The Palo Alto area has had a long tradition of hosting top distance runners for training. Kate is one of the most recent additions to this list, having lived here part time since 2006. A Milton, Massachusetts native and 2003 Yale grad, Kate is an identical twin to fellow All-American and former World Cross Country Championships team member Laura O’Neill, and was a 2004 Olympian in the 10,000 meters (qualifying with an Olympic A Standard performance at the 2004 Cardinal Invitational). Despite an untimely injury before the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials, Kate has enjoyed great success in her young marathon career, including a third place finish in the 2007 La Salle Bank (now Bank of America) Chicago Marathon (the hot one). She is currently preparing for the Flora London Marathon on April 26th, tuning up with a 10,000 meter victory at the 2009 Stanford Track & Field Invitational on March 27th.
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An interesting up-close with our own Ponce de Leon from the Younger Legs for Older Runners Blog. http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2009/03/jim-sorensen-profile.html Here’s a preview: Younger Legs: What do you do now in your training that you never did when you were younger?
Jim Sorensen: When I was younger, I would often hammer the last couple of repeats or intervals. I may run the last few quicker now, but I don’t blast them like I used to. I am also willing to take more days off. So it’s basically the same theme as we talked about before - I am more conservative. But that’s kind of funny, because I was always forced to be conservative in my training when I was younger, since I was so injury prone. So, in reality, I guess there’s nothing that much different. Everything is just on a smaller scale. This may be due to the fact that I now have a teaching career - not just because I am older.
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FNF’er Sorenson sets meet record at elite Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile - World Class RunnersWritten by Dena Evans January 30, 2009Jim Sorenson, Focus-N-Fly member and the fastest over-40 1500 meter runner in the history of planet earth, just opened his 2009 season with a convincing win at the prestigious Hartshorne Memorial Mile at Cornell in Ithaca, NY. ….and I quote from the Sports Basement event “I’ve been just sticking to my pace chart……”
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Jack Daniels is a man so unlike the bottle that I cannot begin to describe the differences. However, here’s an attempt to convey an unexpected lesson from Jack’s example at the Focus-N-Fly 2.0 Event: http://curiosityquotient.blogspot.com/2009/01/unexpected-running-lessons.html
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It has been a big week! It culminated with FnF’s 2.0 Event and Jack Daniels talk last night but it started with a short run with ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes. Here’s a short post and picture: http://curiosityquotient.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-run-with-dean-karnazes.html
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A year ago we lost a great friend, husband, son, brother, and competitor in Central Park. This weekend in NYC there will be several activities in his honor including a park bench dedication and a large group of Notre Dame Alumni running the race. My heart goes out to his wife Alicia, parents, siblings and close friends. He is gone from our sight but very much present in spirit.
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Korir - 4th at Chicago, but out of the $$$ - World Class RunnersWritten by Coach Tom McGlynn October 14, 2008The Chicago Marathon has a dilemma on its hands that could have long lasting implications. Wesley Korir’s time was the 4th fastest automatically timed finish of the day on Sunday. Chicago will not pay him the 4th place finisher’s purse of $15K based on the IAAF rules that require all elite runners to start with the elite race. On one hand I want to scream at the Chicago Marathon to show Mr. Korir the money. On the other hand the 4th place finisher has an argument in that Korir did not have to compete with the best runners nor did he follow the rules of competition. What do you think? http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-081012-wesley-koirr-chicago-marathon,0,36016.story
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Haille Gebreselassie - The Best Distance Runner of Our TimeWritten by Coach Tom McGlynn September 29, 2008All, Just a quick post to let you know that I will officially go out on a limb and say that Haille G. is the best runner of our time and quite possible all-time. Gebreselassie broke the World Record in the Marathon yesterday and became the first person to average 4:43/Mile for 26.2 consecutive miles. This is crazy fast and my hat’s off to Haille who has run another race that I couldn’t even imagine. He is simply awesome. Regards, Tom
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Sara Hall recently sat down with Focus-N-Fly to share a bit about her current training and future plans. A high school cross country national champion and multi-time NCAA All-American at Stanford, Sara has been running professionally for Asics since graduation in 2005.
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Alysia Johnson is the recently crowned IAAF World Indoor 800 meter Bronze Medalist by virtue of her signature front running tactics in Doha, Qatar this March.