That's a wopping drop for one year.
MILFy
Third best half marathon all time for a "European" women on an iaaf record legal course:
1:06:47 Paula Radcliffe GBR 17/12/1973 1 Bristol 07/10/2001
1:07:07 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 11/09/1982 1 Ras Al Khaimah 19/02/2010
1:07:46 Valeria Straneo ITA 05/04/1976 4 Ostia 26/02/2012
Is she new to running (ex triathlete or some other sport)?
No times listed prior to 2011.
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ITA/athcode=250952/index.html
Maybe she's so new to the sport she doesn't understand that you're not supposed to take performance enhancing drugs.
She looks like Eddie Van Halen
is she being coached by compatriot Canova?
DiamondDave wrote:
She looks like Eddie Van Halen
+1 she don't look like she 'feels so good' in that pic too. lol.
She aint no Monica Bellucci.
Now 2:23:44 at Rotterdam for 2nd!
http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64586
"Italian"
That's all we needed to know about how she improved so much.
2:18:58 is the story of the race. Fourth fastest woman ever, according to the article.
