NEW YORK – It didn’t take long Alifin Tuliamuk to find air conditioning after finishing seventh as the top American in the hottest New York City marathon since 1985.
He picked up his 21-month-old daughter, who was laughing. Zoeyand put his face directly in front of the cool air.
“To be honest with you, I don’t think it was actually as bad as I expected it to be,” Tuliamuk said of the temperature, which reached 73 degrees as he crossed the finish line in Central Park. “I was in my hydration state.”
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Decent time vs. AC unit for @mamaZoeCherotch (and his daughter Zoe) after finishing as the top American in the hottest #TCSNYMarathon Since 1985 pic.twitter.com/EqV7pCDxN4
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He clocked a personal best of 2:26:18 despite a swollen ankle that had hampered his growth. He estimated that he only had five weeks of training before he narrowed down the last two weeks.
“When the conditions are not perfect, I excel,” he said. I rise to the occasion and believe that today was the case.”
The seventh-place finish was the lowest ranking for a top American woman in New York City since 2015 Laura Twitt It was also seventh.
“I remember going into the race thinking, ‘If I can get seventh, that would be really good,'” Tuliamuk said. “Obviously I wanted more.”
Toliamok will begin to focus on the Olympic Games in the first quarter of 2024 at a site to be announced.
He plans to run a spring 2023 marathon, which could be his last before the trials, where the top three are expected to make the team for the Paris Games.
“since [trials] He said that the schedule is over.
“I think it’s going to be really, really hard to make the next Olympic team.”
Tuliamuk identified But Bates, Keira D’Amato, Molly Seidel And Emily Sisson In his toughest competition, Sisson broke the American record at the Chicago Marathon in October, clocking 2:18:29, 43 seconds off D’Amato’s Jan. 16 record. Seidel won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
“There are a lot of Americans who are doing amazing right now,” Tuliamuk said. It’s like you just have to have a great day.
Tuliamuk made his Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. She did not finish the race, seven months after giving birth.
“I really want to make the next Olympic team,” he said. “The last one, the pandemic and having a child, I didn’t really get to represent my country the way I wanted to.”
Tuliamuk will be 35 years old in 2024. The US Olympic women’s marathon team has included a 35-year-old man in three of the last four games.
“I really want a medal for my country,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of running in me. “I have a lot of speed.”
Bates, 30, finished eighth on Sunday, 35 seconds behind Tullyamook.
“Those hills were a lot harder than I thought,” said Bates, who revealed he hadn’t looked at the course map before the race.
Bates wore a similar snake ring and earrings in her New York City debut, a year after finishing second in the Chicago Marathon.
“I think I’ll take more risks next time,” he said. “I hope to do better next time. I want to be in the top five.”
It was a big 48 hours for Bates, who was inducted into the Boise State Hall of Fame on Friday. He was going to celebrate with a model beer.
Emma Bates
A champion runner and a champion for runners, now the Boise State Hall of Fame.
She’s been able to connect with a lot of people by being open about her feelings and performance, and I think that’s a really cool part of Emma Bates. – Brad Wake pic.twitter.com/fAgz6YZ7Lm— Boise State Broncos (@BroncoSports) November 5, 2022
Toliamok envisioned a celebration of taming, including Zoe’s parade around Central Park and other tourist attractions.
“I’m really grateful to be able to do all of this,” she said. I can run at my highest level and be a mother at the same time.
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