Mary Julie Isphording (born December 5, 1961, in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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) is a retired female
long-distance runner
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength.
Within e ...
from the
United States
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. She competed for her native country at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles, California
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. However, she did not reach the finish line there. Isphording set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:54) in 1989.
Bobbi Gibb
Roberta Louise Gibb (born November 2, 1942) is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). She is recognized by the Boston Athletic Association as the pre-sanctioned era women's winner in 1966 ...
, the first woman to have run the entire
Boston Marathon
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, sculpted the 12-inch bronze figurines of a pony-tailed girl running that were given as trophies to
Joan Benoit Samuelson,
Julie Brown (athlete)
Julie Ann Brown (born February 4, 1955) is an American retired distance runner. She won the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in 1975 and represented the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon, placing 36th.
Brow ...
, and Isphording, the top three women marathoners at the US Olympic trials in 1984.
Achievements
See also
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World Fit
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References
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1961 births
Living people
American female long-distance runners
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track and field athletes from Cincinnati
21st-century American women
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