RRW: After Trials Disappointment & COVID, Matt Llano Ready To Race In Atlanta
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(23-Feb) On a Monday last September Matt Llano was on an easy training run in Flagstaff when he unexpectedly began to struggle. He started to feel an acute shortness of breath, and he did something he rarely does in training: he stopped.
Matt Llano training in Flagstaff (photo courtesy of Matt Llano)
“I wasn’t, like, running fast,” he told Race Results Weekly in a telephone interview yesterday. “It was supposed to be an easy run, and I was breathing so hard. I stopped halfway out. I was five miles out on some random dirt road in Flagstaff. I walked for a few minutes, which I just don’t do.”
RRW: Molly Seidel Racing A Special Edition Of The Atlanta Half-Marathon On The Atlanta Motor Speedway February 28
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(19-Feb) Gripping the steering wheel of her Audi Allroad while driving on an Arizona highway three days ago, Molly Seidel spoke breezily on her cell phone about what it’s like to go fast. Seidel, whose stunning second place finish at the USA Olympic Team Trials nearly a year ago in Atlanta catapulted her into the national spotlight, enjoys both running and driving fast.
“This thing goes fast,” she said of her car. “I’m a bit of a leadfoot.”