Lauren Kleppin out of marathon trials

There goes my dark-horse pick. (Well, maybe not that much of a dark horse, but certainly overshadowed by the usual suspects.)

Anyway, it's a nicely-written blog entry.

Bummer, seems like a cool chick.

Bummer as well.

Yes, anyone under 2:30 and over 2:25 is a dark horse. Too bad.

wow, I know this happens every year, but so sad to see folks with a solid outside chance - on both the guys and gals side - dropping due to injury. Trials are more fair than political appointments for Rio berths, but still, buzz kill.

Why did she leave Deena and Co.? Didn't she run 2:28?