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Note on the News: Runner and Coach Overcome Adversity

Posted June 7th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

A very nice profile of Blake Russell and her coach Bob Sevene by journalist Liz Robbins is posted on the website of the New York Times. Russell is in New York to run tomorrow’s NYRR New York Mini 10-K along with the other two USA Olympic women’s marathon team members, Deena Kastor and Magdalena Lewy Boulet.

You can read Liz’s story at this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/sports/othersports/07runner.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
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Note on the News: U.S. athletes miss payday to run Olympic marathon trials

Posted July 16th, 2007 at 7:09 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

Writing for the New York Times, reporter Liz Robbins explores how American marathoners must bypass potentially lucrative appearance fees in order to compete in their respective U.S. Olympic Team Trials marathons. You can read the story here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/sports/othersports/14marathon.html

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