Monday Morning Coffee Talk

Jan 19, 2014 by Mitch Kastoff

Monday Morning Coffee Talk
Flotrack news and links for January 20th, 2014

Happy Monday Flotrack! The NFL playoffs were yesterday but I wouldn't know anything about the game because the lead story, on Twitter mostly, was the Seahawks' Richard Sherman. My goodness people: it's like you've never seen the Ultimate Warrior give an interview. Anyway, half of our Twitter followers think he's a thug and half think he's a saint. You know what? I'm sick of it. I'm not going to talk about Richard Sherman on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Nope. No way.

What I will talk about is the fact that it's Alex Lohr's birthday! His mom sent us some amazing pictures of him from his younger days as a gymnast, which I'm pretty sure would ruin his birthday if I shared them with you.

And now the "news"

Sir Christopher Chataway obituary - The Guardian

I just want you to read the following quotes and think about what'll be in your obituary:

"Chataway claimed he trained for no more than an hour a day, for six months a year. He smoked cigarettes then and, after he broke the world record for the 5,000m in October 1954, his Russian rivals were surprised to see him lighting a large cigar at the reception." - The Guardian

"Chataway started running again in his late 50s. At 64, he ran a 5:48 mile on the Iffley Road track, his first race there since Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile. John Hartley, Chataway’s television colleague, said Chataway had told him that as he stood on the starting line this time, he calculated that in the 41 years between those two miles, he had absorbed 400 pounds of tobacco and 7,000-plus liters of wine." - The New York Times

O'Hare chases medals to make name known at home - Herald Scotland

You're telling me a guy who I've only seen in either (1) a running kit or (2) Scottish kilt is making bold predictions? Good for O'Hare.

Lolo Jones & Lauryn Williams Sochi Bound - Flotrack

I swear to all that is holy, if someone makes one more Cool Runnings joke before Sochi - one more - I turn myself into a fear-powered ghoul of eternal darkness. Then, my tainted spirit will return to Earth and not only haunt you for all of eternity, but your family, your family's family, and so on until the end of time.

Keflezighi, Burla Score Convincing Wins at USA Half-Marathon Championsips - Flotrack

Meb just ran 61:23 at age 38. You know what I hope to do in an hour's time at age 38? I hadn't really thought of it since that whole "tainted spirit" thing seems sort of appealing.

Philly a very long shot for Olympics - Philly.com

Throwing snowballs at Santa Claus should automatically disqualify you from hosting the Olympics. Game, set, match.

Light. Strong. Nike Flyknit - Nike