SF - Female Protag, foot race, physical enhancements, Atalanta???

Hello,

This is a sci-fi book about a woman who is entered in this race. It's her last chance, if she loses I think she dies. Not sure if the prize is like citizenship in this world or what. It is like their olympics. She is considered old for the race. She gets a physical enhancement to help her win or it could completely burn her out. I don't know if her name was Atalanta or it was in the title or it was not connected at all. I read it about 20 - 25 years ago.

That's all I got.

Thanks in advance.

could it be Achilles Choice by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes?

I haven't read it in a bazillion years, but it has a future Olympic runner heroine who has to decide whether she takes a risky enhancement in order to win.

Thanks Beesocks!!!!! I guess I got my greek hero wrong. :-)

I haven't read it, but I bet you got the name right; Atalanta is definitely the Greek hero associated with a footrace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta#Footrace