Saturday, January 31, 2009

Kara Goucher - The MillRose Games Winner

The 102nd Millrose games (MSG) have a New Yorker Kara Goucher as the elite women's mile winner at the New York's Madison Square garden on the Friday night.

Kara Goucher's time in the women's mile was 4:33.19, which is a stunning victory as there were no other runner in her striking distance. the Runner up Marina Muncan finished in 4:37:77. And this timing is her personal best.

She has the highest finish in the last years New York City Marathon, and has broken the record of 14 years for an American woman to complete the marathon. And now she is well prepared for her ext venture for the Boston Marathon in April 2009.
Kara Goucher was born on 9 July 1978 in Queens, New York and is a middle and long distance runner. Kara Gaucher, and her husband Adam Goucher, also an American runner coached by the legend Alberto Salazar live in Portland, Oregon.