Malindi Elmore, 41, reinvents herself as marathon runner eight years after leaving track behind
Hilary Stellingwerff, left, from London, Ont., and Malindi Elmore, from Kelowna, B.C., embrace after competing in the women's 1,500-metre event at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary on June 29, 2012.Malindi Elmore stepped up to the starting line at the Houston Marathon with the initials of her two young sons written on her hands – “O” on one hand for three-year-old Oliver, “C” on the other for seven-year-old Charlie.
No Canadian women qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a 1,500 rife with controversy. Several entrants, including three Russian medal favourites, were disqualified for doping before the Games even began. Elmore left track and reinvented herself as a world-class triathlete. Her Ironman time of 8:57:22, set in 2016, was the fourth fastest in Canadian history. But after becoming both a business owner – in event-planning and coaching – and a mom to her two boys, she found triathlon training too time-consuming.
While Hood continues to write Elmore’s workouts, Van Tighem continues to help out, and is in Japan as Canada’s marathon coach. He marvels at the marathoner Elmore has become.
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