In an interview immediately after the finish Ozaki was fresh, energetic and full of laughter. Her hair did not even look wet despite the heat. "Up until the 30 km point I just ran my own pace," she said of the back-and-forth pacing of the main pack throughout much of the race. "The real race was only over the last section." Ozaki's silver ties that of her coach Sachiko Yamashita, who was second at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.READ MORE
She is one of many top athletes who train in beautiful Boulder as the Denver Post realizes:
"The Japanese woman who won a silver medal in the marathon Sunday at the world track and field championships in Berlin trained this summer in Boulder.
Coached by 1991 world championships silver medalist Sachiko Yamashita, Yoshimi Ozaki made her third Boulder training camp from June 1 until the second half of July before returning to Japan for final training at sea level."
mzungo.org says: Most of the athletes are missing out on the great hiking that Boulder offers, being just a few miles from the Continental Divide. But that's just one of the many sacrifices they have to make to be the best of the best.
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