Karen Runs Mercedes 1/2 Marathon

Karen Beaulieu joined the Best of the Best U.S. marathoners in Birmingham Alabama last weekend as they lined up vying for Olympic positions. Not being a U.S. citizen, Karen decided to skip this Saturday event and run the Mercedes 1/2 marathon on Sunday instead. Had she seen the course profiles, she might have changed her mind. The Olympic Qualifying Course is relatively flat and is actually mildly declining while the Mercedes 1/2 and Marathon run the next day was on a much tougher course. Temperatures at race time hovered around 27deg. F. The weather was so unusually cold, a water hose at the mile 10 aid station froze. And this is in Alabama. Karen prevailed and finished strongly as usual. Good going Lady!

Beaulieu, Karen 1:47:22.45
Knoxville, TN
Bib No: 4319
Pace: 8:12
Age: 42
Sex/Category: F
Division Place: Not Available
Gender Place: 79 out of 969
Overall Place: 357 out of 2074

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Birmingham Alabama Hosts U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

Culpepper, Keflezighi, Browne qualify for U.S. Olympic Team
2-7-2004

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USA Track & Field
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alan Culpepper, Meb Keflezighi and Dan Browne qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team by finishing 1-2-3 Saturday at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon in Birmingham, Alabama. The Trials were presented by USA Track & Field, the Alabama Sports Foundation and Birmingham Marathon, Inc.

Culpepper (Lafayette, Colo.), Keflezighi (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Browne (Portland, Ore.) all passed then leader Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.) in the 21st mile. Culpepper held a small lead for the next two miles over Keflezighi before winning the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 42 seconds, a five-second winning margin over Keflezighi. Browne finished in third place in 2:12:02, with Trent Briney setting a personal best by 8 minutes, 35 seconds, with his fourth place finish in 2:12:35. Culpepper’s performance is the second fastest Trials winning time ever, second only to Tony Sandoval’s Trials record of 2:10:19 in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 24, 1980.

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