a number of "Guelph" sessions: the Nutcracker, Bridges, Yaegermeister, and Kyle’s Colon all of which mean different things.   We used to get new people coming in saying we were high-volume but that's disappeared (most of our sr. guys are running 140-180km/week); sessions can be long because we're doing a lot of work aside from the running. It might be 45-50' after the "running" is done before the session is done. Something like: X's, machs, plyos, then begin refuelling and move to cold tub and post-workout analysis. Core and strength work is dynamic as well i.e. loading with movement, very little traditional lifting.   CK: Unfortunately Reid Coolsaet of course suffered that injury, but he was no closer to the Olympic team when healthy, yet he ran I believe the fourth fastest 10, 000m by a Canadian and met the B standard in two different distances. Is this an example where Athletics Canada should consider using the IAAF standards and remove subjective aspect to criteria   DST: Honestly, I'd love to see us use the IAAF standards. Especially in light of the recent news from the Russians and Romanians in the women's 1500m we know the A+ standards are skewed, and I don't think that's isolated event.   CK: What have been your suggestions to Taylor Milne in his Olympic 1500m. Should he sit near the front and let her rip out of the last corner. What sort of race do you think will play out with all those sub 3:40 guys?   DST: He just ran last night (at the time of this conversation) - I'm sitting in a hole-in-the-wall in the Hutongs to type this and haven't spoken with him yet. Post-fact, though, the plan was yes, to be in touch with the lead 3-4 athletes, be off the rail when the break was coming and drop the hammer.   CK: Who do you have picked to win the Olympic men’s marathon?   DST: I'll be lame here - no Canadians so my interest is down a bit and there's so many variables with the athletes I don't know about, I'm just going to let it unfold.   CK: In regards to the Rising Star criteria for athletics, what are your thoughts on the subjective aspect to the selection process in a sport that otherwise requires no judgement (like synchronised diving) but hard and fast placing or specific time requirements within set distances and other clearly defined parameters, such as windows of opportunity.   DST: Subjective decisions are made all the time. You can't get away from observer bias. To a large extent, we've become so litigious and whiny we don't allow an expert body to just make a decision. It's sometimes contentious, but that's their job and we're not as hard-wired in our sport as all that. So I think the Rising Star concept is great and I have confidence in the committee to do the best they can.   Overall, though, I don't think our selection process is as smooth as could be. It's clear that there's going to be a bit of a shake up in the national sporting scene post-Beijing, I'm not just talking track, and if we want to sustain federal monies coming in then we need to understand the game. When that happens you take a lot of the artistry and the human element out of selection.   CK: Eric Gillis’ successful appeal hopefully won’t move the Rising Star category to the proverbial round file of course…   DST: I don't know about that. If the system is flawed then let's fix it and not be afraid of change. That's like saying let's ignore it as long as it's working for "us". The staff at AC (Athletics Canada) are pretty smart and generally want the same thing that most of us in the masses of Canadian T&F do - they want our best, motivated athletes, in the best situations, to get the best opportunities. It's fair enough to ask questions and for change to result because of that. I think the goal is keep moving towards the best system we can develop, and it's going to continue to be a moving target.   CK: Now Dave Moorcroft echoed sentiments that always come up in my mind and that is: How do you motivate the youth of Canada to work hard, take a vow of poverty (while training) and face tough criteria that doesn’t help them get the international exposure they need, to develop. What do you think is a logical solution.   DST: Hmmm, it's not a bad as many of us would like to paint it. If you really love it, you can make a go of it. Living modestly in Canada is darn better than living in most of the rest of the world. If your value system is such that you feel you need to have x job and earn y money by z years of age and that's incompatible with training/racing, then don't run. If you're really passionate about distance running and chasing your dream, you can make that work, though.   I basically lived a grad student until my mid-30's, and yeah, there's days when I do the math and look at the lost income (I was trained and worked as an environmental physiologist and as high school teacher, both of which pay way better than coaching, which isn't saying much) but there's more days when I drive a van full of highly-competent people to a meet, or sleep 6-8 in a dive in Hillsdale, or shovel a ton of dirt for an xc course, or see my kids grow up with the best role models on the planet when I wouldn’t want anything else.   So -what to do? Build some kids programs! We've hit 2000+ per year in Wellington County with home-grown programs we built from the ground up and the city has now come up with funds to sustain it so we now pay a coordinator and staff (our runners) to manage it. We’ve built a strong package of camps, road races, and youth programs to balance out our elite brand.   Corporate money is coming in - the New Balance support this year was huge and PowerBar is steeping up as well. You need to have patience and be willing to work your butt off and not be afraid of getting hammered from time to time.   There's no problem with Canadian youth.   