Former NCAA champion and 2012 Olypmic marathon hopeful Kara Goucher plans to return from maternity leave at -- fittingly -- a Phoenix event, the Arizona Republic reports.
Goucher has company in the club of elite American women trying to work with pregnancy timelines, and her schedule is ambitious. She may not limit her competition to the Arizona event, according to the Republic:
Goucher gave birth to a son on September 25, returning to training earlier this fall.
2008 AP photo by Eric Risberg