Does her husband/agent (Steve Edwards) have a running background? Apparently he is being fairly vocal about attempting to beat his wifes (Shalane) marathon time (2:28:40) at the Eugene Marathon this weekend. See link below, page 3. Glad that they are being sooo generous with those donations too.....$100 - $500 isn't much....at least not enough to publish and write a story about in the paper.
http://www.eugenemarathon.com/site_media/dynamic/2011/04/2011.RG_Insert.color.pdf