Demonstrating that the broken foot she suffered at last summer's Olympic Games is fully healed, 2004 Olympic women's marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor was victorious Sunday at the 2009 Bupa Great Edinburgh 10 km Run in Scotland.
Kastor took charge of the race after two kilometers and was unchallenged throughout, winning in 32 minutes, 38 seconds. Kastor thrived on the hilly course, which is similar to her training runs in California. Latvian Jelena Prokopcuka was the runner-up, finishing 36 seconds behind Kastor.
After a long rehabilitation, Kastor told PA Sport that her broken foot was healed and ready to go. "My foot felt great in practices because I was so conservative before making my comeback, so I wasn't expecting any problems," she said. "The only thing I was questioning before coming here was being mentally tough because I'd been away so many months."
