#399 - NYC Marathon Elite Field Preview

Very, very good race that we're going to have here, especially the two headliners are really exciting.

So one notable dropout that I saw on Instagram, gosh, it's been a few weeks now, is Fiona O'Keefe, top American last year, and fortunate that she won.

is not going to run.

She just had a hamstring surgery.

So she is out of the New York city marathon this year.

We'll talk about the American race, uh, at the end of the women's race.

I want to talk about the overall race first, but just, uh, just wanted to know any like notable dropouts.

And, uh, if you know, Keith was the big one, so it's too bad.

Anyways, kind of moving on to the overall race, the people that could win the women's race.

We have really two top dogs to be looking at here, right? Helena Beery and Safana San are the headliners.

However, five of the top six from last year are back.

So if Helena Beery or Safana San don't have that really good day, or if neither of them have a good day, there's plenty of contenders behind them that Could sneak in and be really successful.

The only one from the top six that is not returning is a big one.

It's Sharon Locchetti, who just ran an incredible race at Chicago, 2.14.

So we'll dive in here.

We got to talk about Helen O'Berry first, defending champion.

She set the course record last year.

If you guys remember, the women's race was electric last year, very fast, 2.19.51 course record.

like minutes off the course record.

It was a huge, uh, just race from Alano Berry, like very, very fast for the New York city course.

Um, and she's coming off.

She're in two 15 at London and April.

So she's in good shape.

One toe for toe with Tiggs, a stuff, uh, um, until pretty late in the race.

Um, and, uh, Kind of interesting winning New York would make her a three time champion.