Lori Ewing
Natasha Wodak ofCanada celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 10000m final during the athletics at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Wodak finished fifth in The Marathon Project on Sunday and achieved the Olympic qualifying standard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Martin Mejia
December 20, 2020 - 2:43 PM
In the middle of a global pandemic that cancelled almost every major marathon over the last nine months, Natasha Wodak felt blessed to even be on the start line Sunday.
The 39-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., made the most of her opportunity.
Wodak ran the second-fastest women's marathon in Canadian history and also raced well under the Tokyo Olympic qualifying standard to finish fifth in the The Marathon Project in Chandler, Ariz.