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Yoder-Begley Gets There

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travis   Jun 30th 2008, 11:48pm
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Emotional.

The sport of track and field can be an emotional roller-coaster, incredible highs along with painful lows. Watching Amy Begley dig her way to the line with the knowledgeable crowd at Hayward roaring, knowing what she was trying to accomplish still gives me goosebumps and makes me choke up a little. There is nothing in this sport that affects me more than witnessing an athlete put it all on the line, unafraid of failure. I know Amy has had an up and down career and to see someone who has worked so hard and not given up, reach a goal that many thought was a long shot was inspiring. She deserves to be an Olympian.

I was also so incredibly happy to see Kara Goucher reach her more expected goal of becoming an Olympian. I've fortunately been able to get to know Kara very well and know how much she deserves this. I say more expected, because of the last two years Kara has put together, but before that few thought this was a possibility. That might have been the theme for this race, three athletes overcoming obstacles to rise to the occasion and qualify to represent "the hardest team to make". Even Shalane Flannagan had to persevere through an injury that had her taking a long amount of time off and put her career in jeopardy. All three of these women have shared their experiences with eachother. They've inspired, learned, and supported eachother and US women's distance running is better off from it.

 

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