Talent, Guts, and Perseverance on Display at the Women’s Olympic Marathon TrialsWhen asked at a press conference during the week leading up to the Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon in Boston about her strategic plan for the race, contender Blake Russell commented that her coach advised her “not to try to win (the race) in the first mile.”
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