Kara Goucher with interview at RNR San Antonio with Larry Eder, RunBlogRun (from December 2018 RBR Archives)

Kara Goucher is racing the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, 20 January 2019. Here are some of her thoughts from a month ago…

Original post, December 11, 2018

RePost, January 19, 2019

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Kara Goucher is a two time Olympian and World Championship Silver medalist at 10,000 meters. In 2008 and 2012, Kara ran on Olympic teams, and did so well. In 2016, Kara Goucher came oh so close to making the Olympic team, finishing a difficult 4th place.

Kara Goucher, Lisbon 2009, photo by Photorun.net

I caught up with Kara Goucher just before her half marathon run in San Antonio, Texas. Kara was excited. She had run 110 miles a week since the late summer, and was feeling good. “This is the first race that I have had interrest in since the 2016 Trials.” was how Kara explained it to me.

Kara is married to Adam Goucher, a 2000 Olympian at 5000 meters. They have a son named Colt, just entering second grade. Kara spoke to www.runblogrun.com on a variety of subjects. She spoke about her career as an elite track athlete, and her move to the marathon.

This is a second run at a career at running. Kara is taking one day at a time. At San Antonio, Kara ran 1:15:56, and she began slow. Kara Goucher is planning to run the Houston Marathon on January 19, 2019.

We wish her much luck.

Thanks to Brian Eder on producing our Sound Cloud interviews.

Author

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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