For context, when Edna Kiplagat picked up her first World Marathon Major title at New York in 2010, Emma Bates had just arrived at Boise State as a college freshman. Des Linden had yet to make an Olympic team. And Jenny Simpson was still primarily known as a steeplechaser. Gebregziabher Gebremariam,
Ideal Boston Marathon splits that Ill never run on Strava. It wouldve resulted in a 2:09:51. When race day came around, he was just two seconds off. On Monday, he posted: Spoke those splits into existence: Also sat around Dom Scott and Emma Bates pre-race to get the Fauble energy.
sadly withdrawing from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials due to a plantar tear, Emma Bates used the additional weeks of training to recover and make her comeback in Boston. Before the race, she told CITIUS that she felt confident in her fitness and was prepared to race with the best women in the world.