It wasn’t anything close to 2014’s tactical sprint-to-the-finish win, but Kenya’s Mary Keitany looked just as euphoric at the finish line of Sunday’s 45th New York City Marathon as she did at the finish line of the 44th.
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The top American finisher was Meb Keflezighi finished in seventh place, right around three minutes behind Biwott’s winning time.
Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa won his second NYC Marathon title and first since 2005 in the men’s wheelchair race. Her Ethiopian countrywoman Tufa finished third. She is the second-fastest woman in history at the distance after Radcliffe, with a personal record of 2:18:37, set with a London Marathon victory in 2012.
This whole farce began at the technical meeting Saturday afternoon at the New York Hilton, where the professional and sub-elite runners get briefed on rules and procedure.
He made his NYC Marathon debut past year, hoping to test himself on the hilly course without a pacesetter, and proved up to the challenge of a tactical race. And that’s probably what makes marathon day in New York the greatest of all. He ran a 2:10:34 to take his first major marathon title. Tatyana McFadden, a Russian-born American, won the wheelchair contest for the third consecutive year, finishing in one hour, 43 minutes, and four seconds, and setting a new record. She finished the marathon in two hours and 24 minutes.
The Golf Channel host ran New York City for the second straight year.
Confidence was high coming into Sunday, but no matter how good she felt, Keitany knew to bide her time.
Pre-race favorite and defending champion Wilson Kipsang of Kenya was fourth out of an unofficial 50,229 total starters.
“I feel awesome”, she said at the finish line.
The New York City Marathon sees a back-to-back victor for the first time in 7 years.
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Her run helped raise more than $10,000 for Transportation Alternatives, a safe-streets advocacy group.
