{"id":62951,"date":"2012-01-14T14:28:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=62951"},"modified":"2012-03-21T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T21:07:52","slug":"u-s-olympic-marathon-trial-winners-running-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/u-s-olympic-marathon-trial-winners-running-to-london\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial Winners Running to London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was an amazing day for marathon running. Houston, Texas was the stage for all the qualified contenders to race for a spot on this year’s United States Olympic marathon<\/a><\/strong> team. The team has been determined and Team USA is going to be strong in London this summer.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Marathoners across the country have been busting their tails to even make the qualifications for the trials. For a man to enter the trials he had to run a 2:19 or better marathon<\/a><\/strong>, a 1:05 or better half marathon, or a 28:30 or better 10K race. The women\u2019s standards for \u201cA-Standard\u201d qualification is a time of 2:39 or better in the marathon. \u201cA-Standard\u201d qualifiers receive a paid trip to the trials, there is no \u201cB-Standard\u201d for the men anymore. However, the \u201cB-Standard\u201d remains for the women. These women are entered based on a 2:39:01-2:46 marathon, a 1:15 or better half, or a 33:00 10K. The field was big this year and it was full of amazingly fast runners. The top three male and female finishers made the Olympic Team for this summer\u2019s London games.<\/p>\n

Our men\u2019s team set records with their trials performance today. This was the first time three Americans finished the marathon under 2:10 in U.S. Trials history. That shows just how intense these men were running.<\/p>\n