CK’s note:   And there’s no problem with perpetual Ontario University Coach of the Year Dave Scott-Thomas either! Follow Guelph’s CIS progress at their site   Good luck Dave and thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule for this. ___________________________________________ Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/530-dave-scott-thomas Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72381 Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72381 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:24:52 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170839/44193 Pictures from the Day 5 Olympics (19 Aug 08) including the finals of 1500, High Jump, Discus, 400m, 100 Hurdles and more. Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170839/44193 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:17:39 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/529-olympic-recap Day 7 | Results | 6 Medals (Total=20)MERRITT TAKES GOLD!!! (PB 43.75) | USA SWEEPS! | Wariner Silver, Neville Bronze***USA MEN AND WOMEN DROP BATTONS IN 4x100, OUT Of RELAYW200 Jamaica Gold & Silver, Veronica Campbell runs PB (21.74) | Felix 2nd (21.93) | Muna Lee 4th, Hooker 5thM110H Robles (12.93) easily wins the GOLD | US Silver & Bronze, Payne (13.17) beats out Oliver (13.18)W1500 semis underway | Rowbury to Finals | Donohue & Wurth-Thomas OUTNick Symmonds OUT of 800 | Gary Reed of Canada thru to finalBreaux Greer throws JAV, does not advance to finalDEC  Bryan Clay leads after Day 1 | Trey Hardee sits 3rd Day 6 | Results |  3 Medals (Total=14)***BOLT WR, 19.30  200M GOLD with .9 HEADWIND | SPEARMON & CHURANDY DQ'D | Crawford Silver, Dix BronzeM800 - Wheating OUT 1:147.05 | Smith OUT 1:48.20 | Symmonds IN makes it to semi'sM5k - TEG #1 Overall | Lagat makes it with patented kick | Dobson OUT |  MOTTRAM OUT! | Cragg makes it on time100H - Payne & Oliver into finals for US | Robles, tooW200 - Muna, Felix, Hooker to finals | Jamaica qualifies 3 alsoW400H - Jamaica get another GOLD with Walker (sets OR 52.68) | Tosta Silver 53.70 | Ross-Williams 8th 57.55*BRAD WALKER NO HEIGHTS, out of PV Day 5 (tough day of finals for USA) | Results | 2 Medals (Total=11)W5k - 3 AMERICANS IN FINAL!!! Flanagan 14:59, Goucher 15:00, Rhines 15:15 will we see more magic from Flanagan?? | 5k PreviewW110H - Lolo Jones stumbles, finishes 7th in 100H | USA Dawn Harper GOLD | McLellan (AUS) Silver | Lopes Schliep (CAN) BronzeW400 - Sanya Richards only manages BRONZE (runs slower than her semi, says hamstring problems)Rashid Ramzi claims GOLD in 1500 3:32 | Kiprop (KEN) Silver 3:33 | WILLIS (NZL) GET BRONZE 3:34M400 Semis - Merritt (44.12) and Wariner (44.15) fastest going into Final | Neville qualifies | Bahama's Chris Brown looks good (44.59)M200 Semis | 3 AMERICANS TO FINAL (Dix, Crawford, Spearmon) | Bolt too | Churandy Martina (4th in 100) | Brian Dzingai (ZIM, ran at FSU) | Will we see the Crawford of 2004? Can Bolt break another world record??W200 Semis - 3 Jamaicans/3 Americans to semis of W200 semis | Is this the making of another Jamaican sweep?MHJ - Russia 1-3 M100 - Robles (CUB), Oliver (USA), Payne (USA) all look good going into semis Day 4 | Results | Crack Recap | 5 Medals for US!! (Total=9)**USA SWEEPS 400H - ANGELO TAYLOR Gold!! (47.25PB)| Clement Silver, Batman Bronze*Brown-Trafton WDisc gets first Gold for USA in birds nestMSteeple Kipruto (KEN) 8:10 | FAM 13th (8:31) | race was even paced thru 2k (2:46-2:46-2:36)Isinbaeva breaks own WR in PV | Stuczynski gets silverKenya 1-2 in W800 | Jelimo breaks her WJR in 1:54.87 | Mutola 5th (1:57)Lolo Jones, Harper, Cherry all advance to 100H Finals | Jones sets PB 12.43M200 All players thru to semis | Bolt, Dix, Crawford, SpearmonW400H T Ross-Williams & Tosta both advance for US | Walker of JAM also thru110H Liu Xiang walks off track with inflamed achilles | Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNSTerrence Trammell out, pulls hammy (Trammell won Silver in Athens) | Robles and Oliver advance1st Round M400 3 American Qualify thru; Wariner, Merritt, Neville**Deena Kastor, X-Rays confirm broken right foot | Post Race Flotrack Interview Men's Olympic Marathon News | Kenya’s Robert Cheruiyot pulls out of Olympic marathonGoucher's moment of weakness Day 3 (evening session) | Results | Crack Recap | No Medals for US (Total=4)10k Bekele sets OR (27:01); last 1k in 2:27 | Geb 6th | Rupp 14th in 27:36.99, Abdirahman 16th 27:52.53, Torres 27th 28:13.93BERNARD LAGAT OUT OF 1500 (ran 3:37 and failed to qualify by .02 | 15 guys run 3:37)Lomong & Manzano both last in their 1500 semis | Willis thru to finalSanya Richards (49.90) fastest into finalJamaica 1-2-3 in the W100 Final! | L.Williams 4th; Muna Lee 5th; T.Edwards 8thNew WR in WSteeple!! Russia's Samitova-Galkina (8:58); wins by 9 secsBarringer 9th (9:22 New AR) | Willard 10th (9:25)All 3 Americans thru to next round of W400H Day 3 (morning session)Women Marathon - Deena Kaster and Lewy Boulet DNF, Dita takes Gold | Splits Day 2 | Saturday Results | Mark's Journey & Recap | 2 Medals for US (Total=4)M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | VIDEO | NCAA Champ Richard Thompson 2nd (9.89), Dix 3rd (9.91) | Powell a disappointing 5th (9.95) | Patton 8th | Tyson Gay out of 100m Finals, finishes 5th in semi, Quotes from Tyson after not qualifying400H - A Taylor, B Jackson, K Clement all thru to 400H Final; Taylor looked good @ 47.94Jelimo thru to 800 final (1:57); Mutola still in it (1:58), Article on Mutola in her 5th Oly FinalW100, all Americans and Jamaicans thru to semisUSA's Hyleas Fountain wins BRONZE in Hep (was in 2nd going into last event)FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17) Day 1 | Crack Recap | 2 Medals for USW10k Final, Shalane Flanagan wins Bronze Medal, sets new American record 30:22.22(Dibaba wins in OR time (29:54); Kim