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Article: Kastor doesn't disappoint ; Joined on Olympic team by Lewy-Boulet, Russell
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- April 21, 2008
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U.S. WOMEN'S MARATHON TRIALS
BOSTON - Deena Kastor, the 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medal
winner, went to the starting line at yesterday's Olympic team
women's marathon trials as a big favorite.
But for 23 miles, her eventual victory in a time of 2:29:35 was
in serious doubt.
"I was scared, and I was worried," said the Waltham native, who
as a kid when visiting her grandparents in Hull, would run on the
sands of Nantasket Beach. "I was panicked a little bit out there. I
was worried that I might not get this title, which was my goal,"
said Kastor, 35, who has now run her way onto her third Olympic
team.
At one point Kastor found herself 1:56 out of the lead, before
eventually rolling to a ...