The 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon brought us an Olympian, some personal bests, and great places.  Desiree Davila will be representing the United States in the 2012 Olympics to be held in London, England on August 5.  She finished 2nd in 2:25:55!  Dot McMahan had another top ten finish by running 2:32:16 to finish 9th.  Melissa White finished 13th in 2:34:33, Erin Richard ran 2:44:53, and Lavenna Mullenbach was 2:46:49.  

The men were led by a personal best of 2:14:22 by Mike Morgan in 17th place.  Drew Polley set a personal best by dipping under 2:15 with a time of 2:14:58.  Paul Hefferon ran 2:16:46 in his debut marathon.  Robert Scribner also achieved a personal best time of 2:18:18.  Sage Canaday was next in 2:18:24.  Jeremy Criscione ran a debut marathon of 2:20:57.  Clint Verran just off his qualifier in December ran 2:22:03.  Ryan Sheehan ran 2:25:37.  Chad Johnson was able to finish despite having a huge knee.  Unfortunately injuries prevented Luke Humphrey and Tim Young from finishing.

Online registration for the Bill Roney 5K is available through the following link on active.com (http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2001162).  The race will take place on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:00 AM.  Registration forms are also available at all four Hansons Running Shop locations.  Packet pick up will be on March 23, 2012 from 3 PM - 8 PM at the Utica store (8409 Hall Road). 

Congratulations to our entire staff for once again being named one of the Top 50 Running Shops in the United States by The Running Network.  The designations were given at an awards banquet on Friday, December 9, 2012 in Austin, Texas.  A huge thanks to our wonderful customers for their continued support of their local running store!