Alisa Harvey earned her elite reputation by thwarting all competition on the track at 800 and 1,500 meters. Now she has left her mark on the Army Ten-Miler.  When the 41-year-old Manassas resident seized the lead yesterday before the sevenmile mark in downtown Washington, she was about to make race history — scoring an unprecedented fourth victory and becoming the oldest female to win America’s largest 10-mile race. “I went a little early,” said Harvey, the top woman here in 1998, 1999 and 2003 as well.

“I was a little nervous about the woman [Emily Brzozowski] who was with me.  I wanted to test her, but I committed.  I was really tired at the end.”

Harvey stopped the clock at 59 minutes flat, some 29 seconds faster than in 2003, when she entered the race with a badly injured foot. She also knocked 49 seconds off the masters record set by Martha Merz in 2002. Brzozowski trailed by 26 seconds….continue reading

Below are a few photos captured from the 2006 Army Ten-Miler…view more photos here