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Article: General marches into sixth marathon trials.(SPORTS)(WEEKEND ATHLETE: RUNNING)

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August 26, 2007
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Byline: Steve Nearman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Darrell General competed in his first Olympic Marathon trials while Ronald Reagan was president.

That was 19 years ago.

Now the 41-year-old General will take his long and illustrious running career to Chicago on Oct. 7 with a chance to make history.

No runner has qualified for six Olympic Marathon trials. General, along with Doug Kurtis, Ric Sayre and Ed Eyestone, have qualified for five.

"I just want to qualify and get to the trials," General said in a telephone interview Friday. "Nobody has gone to six trials. I am the only active qualifier of the guys who have run in five ...

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