Laura Thweatt
QT: 2:29:06
Residence: Superior, CO
Hometown: Durango, CO
College: University of Colorado
Age on Race Day: 30
Affiliation: Saucony
Qualifying Race: Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:25:38
Social Handles: Instagram - @lthweatt Twitter - @lthweatt11
Favorite inspirational quote: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
Favorite movie: The Money Pit
Favorite running memory: Every time she does the Gudies Point trail in Durango, she falls in love with running all over again.
Of Note:
- Assistant Cross Country Coach at Monarch High School in Louisville, CO, which has "provided an incredible balance and perspective" to her own pro running
- Fifth at 2016 Trials at 10,000 meters
- 2015 USATF Cross Country Champion; on Team USA at IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- Struggled with injuries for two years after setting her PB in London in 2017; didn't run for six months and didn't race for almost a year.
- Considers her two biggest accomplishments receiving an athletic scholarship to UC and signing a pro contract with Saucony
- Boyfriend Alex Monroe also plans to compete in Trials
