Kudos to Ann Alyanak who battled sickness and injury and managed a great first 10 miles before having to give in to what her body was telling her.

Kara and Tara Storage ran a great marathon. They finished 1 second apart, Kara at 2:39:59 and Tara at 2:40:00 for 41st and 42nd respectively in the deepest women's field in Olympic Trials marathon history.

Brothers Jason and Josh Ordway also did very well. Josh was the faster of the two on this day, posting a time of 2:19:22 for 47th. Jason's 2:21:02 earned him the 60th place finish, very respectable for one of the youngest men in the field.

Here are their brief bios:

Ann Alyanak: Ann currently lives in Bellbrook with her husband Ed and son Eddie. She works at Up and Running. She was the head coach for University of Dayton Girls Cross Country. Ann won the Columbus Marathon in October. She has several outstanding finishes in the Boston Marathon and actually finished in the top ten in trials marathon 4 years ago.

Kara and Tara Storage: Kara and Tara currently live in Beavercreek. Kara and Tara are identical twins so many have trouble telling them apart. When we see them in races, they always seem to be right with each other. Both work at Wright Patterson AFB. The twins have been outstanding runners in the area for years. They recently turned 30, had incredible running careers at both Beavercreek High School and University of Dayton.

Jason Ordway: Jason currently lives in the Bellbrook area and works at Up and Running. Jason runs the ORRRC Team Series on the Speedy Feet/UAR Team but most of us don't know that because he is so far ahead of us we can't see him. Jason ran his first marathon in 2010 at Columbus... and won! He followed that up with a win in Columbus in 2011 in the Half Marathon.

Josh Ordway: Josh is Jason's older brother and the quieter of the brothers so I don't know too much about his accomplishments. I do know that Josh runs an incredible amount of miles, often logging over 100 miles in a week. If that is not impressive enough, he is logging those miles while in Medical School at Wright State University.