CT’s top female finisher at the Boston Marathon combines love of horses, running
KATONAH, N. Y. – As a trainer at a busy horse show barn, Laena Romond found herself with a rare few hours off on a Sunday morning in December 2024.
Romond is also a runner; she doesn’t get to race that much because she works on weekends. There was a half marathon that morning in West Palm Beach , near her winter horse show stable in Wellington, Fla. “We were supposed to show that day and someone canceled or our plans changed on Saturday afternoon, so my Sunday morning opened up,” she said.
“The race started at 6 (a. m. ).
I was like, ‘If I run it and run fast, I can still be at work at 8:30. ’” She laughed. Not only did she run, Romond, 43, won the 13.
1-mile race and was interviewed after by a local TV station. “Five minutes later, all these different people were texting and asking me, ‘What are you doing? ’” she said, laughing.
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