Workouts at Nike helping Alan Webb regain his form.

“I appreciate every step now, more than ever,” says Webb, 27. “I don’t take it for granted anymore, that’s for sure.

“It’s fun being out here, getting into the rhythm of the training. It makes me even more confident and more excited about racing.”

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Former Cal star Alysia Johnson, already enjoying her finest season on the track, grabbed a piece of the international spotlight Friday by running a world-leading time of 1 minute, 57.34 seconds to win the 800 meters at the Herculis Diamond League meet in Monaco.

Johnson's wire-to-wire victory — she crossed 10 meters ahead of runner-up Jemma Simpson of Great Britain — vaulted her to fifth on the all-time U.S. list in the two-lap event.

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Hall never moved to the front of the pack until about the five-mile mark of the annual race through the streets of Davenport, but once he did, it looked as though the other runners were running in quick sand.

The 27-year-old marathon star from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., pulled away in the final two miles to easily claim the U.S. 7-mile championship and the accompanying $12,000 first prize.

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The pinnacle of her most successful professional year came last weekend, when she crushed her career-best time in the 5,000-meter run by about 14 seconds in a high-profile Diamond League meet in Paris. Only three American women in history have had better times than Huddle's effort of 14 minutes, 51.84 seconds.

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Alysia Johnson is on her way back.

The former Cal star, who has worked to regain her form since the lead-up to the 2008 Olympics, captured the national title in the 800-meter run Sunday at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Des Moines, Iowa.

Johnson, who swept the NCAA and USA outdoor titles as a Cal junior in 2007, ran 1 minute, 59.87 seconds to hold off Soquel native Maggie Vessey (2:00.43). Johnson was just seventh at this meet a year ago after being sidelined by a foot injury during the '08 Olympic trials.

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Lauryn Williams admits that an update from her world has been a long time coming. Here is a brief look at what she has been up to over the last three months, including getting to meet one of the sport's all-time greats.

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Jennifer Barringer is ‘flying high’ as the US steeplechase record holder. She spoke to spikesmag.com about how training with the Air Force Academy has helped launch her career skywards. 

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Kim Smith is the New Zealand record holder at 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000
meters outdoor. In 2010, Kim added Kiwi records at the half marathon and
marathon. Her first marathon, a miscue after having only trained for a few weeks
after injuries and sickness, was NY in 2009.

Fully prepared, Kim Smith ran a strong race at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon,
running a fine 2:25:21 for eighth place! Afterwards, Kim Smith told RBR, she was
"happy but tired." from the race. Pretty normal reaction.

We caught up with Kim last week, and thanks to the wonders of the I-pod, sent her questions, to which she quickly responded. Here is that interview:

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"It wasn't great by anyone's standards but I just needed to get running again because I've had a niggle in my Achilles," she said.

"I've had the past two weeks of not running and I've found I really need to run in order to feel good and feel like an athlete.

"It did the job but it wasn't much fun. I was hoping not to have to lead, so when I was ahead, I didn't know what to do. I thought I'll push on and see how I feel but with five laps to go I felt a bit ropey and that's not always a good sign.

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All Andrew Carlson wants to do is race.

Even after running a dozen or so miles on a Saturday morning, he's still in a racing mood, willing to race the nearest person any intermittent distance.

That mentality is a big factor in his success, yet it might also be his biggest detriment.

Sometimes, Carlson just runs too much.

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