Kara Goucher set a PR at 800m and then, 15 minutes later, ran the mile at the Nike Mile last night at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.
The event, which featured elite 800m and mile fields, was primarily a competition for Nike employees.
Goucher clocked 2:06.79 to finish 4th in in the 800m. She was runner-up in the mile just .04 behind training partner Amy Begley in 4:37.58.
The races came just five-and-a-half weeks after Goucher's third place finish at the Boston Marathon. Goucher plans to race 2000m at next weekend's Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.
Former Minnetonka High School alum Will Leer ran 1:49.42 to finish 5th in the men's 800m at the event.
Videos of the Nike Mile races can be found HERE, on Runnerspace.com.
There's a post-race interview with Goucher HERE.
Results from the meet can be found HERE.
Friday, May 29, 2009
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