Friday Morning Coffee Talk
Flotrack news and links for January 10th, 2014


Happy Friday Flotrack! Here at the Flotrack HQ, the slow news week makes us debate important and life-changing topics. Like, when does bread become toast? When it goes in the toaster? When it goes from soft to crunchy?

And now the "news"

One person has contacted me regarding Kara Goucher story asking if I can elaborate on choice of name for her son, Colt. cc: @karagoucher

— Sara Germano (@germanotes) January 9, 2014

The "Knockout" game makes me lose faith in humanity

It's not so funny when two "wimpy" runners give you a beat down. It's also not so funny when you get charged with assault.

More: Was Lancaster Community Safety Coalition supervisor victim of violent 'knockout game'? - Lancaster Online

The London Marathon matchup is kind of like dating

I already have enough heartbreak in my life. Here's how this one played out. Mo Farah and Kenenisa Bekele drop subtle hints that they'll both be racing London. Heck, they even explicitly flirted with the idea on social media. Then boom - they rip my heart out like in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom and make me watch as they stomp on it. Thanks, guys.

More: Bekele to debut in Paris Marathon - Flotrack

British discus thrower Lawrence Okoye still playing (American) football

Physique like Hercules, British record holder, accepted to Oxford University to read law, playing with the 49ers, and he's just 22-years old? Well I feel like a useless sack of crap.

More: Lawrence Okoye: Jack of all trades defying sporting law - BBC