Unsponsored runner Samantha Roecker, who ran 2:30:25 at the CIM, is hot on the heels of the best distance runners in the country.
, she’s well within striking distance of the Olympians. And if she continues progressing in the marathon as she has over the last few years, she very well might be bumping elbows with the leaders in Atlanta.Roecker grew up in Charleton, New York, a small town near Saratoga Springs, and started running in seventh grade.
After finishing up her fifth year of college competition in 2014, Roecker moved to Washington, D.C., to begin a master’s program in global health at Georgetown University. While she was content to take a break from track workouts and races, she began to feel the pull of longer distances. That spring, she took a trip with friends to cheer on the Boston Marathon runners, and she decided then that she wanted to be a participant in the 2015 race.
In between classes and clinicals, she joined the Philadelphia Runner Track Club, a semi-elite group stocked with recently graduated runners, to train for the. That November, she crossed the Central Park finish line in 2:45:29, placing 19th overall for women.Making each minute count
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