Shalane Flanagan Q&A: Recovery, final goals and life as a foster parent
Posted Apr 16, 2017
Four-time U.S. Olympic distance runner Shalane Flanagan has spent the months since the Rio Olympics exploring new roles as a cookbook author and foster mother to 17-year-old twins Breauna and Keauna Cobb, but she's also determined to race again after being sidelined by an iliac fracture in her lower back that has forced the most significant layoff of her career.
(ESPN.com)
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