Smith 9th (30:51); Goucher 10th but sets PB 30:55; Begley 26th (32:38))Only 1 US Medal in Men's SP, Cantwell Silver | Hoffa 7th; Nelson NM Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/529-olympic-recap Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:08:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Yolanda Flamino/3687-crapshoot My running the past few weeks was more enjoyable, more impassioned, more free-flowing than it had been in a long time. I can’t exactly explain why and even less so put it eloquently into words, but there was deep bliss involved with it that was separate from any goals or ambitions I may have. I woke up each morning not just looking forward to the run, but craving it. I would have to distract my mind throughout the day, as I waited for my next run to roll around. This is not necessarily uncommon, but is often fueled by the fact that I am excited to train and work toward my goals. Although I still found myself being very goal orientated with many small benchmarks set each day, I felt my primary motivation came from another source, perhaps a more spiritual one where I was able to create a personal sanctuary on the trails and sidewalks of southeastern Michigan. I consistently felt a joy and peace that I believe some people spend their whole lives searching for and when they find it, figure it would be worth another hundred years of searching…and here I was, having it available to me daily. ? While all this may seem hollow and idealistic to an outsider and even seems more emotional than I am apt to let myself be, it was a lovely few weeks. This being said, I wasn’t running aimlessly chasing butterflies through meadows of wildflowers while hearing “The Sound of Music” in my head. I was training, with a set plan, and getting into very good shape. I felt fit and ready to start workouts. I improved my flexibility and core strength. I was sleeping well and on a regular schedule. I was very focused and motivated. I was taking time to be cautious and do injury prevention drills. I was doing the big things and the little things, all while feeling very within myself and not pushing the limits in this base-laying phase of my marathon build-up. ? But, just when you think you have hot dice on the table and are looking forward to the next roll, the table gets cold. That is, I had to walk home from a run the other day as something in my foot became unbearable and wouldn’t let up despite stopping to stretch a handful of times. That was last weekend and I’ve been able to run a total of two minutes and five seconds since. I’m still optimistic about my chances at a fall marathon, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that it’s also pretty heart wrenching, more so with each passing day. ? ? In a bout of irony, I was skimming through a book a few days prior and fell upon the following statement penned by Thomas Merton. He wrote, “To hope is to risk frustration. Therefore, make up your mind to risk frustration.” I probably could have just posted this quote since it sums up my situation nicely. My hopes were at an all time high; luckily the frustration has not yet risen to that point. I am doing my best to be patient and ride it out, as I am confident there is a reason for this, I just may not be aware of it yet and am sure it will work out for the best. But, at the moment, it is frustrating. I hoped, so it was a risk I was more than willing to take, for without hope life is dull, monotonous, and bleak. With the risk being known, I can’t complain, but only be thankful for the ability to hope and the enjoyable prior weeks of running. ? ? I have to add that I’m fortunate, as I was able to quickly get in and see a podiatrist, have x-rays taken, and receive sound advice as for the best way to proceed. I’ve been good about not testing it 18 times a day and making wise decisions about it. I’ve stayed on top of “rehabbing” it and have maintained a positive outlook. This is part of sport and makes the successes and highs all that more sweet. Hopefully I’ll be back on the road in a few more days and I can write about my workouts. Until then, roll the dice and keep the hope alive! Yolanda Flamino http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Yolanda Flamino/3687-crapshoot Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:01:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Magdalena Lewy/3680-post-race-reflection First off, I'd like to thank everyone for all their emails, letters and wishes before and after the race. I read them all and they all put a smile on my face. As most of you know, the race did not exactly end up the way I dreamed it would. When I arrived in the Olympic Village I slammed my knee pretty hard on a metal part of the arm of a seat in front of me as I was getting off a shuttle. It was pretty swollen for a few days, but after some anti-inflammatories and plenty of ice, the swelling went down and I regained most of my range of motion in the joint. I was able to do a workout and plenty of easy running on it, so well in fact that I actually stopped taking the anti-inflammatory medication. When I woke up the morning of my race, it had stiffened up again, but I had hoped that it would loosen up a few miles into the race, which it had done on some of my runs earlier. It never crossed my mind that I would not finish the race…it is the Olympics and I was going to go for it. Unfortunately, it only got worse the further I ran and I was forced to stop running at the 20k mark, just short of half way. This was the most difficult decision to make and an outcome that I will have to live with until the day I can redeem myself. To say that I'm disappointed doesn't begin to describe how I feel. There's nothing worse than being in great racing shape and having the opportunity taken away because