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ON THE COVER… Anna Willard is shown winning the Reebok Grand Prix 800 meters with a final lunge! Her time, 1:59.29, was a four second personal best! Photo by PhotoRun.net
One of my favorite athletes in our sport is Anna Willard. Anna has run the 800 meters, 1500 meters, 4x400 meters, cross country— ugggh, wears me out just thinking about it. Last July at the Olympic Trials, Anna broke the American record for the steeplechase. A month later, during the Olympics, Jenny Barringer finished 9th in the Olympic games, breaking Anna's record. Anna finished 10th, also running under her previous record.
4 OLYMPIC DOPING FOLLOW-UP 6 CAMERA ATHLETICA 2009 ADIDAS TRACK CLASSIC 9 BEST SHOES FOR $80 OR LESS 13 INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS SOLINSKY 16 CAMERA ATHLETICA REEBOK GRAND PRIX 2009 18 INTERVIEW WITH LEONEL MANZANO 20 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: HAILE GEBRSELASSIE
This spring, under the tutelage of Terrance Mahon (he coaches Ryan Hall, Deena Kastor and Jenn Rhines, among others), Anna set personal bests at the 1500 meters and 800 meters and ran a great steeplechase. She’ll run the steeplechase and 1,500 meters at the World Outdoor Athletics Championships in Berlin, August 15-23. Anna wears a streak of various colors in her hair. She looks like some of the metal heads and punks that show up at my son's bands shows. Anna is very straightforward, has a great sense of humor and is working very hard to be the best she can be. But, it has taken a lot of time! So, next time you get frustrated when your running isn’t going well, remember, all good things take time! Larry Eder P.S. Follow us daily on runblogrun.com and remember to sign up to follow us on twitter. We’ll twitter the World Champs from Berlin in August. Publisher, Athletes Only runblogrun@gmail.com twitter: @runblogrun www.atf-athlete.com 608.239.3785
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