I wrote my first blog post here 10 years ago. I had qualified for the 2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials, was a newly signed Brooks athlete, and found out I was pregnant just over a month before the race. I was having a rough first trimester and was looking for running mother inspiration - check …
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Age vs Qualifying Time for US Women’s 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials
I recently wrote a post looking into the qualifying times and which races the record-number of participants in the 2020 Women's Olympic Marathon Trials qualified. Today, I explore the race day ages and qualifying times of the women's field. Initial graph setup: qualifying time plotted on the horizontal (x) axis, while age increases up the …
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Geeking out on the US Women’s Olympic Trials
The Olympic Marathon Trials hosted by the Atlanta Track Club will be a historic race this February 2020. Special attention is being payed to the women’s race: with 511 female qualifiers, the field more than twice as large as it was in 2016. There is a lot of discussion on the merits or difficulties of …
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US Women’s Olympic Trials Qualifiers – mapped!
The U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials are less than 100 days away, and a record number of women have qualified for the February race thus far. This map shows all 45 races which have produced an Olympic Trials Qualifier. The top three races in terms of number of qualifiers are: California International Marathon (117) …
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Grandma’s Marathon & OTQ!
I recently ran the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN, placing 16th overall with a time of 2:42:02 (a PR!). My training for this first post-baby marathon has been very consistent. Following a freak hamstring tweak that knocked me out from running for 2-3 weeks in April, I have seen my body steadily become stronger over …
Thinking about the ‘big picture’ takes work
My coach and I have recently been doing a lot of talking about long-term running goals. Broadly, my working goal for my future running is to compete in the 2016 Olympic Trials marathon and distance track events. Wait a second: it’s July of 2013, and I’m thinking about races that are at least three years …
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