of one tiny little accident. It's a very helpless feeling. There is very little that anyone can say or do at this point to make this feeling go away and I don't know what else I can do now but cry a bit, then move on to the next challenge. The marathon is a humbling race and it has humbled me during the most important time of my running career.I have learned a ton from this experience and most of all I have been reminded not to forget how magnificent the journey has been up to this point. Why did the injury happen a couple days after the greatest workout I have had in my entire running career? Who knows? But in time, I'll know. “Like the marathon journey unfolds before me, so do the circumstances of Life.” Jack Daniels reminded me today that “ very often something really good comes out of sad times; it's just a matter of finding it, or letting it find you.”For anyone who doesn't understand the lows in running… they don't know sport. Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on my experience at the Olympics, I will look at the opportunities that I gained instead of the opportunity that I lost.I met some incredible athletes from all over the world.I had a chance to spend some quality time with John Hays (Lopez Lomong’s coach) and Gags and talk about coaching.I enjoyed breakfast and dinner with Lagat, Lomong, Fam, Shalane her husband and her coach John Cook.I roomed in a suite with LoLo Johns and watched track events on TV with one of my favorite female sprinters Lauren Williams.I shared a taxi ride into town with Stephanie Brown Trafton who later won a gold medal in women’s discus.On my flight from the training camp in Dalian, I set next to our new USATF CEO Doug Logan, a sharp man with absolute passion for our sport, with whom I had a chance to converse about CAL and people we mutually know. Most of all, I had a true pleasure getting to know Blake Russell and her husband Jon. I am very happy that Blake had such a great race. She is an amazing athlete and she ran a very smart race. I am also very sorry that Deena did not get a chance to show the world how fit she was, but as she told me on the sweep up shuttle, “the fitness is there and we will get our chance to do something special with it soon.”All of these memories, good or bad, will remain with me forever and have enriched me not only as an athlete, but also as an individual. I will get myself well and come back ready to tackle the next big thing! Until next time… Chewy Lewy Magdalena Lewy http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Magdalena Lewy/3680-post-race-reflection Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:22:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72325 Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72325 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:24 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/528-usain-bolt-breaks-200m-world-record Usain Bolt dazzled the crowd once again with Dance moves and another World Record. The race was over at 100 meters and all that was still to be determined the home stretch was how fast the Bolt would run. Bolt did not disappoint, he crossed the line and broke Michael Johnson's 12 year record with a 19.30. The rest of the field was scattered over the ground while reggie blasted and Bolt danced. Usain Bolt has now set two World Records and won two gold medals but he still has one medal left to capture when the Jamaicans go head to head with the Americans in the 4x1.   Crawford and Dix take silver and Bronze, Spearmon gets DQ'ed for stepping on the lane lines. Pictures by Victah Sailer/Photorun.net Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/528-usain-bolt-breaks-200m-world-record Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:09:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Ryan Hall/3669-olympic-memories I have always dreamed about what the whole Olympic experience would be like. I have seen portrayals of the Olympics in many movies, the most memorable of which was "Cool Runnings," but to experience it for myself has been both exciting and boring. I know that "boring" wouldn't seem to be the adjective of choice when describing the Olympic experience, but the truth must be told that the Olympics is not all excitement, all the time for us athletes. I have been telling people that I want to go back to the Olympics sometime when I am not competing so I can get the full experience. My journey started nearly two weeks ago when I left my hometown in Big Bear after an exciting send off party held in my honor where nearly two thousand people turned out to support me. Upon arriving in San Jose for team processing I was surprised to learn that I was the only athlete going through team processing that day. I had pretty much the whole staff waiting on me, which made a four hour process go by in a little under an hour. I was the last of the nearly six hundred US Olympians to pick up all my gear, which meant that I had to settle for some oversized items, such as some size 44" cargo pants (I hope that I don't fit into those anytime soon). Even though processing was pretty much empty it was still exciting to finally get the official USA gear. It was surreal to try on the opening ceremonies gear. After a ridiculously early morning run I caught my flight to Beijing. As the plane descended into Beijing I got my first glimpse of China and thought to myself that I had way underestimated the pollution. I had been downplaying it to the media since I qualified in November but as I looked out over the thick haze I realized that I was wrong. But fortunately, since then I've heard that things have cleared up a lot and it doesn't seem to be a factor in any of the races, just as the Beijing Organizing Committee promised! After catching a crowded bus I entered the Olympic Village. The