Shalane Flanagan goes the distance

Posted Jan 11, 2018
Shalane Flanagan is a four-time Olympian and a six-time national cross-country champion. She holds American records indoors at 3,000 and 5,000 meters and has represented the U.S. at the Olympics or World Track & Field Championships every year since 2007. On Nov. 5, Flanagan became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years. (Portland Tribune)

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