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The sixth-place Marathon Trials finisher from Team USA Minnesota talks about what makes his 2:11 debut special—and why you should have seen it coming. As the saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed . . .” Full Article

Don't mess with success. That appears to be Jenny Simpson's mantra for her Olympic year as the 2011 world 1500-meter champion prepares to open her indoor season at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Feb. 4, followed by the Millrose Games in New York City on Feb. 11. Simpson will run the 3000m in Boston and the NYRR Wanamaker Metric Mile (1500m) in New York. Full Article

Ryan Hall, the 2008 trials winner, set a searing early pace but could not hold it, falling behind in the 25th mile and taking second in 2:09:30. He said he might need to reassess his unconventional, faith-based training program as the 2012 London Games approach. Abdi Abdirahman, who had made three previous Olympic teams at 10,000 meters, qualified in the marathon with a third-place finish in 2:09:47. Full Article

When Amy Hastings made the final turn to the finish line of the Olympic marathon trials, she knew. True, she’d known for nearly two miles, but she’d told herself to relax and fought the tears because crying affects your breathing. Full Article

Ray Flynn, one of the great Irish middle distance runners of the 1970s and 1980s, is now one the leading runners' agents on the planet, and he's taken on a new role – as Meet Director of the Millrose Games, which will, for the first time,  be at the Armory in upper Manhattan on February 11. Jenny Simpson, Bernard Lagat, Matthew Centrowitz, LaShawn Merritt, and Sanya Richards-Ross are among the athletes committed to appearing. Flynn also has a keen interest in what happens this Saturday in Houston. The athletes entered in the U.S. Oly...

Rather than put all of his 2012 London Olympics chances in a single 10,000-meter race in June, Tucsonan Abdi Abdirahman is among the favorites in the Olympic trials marathon Saturday in Houston. Full Article

LEXINGTON, MA (January 10, 2012) – Performance running footwear and apparel brand Saucony®, Inc. today announced that Olympian Magda Lewy Boulet will be leading a team of Saucony athletes on January 14 th in Houston at the 2012 men's and women's Olympic Trials Marathon hosted by USA Track & Field and the Houston Marathon Committee. The brand's roster of sixteen potential 2012 Olympians includes world-ranked contenders, as well as Saucony's regional Hometown Heroes. Full Article

Lisa Dobriskey arrived in Daegu for last summer's World Athletics Championships as a genuine medal hope yet returned home mortified and dumbfounded after finishing second-last in her 1,500m heat. Full Article

It is no secret that Blake Russell has stellar personal records from the 3K to the marathon, but not a lot of people know where Russell and her 20 family members will be the day after the Olympic Trials. Russell shares what a typical day looks like around her house, how she stays healthy, and what a difference it made when Reebok enabled her to train full-time. Full Article

"I don't know that it will ever truly sink in." That's how Jennifer "Jenny" Simpson describes how it feels, three months afterwards, to be the World champion at 1500m. Full Article