Catherine Ndereba Running Bix, Not Olympics
Breaking news: There will be sporting events other than the Olympics in the near future.
On Saturday, for example, will be the 38th running of the Bix 7-miler in Davenport, Iowa, one of the mainstays of the U.S. summer road race circuit. And one of the leading women at Bix is likely to be another road race mainstay, Catherine Ndereba, a former world record-holder in the marathon, two-time world champion and four-time Boston Marathon winner.
Ndereba, of course, was also the silver medalist in the last two Olympic marathons. Now 40, she was left off the Kenyan squad for London in favor of women who have more recently broken 2:20 for the marathon, which Ndereba first did in 2001, when she ran 2:18:47 at Chicago.
Earlier this year Ndereba petitioned to get on the Olympic team, was denied and promptly went out and won two half marathons. Ndereba has won Bix three times, most recently in 2003.
The top man at Bix is likely to be Ndereba's Kenyan countryman Allan Kiprono. So far this year he's won top-tier events like the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, Bolder Boulder 10K and Lilac Bloomsday 12K. More
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