Linden, Huddle to Run 2015 NYC Half
The strong American field also includes Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein on the men's side.
American distance stars Desiree Linden and Molly Huddle will compete in the 2015 NYC Half on March 15th, the New York Road Runners announced on Tuesday.
The pair will gun for the title against a pair of past champions—2014 champion Sally Kipyego and two-time champion Caroline Rotich, both of Kenya.
Linden, who will run the Boston Marathon in April, finished seventh at the NYC Half last year.
“Training is progressing well and I’m anxious to see how I match up against some of the world’s best,” Linden said in a press release.
Huddle has run two other half marathons, a third-place showing at last year’s NYC Half in 1:09:04 and a 1:09:22 third-place finish at last fall’s B.A.A. Half Marathon.
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NYRR previously announced the men’s field, which includes American stars Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein competing against international runners like Stephen Sambu and Wesley Korir. Keflezighi and Ritzenhein are both using the race as a training run for the Boston Marathon, as well. Ritzenhein has raced well so far in 2015, winning the Campaccio cross-country race in Italy the first week of January and finishing third in the Great Edinburgh XCountry 4K later that week. He also finished third at the U.S. Cross Country Championships in Boulder on February 7. This past weekend, he won the Gasparilla Distance Classic Half Marathon in 1:03:17, a course record.
The NYC Half will start with the women’s race at 7:18 a.m. with the men taking off 12 minutes later. It will be televised in New York on ABC7 and available outside of New York on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.