Women’s Race Preview: Too Close To Call
- By Sabrina Grotewold
- Published Jan. 12, 2012
Serena Burla
Age: 27
Residence: St. Louis, Mo.
Marathon PR: 2:35:08
2011 summary: The runner-up at the 2011 half-marathon championships overcame synovial sarcoma—a soft tissue cancer that grew on her right hamstring—in 2010 and raced to her personal best in the marathon last year.
FILED UNDER: Features / Race Coverage TAGS: Amy Hastings / Blake Russell / Deena Kastor / Desiree Davila / Janet Cherobon-Bawcom / Kara Goucher / Katie McGregor / Magdalena Lewy-Boulet / Serena Burla / Stephanie Rothstein / U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials / women's race preview
Sabrina Grotewold
Sabrina Grotewold is runner and editor based in southern California. Christened the Kitchen MacGyver by her husband, she’s determined to persuade people to eat their veggies.