Post ING NYC Marathon Monday Motivation
This comes to you from JFK Airport – because I’m such a dedicated blogger :). And I KNOW I’ve had millions of people checking this just WAITING for a post. Right?
So, without further ado, check out the top 25 finishers at NYC. I could have been there. My life dream of top 10 American woman at NYC would have totally been attainable. This fuels me. I will rest HARD these next two or more weeks, whatever it takes. I want to be fast again, I want to compete alongside these women!!
Anyone use similar motivation? Do you visualize your name in results? Or use a bad race to make changes, fall in love again with the dream or goal, or to be more purposeful? Personal stories here would be fun :).
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | State | Country | Citizenship |
| 1 | 103 | Priscah Jeptoo | 02:25:07 | Kenya | KEN | |
| 2 | 104 | Buzunesh Deba | 02:25:56 | NY | United States | ETH |
| 3 | 107 | Jelena Prokopcuka | 02:27:47 | Latvia | LAT | |
| 4 | 106 | Christelle Daunay | 02:28:14 | France | FRA | |
| 5 | 105 | Valeria Straneo | 02:28:22 | Italy | ITA | |
| 6 | 110 | Kim Smith | 02:28:49 | RI | United States | NZL |
| 7 | 112 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | 02:29:10 | Germany | GER | |
| 8 | 134 | Tigist Tufa Demisse | 02:29:24 | NY | United States | ETH |
| 9 | 102 | Edna Kiplagat | 02:30:04 | Kenya | KEN | |
| 10 | 117 | Diane Nukuri-Johnson | 02:30:09 | IA | United States | BDI |
| 11 | 108 | Risa Shigetomo | 02:31:54 | Japan | JPN | |
| 12 | 114 | Lisa Stublic | 02:34:49 | Croatia | CRO | |
| 13 | 119 | Adriana Nelson | 02:35:05 | CO | United States | USA |
| 14 | 101 | Firehiwot Dado | 02:38:06 | Ethiopia | ETH | |
| 15 | 127 | Katie Dicamillo | 02:40:03 | RI | United States | USA |
| 16 | 122 | Aziza Aliyu | 02:40:27 | NY | United States | ETH |
| 17 | 1909 | Vera Nunes | 02:41:05 | Portugal | Portugal | POR |
| 18 | 126 | Mattie Suver | 02:41:18 | CO | United States | USA |
| 19 | 115 | Yolanda Caballero | 02:41:23 | Colombia | COL | |
| 20 | 116 | Amy Hastings | 02:42:50 | RI | United States | USA |
| 21 | 128 | Danna Kelly Herrick | 02:44:19 | IA | United States | USA |
| 22 | 129 | Julia Mallon | 02:45:36 | CA | United States | USA |
| 23 | 120 | Alisha Williams | 02:47:04 | CO | United States | USA |
| 24 | 1235 | Claudia Pereira | 02:49:52 | Portugal | Portugal | POR |
| 25 | 125 | Claudia Pinna | 02:51:00 | Italy | ITA |
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It's hard to read the name on that tag, so some people might not realize that the guy standing with you in that picture is Geoffrey Mutai. The FASTEST MARATHONER EVER, and the winner at NYC the last two years.
Love your positive attitude, Nichole! You WILL be on that list! I love the photo of you with Geoffrey – SO COOL! I met Desi Davilla at a NY 10K race this past year and I was totally star struck. I'm in VA and got to watch the NY marathon on TV! It was awesome! Glad you are taking some time to rest so that you can come back stronger (because you WILL)!!!
I had a sub-par race last spring at the Shamrock marathon and it lit a fire under me to really get after it this summer. I pushed myself to run with a faster group even though I was slightly intimidated and knew I'd be back of the pack (the group was for 3:20 marathoners and under – they let me in even though I ran a 3:24) and I kept telling myself when the going got tough that I was NOT going to have another sub-par race – I was GOING to get my goal! I definitely used that bad race as extra motivation to pay attention to details and really do everything I could to make sure that I would get it at my fall race. And sure enough, I ran a 3:18 at Erie, PA this fall and felt vindicated. 🙂