Louise Damen took 2nd today in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run half-marathon in the UK, running 73:51 in her final race tune-up four weeks out from the Yokohama International Women’s Marathon. The Great Run website today reported: “Damen already qualified for the 2012 London Olympics after gaining the qualifier at the London Marathon in April, came into the race with heavy legs after a high volume training routine as she prepares for next month’s Yokohoma Women’s Marathon where aiming to again impress UK Athletics selectors she hopes to improve her PB of 2:30:00.” Louise commented, “I’ve lots of training in my legs as I get ready for that, so I didn’t really know what to expect.” Afterwards, she tweeted, “Tough today, legs didn’t want to play. Took me 12 miles to catch a giant banana! That’s marathon training for you.”
