Jan 29 2008
By David Monti
(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission

The 2007 world championships bronze medalist at 10,000m, Kara Goucher, will contest the New York
Road Runners women's mile at Friday night's 101st Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden,
organizers announced yesterday. She will face, amongst others, Russia's Liliya Shobukhova, the 2006 IAAF
World Indoor Championships silver medalist at 3000m.

Goucher has an excellent chance of improving on her modest 4:46.45 personal best. Coached by
Alberto Salazar, Goucher is working on improving her speed this indoor season to help her be more
competitive at the end of her longer track races. She has very strong personal best times of 8:34.99
for 3000m, 14:55.02 for 5000m, 31:17.12 for 10,000m and 1:06:57 for the half-marathon.

The 29 year-old athlete has only recently returned to full training after a minor knee surgery
last December. This will be her first Millrose appearance.

The Millrose Games record for the women's mile is 4:21.45 set by Romanian Doina Melinte in 1988 on
the old, wooden, 11 laps-to-the-mile track which is no longer used at Madison Square Garden. It
still ranks as the #6 performance of all-time; Melinte remains the world indoor record holder with
a 4:17.14 clocking in East Rutherford, N.J., back in 1990.

ENDS