Becky Wade
QT: 2:33:03
Residence: Boulder, CO
Hometown: Dallas, TX
College: Rice University
Age on Race Day: 30
Affiliation: Nomad Track Club
Qualifying Race: Scotiabank Toronto Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:30:41
Social handles: Instagram - @beckyswade Twitter - @bexwade89
Favorite inspirational quote: "You live simple, you train hard, and live an honest life. Then you are free." - Eliud Kipchoge
Favorite song to run to: Daddy Lessons by Beyonce and the Dixie Chicks
Favorite post-race indulgence: Ice cream and wine
Of Note:
- Freelance writer (work appears in Runner's World, Outside, Women's Running, etc.); author of "Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe" after living with other runners and coaches around the world
- Favorite running memory is of many epic runs on Mount Entoto in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Has a twin brother; siblings 20 months older are boy-girl twins, as well
- Won her debut marathon (California International Marathon 2013) in a time of 2:30:41
- This will be her fourth Trials after 3000m steeplechase in 2012 and 2016 and marathon in 2016
