Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Joanie!

Joan Benoit Samuelson wins Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon


The 1984 Olympic gold medalist, who is rewriting age group record books in her 50s, was a wire-to-wire winner with no serious challenger as she covered 13.1 miles in 1:21:57 on Sunday. She didn't break the age group American record of 1:19:40 this time.

"The victory today was nice for me personally, but more so, I am hopefully furthering the event’s inspiring message of resilience and hope," she stated.


From Runners World Racing News

2 comments:

mom said...

go joanie!
she's too cool...

Julie said...

By sheer coincidence, her 1987 bio, Running Tide, arrived in the mail today.