“I just was hoping to feel good and run my last one the fastest, even if it was like a second or two faster than London,” Flanagan said. Before New York, her slowest finish was Chicago (2:46:39) and her fastest was London (2:35:04). One by one, she checked them off, hoping to finish each race in under three hours. RELATED: 5 Marathons Down, One to Go: Takeaways From Shalane Flanagan’s Fall “Eclipse” That’s why I latched on so hard to this idea of six world major marathons, because I was like, wow, I just need something to look forward to and to have a goal again, and a sense of purpose-beyond, you know, being a mom and other things. And then for me: I retired, I had knee surgery, I was transitioning into a coaching role I felt like I struggled. They felt like they lost a sense of purpose and training and it was really difficult to get out the door. And then I could feel the loss of a lot of these marathoners. I felt like I was grieving that for them and helping them process and mourning that loss.
“As a coach, I really had to help my athletes grieve the loss of the Olympics. “Everyone struggled to a degree,” she said of the pandemic from the finish line of Sunday’s race. After two knee reconstructions and a global pandemic, the Olympic silver medalist was ready to set her sights on something, well, major. Though she retired from professional running in 2019, Flanagan never lost her drive to chase big dreams. RELATED: Shalane Flanagan Has A New Goal: Racing 6 Marathons in 7 Weeks
When it was announced that all six World Major Marathons would take place within a seven-week window-Berlin September 26, London October 3, Chicago October 10, Boston October 11, Tokyo October 17, and New York November 7-Flanagan had a crazy idea: she wanted to run them all. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!įor Shalane Flanagan, crossing the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday in 2:33:32 was a triumph of far more than 26.2 miles.
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