village definitely lived up to my Hollywood expectations of what an Olympic Village should be like. There were people from all over the world, speaking all different languages making their way through the intense security checkpoints. The Chinese people take excellent care of us here. They won't let you pick up your bags and escort you wherever you need to go. After settling into our spacious room I headed out for an easy shakeout jog. I have never sweat so much in my entire life. By the end of the 30-minute easy run I was dripping in sweat. I was glad that I was there 2 ½ weeks early to get used to the humidity. I had practiced in warm temperatures and over dressed in practice but there was nothing I could have done to totally prepare for this level of humidity besides getting over here early to make the adjustment. Now that I have been here for nearly two weeks, I am used to the humidity and the extra sweating that comes with it. The weather isn't something I lose too much sleep over because I know that there is nothing I can do about it. It is going to be what it is going to be on the day. It might be super hot and humid or it might be cool, or anywhere in between. I will be ready for whatever comes. After my run I was secretly wishing that I had brought my opening ceremonies gear so I could walk. I hadn't brought it because the pre-determined plan was to avoid the exhausting process that walking in the opening ceremonies entails. I tried to watch the opening ceremonies on TV from the village but it was only on in Chinese so I had no idea what was going on. I figured that I could watch it when I got home. I was ready for bed by the time the ceremonies started so I decided to retire. When I woke up in the morning I lost all regret about not running in the ceremonies. After a good night of sleep I was feeling good and ready to resume training. Then when I talked to teammates who did walk and learned that they had to leave at 5pm and didn't get back till after 1 am, I was especially glad that I passed on the opening ceremonies. I heard many stories about the extreme heat and standing that made me glad to not be there. With that said, I would love to watch the opening ceremonies some time from the stadium. It looked like an amazing show from what I did catch on the TV replay segments. So that first 24 hours concludes the exciting portion of my Olympic experience thus far. The next day we flew to Dalian where we are staying in a really nice and secluded resort hotel right on the beach. Everything here is great: the food, the people, the staff, the rooms, and the security. It is not the place that is not exciting rather it is the nature of the marathon. These last few weeks are basically filled with a lot of resting. I don't think I have ever spent this much time in a hotel room and I certainly have never watched so much of the Olympics. I am really glad that Sara decided to join me here in Dalian otherwise I would certainly be going crazy by now. Training has been going well since being here. With every day that passes my legs feel better and better. It is only when I taper that I realize how tired my legs have been during the past three months of hard training. I am grateful to return to Beijing tomorrow healthy and ready to give it a good run on Sunday. I feel like I am returning to the village right at the perfect time. I have had good training and plenty of rest in a low- key environment. Now the excitement of the village will certainly get me "up" for the Olympic marathon on Sunday. It still hasn't really set in what awaits me. As I think about the marathon I know that as big of a deal as it is, I need to get back to the basics and approach it with the same goals that I have for each and every workout. I get nervous when I start thinking about my competitors and how the race is going to play out but it calms me to center my focus back on what running is all about for me: using my gift to praise God by pouring myself out. The deepest desire of my heart is not to win gold but to walk away from the finish knowing that I praised God with all my heart by going all out. Thank you for all of your support!Ryan P.S. Check out ryanhall.org, and join me in what's even greater than gold! Ryan Hall http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Ryan Hall/3669-olympic-memories Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:31:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72296 Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72296 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:50 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72294 Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72294 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:51 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72292 Team Theme Song Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/72292 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:15:02 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170777/44193 Pictures from the Day 4 of the 2008 Olympics including the Mens 400H, 10k medals, pole vault and discus. Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170777/44193 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:53:41 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Jenny Barringer/3660-post-season-bliss-with-sprinkles-on-top Ni-hao, The morning after my 2am recap of my race I woke up at 6:30 bright-eyed and ready to make the trek over to BNU where my coach has been staying. I caught a bus an hour later and bounced in my seat like a 5-year-old anxious for the warm welcome of a proud coach. My expectations were met when I saw Mark in the lobby and he was indeed very happy with my race and with my whole season. We communed over breakfast before he caught his Chicago-bound plane later in the afternoon. More importantly, Mark was Buffalo-bound. His mind is always with his team. I respect that and was happy to see him returning to Boulder quickly to rejoin our beloved Cross Country team as they commence a new season. A little sad too though because it was the first real indication that this fairy-tale trip is beginning to wrap up. Now, I'm enjoying the "post-race bliss" as a former coach of mine put it in an e-mail to me. It's even more than post-race, it's post-season. I'm actually taking a short break and not running while I enjoy being more of a tourist here in Beijing. I spent my first free day with two of my family members that traveled here to watch my race. They were only able to be here in Beijing for one night so I wanted to make the most of my one day with them. I left directly from BNU to meet up with my family and travel to the Great Wall. The Wall was so much fun and a must-do for any China trip. I went to a section of the wall that requires a ski-lift to get up to and then includes the thrill of a toboggan ride down the slope! I took a ton of pictures and really enjoyed catching up with my family a little bit. There was a point where I decided to go ahead because I wanted to climb further on the wall and I was going to come straight back when I had had my fill. Well, I managed on a straight wall to get lost (no surprise to Heather). I somehow managed to pass my family on the way back and walked way beyond where they were waiting for me. So, the end result was me getting to walk a very large section of the wall TWICE. Now, that doesn't seem like an adequate punishment for my unwillingness to pay attention to where I am but I assure you, if you've ever climbed the steps of that wall, you will feel sympathetic. By the time I finally found them I had definitely had my fill of the Great Wall as far as climbing it goes. It was beautiful though and a special highlight of my whole trip here. After that we went to lunch (traditional Chinese and my family speaks Chinese so it was a special treat!) and then to a market. We bargained for kites and again just enjoyed being together and connecting in a foreign country. Last, we traveled back to Beijing to spend the evening there and the finale was a traditional pekin duck dinner. It was scrumptious and fabulous Chinese family-style where we shared tons of dishes and ingredients on a lazy-suzan in the middle of the table. And, I was excited to show off my chop-stick skills. The whole experience of interacting with the Chinese a little more in their own element because I was with native speakers was a wonderful gift. I even learned a few phrases and got to try them out. I asked where the bathroom was all by myself! I also learned how to say "See you tomorrow" and impressed the cute Chinese girl that stands at our door at night when I came in later that evening. Today I was pretty spent from all of the action yesterday so I let myself sleep in and enjoyed a lazy day of phone calls home, sauntering to and from meals, reading, and writing letters. In the evening I went to the track to watch my roommates run, Shalane and Sanya. I got another cool and unexpected adventure. My family told me they ran into some people from Winter Park, Florida when they were in the Bird's Nest and that they had a number for me to call if I was interested in hooking up with them. I called them tonight when I got to the track to see if they might be watching the events at the stadium. It ended up being Donny, a member of the oh-so-memorable (and dominant) men's WPHS cross-country team of '05 and his brother and father. I ended up sitting with them to watch the rest of the meet. We caught up and shared some Beijing stories. It was a lot of fun to make that connection again and I look forward to maybe running into them again before we both take off to the States. This has been a trip full of all kinds of anticipated thrills but the icing has been those unexpected meetings, connections, stories, and adventures. While I knew being a part of the Olympic Team and representing the USA would leave me with lifetime memories, this trip has been sprinkled with additional surprises like meeting up with my family and Donny. In ten years when I go back to this blog or my journal to taste some precious moments, the sprinkles will be the best part. Jenny Barringer http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Jenny Barringer/3660-post-season-bliss-with-sprinkles-on-top Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Gabe Jennings/3657-cuba I find myself right off the capitol of Habana at the Inglaterra hotel blogging through the internet world. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind adventure, and the adventure continues. . . After a glorious road trip back from San Francisco at my Orff training, I made my way home to Mendocino to visit the folks. We went canoeing up the Big River on outgoing riggers, then we almost burnt down the sauna I built next to the house (flu fire)! Hay Dios! Next, Kelsey and I stopped off at Fickle Hill in Arcata to visit long time friend and benefactor, Dave Figueiredo. The next morning we drove all the way from Arcata to Elk Lake on the eastern side of the Cascades just south of Mt. Bachelor! We made a brief rendezvous with Jeff Hess and the Eugene South Cross Country team at the pre-season camp, before heading home to Eugene. However, I wasn't home for long. I almost spontaneously decided to go to Cuba to study Afro-Cuban dance and drumming. August 15, I left Portland PDX airport for Guadalajara, stopping in Mexico City, and finally after a 5 hour layover and almost losing my luggage, losing my immigration form, and buying two visas for Cuba, I made a flight to Habana Cuba, August 16. When I arrived in the Habana airport at 1pm I was rudely awakened to the fact that