For a few years after her career at Arizona State, 10-time All-American Amy Hastings waffled. “It seemed like no matter what I did, I couldn’t get things right,” said Hastings at a roundtable media session on Thursday. Questionable choices, bad moves, doubt and indecision; overtrained and overweight at the same time. Do I really want
Deena Kastor wasn’t sure she would ever come back. She wasn’t even sure she would want to. A three-time Olympian and 2004 silver medalist in the marathon, Kastor was 35 when she broke her foot – it sounded like “a Popsicle stick breaking and feathering” – while running the 2008 Olympic marathon in Beijing. She
Many of the top contenders met with media from around the world during an afternoon of round table interview sessions. Below are highlights from some of the participants: Nick Arciniaga Arciniaga has dealt with injury in the fall and had a relatively short build up to the trials, but he is reassured that he has
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Beginning tomorrow January 12 through the 14th, the Houston Marathon Committee will be hosting Trials Town , a FREE, fun and exciting three-day interactive fan festival for all ages in celebration of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon being held for the first time in Houston. Everyone is welcome, and it will be a grand time
With about 500 meters to go in the Boston Marathon last April, Desiree Davila took the lead. The crowd lining Boylston Street went berserk. The television announcers were agog. Longtime reporters in the press room gasped. An American woman had not won the Boston Marathon in 26 years. An American woman had not even been
Jenel Ed Age: 28 Occupation: Admissions Counselor at HBU Hometown: Richmond, TX Marathons completed: this will be her first For Jenel Ed, her reasons for running are “less visible to the eye” because they’re beneath the surface of things. However, the positive outcomes can be seen clearly in her life. She says “there are things
The broad shoulders, the gleaming smile, the tan, the tousled blond hair – Brett Gotcher looks like he should be surfing off the coast of his native California. And for good reason: Gotcher, 27, grew up surfing in Watsonville, known as home to vast fields of strawberries and abundant great waves. It’s only 26 miles
Eder Reyes Age: 28 Hometown: Houston, TX Marathons: His first This year’s Chevron Houston Marathon is special to Eder because he “will be running his first marathon alongside his three uncles.” He and his uncles have already successfully completed two races together, both of which were half marathons. Their first half marathon was last year’s
