Deena Kastor has dropped out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon.  Story below

The Olympic Marathon got underway at 7:30am Beijing time/7:30pm Eastern US time.  Through the first 1k the pace was about 2:43 marathon pace so nothing too crazy.  There was a large pack that included favorites such as Paula Radcliffe and Deena Kastor.  At about 20 minutes into the race, Deena Kastor stepped off the side of the road, reached down and grabbed her foot.  The pack continued on as Deena stood there on the streets of Beijing.

No word yet on exactly what happened to Deena, but it was said that she told reporters that "something popped" in her foot..  We will try to update as we know.  If you hear anything please comment below this article so everyone gets the word.

For now, Blake and Magda are still in it so good luck to them.  Blake is towards the front of the pack at 30 mins.  Are thoughts are with Deena.

Check here to see live splits and gap times.....

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW099100/index.html

Updates:

 11miles - Blake Russell, Paula Radcliffe, Catherine Nderaba, Chunxiu Zhou all still in lead pack.  Madga Lewy-Boulet 3 mins off lead pack