Emily Sisson sets record for US women at Chicago Marathon
Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
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Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
She runs 2:18:29, lowering the previous mark by 43 seconds.
Emily Sisson was absolutely brilliant, going out on AR pace (69:26) and then she picked it up and ran her fastest at the very end of the race.
Emily Sisson was joined by American legends Deena Kastor and Joan Benoit Samuelson after she entered the record books and revealed that she had no idea she was going so fast.
With Eliud Kipchoge’s world-record race in Berlin in 2018, the course has now witnessed 11 world records.