By Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service
By most measures, Kenya is a long way from Indiana. But not by every measure.
“Training in Kenya just makes you realize that you don’t need to have extraordinary means to be a good athlete,” said Morgan Uceny, who spent many of her summers in Plymouth,...
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By Tim Creason, youtube.com
U.S. Olympic 1500 meter runner Morgan Uceny describes an average training day with the Mammoth Track Club. Uceny currently trains in Mammoth Lakes, California and San Diego, under the guidance of her coach, Terrence Mahon.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Morgan Uceny enters the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials with the year's fastest American time in the women's 1500 by 4 seconds, a 4:01.59 for fourth place in Rome. In 2011, Uceny was the USATF champion in the 1500, had the fastest 1500 time in the world, a 4:00.06,...
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