While distance fans await confirmation whether Kara Goucher will indeed make her marathon debut in New York City this November, we know for certain one event she intends to run:The Medtronic TC-10 Mile on October 5, a race that will also serve as the 2008 USA Women's 10 Mile Championship.
And, come to think of it, the TC-10, scheduled exactly four weeks before the ING New York City Marathon, could make for a nice marathon tune-up for an Olympian, World Championships medalist, and marathon debutante pointing for a November marathon.
Last week, of course, we speculated HERE that Goucher will be announced on Wednesday as an NYC headliner.
“We are pleased to welcome Kara to a highly competitive field on October 5,” Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. executive director Virginia Brophy Achman said in a media release. “The opportunity for us to host the championship this year furthers our efforts to support long distance running throughout the United States, including our silver level support of Team USA Minnesota and the USATF Distance Project."
Speaking of Team USA Minnesota, Goucher would be advised not to look too far beyond the TC-10 since she'll face four-time TC-10 champion and course record-holder Katie McGregor of Team USA Minnesota in the contest. McGregor has run 53:51 over the challenging course.
Team USA's Emily Brown, returning from a stress fracture to her sacrum, is also slated to race.
The USA Women’s 10 Mile Championship prize purse totals $25,000. The event starts ahead of the rest of the Medtronic TC 10 Mile field with a 7:05 a.m. start, Sunday, October 5.
TC-10 Returns to Original Course ... Known as “The Shortcut to the Capitol” the race starts near the HHH Metrodome and will return to its original course, after the I-35W Bridge collapse last year forced a temporary route-change. The course follows the last seven miles of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon route before finishing in front of the State Capitol.
Read the full TCM press release HERE.
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