Stephanie Pezzullo ran her marathon debut with an impressive 2:32:42 in Chicago last week.
She is a former pro soccer player turn steeplechaser who shattered her ankle in a steeple accident in 2007.
Her coach writes a nice blog talking about it. Pretty inspirational story. Interesting to hear how she got there over the last year.
http://maximumperformancerunning.blogspot.com/2012/10/indomitable-spirit-pezzs-chicago-story.html