I'm so happy to have done this, and now I can say I ran the New York City Marathon.
The 1500 m. record was considered impossible to break.
I completed five half marathons in 2002.
Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen.
When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.
What does it prove, running in the AAU meet?
I can now check Oregon off the 'marathon in every state list.'
I think I got to the point where a lot of runners end up: You plan another race so you have something to focus on and that's what I do - I focus.
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
