remember the woman i met at the swimming pool who was training for the olympic trials? well, this is what happened...i kind of read this with a lump in my throat. running is such a tough sport. it's funny, when i saw her at the pool she was icing this very ankle but told me she was sure it was not a big deal...
Despite having a painful injury, Marshall’s Marie Sample still finished the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Marathon Team Trials Sunday in Boston.
Sample finished in 116th place with a time of 2:59.01.
Deena Kastor of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., won with a time of 2:29.35. Kastor, Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) and Blake Russell (Pacific Grove, Calif.) all qualified for the Olympic team with their top-three finishes. Lewy Boulet finished with a 2:30.19 and Russell came in with a 2:32.40.
There were 124 runners that finished the race and 22 that did not finish.
Sample qualified with a time of 2:45.58 at the California International Marathon in Sacramento, Calif., in December.
Sample, 31, battled a pain Achilles tendon injury in her left leg leading up to Sunday’s race. After more than four weeks of treatment on the injury, which is inflammation on the sheeth around the tendon, Sample said she felt good going into the race.
“Two weeks ago I didn’t even know if I’d make the starting line,” Sample said. “I was just hoping I could finish the race. There were more than 100,000 people around the course. It was awesome. That kind of helped me along.
“I broke three hours on a bum foot. That’s not too bad. I have to deal with it, I guess. It could’ve been worse. The last four miles or so I got a little gimpy and wasn’t sure if I was going to make it.”
Sample said she could barely walk after the race. Sunday night she was sitting by a hotel pool watching her kids swim while having her leg elevated trying to get the swelling down.
Without the help of some special orthotic shoe inserts, Sample didn’t know whether she could’ve finished the race. She didn’t receive those until four weeks ago. Sunday was the first time she ran with them in her racing flats.
“Thank goodness I put them in there. They kept pressure off my Achilles,” she said.
Sample said she injured herself about nine weeks ago while doing indoor training on a treadmill. Since then, she had been seeing laser therapist Dave Hoganson and massage therapist Pam Snell to help her get ready for the trials.
“I went to Pam every day the past four weeks. She and Dave really helped me finish (today),” Sample said. “This was just bad timing with the injury. But at the same time, everybody has been really good about helping me out. The orthotics helped me go faster (today). I broke them in and I’m going to continue to wear them.”
Sample said she’ll rest for the foreseeable future before beginning training again. She’ll start by cross training on a bike.
Sample will also most likely hire a coach to prepare for qualifying for the Olympics in 2012. By then, she’ll be 35.
“I’ll be just approaching my prime there,” Sample said. “When you’re in your upper 30s, that’s when you get really tough.
Sample finished in 116th place with a time of 2:59.01.
Deena Kastor of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., won with a time of 2:29.35. Kastor, Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) and Blake Russell (Pacific Grove, Calif.) all qualified for the Olympic team with their top-three finishes. Lewy Boulet finished with a 2:30.19 and Russell came in with a 2:32.40.
There were 124 runners that finished the race and 22 that did not finish.
Sample qualified with a time of 2:45.58 at the California International Marathon in Sacramento, Calif., in December.
Sample, 31, battled a pain Achilles tendon injury in her left leg leading up to Sunday’s race. After more than four weeks of treatment on the injury, which is inflammation on the sheeth around the tendon, Sample said she felt good going into the race.
“Two weeks ago I didn’t even know if I’d make the starting line,” Sample said. “I was just hoping I could finish the race. There were more than 100,000 people around the course. It was awesome. That kind of helped me along.
“I broke three hours on a bum foot. That’s not too bad. I have to deal with it, I guess. It could’ve been worse. The last four miles or so I got a little gimpy and wasn’t sure if I was going to make it.”
Sample said she could barely walk after the race. Sunday night she was sitting by a hotel pool watching her kids swim while having her leg elevated trying to get the swelling down.
Without the help of some special orthotic shoe inserts, Sample didn’t know whether she could’ve finished the race. She didn’t receive those until four weeks ago. Sunday was the first time she ran with them in her racing flats.
“Thank goodness I put them in there. They kept pressure off my Achilles,” she said.
Sample said she injured herself about nine weeks ago while doing indoor training on a treadmill. Since then, she had been seeing laser therapist Dave Hoganson and massage therapist Pam Snell to help her get ready for the trials.
“I went to Pam every day the past four weeks. She and Dave really helped me finish (today),” Sample said. “This was just bad timing with the injury. But at the same time, everybody has been really good about helping me out. The orthotics helped me go faster (today). I broke them in and I’m going to continue to wear them.”
Sample said she’ll rest for the foreseeable future before beginning training again. She’ll start by cross training on a bike.
Sample will also most likely hire a coach to prepare for qualifying for the Olympics in 2012. By then, she’ll be 35.
“I’ll be just approaching my prime there,” Sample said. “When you’re in your upper 30s, that’s when you get really tough.
1 Comments:
Holy cow. She's amazing, and how amazing that you met her. I bet you're supposed to be praying for her.
Still, it all sounds like torture to me.
Did I mention that thanks to the Nose, I can't run for a month? Molly is losing weight from all the walking, but me, not so much. I just ate a bowl of steamed broccoli for dinner--trying so hard to be good.
I really want some ice cream.
Bad.
4:12 PM
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