Shannon Rowbury has returned to racing. The three time Olympian, (2008, 2012 and 2016) began training in September 2018, after having had her baby on June 30, 2018. Shannon Rowbury is one of our fiercest racers, and holds American records at 1,500m (3:56.29) and 5,000m (14:38.92). Shannon obviously has the dream of a 4th Olympic team on her mind.
To make the 2019 and 2020 teams will be very challenging. The level of American women distance runners continues to excel. Shannon will have to be at he best to make the team and to battle on the global athletic stage. Peter Julian is coaching Shannon as she returns to fitness. Rowbury will use the skills that won her a bronze in Berlin in 2009 in the 1,500m and in 2016, at the World indoor in Portland ove 3000m.
As Shannon builds toward elite fitness, this 3000m indoors was her first race back. She ran a 9:03, taking second in a closely fought race to Eleanor Fulton. We wish Shannon Rowbury much luck as she returns to racing.
Larry Eder has had a 52-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.
Shannon Rowbury, photo by Photorun.net
