{"id":812,"date":"2014-04-01T16:55:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/wordpress\/?p=812"},"modified":"2014-04-02T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:59:05","slug":"2014-carlsbad-5000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"2014 Carlsbad 5000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\">Click here to view photos from the 2014 Carlsbad 5000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dejen Gebremeskel, 2012 Olympic silver medalist for 5,000 meters, became the only individual to claim four Carlsbad 5000 titles, by winning his fourth consecutive  <a href=\"http:\/\/carlsbad.competitor.com\">Carlsbad 5000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_113741_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Dejen Gebremeskel, on his way to a fourth consecutive Carlsbad 5000 title\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lagat1500\" title=\"Bernard Lagat\">Bernard Lagat<\/a>, competing in his first Carlsbad 5000, held on for second place. Lagat&#8217;s 13:19 finishing time was good enough to break Marc Davis&#8217; 18 year-old American Record (13:24).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_113742_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Bernard Lagat, sprinting toward a new American Record for 5K\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former NAU Lumberjack <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/estradadiego\" title=\"Diego Estrada\">Diego Estrada<\/a>, now a U.S. citizen, finished in sixth place. Estrada competed in the 2012 Olympics for Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_113756a_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Diego Estrada\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaBleasdale\" title=\"Julia Bleasdale\">Julia Bleasdale<\/a> from Great Britain dominated the last mile of the women&#8217;s elite race, cruising to victory in 15:06.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_110954_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Julia Bleasdale from Great Britain dominated the last mile of the women's elite race, cruising to victory in 15:06\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Betsy Saina, who trains in Flagstaff, placed second in 15:22.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_111009a_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Betsy Saina, who trains in Flagstaff, placed second in 15:22\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fourth place finisher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bmartrun\" title=\"Brenda Martinez\">Brenda Martinez<\/a> set a 19 second personal best, and was the first American, in 15:25.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_111014e_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Brenda Martinez\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alynne77\" title=\"Amy Van Alstine\">Amy Van Alstine<\/a>, of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nazelite.com\/\" title=\"Northern Arizona Elite\">Northern Arizona Elite<\/a> club, finished fifth in 15:30. Van Alstine is the reigning U.S. Cross Country champion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2014_Carlsbad_5000\/20140330_111022a_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Van Alstine\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view photos from the 2014 Carlsbad 5000 Dejen Gebremeskel, 2012 Olympic silver medalist for 5,000 meters, became the only individual to claim four Carlsbad 5000 titles, by winning his fourth consecutive Carlsbad 5000. 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