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Oct. 26, 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland

Hilary wins Lausanne 1/4 marathon

After a couple months of good endurance training, Hilary tested herself on the roads of Lausanne in a 1/4 marathon and successfully defended her title from 2007.

Hilary explains that although good base training is her focus at this time of year, competitions are still valuable.

"Eventhough I'm training hard and running a lot of miles right now, it's good to jump into a race and see where you're at and remind the body what it's like to push hard," says Hilary. "I was a bit sick with a head cold coming into this race so I wasn't as excited as normal, but once I got in there I had a lot of fun and was able to run a decent race."

Hilary cover the 1/4 marathon distance in 34:38, over half a minute ahead of the next female competitor. But she explains it wasn't until the last 2km that she took the lead.

"This race starts a bit downhill so people go out like crazy, but I held back and tried to run smart. I was in about 5th at half way and finally passed the first girl with about 2km left. Those last few kilometres were definitely challenging."

In just under a week Hilary will leave for a training camp in Ethiopia where she'll test herself out at 2500m+ with other athletes from across Europe and Ethiopia. From there she'll join team Canada in Tokyo for the Chiba Ekiden on November 24th.

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