Shalane Flanagan

A 38 anni si ritira Shalane Flanagan, nata a Boulder l'8 luglio 1981 nel corso della sua carriera vanta 3 partecipazioni olimpiche ed il successo alla Maratona di New York 2017.

 

Dopo 15 anni di attività l'atleta del Colorado ha dichiarato "Dal 2004 al 2019 ho dato tutta me a questo sport, è stata una corsa incredibile! mi sono rotta osse, strappata tendini e perso unghie, ho sperimentato esperienze ultraterrene e periodi abissali. Grazie alla corsa ho amato e imparato tutto".

 

La Flanagan esordì a livello olimpico a Pechino 2008 dove conquistò un grande argento (dopo la squalifica per doping della turca Abeylegesse) nei 10.000m con il record americano di 30'22"22. Poi il passaggio alla Maratona a Londra 2012 (9°) ed a Rio 2016 (6°).

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With happy tears I announce today that I am retiring from professional running. From 2004 to 2019 I’ve given everything that’s within me to this sport and wow it’s been an incredible ride! I’ve broken bones, torn tendons, and lost too many toenails to count. I've experienced otherworldly highs and abysmal lows. I've loved (and learned from) it all. Over the last 15 years I found out what I was capable of, and it was more than I ever dreamed possible. Now that all is said and done, I am most proud of the consistently high level of running I produced year after year. No matter what I accomplished the year before, it never got any easier. Each season, each race was hard, so hard. But this I know to be true: hard things are wonderful, beautiful, and give meaning to life. I’ve loved having an intense sense of purpose. For 15 years I've woken up every day knowing I was exactly where I needed to be. The feeling of pressing the threshold of my mental and physical limits has been bliss. I've gone to bed with a giant tired smile on my face and woken up with the same smile. My obsession to put one foot in front of the other, as quickly as I can, has given me so much joy. However, I have felt my North Star shifting, my passion and purpose is no longer about MY running; it's more and more about those around me. All I’ve ever known, in my approach to anything, is going ALL IN. So I’m carrying this to coaching. I want to be consumed with serving others the way I have been consumed with being the best athlete I can be. I am privileged to announce I am now a professional coach of the Nike Bowerman Track Club. This amazing opportunity in front of me, to give back to the sport, that gave me so much, is not lost on me. I’ve pinched myself numerous times to make sure this is real. I am well aware that retirement for professional athletes can be an extremely hard transition. I am lucky, as I know already, that coaching will bring me as much joy and heartache that my own running career gave me. I believe we are meant to inspire one another, we are meant to learn from one another. Sharing everything I’ve learned about and from running is what I’m meant to do now.(1/2)

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21 Ott 2019 alle ore 6:28 PDT

 

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