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Purchase your tickets for the Running Film Festival by this Monday, June 15, 2008 for a chance to win VIP passes and a 32′’ Flat-Screen LCD HDTV courtesy of TheFinalSprint.com! The Running Film Festival (RFF), scheduled for July 3-5 on the University of Oregon campus, is the first film festival

Hi, this is Kate O’Neill and welcome to my blog in TFS’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Bookmark kateoneill.thefinalsprint.com and check back every other Monday for my latest entry as I strive for the 2008 Summer Olympics! I ended my blog four weeks ago by talking about my mother’s support of my running.

I’m going to this summer’s Olympic Trials—my first-ever Trials trip—and I’m getting pretty excited. Not just about the meet, but everything else as well. It seems like everyone in Tracktown USA is going all-out to make it an unforgettable experience.

Today on Episode 140 of TheFinalSprint.com Running Podcast, I had an opportunity to chat with Brian Sell, the third place finisher in the US Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon who, along with Ryan Hall and Dathan Ritzenhein, will represent Team USA at the Olympic Marathon in Beijing.

Hi, this is Kate O’Neill and welcome to my blog in TFS’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Bookmark kateoneill.thefinalsprint.com and check back every other Monday for my latest entry as I strive for the 2008 Summer Olympics! For the first time in my life, I dropped out of a race yesterday.

Selected Photos from the 2008 US Women’s Olympic Trials Posted on April 20, 2008 by coachjoeenglish Deena Kastor Originally uploaded by Coach Joe English Here are a selection of images from the US Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston on April 20th 2008.

Racing: Deena Kastor wins US Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials Posted on April 20, 2008 by coachjoeenglish BOSTON — Deena Kastor displayed all the poise of her Olympic medalist status today, storming from behind to win the US Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials.

I’m a new contributor to The Final Sprint. Most of my writing has been at my blog under the moniker of “The Track & Field Superfan”, and that’s the perspective I’ll bring to TFS Media Network. So here are my thoughts on this morning’s Trials race… #1.

Keeping her cool after Magdalena Lewy-Boulet had built up a one minute and 56 second lead through the 14th mile, Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor zipped through the second half to win today’s USA Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon in 2:29:35. For Kastor it was her third Olympic team berth and her second as a marthoner.

The 2008 Olympic Trials- Women’s Marathon exceeded expectations in almost every possible way. On a crisp, sunny Boston morning Deena Kastor thrilled the multitude of running fans who packed the downtown criterium course with a come from behind victory over heroic front runner Magdalena Lewy Boulet.