 Complete the following phrase:  Mare managed third place at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February 2011. Although she was the pre-race favourite at the Los Angeles Marathon in March, she was defeated by both Bezunesh Deba and Amy Hastings and came third with a comparatively slow time of 2:30:25 hours. A month later she won the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon by a margin of one minute. She was the runner-up at the Bogota Half Marathon in August. Although she was not selected for the world championships team that year, she was chosen to represent her country at the 