London 2012: Women's 10k

Rain did not stop women from vying for a spot on the Olympic team Friday evening in Eugene. It was a tight finish, but Amy Hastings came out on top at 31:58.36. Finishing a heart-wrenching 4th in January's marathon trial, Amy went into the race hungry. It's looking like Lisa Uhl and Janet Cherobon-Bawcom will be rounding out our 10k team.

In other details...Marblehead, MA native Shalane Flanagan finished third in the event, just days after completing a 30 mile training run. And despite her outstanding efforts, Flanagan has chosen to focus her sights on the marathon instead of the 10k. She did, after all win this winter's trial marathon that left Hastings wanting more. 

Looking Ahead... Boston 2013


Even though it the last marathon happened just two moths ago, Boston sponsor John Hancock has already announced the top American team for next April. 


Check out the full article here, on the official John Hancock website. 

Quietly racing her way to the top: Meet Desiree Davila

After a second place Boston finish in 2011 and another at the Olympic Team Trials in January of this year, Desi is making quite the name for herself. 

Get to know the Olympic hopeful in this USA Today article by contributor, David Leon Moore.




AND... A candid interview from FloTrack complete with Desi's breakdown of the Olympic Team Trials marathon. 
















Photo by Bob Straus

The Women's Metric Mile race at the Olympic Trials is looking like the big race to watch.  With 6 medal contenders vying for 3 slots, it should be a great race.  This past weekend at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, five out of the top six USA women competed and took the first five places.  Unheralded 800 meter runner Alice Schmidt beat out World Champion Jenny Simpson,  Gabrielle Anderson, Bronze Medalist at Worlds Shannon Rowbury and former Brown star Anna Pierce (nee Willard).  Schmidt's 4:05.64 shows she is really peaking at the right time and during the post race interview talked about attempting an 800/1500 double at the Trials.  

Missing from the action in Eugene was #1 ranked Morgan Uceny who ran 4:01 in the Diamond League Rome meet.  US Olympic Trials are June 21-July 1 with the 1500m finals on the final day.

Try this fun breakfast treat!

I had been desperately, and unsuccessfully, trying to find some kind of baked good I could have that had no gluten and no added sweetener that would still taste good.  This recipe from http://www.straightupfood.com/ is the first I've found that works the way it's supposed to!  So far I've only made the original recipe as muffins, not donuts, and with a couple deletions (no nuts and no nutmeg). I used plain unsweetened rice milk, put some roasted pumpkin seeds on a couple as a test just before popping them in the oven, and my sister, bro-in-law and I came up with a few variations while we were taste testing them!  We thought they would be good with plain pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling) or unsweetened applesauce instead of banana.  With the pumpkin, or even with the banana, chocolate chips (or vitamins as they were once called in certain parts of my family as they were cooked into pancakes) would be just fabulous!   Fresh or dried cranberries with the pumpkin would be yummy too!  With the banana some blueberries could come into play.  I would put them in place of the raisins in the third grouping of ingredients in the donut recipe.   I have not tried the frosting, we like carrot cake better plain, and I wasn't sure how to sub the cashews.  We also talked about adding some whole oats and decided it would work but because the muffins are so moist you wouldn't want to add too many or you would be risking drying out the batter.  There are also some variations at the end of the recipe.

Once again, have fun with these!  I find them incredibly delicious and yes, ridiculously healthy!!

Courtesy of Kristen Kemp