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January 2012

U.S. Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon Fast Facts

FAST FACTS U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon Houston, TX, Saturday, January 14, 2012 Downtown 8 mile loop course – 3 laps with 2.2 mile loop before main course Weather: sunny, clear Temperature: 40F (start); 57F (finish) Wind: WSW 9-12 mph Qualifiers = 225 Declared = 188 Starters = 183 Finishers = 152 Prize

Athlete Quotes: Dathan Ritzenhein and Deena Kastor

Dathan Ritzenhein (4th) I felt great early on. Training had gone really well. My body felt good until about 17 miles, then I started getting spasms in my hamstrings. I had to check off a little bit and those three got away. I was just trying to hold it together. Somebody told me I was

U.S. Men’s Olympic Trial Marathon Fast Facts

FAST FACTS U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon Houston, TX, Saturday, January 14, 2012 Downtown 8 mile loop course – 3 laps with 2.2 mile loop before main course Weather: sunny, clear Temperature: 39F (start); 54F (finish) Wind: WSW 9-12 mph Qualifiers = 158 Declared = 113 Starters = 111 Finishers = 85 Prize

Keflezighi; Flanagan win U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon

Two of the fastest races in Olympic Marathon Trials history took place on the same day Saturday in Houston as the six men and women who will represent Team USA in London earned their way on the squad. Shalane Flanagan set an Olympic Trials record of 2:25:38 in only her second marathon, while Meb Keflezighi earned

Chevron Houston Marathon Kicks Off 40th-Anniversary Bash

More than 28,000 runners will take the streets of Houston on Sunday as the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and El Paso Corporation 5K top off perhaps the biggest weekend of road racing ever seen in this country. "The entire racing industry has descended on Houston this weekend," said Wade Morehead, executive director

Quick Takes from Four Favorites

It’s almost the big day, and every runner in the Olympic Marathon Trials has their own perfect race-day scenario. Take a look at what four top contenders – Ryan Hall, Desiree Davila, Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan – have to say about theirs.               http://olympictrials.runnersworld.com/2012/01/12/ryan-hall-pre-race-qa/        

Friday Morning Roundtable Excerpts: Linda Somers Smith

On why she didn’t run the first Olympic Marathon Trials for women, in 1984, even though she had qualified:  “I was really focused on law school and I was hurt. Running was never my priority. Looking back on it I would probably should have just gone and stumbled through it, but it wasn't really my

Friday’s Olympic Trials Audio Files

Here are the audio files recorded from Friday's Press Conferences and Round Table Interviews with... Frank Shorter [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Frank_Shorter_Jan13_2012.mp3" preload="true"] Bill Rodgers [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Bill_Rodgers_Jan13_2012-10_02_00AM.mp3" preload="true"]