Gearing up to race the VM Team Medicine Northwest Seafair Marathon, Romanian Claudia Colita is ready to set a new course record. The race takes place in Bellevue, Washington where the heat of the summer is not as severe. The Seafair festival is taking place and the marathon will kick off the event for the town. With the excitement building for the months of summer and celebrating the season, Claudia is preparing herself to run her best. Colita is an accomplished athlete with several top performances and course records. Her times are getting faster as she is turning more towards the longer distance races. She has completed several half marathons and is now gearing up to take on more marathons.
The Seafair Marathon course record was recently set this past year by teammate Larisa Mikhaylova in 2:53:22. However for Claudia, this past January at the Avia OC Marathon, she finished in a 2:47:10. Claudia has proven her ability to run this pace as in 2007 she won the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon in 2:48.41. These times break down to an average 6:25 per mile, which is a even a task for the average runner to run one mile at this pace, let alone 26 miles at this speed.
Claudia does most of her training abroad in her home country of Romania but enjoys coming to the states to race. She now runs with the elite team, Foot Solutions. Foot Solutions helps to support her through training and keeping her body in top shape. By providing the proper foot care and support for all the miles she puts on her body, Claudia though aging is still getting faster. The obvious key to succeeding is consistent training and the only hindrance here is an injury. Caring for the feet and body alignment is the foundation to overall alignment. As injuries often start because of a biomechanical and foot problem, Claudia’s care for her feet allows her to keep the injuries at bay.
Learn more about Claudia Colita and the other Foot Solutions athletes at www.runwithfootsolutions.com or call: 888-FIT-FOOT (348-3668).
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