Associated Press CHICAGO -- Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor announced Wednesday she will run in the 2005 Chicago Marathon and said it will be her only marathon of the year.
Kastor finished third in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 20 seconds, and captured the American women's record of 2:21:16 with a third-place finish at the 2003 London Marathon. "I want to run under 2:20 (in Chicago)," said Kastor, who lives in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and was a standout at the University of Arkansas. "You have to be aggressive in Chicago and that's what I intend to do." Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania was the women's winner of last year Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:23:45. The 2005 Chicago Marathon is scheduled for Oct. 9. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfield&id=1987898
