BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — For one race, they’re colleagues instead of competitors — three runners trying to take back a title the Americans haven’t won in six years.
Deena Kastor, Magdalena Lewy Boulet and Janet Cherobon-Bawcom join forces for the international team challenge on Memorial Day at the Bolder Boulder, a 10-kilometer road race in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
They will attempt to hold off a powerful Ethiopian squad that’s won the team competition four of the last five years.
Then, the three American distance runners will go their separate ways.
The next time they assemble on the starting line a spot at the London Games will be at stake. Each is planning to run in the 10,000 meters at the Olympic trials June 22 in Eugene, Ore.
