News Archive


Constantina Dita arrives in Osaka

Constantina (left) with 2004 Olympic champ Mizuki Noguchi (center) and 2000 Olympic champ Naoko Takahashi (right) on a chilly morning at the Boulder Reservoir last week (Photo by Boulder Wave, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Reigning Olympic marathon champ Constantina Dita (ASICS) arrived in Osaka today for her final fine-tuning before the January 29th Osaka International Women’s Marathon. Accompanied by her sister/coach, Elisaveta, Constantina wanted to do her final training at sea level, after preparing in her US hometown of Erie, Colorado, throughout the past three winter months. “The preparation has been good, and I feel it is better than anything I have done the past two years. In Osaka, the main priority is to make my qualification for the Romanian team for this summer’s London Olympic Games. I have heard the lead group in Osaka will go about 71 minutes for the first half; to be honest, this is a bit too fast for me. I hope to run 2:28-2:30 and make the top eight in Osaka. Before the Beijing Olympics also I made my final training in Osaka, so I am comfortable there. I am planning the same pattern this year as I did in 2008: Osaka in January, the Virgin London Marathon in April, and then the Olympic Games.”

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Edna Takes 3rd at Kenyan Police Cross Championships

On Saturday, IAAF Marathon world championships gold medalist Edna Kiplagat (Nike) returned to the turf for the first time since last February’s Kenyan Cross-Country Championships, and posted a solid 3rd place result at the Kenya Police Inter-Divisional Cross Country Chmpionships, running 28:59 over the 8 km course in Nairobi. Click here for the IAAF’s report on Saturday’s racing.

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Kiplagat seeks to make history at the Olympics

 

Kenya’s Capital FM Sports chats with reigning world champion Edna Kiplagat (Nike) on what it will take to become Kenya’s first-ever women’s Olympic marathon champion. Click here.

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5 Minutes with Meghan Armstrong Peyton

Running Times on-line interview (click here) with Meghan Peyton (Team USA Minnesota).

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Mile posts: Meghan Peyton is a ‘wild card’ at marathon trials

The Des Moines Register has a blog post today on University of Iowa grad Meghan Peyton‘s (Team USA Minnesota) upcoming marathon debut at the US Olympic Trials in Houston.

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Interesting article on Edna Kiplagat’s running career

Edna Kiplagat is one more reason why sports is so great

Edna Kiplagat is one more reason why sports is so great

Nice commentary posted on Edna Kiplagat.

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Nuta Olaru Chats with RunColo

The RunColo website posted a nice interview with Nuta Olaru (ASICS) yesterday, chatting with her about her long running career, decision to take US citizenship, and her plans for 2012. Click here.

Problems of falling asleep did not exist anymore! These Ambien pills helped me a lot!

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Adriana Nelson Tabbed in Latest Track & Field News with Shot at US Olympic Team

 

Adriana in action in this year's NYC Half-Marathon (Photo courtesy of PhotoRun, Inc. All rights reserved)

In the new January 2012 issue of Track and Field News, Adriana Nelson (ASICS) is among the US women pegged by writer Sieg Lindstrom with a good possibility to make the US Olympic Marathon team in the January 14th trials race in Houston. Lindstrom writes: “There’s a fledgling quintet, each with a realistic shot to win: Davila, Flanagan, Goucher, Hastings, Nelson…The 31-year-old Nelson (nee Pirtea) has gained expedited release from her native Romania to represent the U.S. She lost the ’07 Chicago by just 3 seconds in her debut. The UTEP alum has had good big-race finishes since: 3rd Rotterdam ’09, 6th Berlin ’10, 7th Osaka ’11.”
[Adriana also was 10th in London ’08 in her 2:28:52 PB.]
Six athletes represented by Boulder Wave will compete in the US marathon trials. On the women’s side in addition to Adriana, we will have Meghan Peyton (Team USA Minnesota). On the men’s side will be Patrick Rizzo (Mizuno), Justin Young, Josh Moen (Team USA Minnesota/Mizuno), and Kenyon Neuman (Team Alchemy). Meghan and Kenyon will be making their marathon debuts.

 

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Eri Okubo makes cover of Japan’s “Runners magazine”

 

Boulder Wave athlete, Eri Okubo (Second Wave AC/Mizuno) made the January 2012 cover of Japan’s “Runner’s Magazine.”  Eri had the cover shot taken after her 2:28 PB at the Berlin Marathon this autumn.
Okubo makes cover of Japan's runner magazine