It’s not every day one gets a chance to go for a run with a two-time Olympian.
But Kim Conley, who made the U.S. Olympic team in 2012 and again in 2016, both in the 5,000-meter race, is back in her hometown of Santa Rosa and plans to lace up her shoes and go for a run with all-comers Wednesday, with a special invitation to her childhood coaches and kids just entering the sport.
For Conley, who in recent years has shifted her competitive sights from the track to the marathon and has just launched a coaching business, the run and talk Wednesday at Fleet Feet Santa Rosa is part homecoming, part fun run, part thank you.
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