Only 5 months after setting up America record Emily Sison repeated the honor on an even bigger scale at the half marathon in Indianapolis. On October 9, Sisson set an American record for her marathon when she finished second at the Chicago Marathon.
Sisung ran 2:18:29, 43 seconds off the previous record set by Keira D’Amato earlier this year.she finished just over 4 minutes Behind Kenya’s Ruth Chepgetich, who won the 26.2-mile race for the second year in a row and fell short of breaking the world record by 14 seconds NBCSportsKenya’s Vivian Jerono Kiplagat was third.
Sisong’s 2022 was a record-breaker, but she hasn’t had a smooth road to it. Sisson, now 30, entered her marathon trials at the 2020 Olympics in Atlanta as one of the favorites to win, but she ended up falling 22 miles off the hilly course. By the way, I dropped out. This was her last marathon she raced to Chicago this weekend.
‘Olympic marathon trials that broke my heart,’ Sisson said NBCSports“Normally I’m good at moving forward from a bad race, but I really struggled with that race.
Shortly after the marathon trials, the Olympics announced a postponement to 2021, and the track trials were also postponed to 2021. I spent an extra year preparing and finally won the race. heading to Tokyo for his 2021 Olympic debut, finish in 10th place In the 10,000 meters (or 6.2 miles) event.
After his Olympic experience, Sison said. runner’s world She said she plans to focus on public roads for 2022. Track She said it’s getting harder to start building up the marathon because her body needs to rest by the end of the season.
“I am very confident in the decision [not to run track]’ she said runner’s world. “I love trucks, but I really want to see what I can do on the road.”
That decision paid off big. In Indianapolis in May, he set an American record by running 1:07:11 in the half marathon. trying Interrupt twice before and miss it by a few seconds each time.
“The third time is a charm,” Sisson wrote Instagram After setting an American record of 13.1 miles.
Her focus on long-distance training continues to pay off in Chicago.according to new york times, Sisson came into the race with confidence, saying that if she had a “good day” she would challenge the American record. That means she finished the second half (her final 13 miles) earlier than the first.
After the race, Sisson met D’Amato and American long-distance running legends Deena Custer (who held the American marathon record until 2006) and Joan Benoît Samuelson (the first female Olympic marathon champion). I was there.
“Great,” Sisson said NBC Chicago“I mean, all the women standing here today have accomplished so much that it’s an incredible honor just to be among them.”
D’Amato, who served as NBC Chicago’s race analyst during the event, said it was “pretty emotional” to be there when Sisson broke the American record.As SELF reported earlier this year. , D’Amato only set the previous record at the Houston Marathon in January 2022.
“I’m really proud of Emily today and feel a part of the legacy that continues to push the bar forward for women in America,” D’Amato said on air.
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