She ran the 2017 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon in two hours, 59 minutes, seven seconds. “They talked me into trying to actually train for the Boston Marathon instead of just running it,” she said. She got talked into trying again by her friends and her boyfriend, and signed up late for the California marathon, known as CIM. Only gun time — the time the race starts, not the moment you cross the start line — is considered valid for qualifying purposes. “At about mile 23, I thought, ‘Oh man, this is where it hurts.’” At that point, the group that was still in the hunt to qualify for the Olympic marathon trials started to break apart.

Source: International New York Times December 14, 2019 12:56 UTC