Shalane Flanagan, photo by PhotoRun.net
Shalane Flanagan broke the AR for 10k on the roads today, September 6, 2015 in Holland! Nice one, Shalane!
Flanagan sets American 10K road record in Holland
HOLLAND, Netherlands — Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Massachusetts) set an American record Sunday at the Tilburg Ten Miles in Holland, Netherlands.
Flanagan ran 31:03 for the road 10K Sunday, trimming three seconds off the previous record, set in 1990 by Lynn Jennings in Orlando, Florida.
Flanagan’s previous best over the distance was 31:27 at the 2014 Beach to Beacon 10k, and the two-time Olympian now owns six American records (indoor 3000m, indoor 5000m, 10,000m, road 15k, women’s-only marathon).
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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