Kara Goucher won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters in Osaka, Japan in 2007. It was an amazing race, and a fantastic medal. In 2008 and 2012, Kara ran the 10,000 meters in Beijing and marathon in London.
Kara Goucher, photo by PhotoRun.net
In 2016, Kara Goucher ran an oh so close fourth place in the marathon, and then, her body all but shut down. Kara is healing now, running only since July.
RunBlogRun met with Kara for a few minutes at the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon on the 13th of January. Kara and RunBlogRun spoke about the current state of the sport, and her desire to run another fast marathon. Kara Goucher spoke courtesy of her sponsors, Skechers Performance Footwear.
We wish her the very best.
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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