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2019 Chicago Marathon Preview

2019 Chicago Marathon Preview

Chicory Posted by Chicory on October 10, 2019 Leave a comment

Chicago Marathon medalCrisp air, cooler temps … it finally feels like marathon season! The Chicago Marathon is October 13 and more than 40,000 runners — including our own Angelica! — will wind through 29 Windy City neighborhoods led by some of America’s top female marathoners.

The elite women’s field features five women with PRs under 2:25, led by 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and 2019 London Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei (2:18:20 PR/Kenya).

But the next-fastest PR in the field belongs to Jordan Hasay, who finished third at Chicago in 2017 with a 2:20:57. She’s actually finished third in all three of her marathons — including Boston 2017 and Boston 2019. She holds the American record for fastest marathon debut, but after her two 2017 marathons, she missed her next two planned marathons with repeated fractures in her left heel. Hasay ran 1:12:35 at Rock ’n Roll Philly in mid-September and posted on Instagram that she was “really excited” about the effort while in the midst of heavy mileage.

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Categories: Elite & Pro Running
Tags: Chicago Marathon, emma bates, jordan hasay, Laura Thweatt, lindsay flanagan, pro running news, sarah sellers, Stephanie Bruce
Previewing the USATF Half Marathon National Championships

Previewing the USATF Half Marathon National Championships

Chicory Posted by Chicory on May 4, 2019 Leave a comment

Pittsburgh will host the USATF Half Marathon Championships on Sunday — following the city’s 2019 DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon and UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Saturday. This is the second straight year for the event to be held in the City of Bridges, with the top 15 finishers in the male and female open divisions earning guaranteed prize money. The male and female national champions will take home $15,000 each, plus additional prize money for time and record bonuses. Full prize money info is here.

So who is vying for that cool $15K?

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Categories: Elite & Pro Running
Tags: emma bates, national championship, sara hall, Stephanie Bruce
Roundup and Roundtable: Feb. 26, 2018

Roundup and Roundtable: Feb. 26, 2018

Chicory Posted by Chicory on February 26, 2018 4 Comments

Hey, we could lead off with something cute this week but there was hella good racing over the weekend so forget it. Read more >>

Categories: Readers Roundtable
Tags: amy cragg, elite running, masters, readers roundtable, roundup, sara hall, Stephanie Bruce
Roundup and Roundtable: Feb. 5, 2018

Roundup and Roundtable: Feb. 5, 2018

Chicory Posted by Chicory on February 5, 2018 1 Comment

Emily Infeld / Photo via @USATF on Instagram by @urimiscott.

The groundhog saw his shadow and the “big game” is over. Now we can go back to talking about what’s important: running. Catch up on running and racing news, join in our roundtable below, and catch us on #SaltyChat tonight!

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Categories: Readers Roundtable
Tags: Alexi Pappas, emily infeld, readers roundtable, roundup, Stephanie Bruce, strava
Roundup and Roundtable: Jan. 29, 2018

Roundup and Roundtable: Jan. 29, 2018

Chicory Posted by Chicory on January 29, 2018 5 Comments

Imagine being a college kid and being tasked with pacing Shalane. NBD. #nailedit

Track is back! Indoor season has begun, which means we can geek out early on. Marathon season is ramping up, too. This week’s highlights:

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Categories: Readers Roundtable, Weekly Roundup
Tags: allie kieffer, Esther Atkins, Gabriele Grunewald, news, readers roundtable, roundup, Shalane flanagan, Stephanie Bruce
Roundtable and Roundup: Jan. 15, 2018

Roundtable and Roundup: Jan. 15, 2018

Chicory Posted by Chicory on January 15, 2018 14 Comments

Sun’s out, buns out, right? Racing season has officially begun, with Houston and Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona both this weekend. We’ve updated our Monday morning post to bring you awesome stuff happening in the world of running (and beyond) and give us a place to discuss it! We’ve got a lot to share today, so let’s get cracking.

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Categories: Readers Roundtable
Tags: allie kieffer, molly huddle, readers roundtable, sarah crouch, Stephanie Bruce
American Women Crush NYC, All of 2017

American Women Crush NYC, All of 2017

Chicory Posted by Chicory on November 8, 2017 4 Comments

Photo courtesy NYRR.

I said not to count her out. You guys saw that, right? But still, when Shalane Flanagan flew down the final stretch of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, fist-bumping and F-bomb dropping, I could barely believe it, too.

Despite her storied marathon — and track — career, Shalane hadn’t captured a victory at a World Marathon Major. Now, she has, breaking a four-decade long drought of an American woman winning NYCM.

She was the engine on a freaking freight train of American women in the top 10 — Allie Kieffer (don’t worry, coming back to her), Kellyn Taylor, Stephanie Bruce, plus Diane Nukuri who just recently attained U.S. citizenship.

Sorry, did you catch that? FIVE AMERICAN WOMEN in the top 10 of the New York City Marathon.

FIVE.

It’s a hell of a way to wrap up an amazing freaking year for women’s distance running in the U.S.

Let me recap.

