Gabby Thomas: "equal opportunity doping hater"
Gabby Thomas, second in the World Ultimates 200m in 21.77, told reporters in Budapest she is an "equal opportunity doping hater" and that anyone who recognizes themselves in it can draw their own conclusions. Elsewhere, three reviewers dropped verdicts in one day, including the Saucony Endorphin Speed 6 at $175.
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Gabby Thomas calls herself an "equal opportunity doping hater" in Budapest
After finishing runner-up in the 200m at World Ultimates in 21.77, Thomas expanded on comments she made last summer via Instagram about coaches with doping histories and the athletes who choose to work with them. She named nobody. In the full interview she said she got a few phone calls and a lot of comments behind her back after speaking up last year, and that being an Olympic champion gave her the platform to do it.
I am an equal opportunity doping hater, meaning that if you are actively doping in the sport, I do take issue with that
if you look at yourself and you think that's what you're doing, then so be it.
Races and results
Fifth Avenue milers pile on Ingebrigtsen, Spencer calls him a sore loser
Spencer, third in 3:46, said Ingebrigtsen was a bit of a sore loser and that if he had won there would have been no issue. Langon, who won in 3:45, said Hocker got checked and did nothing about it. Hoare was asked about Ingebrigtsen's "coward" comments in his own interview, and also had shoe trouble, racing the mile in marathon shoes.
I think Yako was a bit of a sore loser to be honest.
Hey, Cole got checked and didn't do nothing about it. So if you like if you're about it, like go go go say something back, but he didn't.
Shoes and fuel
Endorphin Speed 6 lands October 15 at $175, kofuzi says it is a threshold shoe
kofuzi says the Endorphin Speed 6 is 38mm of stack with an 8mm drop and 226 grams in a US men's 9, on new PWRRun PBX foam with a full-length semi-rigid plate. He loves it at threshold pace and finds it "a little bit firm" for daily miles, and points out the Speed 5 is $130 right now. The Run Testers call the Tracksmith Eliot Ryder (45mm heel, 295g, $220) the best Tracksmith shoe yet but priced above the market standard even for a max-cushion trainer. Believe in the Run gives the 361 Degrees Kairos 4 ($140, 292g, 35mm/28mm, 7mm drop) a C for performance and a D for design.
I'd love to see it a little bit cheaper, like 160 would be an excellent price for this shoe
I really like this shoe. I like how it looks. I like how it performs. I like the versatility of it.
This shoe is slow and unexciting.
Worth a glance
Official Nike Alphafly 4 images surface on Reddit
A r/RunningShoeGeeks post is circulating official images of the Nike Alphafly 4. The post gives no weight, stack height, price or release date.
Boston Marathon entries opened, everyone is guessing the cutoff
Boston Marathon entries opened, and one r/AdvancedRunning poster says they have 7:44 under their qualifying standard to play with. The thread is asking where the cutoff lands this year.
LetsRun says Jefferson-Wooden's 21.47 may be the best 200m ever run
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's 21.47 in Budapest is officially the fourth-fastest women's 200m ever, but LetsRun argues that adjusted for wind and altitude it ties for the fastest. She ran it into a headwind in cool conditions.
Lucy Gossage runs the 268-mile Pennine Way in under three days
Gossage finished the approximately 268-mile Pennine Way on September 8 in 2 days, 22 hours and 47 minutes, the first woman under three days. That beat Anna Troup's 2021 women's supported mark by 1 hour and 59 minutes.