traffic. I could handle a broken foot in the Olympics and a broken yolk in the skillet. Patience in a long run gave me patience when Piper's flute playing got a little loud. Seeing all the lessons along the way added to my motivation. Every time I reached the crux of a workout or...
Kastor:I still feel like I cheated myself out of my goal for the Beijing Olympics, so I would love to earn a gold medal—or at least another medal—in the 2012 Games. I would love to run under 2:20 again. I’m going to run a fall marathon this year, but I’m not sure which...
In 2004 she gallantly returned just 11 weeks after her bronze medal finish at the Olympics. Fighting leg cramps, she was forced to retire midway through the race. A resident of Mammoth Lakes, California, Kastor is the first professional female athlete announced for the ...
It’s safe to say that Kastor, who still holds the American record in the marathon (she ran 2:19:36 at the 2006 London Marathon, when she was 33) and won bronze in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics, is still competitive. But she’s also self-aware. She knows that she’s in he...