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May 19, 2009 - Tough race in Carson

With a great line up of athletes set to start in Carson, it was looking like an ideal opportunity to open the season. Unfortunately, the race didn't go as planned for Stellingwerff who suffered some injury problems leading into the race.

"In my last workout before the race I strained my calf and achilles, which wasn't super serious, but enough to stop me from running for the next couple days," said Hilary.

After resting the injury for a couple days she said it felt better and thus made the decision to race, but perhaps should have waited a few more days.

"It's always a tough decision not to race especially when you know you have good training behind you, but hopefully I can get myself together and have a good rest of the season."

Overall, results were quite mixed in Carson due to strong winds and the fact that it was most athletes' first race of the season. The women's 1500m was very slow and tacticle, passing 800m in 2:21. The last 300m resulted in a mad dash to the finish with the entire field of 15 runners battling it out. In the end, Jamaca's Kenia Sinclair broke the tape in 4:13.16.

See full results here.

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