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Olympic Trials

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"]

Amy Hastings Media Round Table Conversation

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 Press Conference

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

Media Round Table Wrap-up

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

Thursday’s Olympic Trials Audio Files

Here are the audio files recorded from Thursday's Press Conferences and Round Table Interviews with Magdalena Lewy Boulet - [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Magdalena_Lewy_Boulet_Jan2012.mp3" preload="true"]   Deena Kastor - [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Deena_Kastor_Jan_2012.mp3" preload="true"]   Desiree Davila - [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Desi_Davlia_Jan2012.mp3" preload="true"]   Nick Arciniaga - [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nick_Arciniaga_roundtable_Jan_12_2012_1_18_32PM.mp3" preload="true"]   Mo Trafeh - [mejsaudio src="http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Mo_Trafeh_roundtable_Jan_12_2012_3_08_02PM.mp3" preload="true"]   Shalane Flanagan - [mejsaudio