US Women Distance Runners in the Olympics

How many peolpe realize that Shalane Flanagan won the bronze medal in the 10,000m this weekend? The first time in forever that a woman distance runner from the US won a medal! I was hopeful that this was the beginning of a resurgence of the US woman at the longer distances, but alas the pre-race US favorite Deena Kastor DNF the marathom due to a foot injury; she broke her foot around the 5K mark (come on over, we'll see what we can do to fix it!), Magda Lewy also DNF and the top American, Blake Russell, finished 27th in 2:33.13 (still an awesome I could never even think of even attempting to run time). This Olympics made me nostalgic for 1984 and Joan Benoit.....guess we just have to continue to build our grass-roots kids distance programs in this country and look to the future.....Congrats to Shalane....We are proud of you....

Runn Happy! And Deena....Get better soon!