Leah Thorvilson


Leah Thorvilson is an American racing cyclist, who currently rides for American amateur team Amy D Foundation. Thorvilson also competed as a long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon.
She grew up in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. In 2012, Thorvilson qualified to run in the US Olympic Team Marathon Trials where she finished with a time of 2:42:09. On March 4, 2012, Thorvilson won the Little Rock Marathon for the fourth year in a row with a personal best time of 2:37:26. On April 28, 2012 Thorvilson won the Frisco Railroad Run 50-Mile Race in Willard, Missouri with a time of 6:00:31. This is the fourth-fastest 50-miler by a female ever behind only Ann Trason, Donna Perkins, and Marcy Schwam. Thorvilson now lives and trains in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In December 2016 it was announced that Thorvilson would ride for the team for the 2017 season after emerging as the winner of the Zwift Academy program, beating 1,200 other competitors in the process.

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