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Between
mile two and mile three, Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran first in the
women's race, leading a pack of men and women.
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Albina
Ivanova of Russia also runs in that pack...
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...as
do (R-L) defending champion Svetlana Zakharova, Derartu Tulu, Zhor
El Kamch, and Shetaye Gemechu.
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Nuta
Olaru runs with pacer Nick Allen. The temperature was in the upper
50s at the start, but it felt cold in the shade of downtown.
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Kenya's
Joyce Chepchumba.
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Marla
Runyan had less than two months to prepare for this race after competing
in the Olympic 5,000m in August.
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Blake
Russell was running her third marathon here. Her second one involved
a heartbreaking fourth-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Marathon
Trials.
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Malgorzata
Sobanska of Poland.
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Olga
Romanova went through 25K in 1:33:56 but dropped out before 30K.
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Nicole
Stevenson of Canada came into the race with a PR of 2:33:37 from
the 2004 hp Houston Marathon.
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Sarah
Dupre-Healy runs surrounded by a pack of men.
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We
believe this is Becky Sondag of Casper, Wyoming, who went through
30K in 2:03:03 but did not finish the race.
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Rachel
Evjen ran for Northwestern and then finished out her collegiate
eligibility at Florida State.
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Dorothy
Gach, 32, of Morton Grove, Illinois.
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Maureen
Goodwin of Evanston, Illinois.
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Just
before the 13 mile mark, Tomescu-Dita had widened her gap over the
women's field. She went through the half in 1:10:39, 1:04 ahead
of second place.
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Nick
Allen leads a pack of six women, which includes...
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...Nuta
Olaru and Svetlana Zakharova...
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...as
well as Zhor El Kamch of Morocco.
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Blake
Russell went through the halfway point in 1:13:33.
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