She finished more than 2 minutes ahead of the third-place finisher, Vivian Kiplagat of Kenya, who had gone out in 15:56 for her first 5K.

Her fastest 5K of the day, 16:19, was from 35K to 40K (21.7 to 24.8 miles), and there was only a 14-second differential between her fastest and slowest 5K splits. Whether it was because of her pacers or her innate running instincts, Sisson ran as smoothly as anyone in the field. “I never saw a vehicle or a camera, so I was like, ‘I must not be on American record pace because I figured they’d show it if I was,’” she said. Sisson was thrown off because television cameras weren’t close to her for much of the race. It’s been so long since I’ve run a marathon and I’m really happy to have a positive experience here.” “I was really surprised with the time and the place, and I was really, really happy. “That’s the first thing I said to my husband, ‘What did I run?’” Sisson recounted. She didn’t know she had broken the American record until she crossed the finish line. She had been instructed to follow her male pacers-Brian Harvey and Jonathan Mellor-and not to think about time.

Sisson mounted a furious final kick as she turned into Grant Park to shatter the record, but she said she had no idea what place she was in nor what pace she was on throughout the race. Benson Kipruto Wins 2022 Chicago Marathon.

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