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Lewy-Boulet Maintains Huge Lead, Kastor Breaks Away From Pack
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 9:03 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Ten miles into the 2008 USA Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston, the temperature was now 51°F. Magdalena Lewy-Boulet had just passed the hairpin turn again, so she was able get a good look at the trail pack. She looked down at her watch to check her time, maybe in disbelief that she had a […]
Lewy-Boulet Continues To Open Gap In Olympic Trials Marathon
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 9:01 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet was running a 2:30:24 marathon pace through mile 6. The Polish-born immigrant who became an American citizen on 9/11/01, was running this race in honor of the thousands of her compatriots who died that day. She had a 1:18 lead on the chase pack. Coming up on mile 7, one who have expected […]
Lewy Boulet Continues to Lead at 10 miles
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jared Markowitz
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
Magdalena Lewy Boulet continues to lead the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Marathon 10 miles into the race.
Lewy Boulet ran 5:33, 5:50, 5:42 for her last 3 miles and continues to lead by about 1:26. Lewy Boulet, as are many women in the field, is a great story. She’s actually a Polish […]
Lewy Boulet leads, tight pack about a minute back at 6 miles
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 8:45 AM by Jared Markowitz
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
Magdalena Lewy Boulet continues to lead 6 miles into the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Marathon with the pack about 1:13 back.
Lewy Boulet’s splits for the 4th and 5th miles were 5:26, 5:43. Deena Kastor, Elva Dryer, Mary Akor, and Blake Russell have begun to assert themselves at the front of a 12 […]
Olympic Marathon Trials: Lewy-Boulet Opens Gap From the Start
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 8:33 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons
The 2008 USA Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials began with good conditions:
48°F
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 80%
Wind: From E at 8 mph
Accompanied by her bicycle escort, Polish immigrant Magdalena Lewy-Boulet opened up a gap almost from the start. By mile 1, she had a 17-second separation from the trail pack, which included American record holder Deena Kastor, who was […]
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Marathon is Underway
Posted April 20th, 2008 at 8:09 AM by Jared Markowitz
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics, Live Race Coverage
… And they’re off!
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials- Women’s Marathon is underway with the three spots on the U.S. Olympic team on the line. M
agdalena Lewy Boulet got out to a fast start and had a 17 second lead about 1.5 miles in. Lewy Boulet split 6:03, 5:47, 17:29 for her […]
MarathonGuide.com Has Excellent Trials Entry List
Posted April 19th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Our friends at MarathonGuide.com have created a robust annotated start list for tomorrow’s USA Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon in Boston.
You can see it at this abbreviated link: http://tinyurl.com/4mc8hy
For more news, analysis, interviews, videos, and results from the 2008 Boston Marathon and USA Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials, please visit: http://boston.thefinalsprint.com/
In addition, check […]
Russell Hopes for Elusive Olympic Team Berth
Posted April 18th, 2008 at 5:00 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
Some four years ago on a warmish day in St. Louis, Blake Russell was competing in the biggest race of her life, the 2004 USA Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon. Right from the gun, she stepped on the gas, motoring through the first 10 km in a snappy 33:33. She quickly built […]
Deena Kastor Pre-Olympic Trials Teleconference Excerpts
Posted April 18th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
The United States Olympic Committee and USA Track & Field on Friday hosted a media teleconference with 2008 U.S. Olympic Team hopeful Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) to preview the upcoming 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Marathon in Boston, Mass., April 20.
Kastor has had a storied career as an American distance runner. In 2006, she became […]
TFS News Briefs: Olympic Trials Edition: 4/18/08
Posted April 18th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics, TFS News Briefs
Profile of Hansons-Brooks Distance Project
All five members of the Michigan-based Hansons-Brooks Distance Project women’s team have qualified for Sunday’s Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston. Dot McMahon, Melissa White, Yolanda Flamino, Desiree Davila and Lori Stich are profiled in an article on the Detroit Free Press website.
Read more at: [Detroit Free Press]
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- USA Olympic Marathon Trials: Women’s Preview
This weekend the women’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be held on a specially designed loop course through downtown Boston and Cambridge, MA. The race will feature 162 of America’s finest distance runners in a battle for the three coveted spots on the U.S. Olympic Team. With the famously unpredictable Boston weather expected […]
- TFS Running Podcast 135:
Kate O’Neill on this Sunday’s USA Olympic Women’s Marathon TrialsOn Episode 135 of TheFinalSprint.com Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America, I had the pleasure of speaking with 2004 Olympian Kate O’Neill who will be running in her first US Olympic Marathon Trials this weekend in Boston. Kate is the 2008 US Half-Marathon champ and goes into the trials with an […]
- Colleen De Reuck Withdraws from Olympic Marathon Trials
One of the sentimental favorites for the upcoming USA Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon, Colleen De Reuck, has decided to withdraw from the race due to a calf injury.
De Reuck, who turns 44 on Sunday, is the defending Trials champion, a victory she earned just ten days before her 40th birthday in 2004, sending […] - Kastor Looking Forward to Another Race in Boston
Less than a day after winning the 2007 U.S. 10-K championships at the Tufts Health Plan 10-K, on Monday, Oct. 8, Deena Kastor was up for a Tuesday-morning run on a similar course, the criterium loop which will host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials - Women’s Marathon next April. The Trials course will feature four […]
- Deena Kastor tours U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon course
Following her first tour of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon course, Deena Kastor spoke with reporters via teleconference from the Boston Athletic Association’s office. Kastor, along with her coach Terrence Mahon, was guided on a running tour of the Olympic Trials course on Tuesday morning. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon is scheduled […]
- Past Champion, Olympic Medalist are first to register for 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials
Two of America’s preeminent female distance runners have officially entered the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon, officials from USA Track & Field and the Boston Athletic Association announced Friday.
Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) became the first women to announce their intent to compete in the U.S. […] - Registration for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials to Open Friday
USA Track & Field and the Boston Athletic Association have announced that registration for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon will open tomorrow, Friday, October 5. The event will be held on April 20, 2008 on a unique multi-loop course through downtown Boston and Cambridge.
To enter the Olympic Trials, women must first qualify. The […] - Possible Papal Visit Could Conflict With Marathon Trials
A visit by Pope Benedict XVI would thrill millions of Boston-area Catholics but could raise havoc with ongoing plans for the 2008 U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, scheduled the day before the 112th Boston Marathon.
If he comes to Boston after speaking at the United Nations, the pope’s visit would coincide with the marathon trials […] - B.A.A. Launches 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon Website
The Boston Athletic Association produly announced today that they have launched www.bostontrials2008.com today.
“This launch marks the beginning of the countdown to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon,” said Guy Morse, Executive Director of the Boston Athletic Association. “Over the next 12 months, we envision this website developing into the a comprehensive resource for anyone […]
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