Featured Athletes

Women

Jessica Augusto
Portugal
Personal Best: 1:09:08
2009 Great North Run half-marathon champion
2011 Roma-Ostia Half-Marathon runner-up

Janet Cherobon-Bawcom
United States
Personal Best: 1:10:59
2011 Mercedes Half-Marathon champion
2010 Marine Corps Marathon champion

Kara Goucher
United States
2011 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half-Marathon runner-up
2007 Great North Run half-marathon champion
2007 IAAF World Championships 10,000m bronze medalist

Yuri Kano
Japan
Personal best: 1:08:57
2010 Nagoya International Ladies Marathon champion
2010 Sapporo Half-Marathon champion

Werknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
Personal Best: 1:08:09
2010 Bupa Great Manchester Run 10K champion
Third, 2010 ING Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon

Edna Kiplagat
Kenya
Personal Best: 1:09:32
2010 ING New York City Marathon champion
2010 Honda Los Angeles Marathon champion

Jo Pavey
Great Britain
Personal Best: 1:08:53
2010 UK 10,000m champion
Third, 2008 Great North Run half-marathon

Madí Pérez
Mexico
Personal Best: 1:09:45
2011 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half-Marathon champion
Third, 2010 NYC Half

Caroline Rotich
Kenya
Personal Best: 1:10:23
2010 B.A.A. Half-Marathon champion
2010 Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon champion

Lindsey Scherf
United States
Personal Best: 1:12:58
Seventh, 2011 USA Half-Marathon Championships
USA junior record-holder at 10,000m

Olesya Syreva
Russia
Personal Best: 1:09:52
2010 Rayevich Memorial Half-Marathon runner-up
2008 Novosibirsk Half-Marathon champion

Irvette Van Blerk
South Africa
Personal Best: 1:11:09
2011 Dis-Chem Half-Marathon champion
2010 South African half-marathon champion

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Rae Baymiller
Kelly Chin
Fiona Docherty
Esther Erb
Jeannette Faber
Muliye Gurma
Katarina Janosikova
Reilly Kiernan
Salome Kosgei
Volha Krautsova
Hirut Mandefro
Kathryn Martin
Malika Mejdoub
Alemtsehay Misganaw
Mary Pardi
Adriana Pirtea
Kate Pfeffer
Sheri Piers
Caitlin Smith
Maria Varela
Chantelle Wilder