Brigid Kosgei
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Oct 16, 2026
Karen LesiewiczHOST
Kidding.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
It was Brigid Kosgei who came in as the heavy favorite 'cause she just ran Tokyo, and she whooped up on most of the field that she was racing today.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
Um, she beat them all very recently, you know, in the last, like six months or seven, eight months.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
So usually recent past performance I think is the best indicator of, sorry, past, past recent performance is like the best indicator of like current recent performance.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
Hawi Faysal, uh, is the returning champ, and she got beat by Brigid at Tokyo, so people were c- people weren't really talking about her.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
And for a returning champ, um, it was just, it was, it was a little more shocking.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
People really weren't, um, you know, they, they had her in the mix, but it was really the Sharon Lokedi and Brigid Kosgei, like, I think, uh, dual match up.
Karen LesiewiczHOST
Well, lo and behold, race starts, it's Hawi Faysal and Brigid Kosgei, uh, neck and neck with two pacers, um, and they're just getting after it.
TimHOST
While former...
TimHOST
Uh, speaking of people who don't age, while former world record holder Brigid Kosgei came third in 2 hours, 14:55.
TimHOST
So again, for the women, very quick times, uh, as well.
TimHOST
For the women as well, it's, uh, worth noting that Australia's Izzy Batt-Doyle came sixth overall with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 38 seconds, and it is now an Australian record for that time.
Carrie TollefsonGUEST
She was fourth at the Olympics.
Carrie TollefsonGUEST
Hawi Fayssa was the defending champion in Chicago, and they had Brigid Kosgei.
Carrie TollefsonGUEST
I mean, I could go through the whole thing, but every single one of them has a cool story.
Carrie TollefsonGUEST
Hawi Fayssa's life has changed since becoming a Chicago marathoner.
Matt ArcherHOST
Uh, Sharon Ledecky, I know that one's right because I've heard her name a thousand times, two hours, 14 and seven seconds.
Matt ArcherHOST
And, uh, Brigid Kosgei, two hours, 14 and 55 seconds.
Matt ArcherHOST
So that's bloody swift for the, for the top three women.
SteveHOST
Yeah.
Chris ChavezHOST
My guest for today's episode is Emma Grace Hurley, and as of Sunday, she is now officially a marathoner.
Chris ChavezHOST
In her debut at the Chicago Marathon, she ran 2:20:47 to set the American women's debut record, finishing seventh overall in a field that included Howie Fasa, Sharon Loketi, Brigid Kosgei.
Chris ChavezHOST
She moved from 13th at 10K to 10th at halfway, and then seventh by the finish line.
Chris ChavezHOST
She also immediately threw up at that finish line, which became a meme online, and she's being very good-natured about the whole thing.
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Emma Grace HurleyGUEST
... that were under 2:20.
Emma Grace HurleyGUEST
Yeah.
Chris ChavezHOST
And so we kind of expected some of them to go, not necessarily with Brigid Kosgei and Howie Fasa, but maybe a couple with the Sharon Loketi group, and there was a lot of carnage, a lot of DNFs from that group.
Chris ChavezHOST
Were those things that you saw along the course, you're like, "Oh, there's one," or, like...
Jonathan GaultHOST
[chuckles] Still got a long way to go for that.
Jonathan GaultHOST
But I think it changed a little bit because coming in, I viewed her as maybe the third most likely to win after Brigid Kosgei, who beat her by three minutes in Tokyo earlier this year, and Sharon Lokedi, who had won back-to-back Bostons, had looked really good, and her coach, you know, Stephen Haas, was very high on her chances this year.
Jonathan GaultHOST
And it did feel like maybe this is my fault.
Jonathan GaultHOST
I should have given her more respect after winning Chicago in 2:14 last year.
Bradley CrokerHOST
Uh, in the women's, uh, Hawi Faysal ran 2:13:33, uh, splits of 66:07 and 67:26.
Bradley CrokerHOST
Sharon Lokedi was second, 2:14:07, and Brigid Kosgei third, 2:14:55.
Bradley CrokerHOST
Aussie Izzy Batt-Doyle finished sixth, 2:20:38, to take 46 seconds off Jess Stenson's national record, which was 2:21:24.
Bradley CrokerHOST
Her halfway split was 70:29, and her second half was 70:09.
RyanHOST
Um, Harwi Faysal got the win in fourth fastest time in history, 2:13:33 from Sharon Lokedi, uh, her first time on a flat course, 2:14:07.
RyanHOST
And Brigid Kosgei, 2:14:55 for third.
RyanHOST
You go down the list, Issy Bates-Doyle finished sixth overall in a Australian record, Oceania record of 2:20:38, and also icing on the cake, finished ahead of the first US female, Emma Grace Hurley, who was actually making her debut.
RyanHOST
She was ahead of Issy for large parts of the race, 2:20:47 she ended up running.
Lindsey HeinHOST
... has so many years left
Erica KempGUEST
... longevity, Brigid Kosgei-
Lindsey HeinHOST
Yeah
Erica KempGUEST
...
Chris ChavezHOST
They're definitely, definitely doing something well with the Evo Pro 4, and that has been, you know, the hot shoe right now.
Chris ChavezHOST
Um, touching on the front of the women's race before we get into probably a deep dive on the Americans, um, Hawi Fayssa entered this as the reigning champion, and she had two-time Chicago champion, former world record holder Brigid Kosgei basically right next to her to push the pace.
Chris ChavezHOST
The goal was to go out in 65:30, was, I think, what they had expressed beforehand, and they covered the opening 10K in 31:04, so that's 2:11:05 pace, and it was hot.
Chris ChavezHOST
They were out so much farther than everyone else.
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Chris ChavezHOST
You can also find the link in the show notes.
Chris ChavezHOST
Thanks to Kaizen for supporting the podcast.
Chris ChavezHOST
And so I guess the rest of the, um, notables on the women's side, so Hawi Fasa for the win, Sharon Lokedi second, Brigid Kosgei ends up finishing third in 2:14:55.
Chris ChavezHOST
One thing that I shared, uh, I think a day or two before the race was both Brigid Kosgei and Jacob Kiplimo opted into the extra testing by the AIU, um, ahead of this race, but it is going to carry over into, um, their spring marathons.
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