I had no American Dollars as I had used up the last of my cash buying two visas and a new authorized immigration form. I searched the airport for hours in vain, asking everybody at the banks, tourist office, and airlines (in Spanish mind you) how in the world I was going to get some money to make the 30 mile journey into Habana. Everybody I asked shook their head and said, "Hay ningun lugar en Cuba donde alguien puede usar tarjetas de credito o de banco para cambiar dinero desde Estados Unidos." I guess since 2006, when the US fully cut off financial transactions to Cuba there is no way for an American to draw money. No Way! My first visit to Cuba was in 1997 for the junior Pan American Games. I placed second to fellow American and soon to be Stanford team mate, Michael Stember in the 1500m. Oh the memories!! Thomas Murley, Michael and I had a few wild evenings in the Pan American village, and one notable evening at a Habana night club. I managed to smuggle home 9 boxes of Cuban cigars which funded the last summer before college and Stanford, and my spending money freshman year. My next visit to Cuba was in 2002 right before my short stay in NYC and my bicycle trip to Brazil. I only stayed for two weeks, but I improved my Spanish and studied congas with a few master drummers in el centro. Now, 6 years later, Cuba has changed, and I have changed, and I am mature enough to completely immerse my self in the culture and music (sacred dance de Orisas, llama Bata). The past few weeks I have slowly begun the transition into running, and no better place than Cuba to get completely geared up and prepared for the long season ahead. As I watch the Olympics from Cuba I have mixed emotions. Extreme elation to watch my teammates, but also extreme sadness that I am not at the Games. Extreme disappointment that I have failed as a runner and a human being. The road ahead is very long and very hard, but redemption will come and I am determined to leave the sport a champion. Tuesday I have a meeting with Lazaro Nopoles, the Cuban Jr. coach, at the Estadio pedro Marrero, where most of the elite Cuban athletes train. I am hoping to be an ambassador for Cuban Track and Field and Cuba in general during this important transition between the United States and Cuba as the Fidel Castro regime slowly takes leave of its control. As for finances. I pray that the Western Union will come through for me tomorrow. Otherwise, I will probably be stuck on this island forever. God Bless! Gabriel Gabe Jennings http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Gabe Jennings/3657-cuba Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:46:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/527-jelimo-dominates-takes-first-ever-kenyan-womens-gold By Bob Ramsak(c) 2008 TRACK PROFILE Report, all rights reserved (used with permission)BEIJING (18-Aug) -- Continuing one of the most spectacular rises from obscurity that the sport has witnessed in recent years, Kenyan teenager Pamela Jelimo ran away with the Olympic 800m title tonight at Beijing's National Stadium.With the year's five fastest performances and with eight victories in as many races this season, Jelimo was the overwhelming favourite to take the gold, and she hardly disappointed, clocking 1:54.87, her fourth World junior record of the summer. Notably, the 18-year-old claimed the first ever Olympic gold medal for Kenya in an event she first contested on the 19th of April this year."It makes me very happy to be the first for Kenya," said Jelimo. "I'm still young and I'm looking forward to doing better. Maybe I can be the best again."In Olympic lore, she made an immediate impact. She succeeded 1968 champion Madeline Manning as the youngest-ever champion, and her performance has only been bettered by two women in Olympic competition, Nadezhda Olizarenko and Olga Mineyeva of the Soviet Union, who ran 1:53.43 (then a World record) and 1:54.81, respectively, at the 1980 Games in Moscow.Her Kenyan teammate Janeth Jepkosgei, the reigning World champion, took the lead from the outset, and held on for second, in 1:56.07, with Hasna Benhassi (1:56.73) of Morocco closing fast to follow up her Athens silver with Beijing bronze.In her fifth consecutive Olympic final, 2000 gold medallist Maria Mutola settled for fifth, with a season's best 1:57.68.  She was in position to medal entering the final turn, but faded in the sprint for home."I'm pleased," said Mutola, who at 35 is almost double Jelimo's age.  "But it would have been better if I could have finished on the podium.  But you know, I did my best."Jelimo's gold was the second for Kenya here tonight.  In their signature event, the men's 3000m steeplechase, they snatched gold and bronze, with a little known Frenchman in between.  The Kenyans had hoped for a podium sweep like last summer in Osaka, but instead had to "settle" for the ninth Kenyan steeplechase title in the last 11 Olympic games.The man in the middle, Mahledine Mekhissi-Benabbad, used a relentless homestretch charge that will be perhaps more memorable than world champion Brimin Kipruto's 8:10.34 victory.  Timing his late race surge perfectly, Mekhissi-Benabbad forced his way through Kipruto and teammate Richard Mateelong with less than 50 meters to go to take unexpected silver in 8:10.49.The slate for tomorrow's Day-5 action on the track includes the finals in the men's 1500m (sans reigning world champion Bernard Lagat), and 10,000m medalists Tirunesh Dibaba and Shalane Flanagan will compete in the first round of the 5000m.ENDS Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/527-jelimo-dominates-takes-first-ever-kenyan-womens-gold Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:57:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/524-dii-2008-xc-preview The leaves have yet to change but fall sports are beginning. This weekend, collegiate athletes across the nation are attending preseason camps or moving back onto campus. With the unofficial start of the fall cross-country season, it is time to preview what is to come and to speculate the outcome. There are sure to be new names, faster times, and plenty of excitement in this upcoming season. (Readers are encouraged to post constructive and respectful comments).   