2017 Skechers Performance LA Marathon Diaries: Women's Award Winners Presser,

Top finishers: Hellen Jepkurgat, Jane Kibii, Angela Orjuela, Joanna Reyes (top 4), photo by The Shoe Addicts

The winner nearly did not get here. Her passport was less than six months from expiring, so she had to do an expedited Passport and Visa. Hellen Jepkurgat paid her way here, and took the lead from 14 miles and that party was over. Top Ethiopians, Mestawet Tufa and Kiruktayit Degefa folded, with Degefa finishing nine minutes back in fourth and Tufa not finishing. A titanic battle between Jane Kibii and Angela Orjuela was decided by six seconds at the finish. And Joanna Reyes, San Jose State grad, cross country runner at the newly ressurected program at Speed City, improved by fifteen minutes two seconds (from 2:50.58 to 2:37:56).

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Larry Eder
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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