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Magdelena Lewy Boulet, one of the top U.S. women marathoners, will be running the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday, April 11, 2010. Rotterdam is noted for being very fast course. Lewy Boulet, who was third in the 2008 U.S. Olympic marathon trials, races cross country, track & field, and on the roads.

Magdelena Boulet, 2010 Aramco Houston Half Marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Magdelena Boulet recently was the third U.S. finisher (20th overall) behind Molly Huddle (19th) and Shalane Flanagan (13th) on the bronze medal winning U.S. womens’ world cross country team, (March 28) in Poland. Magdelena was born in Poland and emigrated to the U.S. becoming a U.S. citizen on September 11, 2001.
Also running on the women’s side, is U.S. hopeful Zoila Gomez, who finished fourth in the 2008 U.S. Olympic marathon trials. An 11 time All-American, Zoila competed in both the 2007 & 2009 World Championship marathon teams for the U.S.

Zoila Gomez, 2009 World Champs Marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net.
We wish Magdelena and Zoila the best of luck at Sunday’s Fortis Rotterdam Marathon!
Last year, on the Fortis Rotterdam course, Duncan Kibet outlasted James Kwambai, 2:04:27-2:04:28 in the fastest marathon duel in history. You can watch the race this year, starting at 6:30 AM EST, at http://www.universalsports.com!/

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 51-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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