Shalane Flanagan is motivated and ready to roll for the Boston Marathon

Posted Apr 12, 2014
Shalane Flanagan will give the April 21 Boston Marathon her best shot, but what else is new? Motivation and the will to win never have been issues for Flanagan, who trains as part of Jerry Schumacher's elite, Portland-based distance group. (The Oregonian)

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