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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2689198, member: 7511"] I believe that 6 of the top 8 women were Americans, and that didn't include Flanagan, Huddle and 1 or 2 other top Americans that burned out. Very quietly, over the past 5-10 years there has been a revolution in US Women's distance running with the arrival of a virtual herd of outstanding U.S. runners. One of the most impressive aspects about Linden's run today is that she fell back to help pace Flannagan back into the race after Flannagan had to stop for a toilet break. Linden then fell back off the pace on at least two occasions, but somewhere down deep she found something extra to power back into the race. When she blew by the Ethiopian and then the Kenyan with about 20 minutes left to go, it was one of the most thrilling moments I've ever watched in a marathon since Samuelson ran away from everyone in the 1984 Olympics in LA. [/QUOTE]