August: Amy Cragg earns a bronze medal in the World Championships marathon, following up on her 2016 Trials win and 9th place finish in the Rio Olympics. Meanwhile, on the track, Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs go 1-2 in the steeplechase for one of the most epic finishes EVER on the oval; Jenny Simpson charged down the stretch for silver in the 1500 meters.

October: Jordan Hasay runs the fastest time by an American woman at the Chicago Marathon, in 2:20:57, placing third. Her performance moves her to number 2 all time, just behind Deena Kastor’s 2:19:36 at the 2006 London Marathon. Gulp.

Photo by Victah Sailer @PhotoRun, courtesy NYRR.

November: Shalane slays at NYC, winning by 61 seconds over race favorite Mary Keitany in 2:26:53.

It’s a damn good year for American women distance runners. U.S.A. women have never — never — had double-digit sub-2:30 performances in one year before.

Shalane made it 12. Allie Kieffer made it 13.

Still with me? That’s 13 times an American woman has run under the 2:30 marker in a marathon in 2017.

Historic. And that’s saying a lot because 2016 was not too shabby either. (All three American women in the top 10 at Rio, plus bronze medals for Emma and Jenny, for example.)

Shalane said before the race she wanted “one more big performance” before she retires from professional racing.

She got it.

Ironically, her victory came in the same week we quoted her talking about her mom — running pioneer Cheryl Bridges (now Treworgy) — in our #MeToo piece. Bridges once held the world record in the marathon, yet would have crap thrown at her by men driving by while she was out training.

Ain’t nobody throwing anything at Shalane this week except flowers. (Well, and a little shade.)

Photo courtesy Allie Kieffer via Instagram.

Now, let’s talk about Allie Kieffer. I’m not gonna sit here and act like I knew who she was going into this race, because I didn’t. In fact, I couldn’t find much about her. The race media guide listed her with a marathon personal best of 2:55:30, although she ran 2:44:44 to set a new indoor marathon world record last year as well. This year, she ran a 1:14:13 half-marathon, which is good but certainly not astounding.

On Sunday, Allie took 26 minutes off her marathon time in her second outdoor race at the distance, finishing in 2:29:39.

Allie didn’t have the smoothest road to the NYC starting line. She started running as a youth because her sister, Meghan, ran. But a few years later, her sister was killed in an 8-car collision during her junior year of college in 2007.

Allie went on to be a talented collegiate runner for Wake Forest. After college, she used money her sister bequeathed her to run professionally, qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 10k but not racing it. Soon after, she found herself injured and moved back to her home state of New York from Boulder, Co.

She joined the New York Athletic Club to make friends, and started making money on the road racing circuit.

She has no coach and had no major sponsorship heading into NYC, although breaking 2:30 will probably change that quickly.

Photo by Giancarlo Colombo at PhotoRun, courtesy NYRR.

And not too far behind were superstar running mamas Kellyn Taylor and Stephanie Bruce from NAZ Elite, with Diane Nukuri between them. Nukuri recently became a U.S. citizen, having previously competed for Burundi but having lived in Canada and the United States for most of her life.

Wow. Just wow.

What a day. The group messaging system we use for Salty Running was blowing up all morning, as people watched live and caught up on DVR.

I yelled at my television, I fist-bumped along with Shalane, I cried.

As Desi Linden put it, “Thank you, Shalane Flanagan, for giving us something to believe in.”

Anything is possible.

F*ck Yes.

Categories: Elite & Pro Running
Tags: allie kieffer, elite running, kellyn taylor, New York City Marathon, Shalane flanagan, Stephanie Bruce
Readers Roundtable: Are Steph Bruce’s Abs Overshadowing Her “A” Standard?

Readers Roundtable: Are Steph Bruce’s Abs Overshadowing Her “A” Standard?

Salty Posted by Salty on May 23, 2016 32 Comments

Does the 'gram on the right overshadow the 'gram on the left when Steph crushed the Oly A standard in the 10k at the Stanford Invite?
Does the ‘gram on the right overshadow the ‘gram on the left when Steph crushed the Oly A standard in the 10k at the Stanford Invite?

Stephanie Bruce is a talented and dedicated athlete who has put up some insanely inspiring performances mere months after not only having a baby, but her second baby in 15 months and overcoming a nasty case of diastasis recti. Even for a professional athlete, Steph’s comeback is incredible. When she announced her surprise second pregnancy, the general consensus in the pro-runner world was, if she’s serious about making an Olympic team, what is she thinking?! Even Steph herself seemed to feel that way, but she sought help and support and made a back-up plan. And it’s panning out. That is inspiring and it will be a gazillion times more inspiring if she defies the odds and makes the team. Imagine!

But is all the talk about her imperfect, post-pregnancy belly overshadowing her athletic achievements? Are we really celebrating her achievements when all the talk is about how she looks? When a professional athlete is portrayed as “brave” simply for wearing her running clothes in public, is this ignoring or exacerbating a larger issue? If a man were publicizing his body issues, how would we treat him differently? Even if it’s true, does any of that matter?

We want to hear from you! Tell us what you think! Read more >>

Categories: Elite & Pro Running, Readers Roundtable
Tags: body image, Stephanie Bruce
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