Runner Loses Medal Due to Premature Celebration

The 10K is a long race. More than 6-miles even. If you’re in a 10K, you cannot let up. Ever. Especially a few meters before the finish line. That’s the lesson that Molly Huddle learned during the IAAF World Championships in Beijing earlier this week. Huddle, moments from winning a bronze medal, let up and allowed fellow American Emily Infeld to pass her at the last second. One was devastated. One elated. [Runner’s World]