I was at a trade show last week and didn't hear about this until my running friend, Brian, passed on the news this week. Wow! Kastor is a machine.
Deena Kastor breaks the American Record for the half-marathon in Berlin. Here is the news release:
Irvine, CA (April 4, 2006) - ASICS sponsored distance ace Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, CA) broke her own American Record for the half-marathon on Sunday at the Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon with a time of 1:07:34. Kastor placed 2nd behind another ASICS athlete, Edith Masai of Kenya. Both Masai and Kastor ran under the former course record of 1:08:22.
Kastor, who is preparing for the Flora London Marathon on April 23, also broke three other national records en route. She passed through 12k in 38:24, 10 miles in 51:31 and 20k in 1:04:07. She now holds American Road Records at 5k, 12k, 15k, 10mi, 20k, half-marathon and marathon. She will stay in Europe to prepare for the London Marathon and will be signing autographs in the ASICS booth at the London Marathon Expo on Friday, April 21 between 2-4pm.
