“I mean, the women standing here today, they've all accomplished so much, so just to be amongst them is an incredible honor.'ĭuring the race, Sisson said, she didn't know what pace she was on.

'It's amazing,' said Sisson, who also holds the American women's record for the half marathon. There was signs of strain Sunday as she reached the finish line and was greeted by the previous record holders – D'Amato, Deena Kastor and Joan Benoit Samuelson. Usually, I'm pretty good at moving on after bad races but that one was really hard for me.” 'I came out of that race pretty broken,'' she later told the Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon. Olympic Marathon Trials, Sisson was unable to finish the race despite being one of the pre-race favorites. Sunday's Chicago Marathon was her first time lining up for the distance in 2 1/2 years.Īt the 2020 U.S. Sisson, 30, finished second overall in 2:18:29 – 43 seconds faster than the previous record of 2:19:12, set by Keira D’Amato in Houston on Jan.

She was better than ever at the Chicago Marathon, breaking the record for the fastest women’s marathon by an American. On Sunday, Emily Sisson ran her first mass marathon since dropping out of the Tokyo Olympic trials. Correction/clarification: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the margin by which Emily Sisson lowered the American women's marathon record.

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