2011 USA Half Marathon Championships Recap: Jen Rhines' Return Trumps Serena Burla's

2011 USA Half Marathon Championships Recap: Jen Rhines' Return Trumps Serena Burla's: "2011 USA Half Marathon Championships Recap: Jen Rhines' Return Trumps Serena Burla's
By LetsRun.com
January 29, 2011
Jen Rhines capped her return to the half marathon distance by putting away strong challenges from Serena Burla and Nan Kennard to win the 2011 USATF Half Marathon Title in Houston and $12,000 in 1:11:14.
The thirty-six-year-old Rhines was the credentialed veteran in Saturday's race (she had made 3 Olympic teams, including one in the marathon, while the rest of the field combined had made one). However, despite making the Olympics in 2004 in the marathon, after subpar performances in the longer distances in 2006, Rhines abandoned the longer distances of the half marathon and marathon to return to the track. Until last month, when she won the Rock N Roll Las Vegas Marathon in a 1:14 tune-up, she had stayed away from the long distances on the roads.
How would she fare versus a more competitive field?"