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NYC Marathon winner Shalane Flanagan on how she's still going full steam at 36


It’s the age-old trope, and a very tired cliche — that women are catty and competitive. Distance running champion , winner of the 2017 New York City Marathon and the first American woman to do so since 1972, is here to prove otherwise. She trains in Portland, Oregon with a team of runners who serve as each other’s biggest support systems. (Today.com)

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