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Kara Goucher’s backup plan could be her ticket to Rio Olympics

LOS ANGELES — After a confidence-jolting performance at the 2014 New York City Marathon, Kara Goucher wondered whether her career was over at age 36. Depressed with her performances and disillusioned...

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Amy Cragg, Shalane Flanagan gain trips to Rio de Janeiro Oympics

LOS ANGELES — The enduring image of the marathon Olympic Trials came when Shalane Flanagan crossed the finish line in third place to make the team and then collapsed as winner Amy Cragg reached out to...

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U.S. places 3 in top 10 of women’s Olympic marathon for first time, led by...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Since Joan Benoit Samuelsen won the inaugural women’s Olympic marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, only four other U.S. women had cracked the top 10 before Sunday’s race, when all...

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Jenny Simpson suspicious of Genzebe Dibaba, the woman she’ll battle in 1500...

Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty ImagesEthiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, right, Jennifer Simpson, second-from-right, and Britain’s Laura Muir compete in the women’s 1500-meter semifinal at the Rio 2016 Olympic...

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Boulder-born Shalane Flanagan upsets Mary Keitany, ends U.S. drought at NYC...

NEW YORK — Shalane Flanagan thought about the seven years building to this race, possibly her last. She thought about the running star striding next to her. She thought about her family. She thought...

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Shalane Flanagan made history in New York, but her roots run deep in Boulder

Shalane Flanagan, the woman who made running history Sunday at the New York City Marathon by becoming the first American woman to win it in 40 years, didn’t spend her formative years as a runner in...

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Nike’s latest $250 sneaker could be breakthrough for marathon runners, CU...

Nike’s latest high-end running shoe, the Zoom Vaporfly 4%, lives up to its name, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado. Researchers at CU’s Locomotion Lab in Boulder...

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Boulder-born Shalane Flanagan, 4x Olympian and NYC Marathon champion, retires

Four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan, who ended a 40-year American drought when she won the New York City Marathon in 2017, is retiring from competitive running to become a coach with the Nike Bowerman...

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Why are American women running faster than ever? We asked them — hundreds of...

More than 450 women raced in the U.S. Olympic Trials marathon in Atlanta on Saturday. That’s a huge number, reflecting changes in rules, innovative shoe technology and a sea change in women’s running....

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Boulder-born Shalane Flanagan completes her quest: 6 marathons in 6 weeks

NEW YORK — It’s not uncommon for elite runners to take as many as six weeks off from running after a grueling marathon. Then there is Shalane Flanagan, 40, the New York City Marathon champion in 2017,...

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