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Check out the latest interview with 2008 Olympian (and Hansons-Brooks athlete) Brian Sell, over at The Cassidy Feed. Brian talks about how he balances running with family and work… how every day is “try to beat Sell day”… and why he thinks hard work and dedication trump natural talent.
More...The Hansons are on a roll! Hansons-Brooks team member Mike Reneau PR’ed at 2:16:20 to finish seventh in the men’s division of the Chicago Marathon. He was the first American male to cross the finish line. You can read the Chicago Tribune‘s story and post-race interview with Reneau here. Congratulations, Mike!!
More...Hansons-Brooks women Melissa White and Dot McMahan led team USA to a fourth-place finish at the 2008 IAAF/CAIXA World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rochester Hills, MI, teammates were the first US finishers at 21st (1:14:37) and 24th (1:15:14), respectively. Ethiopia won the first-place team title, with Kenya and Japan taking… Read more »
More...The Chicago Tribune chats with Hansons-Brooks Distance Project team member Desiree Davila after she finishes fifth in the women’s field at the Chicago Marathon. In her third-ever race at this distance, Davila was the top American woman finisher, with a personal record of 2:31:33. Read the story here. Congratulations, Des!
More...Melissa White, the first woman member of the Hansons-Brooks ODP team, was inducted into the State University of NY (SUNY) Geneseo Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 27. All White did in four years under coach Mike Woods is become the premier female distance runner in the history of Geneseo and the SUNYAC Conference and… Read more »
More...According to a story in The Flint Journal, Hansons-Brooks team member Brian Sell will be running in the inaugural Brooksie Way in Rochester, Mich., this Sunday. While there is no prize money in the Brooksie Way, the race will include U.S. Olympic marathoner Brian Sell and some of his teammates from the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project…. Read more »
More...Check out Brian’s post-race interview over at Flotrack…Thank you Brian – you did the USA and Brooks proud!
More...Beijing- Day 7 Marathon Day!! Today was the Men’s Olympic Marathon and team USA ran well. The young Kenyan stole the show by breaking the Olympic record by three minutes on a warm day here in Beijing. Ritz, Hall, and Sell moved up throughout the race to end up 9th, 10th, and 22nd overall. Sell… Read more »
More...Beijing- Day 6 Today we headed out for an early morning 10 miler and talked about all the possible outcomes of tomorrow’s race. I wouldn’t put anything out of reach for our team!! All three are very fit and from what I have heard all three have different race strategies which should make it all… Read more »
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