The Division II National Cross Country championship will take place on November 22 and will be held by Slippery Rock University at Coopers Campground in Pennsylvania. It is certain that a new champion will be crowned in the men’s race since last year’s winner, Abilene Christian’s Nicodemus Naimadu, graduated. The two potential runners who look poised to take this year’s title are last year’s second place finisher, Adams State’s Aaron Braun, or Chico State’s Scott Bauhs, who made the USA men’s world cross country team and competed in the USA Olympic Trials in the 10k.  Without their top runner, and with the retirement of Coach Derek Hood, it will be interesting to see if Abilene Christian’s men team can repeat with another team title. Either team that tied for second last year, Adams State or Western, could step up and take it.  As the season progresses, we are sure to see more runners and teams added to the list of potential national champions.   Last year’s women’s champion, Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler, is coming off an injury from this previous track season, while second place finisher, Abilene Christan’s Winrose Karunde, is coming off a successful spring season winning both the DII title in the 10k and the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Still, it could prove to be a tight race between these two competitors. Last year’s women’s team champion, Adams State, lost three of their top runners to graduation, including their top finisher Tanya Gaurmer. Last year’s second place team was Seattle Pacific, who lost their head coach Doris Heritage; however, Heritage has agreed to stay on as assistant coach for the 2008 season. Grand Valley, Chico State, and Cal State Los Angeles were all in the top five last year and could potentially vie for the team championship.   The season’s early meets are often a good indicator of which teams and individuals will be contenders for the national titles.   The Memphis Twilight (September 13) is one of the earlier meets of the season and should provide a good look at many of the southern DII schools, including Harding and University of Alabama Huntsville. The Stanford Invitational (September 27) is one of the most prestigious meets of the season and will give us an opportunity to see such west coast teams such as Chico State and Seattle Pacific. Moving into the mid-part of the season, there are several key meets that should give us a good indication of how teams are progressing.  The OSU Cowboy Jamboree (October 4), hosted by Oklahoma State University, will gather many of the strong southwest teams, including Abilene Christian and New Mexico Highlands.  The Slippery Rock Invitational (October 4) will be an important benchmark. As I stated earlier, Slippery Rock will be hosting the DII Nationals XC championships this year making the Slippery Rock Invitational the place where many teams will preview the national course. These teams include UC San Diego, Augusta State, and Lockhaven. Cara Hawkins http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/524-dii-2008-xc-preview Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170567/44193 Pictures from the Day 3 of the 2008 Olympics (17 Aug 08) including the Mens 10k, Womens Steeplechase, 100H, Womens 100, Womens Marathon by Victah Sailer/Photorun.net Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170567/44193 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:22:29 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170423/44193 Pictures of the 400H, 100m Dash including the world record sprint by Jamaican Usain Bolt, 800 semis, Hep, 400 prelims, Steeplechase from the 2008 Olympics Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170423/44193 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:58:12 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170293/44193 From the Birds nest, 100m qualifying rounds, steeplechase, shot put and womens 10k. Pictures by Victah Sailer/Photorun.net Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album/170293/44193 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:17:17 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234074-olympic-revolution-live-beijing-daily-report 2008 Olympics Olympic Revolution LIVE 2008 US Olympians Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234074-olympic-revolution-live-beijing-daily-report Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:19:35 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234071-falmouth-mile-road-race Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234071-falmouth-mile-road-race Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:11:55 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234068-boulder-running-camps Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234068-boulder-running-camps Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:36:48 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234063-2008-international-athletics-meeting-herculis-monaco-grand-prix Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234063-2008-international-athletics-meeting-herculis-monaco-grand-prix Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:10:25 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234059-memorial-lon-buyle Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234059-memorial-lon-buyle Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:33:40 -0500