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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 […]

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On 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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