Jordan Hasay continues to build towards Boston Marathon, running 1:07:55

Update April 16, 2017.

On Monday, April 17, 2017, Jordan Hasay will debut at the marathon distance. She is choosing to run the most famous marathon in the world, the Boston Marathon, for her debut. Jordan Hasay is fit, confident and focused. We wish her the very best of luck in her debut.

Here is a piece I wrote two weeks ago, plus links to two important stories on Jordan Hasay that we did this spring!

Has Jordan Hasay found the event she was built to run? We will just have to wait and see, but we know it will be an exciting race!

Jordan Hasay, photo by PhotoRun.net

April 1, 2017. Prague, Czech Republic. Finishing sixth in the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon this morning, Jordan Hasay continues her fine build towards the 2017 Boston Marathon and her much anticipated marathon debut. Jordan ran 1:07:55 in Prague on Saturday morning, less than three weeks from the marathon.

This puts her equal to number three on the All-time American list for half marathon.

Remember, on January 15, Jordan Hasay had taken third in the Aramco Houston Half marathon in 1:08:40, which was considered a huge breakthrough for the former Oregon Duck and high school star.

On March 11, Jordan Hasay won the USA 15k title, held in conjunction with the Gate Rive 15k, in 49:28. Her racing ability, her fitness and her foccus continue to improve as she builds to her debut over 26.2 miles.

Under the watchful eye of coach Alberto Salazar, Jordan Hasay continues to develop and the move to the marathon, discussed and implemented over the past year, seems to be a great direction for Jordan Hasay as she focused on her debut on April 18, 2017, at the 2017 Boston Marathon. Salazar’s marathon experiences as an elite athlete, and his coaching over the same distance for Mo Farah and Galen Rupp all add to the confidence that Jordan Hasay has in her coach-athlete relationship.

To learn more about Jordan Hasay, we suggest that you read the following two articles:

Jordan Hasay’s Renaissance: Has talented distance star finaly found her event? by David Hunter

https://www.runblogrun.com/2017/02/jordan-hasays-renaissance-has-talented-distance-star-finally-found-her-event.html

Jorday Hasay, the RBR Interview, On the Road to Boston, by Jeff Benjamin

https://www.runblogrun.com/2017/02/jordan-hasay-the-rbr-interview-on-the-road-to-boston.html

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Larry Eder

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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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