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Jan. 20, 2007 - New Balance Games, New York City

Solid mile start

Considered one of the fastest indoor track anywhere, The New Balance Armory Track is a great place to start the competitive season. And, the fact that it's in New York City, makes it that much more exciting. The 2007 New Balance Games proved once again to be a great event with high level mid-distance athletes from all over the world.

Although Hilary was a bit nervous going into this race, she views it as a good place to start the season and the perfect level of competition for this time of year.

"Of course I was nervous since this was really my first true race of the season and I didn't know what to expect, but since this is my third year back, I was also in a comfortable setting where I knew I could just sit in and try to work hard in the second half," said Hilary after the race. "The meet director Ian Brooks always does a great job putting together a good field and getting us pumped up with his announcing, so it was definitely a positive experience."

Hilary ran a strong race, starting in the middle of the pack and working her way up to the leaders. The pace was slow early on, going through 800m in about 2:17. But it progressively picked up and was a real race to the finish line for the top four women: Mary Cullen, Sara Hall, Carmen Douma-Hussar and Hilary, all finishing within a half second of each other. Cullen won in 4:32.29, while Hilary was 4th in 4:32.90.

Next up for Hilary will be a 3000m at the Boston Indoor Games.

For full results and video of the race, click here (video is at the top right of the screen on Armory Track TV at this link.>>

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