![]() ![]() ![]() "I think it's possible," Wade said, sounding like she was channeling the Texans when they were asked about narrowing the great divide that separates them from the Patriots. ![]() Nonetheless, in what she labeled "a comeback" from the biggest setback of her career, Wade served notice on the course, then later said as much from the podium, that she's conceding nothing to anybody, all those gifted East Africans included.Īt 27, Wade insists there's still plenty of time for her to "bridge the gap" and, re-energized, she's determined to put in the "ton of work" it's going to take to be taken seriously. Yes, they did reach the finish line in Discovery Green well in front of her, Assefa in 2:30:18 and Degefa another 26 seconds back with Wade crossing more than five minutes later in 2:35:57. Among the women, only Assefa and the runner-up, defending champion Biruktayit Degefa, covered the 26.2 muggy miles through the city's center at a faster pace than Wade. Becky Wade is from Dallas and her current training base is Boulder, Colo., but she made her bones as an elite runner competing for Rice, and this dreary damp day Wade parlayed the "home field advantage" into hugely satisfying, uplifting third-place finish. ![]()
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