Fiona O’Keeffe was a rookie at the 26.2-mile distance, but she raced like a veteran.
Fiona O’Keeffe made her move at the Olympic Marathon Trials earlier than her coaches wanted her to. The instructions from spouses Amy and Alistair Cragg were for O’Keeffe to stay in the lead pack and make sure she was in the top three at 22 miles. The Trials race on February 3 in Orlando, Florida, was O’Keeffe’s debut marathon—she had qualified with a half marathon time—and she should race conservatively. Just make the team; wait until 4 miles to go to make any big moves.
But also mapping out in her head, how does she get through the entire workout starting now? She did those things really well.” Plumb the minds of others…O’Keeffe drew comfort from absorbing lessons from Cragg, who had so much to share about winning the Trials eight years earlier. O’Keeffe took the small things—like making her water bottles recognizable and easy to grab off a table—and the big things, about remaining relaxed.
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