We have our Olympic marathon trials coming up in about a week.

Eight months earlier, at the marathon trials in New York City, he had also failed to make the team.

"It was difficult not to run in the marathon trials," she said.

They are among 104 American men who have run 2:20 or faster to qualify for the marathon trial.

The marathon trials will be held in Houston on Jan. 26.

Even though he could run the marathon trials without being a citizen, Khannouchi said he would not.

A marathon trial over a spill of dioxin, the highly toxic chemical, has come to an end after nearly four years.

She added that she has also canceled plans to attend the marathon trials to cheer on her friends.

It is exceeded in length and size only by another marathon trial from 1956 to 1961.

After a marathon seven-month trial, Noriega, 54, the first foreign leader to be convicted in America, faces up to 120 years' jail.